NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Sunday, Apr 13, 2025
9 games on Apr 13, 2025 produced 14 notable changes: 4 power-play changes (4 up, 0 down), 6 line moves (6 promotions, 0 demotions), 3 big ice-time swings and 1 big game. The biggest: Andrei Svechnikov moved onto the top power-play unit with Roslovic, Jost and Morrow, +2:40 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Andrei Svechnikov moved onto the top power-play unit with Roslovic, Jost and Morrow, +2:40 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · CARGame reportTeam lines
Sam Malinski moved onto the top power-play unit with Coyle, Nelson and Necas, +3:08 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · COLGame reportTeam lines
Nikita Nesterenko moved up to L1 with Terry and McTavish (2 straight games).
Line promotion · ANAPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jack Drury moved onto the top power-play unit with Coyle, Nelson and Necas, +3:15 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · COLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jack Roslovic moved onto the top power-play unit with Jost, Svechnikov and Morrow, +3:01 of PP time.
PP1 promotion · CARPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Andrei Svechnikov moved onto the top power-play unit with Roslovic, Jost and Morrow, +2:40 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jack Roslovic moved onto the top power-play unit with Jost, Svechnikov and Morrow, +3:01 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Sam Malinski moved onto the top power-play unit with Coyle, Nelson and Necas, +3:08 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jack Drury moved onto the top power-play unit with Coyle, Nelson and Necas, +3:15 of PP time.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Sam Malinski played 25:15 (+6:45 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Jack Drury played 19:32 (+5:33 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Charlie Coyle moved up to L2 with O'Connor and Kiviranta.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Parker Kelly moved up to L3 with Vesey and Drury (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nikita Nesterenko moved up to L1 with Terry and McTavish (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nikita Nesterenko played 15:46 (+7:14 vs his recent average).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Emil Lilleberg moved up to D1 with Perbix.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nick Perbix moved up to D1 with Lilleberg.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Ilya Sorokin stopped all 25 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Logan Stanley moved up to D2 with Miller.
Line promotionPickup alertGame 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.
119 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 13 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.