Left wing · #17
Ilya Kovalchuk
Atlanta Thrashers
New Jersey Devils
Los Angeles Kings
Montréal Canadiens
Washington Capitals(traded during the season)- Age
- 43
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 191 cm
- Weight
- 101 kg
- Born
- Tver, RUS
- Draft
- 2001, round 1, #1 (ATL)
Career · 6 seasons
- Games
- 381
- Goals
- 146
- Points
- 319
- TOI per game
- 21:06
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.8%
- Goals above expected
- +35.5
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 | ATL | 49 | 31 | 27 | 58 | +1 | 22:14 | 179 | 17.3% | 19 | 16.4 | – |
| 2009–10 | NJD | 27 | 10 | 17 | 27 | +9 | 21:40 | 111 | 9.0% | 7 | 8.9 | – |
| 2009–10 | All teams | 76 | 41 | 44 | 85 | +10 | 22:02 | 290 | 14.1% | 26 | 25.2 | – |
| 2010–11 | NJD | 81 | 31 | 29 | 60 | −26 | 22:34 | 245 | 12.7% | 21 | 21.5 | 48.1% |
| 2011–12 | NJD | 77 | 37 | 46 | 83 | −9 | 23:49 | 310 | 11.9% | 29 | 27.9 | 53.2% |
| 2012–13 | NJD | 37 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −6 | 23:55 | 123 | 8.9% | 14 | 9.9 | 49.4% |
| After a break: 2018–19 | LAK | 64 | 16 | 18 | 34 | −26 | 16:14 | 141 | 11.3% | 9 | 14.2 | 43.2% |
| 2019–20 | LAK | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −10 | 15:25 | 35 | 8.6% | 3 | 3.6 | 47.4% |
| 2019–20 | MTL | 22 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +6 | 18:54 | 62 | 9.7% | 2 | 6.4 | 59.5% |
| 2019–20 | WSH | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14:40 | 18 | 5.6% | 0 | 1.6 | 57.5% |
| 2019–20 | All teams | 46 | 10 | 16 | 26 | −4 | 16:58 | 115 | 8.7% | 5 | 11.7 | 55.2% |
| Total | 5 teams | 381 | 146 | 173 | 319 | −61 | 21:06 | 1,224 | 11.9% | 104 | 110.5 | 49.8% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 6 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
1st line
88th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
1st line- Goals /601.0988th pct
- Assists /601.2979th pct
- ixG /600.8268th pct
- Goals above expected+35.5100th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)49.8%53rd pct
- CF% (5v5)50.5%60th pct
- Relative xGF%−2.035th pct
- Penalty diff /600.2769th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game21:0699th pct
- PP time share77.1%100th pct
- Offensive zone starts68.8%87th pct
- Quality of competition25.3%86th 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).
Faceoffs
How often Kovalchuk wins the draw over 6 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1105+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
33.3%
60–120 · below the 1105 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
33.3%
Opponents won 50.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.0% against them.
Wins above average
−30
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
1.5
180 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone34.3% 37–71
- Neutral zone30.0% 9–21
- Defensive zone33.3% 14–28
By strength
- Even strength31.9% 46–98
- Power play41.4% 12–17
- Shorthanded40.0% 2–3
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +17 after a win, −6 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Patrice Bergeron28.6% 2–5
- Claude Giroux66.7% 4–2
- John Tavares0.0% 0–5
- Brian Boyle25.0% 1–3
- Mike Richards50.0% 2–2
- Eric Staal25.0% 1–3
- Marty Reasoner0.0% 0–4
- Sean Couturier50.0% 2–2
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 30 | 23.3% | 24.9% |
| 2010–11 | 31 | 29.0% | 28.2% |
| 2011–12 | 37 | 35.1% | 34.7% |
| 2012–13 | 22 | 31.8% | 30.7% |
| 2018–19 | 36 | 44.4% | 44.7% |
| 2019–20 | 24 | 33.3% | 33.7% |
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.
+35.5 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games