NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Sunday, Jan 8, 2023
8 games on Jan 8, 2023 produced 12 notable changes: 3 power-play changes (2 up, 1 down), 4 line moves (3 promotions, 1 demotions) and 5 big games. The biggest: Sam Steel moved onto the top power-play unit with Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Addison, +2:01 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Sam Steel moved onto the top power-play unit with Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Addison, +2:01 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · MINPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Johnson moved onto the top power-play unit with Toews, Athanasiou and Jones (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · CHIGame reportTeam lines
Chris Tanev moved up to D1 with Weegar (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CGYPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Matt Boldy moved up to L1 with Kaprizov and Steel (2 straight games).
Line promotion · MINGame reportTeam lines
David Pastrnak scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 8 SOG).
Hat trick · BOSGame report
Changes by team
Tyler Johnson moved onto the top power-play unit with Toews, Athanasiou and Jones (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Max Domi dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Sam Steel moved onto the top power-play unit with Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Addison, +2:01 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Matt Boldy moved up to L1 with Kaprizov and Steel (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Chris Tanev moved up to D1 with Weegar (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
David Pastrnak scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 8 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Darcy Kuemper stopped all 38 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Thomas Greiss stopped all 35 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Dakota Joshua moved up to L3 with Lazar and Studnicka (3 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kyle Connor scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby dropped to L4 from L2 with Gagner and Stenlund (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Pierre-Luc Dubois had 4 points (0 G, 4 A, 5 SOG).
Big nightPickup 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.
123 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.