NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Sunday, Apr 2, 2023
9 games on Apr 2, 2023 produced 10 notable changes: 4 power-play changes (4 up, 0 down), 3 line moves (2 promotions, 1 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 1 big game. The biggest: Gavin Bayreuther moved onto the top power-play unit with Gaudreau, Jenner and Marchenko, +1:04 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Gavin Bayreuther moved onto the top power-play unit with Gaudreau, Jenner and Marchenko, +1:04 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · CBJGame reportTeam lines
Trevor Zegras moved onto the top power-play unit with Fowler, Strome and Jones (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · ANAGame reportTeam lines
Pierre-Olivier Joseph dropped to D3 from D1 with Petry (3 straight games).
Line demotion · PITGame reportTeam lines
Brad Marchand moved onto the top power-play unit with Lindholm, Bertuzzi and Pastrnak.
PP1 promotion · BOSGame reportTeam lines
Hampus Lindholm moved onto the top power-play unit with Marchand, Bertuzzi and Pastrnak.
PP1 promotion · BOSPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Trevor Zegras moved onto the top power-play unit with Fowler, Strome and Jones (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Gavin Bayreuther moved onto the top power-play unit with Gaudreau, Jenner and Marchenko, +1:04 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Gavin Bayreuther played 25:30 (+7:28 vs his recent average).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Pierre-Olivier Joseph dropped to D3 from D1 with Petry (3 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Brad Marchand moved onto the top power-play unit with Lindholm, Bertuzzi and Pastrnak.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Hampus Lindholm moved onto the top power-play unit with Marchand, Bertuzzi and Pastrnak.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Ben Harpur moved up to D1 with Schneider.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Luke Schenn moved up to D2 with Rielly (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Dylan Larkin scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Brendan Lemieux played only 6:39 (−8:39 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI dropGame 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.
137 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 9 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.