NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Thursday, Mar 8, 2018
12 games on Mar 8, 2018 produced 19 notable changes: 7 power-play changes (4 up, 3 down), 7 line moves (6 promotions, 1 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 3 big games. The biggest: Travis Zajac dropped to L2 from L1 with Grabner and Palmieri (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Travis Zajac dropped to L2 from L1 with Grabner and Palmieri (2 straight games).
Line demotion · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Alex Pietrangelo moved onto the top power-play unit with Steen, Schenn and Tarasenko.
PP1 promotion · STLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Anthony Beauvillier moved onto the top power-play unit with Boychuk, Eberle and Leddy.
PP1 promotion · NYIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Johnny Boychuk moved onto the top power-play unit with Eberle, Leddy and Barzal.
PP1 promotion · NYIGame reportTeam lines
Jordan Eberle moved onto the top power-play unit with Boychuk, Leddy and Barzal.
PP1 promotion · NYIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Travis Zajac dropped to L2 from L1 with Grabner and Palmieri (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Travis Zajac played only 12:31 (−7:00 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Anthony Beauvillier moved onto the top power-play unit with Boychuk, Eberle and Leddy.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Johnny Boychuk moved onto the top power-play unit with Eberle, Leddy and Barzal.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jordan Eberle moved onto the top power-play unit with Boychuk, Leddy and Barzal.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alex Pietrangelo moved onto the top power-play unit with Steen, Schenn and Tarasenko.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Colton Parayko moved up to D1 with Dunn.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Vince Dunn moved up to D1 with Parayko.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Vince Dunn dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Rickard Rakell moved up to L1 with Getzlaf and Perry.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Phillip Di Giuseppe moved up to L2 with Skinner and Rask (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Austin Watson moved up to L1 with Fisher and Sissons.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Colton Sissons moved up to L1 with Fisher and Watson.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Craig Smith dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Colton Sissons played 19:38 (+5:36 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Roberto Luongo stopped all 40 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Kyle Okposo dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 28 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Martin Jones stopped all 16 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.
180 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 16 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.