NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Monday, Jan 15, 2024
10 games on Jan 15, 2024 produced 19 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (1 up, 1 down), 9 line moves (7 promotions, 2 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 5 big games. The biggest: Ross Colton moved onto the top power-play unit with MacKinnon, Drouin and Rantanen, +4:50 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Ross Colton moved onto the top power-play unit with MacKinnon, Drouin and Rantanen, +4:50 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · COLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Luke Hughes moved up to D1 with Marino (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Morgan Frost moved up to L1 with Konecny and Tippett (2 straight games).
Line promotion · PHIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jesse Ylonen played only 4:26 (−7:04 vs his recent average), an early exit (2 straight games).
TOI drop · MTLGame reportTeam lines
Joel Farabee dropped to L3 from L1 with Atkinson and Poehling (2 straight games).
Line demotion · PHIGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Ross Colton moved onto the top power-play unit with MacKinnon, Drouin and Rantanen, +4:50 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Luke Hughes moved up to D1 with Marino (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Chris Tierney played 15:58 (+5:57 vs his recent average) (4 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Luke Hughes played 28:10 (+6:52 vs his recent average).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Morgan Frost moved up to L1 with Konecny and Tippett (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Joel Farabee dropped to L3 from L1 with Atkinson and Poehling (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Jesse Ylonen played only 4:26 (−7:04 vs his recent average), an early exit (2 straight games).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Jesse Ylonen dropped to L4 from L3 with Stephens and Pezzetta (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Joel Armia moved up to L3 with Monahan and Roy (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Erik Karlsson moved up to D1 with Graves.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Ryan Graves moved up to D1 with Karlsson.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Rickard Rakell dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Tristan Jarry stopped all 22 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Jamie Oleksiak moved up to D1 with Borgen.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Mark Stone scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Jeremy Swayman stopped all 31 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped all 28 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Scott Perunovich moved up to D2 with Kessel.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 21 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.
147 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 14 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.