Johnathan Kovacevic
Age 29 · Shoots right · 6′5″ · 223 lb · Born Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2017, #74 overall by Winnipeg
Johnathan Kovacevic scored 8 points (0 goals, 8 assists) in 34 games in 2025-26, T-18th on New Jersey. Against Vancouver: 1 point in the last 1 meeting.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesNew Jersey have played 3 games and Johnathan Kovacevic has not dressed yet (ir, knee). Next game on Saturday 10 October against Vancouver. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 34 games8 points in 34 games on a team that finished 21st
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Johnathan Kovacevic has 34.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of New Jersey's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: all 8 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 8 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
77 attempts across the 28 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 34 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 20.62 mph, hardest shot 88.84 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Johnathan Kovacevic has 34.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (7 of 34)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vancouver, a point in one of one
VANW 5-40111−114:28
BOSL 0-40001019:43
OTTW 4-3 OT0000+216:40
DETW 5-30110+118:42
PITL 2-50001−219:24
PHIL 1-50000−120:17
MTLW 3-00001+117:29MTLOTL 3-4 SO0000+121:08
WSHW 7-30111+121:13
NYRL 1-40001−117:34
CHIW 5-30110+220:10Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4M a season through 2029-30
Contract terms from public reports. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With New Jersey
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26150th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 8 assists.
By opponent
NY Rangers2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Winnipeg1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Carolina1 P in 20.50 P/GPDetroit1 P in 20.50 P/GPWashington1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Nashville0 P in 20.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFive seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct