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Ben Kindel

#81 · Center · Pittsburgh Penguins

Shoots right · 19 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season42241217:28
Last season7717183515115:04

Role

Where he fits on Pittsburgh right now.

Line

L4 with H. Lapierre and V. Koivunen · 8:17 a game together

Power play

PP1

Penalty kill

Second wave 8 of 12 kills · 0:50 a kill · starts only 2

Ice time

17:28 a game, 5th-most among Pittsburgh forwards · 11:11 5-on-5 · 2:54 PP · 1:39 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 66% of forwards · home 68%, road 63%

Tougher opponents than 67% of forwards

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Creating his own chancesTop 10

    0.94 expected goals /60better than 96% of centers

  • Takeaways

    takeaway score 1331.32 takeaways /60better than 89% of forwardsmore than 87% of forwards

  • Shooting volume

    14.6 shot attempts /60better than 88% of centers

  • Staying out of the box

    0.44 penalties taken /60better than 84% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Faceoffs

    44.8% wonbehind 85% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

  • Creating his own chances

    0.87 expected goals /60better than 90% of centers

  • Setting up goals

    0.64 first assists /60better than 81% of forwards

  • Shorthanded threat

    0.99 expected goals for /60better than 77% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Ben KindelAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 77, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.11 expected goals /60top 28%

    +0.05 expected goals /60top 42%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    no measurable changeaverage

    no measurable changebottom 42%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    14.6 shot attempts /60top 12%

    13.4 shot attempts /60top 22%

  • Creating his own chancesTop 10
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.94 expected goals /60top 4%

    0.87 expected goals /60top 10%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.8 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 14%

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.63 first assists /60top 22%

    0.64 first assists /60top 19%

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.80 expected goals /60bottom 44%

    1.83 expected goals /60average

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.99 expected goals for /60top 23%

    0.99 expected goals for /60top 23%

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.82 penalties drawn /60average

    0.81 penalties drawn /60average

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.44 penalties taken /60top 16%

    0.59 penalties taken /60top 38%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    44.8% wonbottom 15%

    48.8% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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232 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 9 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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16 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left27
  • Wide right28
  • Over the net8
  • Off the post or crossbar6
  • Short or other3

72 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left2
  • Wide right1
  • Over the net1
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

4 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.