This line has not been very effective 5-on-5 since the All-Star Break and Bye Week. They've picked up some PP points here and there and Lindholm had some points on the Backlund line, but those only serve to mask the line's lack of success. It's tough to pinpoint exactly why.
Looking into their 5-on-5 statistics:
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Time Frame GP TOI CF/60 CA/60 CF% FF/60 FA/60 FF% SF/60 SA/60 SF% GF/60 GA/60 GF% SCF/60 SCA/60 SCF% HDCF/60 HDCA/60 HDCF% HDGF/60 HDGA/60 HDGF% MDCF/60 MDCA/60 MDCF% MDGF/60 MDGA/60 MDGF% LDCF/60 LDCA/60 LDCF% LDGF/60 LDGA/60 LDGF% On-Ice SH% On-IceSV% PDO OZoneFO/60 NZoneFO/60 DZoneFO/60
Pre-Break On 51 570.7 61.39 49.28 55.47 46.08 39.25 54 33.26 28.01 54.29 4.2 2.57 62.07 30.17 25.95 53.76 13.07 11.19 53.87 2.22 1.8 55.19 17.12 14.76 53.7 1.35 0.45 75.18 25.84 19.82 56.59 0.63 0.32 65.99 12.64 90.83 1.035 28.18 26.6 19.24
Post-Break On 15 151.4 59.58 57.86 50.73 43.28 43.71 49.75 30.43 31.75 48.94 2.04 3.26 38.54 29.25 26.23 52.72 9.29 11.44 44.82 1.61 1.29 55.6 19.91 14.8 57.36 0.43 0.4 51.94 27.86 26.43 51.32 0 1.54 0 6.71 89.75 0.965 26.15 29.32 23.77
Pre-Break Off 51 1489.9 55.78 52.53 51.5 40.57 39.25 50.83 28.68 28.56 50.1 2.1 2.01 51.14 24.64 23.9 50.76 9.68 10.37 48.29 1.28 1.08 54.07 14.98 13.54 52.54 0.48 0.4 54.04 25.44 23.14 52.37 0.35 0.51 40.98 7.32 92.98 1.003 18.89 20.54 16.99
Post-Break Off 15 442.8 66.72 51.41 56.48 48.95 38.72 55.83 34.53 26.16 56.89 3 2.15 58.22 31.71 24.22 56.7 12.5 9.18 57.65 1.73 1.19 59.17 19.19 15.04 56.06 0.56 0.54 50.99 31.35 22.64 58.07 0.69 0.42 62.45 8.68 91.78 1.005 18.83 18.16 17.07
A quick look at their goal numbers (GF/60, GA/60, GF%) supports our observations that they've not only been ineffective, but arguably even a liability on the ice as a line.
Their struggles are at least partially due to an increase defensive zone time. Their defensive zone shot against numbers (CA/60, FA/60, SA/60) appear to reflect this.
Their offensive zone high danger chance numbers (HDCF/60) also suggest a lack of really good opportunities.
Their PDO (SV% / SH%) is also down, but that's probably just the randomness of goal events at play.
Overall I don't feel this line is clicking lately and I'd like to see them separated at least for a while. In my opinion Monahan has been the weakest link over this stretch and could use some time apart from the other two, but if all three are to be separated I wouldn't mind that either.