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Tyler Kleven

#43 · Defence · Ottawa Senators

Born Jan 10, 2002 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA (age 24) · 6'5", 225 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 44th overall in 2020 by OTT (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Derrick Pouliot SJS · 2 P in 8 GP Henry Thrun SJS · 2 P in 8 GP Spencer Stastney NSH · 2 P in 8 GP Brandt Clarke LAK · 2 P in 9 GP Simon Edvinsson DET · 2 P in 9 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0510152022-23: 2 points222-232023-24: 1 points123-242024-25: 10 points1024-252025-26: 18 points1825-262026-27: 1 points126-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2022-23 OTT 8 0 2 2 -1 2 11 9 0.25 $917K
2023-24 OTT 9 0 1 1 -1 2 7 8 0.11 $917K
2024-25 OTT 79 4 6 10 -11 27 78 105 0.13 $917K
2025-26 OTT 70 3 15 18 2 53 90 126 0.26 $1.6M
2026-27 OTT 5 0 1 1 1 4 5 8 0.20 $1.6M
5 seasons Career 171 7 25 32 -10 88 191 256 0.19

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2024-25 OTT 6 0 2 2 0 6 4 16 0.33
2025-26 OTT 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 8 0 2 2 0 8 5 25 0.25

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
8 0 2 2 -1 2 11 9 0.25 0.0 14:41

Contract

$917KCap hitends in 2025, then RFA
$458KCap dollars per point2 points in 8 games
$2.036MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 goals above replacement

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up.

The contract

Signed by the Ottawa Senators on Mar 23, 2023, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $3.375M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2024-25, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $917K $808K $93K $25K $900K
2023-24 $917K $833K $93K $925K
2024-25 $917K $833K $93K $600K $925K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jun 2, 2025 Ottawa Senators Extension 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $3.2M $1.6M
Mar 23, 2023 Ottawa Senators Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $3.375M $917K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2022-23 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.3Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-202462022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

62.8Corsi for %118 attempts for, 70 against
+4.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
62.1Expected goals for %5.1 expected for, 3.1 against
+0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
66.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %4 for, 6 against
89.2PDO6.3% shooting + 82.9% saves
21Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jacob Bernard-Docker · Tyler Kleven551:1266.075.62-2
Nick Holden · Tyler Kleven620:5248.429.80-2
Erik Brannstrom · Tyler Kleven59:5863.243.00-1
Maxence Guenette · Tyler Kleven18:3852.652.80-1

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 17 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes53rd
Shot quality 2.3% chance per attempt7th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 2023 @ BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 12:11
Apr 10, 2023 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:15
Apr 8, 2023 vs TBL W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:40
Apr 6, 2023 @ FLA L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:09
Apr 4, 2023 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:42
Apr 2, 2023 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:38
Apr 1, 2023 vs TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:23
Mar 30, 2023 vs PHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 17:33