Regular season

Tyler Kleven

Ottawa Senators · D · #43

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?94 blocks in 70 games of hard minutes

HT: 6'5"
WT: 225 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: L
From: Fargo, USA
Draft: 2020 OTT · R2 #44

65Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

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4545pctl

3333pctl

5353pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2648pctl

0.0438pctl

0.2152pctl

1.363pctl

+254pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.9%17pctl

0.578pctl

0.0832pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2324pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.3455pctl

4.6464pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.547pctl

6.291pctl

0.3783pctl

0:0746pctl

1:3453pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 38 GP tracked · 11h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

56.7%92pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

51.1%58pctl

O-zone deployment?

53%66pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

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Support received?

16.6 min75pctl

D-zone deployment?

47%34pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0962pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.157pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2538pctl

1.02×72pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.10/gm92pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.9%87pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1097 EV min

General Offense

4.3773

2.8439

Shot Setups/60?

1.0977

Chance Setups/60?

0.7159

Primary Contributions/60?

5.4775

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3859

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1184

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.5577

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3887

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0574

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0538

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.3080

Rush Offense/60?

5.1941

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4475

0.4985

0.1172

Deflections/60?

0.0548

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1183

Entries Finished/60?

0.1626

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0534

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

4.2689

0.7784

3.5089

Retrieval Success %?

18%52

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.8284

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0048

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$1.60M

cap hit

$3.35M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Tyler Kleven	65	Depth Defenseman	18 P · 70 GP	$1.60M	$3.35M	B+$1.8M	this player
Andrew Peeke	67	Depth Defenseman	14 P · 77 GP	$2.75M	$3.91M	B+$1.2M	88%
Jacob Middleton	67	Depth Defenseman	16 P · 75 GP	$4.35M	$3.91M	C−$0.4M	87%
Carson Soucy	61	Depth Defenseman	12 P · 76 GP	-	$2.35M	-	87%
Olli Maatta	64	Depth Defenseman	15 P · 43 GP	$3.50M	$3.09M	C−$0.4M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Michael Amadio · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Tyler’s goals

Creates for

goals Tyler assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

6 pts · 1 G · 5 A · 20 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs SJS

1P

1G 0A

vs SJS 03-15

1G 0A · 2 shots · 19:31 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 03-18

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:07 TOI

vs NYI

1P

0G 1A

vs NYI 03-19

0G 1A · 2 shots · 21:06 TOI

vs TOR

2P

0G 2A

vs TOR 03-21

0G 2A · 2 shots · 18:13 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-23

0G 0A · 6 shots · 24:30 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 03-24

0G 0A · 1 shots · 28:11 TOI

vs PIT

1P

0G 1A

vs PIT 03-26

0G 1A · 1 shots · 27:00 TOI

@ TBL

1P

0G 1A

@ TBL 03-28

0G 1A · 1 shots · 27:04 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 03-31

0G 0A · 3 shots · 22:39 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 1:48 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)318 events shown

The office: the right circle - 3 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 20 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 94 blocks · 17 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	Ottawa Senators	8	0	2	2	-1
2023-24	Ottawa Senators	9	0	1	1	-1
2024-25	Ottawa Senators	79	4	6	10	-11
2025-26	Ottawa Senators	70	3	15	18	2
Career	1 team	166	7	24	31	-11