NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Monday, Mar 2, 2026
6 games on Mar 2, 2026 produced 10 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (2 up, 0 down) and 8 line moves (8 promotions, 0 demotions). The biggest: Alexis Lafrenière moved up to L1 with Trocheck and Cuylle (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Alexis Lafrenière moved up to L1 with Trocheck and Cuylle (2 straight games).
Line promotion · NYRGame reportTeam lines
Will Cuylle moved up to L1 with Trocheck and Lafrenière (2 straight games).
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Anze Kopitar moved onto the top power-play unit with Perry, Kempe and Panarin.
PP1 promotion · LAKPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Devon Toews moved onto the top power-play unit with Landeskog, MacKinnon and Necas.
PP1 promotion · COLGame reportTeam lines
Boone Jenner moved up to L2 with Monahan and Heinen (2 straight games).
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Changes by team
Alexis Lafrenière moved up to L1 with Trocheck and Cuylle (2 straight games).
Line promotionGame reportTeam lines
Will Cuylle moved up to L1 with Trocheck and Lafrenière (2 straight games).
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Vincent Trocheck moved up to L1 with Lafrenière and Cuylle.
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Devon Toews moved onto the top power-play unit with Landeskog, MacKinnon and Necas.
PP1 promotionGame reportTeam lines
Anze Kopitar moved onto the top power-play unit with Perry, Kempe and Panarin.
PP1 promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Corey Perry moved up to L2 with Foegele and Laferriere.
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Boone Jenner moved up to L2 with Monahan and Heinen (2 straight games).
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Erik Gudbranson moved up to D2 with Mateychuk (2 straight games).
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Ivan Provorov moved up to D1 with Severson.
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Jacob Melanson moved up to L3 with Gaudreau and Meyers.
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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.
68 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 10 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.