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Nick Jensen

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Ottawa Senators
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	196	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age	34 (Sep 21, 1990)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2009, Round 5, Overall 150 (DET)

News and Opinions

This package for Erik Karlsson could be enticing for Ottawa to bring the legend back at SenShot (Wed Jul 30, 2025)
Expectations for Senators’ Veterans in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Mon Jul 21, 2025)
Why Nick Jensen could be seen as trade bait at SenShot (Wed Jul 16, 2025)
What To Do With Carter Yakemchuk? at Ottawa Hockey Now (Fri Jul 11, 2025)
Staios Appears on TSN 1200 at Sens Chirp (Wed Jun 25, 2025)
How these two playoff performances can help Senators sign this Panthers defenseman at SenShot (Mon Jun 16, 2025)
Sens shouldn't trade for this Stars liability despite needing right-handed d-man at SenShot (Mon Jun 16, 2025)
Jakob Chychrun has blossomed into a superstar at Stars and Sticks (Mon May 26, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 28, 2023	Washington Capitals	Signed 3 years @ $40.500M AAV starting in 2023-24
Feb 22, 2019	Washington Capitals	Signed 4 years @ $2.500M AAV starting in 2019-20
Feb 27, 2017	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 2 years @ $812K AAV starting in 2017-18
Jul 13, 2015	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 2 years @ $587K AAV starting in 2015-16
May 2, 2013	Detroit Red Wings	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2006-07	High-MN	Rogers	21	20	17	37
2007-08	High-MN	Rogers	14	14	13	27
2008-09	USHL	Green Bay	52	5	17	22	+34	27				7		1	1	+1	2
2009-10	USHL	Green Bay	53	6	21	27		35				12	2	6	8		6		0.0
2010-11	WCHA	St. Cloud State	38	5	18	23		18
2011-12	WCHA	St. Cloud State	39	6	26	32		4
2012-13	WCHA	St. Cloud State	42	4	27	31		14
2013-14	AHL	Grand Rapids	45	0	9	9	+12	8	40	0.0		10		1	1	-3	2	16	0.0
2013-14	ECHL	Toledo	3	0	0	0	-2
2014-15	AHL	Grand Rapids	75	6	21	27	+30	15	87	690.0		16		3	3	-6	4	15	0.0
2015-16	AHL	Grand Rapids	75	3	16	19	+1	17	94	320.0		9		2	2	+2		11	0.0
2016-17	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	49	4	9	13	-7	12	59	6.8	17:45
2016-17	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	27	1	5	6	+8	6
2017-18	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	81	0	15	15	-8	27	107	0.0	16:15
2017-18	WC	USA	10	1	3	4
2018-19	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	60	2	13	15	+1	17	66	3.0	20:48
2018-19	NHL	Washington Capitals	20	0	5	5	+3	4	28	0.0	17:00	7				-2	2	6	0.0	18:43
2019-20	NHL	Washington Capitals	68	0	8	8	+1	13	61	0.0	17:49	8				-1		8	0.0	16:51
2020-21	NHL	Washington Capitals	53	2	12	14	+5	14	60	3.3	17:18	5					2	6	0.0	17:11
2021-22	NHL	Washington Capitals	76	5	16	21	+32	21	88	5.7	19:21	6				-5	4	6	0.0	20:16
2022-23	NHL	Washington Capitals	77	5	24	29	-1	18	109	4.6	20:37
2023-24	NHL	Washington Capitals	78	1	13	14	-9	10	71	1.4	19:38	1				-1	2	1	0.0	21:03
2024-25	NHL	Ottawa Senators	71	3	18	21	+18	6	77	3.9	20:13	6				-1	2	3	0.0	20:56
NHL Career			633	22	133	155	+35	142	726	3.0	18:51	33				-10	12	30	0.0	18:47

