NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024
13 games on Mar 19, 2024 produced 12 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (1 up, 1 down), 5 line moves (3 promotions, 2 demotions) and 5 big games. The biggest: Pius Suter moved onto the top power-play unit with Miller, Boeser and Pettersson, +4:32 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Pius Suter moved onto the top power-play unit with Miller, Boeser and Pettersson, +4:32 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · VANPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kevin Bahl moved up to D1 with Smith (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NJDPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Artturi Lehkonen dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · COLGame reportTeam lines
Brendan Smith moved up to D1 with Bahl.
Line promotion · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Erik Gustafsson moved up to D1 with Fox.
Line promotion · NYRPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Pius Suter moved onto the top power-play unit with Miller, Boeser and Pettersson, +4:32 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kevin Bahl moved up to D1 with Smith (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brendan Smith moved up to D1 with Bahl.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Artturi Lehkonen dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Artturi Lehkonen dropped to L2 from L1 with Drouin and Mittelstadt.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Mikko Rantanen scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Miles Wood dropped to L4 from L3 with Cogliano and Trenin.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Erik Gustafsson moved up to D1 with Fox.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
David Pastrnak scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Mark Scheifele scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Filip Gustavsson stopped all 27 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Nikita Kucherov had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame 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.
173 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 7 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.