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While Colorado’s top line had a rare off night at home Wednesday, the expectation is the big dogs will have plenty of bite tonight in Winnipeg.
Nathan MacKinnon set up Matt Calvert’s power-play tally, the lone goal for the Avalanche (7-5-3) in a 4-1 defeat to the Nashville Predators at Denver’s Pepsi Center.
But the star centre and his linemates, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen, didn’t generate much buzz in the offensive zone and struggled defensively, each finishing minus-two.