NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Sunday, Dec 15, 2024
5 games on Dec 15, 2024 produced 9 notable changes: 5 power-play changes (4 up, 1 down), 3 line moves (3 promotions, 0 demotions) and 1 big game. The biggest: Morgan Rielly moved onto the top power-play unit with Tavares, Nylander and Marner, +3:50 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Morgan Rielly moved onto the top power-play unit with Tavares, Nylander and Marner, +3:50 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · TORGame reportTeam lines
Zach Benson moved onto the top power-play unit with Thompson, Byram and Quinn (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · BUFGame reportTeam lines
Bowen Byram moved onto the top power-play unit with Thompson, Quinn and Peterka.
PP1 promotion · BUFGame reportTeam lines
JJ Peterka moved onto the top power-play unit with Thompson, Byram and Quinn.
PP1 promotion · BUFGame reportTeam lines
Teuvo Teravainen dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1 · CHIGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Zach Benson moved onto the top power-play unit with Thompson, Byram and Quinn (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Bowen Byram moved onto the top power-play unit with Thompson, Quinn and Peterka.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
JJ Peterka moved onto the top power-play unit with Thompson, Byram and Quinn.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Morgan Rielly moved onto the top power-play unit with Tavares, Nylander and Marner, +3:50 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
John Tavares scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Teuvo Teravainen dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Adam Edstrom moved up to L3 with Kreider and Carrick (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Sam Carrick moved up to L3 with Kreider and Edstrom (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Zac Jones moved up to D2 with Schneider.
Line promotionGame 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.
67 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.