NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Jan 6, 2024
12 games on Jan 6, 2024 produced 20 notable changes: 7 power-play changes (1 up, 6 down), 6 line moves (5 promotions, 1 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 5 big games. The biggest: Alexander Holtz moved up to L1 with Lazar and McLeod (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Alexander Holtz moved up to L1 with Lazar and McLeod (3 straight games).
Line promotion · NJDPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Chandler Stephenson moved onto the top power-play unit with Stone, Marchessault and Eichel (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · VGKPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alexander Holtz played 17:26 (+6:21 vs his recent average) (3 straight games).
TOI spike · NJDPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Mark Giordano moved up to D1 with Liljegren.
Line promotion · TORGame reportTeam lines
Timothy Liljegren moved up to D1 with Giordano.
Line promotion · TORPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Alexander Holtz moved up to L1 with Lazar and McLeod (3 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alexander Holtz played 17:26 (+6:21 vs his recent average) (3 straight games).
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Jonas Siegenthaler played only 9:34 (−9:49 vs his recent average).
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Chandler Stephenson moved onto the top power-play unit with Stone, Marchessault and Eichel (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alex Pietrangelo dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Mark Giordano moved up to D1 with Liljegren.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Timothy Liljegren moved up to D1 with Giordano.
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Calle Jarnkrok moved up to L2 with Domi and Holmberg.
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Brayden Schenn dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Jordan Kyrou dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Pavel Buchnevich dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Robert Thomas dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Torey Krug dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Cole Sillinger scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Zach Hyman scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 8 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Sam Reinhart scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 4 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Aleksander Barkov had 4 points (0 G, 4 A, 4 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Matthew Tkachuk had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 4 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Owen Power dropped to D3 from D2 with Johnson (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Michael Bunting moved up to L3 with Kotkaniemi and Drury (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame 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.
151 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 15 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.