Defence · #8

Johnathan Kovacevic

Winnipeg Jets

Montréal Canadiens

New Jersey Devils(traded during the season)

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: 4
Goals: 0
Points: 0
TOI per game: 10:49
xGF% (5v5): 58.3%
Goals above expected: −0.2

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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 ice	41:47	62.9%	63.2%	58.3%	58.4%	2.67	1.91	1	0	1,045.5
Team with player off ice	152:47	47.6%	47.9%	45.4%	45.4%	2.27	2.72	3	5	980.0
Relative (on − off)	–	15.3%	–	12.8%	–	–	–	–	–	–

Usage

Model-based

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

Quality of competition

22.6%

Opponents' xGF%: 48.3%

Quality of teammates

20.8%

Teammates' xGF%: 50.3%

Offensive zone starts

62.5%

74.6% 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.

Close and late

Model-based

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%