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2016-17	DET	49	760:26	0.32	0.63	0.95	0.18	0.13	7.14	4.16	2.98	3.85	3.85
2017-18	DET	81	1124:05	0.00	0.64	0.64	0.21	-0.21	0.00	3.98	-3.98	0.80	2.40
2018-19	DET	60	1018:48	0.12	0.59	0.71	0.15	-0.03	3.39	4.38	-0.99	1.11	0.00
2018-19	WSH	20	297:35	0.00	0.81	0.81	0.19	-0.19	0.00	3.80	-3.80	0.00	0.00
2018-19	DET, WSH	80	1316:23	0.09	0.64	0.73	0.16	-0.07	2.38	4.21	-1.82	0.83	0.00
2019-20	WSH	68	1002:09	0.00	0.42	0.42	0.16	-0.16	0.00	4.81	-4.81	0.00	0.00
2020-21	WSH	53	746:34	0.16	0.88	1.04	0.14	0.02	3.70	3.31	0.40	2.86	2.86
2021-22	WSH	75	1214:56	0.25	0.69	0.94	0.20	0.04	6.10	4.99	1.11	0.00	1.49
2022-23	WSH	77	1336:48	0.22	1.03	1.26	0.22	0.01	5.21	5.05	0.16	0.00	0.69
2023-24	WSH	78	1258:40	0.05	0.48	0.52	0.16	-0.12	1.54	5.29	-3.75	3.67	2.75
2024-25	OTT	71	1204:43	0.10	0.80	0.90	0.15	-0.05	2.86	4.37	-1.51	0.00	2.65

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2016-17	DET	49	760:26	40.71	2.37	2.33	39.37	3.00	2.33	44.12	49.99	0.10	-0.07	1.85
2017-18	DET	81	1124:05	41.31	2.08	2.27	38.86	2.56	2.25	44.83	50.28	-0.13	-0.38	2.54
2018-19	DET	60	1018:48	41.28	2.53	2.52	39.75	2.47	2.30	50.59	52.26	0.24	-0.49	7.32
2018-19	WSH	20	297:35	36.90	2.62	2.06	41.74	2.02	2.58	56.52	44.44	-0.62	0.20	-8.64
2018-19	DET, WSH	80	1316:23	40.29	2.55	2.42	40.20	2.37	2.37	51.85	50.54	0.03	-0.32	3.47
2019-20	WSH	68	1002:09	41.13	2.33	2.45	39.87	2.39	2.34	49.37	51.10	-0.20	-0.21	0.21
2020-21	WSH	53	746:34	37.69	2.33	2.18	38.66	2.25	2.03	50.88	51.80	-0.23	-0.25	0.43
2021-22	WSH	75	1214:56	41.09	2.96	2.52	39.11	1.73	2.27	63.16	52.68	-0.02	-0.22	2.10
2022-23	WSH	77	1336:48	40.17	2.29	2.52	42.59	2.47	2.61	48.11	49.12	-0.15	0.01	-1.49
2023-24	WSH	78	1258:40	35.61	2.05	2.10	43.95	2.48	2.55	45.26	45.15	-0.28	0.03	-3.33
2024-25	OTT	71	1204:43	43.38	2.69	2.43	41.98	2.29	2.45	54.00	49.79	0.23	0.20	0.41

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	76	22.5	0.4	5.9	6.1	95.7	58.6	63.1	30.8	6.2	40.4	19.0	40.6
2022-23	77	23.1	0.4	9.1	9.3	95.2	59.2	53.6	39.3	7.1	41.6	18.8	39.6
2023-24	78	22.8	0.3	8.9	9.3	91.7	60.1	77.8	13.0	9.3	44.3	18.9	36.8
2024-25	71	22.4	0.2	9.1	9.3	92.3	62.8	72.4	20.7	6.9	38.7	18.2	43.1

