NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Mar 29, 2025
11 games on Mar 29, 2025 produced 13 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (2 up, 0 down), 7 line moves (4 promotions, 3 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 2 big games. The biggest: Marcus Johansson moved onto the top power-play unit with Zuccarello, Gaudreau and Boldy, +1:28 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Marcus Johansson moved onto the top power-play unit with Zuccarello, Gaudreau and Boldy, +1:28 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · MINPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Joel Farabee moved up to L1 with Backlund and Coleman (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CGYPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alexander Romanov dropped to D3 from D1 with Boqvist (2 straight games).
Line demotion · NYIGame reportTeam lines
Maxim Tsyplakov moved onto the top power-play unit with Lee, Pageau and Pulock, +2:15 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · NYIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Artturi Lehkonen moved up to L1 with MacKinnon and Drouin.
Line promotion · COLGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Marcus Johansson moved onto the top power-play unit with Zuccarello, Gaudreau and Boldy, +1:28 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Joel Farabee moved up to L1 with Backlund and Coleman (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alexander Romanov dropped to D3 from D1 with Boqvist (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Maxim Tsyplakov moved onto the top power-play unit with Lee, Pageau and Pulock, +2:15 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Alexander Romanov played only 15:12 (−7:13 vs his recent average).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Denton Mateychuk moved up to D1 with Werenski.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Artturi Lehkonen moved up to L1 with MacKinnon and Drouin.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Steven Stamkos moved up to L1 with Marchessault and Bunting.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Nico Hischier scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Mason Lohrei dropped to D3 from D2 with Mitchell (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Justin Holl played only 10:11 (−6:43 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Nikita Kucherov had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 6 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Zachary Bolduc dropped to L4 from L3 with Sundqvist and Joseph.
Line demotionGame 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.
128 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 11 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.