NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Jan 20, 2024
12 games on Jan 20, 2024 produced 12 notable changes: 4 power-play changes (2 up, 2 down), 4 line moves (3 promotions, 1 demotions) and 4 big games. The biggest: Bryan Rust moved onto the top power-play unit with Malkin, Crosby and Karlsson (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Bryan Rust moved onto the top power-play unit with Malkin, Crosby and Karlsson (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · PITGame reportTeam lines
Zach Benson moved onto the top power-play unit with Tuch, Thompson and Mittelstadt (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · BUFGame reportTeam lines
Adam Fox moved up to D1 with Lindgren (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NYRGame reportTeam lines
Rickard Rakell dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · PITGame reportTeam lines
Nic Dowd moved up to L1 with Ovechkin and Wilson.
Line promotion · WSHPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Zach Benson moved onto the top power-play unit with Tuch, Thompson and Mittelstadt (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Bryan Rust moved onto the top power-play unit with Malkin, Crosby and Karlsson (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Rickard Rakell dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Adam Fox moved up to D1 with Lindgren (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Tomas Hertl moved up to L1 with Hoffman and Zetterlund.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Nic Dowd moved up to L1 with Ovechkin and Wilson.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Andrei Kuzmenko dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Danton Heinen scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Logan O'Connor scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Nathan MacKinnon had 4 points (2 G, 2 A, 4 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Brady Tkachuk dropped to L3 from L1 with Giroux and Greig.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Jordan Binnington stopped all 18 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.
135 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 8 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.