NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Dec 14, 2024
15 games on Dec 14, 2024 produced 14 notable changes: 5 power-play changes (1 up, 4 down), 7 line moves (6 promotions, 1 demotions) and 2 big games. The biggest: Owen Pickering moved up to D1 with Letang (4 straight games).
Biggest changes
Owen Pickering moved up to D1 with Letang (4 straight games).
Line promotion · PITPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alex Killorn dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · ANAGame reportTeam lines
Casey Mittelstadt moved onto the top power-play unit with MacKinnon, Rantanen and Colton, +2:06 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · COLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brady Skjei moved up to D1 with Blankenburg.
Line promotion · NSHPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Drake Batherson moved up to L2 with Norris and Tkachuk (2 straight games).
Line promotion · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Owen Pickering moved up to D1 with Letang (4 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Kris Letang moved up to D1 with Pickering.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Matt Grzelcyk moved up to D2 with Karlsson.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alex Killorn dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Olen Zellweger dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Casey Mittelstadt moved onto the top power-play unit with MacKinnon, Rantanen and Colton, +2:06 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brady Skjei moved up to D1 with Blankenburg.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Drake Batherson moved up to L2 with Norris and Tkachuk (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Josh Norris moved up to L2 with Batherson and Tkachuk (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Dylan Cozens dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Marcus Foligno dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Dustin Wolf stopped all 32 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Ryan Suter dropped to D3 from D2 with Joseph (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
David Pastrnak had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 1 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.
163 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 12 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.