C · PIT · NHL id 8485414
Ben Kindel has played 1 game for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2026-27, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 5 shots while averaging 14:18 a night (10:37 at even strength, 3:04 on the power play and 0:37 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 88% of his 5v5 minutes with Hendrix Lapierre and 86% with Andrei Kuzmenko in his only game so far, and the Penguins have controlled 44% of shot attempts with Kindel on the ice (0-2 in goals, 67% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against MTL he was on L3 with Hendrix Lapierre and Andrei Kuzmenko and on PP1. He is shooting 20.0% this season against 10.9% across the 84 games in our data.
Right now
From the Oct 3 game vs MTL, detected from shift data
- PP1 in 1 of last 1 (was 2 of 20)
- ixG/60 2.42 (was 0.82)
- +1:23 PP TOI
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 14:18 average time on ice, PP1 in 1 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2026-27 · 5 attempts, 5 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at PIT: 5 attempts, 5 on goal, 1 goal, 0.58 expected goals; best chance Ben Kindel at 0.16 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 77 GP · 35 points vs 39.6 expected
Last 20 games: -37. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 11.3%
- 98.2
- 55.6%
- G vs xG
- 17 / 19.0
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (5 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- • Shot diet worsened: 0.061 xG per attempt lately vs 0.101 before.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Shots on goal projection
Oct 5 vs WPG · projected 13:57 TOI (1:47 PP) · 5v5 matchup −1%
- Expected SOG
- 1.67
- 2+ SOG
- 49%
- 3+ SOG
- 24%
- 4+ SOG
- 10%
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 1 PPP, 5 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played77
- Goals17163rd of 715
- Assists18292nd of 715
- Points35232nd of 715
- Power-play points10172nd of 715
- Shorthanded points238th of 715
- Shots on goal151149th of 715
- Hits30539th of 715
- Blocked shots58207th of 715
- Plus/minus−5446th of 715
- Penalty minutes18477th of 715
- Faceoffs won283107th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)52.4%158th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)53.0%137th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)52.5%193rd of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)52.2%200th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)53.0%196th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)51.8%217th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.32167th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.067523rd of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.24513th of 719
- Faceoff win %43.6%191st of 238
- Draw Equity /100−0.064185th of 238
Usage
- Ice time per game15:04424th of 715
- Power-play time per game1:49218th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %56.4%234th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.4175th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO982518th of 719
- Goals above expected−2.0574th of 715
- Luck Meter−34630th of 828
- Ascension score6452nd of 561
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.5254th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts126130th of 715
- Hardest shot89.4283rd of 715
- Offensive-zone time42.2%310th of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 77 of 77 games through the sequence engine
- −0.059
- Season net
- −0.89xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.063
- Season
- −0.41G
- 43.6%649 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 107-124 · NZ 98-133 · DZ 78-109
- Per 60
- 1.32
- Attempts
- 20
- 0.114
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to L3 from L4Apr 29, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Jan 10, 2026 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 14, 2025 alerts →
- Played 9:35 more than his 5-game averageNov 3, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L4Nov 3, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Nov 1, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Oct 30, 2025 alerts →
How the goals happened
18 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 vs MTL | Deflection | — | 3 | 41.6 | deflection | |
| Mar 18, 2026 @ CAR | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 49.2 | 2-on-1 | |
| Mar 12, 2026 @ VGK | Deflection | carry | 0 | 20.0 | 3-on-2 | |
| Mar 1, 2026 vs VGK | Rush | carry | 0 | 52.4 | — | |
| Feb 5, 2026 @ BUF | Dump and chase | dump | 2 | 26.1 | 2-on-0 | |
| Feb 5, 2026 @ BUF | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 67.3 | 2-on-1 | |
| Jan 31, 2026 vs NYR | Rush | carry | 0 | 35.7 | — | |
