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Ben Kindel

Ben Kindel

PIT·FJersey number #81
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Latest captured market
Apr 5 · 3:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 83 game sample
PTS
34.6
SOG
157.7
G
16.8
A
17.9
PPP
9.9
HIT
40.3
BLK
63.3
PIM
18.1

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 83 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−1.07
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −4.0 goals over 219
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.19
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.4 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 83 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 83 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.42
G
0.20
A
0.22
SOG
1.93
PPP
0.12
HIT
0.48
BLK
0.77
PIM
0.22

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26771718350.4515115:04

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2660000.00913:07

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 5 lineSOG 3/10G 0/10A 1/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 29@ PHIPO200013019:28
Apr 27vs PHIPO200022011:49
Apr 25@ PHIPO100031010:16
Apr 22@ PHIPO100020013:07
Apr 20vs PHIPO300000011:00
Apr 18vs PHIPO000020012:59
Apr 14@ STL101000018:05
Apr 9@ NJD100000014:47
Apr 5vs FLA100003011:35
Apr 4vs FLA000001012:10

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 5 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2621.017minus 4.0 goals above expected69219

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2612 goals, 11 assists, 23 points4 goals, 6 assists, 10 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points

Shot locations

219 attempts · 17 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (68)Shot on goal (134)Goal (17)

Markets · Apr 5

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
24%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
22%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
6%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.8
P(over)
53%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.