Just got off the train from my spring break trip and watched the DVR recording of the 4-0 shutout from Friday. Why do I keep missing the best games of the year?

A few thoughts:

• So happy to see the Wild get a big lead and hold it.
• The score could have easily been 7-0 with Gabby’s two break-aways and Kimmy’s post in the third.
• How about that Burnsie kid? I think he got one penalty minute for each of his rapid-fire punches. Classic.
• The Hill check of Cowan into the bench was classic too.
• That hardly qualified as a fight for Butch, but if it gets another Canucks player suspended by the league, I’ll call it a fight.
• I almost felt bad for Luongo – he should have stayed with his wife.
• Another awesome face-off night for Koivu – 65% (starting to sound like a broken record).
• Good Marty likes shutouts – no chance of a minus night (he played even with one hit in 19:18 of ice time).

Up next: the Avs play the Wild at the X later this afternoon in a game where one point gets the Wild into the playoffs (per Russo).