Johnathan Kovacevic
Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 28?
Each row is one fantasy category turned into points over a full 84-game season. Add the rows up and that is his total fantasy worth.
- proj goals3 × 3+9
- proj assists16 × 1+16
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots65 × 0.1+6.5
- PIM58 × 0.05+2.9
- ice time (min)1232 × 0.01+12.3
- total47 pool points · an elite defenseman season scores 16647 = 28/100
Weights follow what the average fantasy league actually counts: goals at 3× assists (the universal core), power-play points and game-winners at half weight (common extra categories), OT goals, shots and PIM small (many leagues skip them), and ice time as a quiet availability bonus. The scale: add up a whole season of those categories and compare against the best defensemen in the NHL — an elite season scores about 166 points, and that is what 100 means. So 47 points is 28 out of a perfect fantasy season at his position. Defensemen and forwards are graded on separate scales because the D slot can only be filled by a defenseman. Goals and assists come from the backtested season model; the rest ride your own season-to-date pace over 84 games (13 games so far — small sample, secondary lines will move as roles settle). Hits/blocks are excluded: the free NHL feeds don't publish full-season totals, and we don't invent them.
The Situation
- Minutes are shrinking: 13:12/game over the last 6, down 17% from 15:56 earlier in the season.
- Did not play the last 1 game (healthy scratch or injury — check the club report before rostering).
- Availability: played 13 of 17 for NJD — missed 4 games (2026-10-10, 2026-10-12, 2026-10-28, 2026-11-12).
- Ironman warning: multiple absences already — treat nightly projections for this player as low-confidence.
- Not on the NHL Status Report — recent absences were healthy scratches or coach's decisions unless a wire note says otherwise.
Every line is measured from our own boxscore ledger; absence reasons from the NHL Status Report and our transaction wire only — no insider guessing.
Season stats
NHL regular-season totals, season by season. The 84-G proj line extends the current season with our public model — methodology in the caption below the table.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | TOI/GP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Jets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:49 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2022-23 | Canadiens | 77 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:25 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 3.3% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | Canadiens | 62 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 13.0% | 0.0% |
| 2024-25 | Devils | 81 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:49 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 1.3% | 0.0% |
| 2025-26 | Devils | 34 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2026-27 | Devils | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 84-G proj | Devils | 84 | 3 | 16 | 18 | — | 55 | — | 0 | — | 16:47 | — | — | 84 | — | — |
84-G proj — current pace blended with the player's own history (recent seasons weighted heaviest), mixed with a similarity projection from historical players with comparable profiles, then adjusted for the aging curve (league-average peak at 27; decline after) — at age 29 that is -1%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Goals — with the line
| Date | Opp | Type | When | Goal | His line | Opp ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10 | @ WPG | Assist | 01:58 · P2 · EV | Glass (Kovacevic, Chisholm) → 2-2 | Glass · Brown · Rodrigues Kovacevic · Chisholm | Mercer · Yager · Perfetti Ferraro · Bauer Daws (G) |
| Oct 27 | @ DAL | Assist | 02:41 · P1 · EV | Hischier (Evangelista, Kovacevic) → 1-0 | Hischier · Brown · Meier · Evangelista Dillon · Kovacevic · Pesce · Hughes | Robertson · Hintz · Seguin Lundkvist · Bichsel DeSmith (G) |
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Johnathan over the last 10 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Chisholm NJD | 108 | 10 | |
| Evan Rodrigues NJD | 50 | 10 | |
| Arseny Gritsyuk NJD | 42 | 10 | |
| Jack Hughes NJD | 41 | 10 | |
| Anthony Mantha NJD | 38 | 8 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats