NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Monday, Nov 19, 2018
9 games on Nov 19, 2018 produced 15 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (2 up, 0 down), 6 line moves (5 promotions, 1 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 6 big games. The biggest: Phillip Danault moved onto the top power-play unit with Petry, Gallagher and Drouin, +2:24 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Phillip Danault moved onto the top power-play unit with Petry, Gallagher and Drouin, +2:24 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · MTLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jake Gardiner moved up to D1 with Zaitsev (2 straight games).
Line promotion · TORGame reportTeam lines
Joel Edmundson moved up to D1 with Parayko (2 straight games).
Line promotion · STLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nikita Zaitsev moved up to D1 with Gardiner (2 straight games).
Line promotion · TORGame reportTeam lines
Rasmus Dahlin moved onto the top power-play unit with Berglund, Skinner and Reinhart, +2:53 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · BUFGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Phillip Danault moved onto the top power-play unit with Petry, Gallagher and Drouin, +2:24 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Joel Edmundson moved up to D1 with Parayko (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jake Gardiner moved up to D1 with Zaitsev (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Nikita Zaitsev moved up to D1 with Gardiner (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Rasmus Dahlin moved onto the top power-play unit with Berglund, Skinner and Reinhart, +2:53 of PP time.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Artemi Panarin moved up to L1 with Atkinson and Dubois.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Pierre-Luc Dubois moved up to L1 with Atkinson and Panarin.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Patrik Laine scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Kyle Connor had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 7 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Kevin Fiala played only 7:09 (−8:11 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Cal Petersen stopped all 29 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Johnny Gaudreau had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Matthew Tkachuk had 4 points (2 G, 2 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Juho Lammikko had 4 points (0 G, 4 A, 1 SOG).
Big nightPickup alertGame report
Vincent Trocheck dropped to L4 from L2 with Bjugstad and Huberdeau.
Line demotionGame 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.
133 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 9 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.