NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Tuesday, Oct 16, 2018
8 games on Oct 16, 2018 produced 15 notable changes: 3 power-play changes (2 up, 1 down), 8 line moves (8 promotions, 0 demotions) and 4 big games. The biggest: Josh Morrissey moved onto the top power-play unit with Wheeler, Scheifele and Connor, +3:24 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Josh Morrissey moved onto the top power-play unit with Wheeler, Scheifele and Connor, +3:24 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · WPGGame reportTeam lines
Joe Morrow moved up to D1 with Myers (2 straight games).
Line promotion · WPGGame reportTeam lines
Micheal Ferland moved up to L1 with Teravainen and Aho (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CARGame reportTeam lines
Patrik Laine moved up to L1 with Little and Ehlers (2 straight games).
Line promotion · WPGPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Myers moved up to D1 with Morrow (2 straight games).
Line promotion · WPGPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Josh Morrissey moved onto the top power-play unit with Wheeler, Scheifele and Connor, +3:24 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Joe Morrow moved up to D1 with Myers (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Patrik Laine moved up to L1 with Little and Ehlers (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Myers moved up to D1 with Morrow (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Micheal Ferland moved up to L1 with Teravainen and Aho (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Alex Killorn moved onto the top power-play unit with Stamkos, Hedman and Kucherov.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brayden Point dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Tyler Johnson scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Kris Russell moved up to D1 with Nurse.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Connor McDavid had 4 points (2 G, 2 A, 3 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 4 points (0 G, 4 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Charlie Coyle moved up to L1 with Staal and Zucker.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Keith Kinkaid stopped all 24 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Ben Hutton moved up to D2 with Gudbranson.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Erik Gudbranson moved up to D2 with Hutton.
Line promotionPickup alertGame 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.
114 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 11 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.