{"id":493544,"date":"2026-03-08T18:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/493544\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:30:15","slug":"ottawa-senators-tyler-kleven-fined-for-cross-checking-seattle-krakens-jared-mccann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/493544\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Senators Tyler Kleven fined for cross-checking Seattle Kraken\u2019s Jared McCann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The NHL\u2019s Department of Player Safety has fined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/tyler-kleven\/8482095\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/tyler-kleven\/8482095\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Kleven<\/a> $4,166.67, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for cross-checking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/seattle-kraken\/55\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/seattle-kraken\/55\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Kraken<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jared-mccann\/8477955\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jared-mccann\/8477955\" target=\"_blank\">Jared McCann<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ottawa\u2019s Tyler Kleven has been fined $4,166.67, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for cross-checking Seattle\u2019s Jared McCann.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/2030706598197244085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Late in the third period of last night\u2019s contest between the two clubs, Kleven cross-checked McCann in the face. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kleven was given a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct as he (slashing) and McCann (roughing) both received off-setting minor penalties on the play. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kleven had one goal in 19:13 of ice time in the 7-4 win on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 24-year-old has two goals and 12 points in 57 games this season while averaging 16:35 of ice time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A second-round (44th overall) pick by Ottawa in 2020, Kleven is in the first season of a two-year, $3.2 million contract. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NHL\u2019s Department of Player Safety has fined Ottawa Senators defenceman Tyler Kleven $4,166.67, the maximum allowable under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5104],"tags":[4759,5,40533,4,72,25,33540,5157,34338,73,34306],"class_list":{"0":"post-493544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ottawa-senators","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-jared-mccann-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8477955","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-ottawa","13":"tag-ottawa-senators","14":"tag-ottawa-senators-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-9","15":"tag-ottawasenators","16":"tag-seattle-kraken-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-55","17":"tag-senators","18":"tag-tyler-kleven-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8482095"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116194982627184790","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}