NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Thursday, Jan 2, 2025
12 games on Jan 2, 2025 produced 17 notable changes: 6 power-play changes (0 up, 6 down), 7 line moves (5 promotions, 2 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 1 big game. The biggest: Radko Gudas moved up to D1 with LaCombe (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Radko Gudas moved up to D1 with LaCombe (3 straight games).
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Ross Colton dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
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Jackson LaCombe moved up to D1 with Gudas.
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Trent Frederic moved up to L2 with Brazeau and Wahlstrom (2 straight games).
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Zach Bogosian moved up to D2 with Chisholm (2 straight games).
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Changes by team
Radko Gudas moved up to D1 with LaCombe (3 straight games).
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Jackson LaCombe moved up to D1 with Gudas.
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Radko Gudas played 24:40 (+6:55 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
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Ross Colton dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
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Trent Frederic moved up to L2 with Brazeau and Wahlstrom (2 straight games).
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Jason Zucker scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 4 SOG).
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Zach Bogosian moved up to D2 with Chisholm (2 straight games).
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Brock Faber played 31:29 (+6:06 vs his recent average).
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Jack Eichel dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
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Mark Stone dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
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Shea Theodore dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
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Tomas Hertl dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
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Victor Olofsson dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
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Tanner Pearson moved up to L3 with Kolesar and Howden (2 straight games).
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Connor Dewar dropped to L4 from L3 with Reaves and Lorentz (2 straight games).
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Steven Lorentz dropped to L4 from L3 with Reaves and Dewar (2 straight games).
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Ryan Poehling played 17:36 (+6:09 vs his recent average).
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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.
147 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.