NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Apr 2, 2022
9 games on Apr 2, 2022 produced 13 notable changes: 6 power-play changes (2 up, 4 down), 6 line moves (5 promotions, 1 demotions) and 1 big game. The biggest: Jack Roslovic moved onto the top power-play unit with Nyquist, Bean and Bemstrom (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Jack Roslovic moved onto the top power-play unit with Nyquist, Bean and Bemstrom (2 straight games).
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Charlie McAvoy moved up to D1 with Lindholm (2 straight games).
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Marco Scandella moved up to D1 with Parayko (2 straight games).
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Eetu Luostarinen dropped to L4 from L1 with Lomberg and Mamin (2 straight games).
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Jake Bean moved onto the top power-play unit with Nyquist, Roslovic and Bemstrom.
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Changes by team
Jack Roslovic moved onto the top power-play unit with Nyquist, Bean and Bemstrom (2 straight games).
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Jake Bean moved onto the top power-play unit with Nyquist, Roslovic and Bemstrom.
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Jakub Voracek dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
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Oliver Bjorkstrand dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
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Patrik Laine dropped off PP1.
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Egor Chinakhov moved up to L3 with Kuraly and Danforth (2 straight games).
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Charlie McAvoy moved up to D1 with Lindholm (2 straight games).
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Marco Scandella moved up to D1 with Parayko (2 straight games).
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Vladimir Tarasenko dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
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Eetu Luostarinen dropped to L4 from L1 with Lomberg and Mamin (2 straight games).
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Andre Burakovsky moved up to L1 with MacKinnon and Rantanen.
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Paul Byron moved up to L2 with Armia and Dvorak (2 straight games).
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Yegor Sharangovich scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
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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.
120 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.