NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Thursday, Mar 10, 2022
13 games on Mar 10, 2022 produced 19 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (1 up, 1 down), 7 line moves (5 promotions, 2 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 7 big games. The biggest: Thomas Chabot moved up to D1 with Zub (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Thomas Chabot moved up to D1 with Zub (3 straight games).
Line promotion · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Michael Rasmussen moved onto the top power-play unit with Leddy, Vrana and Hronek, +2:35 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · DETPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tim Stützle moved up to L1 with Gaudette and Formenton (2 straight games).
Line promotion · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Dominik Kubalik dropped to L4 from L1 with Johnson and Kurashev (2 straight games).
Line demotion · CHIGame reportTeam lines
Anton Stralman moved up to D1 with Moser.
Line promotion · ARIGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Thomas Chabot moved up to D1 with Zub (3 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Tim Stützle moved up to L1 with Gaudette and Formenton (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Michael Rasmussen moved onto the top power-play unit with Leddy, Vrana and Hronek, +2:35 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Robby Fabbri played only 8:27 (−9:07 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Robby Fabbri dropped to L4 from L2 with Bertuzzi and Suter.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Dominik Kubalik dropped to L4 from L1 with Johnson and Kurashev (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Dominik Kubalik played only 7:23 (−6:50 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Sam Steel moved up to L1 with Rakell and Milano.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Anton Stralman moved up to D1 with Moser.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Antti Raanta stopped all 36 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Matt Boldy dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Johnny Gaudreau scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 4 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Sam Reinhart scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Aaron Ekblad had 4 points (0 G, 4 A, 0 SOG).
Big nightPickup alertGame report
Jonathan Huberdeau had 4 points (0 G, 4 A, 5 SOG).
Big nightPickup alertGame report
Anders Lee scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Ilya Sorokin stopped all 25 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Dylan DeMelo played 24:11 (+5:50 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Patrick Brown moved up to L3 with MacEwen and Mayhew.
Line promotionGame 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.
165 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 12 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.