NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Tuesday, Jan 14, 2025
13 games on Jan 14, 2025 produced 20 notable changes: 10 power-play changes (0 up, 10 down), 6 line moves (6 promotions, 0 demotions) and 4 big games. The biggest: Jack Hughes moved up to L1 with Palat and Bratt (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Jack Hughes moved up to L1 with Palat and Bratt (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Jesper Bratt moved up to L1 with Palat and Hughes (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NJDGame reportTeam lines
Victor Olofsson dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · VGKGame reportTeam lines
Nate Schmidt moved up to D2 with Mikkola (3 straight games).
Line promotion · FLAPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
John Carlson moved up to D2 with Sandin (2 straight games).
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Changes by team
Jack Hughes moved up to L1 with Palat and Bratt (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jesper Bratt moved up to L1 with Palat and Hughes (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Victor Olofsson dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Shea Theodore moved up to D1 with McNabb.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Pavel Dorofeyev scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 4 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Nate Schmidt moved up to D2 with Mikkola (3 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Aleksander Barkov dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Carter Verhaeghe dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Matthew Tkachuk dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Sam Reinhart dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Mackie Samoskevich moved up to L2 with Bennett and Luostarinen.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Kyle Connor scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
John Carlson moved up to D2 with Sandin (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Logan Thompson stopped all 19 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Chandler Stephenson dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Jaden Schwartz dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Matty Beniers dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Vince Dunn dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Alexander Wennberg dropped off PP1.
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Leevi Meriläinen stopped all 24 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.
176 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.