Defense·OTT·Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Tyler Kleven

Born January 10, 2002 · Fargo, USA

Draft 2020 · OTT round 2 #44

PTS

Career

7G 24A 31P

Bio

Position: Defense
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 225 lb
Shoots: L
Number: #43

Drafted 2020 by OTT · Round 2, #44 overall

64OVR

Fringe

Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Production34

Points per game vs. elite D ceiling

Playmaking39

Assists per game vs. elite D

Deployment21

Average ice time per game

Power Play0

Power play points per game

Skating21

Skating speed and stamina

Shot Gen.26

Shots on goal per game

Season projections

70 GP played · paced to 82 GP

Proj. Goals

at 82 GP

Proj. Assists

at 82 GP

Proj. Points

at 82 GP

Proj. Shots

105

at 82 GP

Proj. PPG

at 82 GP

Proj. PPP

at 82 GP

Points/Game

0.26

current rate

Goals/Game

0.04

current rate

TOI/Game

—

avg ice time

Shooting %

3.3%

current season

Points/game trend (last 5 seasons)

0.26

2021–22

0.51

2022–23

0.40

2023–24

0.13

2024–25

0.26

2025–26

Recent games

GS = Luszczyszyn game score · 5-game avg 0.20

Click date for box score · opponent for team

Date	Opp	A	P	S	+/-	GS
2026-04-25	CAR	0	0	1	0	0.08
2026-04-23	CAR	0	0	0	0	0.00
2026-04-02	BUF	0	0	0	0	0.00
2026-03-31	FLA	0	0	3	1	0.38
2026-03-28	TBL	1	1	1	-1	0.52

Tendencies

Full profile

Archetype

Bottom-six contributor

Source: NHL API (volume only)

Sample: 70 GP · confidence 50%

Limited view. Scores below are volume-only production indices, not population percentiles. Connect a warehouse with on-ice 5v5 data to see true possession, chance-creation, and zone-deployment percentiles.

Goal-scoring index0.04 · 7 index
Volume-only: goals per game from NHL API. Not adjusted for ice time, deployment, or quality of competition.
Playmaking index0.21 · 29 index
Volume-only: assists per game from NHL API. Not on-ice; doesn't separate primary vs secondary.
Point-production index0.26 · 21 index
Volume-only: points per game from NHL API. Treat as a star-power proxy, not a process measure.

Career totals (regular season)

Games: 166
Goals: 7
Assists: 24
Points: 31
+/-: -11
PIM: 84
Shots: 186

Career totals (playoffs)

Games: 8
Goals: 0
Assists: 2
Points: 2
+/-: 0
PIM: 8
Shots: 5

Season history

NHL regular season · click team for franchise profile

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-
2025–26	Ottawa Senators	70	3	15	18	2
2024–25	Ottawa Senators	79	4	6	10	-11
2023–24	Ottawa Senators	9	0	1	1	-1
2023–24	Belleville Senators	53	5	16	21	14
2022–23	Ottawa Senators	8	0	2	2	-1
2022–23	Univ. of North Dakota	35	8	10	18	2
2022–23	USA	7	0	0	0	2
2021–22	Univ. of North Dakota	38	7	3	10	16
2021–22	USA U20	5	0	0	0	0
2020–21	Univ. of North Dakota	22	5	2	7	11
2020–21	USA U20	2	0	1	1	3
2019–20	U.S. National U18 Team	45	2	10	12
2019–20	USNTDP Juniors	17	0	2	2	1
2018–19	U.S. National U17 Team	52	3	5	8
2018–19	USNTDP Juniors	31	2	1	3	-23
2018–19	USA U17	5	0	0	0
2018–19	U.S. National U18 Team	1	0	0	0
2017–18	Fargo Davies High	27	9	7	16
2017–18	Team Sanford Power	18	1	9	10
2017–18	Team Royal	2	0	0	0
2016–17	MN North Stars 15U AAA	14	1	1	2