NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Oct 26, 2024
14 games on Oct 26, 2024 produced 11 notable changes: 1 power-play change (1 up, 0 down), 6 line moves (5 promotions, 1 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 3 big games. The biggest: Brayden Schenn moved onto the top power-play unit with Faulk, Buchnevich and Kyrou, +3:28 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Brayden Schenn moved onto the top power-play unit with Faulk, Buchnevich and Kyrou, +3:28 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · STLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Sean Couturier scored a hat trick (3 G, 2 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trick · PHIPickup alertGame report
Rasmus Ristolainen moved up to D1 with Sanheim.
Line promotion · PHIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Travis Konecny had 5 points (1 G, 4 A, 4 SOG).
Big night · PHIGame report
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 32 shots for a shutout.
Shutout · TBLGame report
Changes by team
Brayden Schenn moved onto the top power-play unit with Faulk, Buchnevich and Kyrou, +3:28 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Sean Couturier scored a hat trick (3 G, 2 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Rasmus Ristolainen moved up to D1 with Sanheim.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Travis Konecny had 5 points (1 G, 4 A, 4 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Jamie Drysdale moved up to D2 with Seeler.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Joel Farabee moved up to L2 with Laughton and Poehling.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 32 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Kevin Fiala dropped to L4 from L2 with Danault and Moore (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Kevin Fiala played only 10:12 (−6:21 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Roman Josi moved up to D2 with Fabbro.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Mike Reilly moved up to D2 with Dobson.
Line promotionPickup alertGame 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.
139 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.