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D · Ottawa Senators · Age 28 · Shoots R · 6′3″, 214 lb · Draft: Undrafted

2026-27 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	7	31st
TOI/GP	15:26	22nd
G	0	31st
A	0	13th
P	0	10th
P/60	0.00	10th
ixG	0.2	23rd
G−ixG	−0.2	44th
xGF%	65.8	97th
Rel xGF%	+19.5	99th
GS/GP	+0.34	58th
Pen ±	−1	42nd

Scoring		Pctl
G	0	31st
A1	0	25th
A2	0	21st
P	0	10th
P1	0	17th
P/60	0.00	10th
5v5 P/60	0.00	14th
PPP	0	38th
SHP	0	46th
ENG	0	50th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	5	29th
iCF	10	15th
iFF	7	20th
ixG	0.2	23rd
ixG/60	0.11	27th
G	0	31st
G−ixG	−0.2	44th
Sh%	0.0	31st
xSh%	2.8	36th
Blk'd	3	14th
5v5 iCF/60	6.5	18th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	82	22nd
CF%	49.2	49th
FF%	51.2	58th
xGF%	65.8	97th
GF%	66.7	82nd
xGF/60	2.49	53rd
xGA/60	1.30	99th
oiSh%	5.9	23rd
oiSv%	95.8	89th
PDO	101.7	65th
Rel CF%	+6.1	84th
Rel xGF%	+19.5	99th
OZS%	2.4	1st

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	15:26	22nd
EV/GP	12:16	8th
5v5/GP	11:47	6th
PP/GP	0:01	17th
SH/GP	3:09	86th
Shifts/GP	22.0	37th
Shift	0:42	9th
OZ	1	1st
NZ	20	28th
DZ	40	86th
OZS%	2.4	1st

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+2.4	58th
GS/GP	+0.34	58th
GS/60	+1.33	66th
Scoring	0.0	10th
Shooting	+0.1	23rd
On ice	+2.0	82nd
Penalties	+0.1	75th
Faceoffs	0.0	50th
Other	+0.2	33rd

Other		Pctl
Hits	4	33rd
Blk	8	38th
Tk	1	31st
Gv	9	42nd
PenD	1	48th
PenT	2	43rd
Pen ±	−1	42nd
PP min ±	+1.0	74th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	50th
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	7	0	0	0	0.2	65.8	+0.34	15:26
2025-26	Regular season	50	0	5	5	1.9	51.4	+0.14	15:38
2025-26	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0.2	43.5	−0.20	20:53

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Tyler Kleven	D	39:19	55.6	66.7
Shane Pinto	C	34:38	60.7	64.3
Michael Amadio	R	32:02	47.8	55.5
Tim Stützle	C	31:10	46.9	51.7
Dylan Cozens	C	24:34	53.7	78.9
Warren Foegele	L	24:04	55.6	64.8
Fabian Zetterlund	L	22:47	66.7	78.9
Ridly Greig	C	22:39	40.0	60.2

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Oct 17	@ PHI	L 1–3	16:58	0	0	1	0.12	56	60	+0.26
Oct 12	@ NJD	W 4–1	2:19	0	0	0	0.00	25	81	+0.44
Oct 10	vs NSH	W 3–2 OT	15:55	0	0	0	0.00	50	90	+0.29
Oct 8	vs PHI	W 2–1	17:12	0	0	0	0.02	39	38	−0.06
Oct 6	@ DET	L 3–5	16:35	0	0	2	0.04	50	56	+0.10
Oct 5	@ BOS	W 4–1	20:15	0	0	1	0.00	70	59	+0.21
Oct 3	@ TOR	W 3–2	18:48	0	0	1	0.01	37	75	+1.16