He’s playing with Jimmy Vesey and Brett Berard right now. He’s the only top 6 player on his line.
I think him slowing down compared to his 90 point season is part of it but there’s more to it. Team is not playing well and can’t find chemistry. Zib is a streaky player to begin with. The type of player who’ll have 20 points in 10 games then go blank for the next 5. Confidence is probably low when on a skid like that. He’s still a 70 point guy but he’s having a rough start.
His most common F linemates this year are Kreider (230+ mins) and R. Smith (222+). He's next most common F linemates are Panarin (72+) and Lafreniere (53+).
His most common D linemates this year are Miller (133+) and Fox (128+).
These are all at 5v5 and he has 359+ minutes total this year.
With Vesey, he's played ~13 minutes this year and with Berard ~40.
He had 25 points at 5v5 last year and he's on pace for about the same this year.