Johnathan Kovacevic

#8Defenseman6'5"220 lb

0.0 in 3 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

0.0% SH

17:52

TOI/GP

D · NJD · NHL id 8480192

Johnathan Kovacevic has played 34 games for the New Jersey Devils in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 8 assists (8 points) on 30 shots while averaging 17:52 a night (16:05 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 1:36 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 54% of his 5v5 minutes with Luke Hughes and 36% with Dawson Mercer over the last 10 games, and the Devils have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Kovacevic on the ice (21-24 in goals, 37% offensive-zone starts). In the Devils' most recent game against BOS he was on D3 with Topias Vilen and off the power play; moved up to D1 (from D2) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 4.0% across the 261 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 14 game vs BOS, detected from shift data

Pair

Topias Vilen

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to D1 (from D2) in the last gameLast 5: D1 · D2 · D3 · D3 · D1

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

20 games shown, 18:32 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed17th1820.6 mph

Bursts 20+ mph19th203

Hardest shot41st4188.8 mph

Offensive-zone time26th2640.0%

Distance skated36th3682.3 mi

High-danger SOG29th301

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 78 attempts, 30 on goal, 0 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 34 GP · 8 points vs 8.4 expected

Luck Meter →

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Luck meter-37

Last 20 games: -15. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−1.4 G

On-ice SH%−2.1 G

On-ice SV%−2.0 G

IPP−0.3 G

Points vs expected−0.4 P

: 0.0%
: 98.4
: 30.8%
G vs xG: 0 / 1.4

• Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 1:56 a game): some of the heat may be real.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played34
Goals0685th of 715
Assists8513th of 715
Points8597th of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal30647th of 715
Hits57351st of 715
Blocked shots39350th of 715
Plus/minus0307th of 715
Penalty minutes38205th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)50.5%260th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)51.1%242nd of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)47.7%458th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.6%465th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)48.0%456th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)47.5%480th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.11696th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.010164th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.28372nd of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game17:52241st of 715
Power-play time per game0:02594th of 715
Power-play share4.7%568th of 713
Ice-time share29.4%239th of 715
Offensive-zone start %36.9%624th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−1.09678th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO984503rd of 719
Goals above expected−1.4515th of 715
Luck Meter−37650th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed20.6702nd of 715
20+ mph bursts3704th of 715
Hardest shot88.8318th of 715
Offensive-zone time40.0%542nd of 715

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 33 of 34 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.048
Season net: −0.43xG

Offensive TK/600.00 (0)

Offensive GV/600.55 (5)

Neutral TK/600.44 (4)

Neutral GV/600.44 (4)

Defensive TK/600.44 (4)

Defensive GV/601.77 (16)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.11
Attempts: 1
: 0.002

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: −2.24G
Per 60: −0.221
Drawn / taken: 8 / 19minors

Method Leaders

: 47.6%
: 48.0%
: 47.7%
Transition CF/60: 5.0
Turnovers won/60: 25.4
Turnovers lost/60: 22.8

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

30 shots on goal, 0 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
R Point	33%	6%
Low Slot	0%	23%
Center Point	27%	9%
L Circle	0%	13%
Outside R	13%	4%
Outside L	0%	4%
L Net Side	0%	3%

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Moved up to D1 from D2Dec 6, 2024 alerts →
Played 7:25 less than his 5-game averageJan 14, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to D1 from D3Dec 5, 2022 alerts →
Played 7:26 more than his 5-game averageDec 5, 2022 alerts →

How the goals happened

7 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Oct 4, 2024 @ BUF	Forecheck turnover	loose	2*	55.8	3-on-2
Jan 23, 2024 vs OTT	Point shot	—	1	60.4	—
Dec 31, 2023 @ TBL	Cycle	—	0	1.3	—
Nov 30, 2023 vs FLA	Point shot	carry	1*	34.9	3-on-2
Nov 24, 2023 @ SJS	Cycle	—	2*	56.2	—
Nov 18, 2023 @ BOS	Rush	pass	3*	1.9	—
Nov 16, 2023 vs VGK	Forecheck turnover	—	0	56.5	—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Kovacevic

