NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Feb 9, 2019
14 games on Feb 9, 2019 produced 22 notable changes: 12 power-play changes (4 up, 8 down), 7 line moves (4 promotions, 3 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 1 big game. The biggest: Marco Scandella moved up to D1 with Ristolainen (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Marco Scandella moved up to D1 with Ristolainen (3 straight games).
Line promotion · BUFGame reportTeam lines
Mark Stone moved onto the top power-play unit with Duchene, White and Chabot (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Brian Dumoulin dropped to D3 from D1 with Johnson (2 straight games).
Line demotion · PITGame reportTeam lines
Brady Tkachuk moved onto the top power-play unit with Duchene, Stone and White.
PP1 promotion · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Colin White moved onto the top power-play unit with Duchene, Stone and Chabot.
PP1 promotion · OTTPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Marco Scandella moved up to D1 with Ristolainen (3 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Mark Stone moved onto the top power-play unit with Duchene, White and Chabot (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Brady Tkachuk moved onto the top power-play unit with Duchene, Stone and White.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Colin White moved onto the top power-play unit with Duchene, Stone and Chabot.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brian Dumoulin dropped to D3 from D1 with Johnson (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Troy Stecher moved onto the top power-play unit with Leivo, Horvat and Boeser, +5:52 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Patrik Nemeth moved up to D1 with Barrie.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Patrik Nemeth played 24:16 (+7:57 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Nikita Zadorov dropped to D3 from D1 with Graves.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Vincent Trocheck moved up to L1 with Huberdeau and Vatrano.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Lars Eller moved up to L1 with Connolly and Burakovsky.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Evgeny Kuznetsov dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Nicklas Backstrom dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
T.J. Oshie dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Clayton Keller dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Oliver Ekman-Larsson dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Alex Tuch dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Max Pacioretty dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Shea Theodore dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Kevin Labanc scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Greg Pateryn dropped to D3 from D2 with Seeler (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Jack Roslovic played 17:58 (+4:42 vs his recent average).
TOI spikePickup alertGame 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.
223 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 21 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.