NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Apr 7, 2018
15 games on Apr 7, 2018 produced 24 notable changes: 10 power-play changes (4 up, 6 down), 6 line moves (5 promotions, 1 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 6 big games. The biggest: Filip Forsberg moved onto the top power-play unit with Hartnell, Subban and Smith, +4:18 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Filip Forsberg moved onto the top power-play unit with Hartnell, Subban and Smith, +4:18 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · NSHGame reportTeam lines
Max Domi moved onto the top power-play unit with Stepan, Ekman-Larsson and Panik, +3:05 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · ARIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
P.K. Subban moved onto the top power-play unit with Hartnell, Smith and Johansen, +3:45 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · NSHGame reportTeam lines
Fredrik Claesson moved up to D1 with Englund (2 straight games).
Line promotion · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Miles Wood moved up to L1 with Maroon and Zacha (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NJDPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Max Domi moved onto the top power-play unit with Stepan, Ekman-Larsson and Panik, +3:05 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Clayton Keller played 23:36 (+6:02 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Filip Forsberg moved onto the top power-play unit with Hartnell, Subban and Smith, +4:18 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
P.K. Subban moved onto the top power-play unit with Hartnell, Smith and Johansen, +3:45 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Filip Forsberg scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Nick Jensen moved up to D1 with DeKeyser (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Miles Wood moved up to L1 with Maroon and Zacha (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Patrick Maroon dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Will Butcher dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Fredrik Claesson moved up to D1 with Englund (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Fredrik Claesson played 23:25 (+8:19 vs his recent average) (3 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Ty Rattie dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
David Savard moved onto the top power-play unit with Anderson, Bjorkstrand and Milano, +0:58 of PP time.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Mark Jankowski scored 4 goals (4 G, 0 A, 8 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Brent Burns moved up to D1 with Martin.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Anders Lee dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
John Tavares dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Mathew Barzal dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Tyson Barrie dropped to D2 from D1 with Zadorov.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Jamie Benn scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Claude Giroux scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Brian Elliott stopped all 17 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Ryan Miller stopped all 31 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Lee Stempniak moved up to L3 with Skinner and Ryan (2 straight games).
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.
239 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 18 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.