NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Mar 25, 2023
15 games on Mar 25, 2023 produced 15 notable changes: 4 power-play changes (1 up, 3 down), 6 line moves (3 promotions, 3 demotions), 1 big ice-time swing and 4 big games. The biggest: Nikita Zadorov moved up to D1 with Weegar (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Nikita Zadorov moved up to D1 with Weegar (3 straight games).
Line promotion · CGYPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nate Schmidt moved onto the top power-play unit with Wheeler, Namestnikov and Ehlers, +4:03 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · WPGPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Thomas Chabot moved up to D1 with Hamonic (2 straight games).
Line promotion · OTTGame reportTeam lines
Jesper Bratt dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Rasmus Sandin dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · WSHGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Nikita Zadorov moved up to D1 with Weegar (3 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nate Schmidt moved onto the top power-play unit with Wheeler, Namestnikov and Ehlers, +4:03 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Thomas Chabot moved up to D1 with Hamonic (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Ryan Hartman dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Jesper Bratt dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Yegor Sharangovich moved up to L3 with Tatar and Haula.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Rasmus Sandin dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Max Jones dropped to L4 from L3 with Strome and Zegras (3 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Nick Suzuki had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 3 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Anders Lee dropped to L3 from L1 with Bailey and Horvat.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Carter Hart stopped all 29 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Jacob Bryson dropped to D3 from D2 with Stillman (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Jacob Bryson played only 10:21 (−6:42 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Eric Comrie 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.
162 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.