Regular season

Johnathan Kovacevic

New Jersey Devils · D · #8

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?8 points and 39 blocks in 34 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'5"
WT: 223 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: R
From: Hamilton, CAN
Draft: 2017 WPG · R3 #74

63Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2727pctl

4040pctl

2828pctl

5353pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2442pctl

0.006pctl

0.2458pctl

0.932pctl

047pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.4%10pctl

0.6811pctl

0.0414pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5362pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.1535pctl

3.8542pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.650pctl

5.686pctl

0.3275pctl

0:0224pctl

1:3654pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 25 GP tracked · 8h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

49.4%49pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

51.5%59pctl

O-zone deployment?

41%20pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.4 min47pctl

Support received?

17.4 min44pctl

D-zone deployment?

59%80pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0644pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.189pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1617pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.34/gm12pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.9%74pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 552 EV min

General Offense

3.2643

3.2654

Shot Setups/60?

0.5428

Chance Setups/60?

0.3321

Primary Contributions/60?

3.8040

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2234

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0034

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3340

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1140

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0024

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.6181

Rush Offense/60?

4.3524

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3358

0.1126

0.0029

Deflections/60?

0.1163

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1177

Entries Finished/60?

0.1123

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0023

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.1731

0.4349

1.7430

Retrieval Success %?

20%60

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1180

Exit Success %?

5%81

Forechecking

0.5465

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$4.00M

cap hit

$2.83M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Johnathan Kovacevic	63	Depth Defenseman	8 P · 34 GP	$4.00M	$2.83M	D−$1.2M	this player
Nick Leddy	62	Depth Defenseman	7 P · 32 GP	-	$2.59M	-	91%
Scott Mayfield	60	Depth Defenseman	15 P · 80 GP	$3.50M	$2.12M	D−$1.4M	90%
Ian Cole	62	Depth Defenseman	23 P · 82 GP	$2.80M	$2.59M	C−$0.2M	90%
Jonas Siegenthaler	62	Depth Defenseman	16 P · 82 GP	$3.40M	$2.59M	D−$0.8M	89%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jack Hughes · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Johnathan’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Johnathan assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 5 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

1P

0G 1A

vs CHI 03-29

0G 1A · 0 shots · 20:10 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:34 TOI

vs WSH

1P

0G 1A

vs WSH 04-02

0G 1A · 1 shots · 21:13 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 21:08 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:29 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:17 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:24 TOI

@ DET

1P

0G 1A

@ DET 04-11

0G 1A · 0 shots · 18:42 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 04-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:40 TOI

@ BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ BOS 04-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:43 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)126 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 6 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 39 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Winnipeg Jets	4	0	0	0	1
2022-23	Montréal Canadiens	77	3	12	15	3
2023-24	Montréal Canadiens	62	6	7	13	11
2024-25	New Jersey Devils	81	1	16	17	10
2025-26	New Jersey Devils	34	0	8	8	0
Career	3 teams	258	10	43	53	25