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.
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Country: CAN
Age: 18.7 yrs (19.04.2007) Height / Weight: 180 cm / 82 kg Shoots: R Drafted: 11th in 2025 Draft Team: Pittsburgh Penguins
Awards: -
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.
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Overall RatingOffense:Off: 66th of 245 CentersDefense:Def: 80th of 245 Centers -
Metric Current Season Games 1 - 8238.00QoC -0.14 - 0.140.13IceTimePerGame 12 - 2215.56Metric Current Season Goals/60 0.2 - 1.50.81PrimaryAssists/60 0.1 - 1.50.81SecondaryAssists/60 0.1 - 1.20.20xGoals/60 0.49 - 1.341.04OnIce_xGoalsFor/60 1.8 - 53.80OnIce_GoalsFor/60 1.4 - 5.52.94PenaltiesDrawn/60 0.27 - 1.560.91OZoneStartPct 0.15 - 0.40.43PP_xGoals/60 0.5 - 2.52.63PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60 3 - 1312.77Metric Current Season OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60 2.5 - 42.46OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60 2.5 - 42.44Penalties/60 0.5 - 1.50.51ShotsBlocked/60 1 - 33.65Takeaways/60 0.5 - 20.81Giveaways/60 1 - 43.65DZoneStartPct 0.15 - 0.40.20PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60 5 - 120.00PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60 5 - 120.00 -
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)
| 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) |
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | TOI/G | S | S% | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.12.2025 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 15:46 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 |
| 30.12.2025 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01.01.2026 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:07 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 |
| 03.01.2026 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:35 | 0 | 0 | |
| 04.01.2026 |
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1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14:01 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 5 | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | TOI/G | S | S% | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 |
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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 | ||
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | TOI/G | S | S% | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No games played | ||||||||||
| Player Match |
Name | Team | Pos | Age | Height / Weight | Season P/G |
Career P/G |
Offense Rating |
Defense Rating |
Actual AAV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Kindel | C | 18.7 yrs | 180 cm / 82 kg | 0.47 | 0.47 | 76 | 77 | $0.975M | ||
| 91% | Victor Olofsson | LW | 30.5 yrs | 180 cm / 81 kg | 0.46 | 0.56 | 75 | 78 | $1.575M | |
| 89% | Mackie Samoskevich | RW | 23.1 yrs | 180 cm / 81 kg | 0.46 | 0.42 | 76 | 76 | $0.775M | |
| 88% | Evan Rodrigues | C | 32.4 yrs | 180 cm / 82 kg | 0.46 | 0.44 | 71 | 80 | $3.000M | |
| 87% | Fabian Zetterlund | LW | 26.4 yrs | 180 cm / 94 kg | 0.46 | 0.47 | 73 | 78 | $4.275M |