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Right wing · #27

Alex Kovalev

Age
53
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
101 kg
Born
Togliatti, RUS
Draft
1991, round 1, #15 (NYR)

Career · 3 seasons

Games
165
Goals
36
Points
88
TOI per game
17:12
xGF% (5v5)
47.6%
Goals above expected
−1.9

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2009–10OTT77183149−818:1016510.9%1419.7–
2010–11OTT54141327−916:1612311.4%913.746.9%
2010–11PIT20257+317:11287.1%12.451.3%
2010–11All teams74161834−616:3115110.6%1016.247.9%
After a break: 2012–13FLA14235−115:37219.5%22.145.3%
Total3 teams165365288−1517:1233710.7%2637.947.6%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.811.220406080100120140160
14m16m18m20m20406080100120140160Game

Player card

How 3 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

48th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.7656th pct
  • Assists /601.1062nd pct
  • ixG /600.8063rd pct
  • Goals above expected−1.934th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)47.6%31st pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.3%56th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.531st pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.0631st pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game17:1276th pct
  • PP time share48.6%82nd pct
  • Offensive zone starts69.8%90th pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%62nd pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−1.9 goals above expected

01020304020406080100120140160Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−200+20+40+60