NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Thursday, Nov 2, 2023
12 games on Nov 2, 2023 produced 14 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (1 up, 1 down), 6 line moves (3 promotions, 3 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 5 big games. The biggest: Kevin Shattenkirk moved up to D1 with Lindholm (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Kevin Shattenkirk moved up to D1 with Lindholm (3 straight games).
Line promotion · BOSGame reportTeam lines
Cole Perfetti moved onto the top power-play unit with Scheifele, Morrissey and Connor, +2:46 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · WPGPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Marcus Johansson dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · MINGame reportTeam lines
Jesperi Kotkaniemi dropped to L4 from L1 with Teravainen and Bunting (2 straight games).
Line demotion · CARGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Bertuzzi dropped to L2 from L1 with Tavares and Nylander (2 straight games).
Line demotion · TORGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Kevin Shattenkirk moved up to D1 with Lindholm (3 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jake DeBrusk moved up to L1 with Marchand and Coyle.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Cole Perfetti moved onto the top power-play unit with Scheifele, Morrissey and Connor, +2:46 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Marcus Johansson dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Jesperi Kotkaniemi dropped to L4 from L1 with Teravainen and Bunting (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Michael Bunting dropped to L4 from L2 with Teravainen and Kotkaniemi.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Bertuzzi dropped to L2 from L1 with Tavares and Nylander (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
John Klingberg moved up to D2 with Rielly.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Quinn Hughes had 5 points (1 G, 4 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Jonathan Marchessault scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Semyon Varlamov stopped all 32 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Connor McDavid played 25:35 (+4:50 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Jesper Bratt had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 22 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.
160 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.