NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Nov 17, 2018
11 games on Nov 17, 2018 produced 13 notable changes: 1 power-play change (1 up, 0 down), 6 line moves (6 promotions, 0 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 3 big games. The biggest: Damon Severson moved up to D1 with Greene (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Damon Severson moved up to D1 with Greene (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NJDPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Rasmus Dahlin moved up to D1 with Bogosian (2 straight games).
Line promotion · BUFGame reportTeam lines
Phillip Danault moved onto the top power-play unit with Petry, Shaw and Drouin, +1:54 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · MTLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brad Richardson moved up to L1 with Panik and Hinostroza.
Line promotion · ARIGame reportTeam lines
Milan Lucic moved up to L1 with Draisaitl and McDavid.
Line promotion · EDMGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Rasmus Dahlin moved up to D1 with Bogosian (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Damon Severson moved up to D1 with Greene (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Damon Severson played 26:16 (+6:12 vs his recent average).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Phillip Danault moved onto the top power-play unit with Petry, Shaw and Drouin, +1:54 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brad Richardson moved up to L1 with Panik and Hinostroza.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Vinnie Hinostroza played 20:07 (+6:05 vs his recent average).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Cam Atkinson scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Nick Jensen moved up to D1 with DeKeyser.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Bertuzzi moved up to L2 with Abdelkader and Glendening.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Milan Lucic moved up to L1 with Draisaitl and McDavid.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Matt Benning played 20:55 (+5:57 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Calle Jarnkrok scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 4 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Aaron Dell stopped all 30 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.
159 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.