NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Tuesday, Nov 16, 2021
11 games on Nov 16, 2021 produced 12 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (2 up, 0 down), 8 line moves (7 promotions, 1 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 1 big game. The biggest: Trevor van Riemsdyk moved up to D1 with Schultz (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Trevor van Riemsdyk moved up to D1 with Schultz (3 straight games).
Line promotion · WSHPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Hampus Lindholm moved onto the top power-play unit with Getzlaf, Silfverberg and Zegras, +0:53 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · ANAPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Justin Schultz moved up to D1 with van Riemsdyk (2 straight games).
Line promotion · WSHGame reportTeam lines
Noah Hanifin dropped to D3 from D1 with Andersson (2 straight games).
Line demotion · CGYGame reportTeam lines
Robby Fabbri moved onto the top power-play unit with Bertuzzi, Larkin and Seider.
PP1 promotion · DETGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Trevor van Riemsdyk moved up to D1 with Schultz (3 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Justin Schultz moved up to D1 with van Riemsdyk (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Hampus Lindholm moved onto the top power-play unit with Getzlaf, Silfverberg and Zegras, +0:53 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Noah Hanifin dropped to D3 from D1 with Andersson (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Robby Fabbri moved onto the top power-play unit with Bertuzzi, Larkin and Seider.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Filip Hronek moved up to D1 with Leddy.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Dylan Larkin played only 12:25 (−6:44 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Esa Lindell moved up to D1 with Heiskanen.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Miro Heiskanen moved up to D1 with Lindell.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Michael Raffl moved up to L2 with Benn and Gurianov.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Rem Pitlick moved up to L3 with Hartman and Greenway (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jack Campbell stopped all 24 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.
137 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 11 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.