NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Feb 11, 2023
14 games on Feb 11, 2023 produced 15 notable changes: 5 power-play changes (2 up, 3 down), 4 line moves (2 promotions, 2 demotions) and 6 big games. The biggest: Devon Toews moved onto the top power-play unit with Lehkonen, MacKinnon and Nichushkin, +3:46 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Devon Toews moved onto the top power-play unit with Lehkonen, MacKinnon and Nichushkin, +3:46 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · COLGame reportTeam lines
Cole Smith moved up to L1 with Sissons and Jeannot (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NSHPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Travis Konecny moved up to L1 with Hayes and Laughton (2 straight games).
Line promotion · PHIGame reportTeam lines
Nikolaj Ehlers dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · WPGGame reportTeam lines
Damon Severson dropped to D3 from D1 with Bahl (2 straight games).
Line demotion · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Devon Toews moved onto the top power-play unit with Lehkonen, MacKinnon and Nichushkin, +3:46 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Cole Smith moved up to L1 with Sissons and Jeannot (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Filip Forsberg dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Travis Konecny moved up to L1 with Hayes and Laughton (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Nikolaj Ehlers dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Patrik Laine dropped to L4 from L1 with Roslovic and Foudy (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Damon Severson dropped to D3 from D1 with Bahl (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Artemi Panarin scored 4 goals (4 G, 1 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Corey Perry moved onto the top power-play unit with Stamkos, Hedman and Kucherov.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Adrian Kempe scored 4 goals (4 G, 0 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Pheonix Copley stopped all 25 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Andrei Kuzmenko dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Juuso Välimäki had 4 points (0 G, 4 A, 1 SOG).
Big nightPickup alertGame report
Nick Schmaltz had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Dillon Dube had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 3 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.
161 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 9 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.