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Kovacevic apart	CF% mate apart
Luke Hughes	D	17	233:23	43%	56.0%	67% (10-5)	53.0% 43:20	62.5% 93:47
Timo Meier	RW	34	181:57	33%	54.6%	75% (6-2)	48.0% 361:17	56.7% 351:05
Jack Hughes	C	31	163:05	30%	53.2%	47% (7-8)	49.6% 332:50	54.8% 366:27
Connor Brown	RW	34	159:48	29%	55.6%	46% (6-7)	48.5% 383:26	53.6% 307:59
Nico Hischier	C	33	157:00	29%	54.0%	67% (6-3)	48.7% 371:39	55.6% 324:43
Dawson Mercer	C	33	155:12	29%	52.0%	55% (6-5)	49.9% 375:52	54.9% 309:20
Jesper Bratt	LW	34	142:20	26%	51.6%	50% (8-8)	50.1% 400:54	56.3% 335:12
Cody Glass	C	32	132:03	24%	48.1%	56% (9-7)	51.5% 376:05	54.7% 244:21
Jonas Siegenthaler	D	13	124:23	23%	41.0%	30% (3-7)	57.1% 90:58	57.2% 94:17
Lenni Hameenaho	RW	28	104:44	19%	45.6%	50% (5-5)	54.7% 334:55	50.3% 219:57
Paul Cotter	C	32	92:42	17%	46.7%	13% (1-7)	50.5% 417:48	46.4% 191:48
Arseny Gritsyuk	RW	22	90:38	17%	59.6%	57% (4-3)	46.7% 250:06	53.3% 204:06
Nick Bjugstad	C	23	68:19	13%	38.1%	38% (3-5)	56.3% 304:59	45.6% 150:08
Maxim Tsyplakov	RW	18	50:42	9%	50.7%	0% (0-3)	51.0% 244:17	48.4% 103:57

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 543 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen

49.3%

teammates' average xGF%

42nd percentile · higher = stronger linemates

29.1%

opponents' average ice-time share

77th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Faces tougher-than-usual opposition.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Kovacevic's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Kovacevic's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.

Game log

34 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 14	@ BOS	L 0-4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	19:43	19:43	—	—
Apr 12	vs OTT	W 4-3	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	—	16:40	13:21	—	3:17
Apr 11	@ DET	W 5-3	1	1	+1	0	0	2	1	—	18:42	17:11	—	1:31
Apr 9	vs PIT	L 2-5	0	0	-2	1	0	3	3	—	19:24	17:43	0:12	1:29
Apr 7	vs PHI	L 1-5	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	—	20:17	18:07	—	2:10
Apr 5	@ MTL	W 3-0	0	0	+1	1	10	3	1	—	17:29	15:16	—	1:28
Apr 4	vs MTL	OTL 3-4	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1	—	21:08	16:06	—	5:02
Apr 2	vs WSH	W 7-3	1	1	+1	1	0	2	1	—	21:13	19:35	—	1:38
Mar 31	@ NYR	L 1-4	0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	—	17:34	14:27	—	3:07
Mar 29	vs CHI	W 5-3	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0	—	20:10	17:28	—	2:12
Mar 28	@ CAR	L 2-5	1	1	+1	1	0	2	2	—	19:18	17:55	0:23	1:00
Mar 26	@ NSH	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	—	17:25	16:06	—	1:19
Mar 24	@ DAL	W 6-4	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	—	19:12	17:12	—	2:00
Mar 20	@ WSH	L 1-2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	—	15:10	15:02	—	—
Mar 18	@ NYR	W 6-3	0	0	+3	2	2	2	1	—	20:53	19:17	0:06	1:24
Mar 16	vs BOS	W 4-3	0	0	0	2	7	1	1	—	16:10	15:44	—	0:26
Mar 14	vs LAK	W 6-4	0	0	+1	1	0	2	1	—	21:25	17:32	—	2:52
Mar 12	vs CGY	L 4-5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	16:30	16:30	—	—
Mar 8	vs DET	L 0-3	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	—	15:50	12:29	—	3:13
Mar 7	vs NYR	W 6-3	2	2	+1	1	0	1	1	—	20:05	15:14	—	4:02

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	34	607:28	17:52	539	597	47.4%	48.2%	267	285	26	32	45%	27.1	30.8	31%
Even strength	34	547:06	16:05	514	506	50.4%	50.9%	248	241	21	25	46%	22.3	24.7	36%
5v5	34	543:14	15:59	513	503	50.5%	51.1%	248	238	21	24	47%	22.2	24.3	37%
Power play	7	1:21	0:12	1	0	100.0%	100.0%	0	0	0	0	—	0.1	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	31	54:09	1:45	18	85	17.5%	21.5%	14	40	1	6	14%	1.7	5.5	6%
4v4	5	3:52	0:46	1	3	25.0%	25.0%	0	3	0	1	0%	0.0	0.4	0%
4v5	31	54:03	1:45	18	85	17.5%	21.5%	14	40	1	6	14%	1.7	5.5	6%
5v6, opponent net empty	7	3:48	0:33	4	6	40.0%	40.0%	4	4	4	1	80%	2.8	0.6	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
2025-26	NJD	34	0	8	8	0	38	30	0.0%	57	39	17:52
2024-25Playoffs	NJD	3	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0%	8	0	14:00
2024-25	NJD	81	1	16	17	+10	72	76	1.3%	102	99	19:49
2023-24	MTL	62	6	7	13	+11	42	46	13.0%	74	83	16:31
2022-23	MTL	77	3	12	15	+3	39	92	3.3%	93	86	17:25
2021-22	WPG	4	0	0	0	+1	2	7	0.0%	0	3	10:49