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Alex Kovalev

Position: RW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 222 lbs.
Born: February 24, 1973 in Togliatti, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1st round (15th overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:42AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #125. Brian Propp… #125. Sergei Zubov… #127. ALEX KOVALEV… #128. Glenn Anderson… #129. Charlie Conacher… 

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 19 NYR NHL 65 20 18 38 16 -10 79 17 3 0 3 134 14.9
1993-94 20 NYR NHL 76 23 33 56 22 18 154 16 7 0 3 184 12.5
1994-95 21 NYR NHL 48 13 15 28 11 -6 30 11 1 1 1 103 12.6
1995-96 22 NYR NHL 81 24 34 58 22 5 98 15 8 1 7 206 11.7
1996-97 23 NYR NHL 45 13 22 35 13 11 42 12 1 0 0 110 11.8
1997-98 24 NYR NHL 73 23 30 53 20 -22 44 15 8 0 3 173 13.3
1998-99 25 TOT NHL 77 23 30 53 20 2 49 16 6 1 5 191 12.0 1570 20:23
1998-99 25 NYR NHL 14 3 4 7 3 -6 12 2 1 0 1 35 8.6 278 19:53
1998-99 25 PIT NHL 63 20 26 46 18 8 37 14 5 1 4 156 12.8 1292 20:30
1999-00 26 PIT NHL 82 26 40 66 24 -3 94 15 9 2 4 254 10.2 1876 22:53
2000-01 27 PIT NHL 79 44 51 95 37 12 96 30 12 2 9 307 14.3 1863 23:35
2001-02 28 PIT NHL 67 32 44 76 29 2 80 23 8 1 3 266 12.0 1611 24:03
2002-03 29 TOT NHL 78 37 40 77 30 -9 70 26 11 0 3 271 13.7 1783 22:51
2002-03 29 PIT NHL 54 27 37 64 24 -11 50 19 8 0 1 212 12.7 1299 24:03
2002-03 29 NYR NHL 24 10 3 13 6 2 20 7 3 0 2 59 16.9 484 20:09
2003-04 30 TOT NHL 78 14 31 45 16 -9 66 11 3 0 1 207 6.8 1482 18:60
2003-04 30 NYR NHL 66 13 29 42 15 -5 54 10 3 0 0 178 7.3 1295 19:37
2003-04 30 MTL NHL 12 1 2 3 1 -4 12 1 0 0 1 29 3.4 187 15:36
2005-06 32 MTL NHL 69 23 42 65 24 -1 76 14 9 0 5 206 11.2 1344 19:28
2006-07 33 MTL NHL 73 18 29 47 18 -19 78 10 8 0 5 197 9.1 1332 18:15
2007-08 34 MTL NHL 82 35 49 84 32 18 70 18 17 0 5 230 15.2 1603 19:33
2008-09 35 MTL NHL 78 26 39 65 25 -5 74 14 11 1 4 209 12.4 1515 19:26
2009-10 36 OTT NHL 77 18 31 49 18 -8 54 14 4 0 5 165 10.9 1398 18:10
2010-11 37 TOT NHL 74 16 18 34 14 -6 44 10 6 0 3 151 10.6 1222 16:31
2010-11 37 OTT NHL 54 14 13 27 11 -9 28 8 6 0 3 123 11.4 879 16:16
2010-11 37 PIT NHL 20 2 5 7 2 3 16 2 0 0 0 28 7.1 344 17:11
Career NHL 1302 428 596 1024 391 -30 1298 287 132 9 69 3564 12.0 18600 20:21

