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Ice Lab

Centre · #81

Ben Kindel

Age
19
Shoots
Right
Height
180 cm
Weight
83 kg
Born
Coquitlam, CAN
Draft
2025, round 1, #11 (PIT)

Career · 2025–26 to 2026–27

Games
83
Goals
19
Points
39
TOI per game
15:15
xGF% (5v5)
53.4%
Goals above expected
−3.9

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice945:1352.3%52.9%53.4%53.8%2.872.504242984.2
Team with player off ice2942:2150.0%50.6%52.1%52.3%2.762.541591251,023.0
Relative (on − off)–2.2%–1.4%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 3 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
24.1%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.6%
Quality of teammates
21.7%
Teammates' xGF%: 52.3%
Offensive zone starts
62.3%
60.4% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

0%20%40%60%80%100%22.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.026.5Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsBrazeauNovakDewarManthaKoivunenLizotteTomasinoAcciariRakellMalkinCrosbySheaWotherspoonBrunickeLetangKarlssonJonesHallanderRustDumbaCliftonKoppanenHeinenGravesHayesMcGroartyIvanyKulakChinakhovSolovyovHayesGirardSoderblomKindel

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
53.4%
55.6%