- Height
- 5′ 10″
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Birthplace
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Draft
- 2018 · Round 6, pick 16
Current season
Player metrics
A quick snapshot of Nikolai Kovalenko’s current-season performance.
Expected goals · xG V1
Individual scoring chances
Uses the season and game window selected in trends & shots. 0 / 0 selected games fully scored.
Scored xG coverage is not available for this selection yet.
What these values mean
Totals and rates use fully scored games only. Blocked attempts, empty-net attempts and shootouts are excluded. Goals are counted on the same scored attempts, so they may differ from boxscore totals. Missing coverage is not zero.
Individual xG describes this player's own attempts, not their assists or linemates' chances. Goals above xG = goals minus individual xG. These describe chances already taken, rather than predicting future results.
Play-by-play analytics
Player tendencies
Observed regular-season events, excluding shootouts.
Data coverage & availability
57 of 57 selected completed games have current event and shot data.
Corsi & Fenwick: individual shooting
These count your selected player's own attempts (iCF / iFF), rather than team attempts while on the ice. All strengths; shootouts excluded. Corsi includes blocks; Fenwick excludes them. Goals are counted once.
- Individual Corsi (iCF)
- 97
- Individual Fenwick (iFF)
- 77
Individual Corsi / 60: 8.3 · Individual Fenwick / 60: 6.6. Rates use covered all-strength box-score ice time.
Explore season totals and per-60 rates in the Data HubShot locations
How to read the shot map
Normalized toward the net on the right. Only events with usable locations appear.
GoalsSaved shotsMissesBlocks
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Recent game trend
Shots on goal and goals, over the latest 20 covered games in this selection.
Game-by-game values
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Seattle Kraken
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Columbus Blue JacketsSeason versus last 10 games
Last 10 coverage: 10 games. Counts use the games covered in each period.
| Metric | Season | Last 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Attempts / game | 1.7 | 1.0 |
| Shooting % | 15.6 | 25.0 |
| Avg distance (ft) | 25.2 | 24.1 |
| Faceoff win % | 22.2 | 66.7 |
| Penalties / game | 0.14 | 0.0 |
Detailed shooting breakdowns
Shot types
| Group | Attempts | Goals | Shooting % |
|---|---|---|---|
| snap | 10 | 2 | 25.0 |
| wrist | 38 | 2 | 9.1 |
| Unspecified | 20 | 0 | N/A |
| tip-in | 14 | 2 | 25.0 |
| backhand | 6 | 1 | 20.0 |
| slap | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| bat | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| deflected | 3 | 0 | N/A |
| wrap-around | 1 | 0 | N/A |
Periods
| Group | Attempts | Goals | Shooting % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | 32 | 3 | 15.8 |
| Period 3 | 30 | 2 | 18.2 |
| Period 2 | 35 | 2 | 13.3 |
Shot areas
| Group | Attempts | Goals | Shooting % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other locations | 36 | 1 | 5.6 |
| Close range (20 ft or less) | 45 | 5 | 25.0 |
| Slot (20-40 ft, centre) | 16 | 1 | 14.3 |
Game situation (EV / PP / SH)
| Group | Attempts | Goals | Shooting % |
|---|---|---|---|
| EV | 81 | 3 | 8.3 |
| PP | 16 | 4 | 44.4 |
Faceoffs and discipline
Faceoff wins: 22.2% across 9 draws. Penalties taken: 8; drawn: 13; recorded penalty minutes: 16.0.
Faceoff zones are source event zone codes; no team-relative zone is inferred. Penalties drawn require an identified drawing player. Recorded duration includes all penalty types and may differ from boxscore PIM.
- D: 0 wins, 4 losses (0.0%)
- N: 1 wins, 3 losses (25.0%)
- O: 1 wins, 0 losses (100.0%)
- hooking: 3
- interference: 2
- cross-checking: 1
- delaying-game-puck-over-glass: 1
- roughing: 1
What these statistics mean
Close range means within 20 ft of the net. Missing locations are excluded from distance and area percentages. EV / PP / SH is relative to the shooting team and compares recorded skater counts; unknown situations remain separate. These are observed results, not expected goals. Coverage may differ across teams and seasons.
Career totals in our records
Regular season
2024–2024 season starts. These totals cover stored completed game records; earlier seasons may be missing.
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Historical season stats
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20242025
San Jose Sharks
Points
12
GP29
Goals3
Assists9
PPG1
Shots18
Shooting %0.17
Hits50
Blocks11
+/--2
PIM6
Avg TOI12.66
20242025
Colorado Avalanche
Points
8
GP28
Goals4
Assists4
PPG2
Shots27
Shooting %0.15
Hits34
Blocks13
+/--7
PIM10
Avg TOI12.00
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PPG | Shots | SH% | Hits | Blocks | +/- | PIM | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20242025 |
San Jose Sharks
|
29 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 0.17 | 50 | 11 | -2 | 6 | 12.66 |
| 20242025 |
Colorado Avalanche
|
28 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 0.15 | 34 | 13 | -7 | 10 | 12.00 |