NHL Line Changes & Fantasy Alerts: Saturday, Jun 6, 2026
1 game on Jun 6, 2026 produced 14 notable changes: 2 power-play changes (0 up, 2 down), 7 line moves (7 promotions, 0 demotions), 4 big ice-time swings and 1 big game. The biggest: Mark Stone played 27:03 (+9:57 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
Biggest changes
Mark Stone played 27:03 (+9:57 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spike · VGKGame reportTeam lines
Mark Stone moved up to L1 with Barbashev and Eichel.
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Shea Theodore moved up to D1 with McNabb.
Line promotion · VGKGame reportTeam lines
Mitch Marner scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 10 SOG).
Hat trick · VGKGame report
Shea Theodore played 39:09 (+14:20 vs his recent average).
TOI spike · VGKGame reportTeam lines
Changes by team
Mark Stone played 27:03 (+9:57 vs his recent average) (2 straight games).
TOI spikeGame reportTeam lines
Mark Stone moved up to L1 with Barbashev and Eichel.
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Shea Theodore moved up to D1 with McNabb.
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Mitch Marner scored a hat trick (3 G, 1 A, 10 SOG).
Hat trickGame report
Shea Theodore played 39:09 (+14:20 vs his recent average).
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Tomas Hertl dropped off PP1.
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Cole Smith moved up to L3 with Dowd and Kolesar.
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Keegan Kolesar moved up to L3 with Dowd and Smith.
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Nic Dowd moved up to L3 with Kolesar and Smith.
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Nikolaj Ehlers dropped off PP1 to the second unit.
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Andrei Svechnikov played 25:49 (+9:02 vs his recent average).
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Jordan Staal moved up to L2 with Ehlers and Jarvis.
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Nikolaj Ehlers moved up to L2 with Staal and Jarvis.
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Seth Jarvis played 27:22 (+8:30 vs his recent average).
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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.
46 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.