NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Thursday, Jan 9, 2020
11 games on Jan 9, 2020 produced 16 notable changes: 3 power-play changes (3 up, 0 down), 6 line moves (4 promotions, 2 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 4 big games. The biggest: Roman Polak moved up to D1 with Lindell (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Roman Polak moved up to D1 with Lindell (3 straight games).
Line promotion · DALGame reportTeam lines
Jesper Boqvist moved up to L1 with Palmieri and Hischier (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NJDPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kevin Labanc moved up to L1 with Kane and Hertl (2 straight games).
Line promotion · SJSGame reportTeam lines
Sean Walker dropped to D3 from D1 with MacDermid (2 straight games).
Line demotion · LAKGame reportTeam lines
Tony DeAngelo scored a hat trick (3 G, 2 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trick · NYRPickup alertGame report
Changes by team
Roman Polak moved up to D1 with Lindell (3 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Ben Bishop stopped all 27 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Jesper Boqvist moved up to L1 with Palmieri and Hischier (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kevin Labanc moved up to L1 with Kane and Hertl (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Kevin Labanc played 20:44 (+6:27 vs his recent average).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Sean Walker dropped to D3 from D1 with MacDermid (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Alec Martinez moved onto the top power-play unit with Doughty, Kempe and Amadio.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Austin Wagner moved onto the top power-play unit with Martinez, Doughty and Kempe.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Michael Amadio moved onto the top power-play unit with Martinez, Doughty and Kempe.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Sean Walker played only 14:40 (−7:05 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Tony DeAngelo scored a hat trick (3 G, 2 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Brett Kulak moved up to D1 with Petry.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
David Pastrnak scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Paul Stastny played 21:09 (+4:57 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Jack Roslovic dropped to L3 from L2 with Perreault and Lowry (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Andrei Vasilevskiy 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.
129 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 12 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.