NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Sunday, Mar 20, 2022
6 games on Mar 20, 2022 produced 9 notable changes: 4 power-play changes (4 up, 0 down), 3 line moves (3 promotions, 0 demotions) and 2 big games. The biggest: Joel Farabee moved onto the top power-play unit with Hayes, Konecny and Tippett, +3:03 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Joel Farabee moved onto the top power-play unit with Hayes, Konecny and Tippett, +3:03 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · PHIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kevin Hayes moved onto the top power-play unit with Konecny, Tippett and Farabee, +3:10 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · PHIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tom Wilson moved onto the top power-play unit with Ovechkin, Backstrom and Carlson, +4:47 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · WSHGame reportTeam lines
Travis Konecny moved onto the top power-play unit with Hayes, Tippett and Farabee, +3:05 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · PHIGame reportTeam lines
Rasmus Asplund moved up to L2 with Olofsson and Mittelstadt (3 straight games).
Line promotion · BUFGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Joel Farabee moved onto the top power-play unit with Hayes, Konecny and Tippett, +3:03 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kevin Hayes moved onto the top power-play unit with Konecny, Tippett and Farabee, +3:10 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Travis Konecny moved onto the top power-play unit with Hayes, Tippett and Farabee, +3:05 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Tom Wilson moved onto the top power-play unit with Ovechkin, Backstrom and Carlson, +4:47 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Rasmus Asplund moved up to L2 with Olofsson and Mittelstadt (3 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Alexandar Georgiev stopped all 44 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Kyle Connor had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 1 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Jansen Harkins moved up to L3 with Copp and Svechnikov.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Steven Lorentz moved up to L3 with Staal and Fast.
Line promotionPickup 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.
53 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.