NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Feb 23, 2019
11 games on Feb 23, 2019 produced 14 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (2 up, 0 down), 4 line moves (4 promotions, 0 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 5 big games. The biggest: Justin Schultz played 30:02 (+11:22 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Justin Schultz played 30:02 (+11:22 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spike · PITGame reportTeam lines
Shayne Gostisbehere moved up to D2 with Myers (3 straight games).
Line promotion · PHIGame reportTeam lines
Filip Chytil moved onto the top power-play unit with Shattenkirk, Kreider and Zibanejad, +4:27 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · NYRPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Neal Pionk moved onto the top power-play unit with Shattenkirk, Kreider and Zibanejad, +3:34 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · NYRPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jack Johnson moved up to D1 with Schultz.
Line promotion · PITGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Shayne Gostisbehere moved up to D2 with Myers (3 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Shayne Gostisbehere played 23:28 (+6:03 vs his recent average) (3 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Justin Schultz played 30:02 (+11:22 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Jack Johnson moved up to D1 with Schultz.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Justin Schultz moved up to D1 with Johnson.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Chad Ruhwedel moved up to D2 with Pettersson.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Filip Chytil moved onto the top power-play unit with Shattenkirk, Kreider and Zibanejad, +4:27 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Neal Pionk moved onto the top power-play unit with Shattenkirk, Kreider and Zibanejad, +3:34 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Neal Pionk played 24:26 (+6:09 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Philipp Grubauer stopped all 38 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Robin Lehner stopped all 36 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Sam Reinhart scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 4 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 26 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Curtis McElhinney stopped all 24 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.
156 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.