Well, I did not expect that. After the first 18 minutes, I thought it was going to be a tough one. Then the Wings just exploded and never looked back. That was as dominating a performance as you’re likely to see.
Good on Babcock for reigning the guys in as the third period went on. And kudos to the Avs for not turning to goonery as a result of the spanking they received.
Johan Franzen has been incredible. What more can you say? The guy set an NHL record for goals in a four-game series with nine.
Henrik Zetterberg saw Pavel Datsyuk’s circus goal from Game 3 and may have done him one better with his second of the night in Game 4. Another one you have to see to believe.
The Wings’ racking up five goals on Peter Budaj should take some of the heat off Joel Quenneville for sticking with Jose Theodore.
I fully expected a tougher series. That the Avs hardly made it competitive is something of a letdown, but they can’t be blamed. After all, they had some of the worst injury luck I’ve ever seen.
Now we wait. I’d like the Wings to get some time off, but not too much. I’d hate to see them lose this momentum going into the Conference Finals. At this point, they look unstoppable, but that could change with too long a layoff.
More in the morning. For now, Joe Hass’ liveblog at Behind the Jersey.