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1992-93 19 NYR NHL 65 0.31 0.28 0.58 0.25 1.22 2.06 16 14 30 13 54 15 50 1 -10 1.9 0.5 2.5
1993-94 20 NYR NHL 76 0.30 0.43 0.74 0.28 2.03 2.42 21 30 51 20 80 22 47 7 18 3.8 1.6 5.3
1994-95 21 NYR NHL 48 0.27 0.31 0.58 0.24 0.63 2.15 22 26 48 19 42 11 39 2 -6 2.0 0.5 2.5
1995-96 22 NYR NHL 81 0.30 0.42 0.72 0.27 1.21 2.54 23 33 56 22 85 28 60 8 5 3.8 1.1 4.9
1996-97 23 NYR NHL 45 0.29 0.49 0.78 0.29 0.93 2.44 13 23 36 13 50 15 33 9 11 2.7 0.8 3.6
1997-98 24 NYR NHL 73 0.32 0.41 0.73 0.27 0.60 2.37 26 34 60 23 83 40 65 0 -22 4.8 0.3 5.2
1998-99 25 TOT NHL 77 0.30 0.39 0.69 0.27 0.64 2.48 26 34 60 23 98 34 65 3 2 3.6 1.7 5.3
1998-99 25 NYR NHL 14 0.21 0.29 0.50 0.19 0.86 2.50 3 5 8 3 10 4 12 0 -6 0.3 0.1 0.4
1998-99 25 PIT NHL 63 0.32 0.41 0.73 0.28 0.59 2.48 23 29 52 20 88 30 53 3 8 3.3 1.6 4.9
1999-00 26 PIT NHL 82 0.32 0.49 0.80 0.30 1.15 3.10 29 43 72 28 96 42 68 11 -3 4.1 1.6 5.7
2000-01 27 PIT NHL 79 0.56 0.65 1.20 0.47 1.22 3.89 48 55 103 41 141 64 90 25 12 8.8 1.7 10.5
2001-02 28 PIT NHL 67 0.48 0.66 1.13 0.43 1.19 3.97 37 50 87 34 103 36 72 7 2 7.1 1.9 9.1
2002-03 29 TOT NHL 78 0.47 0.51 0.99 0.39 0.90 3.47 42 44 86 35 121 59 73 2 -9 7.2 1.9 9.1
2002-03 29 PIT NHL 54 0.50 0.69 1.19 0.45 0.93 3.93 31 41 72 28 96 49 59 1 -11 6.0 1.3 7.4
2002-03 29 NYR NHL 24 0.42 0.13 0.54 0.26 0.83 2.46 11 3 14 7 25 10 14 1 2 1.2 0.6 1.7
2003-04 30 TOT NHL 78 0.18 0.40 0.58 0.20 0.85 2.65 16 35 51 18 66 21 60 6 -9 2.5 0.9 3.4
2003-04 30 NYR NHL 66 0.20 0.44 0.64 0.22 0.82 2.70 15 33 48 17 59 19 51 6 -5 2.5 0.9 3.4
2003-04 30 MTL NHL 12 0.08 0.17 0.25 0.09 1.00 2.42 1 2 3 1 7 2 9 0 -4 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2005-06 32 MTL NHL 69 0.33 0.61 0.94 0.34 1.10 2.99 23 40 63 23 87 48 46 6 -1 4.8 1.5 6.3
2006-07 33 MTL NHL 73 0.25 0.40 0.64 0.24 1.07 2.70 19 29 48 18 76 40 64 9 -19 3.0 0.9 3.8
2007-08 34 MTL NHL 82 0.43 0.60 1.02 0.39 0.85 2.80 39 52 91 35 117 56 50 7 18 8.4 2.4 10.8
2008-09 35 MTL NHL 78 0.33 0.50 0.83 0.32 0.95 2.68 27 40 67 26 93 48 62 12 -5 5.4 1.4 6.8
2009-10 36 OTT NHL 77 0.23 0.40 0.64 0.23 0.70 2.14 20 32 52 20 78 27 61 2 -8 3.3 1.3 4.6
2010-11 37 TOT NHL 74 0.22 0.24 0.46 0.18 0.59 2.04 17 19 36 14 51 16 41 0 -6 2.1 1.3 3.4
2010-11 37 OTT NHL 54 0.26 0.24 0.50 0.21 0.52 2.28 15 14 29 12 36 13 32 0 -9 2.1 0.8 2.9
2010-11 37 PIT NHL 20 0.10 0.25 0.35 0.12 0.80 1.40 2 5 7 2 15 3 9 0 3 0.0 0.5 0.5
Career NHL 1302 0.33 0.46 0.79 0.30 1.00 2.74 464 633 1097 426 1521 622 1046 117 -30 79.3 23.4 102.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1993-94 20 NYR NHL SC 23 9 12 21 5 18 4 5 0 2 71 12.7
1994-95 21 NYR NHL 10 4 7 11 2 10 4 0 0 0 23 17.4
1995-96 22 NYR NHL 11 3 4 7 0 14 3 0 0 1 31 9.7
1998-99 25 PIT NHL 10 5 7 12 0 14 5 0 0 1 24 20.8 204 20:24
1999-00 26 PIT NHL 11 1 5 6 -1 10 1 0 0 0 37 2.7 292 26:35
2000-01 27 PIT NHL 18 5 5 10 -2 16 4 1 0 0 44 11.4 377 20:57
2003-04 30 MTL NHL 11 6 4 10 2 8 5 1 0 1 29 20.7 222 20:11
2005-06 32 MTL NHL 6 4 3 7 3 4 3 1 0 0 15 26.7 116 19:21
2007-08 34 MTL NHL 12 5 6 11 -4 8 2 2 1 1 39 12.8 260 21:41
2008-09 35 MTL NHL 4 2 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 12 16.7 80 19:54
2010-11 37 PIT NHL 7 1 1 2 -3 10 1 0 0 1 16 6.3 112 16:02
Career NHL 1 123 45 55 100 2 114 34 10 1 7 341 13.2 1664 21:03

