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Defence · #43

Tyler Kleven

Ottawa Senators
Age
24
Shoots
Left
Height
196 cm
Weight
102 kg
Born
Fargo, USA
Draft
2020, round 2, #44 (OTT)

Career · 2022–23 to 2026–27

Games
169
Goals
7
Points
31
TOI per game
15:42
xGF% (5v5)
49.5%
Goals above expected
+0.2

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2022–23OTT8022−114:41110.0%00.460.8%
2023–24OTT9011−112:3970.0%00.345.5%
2024–25OTT794610−1114:28785.1%12.943.7%
2025–26OTT7031518+217:21903.3%03.154.4%
2026–27OTT3000+121:2140.0%00.029.6%
Total1 team16972431−1015:421903.7%16.849.5%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.10.20.30.40.50.620406080100120140160
12m14m16m18m20m22m24m20406080100120140160Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2022–23 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

48th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.1642nd pct
  • Assists /600.5430th pct
  • ixG /600.1535th pct
  • Shots /604.3070th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)49.5%54th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.6%69th pct
  • Relative xGF%−4.212th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1397th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:4229th pct
  • PP time share3.0%46th pct
  • PK time share18.6%37th pct
  • Quality of competition23.7%14th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Andreas EnglundLAK0.77
  2. Matt Irwin0.76
  3. Markus Niemelainen0.75
  4. Cale FleurySEA0.74
  5. Josh MahuraFLA/SEA0.74
  6. Calvin de HaanTBL/COL0.71

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

+0.2 goals above expected

0246820406080100120140160Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed32.9 km/h49th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot147.7 km/h92nd pct
  • Distance skated14 km60th pct
  • Offensive-zone time39.5%35th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

34.9 km/h34th pct

▼ −0.7 km/h since 2024–25

333435363722–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 34.0 km/h, 15th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 34.7 km/h, 35th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 35.5 km/h, 54th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 34.9 km/h, 34th percentile (70 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.340th pct

▲ +0.3 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5322–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 1.0, 31st percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 1.6, 51st percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 1.1, 29th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 1.3, 40th percentile (70 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.5 km41st pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2024–25

1313.51414.522–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 13.8 km, 68th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 14.2 km, 87th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 14.0 km, 69th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 13.5 km, 41st percentile (70 games)

Hardest shot

166.6 km/h100th pct

▲ +13.4 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016017022–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 153.0 km/h, 62nd percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 142.4 km/h, 19th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 153.2 km/h, 74th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 166.6 km/h, 100th percentile (70 games)

Offensive-zone time

43.3%76th pct

▲ +2.7 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%22–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 44.8%, 84th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 39.6%, 24th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 40.6%, 33rd percentile (79 games)2025–26: 43.3%, 76th percentile (70 games)