NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025
10 games on Jan 7, 2025 produced 16 notable changes: 8 power-play changes (5 up, 3 down), 5 line moves (4 promotions, 1 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 1 big game. The biggest: Brayden Schenn moved onto the top power-play unit with Faulk, Kyrou and Holloway (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Brayden Schenn moved onto the top power-play unit with Faulk, Kyrou and Holloway (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · STLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Gustav Nyquist moved onto the top power-play unit with Josi, O'Reilly and Marchessault, +5:36 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · NSHPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jake Neighbours moved onto the top power-play unit with Schenn, Faulk and Kyrou (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · STLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jacob Trouba moved up to D1 with Dumoulin (2 straight games).
Line promotion · ANAGame reportTeam lines
Josh Morrissey dropped to D3 from D1 with DeMelo (2 straight games).
Line demotion · WPGGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Gustav Nyquist moved onto the top power-play unit with Josi, O'Reilly and Marchessault, +5:36 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Brayden Schenn moved onto the top power-play unit with Faulk, Kyrou and Holloway (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jake Neighbours moved onto the top power-play unit with Schenn, Faulk and Kyrou (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Justin Faulk moved onto the top power-play unit with Schenn, Kyrou and Holloway.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jacob Trouba moved up to D1 with Dumoulin (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Josh Morrissey dropped to D3 from D1 with DeMelo (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Neal Pionk moved onto the top power-play unit with Scheifele, Ehlers and Connor.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Josh Morrissey played only 12:24 (−12:35 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Eric Robinson moved up to L2 with Necas and Kotkaniemi (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Zach Bogosian moved up to D1 with Middleton.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Zach Bogosian played 23:48 (+6:20 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jon Merrill moved up to D2 with Chisholm.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Sean Monahan dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Macklin Celebrini dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Mikael Granlund dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Stuart Skinner 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.
134 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 15 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.