NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Thursday, Feb 1, 2018
12 games on Feb 1, 2018 produced 13 notable changes: 5 power-play changes (1 up, 4 down), 3 line moves (2 promotions, 1 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 4 big games. The biggest: Matt Duchene moved onto the top power-play unit with Brassard, Karlsson and Hoffman, +2:41 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Matt Duchene moved onto the top power-play unit with Brassard, Karlsson and Hoffman, +2:41 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Miles Wood moved up to L1 with Palmieri and Zacha (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NJDPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Myers moved up to D1 with Morrissey (2 straight games).
Line promotion · WPGPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Corey Perry dropped off PP1.
Off PP1 · ANAGame reportTeam lines
Gabriel Landeskog dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1 · COLGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Matt Duchene moved onto the top power-play unit with Brassard, Karlsson and Hoffman, +2:41 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Miles Wood moved up to L1 with Palmieri and Zacha (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Myers moved up to D1 with Morrissey (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Myers played 25:53 (+4:55 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Corey Perry dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Gabriel Landeskog dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Mikko Rantanen dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Samuel Girard dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Alex Killorn had 5 points (2 G, 3 A, 4 SOG).
Big nightPickup alertGame report
Cam Ward stopped all 27 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Valtteri Filppula dropped to L4 from L2 with Lehtera and Leier (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Curtis McElhinney stopped all 25 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Pekka Rinne stopped all 19 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
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.
167 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.