NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Nov 16, 2019
15 games on Nov 16, 2019 produced 13 notable changes: 6 line moves (6 promotions, 0 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 4 big games. The biggest: Keith Yandle moved up to D1 with Ekblad (4 straight games).
Biggest changes
Keith Yandle moved up to D1 with Ekblad (4 straight games).
Line promotion · FLAGame reportTeam lines
Cody Eakin moved up to L1 with Stone and Marchessault.
Line promotion · VGKGame reportTeam lines
Dmitry Orlov moved up to D1 with Gudas.
Line promotion · WSHPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Michael Del Zotto moved up to D1 with Fowler.
Line promotion · ANAGame reportTeam lines
Jack Eichel scored 4 goals (4 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trick · BUFGame report
Changes by team
Keith Yandle moved up to D1 with Ekblad (4 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Michael Del Zotto moved up to D1 with Fowler.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Derek Grant scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Jack Eichel scored 4 goals (4 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Cody Eakin moved up to L1 with Stone and Marchessault.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Dmitry Orlov moved up to D1 with Gudas.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Darcy Kuemper stopped all 37 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Cale Makar had 4 points (0 G, 4 A, 0 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Dylan McIlrath moved up to D2 with Hicketts.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nick Suzuki moved up to L2 with Armia and Domi.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Nick Suzuki played 18:04 (+5:27 vs his recent average).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Artemi Panarin played 27:57 (+8:38 vs his recent average).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Ryan Strome played 27:57 (+8:25 vs his recent average).
TOI spikePickup 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.
193 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.