NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Oct 19, 2024
13 games on Oct 19, 2024 produced 17 notable changes: 4 power-play changes (4 up, 0 down), 9 line moves (9 promotions, 0 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 1 big game. The biggest: JJ Peterka moved onto the top power-play unit with Zucker, Thompson and Dahlin, +3:33 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
JJ Peterka moved onto the top power-play unit with Zucker, Thompson and Dahlin, +3:33 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · BUFGame reportTeam lines
Kirill Marchenko moved onto the top power-play unit with Monahan, Werenski and Sillinger, +2:50 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · CBJGame reportTeam lines
Carter Verhaeghe moved up to L1 with Bennett and Rodrigues (2 straight games).
Line promotion · FLAGame reportTeam lines
Mason Marchment moved onto the top power-play unit with Duchene, Hintz and Heiskanen.
PP1 promotion · DALPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Matt Duchene moved onto the top power-play unit with Hintz, Marchment and Heiskanen.
PP1 promotion · DALGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
JJ Peterka moved onto the top power-play unit with Zucker, Thompson and Dahlin, +3:33 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
JJ Peterka played 20:43 (+6:57 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Kirill Marchenko moved onto the top power-play unit with Monahan, Werenski and Sillinger, +2:50 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Zachary Aston-Reese played 13:58 (+6:23 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Carter Verhaeghe moved up to L1 with Bennett and Rodrigues (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Mason Marchment moved onto the top power-play unit with Duchene, Hintz and Heiskanen.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Matt Duchene moved onto the top power-play unit with Hintz, Marchment and Heiskanen.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Roope Hintz moved up to L1 with Robertson and Stankoven.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Troy Stecher moved up to D1 with Nurse.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Mattias Janmark moved up to L2 with Nugent-Hopkins and Arvidsson.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brenden Dillon moved up to D1 with Hamilton.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Keegan Kolesar moved up to L2 with Pearson and Roy (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Tanner Pearson moved up to L2 with Kolesar and Roy (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jakob Chychrun moved up to D1 with Carlson.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
John Carlson moved up to D1 with Chychrun.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Tyler Myers played 22:30 (+7:11 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kevin Lankinen stopped all 26 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.
129 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 16 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.