NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Dec 11, 2021
12 games on Dec 11, 2021 produced 10 notable changes: 1 power-play change (1 up, 0 down), 4 line moves (4 promotions, 0 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 3 big games. The biggest: Ryan Carpenter moved onto the top power-play unit with Toews, Kane and Jones, +2:23 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Ryan Carpenter moved onto the top power-play unit with Toews, Kane and Jones, +2:23 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · CHIGame reportTeam lines
Kasperi Kapanen moved up to L1 with Crosby and Rodrigues (2 straight games).
Line promotion · PITPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Troy Terry moved up to L1 with Getzlaf and Steel (2 straight games).
Line promotion · ANAPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jack Hughes moved up to L1 with Zacha and Sharangovich.
Line promotion · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Ondrej Kase moved up to L1 with Bunting and Matthews.
Line promotion · TORGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Ryan Carpenter moved onto the top power-play unit with Toews, Kane and Jones, +2:23 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Troy Terry moved up to L1 with Getzlaf and Steel (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kasperi Kapanen moved up to L1 with Crosby and Rodrigues (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Casey DeSmith stopped all 33 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Jack Hughes moved up to L1 with Zacha and Sharangovich.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jack Hughes played 25:17 (+7:25 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Ondrej Kase moved up to L1 with Bunting and Matthews.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Brady Tkachuk scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Anton Forsberg stopped all 25 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Henri Jokiharju played 26:08 (+7:52 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.
62 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 7 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.