NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Wednesday, Nov 20, 2024
5 games on Nov 20, 2024 produced 9 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (1 up, 1 down), 4 line moves (4 promotions, 0 demotions) and 3 big games. The biggest: Travis Sanheim moved onto the top power-play unit with Konecny, Farabee and Foerster, +2:35 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Travis Sanheim moved onto the top power-play unit with Konecny, Farabee and Foerster, +2:35 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · PHIGame reportTeam lines
Jack Drury moved up to L2 with Jost and Blake (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CARPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jackson Blake moved up to L2 with Jost and Drury (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CARGame reportTeam lines
Matthew Knies dropped off PP1.
Off PP1 · TORGame reportTeam lines
Joseph Woll stopped all 31 shots for a shutout.
Shutout · TORPickup alertGame report
Changes by team
Travis Sanheim moved onto the top power-play unit with Konecny, Farabee and Foerster, +2:35 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Egor Zamula moved up to D2 with Grans.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jack Drury moved up to L2 with Jost and Blake (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jackson Blake moved up to L2 with Jost and Drury (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Matthew Knies dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Joseph Woll stopped all 31 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Connor Dewar moved up to L3 with Lorentz and Steeves.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped all 23 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Joey Daccord stopped all 24 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.
76 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 6 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.