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Ben Kindel

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Shoots: Right
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 183 lb
Born: Apr 19, 2007 (age 19)
Birthplace: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Draft: 2025, PIT, round 1, 11th overall

On-ice shot attempts, shots and goals in all situations. With or without you →

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2026-27 · All situations

GP: 15; PIT
TOI: 261; 17:25 a game
CF%: 57.6; 279–205
xGF%: 52.3; 15.4–14.0
GF%: 36.4; 12–21

2026-27 individual

G: 3
A1: 4
A2: 0
P: 7
iSF: 31
Sh%: 9.7
ixG: 4.57
G−ixG: -1.57

Shooting luck

2026-27 in all situations, beside his record before (his seasons since 2019-20) and the league's forwards.

Measure	2026-27	Before	Δ	League
Sh%	9.7	11.3	-1.6	13.3
On-ice Sh%	9.6	10.1	-0.5	11.7
PDO	89.0	98.5	-9.5	100.3
G−ixG	-1.57	–	–	–

Sh% z -0.4. Within what chance gives: at the 12.1% expected of him, his 31 shots could well have brought this. Expected: his record before blended with 100 shots at the league rate; past ±2 is about one time in twenty by chance.

2026-27 shot maps

Unblocked attempts in all situations, the net attacked at the top. A blocked attempt has no shot location, so these are goals, shots on goal and misses. Shots at an empty net are left out.

2026-27 shot maps

On the ice, against the league

For · his team's attempts45.7 FF/60 · league 40.2

−1.3+1.3

Against · at his net33.5 FF/60 · league 40.2

−1.3+1.3

Per 60 vs league average; darker = bigger gap. Green is better for him, red worse. 261 min.

His attempts

Select a shot for its type, xG and game.

on goal missgoal

Area = xG:0.050.200.50smallest ≤ 0.04

Under 50 attempts: too few for a density, so each is drawn.

46 unblocked · 31 SOG · 3 G · 4.57 ixG.

His unblocked attempts, shots on goal, goals and shooting percentage by zone, beside the league's
Zone	FF	SOG	G	Sh%	Lg Sh%
Inner slot	16	14	3	21.4	20.6
High slot	2	1	0	0.0	18.2
Circles	20	11	0	0.0	9.9
Point and perimeter	6	3	0	0.0	4.4
Behind the net	2	2	0	0.0	4.7

By season

Season	Team	GP	TOI	CF%	GF%	xGF%	xGF% Rel	xGF	xGA	Sh%	Sv%	PDO
2025-26 PIT	PIT	77	1160	55.5	54.3	57.1	+7.2	69.01	51.94	10.1	88.4	98.5
2026-27 PIT	PIT	15	261	57.6	36.4	52.3	+8.2	15.38	14.04	9.6	79.4	89.0
Total PIT	PIT	92	1421	55.9	50.3	56.1	+7.2	84.39	65.98	10.0	86.8	96.8

Among the league's forwards

On-ice rates per 60, in all situations, as percentiles among 385 forwards with 100+ minutes. Right is better.

With or without you

WOWY at 5v5, 2026-27: his on-ice shares with each teammate, and each without the other. A clue, not a verdict. Read at 5v5: All situations mixes power-play units with lines.

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Teammate	Minutes			xGF%			CF%			GF%
Teammate	With	Kindel without	Without Kindel	With	Kindel without	Without Kindel	With	Kindel without	Without Kindel	With	Kindel without	Without Kindel
ChinakhovYegor Chinakhov RW	74	101	102	49.1 3.2–3.3	49.4 -0.3	50.2 -1.1	53.1 69–61	51.6 +1.4	52.1 +1.0	45.5 5–6	25.0 3–9	40.0 2–3
KuzmenkoAndrei Kuzmenko LW	64	111	67	51.8 2.7–2.5	48.0 +3.8	41.2 +10.6	54.5 61–51	51.0 +3.5	48.2 +6.2	28.6 2–5	37.5 6–10	0.0 0–3
LetangKris Letang D	62	114	234	60.6 2.9–1.9	44.1 +16.5	52.7 +7.9	59.4 63–43	48.5 +10.9	52.8 +6.6	40.0 2–3	33.3 6–12	46.2 6–7
KorczakKaedan Korczak D	60	115	218	47.0 2.2–2.4	50.3 -3.3	60.1 -13.1	52.9 55–49	51.9 +1.0	53.5 -0.6	30.0 3–7	38.5 5–8	61.9 13–8
CarlileDeclan Carlile D	57	119	221	44.8 3.0–3.7	52.8 -8.1	56.3 -11.5	49.2 62–64	54.3 -5.1	56.3 -7.0	33.3 4–8	36.4 4–7	47.8 11–12
KarlssonErik Karlsson D	56	119	240	39.6 2.4–3.7	55.7 -16.1	49.3 -9.7	44.4 48–60	56.4 -11.9	50.8 -6.3	33.3 3–6	35.7 5–9	46.2 12–14
GirardSamuel Girard D	55	120	193	48.7 2.2–2.3	49.5 -0.9	55.3 -6.6	51.1 48–46	52.8 -1.7	51.4 -0.3	28.6 2–5	37.5 6–10	38.9 7–11

Under each without share: with minus without, in points (green: better together). 16 teammates under the floor are not shown: pick them above.

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2026-27 game by game

Date	Opponent	Result	CF%	GF%	xGF%	TOI	xGF	xGA	Sh%	Sv%	PDO
2026-11-08 @ ANA · L 2-5	@ ANA	L 2-5	62.3	40.0	48.0	22	2.13	2.31	14.3	66.7	81.0
2026-11-07 @ LAK · W 5-2	@ LAK	W 5-2	52.2	100.0	46.2	17	0.94	1.10	20.0	100.0	120.0
2026-11-05 vs BOS · L 2-6	vs BOS	L 2-6	50.0	0.0	41.2	18	0.68	0.97	0.0	50.0	50.0
2026-11-03 vs VGK · L 2-3	vs VGK	L 2-3	65.2	0.0	51.9	15	0.52	0.48	0.0	80.0	80.0
2026-10-31 @ MTL · L 4-5	@ MTL	L 4-5	71.4	33.3	81.3	17	1.91	0.44	7.1	50.0	57.1
2026-10-29 vs UTA · L 3-4 OT	vs UTA	L 3-4 OT	63.3	66.7	53.0	17	1.04	0.92	22.2	85.7	107.9
2026-10-19 @ UTA · L 4-5	@ UTA	L 4-5	43.6	50.0	29.2	19	0.59	1.44	25.0	87.5	112.5
2026-10-17 @ VGK · L 2-6	@ VGK	L 2-6	56.0	0.0	56.0	16	0.68	0.53	0.0	83.3	83.3
2026-10-16 @ COL · L 2-5	@ COL	L 2-5	50.0	0.0	24.8	15	0.51	1.53	0.0	77.8	77.8
2026-10-13 @ CHI · L 3-5	@ CHI	L 3-5	65.5	0.0	72.2	17	1.31	0.51	0.0	66.7	66.7
2026-10-10 vs DAL · W 2-1 SO	vs DAL	W 2-1 SO	56.7	0.0	63.8	20	0.99	0.56	0.0	85.7	85.7
2026-10-09 @ CBJ · L 2-3 SO	@ CBJ	L 2-3 SO	53.3	–	58.5	17	0.93	0.66	0.0	100.0	100.0
2026-10-07 @ WSH · L 3-5	@ WSH	L 3-5	60.7	100.0	63.2	20	1.31	0.76	9.1	100.0	109.1
2026-10-05 vs WPG · L 2-3	vs WPG	L 2-3	53.8	66.7	33.9	19	0.65	1.26	25.0	87.5	112.5
2026-10-03 vs MTL · W 6-5 OT	vs MTL	W 6-5 OT	62.1	25.0	67.7	14	1.21	0.57	8.3	50.0	58.3