#8 JOHNATHAN KOVACEVIC (D)
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
 


Age 27.6 Birth Date 1997-07-12
Shoots R Draft Info 2017 (3/74)
Height 6'5 Fantrax Roster% 22
Weight 223 Yahoo Roster% 3
Country CAN Status On Roster
2024-2025 Regular Season   Player Card
GP G A PTS PPP TOI PPTOI SOG HIT BKS
5711213019:380:04536873

COLD STREAK - 0 PTS in last 10 GP

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Date Type News
2024-12-25Player UpdateKovacevic has registered just one assist over 10 contests in December.
2024-10-06ArticleRamblings: Devils Sweep Prague Series, Labanc Signs With Columbus, Top Preseason Performers (Oct 6)
2024-10-05ArticleRamblings: Devils Win Opener, Askarov to AHL, Pearson Signs with Vegas (Oct 5)
2024-08-22ArticleDobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades 2024 – New Jersey Devils
2024-03-05Player UpdateKovacevic (undisclosed) will serve as a healthy scratch against Nashville on Tuesday.
2024-03-02Injury UpdateKovacevic sustained an undisclosed injury Saturday versus the Lightning, Eric Engels of Sportsnet reports.
2024-02-24ArticleDFS Saturday: Load Up On Leafs
2023-12-29Player UpdateKovacevic was a healthy scratch Thursday against Carolina.
2023-12-10Player UpdateKovacevic logged an assist, one shot on net, one blocked shot, one hit and two penalty minutes over 20:50 of ice time in Saturday's 3-2 shootout win over Buffalo.
2023-11-25Player UpdateKovacevic scored a goal on his lone shot over 11:10 ice time in Friday's 3-2 shootout win over the Sharks.
2023-10-27Player UpdateKovacevic blocked two shots and recorded a hit over 22:52 of ice time in Thursday's 4-3 overtime win against Columbus.
2023-09-23ArticleRamblings: Keeping Kris Letang, Matheson, Orlov, B. Schenn, Reimer (Sept 24)
2023-07-14ArticleRamblings: DeAngelo Buyout, Galchenyuk Situation, Team Injuries (Jul 15)
2023-04-09Player UpdateKovacevic scored a goal on two shots and added four hits over 22:18 of ice time in Saturday's 7-1 loss to the Maple Leafs.
2023-03-26Player UpdateKovacevic notched two assists and had three shots over 17:53 of ice time in Saturday's 8-2 win over Columbus.
2023-03-19Article21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles
2023-02-26Player UpdateKovacevic had an assist and two blocked shots over 16:19 of ice time in Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Senators.
2023-02-25Player UpdateKovacevic had an assist, two hits and one blocked shot over 19:57 of ice time in Friday's 5-2 win over the Flyers.
2023-02-22Player UpdateKovacevic scored a goal on one shot in Tuesday's 5-2 win over New Jersey. He added one hit and two blocked shots over 17:18 of ice time.
2023-02-13Player UpdateKovacevic had an assist, two shots on goal and one blocked shot over 18:23 of ice time in Sunday's 6-2 win over Edmonton.

Salary/CapHit Information

2024-2025 Salary UFA Year Expiry Status Arbitration Eligible? Group 6 UFA Eligible?
775,000 2025 UFA No No
Year Cap Hit AAV
2024-2025766,667766,667

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NHL ID: 8480192

2024-2025 Regular Season Game Log

Date OPP Team Status G A PTS +/- PIM SOG PPG PPP HITS BKS FOW FO% PPTOI %PP SHTOI %SH TOI HIghlights

Upcoming Games

Game Date Opponent
Feb 22DAL
Feb 23@NSH
Feb 26@COL
Mar 1@UTA
Mar 2@VGK
Mar 4@DAL
Mar 7WPG
Mar 9@PHI
Mar 11CBJ
Mar 13EDM
Mar 15@PIT
Mar 17@CBJ
Mar 20CGY
Mar 22OTT
Mar 24VAN
Mar 26@CHI
Mar 28@WPG
Mar 29@MIN
Mar 31MIN
Apr 5NYR
Apr 8BOS
Apr 11PIT
Apr 13NYI
Apr 15@BOS
Apr 16DET

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2024-2025 Regular Season Game Log

Date OPP Team Status W L OTL GA SA GAA SV% GSAA SO QS RBS MIN

Upcoming Games

Game Date Opponent
Feb 22DAL
Feb 23@NSH
Feb 26@COL
Mar 1@UTA
Mar 2@VGK
Mar 4@DAL
Mar 7WPG
Mar 9@PHI
Mar 11CBJ
Mar 13EDM
Mar 15@PIT
Mar 17@CBJ
Mar 20CGY
Mar 22OTT
Mar 24VAN
Mar 26@CHI
Mar 28@WPG
Mar 29@MIN
Mar 31MIN
Apr 5NYR
Apr 8BOS
Apr 11PIT
Apr 13NYI
Apr 15@BOS
Apr 16DET

