NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Feb 27, 2021
14 games on Feb 27, 2021 produced 22 notable changes: 10 power-play changes (4 up, 6 down), 6 line moves (5 promotions, 1 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 3 big games. The biggest: Nathan Beaulieu moved up to D1 with Morrissey (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Nathan Beaulieu moved up to D1 with Morrissey (2 straight games).
Line promotion · WPGGame reportTeam lines
Ty Smith dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Alec Martinez dropped to D2 from D1 with Whitecloud (2 straight games).
Line demotion · VGKGame reportTeam lines
Nathan Beaulieu played 24:01 (+8:19 vs his recent average) (3 straight games).
TOI spike · WPGGame reportTeam lines
Brock Nelson moved onto the top power-play unit with Bailey, Leddy and Pageau.
PP1 promotion · NYIGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Nathan Beaulieu moved up to D1 with Morrissey (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Nathan Beaulieu played 24:01 (+8:19 vs his recent average) (3 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Ty Smith dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Alec Martinez dropped to D2 from D1 with Whitecloud (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Sam Gagner moved onto the top power-play unit with Ryan, Djoos and Mantha.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Adam Erne moved up to L1 with Helm and Glendening.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Danny DeKeyser moved up to D1 with Hronek.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Brock Nelson moved onto the top power-play unit with Bailey, Leddy and Pageau.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jean-Gabriel Pageau moved onto the top power-play unit with Bailey, Leddy and Nelson.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Josh Bailey moved onto the top power-play unit with Leddy, Nelson and Pageau.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Anders Lee dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Jordan Eberle dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Mathew Barzal dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Noah Dobson dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Ryan Pulock dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Ryan Getzlaf moved up to L1 with Jones and Comtois.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jonathan Drouin moved up to L1 with Toffoli and Suzuki.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jonathan Drouin played 19:52 (+4:43 vs his recent average) (3 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jack Campbell stopped all 30 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Brian Elliott stopped all 23 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 20 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Oskar Sundqvist played 21:08 (+4:56 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.
217 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.