NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Thursday, Apr 22, 2021
10 games on Apr 22, 2021 produced 10 notable changes: 5 power-play changes (1 up, 4 down), 1 line move (0 promotions, 1 demotions) and 4 big games. The biggest: J.T. Compher moved onto the top power-play unit with Landeskog, Burakovsky and MacKinnon, +4:46 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
J.T. Compher moved onto the top power-play unit with Landeskog, Burakovsky and MacKinnon, +4:46 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · COLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Seth Jones dropped to D2 from D1 with Del Zotto (2 straight games).
Line demotion · CBJGame reportTeam lines
Jakub Vrana scored 4 goals (4 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trick · DETGame report
Auston Matthews dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1 · TORGame reportTeam lines
John Tavares dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1 · TORGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
J.T. Compher moved onto the top power-play unit with Landeskog, Burakovsky and MacKinnon, +4:46 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Seth Jones dropped to D2 from D1 with Del Zotto (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Jakub Vrana scored 4 goals (4 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Auston Matthews dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
John Tavares dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Mitch Marner dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Morgan Rielly dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Matt Murray stopped all 31 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Semyon Varlamov stopped all 28 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Ilya Samsonov stopped all 26 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup 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.
148 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 6 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.