Ducks 6, Stars 2: Captain Ryan Getzlaf returned from a one-game absence due to an upper-body injury and matched Corey Perry with a goal and two assists as host Anaheim took a 3-2 lead in its Western Conference first-round series.

Mathieu Perreault scored and set up a goal while Nick Bonino, Rickard Rakell and Jakob Silfverberg also tallied for the Pacific Division-champion Ducks, who went 4-for-6 on the power play. Rookie Frederik Andersen made 34 saves as Anaheim scored on three of its four shots in the third period.

Captain Jamie Benn pulled even with St. Louis' Vladimir Tarasenko for the league lead with his fourth playoff goal and Shawn Horcoff also scored for the Stars, who look to avoid elimination when they host Game 6 on Sunday. Kari Lehtonen allowed five goals on 21 shots before being replaced by Tim Thomas, who stopped one of the two shots he faced.

Bonino opened the scoring at 5:32 of the first with a shot from the right faceoff circle during a power play. Dallas answered midway through the period, when Benn stole the puck from Getzlaf and slipped a backhander between Andersen's pads while short-handed, but Rakell deflected defenseman Francois Beauchemin's one-timer from the right point 26 seconds later to restore Anaheim's lead.

Perreault converted a feed from Getzlaf during a man advantage 65 seconds into the middle session and Horcoff tallied from the doorstep at 8:19 to pull the Stars within one before the Ducks erupted for three goals in a 5:42 span early in the third to regain control. Silfverberg began the outburst at 1:07 and Perry set up Getzlaf at 4:30 before netting a power-play goal 2:19 later.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Dallas played the majority of the game without C Ryan Garbutt, who received a five-minute major and game misconduct 9:11 into the first period for spearing Perry. ... Rakell became the first player in franchise history to score his first NHL goal in the playoffs. ... Benn is the first player for the Stars franchise to register a point in each of his first five career postseason games since 1980, when Bobby Smith and Steve Payne accomplished the feat with the Minnesota North Stars. ... Anaheim's Luca Sbisa made his series debut in place of fellow D Hampus Lindholm, who was scratched due to a stiff neck. D Brenden Dillon did the same for Dallas after missing five contests with a lower-body injury. ... Ducks RW Teemu Selanne was back on the ice after being a healthy scratch for Game 4. ... Getzlaf raised his career playoff point total to 66, passing Selanne for first place on the franchise list.