NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Dec 16, 2017
11 games on Dec 16, 2017 produced 11 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (2 up, 0 down), 4 line moves (4 promotions, 0 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 4 big games. The biggest: Jacob Trouba moved onto the top power-play unit with Wheeler, Scheifele and Connor, +3:42 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Jacob Trouba moved onto the top power-play unit with Wheeler, Scheifele and Connor, +3:42 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · WPGGame reportTeam lines
Gabriel Landeskog scored a hat trick (3 G, 2 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trick · COLGame report
Jake Guentzel moved onto the top power-play unit with Malkin, Crosby and Letang, +3:03 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · PITGame reportTeam lines
Erik Karlsson moved up to D1 with Oduya.
Line promotion · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Carter Hutton stopped all 48 shots for a shutout.
Shutout · STLGame report
Changes by team
Jacob Trouba moved onto the top power-play unit with Wheeler, Scheifele and Connor, +3:42 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Gabriel Landeskog scored a hat trick (3 G, 2 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Jake Guentzel moved onto the top power-play unit with Malkin, Crosby and Letang, +3:03 of PP time.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Erik Karlsson moved up to D1 with Oduya.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Craig Anderson stopped all 28 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Carter Hutton stopped all 48 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Pekka Rinne stopped all 32 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Alex Chiasson moved up to L2 with Kuznetsov and Vrana.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Evgeny Kuznetsov moved up to L2 with Chiasson and Vrana.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
John Carlson moved up to D2 with Djoos.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Teuvo Teravainen played only 13:36 (−5:26 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame 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.
147 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 7 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.