#line change

[ruther007]

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵, 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴; 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 on the bench.

2:53 in the second period, San Jose vs. edmonton Oilers. April 8th, 2026

[hab-a-nice-day]

—Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens, for Tricolore Sports + Line Change

[theverycoolestdude]

this line change was so silly. from when they were in arizona, and when i saw rhem!! (i am so lucky that there is a slime tutorial of when i specifically saw it)

[marnie-mouse]

As I'm posting that post, I'm watching his post game interview, and he's talking, and I have to physically stop when he says he's putting Kaner and Tazer on the same line, and I'm like....

He cute, but is he changing the lines???

#ibelieve I guess?

[hockeyknowitall]

How do line changes work? Like does the coach yell at the players on the ice to change or do the players do it of their own accord?

unfortunately line changes are one of the most complicated things in hockey and even players have said they don’t really know how they work. Generally players will know when to change themselves and the coach will focus more on which line will be up next. There can be a lot of strategy in it when the coach basically says “I want this match up” so a player will know to leave the ice if they matchup with a player their coach does not want them to. 

Here’s a good link I found that goes into a lot of depth,

[hab-a-nice-day]

—Cole Caufield, Montreal Canadiens, for Tricolore Sports + Line Change

[hab-a-nice-day]

—Cole Caufield, Montreal Canadiens, for Tricolore Sports + Line Change