He still needs work defensively, although I still maintain that he looks worse in that regard because of who he plays with/is having to cover for.
He’s been close offensively and just seems snakebitten, things will click for him soon I am sure.
Yeah. That line is a defensive mess right now.
And, even with him appearing a little off, he's still put up 4 points in 5 games, so, I'm not exactly concerned. He's merely been good offensively, rather than great.
Don't let their proficiency on the Power Play mask that they haven't been good 5-on-5. I'm sure Marner won't be demoted off the power play that is working very well.
Marner has 1 secondary assist at Even Strength. 3 GF, 7 GA while he's been on the ice. (3 and 6 for Bozak/JvR)
However, the advanced measures tell a bit of a different story: 2.6 xGF, 2.22 xGA. 58.1% CF. 82.71 PDO. Those measures say they have been good but unlucky. I'd say they don't match up with the eye test where they probably deserve closer to 7 GA than 2 GA.