Just a few things that caught my eye:

• Is it me or does Joe Thornton look like that Amish guy in the Slim Jim commercial? Jumbo Joe sure has embraced his inner Brent Burns, hasn't he?
• Three. Over/under on the number of goals the Wild will score ... this series.

• Devin Dubnyk must have been practising his poke on Facebook. That check on Ales Hemsky was old-school classic. #Priceless.
• I flipped on the Panthers-Isles game and a track meet had broken out. You'd swear that Jeff Zatkoff and Antti Raanta were the twinetenders on Tuesday. Clean it up, Luongo. Greiss, too.
• Three shots, two goals and it was 1-1 in L.A. Now THAT'S a sizzling start. If only those West coast games started earlier.
• Hmmmm ... high glove x2. Do you think the Stars have a book on Dubnyk?
• 17,422. The number of people at BB&T Center in Sunrise. That left about 2,000 empty seats. Seriously? There probably wouldn't be 2,000 empty seats in a Canadian city for an entire season. C'mon, old folks -- can't you push back your bedtime an hour or two?
• John Tavares had his third, three-point game in his last five games. He's hot enough to carry the Isles to a miracle. He's going to need a few apostles, though.
• Tommy Wingels -- did you get the plates of that truck that hit you at center ice? Wingels only gives up a couple inches and 11 pounds to Kyle Clifford, but that hit looked like Peterbilt vs. Fiat.
• I wonder if Boston is looking at Reilly Smith as the one who got away? Who am I kidding -- OF COURSE THEY ARE!
• Alexander Ovechkin shed his wet wool blanket mid-way through the second when he sent Sean Couturier to the room. Coots was the only hope the Flyers had to contain Alexander the Gr8. Over in five and only because the Flyers will win once for the late Ed Snider.
• The Kings must have the biggest, heaviest centers in the NHL. Anze Kopitar, Jeff Carter and a rejuvenated Vincent Lecavalier are more than 650 pounds of man. Or more than 25 pounds on average than the Leafs' top three. That's a hole lot of hurt.
• I thought Milan Lucic looked ugly in black and gold. Now he looks flat-out mean in all black. I think it makes that beak look even more menacing.
• Will Ferrell is a better actor than a cheerleader. And he's not much of an actor. Was he trying to get that Peterbilt truck to honk his air horn? Ugh.