NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Tuesday, May 3, 2022
4 games on May 3, 2022 produced 17 notable changes: 5 line moves (5 promotions, 0 demotions), 11 big ice-time swings and 1 big game. The biggest: Rickard Rakell played only 4:28 (−12:22 vs his recent average), an early exit (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Rickard Rakell played only 4:28 (−12:22 vs his recent average), an early exit (2 straight games).
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Artemi Panarin moved up to L1 with Strome and Copp.
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Adam Fox played 44:28 (+21:57 vs his recent average).
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Artemi Panarin played 31:53 (+16:49 vs his recent average).
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Bryan Rust played 35:07 (+16:31 vs his recent average).
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Changes by team
Rickard Rakell played only 4:28 (−12:22 vs his recent average), an early exit (2 straight games).
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Bryan Rust played 35:07 (+16:31 vs his recent average).
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Evgeni Malkin played 35:42 (+18:29 vs his recent average).
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Jake Guentzel played 36:23 (+16:07 vs his recent average).
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Kris Letang played 46:41 (+21:45 vs his recent average).
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Sidney Crosby played 34:49 (+16:01 vs his recent average).
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Chad Ruhwedel moved up to D2 with Matheson.
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Danton Heinen moved up to L2 with Malkin and Kapanen.
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Mike Matheson moved up to D2 with Ruhwedel.
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Evan Rodrigues moved up to L3 with Carter and McGinn.
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Artemi Panarin moved up to L1 with Strome and Copp.
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Adam Fox played 44:28 (+21:57 vs his recent average).
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Artemi Panarin played 31:53 (+16:49 vs his recent average).
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Mika Zibanejad played 32:32 (+12:35 vs his recent average).
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Ryan Strome played 30:20 (+12:09 vs his recent average).
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Chris Kreider played 30:53 (+11:42 vs his recent average).
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Jacob Markstrom stopped all 16 shots for a shutout.
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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.
74 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 16 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.