NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Tuesday, Jan 22, 2019
5 games on Jan 22, 2019 produced 13 notable changes: 1 power-play change (0 up, 1 down), 7 line moves (6 promotions, 1 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 3 big games. The biggest: Drake Caggiula moved up to L1 with Toews and Kane (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Drake Caggiula moved up to L1 with Toews and Kane (3 straight games).
Line promotion · CHIGame reportTeam lines
Anders Lee moved up to L1 with Eberle and Nelson (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NYIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brock Nelson moved up to L1 with Eberle and Lee (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NYIGame reportTeam lines
Jordan Eberle moved up to L1 with Lee and Nelson (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NYIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jaccob Slavin moved up to D1 with Hamilton.
Line promotion · CARPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Drake Caggiula moved up to L1 with Toews and Kane (3 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Drake Caggiula played 20:31 (+6:14 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Anders Lee moved up to L1 with Eberle and Nelson (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brock Nelson moved up to L1 with Eberle and Lee (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jordan Eberle moved up to L1 with Lee and Nelson (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jaccob Slavin moved up to D1 with Hamilton.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Micheal Ferland dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Tomas Hertl scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Joe Pavelski had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 3 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Matt Benning played 21:54 (+7:39 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Oliver Ekman-Larsson dropped to D3 from D1 with Hjalmarsson.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Jakob Chychrun moved up to D2 with Connauton.
Line promotionGame 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.
75 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.