NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Nov 22, 2025
12 games on Nov 22, 2025 produced 23 notable changes: 11 power-play changes (2 up, 9 down), 10 line moves (7 promotions, 3 demotions) and 2 big games. The biggest: Barrett Hayton moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Marino and Keller (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Barrett Hayton moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Marino and Keller (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · UTAPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Barrett Hayton moved up to L1 with Schmaltz and Keller (2 straight games).
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Connor McDavid dropped to L3 from L1 with Roslovic and Savoie (3 straight games).
Line demotion · EDMGame reportTeam lines
Nick DeSimone moved up to D1 with Sergachev (2 straight games).
Line promotion · UTAPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Parker Kelly moved up to L1 with Olofsson and Drury (2 straight games).
Line promotion · COLPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Barrett Hayton moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Marino and Keller (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Barrett Hayton moved up to L1 with Schmaltz and Keller (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nick DeSimone moved up to D1 with Sergachev (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
John Marino moved onto the top power-play unit with Schmaltz, Keller and Sergachev.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Parker Kelly moved up to L1 with Olofsson and Drury (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Gabriel Landeskog moved up to L2 with Lehkonen and MacKinnon (2 straight games).
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Victor Olofsson dropped off PP1.
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Mackenzie Blackwood stopped all 35 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Connor McDavid dropped to L3 from L1 with Roslovic and Savoie (3 straight games).
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Alec Regula moved up to D2 with Nurse.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Jack Roslovic dropped to L3 from L2 with McDavid and Savoie.
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Nick Blankenburg dropped to D3 from D1 with Stastney (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Albert Johansson moved up to D2 with Hamonic (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Travis Hamonic moved up to D2 with Johansson.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Chris Kreider dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Leo Carlsson dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Troy Terry dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Cam Fowler dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Dalibor Dvorsky dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Jimmy Snuggerud dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Pavel Buchnevich dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
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Robert Thomas dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
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Brandon Hagel had 4 points (2 G, 2 A, 5 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.
190 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 21 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.