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Defence · #8

Johnathan Kovacevic

Age
29
Shoots
Right
Height
196 cm
Weight
101 kg
Born
Hamilton, CAN
Draft
2017, round 3, #74 (WPG)

Career · 2021–22 to 2025–26

Games
258
Goals
10
Points
53
TOI per game
17:55
xGF% (5v5)
48.8%
Goals above expected
−3.1

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 ice3830:3849.6%49.4%48.8%48.8%2.382.501561421,013.0
Team with player off ice8287:4947.6%47.4%47.2%47.2%2.442.73313366993.6
Relative (on − off)–2.0%–1.6%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 9 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

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

Quality of competition
24.8%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.9%
Quality of teammates
22.1%
Teammates' xGF%: 47.8%
Offensive zone starts
29.2%
62.5% 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.

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsHischierBastianSharangovichMcLeodWoodZetterlundHaulaBrattBoqvistHughesTatarMercerSmithMarinoHamiltonSeversonGravesSiegenthalerPalatMeierHoltzLazarToffoliHughesBahlTierneyNemecMillerNoesenCotterDillonCaseyMacDermidPesceDowlingBowersFooteHalonenDumoulinGlassCholowskiGlendeningBrownDadonovGritsyukLammikkoHameenahoTsyplakovBjugstadKovacevic

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
48.8%
47.6%