New Jersey Devils · #8 · Defense

Johnathan Kovacevic

Age29Ht6'5"Wt223 lbShootsRightBornHamilton, CAN

2025-26 regular season

34GP

17:52TOI

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NJD

3 in 4

VGK

No schedule spot

VGK defense (2025-26)13th in goals allowed3.05 goals a game, 24.4 shots against

His games vs VGK1 G, 0 A in 5 GP0.8 shots a game

Linemates

Projected for Oct 28, via @krashboard

Pair 3He plays RD

Brenden DillonLD

Season profile

2025-26 regular season. Rates ranked against 239 defensemen with 20+ games.

GP34

+/-0

SOG30

S%0.0%

PPP0

Blk39

PIM38

TOI/GP17:52

G/GP6th

0.00

A/GP58th

0.24

P/GP42nd

0.24

SOG/GP32nd

0.88

HIT/GP86th

1.68

BLK/GP35th

1.15

TOI42nd

17:52

PPP/GP27th

0.00

P/6041st

0.79

G/606th

0.00

SOG/6026th

3.0

HDC/6053rd

0.30

ixG/6049th

0.25

Key rates

Regular season, per 60 minutes where it says so.

Points / 600.79

Shots / 603.0

Attempts / 607.7

HD chances / 600.30

ixG2.5-2.5 goals vs expected

PP shot share0%0 of 262 attempts

Primary points25%2 of 8

Where his attempts come from

High danger3 att, 0 G6%

Medium danger6 att, 0 G11%

Low danger44 att, 0 G83%

Production by strength

Even8 P, 78 att100%

Power play0 P, 0 att0%

Shorthanded0 P, 0 att0%

Ice time

Season average17:52

Last 10 games19:14+1:22

Last 5 games18:57+1:05

Shifts a game20.6

Ice time by strength is not in the game logs yet, so this is his total minutes.

Prop hit rates

How often he went over, regular season. A line of 1.5 needs 2 blocked shots.

Line

Last 520%1 of 5, avg 1.0

Last 1010%1 of 10, avg 0.9

Last 2020%4 of 20, avg 1.1

Season32%11 of 34, avg 1.1

Home22%4 of 18, avg 1.0

Away44%7 of 16, avg 1.3

vs VGK20%1 of 5, avg 1.6

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Over 1.5--

Under 1.5--

Blocks prices from the books land here once NHL odds are live.

Game by game

Splits

Regular season. Last column follows the prop picked above.

Split	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	SOG/GP	HIT/GP	BLK/GP	TOI	Blocks o1.5
All games	34	0	8	8	0.24	0.88	1.68	1.15	17:52	32%11/34
Venue
Home	18	0	4	4	0.22	0.78	1.50	1.00	18:30	22%4/18
Away	16	0	4	4	0.25	1.00	1.88	1.31	17:10	44%7/16
Rest
Back-to-back	8	0	1	1	0.13	0.63	1.88	0.63	16:30	25%2/8
1 day off	18	0	3	3	0.17	1.17	1.50	1.17	18:38	28%5/18
2+ days off	8	0	4	4	0.50	0.50	1.88	1.63	17:30	50%4/8
Opponent defense
vs top 10 D	9	0	2	2	0.22	0.78	1.67	1.89	18:41	78%7/9
vs middle 12	16	0	4	4	0.25	0.94	1.31	0.81	18:03	6%1/16
vs bottom 10 D	9	0	2	2	0.22	0.89	2.33	1.00	16:43	33%3/9
Result
In wins	16	0	6	6	0.38	0.75	1.88	0.81	18:22	13%2/16
In losses	18	0	2	2	0.11	1.00	1.50	1.44	17:25	50%9/18

Shot map

2025-26

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Game log

34 games. The blocks column is marked against over 1.5.

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	SHF
TueApr 14	@BOS	L 0-4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	19:43	21
SunApr 12B2B	OTT	W 4-3 OT	0	0	0	1	0	+2	0	16:40	17
SatApr 11	@DET	W 5-3	1	1	0	2	1	+1	0	18:42	20
ThuApr 9	PIT	L 2-5	0	0	1	3	3	-2	0	19:24	18
TueApr 7	PHI	L 1-5	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	20:17	20
SunApr 5B2B	@MTL	W 3-0	0	0	1	3	1	+1	10	17:29	18
SatApr 4	MTL	L 3-4 SO	0	0	0	2	1	+1	0	21:08	24
ThuApr 2	WSH	W 7-3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	0	21:13	22
TueMar 31	@NYR	L 1-4	0	0	1	1	1	-1	0	17:34	22
SunMar 29B2B	CHI	W 5-3	1	1	0	2	0	+2	0	20:10	22
SatMar 28	@CAR	L 2-5	1	1	1	2	2	+1	0	19:18	22
ThuMar 26	@NSH	W 4-2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	17:25	21
TueMar 24	@DAL	W 6-4	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	19:12	20
FriMar 20	@WSH	L 1-2	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	15:10	17
WedMar 18	@NYR	W 6-3	0	0	2	2	1	+3	2	20:53	23
MonMar 16	BOS	W 4-3 OT	0	0	2	1	1	0	7	16:10	17
SatMar 14	LAK	W 6-4	0	0	1	2	1	+1	0	21:25	24
ThuMar 12	CGY	L 4-5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	16:30	18
SunMar 8B2B	DET	L 0-3	0	0	2	1	0	-1	2	15:50	20
SatMar 7	NYR	W 6-3	2	2	1	1	1	+1	0	20:05	23
WedMar 4B2B	TOR	W 4-3 SO	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	15:51	20
ThuFeb 26B2B	@PIT	L 1-4	0	0	0	6	2	-1	2	13:15	20
WedFeb 25	BUF	L 1-2	0	0	0	1	2	-2	2	15:13	22
ThuFeb 5	NYI	L 1-3	0	0	3	1	2	-2	0	19:18	23
TueFeb 3	CBJ	L 0-3	0	0	0	2	1	-1	0	17:15	20
SatJan 31	@OTT	L 1-4	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	15:20	20
ThuJan 29	NSH	W 3-2 OT	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	21:25	21
TueJan 27	WPG	L 3-4	0	0	0	2	0	-1	2	15:55	20
SunJan 25	@SEA	L 2-4	0	0	4	0	3	-2	0	15:04	19
FriJan 23	@VAN	W 5-4	1	1	1	5	0	-1	0	14:28	20
TueJan 20B2B	@EDM	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	0	+1	5	13:27	18
SatJan 17	CAR	L 1-4	0	0	0	3	3	-1	0	19:06	22
MonJan 12B2B	@MIN	W 5-2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	19:19	23
SunJan 11	@WPG	L 3-4	1	1	1	1	2	+1	0	18:14	22
34 GPTotals, averages for TOI and shifts			8	8	30	57	39	0	38	17:52	20.6