NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Thursday, Mar 7, 2019
11 games on Mar 7, 2019 produced 11 notable changes: 1 power-play change (1 up, 0 down), 3 line moves (2 promotions, 1 demotions) and 7 big games. The biggest: Shea Weber moved up to D1 with Mete (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Shea Weber moved up to D1 with Mete (2 straight games).
Line promotion · MTLGame reportTeam lines
Marc Staal dropped to D3 from D1 with DeAngelo (2 straight games).
Line demotion · NYRGame reportTeam lines
Danton Heinen moved onto the top power-play unit with Bergeron, Krejci and Marchand, +4:44 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · BOSPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Victor Mete moved up to D1 with Weber.
Line promotion · MTLGame reportTeam lines
Alexander Radulov scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trick · DALGame report
Changes by team
Shea Weber moved up to D1 with Mete (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Victor Mete moved up to D1 with Weber.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Marc Staal dropped to D3 from D1 with DeAngelo (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Danton Heinen moved onto the top power-play unit with Bergeron, Krejci and Marchand, +4:44 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alexander Radulov scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Ben Bishop stopped all 31 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Jason Zucker scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Devan Dubnyk stopped all 25 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Darcy Kuemper stopped all 30 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Jake Allen stopped all 28 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Matt Murray stopped all 25 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame 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.
142 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 4 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.