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PHILADELPHIA -- The Flyers wanted their Big 5-0 bash to end in celebration.The Ducks had more fun crashing the party.Ryan Garbutts 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 Philadelphias home opener.About time we won a hockey game, thats for sure, coach Randy Carlyle said.Korbinian Holzers angled pass from behind the net led to Garbutts one-timer that stunned Steve Mason for the winner.That was a great pass from Holzer. One of the best plays Ive seen from a D man from behind the net, Garbutt said. It was fun to be on the other end of it.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.Were in a little bit of a hole here but its the beginning of the year. No need to panic, Simmonds said.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. Sniders 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 Sniders 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 Comcasts local sports channel and the citys 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 franchises 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 seasons 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 didnt 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.They blocked shots. They cleared pucks, Perry said. They did everything they were asked to do. When youre killing penalties thats what you have to do.Perry did his part, too. He tied the game 2-all with 3:18 left in the second to match anemic Anaheims highest goal total for a game this season.Game notes The Ducks averaged 1.75 goals through the first four games. ... Flyers F Brayden Schenn returned from a three-game suspension. 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"It was nerve-wracking, but we pulled through," said Collaros, who threw four touchdown passes to lead the Toronto Argonauts (8-4) to a 33-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders (9-3) in front of 28,781 fans at McMahon Stadium. The search for consistency continues.Thats the Readers Digest version of the Nashville Predators 3-5-3 start, which is causing plenty of concern about a team which some thought could win the Stanley Cup this preseason.Instead, they are sitting in the Central Division cellar and although there are 71 games left in the season, they cant afford to get too far in the hole.So there figures to be some urgency for Nashville when it hosts the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena for the second contest of its four-game homestand. Then again, the same urgency existed Saturday night, but it lost 3-2 in a shootout to Carolina.After converting only one of four first period breakaways, the Predators were blatantly outplayed in the second period, then coughed up a game-tying shorthanded goal in the third period to set the stage for their second straight shootout failure.There is no excuse for the effort in the second period, defenseman Matt Irwin said. We have to be better. We know it in here, and theres no one to point the finger, but ourselves.Nashville averages only 2.5 goals and allows 3.2, correctly reflecting the fact that it hasnt been able to consistently generate pressure or prevent opponents from doing the same. Its third from the bottom in Corsi at 46.23 per 100 shots.While a strong Corsi ranking doesnt guarantee success -- Toronto and Carolina rank in the top 10, for instance, and 10-1-1 Montreal is 24th -- it usually tells an accurate tale over 82 games. The tale it tells for the Predators is of inconsistency.Its not good enough, annd thats the bottom line, Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said.dddddddddddd Nobody is going to sit here and say that its been good enough because it hasnt. We have to continue to work to get better. Its frustrating.Meanwhile, Ottawa (7-4-0) is off to a surprisingly quick start under first-year coach Guy Boucher. Although the Senators are coming off a 2-1 loss Saturday night to Buffalo, they have largely exceeded expectations with stingy defense, permitting only three goals in the last four games.Bouchers point of emphasis has been improving the teams defense from last season.It starts with a mindset, which we have, Boucher said. Were asking our players to be reliable defensively, which theyve bought into, which is very difficult to do in such little time. Ive been very impressed.Despite dealing with his wifes cancer battle, goaltender Craig Anderson has been outstanding, going 6-2-0 with a 2.21 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage. Anderson, who will play against the Predators, has ceded three goals in his last 124 shots.The one weakness of late for Ottawa has been burying its chances. It scored only four goals in three games last week, and the lack of offense finally caught up with it against Buffalo when goalie Robin Lehner outdueled Anderson.We were generating chances, left wing Mike Hoffman said. At the end of the day, thats what we want to do. Some days theyre going to go in and some days, theyre not. ' ' '