DraftKings

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2024-2025 Regular Season Line Combinations

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Power Play Line Combinations

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New Jersey Devils Last Game Lines (2025-02-08)

Opponent: Montreal Canadiens
Num Time % EV - FORWARDS GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
111:4222.5STEFAN NOESEN - JUSTIN DOWLING - PAUL COTTER0003537.591537.5
29:3518.4ERIK HAULA - TIMO MEIER - DAWSON MERCER0004930.851722.7
39:0617.5TOMAS TATAR - CURTIS LAZAR - NATHAN BASTIAN0002433.36746.2
48:2116.1ONDREJ PALAT - JESPER BRATT - JACK HUGHES0002433.361037.5
Num Time % EV - DEFENSE GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
117:0132.7LUKE HUGHES - SIMON NEMEC20261135.3122235.3
214:1027.2BRETT PESCE - JOHNATHAN KOVACEVIC0004450.0111052.4
313:2225.7BRENDEN DILLON - DOUGIE HAMILTON10171041.2122136.4
Num Time % PP - FORWARDS GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
11:5347.1ONDREJ PALAT - STEFAN NOESEN - JESPER BRATT - JACK HUGHES0001150.05183.3
21:3941.3TOMAS TATAR - TIMO MEIER - PAUL COTTER - DAWSON MERCER000000.020100.0
30:208.3STEFAN NOESEN - TIMO MEIER - JESPER BRATT - JACK HUGHES000000.0000.0
40:041.7TOMAS TATAR - TIMO MEIER - JACK HUGHES - DAWSON MERCER000000.0000.0
Num Time % PP - DEFENSE GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
12:1154.6DOUGIE HAMILTON0001150.05183.3
21:4945.4LUKE HUGHES000000.020100.0
Num Time % SH - FORWARDS GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
11:5246.7JESPER BRATT - JACK HUGHES000010.0040.0
21:2635.8ERIK HAULA - DAWSON MERCER000010.01150.0
30:3213.3ERIK HAULA - JESPER BRATT00010100.010100.0
Num Time % SH - DEFENSE GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
13:2886.7BRENDEN DILLON - BRETT PESCE0001233.31516.7
20:3012.5DOUGIE HAMILTON - LUKE HUGHES000000.010100.0
30:020.8BRETT PESCE - LUKE HUGHES000000.0000.0

NEW JERSEY DEVILS 2024-2025 Regular Season Stats

Name GP W L OTL GA SHA GAA SV% GSAA GA 5v5 SA 5v5 SV% 5v5 xGA 5v5 GSAX GSAX/GP SO QUAL QUAL% RBS RBS% MIN

NEW JERSEY DEVILS Prospect Profile Pages

Name Age Draf Year Draf Round Draf Pick Link Upside Certainty
NICO DAWS24.120203847.58.0
JAKUB MALEK22.8202141008.05.5
TYLER BRENNAN21.4202241026.56.0
MIKHAIL YEGOROV18.920242497.56.0

Career Stats (Regular Season)

Season Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 82GP Pace +/- PIM SOG S% SOG/G HITS PPG PPP SHG SHP BLKS FOW FOW% PPTOI %PP %SH TOI
2024-2025N.J57112130.23191245531.90.968000073000:041.654.719:38
2023-2024MTL6267130.211711424613.00.774000084000:020.639.916:31
2022-2023MTL77312150.1916339923.31.293000086000:010.537.217:25
2021-2022WPG40000.0001270.01.8000003000:000.08.910:49
CAREER 2001031410.2117271281985.11.02350000246000:020.842.217:38

Career Stats (Per Game)

Season Team GP G G/GP A A/GP PTS PTS/G PIM PIM/GP SOG SOG/GP PPP PPP/GP HITS HITS/GP BKS BKS/GP FOW FOW/GP
2024-2025N.J5710.02120.21130.23450.79530.9300.00681.19731.2800.00
2023-2024MTL6260.1070.11130.21420.68460.7400.00741.19841.3500.00
2022-2023MTL7730.04120.16150.19390.51921.1900.00931.21861.1200.00
2021-2022WPG400.0000.0000.0020.5071.7500.0000.0030.7500.00

