Truth be told, the Colorado Avalanche played the night before at home, so the Gabriel Landeskog-Nathan MacKinnon-Mikko Rantanen juggernaut, a line that has combined for a ridiculous 24 goals and 55 points in 12 games, probably tired themselves out by absolutely dominating the Ottawa Senators during a 10-point evening.



But nevertheless, it’s no easy task to slow this trio down, yet the Wild came within 42 seconds on Saturday night of becoming the second team in the NHL this year to completely shut the line out.



Landeskog ruined what would have been a perfect defending night for the Wild with a late power-play goal. But in the end, the Wild still did yeoman’s work in neutralizing the lethal threesome at even-strength and during an abbreviated Avalanche 5-on-3 to earn a big 3-2 home win.



“That’s probably the best line in the world right now,” said Mikael Granlund. “Just tried to play hard and it was a tough...