Regular season

Ben Kindel

Pittsburgh Penguins · C · #81

Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 35 points and honest two-way play

HT: 5'11"
WT: 182 lb
Age: 19
Shoots: R
From: Coquitlam, CAN
Draft: 2025 PIT · R1 #11

71Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6262pctl

5757pctl

6565pctl

6666pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4555pctl

0.2261pctl

0.2351pctl

2.071pctl

-539pctl

1070pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

7.4%76pctl

2.4072pctl

0.1770pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6373pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

43.6%18pctl

D-Zone FO %?

41.7%17pctl

8.456pctl

0.3034pctl

1:5066pctl

0:3944pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 13h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

51.7%65pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

47.1%37pctl

O-zone deployment?

57%79pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min27pctl

Support received?

16.7 min71pctl

D-zone deployment?

43%21pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0967pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.4983pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.5083pctl

0.98×46pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.16/gm75pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.1%77pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 970 EV min

General Offense

6.6268

8.4160

Shot Setups/60?

0.8040

Chance Setups/60?

0.7450

Primary Contributions/60?

7.4264

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3129

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0028

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.6256

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3151

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0635

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6764

Rush Offense/60?

9.2872

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4929

0.9967

0.0017

Deflections/60?

1.6164

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0633

Entries Finished/60?

0.4321

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3131

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.9284

0.6284

1.3079

Retrieval Success %?

32%68

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1988

Exit Success %?

10%81

Forechecking

1.7928

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0681

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$0.97M

cap hit

$4.78M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Ben Kindel	71	Middle-Six Engine	35 P · 77 GP	$0.97M	$4.78M	A+$3.8M	this player
Brayden Schenn	70	Depth Forward	39 P · 80 GP	$6.50M	$4.50M	D−$2.0M	89%
Mason McTavish	74	Middle-Six Engine	41 P · 75 GP	$7.00M	$5.68M	D−$1.3M	86%
Morgan Frost	71	Middle-Six Engine	43 P · 82 GP	$4.38M	$4.78M	C+$0.4M	86%
Dawson Mercer	72	Middle-Six Engine	42 P · 82 GP	$4.00M	$5.08M	B+$1.1M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Anthony Mantha · 6 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Ben’s goals

Creates for

goals Ben assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 0 G · 3 A · 14 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 03-24

0G 0A · 4 shots · 12:20 TOI

@ OTT

1P

0G 1A

@ OTT 03-26

0G 1A · 2 shots · 15:41 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:57 TOI

@ NYI

1P

0G 1A

@ NYI 03-30

0G 1A · 3 shots · 14:25 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:12 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:59 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:10 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:35 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:47 TOI

@ STL

1P

0G 1A

@ STL 04-14

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:05 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)491 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 6 of 17 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 19 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 65 blocks · 12 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	77	17	18	35	-5
Career	1 team	77	17	18	35	-5