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Johnathan Kovacevic
- Height
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- Weight
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- Birth date
- Jul 12, 1997 (age 29)
He ranks D196 among 301 defensemen in 2025–26 NHL standard scoring (goal = 3).
Established veteran — watch the back half of the curve.
Dynasty Value Score
253
#510 overall · D158 of 272
2025–26 scoring
49.4 pts
34 GP · 1.5 PPG
2026–27 Engine Projections
97.6 pts
62.8 games · 1.6 PPG
2.9 G · 11.9 A · 14.8 P · 18:26 TOI · 0:04 PP · 2.5 xG
Projection range
82.9–107.3
If the season runs shorter or longer at the same per-game pace.
Ice time and shot quality
Last season vs the 2026–27 Engine line. Expected goals use NHL EDGE shot location and league shooting rates.
| TOI | PP | OZ | G | xG | Top speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 17:52 | 0:02 | 40.0% | 0 | 1.7 | 20.6 mph |
| 2026–27Proj | 18:26 | 0:04 | 39.7% | 2.9 | 2.5 | 21.6 mph |
NHL standard (goal = 3) over time
Hatched bar is the 2026–27 Engine projection.
Career (NHL standard (goal = 3))
| Season | GP | FP | PPG | TOI | PP | G | A | P | PPP | SHP | SOG | Hits | Blk | +/− | PIM | FO | xG | HD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27Proj | 62.8 | 97.6 | 1.6 | 18:26 | 0:04 | 2.9 | 11.9 | 14.8 | — | — | 55.0 | 86.5 | 77.0 | 3.0 | 57.3 | — | 2.5 | 6.8 |
| 2025–26 | 34 | 49.4 | 1.5 | 17:52 | 0:02 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 57 | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1.7 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | 81 | 122.3 | 1.5 | 19:49 | 0:05 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 102 | 99 | 10 | 72 | 0 | 2.6 | 5 |
| 2023–24 | 62 | 101.7 | 1.6 | 16:31 | 0:02 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 74 | 83 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 2.7 | 9 |
| 2022–23 | 77 | 123.2 | 1.6 | 17:25 | 0:01 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 93 | 86 | 3 | 39 | 0 | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 4 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 10:49 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Engine nhl-v0.3 · value board nhl-dvs-v0.2.
FAQ
- How are Johnathan Kovacevic's fantasy points calculated?
- This public page uses NextDyne's NHL standard scoring (a goal is 3 points). It is not half-PPR and it is not your league's custom scoring. League scoring shows up inside the NHL app.
- What is Kovacevic's Dynasty Value Score?
- Kovacevic scores 253 out of 10,000 (#510 on the NHL board). The score is hockey VORP from NHL-standard projections and a 3-year age horizon — not the football board and not half-PPR. Version nhl-dvs-v0.2.
- What is Kovacevic's 2026–27 Engine projection?
- We project 97.6 NHL-standard fantasy points over 62.834999999999994 games. Counting stats (goals, assists, and the rest of the template) feed both this line and Dynasty Value Score.