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1989-90 16 Dynamo Moscow USSR 1 0 0 0 0
1989-90 16 Soviet Union EJC-A 6 4 3 7 6
1990-91 17 Dynamo Moscow 2 USSR-3 21 16
1990-91 17 Dynamo Moscow USSR 18 1 2 3 4
1990-91 17 Dynamo Moscow Fr-Tour 1 0 0 0 0
1990-91 17 Dynamo Moscow Super-S 1 0 0 0 0
1990-91 17 Soviet Union EJC-A 6 8 3 11 22
1991-92 18 Dynamo Moscow CIS 33 16 9 25 20
1991-92 18 Dynamo Moscow 2 CIS-3 4 5 0 5 12
1991-92 18 Russia WJC-A 7 5 5 10 2
1991-92 18 Russia Olympics 8 1 2 3 14
1991-92 18 Russia WC-A 6 0 1 1 0
1992-93 19 Binghamton Rangers AHL 13 13 11 24 35
1994-95 21 Lada Togliatti CIS 12 8 8 16 49
1996-97 23 Russia W-Cup 5 2 1 3 8
1997-98 24 Russia WC-A 6 5 2 7 14
2001-02 28 Russia Olympics 6 3 1 4 6 4 3 0 0 0
2004-05 31 Russia W-Cup 4 2 1 3 4
2004-05 31 Ak Bars Kazan Russia 35 10 12 22 80
2004-05 31 Russia WC-A 9 3 4 7 16
2005-06 32 Russia Olympics 8 4 2 6 4 4 2 2 0 0
Career 1 Season AHL 13 13 11 24 35
Career 2 Seasons CIS 45 24 17 41 69
Career 1 Season CIS-3 4 5 0 5 12
Career 2 Seasons EJC-A 12 12 6 18 28
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 1 0 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons Olympics 22 8 5 13 10 22 5 2 0 0
Career 1 Season Russia 35 10 12 22 80
Career 1 Season Super-S 1 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons USSR 19 1 2 3 4
Career 1 Season USSR-3 21 16
Career 2 Seasons W-Cup 9 4 2 6 12
Career 3 Seasons WC-A 21 8 7 15 30
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 5 5 10 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 19 Binghamton Rangers AHL 9 3 5 8 14
2004-05 31 Ak Bars Kazan Russia 4 0 0 0 8
Career 1 Season AHL 9 3 5 8 14
Career 1 Season Russia 4 0 0 0 8

