NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Feb 16, 2019
12 games on Feb 16, 2019 produced 10 notable changes: 3 power-play changes (1 up, 2 down), 3 line moves (3 promotions, 0 demotions) and 4 big games. The biggest: Patrik Laine moved onto the top power-play unit with Wheeler, Scheifele and Trouba, +1:32 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Patrik Laine moved onto the top power-play unit with Wheeler, Scheifele and Trouba, +1:32 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · WPGPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Artemi Panarin moved up to L1 with Atkinson and Dubois (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CBJGame reportTeam lines
Artem Anisimov moved up to L2 with Saad and Sikura (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CHIGame reportTeam lines
Jamie Benn moved up to L1 with Radulov and Seguin.
Line promotion · DALPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jakob Chychrun dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1 · ARIGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Patrik Laine moved onto the top power-play unit with Wheeler, Scheifele and Trouba, +1:32 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Artemi Panarin moved up to L1 with Atkinson and Dubois (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Artem Anisimov moved up to L2 with Saad and Sikura (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jamie Benn moved up to L1 with Radulov and Seguin.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jakob Chychrun 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
Darcy Kuemper stopped all 22 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Petr Mrazek stopped all 33 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Jake Allen stopped all 32 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 20 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.
119 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 6 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.