Career Stats (Non-NHL)  AHL Profile Page

Season League Team GP G A PTS PTS/G PIM +/- SOG SOG/G S% PPP NHLe
2021-2022AHLManitoba Moose621119300.4845231352.28.1219
2020-2021AHLManitoba Moose29212140.482310501.74.0119
2019-2020AHLManitoba Moose4548120.273310561.27.1211
2018-2019NCAAMerrimack College31414180.5814-1000.00019
2018-2019AHLManitoba Moose11122.002200.00080
2017-2018NCAAMerrimack College34215170.5014-200.00016
2016-2017NCAAMerrimack College36316190.5330700.00017
2015-2016CCHLHawkesbury Hawks30620260.8721000.000
2015-2016CCHLOttawa Jr. Senators2128100.486000.000
2014-2015CCHLOttawa Jr. Senators52514190.3720000.000
2013-2014MidgetThe Hill Academy U16 Prep66523280.4201200.000
2012-2013SCTAMMNiagara Falls Rivermen Mn Mdgt40211130.3322000.000
Season Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 82GP Pace +/- PIM SOG S% SOG/G HITS PPG PPP SHG SHP BLKS FOW FOW% PPTOI %PP %SH TOI

Career Stats (Per Game)

Season Team GP G G/GP A A/GP PTS PTS/G PIM PIM/GP SOG SOG/GP PPP PPP/GP HITS HITS/GP BKS BKS/GP FOW FOW/GP

Career Stats (Non-NHL)  AHL Profile Page

Season League Team GP G A PTS PTS/G PIM +/- SOG SOG/G S% PPP NHLe
2021-2022AHLManitoba Moose50000.002-400.0000
2015-2016CCHLHawkesbury Hawks100770.7010000.000
2014-2015CCHLOttawa Jr. Senators100330.306000.000
Season Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 82GP Pace +/- PIM SOG S% SOG/G HITS PPG PPP SHG SHP BLKS FOW FOW% PPTOI %PP %SH TOI
2024-2025N.J30000.0001720.00.7200004000:184.656.321:13
2023-2024MTL31231.008222520.01.7400024000:061.439.217:56
2022-2023WPG20110.50410010.00.5300003000:000.044.218:52
2021-2022WPG30000.0001050.01.7200004000:030.939.118:19
CAREER 111340.363049137.71.211000215000:081.844.319:06

Career Stats (Per Game)

Season Team GP G G/GP A A/GP PTS PTS/G PIM PIM/GP SOG SOG/GP PPP PPP/GP HITS HITS/GP BKS BKS/GP FOW FOW/GP
2024-2025N.J300.0000.0000.0072.3320.6700.0020.6741.3300.00
2023-2024MTL310.3320.6731.0020.6751.6700.0041.3341.3300.00
2022-2023WPG200.0010.5010.5000.0010.5000.0031.5031.5000.00
2021-2022WPG300.0000.0000.0000.0051.6700.0020.6741.3300.00

Regular Season Quarterly Comparison

2024-2025

QuarterGPGAPTSSOGPPPPPTOITOI
1251782500:0520:10
2200441500:0519:26
3120111300:0018:51
40000000:00:0

Lines by quarter

QuarterLine Combination

2023-2024

QuarterGPGAPTSSOGPPPPPTOITOI
1213031500:0418:34
2162241300:0015:11
314112800:0115:02
4110441000:0016:23

Lines by quarter

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Shooting % 1.9
5on5 Shooting % 8.6
PTS/60 0.7
PDO 1016
Sec. Asst% 0

Expected Goal (xG) stats below provided by Natural Stat Trick
Note: Expected Goals are updated overnight and will not include today's games. Stats only available as of 2020-21.

Advanced Stats

Year PDO 5 on 5 S% OZ Start% PTS/60 SOG/60 %PP IPP PPIPP CF% Sec Assists Sec Assist %

Expected Goals

Year GF 5v5 xGF 5v5 xGF/60 GA 5v5 xGA 5v5 xGA/60 xG% 5v5

NHL Edge

  Skating Speed Skating Distance Shot Speed Shot Location Zone Time%
Season Top speed 22+ MPH 20+ MPH 18+ MPH Tot. dist Tot. dist/60 Tot. dist EV Tot. dist/60 EV Tot. dist PP Tot. dist/60 PP Tot. dist PK Tot. dist/60 PK Top Speed AVG Speed 100+ 90-100 80-90 70-80 High Danger SOG High Danger G Mid Danger SOG Mid Danger G Long SOG Long G Off Zone Def Zone OZ - EV DZ - EV OZ - PP DZ - PP OZ - PK DZ - PK

Extended Game Log

Date OPP TEAM CF CA CF% GF 5v5 xGF 5v5 xGF/60 GA 5v5 xGA 5v5 xGA/60 xG% 5v5



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GP G A PTS PTS/60 +/- PIM SOG S% PPP HIT BLK FOW FO% PPTOI %PP TOI IPP

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