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Ben Kindel has 18 points (8 goals, 10 assists) in 38 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 11) of the 2025 NHL Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins, he has 18 points (8 goals, 10 assists) in 38 regular-season games for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 18.7 yrs (19.04.2007)
    Height / Weight: 180 cm / 82 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 11th in 2025
    Draft Team: Team logoPittsburgh Penguins
    Awards: -
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The 18-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Penguins controlling 61% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Ben Kindel is off the ice, the Penguins control 48% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 43% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 20% in the defensive zone.

  • 76

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 66th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 80th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    38.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.13
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    15.56
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    0.81
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.81
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.20
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.04
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.80
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.94
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.91
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.43
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    2.63
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    12.77
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.46
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.44
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.51
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    3.65
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.81
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    3.65
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.20
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Ben Kindel at his age (18.7 yrs):
    Connor Bedard (Rating of 75 in 2023, Today 85)
    David Pastrnak (Rating of 78 in 2014, Today 80)
    Aleksander Barkov (Rating of 75 in 2013, Today 85)
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Actual AAV: $0.975M
Player Contract Value: $5.800M
Remaining: 3 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2028 RFA
Age at the end: 22.2 yrs (19.04.2007)
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Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
28.12.2025 Team Logo Blackhawks 1 0 1 1 -1 15:46 2 0.0% 0
30.12.2025 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 0 13:37 0 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 0 0 -1 13:07 1 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 1 1 0 13:35 0 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 2 2 0 14:01 2 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 4 4 -2 5 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2025-26 Team Logo Penguins 38 8 10 18 -11 15:33 79 10.1% 10
Season Projection 79 17 21 38 -23 15:33 164 10.4% 21
Total 38 8 10 18 -11 79 10.1% 10
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Ben Kindel Team Logo C 18.7 yrs 180 cm / 82 kg 0.47 0.47 76 77 $0.975M
91% Victor Olofsson Team Logo LW 30.5 yrs 180 cm / 81 kg 0.46 0.56 75 78 $1.575M
89% Mackie Samoskevich Team Logo RW 23.1 yrs 180 cm / 81 kg 0.46 0.42 76 76 $0.775M
88% Evan Rodrigues Team Logo C 32.4 yrs 180 cm / 82 kg 0.46 0.44 71 80 $3.000M
87% Fabian Zetterlund Team Logo LW 26.4 yrs 180 cm / 94 kg 0.46 0.47 73 78 $4.275M
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