LW · WSH · NHL id 8469454
Ilya Kovalchuk has played 46 games for the Washington Capitals in 2019-20, scoring 10 goals and 16 assists (26 points) on 115 shots while averaging 16:58 a night (13:56 at even strength, 2:30 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Capitals have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Kovalchuk on the ice (25-28 in goals, 57% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against BUF he was on L3 with Carl Hagelin and Lars Eller and on PP1; promoted to PP1 (from PP2) in the last game. He is shooting 8.7% this season against 10.2% across the 110 games in our data.
Right now
From the Mar 9 game vs BUF, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2019-20 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 7 games, 14:24 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2019-20 · 186 attempts, 115 on goal, 10 goals
Shot map, OPP at WSH: 186 attempts, 115 on goal, 10 goals, 11.86 expected goals; best chance Ilya Kovalchuk at 0.54 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2019-20 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2019-20 regular season · 45 of 46 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.026
- Season net
- −0.27xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.96
- Attempts
- 10
- 0.036
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Mar 9, 2020 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 18, 2020 alerts →
- Played 4:51 more than his 5-game averageMar 5, 2019 alerts →
- Moved down to L4 from L1Feb 2, 2019 alerts →
- Moved down to L3 from L1Jan 21, 2019 alerts →
Linemates
2019-20 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Kovalchuk
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
46 games in 2019-20, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9 | @ BUF | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:39 | 14:29 | 1:10 | — |
| Mar 7 | @ PIT | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 12:57 | 11:16 | 1:41 | — |
| Mar 5 | @ NYR | OTL 5-6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:06 | 11:55 | 0:36 | — |
| Mar 4 | vs PHI | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 15:14 | 11:19 | 3:55 | — |
| Mar 1 | @ MIN | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 13:11 | 12:16 | 0:51 | 0:04 |
| Feb 27 | @ WPG | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16:57 | 13:57 | 2:39 | — |
| Feb 25 | vs WPG | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 14:39 | 13:43 | 0:56 | — |
| Feb 22 | @ OTT | W 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:58 | 13:52 | 2:03 | — |
| Feb 20 | @ WSH | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100% | 16:48 | 15:10 | 1:11 | — |
| Feb 18 | @ DET | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15:38 | 14:48 | 0:23 | — |
| Feb 15 | vs DAL | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 16:54 | 16:54 | — | — |
| Feb 14 | @ PIT | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:45 | 12:16 | 2:41 | — |
| Feb 12 | @ BOS | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 20:17 | 14:49 | 4:12 | — |
| Feb 10 | vs ARI | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 21:36 | 15:30 | 5:20 | 0:02 |
| Feb 8 | vs TOR | W 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | 21:22 | 19:24 | 1:58 | — |
| Feb 6 | vs ANA | W 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 17:53 | 12:42 | 4:53 | — |
| Feb 4 | @ NJD | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | 20:39 | 17:07 | 3:32 | 0:00 |
| Feb 2 | vs CBJ | L 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 20:53 | 18:26 | 1:03 | — |
| Feb 1 | vs FLA | W 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16:57 | 15:37 | 1:14 | — |
| Jan 30 | @ BUF | W 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 16:54 | 15:48 | 0:51 | — |
Season splits by strength
2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 46 | 780:17 | 16:58 | 804 | 608 | 56.9% | 57.7% | 462 | 334 | 36 | 35 | 51% | 41.6 | 30.5 | 65% |
| Even strength | 46 | 640:41 | 13:56 | 622 | 543 | 53.4% | 54.4% | 353 | 292 | 28 | 28 | 50% | 27.3 | 23.1 | 58% |
| 5v5 | 46 | 623:35 | 13:33 | 602 | 531 | 53.1% | 54.0% | 339 | 284 | 25 | 28 | 47% | 25.8 | 22.6 | 57% |
| Power play | 45 | 115:04 | 2:33 | 145 | 40 | 78.4% | 76.0% | 91 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 100% | 11.9 | 2.2 | 98% |
| Penalty kill | 6 | 0:15 | 0:03 | 1 | 6 | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.6 | — |
| 4v4 | 12 | 5:56 | 0:30 | 7 | 3 | 70.0% | 75.0% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.1 | 67% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 9 | 11:10 | 1:14 | 13 | 9 | 59.1% | 65.0% | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1.4 | 0.4 | 100% |
| 5v4 | 45 | 107:31 | 2:23 | 130 | 39 | 76.9% | 74.1% | 81 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 9.8 | 2.2 | 98% |
| 5v3 | 8 | 6:15 | 0:47 | 12 | 1 | 92.3% | 91.7% | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.7 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 24 | 18:16 | 0:46 | 29 | 8 | 78.4% | 80.8% | 16 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 43% | 1.5 | 3.4 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 7 | 4:37 | 0:40 | 2 | 9 | 18.2% | 25.0% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | WSH, MTL, LAK | 46 | 10 | 16 | 26 | -4 | 18 | 115 | 8.7% | 52 | 23 | 16:58 |
| 2018-19 | LAK | 64 | 16 | 18 | 34 | -26 | 10 | 141 | 11.3% | 28 | 19 | 16:14 |
Ilya Kovalchuk news
- Ilya Kovalchuk is Officially Off Devils’ BooksThe Hockey Writers
- Best NHL Players Not in the Hockey Hall of FameThe Hockey Writers
- Today in Hockey History: June 23The Hockey Writers
- NHL Trade Talk Roundup: Oilers, Flames, and Kovalchuk RetiresNHL Trade Talk
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.