NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Feb 3, 2018
13 games on Feb 3, 2018 produced 13 notable changes: 1 power-play change (0 up, 1 down), 9 line moves (6 promotions, 3 demotions) and 3 big games. The biggest: Mikael Backlund dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Mikael Backlund dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · CGYGame reportTeam lines
Nick Leddy dropped to D2 from D1 with Seidenberg (2 straight games).
Line demotion · NYIGame reportTeam lines
Bryan Rust moved up to L2 with Crosby and Guentzel (2 straight games).
Line promotion · PITGame reportTeam lines
Carl Soderberg moved up to L1 with Comeau and Nieto.
Line promotion · COLGame reportTeam lines
Dustin Byfuglien moved up to D1 with Enstrom.
Line promotion · WPGGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Mikael Backlund dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Mark Giordano moved up to D1 with Hamilton.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Nick Leddy dropped to D2 from D1 with Seidenberg (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
John Tavares dropped to L2 from L1 with Bailey and Beauvillier.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Josh Bailey dropped to L2 from L1 with Tavares and Beauvillier.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Carl Soderberg moved up to L1 with Comeau and Nieto.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Bryan Rust moved up to L2 with Crosby and Guentzel (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jake Guentzel moved up to L2 with Crosby and Rust.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Dustin Byfuglien moved up to D1 with Enstrom.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 25 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Darcy Kuemper stopped all 27 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Carter Hutton stopped all 27 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Artem Anisimov moved up to L2 with Kane and Schmaltz.
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.
174 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 10 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.