NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Apr 3, 2021
11 games on Apr 3, 2021 produced 18 notable changes: 8 power-play changes (0 up, 8 down), 6 line moves (5 promotions, 1 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 3 big games. The biggest: Jamie Oleksiak moved up to D1 with Heiskanen (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Jamie Oleksiak moved up to D1 with Heiskanen (3 straight games).
Line promotion · DALPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Patrik Nemeth moved up to D1 with Merrill (2 straight games).
Line promotion · DETGame reportTeam lines
Evgenii Dadonov dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Evan Rodrigues moved up to L2 with Zucker and McCann (2 straight games).
Line promotion · PITPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jared McCann moved up to L2 with Zucker and Rodrigues (2 straight games).
Line promotion · PITGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Jamie Oleksiak moved up to D1 with Heiskanen (3 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Patrik Nemeth moved up to D1 with Merrill (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Evgenii Dadonov dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Brad Marchand scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Matt Grzelcyk dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Nick Ritchie dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Sean Walker moved up to D2 with MacDermid (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Evan Rodrigues moved up to L2 with Zucker and McCann (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jared McCann moved up to L2 with Zucker and Rodrigues (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Sam Lafferty dropped to L4 from L2 with Jankowski and Angello (2 straight games).
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Jared McCann played 19:17 (+5:31 vs his recent average).
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Juuse Saros stopped all 41 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Casey Mittelstadt dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Andrei Svechnikov dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Dougie Hamilton dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Jordan Staal dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Sebastian Aho dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Alexander Wennberg scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 4 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame 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.
138 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 15 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.