NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Dec 14, 2019
14 games on Dec 14, 2019 produced 21 notable changes: 7 power-play changes (4 up, 3 down), 10 line moves (8 promotions, 2 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 2 big games. The biggest: Marcus Johansson moved onto the top power-play unit with Reinhart, Olofsson and Eichel, +2:30 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Marcus Johansson moved onto the top power-play unit with Reinhart, Olofsson and Eichel, +2:30 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · BUFPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Ondrej Kase moved onto the top power-play unit with Getzlaf, Henrique and Fowler, +3:38 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · ANAGame reportTeam lines
Jeff Skinner dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
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Rasmus Ristolainen dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · BUFGame reportTeam lines
Morgan Rielly moved onto the top power-play unit with Muzzin, Tavares and Hyman.
PP1 promotion · TORGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Ondrej Kase moved onto the top power-play unit with Getzlaf, Henrique and Fowler, +3:38 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Marcus Johansson moved onto the top power-play unit with Reinhart, Olofsson and Eichel, +2:30 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jeff Skinner dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
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Rasmus Ristolainen dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Morgan Rielly moved onto the top power-play unit with Muzzin, Tavares and Hyman.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Zach Hyman moved onto the top power-play unit with Muzzin, Tavares and Rielly.
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Jake Muzzin moved up to D1 with Holl.
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Justin Holl moved up to D1 with Muzzin.
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Cody Ceci moved up to D2 with Rielly.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Pierre Engvall moved up to L3 with Kerfoot and Mikheyev (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
James Neal moved up to L2 with Gagner and Nugent-Hopkins (2 straight games).
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Alex Chiasson dropped off PP1.
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Mark Borowiecki moved up to D1 with Zaitsev.
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Nikita Zaitsev moved up to D1 with Borowiecki.
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Anthony Duclair scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Nikita Kucherov dropped to L4 from L1 with Palat and Point.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
James Reimer stopped all 32 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Andrew Peeke played 18:49 (+5:51 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
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Alexander Wennberg moved up to L2 with Foligno and Atkinson.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Danton Heinen dropped to L3 from L2 with Kuraly and Bjork (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Vincent Trocheck played 22:41 (+6:41 vs his recent average).
TOI spikeGame 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.
178 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 19 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.