NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Thursday, Nov 20, 2025
12 games on Nov 20, 2025 produced 18 notable changes: 6 power-play changes (1 up, 5 down), 6 line moves (5 promotions, 1 demotions), 2 big ice-time swings and 4 big games. The biggest: Oliver Ekman-Larsson moved up to D1 with Rielly (3 straight games).
Biggest changes
Oliver Ekman-Larsson moved up to D1 with Rielly (3 straight games).
Line promotion · TORPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Calle Jarnkrok moved onto the top power-play unit with Tavares, Rielly and Nylander, +1:38 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · TORPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Dylan Guenther moved up to L1 with Carcone and Cooley (2 straight games).
Line promotion · UTAGame reportTeam lines
Max Domi moved up to L1 with Robertson and McMann (2 straight games).
Line promotion · TORPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Will Cuylle dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · NYRGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Oliver Ekman-Larsson moved up to D1 with Rielly (3 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Calle Jarnkrok moved onto the top power-play unit with Tavares, Rielly and Nylander, +1:38 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Max Domi moved up to L1 with Robertson and McMann (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Dylan Guenther moved up to L1 with Carcone and Cooley (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Will Cuylle dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
A.J. Greer moved up to L2 with Verhaeghe and Bennett (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 32 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Emil Andrae moved up to D2 with Drysdale (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nick Seeler dropped to D3 from D2 with Juulsen (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Darren Raddysh played 27:38 (+6:38 vs his recent average) (5 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Ethen Frank had 4 points (2 G, 2 A, 4 SOG).
Big nightPickup alertGame report
Frank Nazar played 20:09 (+5:57 vs his recent average) (3 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Andre Burakovsky dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Artyom Levshunov dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Connor Bedard dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Teuvo Teravainen dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Ilya Sorokin stopped all 29 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame 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.
162 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 14 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.