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NEW YORK -- Islanders coach Jack Capuano thought Josh Bailey could give New York a spark, and Bailey delivered for the teams first win of the season.Bailey scored 54 seconds into overtime to give the Islanders a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in their home opener Sunday night.Capuano bumped Bailey to the top line with captain John Tavares and Andrew Ladd during regulation. In the 3-on-3 extra period, Bailey skated with Nick Leddy and Cal Clutterbuck.Capuano was pleased with his changes.(It was) something that we wanted to try going into tonights game and I thought they played well, he said. It was one of the better camps that (Baileys) had. ... If he plays with confidence as I told him, and his work ethic that he has, hes a skilled player and he has the ability to play on that line.Tavares and Brock Nelson also scored for the Islanders, who recovered after giving up a two-goal lead in the third period to get the win after opening with two losses.The first win is always big, Tavares said. Eases that pressure especially way those first two games went. ... A big win is always a good feeling.Jason Chimera, who was moved down to the second line with Nelson and Anders Lee, had an assist on Nelsons score for his first point since signing with New York in the offseason.He has the ability for me to put him where you want to play him because he balances out our lines with the speed that he possesses, Capuano said of Chimera. Hes got tremendous speed, can back defenders off and I thought that line was good tonight, too.Cam Fowler and Ryan Getzlaf scored in the third period for the Ducks and John Gibson finished with 27 saves. Anaheim fell to 0-2-1 on its season-opening five-game trip that includes four home openers before playing their own next Sunday.Ducks coach Randy Carlyle is still seeking his first win in his second stint in Anaheim. He spent six seasons with team from 2005-11.We had eight guys going to the World Cup through training camp, said Getzlaf, who along with teammate Corey Perry played with Tavares on Canadas championship team. We didnt get a chance to build together and build into that system that Randy wanted to play, and were learning. Were getting better as we go along here and its going to take some speedbumps. Were playing everybodys home openers.Fowler made it 2-1 at 8:31 of the third when his wrist shot deflected off Islanders defenseman Thomas Hickeys skate and over Halaks shoulder. Then, with the Ducks using six skaters with the goalie pulled, Getzlaf tied it with 1 minute remaining when his one-timer went inside the right post on Halaks blocker side.Tavares extended the Islanders lead to 2-0 at 7:59 of the third as he knocked in a rebound of his own shot past Gibson for his first of the season.Fowler started the Ducks comeback just over 30 seconds later.After getting outplayed in the opening period, the Ducks were the aggressors in the second. Anaheim had three power plays and outshot New York 13-5.The Islanders nearly added to their lead with about 8 1/2 minutes left in the period when a shot by Lee hit the left goal post and rolled across the front of the goal line. The horn sounded and several New York players raised their hands but play continued.The Islanders Casey Cizikas hobbled to the bench with about 3 1/2 minutes remaining in the second after blocking a shot by Antoine Vermette, but returned 1:20 later. However, he left the ice about five minutes into the third and went to the dressing room.Capuano didnt have an immediate update on Cizikas status after the game.The Islanders outshot the Ducks 16-3 in the first period. Anaheim didnt get its first shot until Nick Sorensons long slap shot from outside the blue line with 5:39 remaining.Nelson got New York on the scoreboard at 7:47 of the first as he took a pass in front from Chimera, spun around with a defender on him and fired a wrist shot past Gibson.Game notes The Ducks opening road swing including home-openers at Dallas last Thursday, at New Jersey on Tuesday and at Philadelphia on Thursday. ... Former Islanders greats Billy Smith, Bryan Trottier and Bobby Nystrom were announced on the ice for the ceremonial puck drop. ... The Islanders placed F Shane Prince on IR due to a lower body injury. ... Nelson has two goals and an assist and is the only Islanders player to have at least a point in each of the first three games. ... 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He was second in putting.How do you beat that?Paul Casey sure didnt have an answer.That was something special the last two days, said Casey, who shot 68-67 on the weekend and didnt make up any ground. I did everything I could.Johnson was playing at such a high level that when Casey holed a 25-foot eagle putt on the 15th hole to get within one shot, he knew Johnson was going to make his eagle putt from 18 feet to match him. And he did.When it was over, Johnson had a 5-under 67, a three-shot victory, the No. 1 seed in the FedEx Cup and no time to really reflect on what kind of year he is having. It was his third victory in his last eight starts dating to the U.S. Open at Oakmont for that breakthrough major. In 22 starts this season, he has 14 finishes in the top 10.He was asked to describe a summer in which he has won a major (U.S. Open), World Golf Championship (Bridgestone Invitational) and a FedEx Cup playoff event (BMW Championship). Tiger Woods in 2007 was the last player to do that.Its pretty good, Johnson said.His peers on the PGA Tour will be asked to judge him in a few weeks when they receive their ballots for player of the year, and the 32-year-old Johnson might have sealed it with the way he won at Crooked Stick.He tied Jason Day with his third victory this season, the difference being Johnson won a major. He went to the top of the money list at just over $9 million. He might have wrapped up the Vardon Trophy for the lowest adjusted scoring average, particularly when Day was made ineligible by withdrawing in the middle of the final round at Crooked Stick with back pain.dddddddddddd.Is it a fair fight? Johnson smiled at the question.Its golf, he said. Its always a fair fight. Anything can happen. It doesnt matter how good youre playing, theres always something that can happen. I would know. Something can happen. Believe me -- whether you want it to or not, it can.He should know.There was the 82 he shot in the final round at Pebble Beach when he had a three-shot lead in the 2010 U.S. Open. He was kept out of a playoff in the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in 2010 for grounding his club in sand on the final hole without realizing it was a bunker. At the U.S. Open last year at Chambers Bay, his ball for reasons unknown stayed up on a ridge, and his 12-foot eagle putt for the victory turning to a three-putt par to finish one shot behind Jordan Spieth.Even as everything seemed to go wrong, Johnson kept winning. He has won at least one PGA Tour event every season since he went straight from Coastal Carolina to PGA Tour qualifying school to winning in 2008. He now has 12 victories on the PGA Tour over the last nine years, a total topped only by Tiger Woods.Spieth spends plenty of time around Johnso-n, even though they would appear to be nothing alike. They play together in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. They were partners in the Presidents Cup, and likely will be again in the Ryder Cup at the end of the month.He thinks simply, which helps in his golf game, Spieth said. He has a lot of confidence in what hes doing. Bad stuff doesnt seem to bother him. You couldnt ever get under his skin, because DJ would just laugh it off.Johnson remains No. 2 in the world behind Day, and he likely will not make up any more ground the rest of the year because hell only play a couple more events.Ive still got to go out and play some really good golf, Johnson said. I dont think about, `Oh, I need to get to No. 1. Ive just got to go out and just keep winning and keep having a chance to win on Sunday. Thats the goal for me. Just focus on that. ' ' '