Between the Lines: NHL line combinations, line moves and starting goalies
Between the Lines is a free NHL site for tonight's games. It shows line combinations for every team, the line-move feed, starting goalies and injuries, updated throughout the day. Each section below is a page on the site.
What you can find here
- Team line combinations: Forward lines, defense pairs and power-play units for all 32 NHL teams.
- Line moves: Every promotion, demotion, scratch and power-play change across the league, newest first.
- Injuries: League-wide injury report with the lineup hole each absence leaves behind.
- Matchups: goals allowed by position: Goals and shots each NHL defense has allowed to centers, wingers and defensemen.
- Player stats: Recent form for any NHL skater or goalie, next to their current lineup role.
- Player spotlight: Who is heating up and cooling down across the league: last five games against the season, streaks and line promotions.
- Starting goalies: Who is in goal for every game tonight, with confirmed or expected status.
- Power play units: PP1 and PP2 for all 32 teams, with recent power-play changes.
- Actual vs projected lines: Projected line combinations next to who players actually shared the ice with in their latest game.
- Fantasy players to watch: Players rising on the depth chart, getting power-play time or heating up, and who is cooling off.
- Fantasy week planner: Games per team this week, off-nights, back-to-backs and games against tired opponents, plus goalie starts so far this season.
- Schedule fatigue: Back-to-backs, three games in four nights and road trips for every team playing tonight.
- NHL news: The headlines that move lineups, read in the context of tonight’s games.
- Beat reporters: Lineup notes from morning skate and warmups, collected team by team.
- Compare lineups: Two or more NHL lineups side by side: forward lines, defense pairs and power-play units.
- Playoffs: The Stanley Cup Playoff bracket with series lineups and starting goalies.
- Picks: The daily model picks log, graded honestly, with every result kept on the record.
Where the data comes from
Lineups and starting goalies come from Daily Faceoff. Injuries come from Daily Faceoff first, with ESPN as a fallback. Schedules, standings, rosters and game feeds come from the NHL’s public web API. The site is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the NHL or NHLPA.
When to use this site
Use this site for who is on which line tonight, which lines moved since the last check, who is in goal for each team, and who is injured. The tables and lists load in the browser, so each page’s text describes its section. For tonight’s actual lines, goalies and injuries as plain text, read /tonight.md. The /teams/ and /games/ pages cover one team or one game in the same way.