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Alex Kovalev

#27 · Right wing · Florida Panthers

Born Feb 24, 1973 in Togliatti, RUS · 6'2", 222 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 15th overall in 1991 by NYR (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1993-94

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cal Clutterbuck MIN · 34 P in 76 GP Magnus Paajarvi EDM · 34 P in 80 GP Colin Wilson NSH · 34 P in 82 GP Nick Foligno OTT · 34 P in 82 GP Scottie Upshall CBJ · 34 P in 82 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0204060801992-93: 38 points3892-931993-94: 56 points561994-95: 28 points2894-951995-96: 58 points581996-97: 35 points3596-971997-98: 53 points531998-99: 53 points5398-991999-00: 66 points662000-01: 95 points9500-012001-02: 76 points762002-03: 77 points7702-032003-04: 45 points452005-06: 65 points6505-062006-07: 47 points472007-08: 84 points8407-082008-09: 65 points652009-10: 49 points4909-102010-11: 34 points342012-13: 5 points512-13

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1992-93 NYR 65 20 18 38 -10 79 134 0 0.58
1993-94 NYR 76 23 33 56 18 154 184 0 0.74
1994-95 NYR 48 13 15 28 -6 30 103 0 0.58
1995-96 NYR 81 24 34 58 5 98 206 0 0.72
1996-97 NYR 45 13 22 35 11 42 110 0 0.78
1997-98 NYR 73 23 30 53 -22 44 173 36 0.73
1998-99 NYR 14 3 4 7 -6 12 35 13 0.50
1998-99 PIT 63 20 26 46 8 37 156 82 0.73
1999-00 PIT 82 26 40 66 -3 94 254 90 0.80
2000-01 PIT 79 44 51 95 12 96 307 104 1.20
2001-02 PIT 67 32 44 76 2 80 266 76 1.13
2002-03 PIT 54 27 37 64 -11 50 212 7 1.19
2002-03 NYR 24 10 3 13 2 20 59 18 0.54
2003-04 NYR 66 13 29 42 -5 54 178 58 0.64
2003-04 MTL 12 1 2 3 -4 12 29 8 0.25
2005-06 MTL 69 23 42 65 -1 76 206 46 0.94
2006-07 MTL 73 18 29 47 -19 78 197 43 0.64
2007-08 MTL 82 35 49 84 18 70 230 88 1.02
2008-09 MTL 78 26 39 65 -5 74 209 56 0.83
2009-10 OTT 77 18 31 49 -8 54 165 34 0.64
2010-11 OTT 54 14 13 27 -9 28 123 10 0.50
2010-11 PIT 20 2 5 7 3 16 28 4 0.35
2012-13 FLA 14 2 3 5 -1 6 21 7 0.36
19 seasons Career 1316 430 599 1029 -31 1304 3585 780 0.78

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1993-94 NYR 23 9 12 21 5 18 71 0 0.91
1994-95 NYR 10 4 7 11 2 10 23 0 1.10
1995-96 NYR 11 3 4 7 0 14 31 0 0.64
1998-99 PIT 10 5 7 12 0 14 24 16 1.20
1999-00 PIT 11 1 5 6 -1 10 37 16 0.55
2000-01 PIT 18 5 5 10 -2 16 44 30 0.56
2003-04 MTL 11 6 4 10 2 8 29 14 0.91
2005-06 MTL 6 4 3 7 3 4 15 4 1.17
2007-08 MTL 12 5 6 11 -4 8 39 8 0.92
2008-09 MTL 4 2 1 3 0 2 12 6 0.75
2010-11 PIT 7 1 1 2 -3 10 16 3 0.29
11 seasons Playoffs 123 45 55 100 2 114 341 97 0.81

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 16 18 34 -6 44 151 14 0.46 10.6 16:31

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.8Goals above replacement548th of 672 skaters, 376th of 439 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+0.1 47th percentileEven-strength defence-3.3 4th percentilePower play-0.3 23rd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 70th percentilePenalties-0.8 16th percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-1-0.500.512010-112012-13Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

