With Klingberg: 14gms, 46.6xgf%
W/O Klingberg: 13gms, 52.5xgf%
Much better, but still just good, not great.
Hopefully Reaves being out for a while makes the 4th line less of a black hole. That line is at 45.6xgf% with McMann on it, which is pretty solid for dzone-only duty, and way better than the 34.7% they're at with Reaves, so hopefully that keeps up.
But we probably won't get back to elite on the nerdies until Mitch gets his game back. At the moment he's all the way down to 45.4xgf%, which is pretty insane given he's usually in the 55-60% range.
I don't remember exactly when Matthews and Marner were split up, but over the last couple weeks, since Dec.1, Matthews is back at his typical elite nerdies at 58.9xgf%, while Marner is rivalling the 4th line's awfulness at 35.1%. I think the question of who was responsible for the top line struggling has been answered by now.
In fact, he's been worse than the 4th liners in december:
1. Karnkrok 59.4
2. Matthews 58.9
3. Knies 55.4
4. McMann 55.0
5. Domi 53.0
6. Robertson 52.5
7. Nylander 50.7
8. Bertuzzi 50.1
9. Tavares 47.2
10. Gregor 41.3
11. Kampf 37.5
12. Marner 35.1
13. Reaves 26.2