Right wing · #15 · Rookie
Nikolai Kovalenko
- Age
- 26
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 82 kg
- Born
- Raleigh, USA
- Draft
- 2018, round 6, #171 (COL)
2024–25
- Games
- 57
- Goals
- 7
- Points
- 20
- TOI per game
- 12:20
- xGF% (5v5)
- 47.6%
- Goals above expected
- +1.2
Season
The regular-season line, by team for traded players.
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 this season compares with everyone else at the position, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
41st percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.6031st pct
- Assists /601.1161st pct
- ixG /600.499th pct
- Goals above expected+1.268th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)47.6%33rd pct
- CF% (5v5)48.9%42nd pct
- Relative xGF%+0.153rd pct
- Penalty diff /600.4384th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game12:2026th pct
- PP time share17.4%39th pct
- Offensive zone starts51.1%37th pct
- Quality of competition24.3%36th 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).
Most similar players this season
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.
+1.2 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
Speed and tracking
From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.
Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.
Tracking
- Top skating speed35.8 km/h49th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph5748th pct
- Hardest shot130.7 km/h25th pct
- Distance skated189 km43rd pct
- Offensive-zone time41.5%42nd pct
Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.
Top skating speed
35.8 km/h38th pct
2024–25 only
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
4.945th pct
2024–25 only
Distance skated per 60
16.1 km83rd pct
2024–25 only
Hardest shot
130.7 km/h12th pct
2024–25 only
Offensive-zone time
41.5%44th pct
2024–25 only