NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Thursday, Feb 15, 2024
12 games on Feb 15, 2024 produced 18 notable changes: 3 power-play changes (2 up, 1 down), 3 line moves (3 promotions, 0 demotions), 5 big ice-time swings and 7 big games. The biggest: Timothy Liljegren moved up to D1 with Brodie (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Timothy Liljegren moved up to D1 with Brodie (2 straight games).
Line promotion · TORPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Connor Zary moved onto the top power-play unit with Backlund, Weegar and Mangiapane, +3:14 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · CGYPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Timothy Liljegren moved onto the top power-play unit with Tavares, Nylander and Marner, +3:55 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · TORPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Rickard Rakell moved up to L1 with Crosby and Rust.
Line promotion · PITGame reportTeam lines
Ryan Graves moved up to D1 with Karlsson.
Line promotion · PITPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Timothy Liljegren moved up to D1 with Brodie (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Timothy Liljegren moved onto the top power-play unit with Tavares, Nylander and Marner, +3:55 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Auston Matthews scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Timothy Liljegren played 24:27 (+7:06 vs his recent average).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Connor Zary moved onto the top power-play unit with Backlund, Weegar and Mangiapane, +3:14 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Anthony Stolarz stopped all 45 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Rickard Rakell moved up to L1 with Crosby and Rust.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Ryan Graves moved up to D1 with Karlsson.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Anthony Cirelli played 26:34 (+7:47 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Nick Paul played only 9:37 (−7:44 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Alex Vlasic dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Chris Kreider scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Adam Fox had 4 points (0 G, 4 A, 1 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Jonathan Drouin played 25:02 (+5:54 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Morgan Frost played 20:50 (+4:48 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Wyatt Johnston had 4 points (2 G, 2 A, 4 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Filip Zadina had 4 points (2 G, 2 A, 3 SOG).
Big nightGame report
John Gibson stopped all 15 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.
169 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 11 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.