NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Nov 18, 2017
13 games on Nov 18, 2017 produced 13 notable changes: 3 power-play changes (2 up, 1 down), 5 line moves (4 promotions, 1 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 4 big games. The biggest: Charlie McAvoy moved onto the top power-play unit with Bergeron, Krejci and Cehlarik (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Charlie McAvoy moved onto the top power-play unit with Bergeron, Krejci and Cehlarik (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · BOSGame reportTeam lines
Danton Heinen dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · BOSGame reportTeam lines
Brock McGinn moved onto the top power-play unit with Williams, Skinner and Slavin, +2:45 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · CARGame reportTeam lines
Dmitry Kulikov moved up to D1 with Myers.
Line promotion · WPGPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kevan Miller moved up to D2 with Carlo (2 straight games).
Line promotion · BOSGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Charlie McAvoy moved onto the top power-play unit with Bergeron, Krejci and Cehlarik (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Danton Heinen dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Kevan Miller moved up to D2 with Carlo (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Kevan Miller played 24:21 (+6:09 vs his recent average) (4 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Brock McGinn moved onto the top power-play unit with Williams, Skinner and Slavin, +2:45 of PP time.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Sean Monahan scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Dmitry Kulikov moved up to D1 with Myers.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Myers moved up to D1 with Kulikov.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Anthony Duclair scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Frederik Andersen stopped all 33 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Braydon Coburn dropped to D3 from D2 with Girardi (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Darcy Kuemper stopped all 24 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Brian Boyle moved up to L3 with Henrique and Wood.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
How Line Watch works
- •Deployment is rebuilt from the official shift charts: the forward trio and defense pair a player shared the most 5-on-5 time with, and the power-play unit he spent most of the man advantage on.
- •Each game is compared with the player's previous five games (at least three), so a change means a change from his own recent role.
- •Changes that last only one game, come out of blowouts or move by a few seconds are filtered out. What remains is ranked by fantasy impact: first-unit power play and top-line moves first.
120 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 9 passed.
FAQ
What is Line Watch?
Line Watch flags fantasy-relevant role changes from the NHL shift charts: players moving onto or off the first power-play unit, forwards and defensemen moving up or down the lineup, new defense partners, and big swings in ice time. Each night gets its own dated digest.
How is a line change detected?
After every game we rebuild each team's lines, pairs and power-play units from who was on the ice together, then compare every player with his own previous five games. A change only counts once the team has three games of history to compare against.
Why are some line changes left out?
Coaches shuffle lines constantly, so a one-game move is usually noise. Power-play and line moves must hold for at least two straight games (three after a blowout decided by 4+ goals). Ice-time swings must be at least three minutes, not come from a blowout, and either repeat or reach five minutes.
Where do goalie and injury alerts come from?
Goalie flips come from our starting-goalie snapshots, taken every 15 minutes: a different goalie listed, or a confirmed starter going back to expected. Injury notes come from the public injury report, matched to NHL players and limited to regular-lineup players.
Can I get these alerts by email?
Yes. Create a free account and follow as many players as you like from their player pages; you get one morning email with their changes. If you connect Yahoo, your roster's changes are included too. Every email links back to these free pages and has an unsubscribe link.