NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Nov 2, 2019
14 games on Nov 2, 2019 produced 14 notable changes: 6 power-play changes (5 up, 1 down), 3 line moves (0 promotions, 3 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 4 big games. The biggest: Tony DeAngelo moved onto the top power-play unit with Kreider, Strome and Panarin, +3:26 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Tony DeAngelo moved onto the top power-play unit with Kreider, Strome and Panarin, +3:26 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · NYRPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Ennis moved onto the top power-play unit with Brown, Duclair and Chabot, +3:38 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Andre Burakovsky moved onto the top power-play unit with Kadri, Donskoi and MacKinnon, +3:00 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · COLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Dominik Kubalik moved onto the top power-play unit with Toews, Nylander and Boqvist.
PP1 promotion · CHIGame reportTeam lines
Kirby Dach moved onto the top power-play unit with Toews, Kubalik and Nylander.
PP1 promotion · CHIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Tony DeAngelo moved onto the top power-play unit with Kreider, Strome and Panarin, +3:26 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Ennis moved onto the top power-play unit with Brown, Duclair and Chabot, +3:38 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Dominik Kubalik moved onto the top power-play unit with Toews, Nylander and Boqvist.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Kirby Dach moved onto the top power-play unit with Toews, Kubalik and Nylander.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Andre Burakovsky moved onto the top power-play unit with Kadri, Donskoi and MacKinnon, +3:00 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
David Rittich stopped all 43 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Patrik Laine dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Neal Pionk played 29:24 (+6:42 vs his recent average).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Clayton Keller dropped to L4 from L1 with Schmaltz and Garland.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Darcy Kuemper stopped all 33 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Victor Olofsson dropped to L4 from L1 with Johansson and Skinner.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Jeff Skinner dropped to L4 from L2 with Johansson and Olofsson.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Semyon Varlamov stopped all 27 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 22 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.
167 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 10 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.