NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Friday, Nov 16, 2018
6 games on Nov 16, 2018 produced 16 notable changes: 3 power-play changes (2 up, 1 down), 10 line moves (8 promotions, 2 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 1 big game. The biggest: Henri Jokiharju moved onto the top power-play unit with Seabrook, Toews and Kane, +3:07 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Henri Jokiharju moved onto the top power-play unit with Seabrook, Toews and Kane, +3:07 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · CHIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Ben Chiarot moved up to D1 with Byfuglien (2 straight games).
Line promotion · WPGPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Rasmus Ristolainen moved up to D1 with McCabe (2 straight games).
Line promotion · BUFPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jeff Carter dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · LAKGame reportTeam lines
Patrik Berglund moved onto the top power-play unit with Skinner, Reinhart and Eichel, +2:44 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · BUFGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Henri Jokiharju moved onto the top power-play unit with Seabrook, Toews and Kane, +3:07 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Henri Jokiharju dropped to D3 from D1 with Gustafsson.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Duncan Keith played 25:31 (+6:14 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Rasmus Ristolainen moved up to D1 with McCabe (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Patrik Berglund moved onto the top power-play unit with Skinner, Reinhart and Eichel, +2:44 of PP time.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Rasmus Dahlin moved up to D2 with Bogosian.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Ben Chiarot moved up to D1 with Byfuglien (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Andrew Copp moved up to L3 with Lowry and Tanev (3 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Mathieu Perreault dropped to L4 from L2 with Petan and Roslovic (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Patrik Laine moved up to L2 with Little and Connor.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jeff Carter dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Alex Iafallo moved up to L1 with Brown and Kopitar.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Derek Forbort moved up to D1 with Doughty.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brandon Montour moved up to D1 with Lindholm.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Brandon Montour played 29:36 (+9:05 vs his recent average).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Ben Bishop stopped all 23 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.
75 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 15 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.