diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts
index a84c0473b9..7cb9518a2c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts
@@ -402,8 +402,9 @@ function createViewTopLevelStmts(view: CompileView, targetStatements: o.Statemen
               o.literal(view.component.template.ngContentSelectors.length),
               ViewEncapsulationEnum.fromValue(view.component.template.encapsulation),
               view.styles,
-              o.literalMap(view.animations.map(
-                  (entry): [string, o.Expression] => [entry.name, entry.fnExp])),
+              o.literalMap(
+                  view.animations.map((entry): [string, o.Expression] => [entry.name, entry.fnExp]),
+                  null, true),
             ]))
             .toDeclStmt(o.importType(createIdentifier(Identifiers.RenderComponentType))));
   }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/web_animations_player.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/web_animations_player.ts
index fbaf7e697a..78c1b5d6c6 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/web_animations_player.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/web_animations_player.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ export class WebAnimationsPlayer implements AnimationPlayer {
 
   /** @internal */
   _triggerWebAnimation(element: any, keyframes: any[], options: any): DomAnimatePlayer {
-    return <DomAnimatePlayer>element.animate(keyframes, options);
+    // jscompiler doesn't seem to know animate is a native property because it's not fully
+    // supported yet across common browsers (we polyfill it for Edge/Safari) [CL #143630929]
+    return <DomAnimatePlayer>element['animate'](keyframes, options);
   }
 
   get domPlayer() { return this._player; }