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Right wing · #15 · Rookie

Nikolai Kovalenko

Colorado Avalanche San Jose Sharks(traded during the season)
Age
26
Shoots
Left
Height
178 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Raleigh, USA
Draft
2018, round 6, #171 (COL)

2024–25

Games
29
Goals
3
Points
12
TOI per game
12:40
xGF% (5v5)
42.0%
Goals above expected
+0.8
ShowAll teamsColorado AvalancheSan Jose Sharks

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 ice277:1744.5%43.3%42.0%41.2%2.082.8710111,002.1
Team with player off ice944:3445.0%43.6%41.0%40.0%2.002.883350982.3
Relative (on − off)–-0.5%–1.0%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 4 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Model-based

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

Quality of competition
–
Opponents' xGF%: –
Quality of teammates
–
Teammates' xGF%: –
Offensive zone starts
57.1%
62.6% 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.

20%30%40%50%60%70%23.023.524.024.525.025.526.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsSmithSturmKuninZetterlundWennbergGoodrowDellandreaGranlundEklundToffoliGushchinGrundstromThrunCeciThompsonFerraroRuttaWalmanKostinCelebriniLiljegrenMukhamadullinGrafVlasicDesharnaisCarlssonKovalenko

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
47.6%
51.4%