50.3Corsi for %896 attempts for, 885 against
-2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.8Expected goals for %35.2 expected for, 38.5 against
-3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.6Goals for %31 for, 37 against
99.4PDO6.8% shooting + 92.6% saves
203Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Kovalev · Peter Regin · Nick FolignoOTT20116:3450.260.35-5
Alex Kovalev · Jason Spezza · Peter ReginOTT15115:2548.945.46-5
Alex Kovalev · James Neal · Mark LetestuPIT12104:4364.459.63-3
Alex Kovalev · Mike Fisher · Milan MichalekOTT1692:3739.437.02-2

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

15Goalsnot counting empty-netters
15.2Expected goalsfrom 210 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.74 expected goals per 60 minutes55th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt47th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 15.2Goals 15

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 10, 2011 @ ATL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:31
Apr 8, 2011 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:23
Apr 5, 2011 vs NJD W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 15:34
Apr 2, 2011 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:25
Mar 31, 2011 @ TBL L 1-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 16:51
Mar 29, 2011 vs PHI L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 15:02
Mar 27, 2011 vs FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 20:58
Mar 25, 2011 vs NJD W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:52
Mar 24, 2011 @ PHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:18
Mar 21, 2011 @ DET W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 17:18
Mar 20, 2011 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 19:50
Mar 15, 2011 @ OTT W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 18:07
Mar 13, 2011 vs EDM W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:29
Mar 12, 2011 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:00
Mar 8, 2011 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 17:28
Mar 5, 2011 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 19:57
Mar 4, 2011 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:52
Mar 2, 2011 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:18
Feb 26, 2011 @ TOR W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 -2 4 2 0 17:17
Feb 25, 2011 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 19:00
Feb 23, 2011 vs FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:21
Feb 19, 2011 @ TOR W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19:02
Feb 18, 2011 vs BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 20:22
Feb 15, 2011 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:08
Feb 12, 2011 @ EDM W 5-3 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 17:19
Feb 9, 2011 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 09:57
Feb 7, 2011 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:21
Feb 5, 2011 @ NYI L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:10
Feb 2, 2011 vs DET L 5-7 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 16:19
Feb 1, 2011 @ NJD L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 19:19
Jan 25, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 14:09
Jan 21, 2011 vs MTL L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:18
Jan 8, 2011 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:32
Jan 7, 2011 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:51
Jan 1, 2011 vs TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:53
Dec 31, 2010 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 16:34
Dec 29, 2010 vs CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:21
Dec 26, 2010 vs PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:42
Dec 23, 2010 @ NSH W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:37
Dec 19, 2010 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:37
Dec 17, 2010 @ COL L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 10:40
Dec 16, 2010 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:57
Dec 13, 2010 vs ATL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:05
Dec 10, 2010 vs NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:18
Dec 9, 2010 vs NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:45
Dec 7, 2010 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:37
Dec 5, 2010 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:54
Dec 4, 2010 vs BUF L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:52
Dec 2, 2010 vs SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:15
Nov 29, 2010 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:49
Nov 27, 2010 vs TOR W 3-0 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 17:46
Nov 26, 2010 @ PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:25
Nov 24, 2010 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:28
Nov 22, 2010 vs LAK W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 15:53
Nov 19, 2010 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:26
Nov 17, 2010 @ CAR L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:19
Nov 15, 2010 @ PHI L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 19:20
Nov 13, 2010 @ BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 17:43
Nov 11, 2010 vs VAN L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 19:04
Nov 9, 2010 vs ATL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 18:55
Nov 6, 2010 @ MTL W 3-2 2 0 2 1 0 6 0 19:48
Nov 4, 2010 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 18:07
Nov 2, 2010 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:34
Oct 30, 2010 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:06
Oct 28, 2010 vs FLA W 5-3 1 0 1 0 2 6 0 19:01
Oct 26, 2010 vs PHX W 5-2 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 17:52
Oct 23, 2010 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:21
Oct 22, 2010 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 16:38
Oct 18, 2010 @ PIT L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 14:50
Oct 16, 2010 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:15
Oct 14, 2010 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:40
Oct 11, 2010 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:36
Oct 9, 2010 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:50
Oct 8, 2010 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:30