PHILADELPHIA - Ryan Garbutt's goal broke a tie in the third period and sent the Anaheim Ducks to their first win of the season, 3-2 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

The Ducks opened 0-3-1 and had failed to score more than two goals in any of those games. Chris Wagner and Corey Perry also scored to help the Ducks spoil Philadelphia's home opener.

Korbinian Holzer's angled pass from behind the net led to Garbutt's one-timer that stunned Steve Mason for the winner.

Wayne Simmonds and Matt Read scored for the Flyers. The Flyers have lost all three games since winning on opening night and dropped to 27-16-6 lifetime in home openers.

John Gibson stopped 20 shots for the Ducks.

The Flyers opened their 50th anniversary celebration with a tribute to their founder and owner Ed Snider, who died of cancer in April. The Flyers raised a banner to the rafters with his name, team crest and 1967-2016 (years owned) on the memento. Snider's banner was sandwiched between the one celebrating the 1975 Stanley Cup championship and one for Hall of Famer Bobby Clarke. Clarke - widely considered the greatest Flyer.

Members of Snider's family walked a black carpet and helped raise the banner that joined the same row that included ones for two Stanley Cup championships and five retired numbers.

Snider was arguably the most influential executive in Philadelphia sports history. He was chairman of the 76ers basketball team, was once a part-owner of the Eagles football team, and had a hand in founding Comcast's local sports channel and the city's largest sports-talk radio station.

''Ed Snider will forever be a part of the Philadelphia Flyers,'' announcer Lou Nolan told the crowd.

Snider received the loudest ovation during a memorial tribute to some of the franchise's greatest names. Pelle Lindbergh, Barry Ashbee, Roger Neilson, and ''God Bless America'' singer Kate Smith all were included. The video included a clip of the late voice of the Flyers Gene Hart saying his Philly famous phrase, ''Good night and good hockey.''

Nolan had scolded fans during last season's playoffs when they hurled promotional bracelets on the ice during a lopsided loss. He had urged fans to ''show some class'' during the first wave of band tossing. The Flyers issued a similar warning before the opener when they tried another bracelet giveaway as the attraction of a glitzy pregame show. The fans heeded the warning this time and keep the bracelets on their wrists instead of on the ice.

On opening night, it still didn't take much to anger Flyers fans.

Wagner scored the only goal of the first and the Flyers failed to convert on late power plays that let them get booed off the ice headed into intermission.

Simmonds scored his third goal of the season and Read followed with his surprising fourth in the second to lift the Flyers to a 2-1 lead. Simmonds' goal came on the power play but the Flyers missed on six other attempts through two periods.

''We have to do a better job 5-on-5. We turned the puck over too much in the neutral zone,'' Simmonds said. ''Obviously, we got power a power play goal but five-on-five is where it starts.''

Perry tied the game 2-all with 3:18 left in the second to match anemic Anaheim's highest goal total for a game this season.

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Patrice Bergeron is back, and once again making a world of difference for the Boston Bruins.

In his first start of the season after missing a trio of games with an upper-body injury, Bergeron placed an expert shot through a maze in front of Cory Schneider with 75 seconds left, giving Boston its first lead Thursday versus the New Jersey Devils.

Bergeron was then called upon to help kill the remaining ticks on a man advantage for the Devils; the captain ensured Boston would improve to 3-1 on the season.

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PITTSBURGH - Evgeni Malkin, Scott Wilson and Patric Hornqvist scored during a furious third-period rally to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.

The Penguins trailed by two goals after two largely lifeless periods in a rematch of last June's Stanley Cup Final before catching fire late. Hornqvist and Malkin both finished with a goal and an assist. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 shots and bought the Penguins time until the offense finally got going.

Tomas Hertl and Patrick Marleau scored for the Sharks, who controlled the first 40 minutes and appeared well on their way to a one-sided victory before falling apart late. Martin Jones made 17 saves but saw the play in front of him break down in the third.

The Penguins captured the franchise's fourth Stanley Cup in an entertaining final last June, finishing off the Sharks in Game 6 in San Jose. If the Sharks wanted a glimpse at just how close they came to their first title, they need only look toward the rafters at PPG Paints Arena during warmups to get a look at the banner the Penguins raised last week.

San Jose insisted Thursday had nothing to do with revenge or any sense of payback. Last June is gone. For now the Sharks are still trying to find an identity even with nearly the same roster back for another run.

They're off to a hot start and certainly looked fresh playing for the third time in four days on the road. Not so much Pittsburgh, which struggled to generate much of anything in a shutout loss in Montreal on Tuesday and did little to get to Jones during the first two periods on Thursday with captain Sidney Crosby (concussion) and defenseman Kris Letang (upper body) out of the lineup.

