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
- 222
- Goals
- 89
- Points
- 201
- TOI per game
- 23:07
- xGF% (5v5)
- 50.5%
- Goals above expected
- +20.7
The net is at the top. Hover a shot for the details; click to open the game.
1102 shots · 89 goals · 68.3 xG
By shot type
Model-basedWhich shots go in, and which were better than their chances suggested.
| Wrist | 404 | 47 | 15.6% | 29.5 | 0.07 | +17.5 |
| Slap | 372 | 19 | 7.8% | 15.5 | 0.04 | +3.5 |
| Snap | 254 | 18 | 9.0% | 17.4 | 0.07 | +0.6 |
| Backhand | 35 | 0 | 0.0% | 2.5 | 0.07 | −2.5 |
| Tip-in | 27 | 5 | 29.4% | 2.8 | 0.10 | +2.2 |
| Wrap-around | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.2 | 0.03 | −0.2 |
| Deflected | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.4 | 0.08 | −0.4 |
Shot blocking
Model-basedNot all blocks are equal: stepping in front of a point shot through traffic saves less than blocking a one-timer from the slot. Each block is valued at the xG the shot would have had if it had got through. Percentiles compare forwards with enough 5-on-5 time.
- Blocks
- 46
- xG blocked
- 3.4
- xG per block
- 0.075
- Own attempts blocked
- 371
As a blocker
- xG blocked per 600.0433rd pct
- Blocks per 600.541st pct
- xG per block0.075100th pct
- Share of on-ice danger blocked (5v5)0.6%3rd pct
As a shooter
- Share of own attempt xG blocked (lower is better)20.2% · 17.3 xG3rd pct
The net Kovalchuk was defending is at the top. Each diamond is a block, sized by the xG the shot would have had.
46 blocks · 3.4 xG stopped
Every forward with enough 5-on-5 time. Right means more blocks; up means the shots blocked were more dangerous. The curves join equal xG blocked per 60.
Where the shots come from
Model-basedLeft: the player's own 5-on-5 attempts per 60, compared with the average at the position. Right: all of the team's attempts with the player on the ice, compared with the league.
Blue shows more attempts than average from that area. Both maps count attempts for, so blue is good on both.
Own shots
Team shots with player on ice