NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Apr 4, 2026
15 games on Apr 4, 2026 produced 24 notable changes: 12 line moves (8 promotions, 4 demotions), 5 big ice-time swings and 7 big games. The biggest: Teuvo Teravainen moved up to L1 with Bedard and Lardis (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Teuvo Teravainen moved up to L1 with Bedard and Lardis (2 straight games).
Line promotion · CHIPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nicolas Hague played only 2:34 (−17:47 vs his recent average), an early exit.
TOI drop · NSHGame reportTeam lines
Denton Mateychuk played 27:42 (+11:50 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spike · CBJPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Artemi Panarin dropped to L2 from L1 with Kopitar and Kempe (2 straight games).
Line demotion · LAKGame reportTeam lines
Jared Spurgeon dropped to D3 from D1 with Brodin (2 straight games).
Line demotion · MINGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Teuvo Teravainen moved up to L1 with Bedard and Lardis (2 straight games).
Line promotionPickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Teuvo Teravainen played 20:48 (+6:07 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Nicolas Hague played only 2:34 (−17:47 vs his recent average), an early exit.
TOI dropGame reportTeam lines
Nick Perbix played 23:55 (+7:48 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Denton Mateychuk played 27:42 (+11:50 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikePickup alertGame reportTeam lines
Denton Mateychuk moved up to D1 with Werenski.
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Artemi Panarin dropped to L2 from L1 with Kopitar and Kempe (2 straight games).
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Adrian Kempe had 4 points (2 G, 2 A, 7 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Jared Spurgeon dropped to D3 from D1 with Brodin (2 straight games).
Line demotionGame reportTeam lines
Jake Middleton moved up to D2 with Bogosian (2 straight games).
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Justin Hryckowian moved up to L2 with Bäck and Bourque (2 straight games).
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Oskar Bäck moved up to L2 with Bourque and Hryckowian (2 straight games).
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Michael Amadio moved up to L2 with Giroux and Pinto (2 straight games).
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Shane Pinto moved up to L2 with Giroux and Amadio (2 straight games).
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Evgeni Malkin scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Erik Karlsson had 4 points (1 G, 3 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Clayton Keller scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 3 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Gabe Perreault scored a hat trick (3 G, 0 A, 6 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Beckett Sennecke played 21:22 (+5:44 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Berkly Catton dropped to L3 from L2 with Schwartz and Tolvanen (2 straight games).
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Matthew Knies had 4 points (2 G, 2 A, 2 SOG).
Big nightGame report
Isak Rosen moved up to L3 with Barron and Lambert (2 straight games).
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Scott Wedgewood stopped all 17 shots for a shutout.
ShutoutGame report
Logan O'Connor dropped to L4 from L3 with Colton and Drury.
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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.
165 raw deployment changes were checked for this date; 17 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.