Ben Kindel #81

C · Pittsburgh Penguins · Age 18 · Shoots R · 5′11″, 183 lb · Draft: 2025, round 1, 11th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's forwards who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	77	64th
TOI/GP	15:04	48th
G	17	61st
A	18	50th
P	35	54th
P/60	1.81	49th
ixG	21.4	75th
G−ixG	−4.4	13th
xGF%	52.5	71st
Rel xGF%	+0.6	53rd
GS/GP	+0.59	62nd
Pen ±	+7	81st

Scoring		Pctl
G	17	61st
A1	14	65th
A2	4	24th
P	35	54th
P1	31	63rd
P/60	1.81	49th
5v5 P/60	1.45	39th
PPP	10	66th
SHP	2	87th
ENG	2	80th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	151	71st
iCF	286	70th
iFF	219	69th
ixG	21.4	75th
ixG/60	1.11	82nd
G	17	61st
G−ixG	−4.4	13th
Sh%	11.3	37th
xSh%	9.8	81st
Blk'd	67	76th
5v5 iCF/60	13.7	73rd

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	910	55th
CF%	52.4	76th
FF%	53.1	80th
xGF%	52.5	71st
GF%	50.0	51st
xGF/60	2.86	78th
xGA/60	2.59	46th
oiSh%	8.7	37th
oiSv%	89.5	27th
PDO	98.2	28th
Rel CF%	+2.4	78th
Rel xGF%	+0.6	53rd
OZS%	61.8	62nd

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	15:04	48th
EV/GP	12:36	42nd
5v5/GP	11:49	38th
PP/GP	1:50	59th
SH/GP	0:39	52nd
Shifts/GP	18.5	41st
Shift	0:49	66th
OZ	207	54th
NZ	217	50th
DZ	128	40th
OZS%	61.8	62nd

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+45.2	65th
GS/GP	+0.59	62nd
GS/60	+2.34	64th
Scoring	+24.8	56th
Shooting	+13.9	75th
On ice	+4.5	70th
Penalties	+1.2	82nd
Faceoffs	−0.8	4th
Other	+1.7	81st

Other		Pctl
Hits	30	19th
Blk	58	92nd
Tk	25	80th
Gv	83	11th
PenD	16	63rd
PenT	9	64th
Pen ±	+7	81st
PP min ±	+16.0	83rd
FOW	283	75th
FOL	366	19th
FO%	43.6	44th

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	2	2	4	3.2	57.3	+0.74	17:07
2025-26	Regular season	77	17	18	35	21.4	52.5	+0.59	15:04
2025-26	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	1.0	45.3	+0.06	13:07

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.5), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 77 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Kris Letang	D	393:40	52.4	50.7
Erik Karlsson	D	354:52	55.7	54.4
Justin Brazeau	R	343:28	49.9	49.7
Ryan Shea	D	339:55	53.8	52.6
Anthony Mantha	R	322:15	50.2	51.5
Parker Wotherspoon	D	313:51	52.2	48.0
Tommy Novak	C	260:26	54.3	65.1
Ville Koivunen	R	253:16	62.1	64.5