San Jose tilted the ice for long stretches, working extensively in the Pittsburgh zone while the Penguins went through several lengthy droughts in which they failed to put the puck anywhere near Jones.

The Sharks eventually took a 1-0 lead 5:04 into the second thanks to a strange sequence in which Fleury lost control of his stick when a shot from Burns smacked off the handle. The puck was briefly cleared but as Fleury tried to chase the stick down, the Sharks rushed back into the zone and Hertl eventually jammed a rebound off a shot by Joe Pavelski past the stickless goaltender.

San Jose's lead doubled shortly after Hornqvist's goal was overturned, stripping Chris Kunitz to create a 2-on-1 that ended with him taking a pass from Logan Couture and burying it by Fleury with 3:45 left in the second.

Things changed quickly. Malkin's second of the year - a shot from in between the circles 6:47 into the third got Pittsburgh started. Wilson tied it 2:15 later when he collected the puck from the corner and darted to the net before slipping a backhand by Jones.

Hornqvist completed the comeback 14:02 into the third by slamming a rebound by Jones on the power play to give the Penguins an unlikely lead.

NOTES: Pittsburgh played the third period with just four defensemen after Olli Maatta and Derrick Pouliot left with injuries. ... Crosby did not skate Thursday, a scheduled day off. ... The Penguins also scratched Conor Sheary (eye). ... San Jose scratched Fs Michael Haley and Ryan Carpenter and D Dylan Demelo. ... The Penguins went 1 for 5 on the power play. The Sharks were 0 for 3.

UP NEXT

Sharks: Wrap up a five-game road trip Saturday at Detroit.

Penguins: Visit Nashville on Saturday.

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Washington Capitals forward Daniel Winnik left Thursday's game versus the Florida Panthers after taking a slapshot to the back of the head.

Sprawling out to block a shot on a third-period penalty kill, Winnik came within mere inches from disaster, but luckily was able to skate off the ice under his own power. He ultimately returned to the contest.

However, Winnik did not escape completely unscathed.

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Absolutely perfect.

Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand scored his third goal of the season in impressive fashion, unloading a laser through the legs of Andy Greene and over the shoulder of Cory Schneider.

Shoot the puck, kids.

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Matt Read is riding a fast-track to a bounce-back season in Philadelphia.

He scored his fourth goal in as many games Thursday versus the Anaheim Ducks, skating in after receiving a pass from Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and then winning the race to the far post.

The Flyers' early goal-scoring leader has seen a significant dip in production since scoring 24 goals and 47 points in his rookie season for a fourth-place finish in the Calder Trophy race. He managed just 19 goals and 56 points over the previous two seasons combined, fading into somewhat of an afterthought in the Philadelphia attack.

It's obviously unrealistic to expect Read to continue this pace, or a similar scoring rate. But it is important the Flyers receive secondary contributions from the third-line forward who has provided minuscule value on his $3.625-million annual salary.

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There it is: No. 750.

The ageless, exceptional Jaromir Jagr became just the third player in NHL history to score 750 career goals, burying a centering feed from Aleksander Barkov in the second period of Thursday's matchup versus the Washington Capitals.

Only Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe have more goals than Jagr, who pulled within 51 of Mr. Hockey with the first goal of his 23rd NHL campaign.

Jagr also has 1,120 career assists, giving him 1,870 points - also third-most all time. But there's a realistic shot he'll eclipse Mark Messier for second in NHL history at some point this season; Jagr is just 17 points shy of the legendary captain.

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There's a new right-handed one-timer in town.

Shea Weber, from P.K. Subban's old spot, absolutely ripped his first goal in a Montreal Canadiens uniform on Thursday night.

Get used to it, Habs fans.

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Ed Snider wasn't present for a Philadelphia Flyers home opener for the first time in the franchise's half-century history, but the late former owner - and revered community member - was there in spirit.

The Flyers saluted Snider in a pregame ceremony on the home portion of the 50th anniversary season schedule, raising a banner to the Wells Fargo Center rafters to hang alongside the club's Stanley Cup keepsakes and retired numbers.

A builder in the adopted city that he brought the NHL to back in 1966, Snider transcended ownership with the Snider Foundation, and other philanthropic ventures.

Snider succumbed to his battle with cancer in April at age 83.

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What a moment.

The Boston Bruins allowed a pair of legends to take center stage - or ice - in their home opener Thursday night, as Bobby Orr and Milt Schmidt were on hand for the ceremonial puck drop.

Schmidt, 98, is the oldest living former NHL player.

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