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 18 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Alex Kovalev 10.8 10.5 9.1 9.1 6.8 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.4 2.5 2.5
Bill Guerin 92.1 9.9 9.8 8.8 7.5 7.2 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.2 2.4 2.3 0.0
John Bucyk 89.5 12.2 8.8 7.9 7.5 7.2 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.0 2.8 1.4 0.1
Owen Nolan 89.2 10.4 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.2 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.1 3.8 3.6 3.2 2.9 0.4 -0.8
Tony Amonte 88.4 10.3 10.1 9.5 9.3 7.3 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.2 3.7 3.6 3.0 1.7
Glenn Anderson 88.3 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.6 0.6
Denis Savard 87.8 11.0 9.6 9.2 8.2 7.9 7.9 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.2 3.9 3.9 3.2 2.2 1.3
Doug Gilmour 87.3 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 2.8 2.8
Bernie Geoffrion 87.2 11.5 10.3 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.0 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.5 3.8 1.8 0.6
Gary Roberts 87.1 10.0 9.7 8.1 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.0 3.6 3.4 3.3 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.3
Doug Weight 86.4 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.4 0.9
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Alex Kovalev 10.8 10.5 9.1 9.1 6.8 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.4 2.5 2.5
Bill Guerin 92.1 9.9 9.8 8.8 7.5 7.2 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.2 2.4 2.3 0.0
Owen Nolan 89.2 10.4 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.2 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.1 3.8 3.6 3.2 2.9 0.4 -0.8
Gary Roberts 88.8 10.0 9.7 8.1 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.4 3.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.1
Tony Amonte 88.4 10.3 10.1 9.5 9.3 7.3 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.2 3.7 3.6 3.0 1.7
Glenn Anderson 88.3 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.6 0.6
Denis Savard 87.8 11.0 9.6 9.2 8.2 7.9 7.9 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.2 3.9 3.9 3.2 2.2 1.3
Bernie Geoffrion 87.2 11.5 10.3 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.0 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.5 3.8 1.8 0.6
Doug Gilmour 86.7 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4
Doug Weight 86.3 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.5
Ray Whitney 86.1 9.0 8.7 8.3 8.2 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.1 4.7 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

2001 NHL
2003 NHL
2009 NHL

Honors

2007-08 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1994 New York Rangers (NHL)

Games Played

1994-95 NHL 48 (5)
1999-00 NHL 82 (2)
2007-08 NHL 82 (3)
Career NHL 1302 (52)

Goals

2000-01 NHL 44 (5)
2002-03 NHL 37 (8)
Career NHL 428 (67)

Assists

Career NHL 596 (76)

Points

2000-01 NHL 95 (4)
Career NHL 1024 (71)

Goals Created

2000-01 NHL 36.7 (4)
Career NHL 391.1 (70)

Even Strength Goals

2000-01 NHL 30 (5)
2002-03 NHL 26 (5)
Career NHL 287 (59)

Power Play Goals

2007-08 NHL 17 (4)
Career NHL 132 (66)

Game-Winning Goals

1995-96 NHL 7 (8)
2000-01 NHL 9 (4)
Career NHL 69 (40)

Shots

2000-01 NHL 307 (5)
Career NHL 3564 (38)

Goals Per Game

2000-01 NHL 0.56 (7)

Assists Per Game

2001-02 NHL 0.66 (8)

Points Per Game

2000-01 NHL 1.20 (6)
2001-02 NHL 1.13 (4)

Goals Created Per Game

2000-01 NHL 0.47 (6)
2001-02 NHL 0.43 (3)

Adjusted Goals

2000-01 NHL 48 (5)
2002-03 NHL 42 (8)
Career NHL 464 (46)

Adjusted Assists

Career NHL 633 (65)

Adjusted Points

2000-01 NHL 103 (4)
Career NHL 1097 (61)

Adjusted Goals Created

2000-01 NHL 41.2 (4)
Career NHL 425.7 (53)

Total Goals On-Ice For

2000-01 NHL 141 (6)
Career NHL 1521 (84)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

2000-01 NHL 64 (4)
2002-03 NHL 59 (6)
2007-08 NHL 56 (6)
Career NHL 622 (56)

Offensive Point Shares

2000-01 NHL 8.8 (7)
Career NHL 79.3 (75)
  

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