NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Feb 29, 2020
12 games on Feb 29, 2020 produced 16 notable changes: 9 power-play changes (6 up, 3 down), 5 line moves (5 promotions, 0 demotions) and 2 big games. The biggest: Mikhail Sergachev moved onto the top power-play unit with Johnson, Kucherov and Point, +3:36 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Mikhail Sergachev moved onto the top power-play unit with Johnson, Kucherov and Point, +3:36 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · TBLGame reportTeam lines
Jesper Bratt moved onto the top power-play unit with Subban, Gusev and Wood.
PP1 promotion · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Miles Wood moved onto the top power-play unit with Subban, Gusev and Zacha.
PP1 promotion · NJDPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nikita Gusev moved onto the top power-play unit with Subban, Wood and Zacha.
PP1 promotion · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Pavel Zacha moved onto the top power-play unit with Subban, Gusev and Wood.
PP1 promotion · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Mikhail Sergachev moved onto the top power-play unit with Johnson, Kucherov and Point, +3:36 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Johnson moved onto the top power-play unit with Kucherov, Point and Cirelli, +3:46 of PP time.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jesper Bratt moved onto the top power-play unit with Subban, Gusev and Wood.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Miles Wood moved onto the top power-play unit with Subban, Gusev and Zacha.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nikita Gusev moved onto the top power-play unit with Subban, Wood and Zacha.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Pavel Zacha moved onto the top power-play unit with Subban, Gusev and Wood.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jesper Bratt moved up to L1 with Gusev and Zacha.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Nikita Gusev moved up to L1 with Zacha and Bratt.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Pavel Zacha moved up to L1 with Gusev and Bratt.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jack Hughes dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Kyle Palmieri dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Nico Hischier dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Travis Zajac moved up to L2 with Wood and Anderson.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Ben Hutton moved up to D1 with Doughty.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Martin Jones stopped all 30 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Tuukka Rask 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.
37 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 14 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.