They are 49.67% as a line. Not a huge difference, but that’s underwater.
You could also look to games against San Jose and Edmonton (which saw the whole team play well) as “boosting” that line’s metrics too.
Again, 6 games is an almost nothing sample size. Their on ice save percentage is high, and their on ice shooting percentage is more than 6% above team average. Those things WILL balance out, and all you have is a line with 2 excellent players and a 12th-13th forward who was hot for 2 or 3 games. Saying otherwise is just disingenuous.
Every point absolutely does matter, which is why I’m a believer in putting good players higher in the lineup than worse ones lol. The logic is pretty simple. I’d say the same thing if it was Ritchie or Lewis (who actually maintained decent fancies at least but wasn’t doing enough to hold a top 9 role reliably otherwise); anyone can go on a bender, but it’s maintaining some level of consistency that matters. I have no doubt that will not happen with that line. At that point it’s costing the team points for no reason.