NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Friday, Nov 28, 2025
15 games on Nov 28, 2025 produced 16 notable changes: 7 power-play changes (2 up, 5 down), 6 line moves (5 promotions, 1 demotions) and 3 big games. The biggest: Conor Garland moved onto the top power-play unit with Boeser, DeBrusk and Pettersson, +5:14 of PP time (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Conor Garland moved onto the top power-play unit with Boeser, DeBrusk and Pettersson, +5:14 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · VANPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Travis Sanheim moved onto the top power-play unit with Couturier, Tippett and Brink, +1:37 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotion · PHIGame reportTeam lines
Isac Lundeström moved up to L1 with Coyle and Wood (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CBJPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Braeden Bowman dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · VGKGame reportTeam lines
Corey Perry dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1 · LAKGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Travis Sanheim moved onto the top power-play unit with Couturier, Tippett and Brink, +1:37 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Conor Garland moved onto the top power-play unit with Boeser, DeBrusk and Pettersson, +5:14 of PP time (2 straight games).
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Isac Lundeström moved up to L1 with Coyle and Wood (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Corey Perry dropped off PP1 to the second unit (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Phillip Danault dropped to L4 from L2 with Armia and Kuzmenko (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Corey Perry moved up to L3 with Turcotte and Malott.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Braeden Bowman dropped off PP1 (2 straight games).
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Radko Gudas moved up to D1 with LaCombe.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Axel Sandin-Pellikka moved up to D1 with Chiarot.
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Dylan Strome moved up to L1 with Ovechkin and Beauvillier.
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Jake Allen stopped all 42 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Matthew Wood dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Claude Giroux dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Dylan Cozens dropped off PP1.
Off PP1Game reportTeam lines
Seth Jarvis scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 8 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Artemi Panarin had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 2 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.
176 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.