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Chabot, T	OTT	965:03	2.80	2.24	55.56	2.45	2.39	50.55	0.23	0.11	1.26
2024-25	Kleven, T	OTT	122:46	1.95	2.44	44.44	1.95	2.39	44.89	-0.36	0.09	-5.18
2024-25	Chabot, T	OTT	95:20	1.26	2.52	33.33	2.29	2.55	47.31	0.28	0.85	-6.92
2024-25	Sanderson, J	OTT	77:22	3.10	2.33	57.14	2.42	2.79	46.47	0.13	0.50	-3.52
2023-24	Sandin, R	WSH	380:36	2.36	2.68	46.88	2.15	2.80	43.40	-0.17	0.27	-4.39
2023-24	Edmundson, J	WSH	331:05	2.36	2.54	48.15	2.16	2.53	46.03	-0.14	-0.01	-1.43
2023-24	Fehérváry, M	WSH	161:30	0.37	3.34	10.00	1.90	2.95	39.16	-0.42	0.50	-9.45
2023-24	Alexeyev, A	WSH	148:39	1.61	1.61	50.00	1.67	1.79	48.34	-0.52	-0.70	1.53
2023-24	van Riemsdyk, T	WSH	119:57	3.00	2.00	60.00	2.35	1.71	57.86	0.06	-0.87	10.77
2023-24	Carlson, J	WSH	36:34	3.28	3.28	50.00	2.18	4.21	34.13	-0.10	1.69	-13.39
2023-24	Johansen, L	WSH	35:11	1.71	1.71	50.00	1.20	3.16	27.52	-0.95	0.18	-14.46
2022-23	Fehérváry, M	WSH	511:56	2.34	1.88	55.56	2.29	2.42	48.65	-0.34	-0.27	-0.75
2022-23	Orlov, D	WSH	467:47	1.67	2.57	39.39	2.74	2.67	50.59	0.21	0.12	0.87
2022-23	Sandin, R	WSH	120:51	2.98	1.99	60.00	2.49	3.03	45.14	-0.07	0.13	-1.83
2022-23	van Riemsdyk, T	WSH	110:40	3.25	3.25	50.00	2.26	2.51	47.44	-0.37	-0.03	-3.44
2022-23	Gustafsson, E	WSH	47:39	2.52	3.78	40.00	2.39	2.47	49.20	-0.23	-0.05	-1.80
2022-23	Irwin, M	WSH	31:38	0.00	5.69	0.00	3.11	2.06	60.19	0.45	-0.53	9.54
2022-23	Alexeyev, A	WSH	20:59	8.58	5.72	60.00	1.68	3.82	30.56	-0.86	1.09	-17.62
2021-22	Orlov, D	WSH	893:25	3.22	1.41	69.57	2.52	2.16	53.84	-0.02	-0.36	3.66
2021-22	van Riemsdyk, T	WSH	115:14	2.60	2.60	50.00	2.72	2.20	55.27	0.20	-0.22	4.25
2021-22	Fehérváry, M	WSH	108:14	3.33	2.77	54.55	2.50	2.70	48.00	-0.05	0.28	-3.24
2021-22	Orlov, D	WSH	82:29	0.73	5.09	12.50	2.09	3.77	35.67	-0.50	1.43	-16.82
2021-22	Kempny, M	WSH	33:59	0.00	1.77	0.00	1.44	2.40	37.50	-0.75	-0.07	-9.46
2021-22	Schultz, J	WSH	20:03	0.00	5.99	0.00	2.77	4.49	38.15	0.22	2.13	-13.74
2020-21	Chara, Z	WSH	566:05	1.70	2.23	43.24	1.96	1.98	49.86	-0.47	-0.28	-2.12
2020-21	Orlov, D	WSH	114:03	4.73	1.58	75.00	3.20	1.84	63.43	0.87	-0.38	12.28
2020-21	Chara, Z	WSH	53:10	2.26	1.13	66.67	3.25	2.28	58.71	1.32	-0.71	19.47
2020-21	Dillon, B	WSH	33:00	5.45	1.82	75.00	2.79	1.63	63.10	0.43	-0.60	11.69
2019-20	Orlov, D	WSH	656:04	2.10	2.47	46.00	2.46	2.38	50.88	-0.15	-0.13	-0.17
2019-20	Siegenthaler, J	WSH	177:49	1.69	2.70	38.46	2.36	2.17	52.13	-0.21	-0.30	1.10
2019-20	Kempny, M	WSH	104:20	4.60	1.73	72.73	3.15	1.97	61.49	0.59	-0.54	11.02
2019-20	Siegenthaler, J	WSH	52:50	0.00	1.14	0.00	1.50	1.86	44.53	-0.47	-0.60	0.22
2019-20	Orlov, D	WSH	36:23	1.65	0.00	100.00	2.49	1.46	63.04	0.65	-0.98	20.11
2018-19	DeKeyser, D	DET	401:03	3.44	2.09	62.16	2.58	2.40	51.77	0.26	-0.30	5.58
2018-19	Kronwall, N	DET	268:01	2.91	2.69	52.00	2.50	2.28	52.28	0.14	-0.41	5.61
2018-19	Orpik, B	WSH	173:06	3.81	2.43	61.11	2.37	2.26	51.14	-0.20	-0.27	0.75
2018-19	Cholowski, D	DET	133:59	0.90	2.69	25.00	2.63	1.68	60.95	0.23	-1.03	14.07
2018-19	Ericsson, J	DET	109:08	0.55	3.30	14.29	1.99	2.42	45.09	-0.36	-0.20	-2.16
2018-19	Orpik, B	WSH	46:50	1.28	2.56	33.33	2.36	3.13	43.01	0.40	0.57	-0.35
2018-19	Carlson, J	WSH	39:22	0.00	0.00	-	1.83	2.59	41.42	-0.16	-0.15	-0.62
2018-19	Orlov, D	WSH	33:11	1.81	0.00	100.00	1.51	3.05	33.15	-1.02	0.63	-17.99
2018-19	Carlson, J	WSH	31:47	0.00	1.89	0.00	1.61	4.18	27.86	-0.97	1.74	-23.59
2018-19	Daley, T	DET	27:48	2.16	0.00	100.00	2.41	2.40	50.10	0.05	-0.21	2.62
2018-19	Djoos, C	WSH	26:55	2.23	0.00	100.00	1.82	2.61	41.10	-0.36	-0.03	-4.13
2018-19	Green, M	DET	24:46	4.85	0.00	100.00	3.28	2.46	57.17	0.87	-0.07	8.33
2017-18	DeKeyser, D	DET	439:37	2.73	2.18	55.56	2.58	2.05	55.79	0.27	-0.56	8.76
2017-18	Kronwall, N	DET	333:47	1.08	2.16	33.33	2.05	2.10	49.35	-0.33	-0.45	1.14
2017-18	Ericsson, J	DET	156:30	3.07	3.45	47.06	2.15	2.61	45.13	-0.23	0.08	-3.30
2017-18	Ouellet, X	DET	102:38	1.17	4.09	22.22	2.63	2.51	51.21	0.26	-0.09	3.49
2017-18	Daley, T	DET	25:25	4.72	2.36	66.67	2.42	4.11	37.09	0.09	1.65	-11.57
2016-17	DeKeyser, D	DET	329:30	2.37	4.01	37.14	2.26	2.17	51.05	-0.01	-0.19	2.02
2016-17	Kronwall, N	DET	176:01	1.02	4.09	20.00	2.19	2.08	51.27	-0.04	-0.23	2.21
2016-17	Ouellet, X	DET	143:10	3.77	1.26	75.00	2.81	2.45	53.43	0.58	0.04	5.40
2016-17	Ericsson, J	DET	74:33	2.41	0.00	100.00	1.88	2.70	41.10	-0.45	0.31	-8.33

