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Originally Posted by Bingo
And that last ten games number is primarily driven by the Toronto game where he was something like 8%.
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Yeah it was the Colorado game where Mackinnon just crushed him, which isn't really surprising. Mackinnon has always had Backlund's number a bit and Mackinnon is better than he's ever been and Backlund is on the way down.
Otherwise he's still above 50% xGF in 6/10 games, with the Colorado, Buffalo, Minnesota, and Seattle games being the ones below 50%. Also outscored 0-4 in those games.
In the last 10 games that line has been very unlucky too with 2 goals at 5v5 - which is a 3.57% shooting percentage and .911 PDO.
Visually though you can tell he's labouring a bit lately. Whether it's been injury or something else he hasn't been quite as effective but his supposed decline has been overstated by some as well.