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Tyler Kleven

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Ottawa Senators
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'5"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	221	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	25
Age	23 (Jan 10, 2002)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2020, Round 2, Overall 44 (OTT)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jun 2, 2025	Ottawa Senators	Signed 2 years @ $1.600M AAV starting in 2025-26
Mar 23, 2023	Ottawa Senators	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Reb.
2022-23	OTT	8	103:46	0.00	1.16	1.16	0.13	-0.13	0.00	2.27	-2.27	6.67
2023-24	OTT	9	103:16	0.00	0.58	0.58	0.12	-0.12	0.00	3.37	-3.37	0.00
2024-25	OTT	79	1085:21	0.22	0.28	0.50	0.15	0.07	5.56	3.86	1.70	5.61

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
2022-23	OTT	8	103:46	54.35	2.31	2.85	27.75	3.47	1.79	40.00	61.52	-0.42	-0.30	0.41
2023-24	OTT	9	103:16	40.09	2.32	2.12	38.35	2.91	2.57	44.44	45.20	-0.00	-0.04	0.35
2024-25	OTT	79	1085:21	34.66	1.60	1.82	38.92	2.38	2.25	40.28	44.74	-0.65	-0.06	-6.92

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	8	21.1	0.1	8.5	8.6	95.1	71.5	87.5	12.5	0.0	38.7	17.7	43.5
2023-24	9	21.6	0.2	8.8	8.9	88.5	64.5	50.0	25.0	25.0	41.3	19.3	39.4
2024-25	79	22.1	0.1	8.7	8.7	95.2	74.2	66.1	33.9	0.0	41.1	18.4	40.5

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	Matinpalo, N	OTT	348:54	1.89	2.41	44.00	1.77	2.33	43.12	-0.67	0.02	-8.20
2024-25	Bernard-Docker, J	OTT	257:10	2.33	1.87	55.56	1.70	2.20	43.60	-0.76	-0.22	-6.81
2024-25	Hamonic, T	OTT	183:54	0.98	3.59	21.43	1.78	2.22	44.48	-0.53	-0.06	-5.79
2024-25	Jensen, N	OTT	122:46	1.95	2.44	44.44	1.95	2.39	44.89	-0.36	0.09	-5.18
2024-25	Zub, A	OTT	106:40	0.56	1.69	25.00	2.30	1.72	57.29	0.05	-0.56	7.50
2024-25	Chabot, T	OTT	20:55	0.00	0.00	-	2.18	3.00	42.12	-0.12	0.70	-7.91
2023-24	Brannstrom, E	OTT	44:17	1.35	2.71	33.33	2.63	2.57	50.52	0.60	0.67	-0.98
2023-24	Matinpalo, N	OTT	21:52	5.49	2.74	66.67	2.98	2.20	57.57	0.90	-1.37	20.69
2022-23	Bernard-Docker, J	OTT	51:14	2.34	2.34	50.00	3.30	1.25	72.46	0.23	-0.75	12.01
2022-23	Holden, N	OTT	21:20	0.00	5.62	0.00	1.08	3.24	25.00	-2.21	1.31	-38.07

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.

News and Opinions

Red Wings fans hoping for a playoff push can’t overlook the Senators at Octopus Thrower (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
Ranking NHL Teams By Defensemen at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Ottawa Senators Top 25 Under 25, #8: Tyler Kleven at Silver Seven Sens (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Four Major Storylines This Month At Ottawa Senators Training Camp at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Sep 1, 2025)
Ottawa Senators: Ranking The Six Best At Each Position at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Aug 30, 2025)
Expectations for Senators’ Tyler Kleven in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Mon Aug 11, 2025)
Ottawa Senators Defense Depth Chart: 2025 Offseason at The Hockey Writers (Wed Aug 6, 2025)
The Draft That Shaped the Ottawa Senators at Ottawa Hockey Now (Wed Aug 6, 2025)
T25U25, #23: Tomas Hamara's Battle on the Belleville Blueline at Silver Seven Sens (Mon Aug 4, 2025)
Revisiting the Ottawa Senators’ 2020 Draft Class at The Hockey Writers (Fri Aug 1, 2025)
Willing To Help: D-Man Tyler Kleven Ready To Take Next Step On Both Ends Of Ice For Ottawa at The Hockey News (Sun Jul 27, 2025)
If Jordan Spence delivers in 2025-26, what could an extension in Ottawa look like? at SenShot (Sat Jul 26, 2025)
Why waiting to extend Shane Pinto might be better for Senators at SenShot (Wed Jul 16, 2025)
Tyler Kleven has helped Senators ignore these two second-round draft busts from 2020 at SenShot (Mon Jul 14, 2025)
One word for Senators after the draft and free agency at SenShot (Sun Jul 6, 2025)
Fabian Zetterlund and Senators agree on three-year extension; a win on both sides at SenShot (Thu Jun 19, 2025)
Senators Sign Kleven to Two-year Deal at Sens Chirp (Tue Jun 3, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	23	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	10.2(c)
2026-27	24	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	-	-	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	$3,200,000

Signed: June 2, 2025

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.68

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	20	$916,667	$1,125,000	$25,000	$92,500	$807,500	$900,000	$80,000	ELC
2023-24	21	$916,667	$1,125,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$80,000	ELC
2024-25	22	$916,667	$1,125,000	$600,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$80,000	ELC
Total				$625,000	$277,500	$2,472,500	$2,750,000	$240,000

Signed: Mar 23, 2023

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: -

Exp. Status: 10.2(c)

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2016-17	MNBEL 14U	MN North Stars 15U AAA	14	1	1	2
2017-18	UMHSEHL	Team Sanford Power	18	1	9	10		8				2					2
2017-18	USHS-ND	Fargo Davies High	27	9	7	16		54
2017-18	USA-S15	Team Royal	2	0	0	0
2018-19	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	1	0	0	0
2018-19	NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	52	3	5	8		96
2018-19	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	31	2	1	3	-23	45				2					19
2018-19	WHC-17	USA U17	5	0	0	0		16
2019-20	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	45	2	10	12		63
2019-20	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	17	0	2	2	+1	37
2020-21	NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	22	5	2	7	+11	37
2020-21	WJC-20	USA U20	2	0	1	1	+3
2021-22	NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	38	7	3	10	+16	93
2021-22	WJC-20	USA U20	5	0	0	0
2022-23	NHL	Ottawa Senators	8	0	2	2	-1	2	11	0.0	14:41
2022-23	NCAA	Univ. of North Dakota	35	8	10	18	+2	84
2022-23	WC	USA	7	0	0	0	+2	2
2023-24	NHL	Ottawa Senators	9	0	1	1	-1	2	7	0.0	12:39
2023-24	AHL	Belleville Senators	53	5	16	21	+14	51				7	1	2	3	+1	6
2024-25	NHL	Ottawa Senators	79	4	6	10	-11	27	78	5.1	14:28	6		2	2		6	4	0.0	15:47
NHL Career			96	4	9	13	-13	31	96	4.2	14:19	6		2	2		6	4	0.0	15:47