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Ice Lab

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

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice1138:0150.3%49.7%47.6%47.4%2.182.403542994.2
Team with player off ice2976:0351.3%50.9%50.1%49.9%2.182.17104131977.3
Relative (on − off)–-1.1%–-2.5%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 77 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
24.7%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.7%
Quality of teammates
24.9%
Teammates' xGF%: 49.3%
Offensive zone starts
69.8%
56.1% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%21.022.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsWeissReinprechtRepikStillmanFrolikMcArdleOleszAllenMcCabeKulikovDvorakGarrisonMatthiasEllerbyDadonovWilsonBoothSantorelliHordichukReasonerHigginsBernierWidemanWeaverSkilleTimminsBergforsSamsonovCarterSulzerCallahanHuberdeauFleischmannUpshallParrosSmithsonKopeckyMuellerKubaStrachanCampbellShoreHowdenVersteegGocGudbransonKovalev

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
47.6%
44.7%