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	32	$4,050,000	$40,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2024-25	33	$4,050,000	$40,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$2,150,000	$4,150,000	$4,150,000	UFA
2025-26	34	$4,050,000	$4,050,000	-	$2,000,000	$1,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
Total				-	$6,000,000	$6,150,000	$12,150,000	$12,150,000

Signed: Feb 28, 2023

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.85

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	28	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	$500,000	$2,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2020-21	29	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
2021-22	30	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	$500,000	$2,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2022-23	31	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
Total				-	$1,000,000	$9,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000

Signed: Feb 22, 2019

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.07

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	26	$812,500	$812,500	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000	UFA-Grp6
2018-19	27	$812,500	$812,500	-	-	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,625,000	$1,625,000	$1,625,000

Signed: Feb 27, 2017

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.08

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	24	$587,500	$587,500	-	-	$575,000	$575,000	$90,000	RFA-arb
2016-17	25	$587,500	$587,500	-	-	$600,000	$600,000	$225,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,175,000	$1,175,000	$315,000

Signed: July 13, 2015

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA-Grp6

Cap %: 0.82

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2013-14	22	$795,000	$900,000	$210,000	$90,000	$600,000	$690,000	$67,500	ELC
2014-15	23	$795,000	$900,000	$60,000	$90,000	$750,000	$840,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$270,000	$180,000	$1,350,000	$1,530,000	$135,000

Signed: May 2, 2013

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15