NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Sunday, Mar 27, 2022
8 games on Mar 27, 2022 produced 13 notable changes: 8 power-play changes (2 up, 6 down), 4 line moves (3 promotions, 1 demotions) and 1 big game. The biggest: Cam Atkinson moved onto the top power-play unit with van Riemsdyk, Sanheim and Provorov (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Cam Atkinson moved onto the top power-play unit with van Riemsdyk, Sanheim and Provorov (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · PHIGame reportTeam lines
Joel Eriksson Ek moved onto the top power-play unit with Spurgeon, Zuccarello and Hartman, +4:01 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · MINGame reportTeam lines
Barclay Goodrow moved up to L2 with Chytil and Lafrenière (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NYRPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Cam York moved up to D1 with Provorov.
Line promotion · PHIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Evgeni Malkin scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 4 SOG).
Hat trick · PITGame report
Changes by team
Joel Eriksson Ek moved onto the top power-play unit with Spurgeon, Zuccarello and Hartman, +4:01 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Cam Atkinson moved onto the top power-play unit with van Riemsdyk, Sanheim and Provorov (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Cam York moved up to D1 with Provorov.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Cam York dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Joel Farabee dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Kevin Hayes dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Owen Tippett dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Travis Konecny dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Barclay Goodrow moved up to L2 with Chytil and Lafrenière (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Ryan Strome dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Evgeni Malkin scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 4 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Evgeny Svechnikov dropped to L4 from L3 with Toninato and Harkins (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Cam Dineen moved up to D2 with Stralman.
Line promotionPickup alertGame 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.
101 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 12 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.