NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Jan 14, 2023
14 games on Jan 14, 2023 produced 16 notable changes: 7 power-play changes (1 up, 6 down), 5 line moves (3 promotions, 2 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 3 big games. The biggest: Dillon Dube moved onto the top power-play unit with Backlund, Mangiapane and Hanifin, +3:35 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Dillon Dube moved onto the top power-play unit with Backlund, Mangiapane and Hanifin, +3:35 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · CGYPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Johnny Gaudreau moved up to L1 with Roslovic and Laine (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CBJGame reportTeam lines
Erik Haula dropped to L4 from L1 with Wood and Foote (2 straight games).
Line demotion · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Juraj Slafkovský moved up to L1 with Anderson and Dvorak.
Line promotion · MTLGame reportTeam lines
Andrei Svechnikov dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1 · CARGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Dillon Dube moved onto the top power-play unit with Backlund, Mangiapane and Hanifin, +3:35 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Johnny Gaudreau moved up to L1 with Roslovic and Laine (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Gustav Nyquist dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Patrik Laine scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Erik Haula dropped to L4 from L1 with Wood and Foote (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Juraj Slafkovský moved up to L1 with Anderson and Dvorak.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Johnathan Kovacevic played only 10:41 (−7:25 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Andrei Svechnikov dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Martin Necas dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Tyler Johnson dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Tyson Barrie dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Mattias Janmark moved up to L2 with Nugent-Hopkins and Kostin.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Morgan Rielly dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Jared McCann scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 4 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Alex Ovechkin dropped to L3 from L1 with Kuznetsov and Sheary.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Pavel Francouz stopped all 29 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame 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.
163 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 13 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.