NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Oct 22, 2022
13 games on Oct 22, 2022 produced 14 notable changes: 5 power-play changes (0 up, 5 down), 5 line moves (5 promotions, 0 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 2 big games. The biggest: Evander Kane dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Evander Kane dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · EDMGame reportTeam lines
Brendan Lemieux moved up to L2 with Grundstrom and Lizotte (3 straight games).
Line promotion · LAKGame reportTeam lines
Justin Danforth played only 4:46 (−10:21 vs his recent average), an early exit.
TOI drop · CBJGame reportTeam lines
Blake Lizotte moved up to L2 with Lemieux and Grundstrom (2 straight games).
Line promotion · LAKPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Rasmus Sandin moved up to D1 with Holl.
Line promotion · TORPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Evander Kane dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Brendan Lemieux moved up to L2 with Grundstrom and Lizotte (3 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Blake Lizotte moved up to L2 with Lemieux and Grundstrom (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Justin Danforth played only 4:46 (−10:21 vs his recent average), an early exit.
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Samuel Girard moved up to D2 with Manson (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Joe Pavelski scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Rasmus Sandin moved up to D1 with Holl.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
James van Riemsdyk dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Joel Farabee dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Kevin Hayes dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Travis Konecny dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Brock McGinn moved up to L2 with Carter and Kapanen.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jeff Petry played only 14:24 (−7:23 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Jordan Binnington stopped all 23 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame 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.
151 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.