NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Sunday, Jan 20, 2019
5 games on Jan 20, 2019 produced 12 notable changes: 5 power-play changes (5 up, 0 down), 3 line moves (2 promotions, 1 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 3 big games. The biggest: Drake Caggiula moved up to L1 with Toews and Kane (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Drake Caggiula moved up to L1 with Toews and Kane (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CHIGame reportTeam lines
Dominik Kahun dropped to L3 from L1 with Strome and DeBrincat (2 straight games).
Line demotion · CHIGame reportTeam lines
Jonathan Toews scored a hat trick (3 G, 2 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trick · CHIPickup alertGame report
Andrei Svechnikov moved onto the top power-play unit with Hamilton, McGinn and Slavin.
PP1 promotion · CARGame reportTeam lines
Brock McGinn moved onto the top power-play unit with Hamilton, Slavin and Wallmark, +0:33 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · CARGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Drake Caggiula moved up to L1 with Toews and Kane (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Dominik Kahun dropped to L3 from L1 with Strome and DeBrincat (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Jonathan Toews scored a hat trick (3 G, 2 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Patrick Kane had 5 points (2 G, 3 A, 5 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Andrei Svechnikov moved onto the top power-play unit with Hamilton, McGinn and Slavin.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Brock McGinn moved onto the top power-play unit with Hamilton, Slavin and Wallmark, +0:33 of PP time.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Dougie Hamilton moved onto the top power-play unit with McGinn, Slavin and Wallmark.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jaccob Slavin moved onto the top power-play unit with Hamilton, McGinn and Wallmark.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Lucas Wallmark moved onto the top power-play unit with Hamilton, McGinn and Slavin.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Josh Leivo moved up to L1 with Boeser and Pettersson.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Sven Baertschi played only 11:00 (−6:46 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Robin Lehner stopped all 19 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.
87 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.