NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Monday, Apr 26, 2021
8 games on Apr 26, 2021 produced 14 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (1 up, 1 down), 6 line moves (6 promotions, 0 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 3 big games. The biggest: Mike Hoffman moved onto the top power-play unit with Perron, O'Reilly and Tarasenko (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Mike Hoffman moved onto the top power-play unit with Perron, O'Reilly and Tarasenko (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · STLGame reportTeam lines
Brayden Schenn dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · STLGame reportTeam lines
Markus Nutivaara moved up to D1 with Montour.
Line promotion · FLAGame reportTeam lines
Martin Necas played 22:52 (+6:16 vs his recent average) (3 straight games).
TOI spike · CARGame reportTeam lines
Nino Niederreiter moved up to L1 with Trocheck and Necas.
Line promotion · CARPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Mike Hoffman moved onto the top power-play unit with Perron, O'Reilly and Tarasenko (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Brayden Schenn dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Martin Necas played 22:52 (+6:16 vs his recent average) (3 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Nino Niederreiter moved up to L1 with Trocheck and Necas.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Steven Lorentz moved up to L2 with Aho and Svechnikov (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Connor McDavid scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Markus Nutivaara moved up to D1 with Montour.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Victor Mete moved up to D2 with Brown (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Andre Burakovsky played 20:46 (+4:53 vs his recent average) (3 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
J.T. Compher moved up to L3 with Kadri and Kaut (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Ryan Getzlaf moved up to L2 with Carrick and Volkov.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jamie Benn had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightPickup alertGame report
Evander Kane had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 7 SOG).
Big nightPickup alertGame report
Tyler Myers played only 18:18 (−6:50 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame 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.
91 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 11 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.