NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Tuesday, Mar 26, 2019
7 games on Mar 26, 2019 produced 12 notable changes: 4 line moves (4 promotions, 0 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 7 big games. The biggest: Josh Archibald moved up to L1 with Stepan and Crouse (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Josh Archibald moved up to L1 with Stepan and Crouse (2 straight games).
Line promotion · ARIGame reportTeam lines
Justin Faulk moved up to D1 with Pesce (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CARGame reportTeam lines
Leon Draisaitl scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trick · EDMGame report
Craig Anderson stopped all 35 shots for a shutout.
Shutout · OTTGame report
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trick · EDMGame report
Changes by team
Josh Archibald moved up to L1 with Stepan and Crouse (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Darcy Kuemper stopped all 31 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Justin Faulk moved up to D1 with Pesce (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Leon Draisaitl scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Connor McDavid had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Craig Anderson stopped all 35 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Sam Steel scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Alex DeBrincat played 22:49 (+4:51 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 26 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Brooks Orpik moved up to D2 with Jensen.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Nick Jensen moved up to D2 with Orpik.
Line promotionPickup 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.
105 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 5 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.