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 14	@ STL	L 5–7	18:05	0	1	1	0.21	37	34	+0.07
Apr 9	@ NJD	W 5–2	14:47	0	0	1	0.03	47	23	−0.45
Apr 5	vs FLA	W 5–2	11:35	0	0	1	0.29	40	14	−0.02
Apr 4	vs FLA	W 9–4	12:10	0	0	0	0.00	38	39	+0.03
Apr 2	@ TBL	L 3–6	11:59	0	0	1	0.02	48	35	−0.56
Mar 31	vs DET	W 5–1	14:12	0	0	0	0.12	38	31	−0.09
Mar 30	@ NYI	W 8–3	14:25	0	1	3	0.48	68	79	+2.46
Mar 28	vs DAL	L 3–6	13:57	0	0	1	0.17	64	45	−0.14
Mar 26	@ OTT	W 4–3 OT	15:41	0	1	2	0.23	64	68	+1.15
Mar 24	vs COL	L 2–6	12:20	0	0	4	0.22	57	80	+0.61
Mar 22	vs CAR	L 1–5	15:37	0	0	2	0.24	56	62	+0.44
Mar 21	vs WPG	W 5–4 OT	13:58	0	0	4	0.63	53	42	+0.29
Mar 18	@ CAR	L 5–6 OT	14:36	1	0	2	0.52	33	38	+0.76
Mar 16	@ COL	W 7–2	13:57	0	0	0	0.00	25	7	−1.31
Mar 14	@ UTA	W 4–3	13:30	0	0	0	0.00	18	16	−0.35
Mar 12	@ VGK	L 2–6	13:52	1	0	2	0.26	71	90	+1.37
Mar 10	@ CAR	L 4–5 OT	13:47	0	0	1	0.05	44	40	−0.59
Mar 8	vs BOS	W 5–4 OT	11:47	0	0	1	0.14	75	50	−0.06
Mar 7	vs PHI	L 3–4 OT	15:16	0	0	1	0.28	38	21	−1.05
Mar 5	vs BUF	L 1–5	14:52	0	1	0	0.00	60	36	+0.35
Mar 3	@ BOS	L 1–2	17:00	0	0	4	0.61	54	54	+0.68
Mar 1	vs VGK	W 5–0	14:23	1	1	3	0.30	60	87	+2.24
Feb 28	@ NYR	L 2–3 OT	17:12	0	0	6	0.49	16	20	−1.04
Feb 26	vs NJD	W 4–1	13:07	0	0	2	0.13	43	45	+0.11
Feb 5	@ BUF	W 5–2	17:27	2	0	2	1.49	41	54	+2.66
Feb 3	@ NYI	L 4–5 OT	14:13	0	0	2	0.33	56	82	+1.26
Feb 2	vs OTT	L 2–3	15:52	0	0	2	0.19	55	79	+0.66
Jan 31	vs NYR	W 6–5	14:49	1	0	5	1.59	71	100	+2.55
Jan 29	vs CHI	W 6–2	12:35	1	1	1	0.25	67	87	+2.93
Jan 25	@ VAN	W 3–2	13:28	2	0	5	0.59	41	46	+2.11
Jan 22	@ EDM	W 6–2	14:31	0	0	0	0.00	47	84	+1.08
Jan 21	@ CGY	W 4–1	14:33	0	0	0	0.09	57	65	+0.40
Jan 19	@ SEA	W 6–3	14:23	0	0	1	0.07	66	33	−0.42
Jan 17	vs CBJ	L 3–4 OT	16:59	0	0	3	0.77	58	31	+0.29
Jan 15	vs PHI	W 6–3	15:45	0	1	1	0.42	54	74	+1.35
Jan 13	vs TBL	L 1–2 OT	12:32	0	0	2	0.09	41	37	−0.13
Jan 11	@ BOS	L 0–1	15:34	0	0	2	0.20	64	59	+0.18
Jan 10	vs CGY	L 1–2	16:13	0	1	2	0.19	41	32	+0.50
Jan 8	vs NJD	W 4–1	17:42	0	0	2	0.28	44	32	−0.41
Jan 4	@ CBJ	W 5–4 OT	14:01	0	2	2	0.09	80	64	+1.90
Jan 3	@ DET	W 4–1	13:36	0	1	0	0.00	45	38	+0.57
Jan 1	vs DET	W 4–3 OT	13:07	0	0	1	0.03	41	9	−0.37
Dec 30	vs CAR	W 5–1	13:38	0	0	0	0.00	40	56	+0.09
Dec 28	@ CHI	W 7–3	15:47	0	1	2	0.24	42	51	+0.90
Dec 23	@ TOR	L 3–6	12:49	0	0	1	0.03	50	42	−0.19
Dec 21	vs MTL	W 4–3 OT	15:11	0	0	3	0.44	73	75	+1.22
Dec 20	@ MTL	L 0–4	14:40	0	0	1	0.01	60	49	+0.04
Dec 18	@ OTT	L 0–4	17:33	0	0	0	0.01	57	34	−0.33
Dec 16	vs EDM	L 4–6	15:21	0	0	1	0.09	53	19	−0.07
Dec 14	vs UTA	L 4–5 OT	16:23	1	2	2	0.35	40	39	+2.02
Dec 13	vs SJS	L 5–6 OT	16:54	0	1	1	0.09	50	57	+1.15
Dec 11	vs MTL	L 2–4	21:24	0	0	7	0.50	48	38	+0.18
Dec 9	vs ANA	L 3–4 OT	19:23	0	0	5	0.88	70	85	+2.08
Dec 7	@ DAL	L 2–3 OT	17:30	0	0	4	0.37	77	85	+0.70
Dec 4	@ TBL	W 4–3	17:50	1	0	5	0.41	67	43	+0.99
Dec 1	@ PHI	W 5–1	17:07	0	0	2	0.12	52	63	+0.39
Nov 29	vs TOR	L 2–7	15:08	1	0	5	0.50	73	85	+2.27
Nov 28	@ CBJ	W 4–3 OT	12:17	0	0	0	0.00	50	18	−0.41
Nov 22	vs SEA	L 2–3 OT	15:25	0	1	3	0.39	50	56	+0.75
Nov 21	vs MIN	L 0–5	16:42	0	0	0	0.09	68	77	+0.52
Nov 16	vs NSH	W 4–0	12:50	0	0	2	0.03	58	39	−0.20
Nov 14	@ NSH	L 1–2 OT	19:36	0	0	1	0.35	47	62	+1.00
Nov 9	vs LAK	L 2–3	17:45	0	0	2	0.01	27	23	−0.76
Nov 8	@ NJD	L 1–2 OT	19:53	0	0	3	0.30	71	39	+0.02
Nov 6	vs WSH	W 5–3	20:48	0	2	0	0.13	46	45	+0.91
Nov 3	@ TOR	L 3–4	22:23	2	0	7	1.50	65	82	+3.98
Nov 1	@ WPG	L 2–5	14:09	0	0	2	0.07	67	40	−0.09
Oct 30	@ MIN	W 4–1	12:11	1	0	1	0.62	67	93	+2.42
Oct 28	@ PHI	L 2–3 OT	12:47	0	0	2	0.40	54	52	+0.23
Oct 27	vs STL	W 6–3	12:05	0	0	1	0.02	29	12	−0.99
Oct 23	@ FLA	W 5–3	11:54	1	0	2	0.25	37	43	+0.92
Oct 21	vs VAN	W 5–1	13:21	0	0	0	0.09	50	92	+0.51
Oct 18	@ SJS	W 3–0	12:25	0	0	5	0.69	63	67	+1.00
Oct 14	@ ANA	L 3–4	14:12	0	0	2	0.09	34	56	+0.06
Oct 11	vs NYR	L 1–6	14:49	1	0	1	0.04	45	66	+1.41
Oct 9	vs NYI	W 4–3	13:06	0	0	2	0.04	58	61	+0.11
Oct 7	@ NYR	W 3–0	15:11	0	0	1	0.12	54	63	+0.42