17 G · 18 A · 77 GP
0.455 P/GP · 10 PPP · 15:04 ATOI
Pittsburgh Penguins#81Active
Ben Kindel
C · 5′11″ / 182 lb · Shoots R · Coquitlam, CAN · Age 19 · 2025 #11 by PIT
35Career points
0.455Career P/GP
77Games played
17Goals
1 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2635points
The latest read.
35 points in 77 games in 2025-26. Career: 35 points across 77 games.
77GP
17goals
18assists
35points
151shots
10PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
0 G · 0 A · 6 GP
0.000 P/GP · 0 PPP · 13:07 ATOI
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2025-26 peak: 77 GP / 17 G / 18 A / 35 Pts / 0.455 P/GP · 15:04 TOI
| Best five | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 77 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 0.455 |
| Prime-five | 77 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 0.455 |
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Calder Memorial Trophy9th · 2026
What this draft slot returns.
Observed careers at the same pick, across all positionsdraft history · 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC
2025 draft#11round 1 · PIT
29Players in sample
96.6%Reached the NHL
Most games in this sample: Jarome Iginla (1995, DAL), 1,554 NHL games.
Sample: 29 players taken #11, across all positions, from draft classes through 2018 on file. Historical totals reflect the 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC snapshot; Ben Kindel's games use this page's NHL career record. Active careers can still grow.
These are observed outcomes, not a forecast for Ben Kindel. Exact-slot rates require at least 12 players. Draft Value methodology.
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled1,215 all-time peers
Playoff career · 6 GP · 0 G · 0 A · 0 pts (0.000 P/GP)
66.7
18.4
26.0
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-04-29@ PHIPlayoff19:28 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
2026-04-27vs PHIPlayoff11:49 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
2026-04-25@ PHIPlayoff10:16 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S
2026-04-22@ PHIPlayoff13:07 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S
2026-04-20vs PHIPlayoff11:00 TOI0G 0A0 P · 3 S
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart1 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Peak | Pittsburgh Penguins | 77 | 17 | 18 | 35 | -5 | 10 | 151 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 9 |
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Hlinka Gretzky Cup | Canada U18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | Prospects Challenge | Team CHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | WHL | Calgary Hitmen | 65 | 35 | 64 | 99 |
| 2024-25 | WJC-18 | Canada U18 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024-25 | WHL | Calgary Hitmen | 11 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2023-24 | WHL | Calgary Hitmen | 68 | 15 | 45 | 60 |
| 2022-23 | CSSHL U18 | Yale Hockey Academy U18 Prep | 29 | 17 | 29 | 46 |
| 2022-23 | CWG | Team British Columbia | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2022-23 | Circle K Classic | Yale Hockey Academy U18 Prep | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | WHL | Calgary Hitmen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | CSSHL U18 | Yale Hockey Academy U18 Prep | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021-22 | CSSHL U15 | Burnaby Winter Club U15 Prep | 22 | 12 | 35 | 47 |
| 2021-22 | CSSHL U15 | Burnaby Winter Club U15 Prep | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020-21 | CSSHL U15 AAA | Burnaby Winter Club U15 Varsity | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2019-20 | QC Int PW | Burnaby Winter Club Bruins | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Forwards only; career games played within ±20% of 77 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 62 to 92); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 47 of them cleared the band.
Easton CowanR · 2023 #28 · active66 GP · 11 G · 18 A · 29 P0.439 P/GP · −0.015Arseny GritsyukR · 2019 #129 · active66 GP · 13 G · 18 A · 31 P0.470 P/GP · +0.015Justin SourdifC · 2020 #87 · active82 GP · 16 G · 20 A · 36 P0.439 P/GP · −0.016Matt SavoieC · 2022 #9 · active87 GP · 18 G · 20 A · 38 P0.437 P/GP · −0.018Calum RitchieC · 2023 #27 · active72 GP · 14 G · 17 A · 31 P0.431 P/GP · −0.024
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed89.4mph80.7
143.9 km/h equivalent · league average 83.6 mph
Max skating speed22.5mph65.8
36.3 km/h equivalent · league average 22.2 mph
Distance skated309.9km73.8
192.6 mi equivalent · league average 198.8 km
Most distance in one game6.0km85.2
3.7 mi equivalent · league average 4.7 km
Bursts over 20 mph126bursts80.5
league average 75.2
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time42.2%51.1
league average 43.1
Neutral zone time17.4%20.2
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time40.4%44.0
league average 40.1
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal151shots80.3
league average 85.9 shots
High-danger shots on goal55shots79.6
league average 31.6 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Low Slot486 G80th
High Slot193 G86th
R Circle181 G84th
L Circle174 G83th
Outside R110 G89th
Center Point101 G93th
Crease72 G78th
Offensive Neutral Zone50 G87th
Beyond Red Line40 G84th
L Point30 G61th
R Point30 G66th
L Net Side20 G49th
Outside L20 G33th
R Net Side20 G50th
Behind the Net00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
55high danger8 G · 14.5%
54mid danger8 G · 14.8%
16long range1 G · 6.3%
Method: 151 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Awards voting.
0 trophy wins · 0 top-three finishes · 1 ballot appearances · 0 first-place votesNHL award ballot history
Opponent atlas.
Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas
Career volume leaders
Career vs.PHI0 points6 GP · 0 G · 0 A9 shots · 0 PP pointsBest points-per-game matchups
Pace vs.PHI0.00 P/GP6 GP · 0 G · 0 A9 shots · 0 PP pointsFrozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
Ben Kindel has faced 48 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
The development file.
Draft path and latest leagueNHL API Draft Intelligence
19age at snapshot
NHLlatest league
2025 #11draft path
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
Fantasy Desk.
2026-27 rankings on a three-season blend, most recent season weighted heaviestHockey Insights fantasy pool · 2026-09-29
1.35blended ESPN pts/gm
ESPN#278Yahoo#236Fantrax#235Roto#240
25-2677 GP17 G18 A1.35 pts/gm
2nd half-0.34
This desk has Ben Kindel No. 278 among skaters on the ESPN points board, off a 1.35 three-season blended per-game figure.
The room.
Every current Pittsburgh Penguins teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory