NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Friday, Apr 2, 2021
6 games on Apr 2, 2021 produced 8 notable changes: 1 power-play change (1 up, 0 down), 5 line moves (1 promotions, 4 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 1 big game. The biggest: Isac Lundeström moved onto the top power-play unit with Terry, Comtois and Zegras, +1:00 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Isac Lundeström moved onto the top power-play unit with Terry, Comtois and Zegras, +1:00 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · ANAPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jesse Puljujarvi dropped to L2 from L1 with Nugent-Hopkins and McDavid (2 straight games).
Line demotion · EDMGame reportTeam lines
Tyson Barrie dropped to D2 from D1 with Nurse.
Line demotion · EDMGame reportTeam lines
Martin Jones stopped all 30 shots for a shutout.
Shutout · SJSGame report
Ethan Bear dropped to D3 from D2 with Jones (2 straight games).
Line demotion · EDMGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Isac Lundeström moved onto the top power-play unit with Terry, Comtois and Zegras, +1:00 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jamie Drysdale played 18:48 (+4:54 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Jesse Puljujarvi dropped to L2 from L1 with Nugent-Hopkins and McDavid (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Tyson Barrie dropped to D2 from D1 with Nurse.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Ethan Bear dropped to D3 from D2 with Jones (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Martin Jones stopped all 30 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Ryan Donato moved up to L3 with Gambrell and Leonard.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Evgeny Kuznetsov dropped to L4 from L2 with Panik and Sprong.
Line demotionGame 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.
81 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 7 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.