Ottawa Senators · #43 · Defence

Tyler Kleven

Age 24 · Shoots left · 6′5″ · 225 lb · Born Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Drafted 2020, #44 overall by Ottawa

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-7th on OTT
Assists0T-12th on OTT
Points0T-13th on OTT
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots40.0% shooting
TOI / GP21:213rd on OTT

2025-262025-26: 70 games, 3-15-18, 0.26 points per game Season detail →

Tyler Kleven has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 18 points in 70 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 3 games for the 11th-placed Ottawa

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Blocked shots994th
Ice time21:2176th
Hits473rd
Shots / GP1.3366th
Takeaways161st
Penalty differential056th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Assists / 600.0026th
Points / GP0.0023rd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–3

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-13th on OTT
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-12th on OTT
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time21:213rd on OTT
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Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength18:06
Power play0:01
Shorthanded3:13
Total21:21

29.0 shifts a game, averaging 44 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on OTT
PP assists0T-3rd on OTT
PP points0T-4th on OTT · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-4th on OTT

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Ottawa total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every OTT PPG
PP TOI share0.3%of OTT PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot2 att · 0 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

5 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.0557th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.0
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.009
ixG per 600.04

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 91st percentile of defencemen: 91.80 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Hardest shot, mph91.8091st
90+ mph shots190th
Distance skated, mi8.857th
Top speed, mph20.4649th
22+ mph bursts048th
Average shot, mph69.247th
20+ mph bursts139th
Offensive-zone time39.5%35th
Distance / 60, mi8.2928th
Defensive-zone time42.7%26th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph20.46Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph91.80Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated8.8 mi3.36 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts12.3%49.1% defensive · 38.6% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.1%All situations40.9%
42.1%Even strength38.8%
26.5%Shorthanded55.2%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.47@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 01:47
  2. 19.16@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 13:03
  3. 18.16@BOS5 Oct · 1st 03:44
  4. 18.13@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 05:28
  5. 18.09@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 13:27

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph7 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 84.58@BOS5 Oct · 1st 17:57
  2. 67.72@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 01:48
  3. 58.02@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 18:29
  4. 50.72@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 05:11

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph1 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph0 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.61@DET6 Oct · 18:58 TOI
  2. 3.36@BOS5 Oct · 23:21 TOI
  3. 2.88@TOR3 Oct · 21:43 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.95 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-3rd on OTT
Giveaways5
TK / GV ratio0.20
Hits4T-8th on OTT
Blocked shots92nd on OTT

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Philadelphia, a point in zero of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Feb 2026@PHIW 2-1 OT0001015:29
8 Nov 2025@PHIW 3-2 OT0001018:18
23 Oct 2025vsPHIW 2-10001012:13

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 11.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 28th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$1.6M1.5% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27RFA at 25
Cap value$3.2MCap hit × 2 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With Ottawa

Four seasons · 2022-23 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

135th in franchise points since 1990-91

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points31135th for Ottawa
Goals7155th
Assists24117th
Games played16992nd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Four seasons, all with the Senators

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2022-23OTT80220.250.0%
2023-24OTT90110.110.0%
2024-25OTT7946100.135.1%
2025-26OTT70315180.263.3%
Career166724310.193.8%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Ottawa · round 2#44

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · OTT points

Games8
Goals0
Points20.25 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct