NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Apr 1, 2023
13 games on Apr 1, 2023 produced 18 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (2 up, 0 down), 4 line moves (4 promotions, 0 demotions) and 12 big games. The biggest: Jonathan Drouin moved onto the top power-play unit with Hoffman, Gallagher and Matheson, +3:00 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Jonathan Drouin moved onto the top power-play unit with Hoffman, Gallagher and Matheson, +3:00 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · MTLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jordan Staal moved onto the top power-play unit with Burns, Gostisbehere and Aho, +2:09 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · CARPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Vladislav Gavrikov moved up to D1 with Doughty (2 straight games).
Line promotion · LAKPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Carter Verhaeghe scored 4 goals (4 G, 0 A, 8 SOG).
Hat trick · FLAGame report
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 38 shots for a shutout.
Shutout · TBLGame report
Changes by team
Jordan Staal moved onto the top power-play unit with Burns, Gostisbehere and Aho, +2:09 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jonathan Drouin moved onto the top power-play unit with Hoffman, Gallagher and Matheson, +3:00 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alex Belzile moved up to L2 with Hoffman and Farrell.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Vladislav Gavrikov moved up to D1 with Doughty (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Blake Lizotte moved up to L3 with Fiala and Iafallo (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Carter Verhaeghe scored 4 goals (4 G, 0 A, 8 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Alex Lyon stopped all 21 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 38 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Jack Campbell stopped all 36 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Leon Draisaitl scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 9 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
David Pastrnak scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 8 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Alex Tuch scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Noah Gregor scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 7 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Erik Karlsson had 4 points (0 G, 4 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Ilya Samsonov stopped all 31 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Mikko Rantanen had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 4 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Tommy Novak had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightPickup alertGame report
Alexander Wennberg moved up to L2 with Schwartz and Geekie.
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.
171 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 6 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.