NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Feb 15, 2020
11 games on Feb 15, 2020 produced 13 notable changes: 5 power-play changes (4 up, 1 down), 4 line moves (4 promotions, 0 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 3 big games. The biggest: Andre Burakovsky moved onto the top power-play unit with Landeskog, MacKinnon and Rantanen (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Andre Burakovsky moved onto the top power-play unit with Landeskog, MacKinnon and Rantanen (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · COLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alec Martinez moved onto the top power-play unit with Carter, Frk and Kempe.
PP1 promotion · LAKGame reportTeam lines
Jeff Carter moved onto the top power-play unit with Martinez, Frk and Kempe.
PP1 promotion · LAKGame reportTeam lines
Noah Dobson moved onto the top power-play unit with Brassard, Bailey and Pulock, +0:54 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · NYIGame reportTeam lines
Andre Burakovsky moved up to L1 with MacKinnon and Rantanen.
Line promotion · COLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Andre Burakovsky moved onto the top power-play unit with Landeskog, MacKinnon and Rantanen (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Andre Burakovsky moved up to L1 with MacKinnon and Rantanen.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alec Martinez moved onto the top power-play unit with Carter, Frk and Kempe.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jeff Carter moved onto the top power-play unit with Martinez, Frk and Kempe.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Toffoli scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Noah Dobson moved onto the top power-play unit with Brassard, Bailey and Pulock, +0:54 of PP time.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Anders Lee dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Ben Chiarot moved up to D1 with Mete.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Xavier Ouellet played 19:04 (+6:14 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Xavier Ouellet moved up to D2 with Kulak.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Radim Simek moved up to D1 with Vlasic.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Martin Jones stopped all 39 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 19 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.
166 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.