NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Oct 19, 2019
11 games on Oct 19, 2019 produced 14 notable changes: 10 power-play changes (2 up, 8 down), 1 line move (1 promotions, 0 demotions) and 3 big games. The biggest: Calle Jarnkrok moved onto the top power-play unit with Josi, Duchene and Johansen, +2:23 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Calle Jarnkrok moved onto the top power-play unit with Josi, Duchene and Johansen, +2:23 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · NSHPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Miro Heiskanen moved onto the top power-play unit with Perry, Lindell and Hintz.
PP1 promotion · DALGame reportTeam lines
Vladislav Gavrikov moved up to D2 with Savard (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CBJPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Aleksander Barkov dropped off PP1.
Off PP1 · FLAGame reportTeam lines
Jamie Benn dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1 · DALGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Calle Jarnkrok moved onto the top power-play unit with Josi, Duchene and Johansen, +2:23 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Miro Heiskanen moved onto the top power-play unit with Perry, Lindell and Hintz.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jamie Benn dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Joe Pavelski dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
John Klingberg dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Tyler Seguin dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Vladislav Gavrikov moved up to D2 with Savard (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Seth Jones dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Aleksander Barkov dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Jonathan Huberdeau dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Mike Hoffman dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Tyson Jost scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 29 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Mackenzie Blackwood stopped all 25 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.
174 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 11 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.