Ben Kindel
Age 19 · Shoots right · 5′11″ · 183 lb · Born Coquitlam, British Columbia, CAN
Drafted 2025, #11 overall by Pittsburgh
2025-262025-26: 77 games, 17-18-35, 0.45 points per game Season detail →
Ben Kindel has 3 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 35 points in 77 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample3 points in 2 games for the 13th-placed Pittsburgh
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Pittsburgh's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
1 of 2 goals broke a tie
How the 2 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Pittsburgh trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
8 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 77 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 20.49 mph, hardest shot 72.21 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.49vs
MTL3 Oct · 1st 17:28 - 20.26vs
WPG5 Oct · 2nd 09:45 - 19.68vsMTL3 Oct · 3rd 07:02
- 19.65vsWPG5 Oct · 2nd 06:57
- 19.09vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 03:47
- 18.86vsMTL3 Oct · 2nd 08:14
- 18.57vsWPG5 Oct · 2nd 01:43
- 18.50vsWPG5 Oct · 2nd 16:21
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 72.21vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 18:05
- 71.07vsWPG5 Oct · 2nd 16:40
- 42.22vsMTL3 Oct · 2nd 15:32
- 36.03vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 17:29
- 21.23vsMTL3 Oct · 3rd 10:14
- 18.15vsWPG5 Oct · 1st 01:58
- 12.47vsMTL3 Oct · 2nd 05:17
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.80vsWPG5 Oct · 18:37 TOI
- 2.17vsMTL3 Oct · 14:18 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.48 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Washington, a point in one of one
WSHW 5-30220−120:48WPGL 2-31122+118:37MTLW 6-5 OT1015−314:18Priced at 41% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Kalshi
Polymarket
ProphetXSnapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
35 points in 77 games on a team that finished 10th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Pittsburgh's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 17 goals and 18 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 17 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Pittsburgh trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
292 attempts across the 75 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 77 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 83rd percentile of forwards: 9.96 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (26 of 77)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run, and how that compares with the market price.
Streaks
Against Washington, a point in one of one
WSHW 5-30220−120:48
STLL 5-70111018:05
NJDW 5-20001+114:47
FLAW 5-20001011:35FLAW 9-40000+112:10
TBLL 3-60001−111:59
DETW 5-10000+214:12
NYIW 8-30113+214:25
DALL 3-60001−113:57
OTTW 4-3 SO0112015:41
COLL 2-60004012:20WPGL 2-31122+118:37MTLW 6-5 OT1015−314:18Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Priced at 41% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
$983K a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 35.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 16th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Contract terms from public reports. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Pittsburgh
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26Erik Karlsson sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsOne season, all with the Penguins
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct