NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Oct 28, 2023
9 games on Oct 28, 2023 produced 15 notable changes: 5 power-play changes (5 up, 0 down), 6 line moves (6 promotions, 0 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 2 big games. The biggest: Tye Kartye moved up to L1 with Eberle and Beniers (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Tye Kartye moved up to L1 with Eberle and Beniers (3 straight games).
Line promotion · SEAPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Carter Verhaeghe moved onto the top power-play unit with Cousins, Forsling and Tkachuk (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · FLAGame reportTeam lines
Justin Danforth moved onto the top power-play unit with Gaudreau, Jenner and Werenski, +2:47 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · CBJPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brendan Gallagher moved up to L1 with Pearson and Monahan (2 straight games).
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Sean Monahan moved up to L1 with Gallagher and Pearson (2 straight games).
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Changes by team
Tye Kartye moved up to L1 with Eberle and Beniers (3 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Justin Danforth moved onto the top power-play unit with Gaudreau, Jenner and Werenski, +2:47 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Carter Verhaeghe moved onto the top power-play unit with Cousins, Forsling and Tkachuk (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Anton Lundell moved onto the top power-play unit with Cousins, Verhaeghe and Forsling.
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Gustav Forsling moved onto the top power-play unit with Cousins, Verhaeghe and Tkachuk.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nick Cousins moved onto the top power-play unit with Verhaeghe, Forsling and Tkachuk.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nick Cousins played 15:18 (+5:08 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
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Anton Lundell moved up to L2 with Verhaeghe and Tkachuk.
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Brendan Gallagher moved up to L1 with Pearson and Monahan (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Sean Monahan moved up to L1 with Gallagher and Pearson (2 straight games).
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Jacob Bernard-Docker moved up to D1 with Chychrun.
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Travis Hamonic moved up to D2 with Sanderson (2 straight games).
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Travis Hamonic played 21:45 (+6:03 vs his recent average).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Frank Vatrano scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 4 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Semyon Varlamov stopped all 34 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.
94 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.