NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023
10 games on Feb 28, 2023 produced 12 notable changes: 3 power-play changes (3 up, 0 down), 5 line moves (5 promotions, 0 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 3 big games. The biggest: Carter Verhaeghe moved onto the top power-play unit with Ekblad, Reinhart and Montour, +1:34 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Carter Verhaeghe moved onto the top power-play unit with Ekblad, Reinhart and Montour, +1:34 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · FLAGame reportTeam lines
Owen Power moved onto the top power-play unit with Skinner, Olofsson and Thompson, +3:53 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · BUFGame reportTeam lines
Mikael Granlund moved up to L1 with Duchene and Glass (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NSHGame reportTeam lines
Travis Boyd moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Keller and Välimäki, +0:56 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · ARIGame reportTeam lines
Andreas Athanasiou moved up to L1 with Domi and Kurashev.
Line promotion · CHIGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Owen Power moved onto the top power-play unit with Skinner, Olofsson and Thompson, +3:53 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Carter Verhaeghe moved onto the top power-play unit with Ekblad, Reinhart and Montour, +1:34 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Mikael Granlund moved up to L1 with Duchene and Glass (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Cody Glass moved up to L1 with Duchene and Granlund.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Cody Glass played 18:23 (+4:57 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Travis Boyd moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Keller and Välimäki, +0:56 of PP time.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Andreas Athanasiou moved up to L1 with Domi and Kurashev.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Boris Katchouk moved up to L3 with Dickinson and Gust.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Anze Kopitar scored 4 goals (4 G, 0 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Scott Mayfield moved up to D1 with Pelech.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Eric Robinson scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Josh Morrissey had 4 points (2 G, 2 A, 6 SOG).
Big nightGame 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.