| Jan 29, 2026 vs CHI | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 64.0 | — | |
| Jan 25, 2026 @ VAN | Rush | loose | 1 | 75.0 | — | |
| Jan 25, 2026 @ VAN | Deflection | — | 0 | 20.8 | — | |
| Dec 14, 2025 vs UTA | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 77.9 | 1-on-0 | |
| Dec 4, 2025 @ TBL | Deflection | — | 5* | 25.8 | deflection | |
| Nov 29, 2025 vs TOR | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 22.5 | — | |
| Nov 3, 2025 @ TOR | Cycle | — | 4* | 43.9 | — | |
| Nov 3, 2025 @ TOR | Deflection | — | 3 | 4.8 | rebound | |
| Oct 30, 2025 @ MIN | Rebound | — | 0 | 25.9 | rebound | |
| Oct 23, 2025 @ FLA | Forecheck turnover | — | 3* | 52.8 | one-timer | |
| Oct 11, 2025 vs NYR | Rush | carry | 0 | 66.5 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Kindel
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Kindel apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 1 | 7:59 | 88% | 33.3% | 0% (0-2) | 75.0% 1:06 | 33.3% 1:11 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW | 1 | 7:51 | 86% | 36.4% | 0% (0-1) | 60.0% 1:14 | 0.0% 0:58 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 1 | 4:18 | 47% | 16.7% | — (0-0) | 60.0% 4:47 | 41.2% 9:28 |
| Kris Letang | D | 1 | 3:43 | 41% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 46.2% 5:22 | 42.1% 12:11 |
| Kaedan Korczak | D | 1 | 3:11 | 35% | 28.6% | 0% (0-2) | 55.6% 5:54 | 28.0% 12:04 |
| Samuel Girard | D | 1 | 2:54 | 32% | 40.0% | 0% (0-2) | 45.5% 6:11 | 34.5% 15:32 |
| Erik Karlsson | D | 1 | 2:18 | 25% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 30.0% 6:47 | 40.9% 11:24 |
| Declan Carlile | D | 1 | 1:48 | 20% | 80.0% | — (0-0) | 27.3% 7:17 | 50.0% 13:40 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 909 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
teammates' average xGF%
69th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
33rd percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Favourable spot: strong linemates against weaker opponents.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Kindel's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Kindel's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.
Usage by score state
2026-27, 1 game, topped up with last season.
- Leading
- 14.7
- min per 60
- Tied
- 14.6
- min per 60
- Trailing
- 15.0
- min per 60
Kindel's ice time barely changes with the score. Power play: 1.9 min per 60 trailing, against 1.8 leading. On the ice for 36% of the team's 6-on-5 time (4:16 of 11:54).
Garbage time: 1 of 1 points (100%) came with the team up or down 3+. League garbage-time table
Next game vs WPG (2026-10-05): team win probability ≈70%, projected 14:54 TOI (−0:01 from the expected script). Game-script forecast
- Model rating
- 43.3%
- 90%: 40.6%–46.0% vs an average centre
- 2026-27
- —
- 4 of 10 so far: too early for a percentage
- Next game
- 4.3 FOW
- 2026-10-05 vs WPG: 9 draws at 46.5%, range 1–7
Rating adjusts for opponents, home ice and dot side. All faceoff leaders
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | vs MTL | W 6-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40% | 14:18 | 10:37 | 3:04 | 0:37 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 14:18 | 14:18 | 18 | 11 | 62.1% | 60.9% | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 1.0 | 0.6 | 83% |
| Even strength | 1 | 10:37 | 10:37 | 7 | 11 | 38.9% | 40.0% | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0.3 | 0.6 | 67% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 9:05 | 9:05 | 7 | 9 | 43.8% | 46.2% | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.3 | 0.4 | 67% |
| Power play | 1 | 3:04 | 3:04 | 10 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 0:37 | 0:37 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | — |
| 5v4 | 1 | 3:04 | 3:04 | 10 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 100% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | PIT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 20.0% | 2 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | PIT | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 9 | 0.0% | 10 | 6 | 13:07 |
| 2025-26 | PIT | 77 | 17 | 18 | 35 | -5 | 18 | 151 | 11.3% | 30 | 58 | 15:04 |
Ben Kindel news
- NHL Injuries: Sabres, Blue Jackets, Stars, Wings, Oilers, Panthers, Rangers, Penguins, and BluesNHLRumors.com
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- Penguins Downgrade Benjamin Kindel To Week-To-WeekPro Hockey Rumors
- NHL Injury Notes: Avs, Blue Jackets, Stars, Wings, Kings, Penguins, Capitals and MoreNHLRumors.com
- 5 Young Penguin Player Projections Entering 2026-27The Hockey Writers
- Penguins’ 5 Prospects Dubas Should Be Careful TradingThe Hockey Writers
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.