NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Thursday, Mar 7, 2024
12 games on Mar 7, 2024 produced 21 notable changes: 7 power-play changes (2 up, 5 down), 7 line moves (6 promotions, 1 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 4 big games. The biggest: Barrett Hayton moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Keller and Durzi, +1:52 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Barrett Hayton moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Keller and Durzi, +1:52 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · ARIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jesperi Kotkaniemi moved onto the top power-play unit with Burns, Aho and Svechnikov, +4:18 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · CARPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brayden Pachal moved up to D1 with Kylington.
Line promotion · CGYPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brock Faber moved up to D1 with Brodin.
Line promotion · MINGame reportTeam lines
Carter Verhaeghe moved up to L1 with Bennett and Tkachuk.
Line promotion · FLAGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Barrett Hayton moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Keller and Durzi, +1:52 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Juuso Välimäki moved up to D2 with Kesselring (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jesperi Kotkaniemi moved onto the top power-play unit with Burns, Aho and Svechnikov, +4:18 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brayden Pachal moved up to D1 with Kylington.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Yegor Sharangovich had 4 points (2 G, 2 A, 4 SOG).
Big nightPickup alertGame report
Carter Verhaeghe moved up to L1 with Bennett and Tkachuk.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Brock Faber moved up to D1 with Brodin.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Timo Meier scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Brendan Smith played 21:38 (+7:28 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Brendan Smith moved up to D2 with Bahl.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jesper Bratt played only 14:32 (−5:45 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Charlie Lindgren stopped all 39 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Egor Zamula dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Joel Farabee dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Morgan Frost dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Owen Tippett dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Tyson Foerster dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Egor Zamula moved up to D2 with Staal.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Filip Forsberg scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 8 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Dylan Cozens played 22:23 (+5:26 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Keegan Kolesar dropped to L4 from L3 with Froese and Morelli (2 straight games).
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.
169 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 17 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.