NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Jan 12, 2019
12 games on Jan 12, 2019 produced 15 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (2 up, 0 down), 8 line moves (6 promotions, 2 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 2 big games. The biggest: Kasperi Kapanen moved onto the top power-play unit with Tavares, Kadri and Rielly, +1:01 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Kasperi Kapanen moved onto the top power-play unit with Tavares, Kadri and Rielly, +1:01 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · TORPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Oskar Sundqvist moved onto the top power-play unit with Perron, Pietrangelo and O'Reilly, +1:21 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · STLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
David Savard moved up to D1 with Werenski (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CBJGame reportTeam lines
Evgeny Kuznetsov moved up to L1 with Ovechkin and Wilson (2 straight games).
Line promotion · WSHGame reportTeam lines
Joonas Donskoi dropped to L4 from L1 with Kane and Hertl (3 straight games).
Line demotion · SJSGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Oskar Sundqvist moved onto the top power-play unit with Perron, Pietrangelo and O'Reilly, +1:21 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kasperi Kapanen moved onto the top power-play unit with Tavares, Kadri and Rielly, +1:01 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
David Savard moved up to D1 with Werenski (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Boone Jenner played 22:19 (+6:24 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Zack Kassian dropped to L4 from L1 with Brodziak and Lucic (3 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Ty Rattie moved up to L1 with Nugent-Hopkins and McDavid.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Joonas Donskoi dropped to L4 from L1 with Kane and Hertl (3 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Joonas Donskoi played only 3:56 (−8:28 vs his recent average), an early exit.
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Evgeny Kuznetsov moved up to L1 with Ovechkin and Wilson (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Tom Wilson moved up to L1 with Ovechkin and Kuznetsov (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Brandon Pirri moved up to L1 with Karlsson and Marchessault.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Christian Wolanin played 23:32 (+7:29 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Mario Kempe moved up to L3 with Archibald and Crouse (3 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Bertuzzi scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Carey Price stopped all 28 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.
131 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 13 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.