NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Apr 5, 2025
13 games on Apr 5, 2025 produced 17 notable changes: 3 power-play changes (2 up, 1 down), 3 line moves (3 promotions, 0 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 9 big games. The biggest: Barrett Hayton moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Keller and Sergachev, +1:34 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Barrett Hayton moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Keller and Sergachev, +1:34 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · UTAPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Cole Perfetti moved onto the top power-play unit with Scheifele, Morrissey and Connor, +3:24 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · WPGPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Logan Cooley dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · UTAGame reportTeam lines
David Pastrnak scored a hat trick (3 G, 2 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trick · BOSGame report
Mikko Rantanen moved up to L1 with Hintz and Robertson.
Line promotion · DALGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Barrett Hayton moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Keller and Sergachev, +1:34 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Logan Cooley dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Olli Maatta moved up to D1 with Kesselring.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Cole Perfetti moved onto the top power-play unit with Scheifele, Morrissey and Connor, +3:24 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Cole Perfetti played 21:07 (+6:00 vs his recent average).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
David Pastrnak scored a hat trick (3 G, 2 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Morgan Geekie had 5 points (1 G, 4 A, 1 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Peyton Krebs moved up to L2 with Zucker and Tuch (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Mikko Rantanen moved up to L1 with Hintz and Robertson.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Evgenii Dadonov scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickPickup alertGame report
Sidney Crosby scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 5 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Anton Forsberg stopped all 39 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Darcy Kuemper stopped all 27 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Anthony Stolarz stopped all 27 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutPickup alertGame report
Jacob Markstrom stopped all 26 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Nick Perbix played only 6:36 (−6:43 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Robert Thomas had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 1 SOG).
Big nightGame 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.
180 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 8 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.