NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Tuesday, Dec 5, 2023
8 games on Dec 5, 2023 produced 11 notable changes: 4 power-play changes (2 up, 2 down), 6 line moves (4 promotions, 2 demotions) and 1 big game. The biggest: Devon Toews moved onto the top power-play unit with MacKinnon, Drouin and Rantanen, +4:10 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Devon Toews moved onto the top power-play unit with MacKinnon, Drouin and Rantanen, +4:10 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · COLGame reportTeam lines
Ross Colton moved onto the top power-play unit with MacKinnon, Drouin and Toews, +3:56 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · COLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jonathan Drouin moved up to L1 with MacKinnon and O'Connor.
Line promotion · COLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Sam Carrick moved up to L2 with McGinn and Leason (2 straight games).
Line promotion · ANAPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Seth Jones moved up to D1 with Vlasic.
Line promotion · CHIGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Devon Toews moved onto the top power-play unit with MacKinnon, Drouin and Rantanen, +4:10 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Ross Colton moved onto the top power-play unit with MacKinnon, Drouin and Toews, +3:56 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jonathan Drouin moved up to L1 with MacKinnon and O'Connor.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Sam Carrick moved up to L2 with McGinn and Leason (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Ilya Lyubushkin moved up to D2 with Mintyukov.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Seth Jones moved up to D1 with Vlasic.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Boone Jenner dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Zach Werenski dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Jake Bean dropped to D3 from D2 with Jiricek.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Tomas Hertl scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 8 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Michael McLeod dropped to L4 from L3 with Lazar and Bastian.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
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.
137 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 10 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.