NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Feb 24, 2018
12 games on Feb 24, 2018 produced 11 notable changes: 3 power-play changes (2 up, 1 down), 4 line moves (2 promotions, 2 demotions) and 4 big games. The biggest: Brayden Point moved onto the top power-play unit with Callahan, Stamkos and Hedman, +2:54 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Brayden Point moved onto the top power-play unit with Callahan, Stamkos and Hedman, +2:54 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · TBLGame reportTeam lines
Jesper Bratt dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Ivan Provorov dropped to D2 from D1 with Gostisbehere (2 straight games).
Line demotion · PHIGame reportTeam lines
Victor Rask moved onto the top power-play unit with Faulk, Teravainen and Lindholm, +2:49 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · CARGame reportTeam lines
Thomas Chabot moved up to D1 with Karlsson.
Line promotion · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Brayden Point moved onto the top power-play unit with Callahan, Stamkos and Hedman, +2:54 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jesper Bratt dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Ivan Provorov dropped to D2 from D1 with Gostisbehere (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Victor Rask moved onto the top power-play unit with Faulk, Teravainen and Lindholm, +2:49 of PP time.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Thomas Chabot moved up to D1 with Karlsson.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Evgenii Dadonov scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Zachary Aston-Reese dropped to L4 from L3 with Crosby and Rust (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Antti Raanta stopped all 26 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Mark Letestu moved up to L3 with Kassian and Puljujarvi (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Mitch Marner had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Evgeny Kuznetsov had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 4 SOG).
Big nightGame 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.
188 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.