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Ben Kindel

C · Pittsburgh Penguins · 2026–27 · W Oct 14 in your Yahoo league (11% rostered)

Games5
Fantasy pts22.6
FP / GP4.5
G–A–P2–2–4
+/--1
TOI / GP17:52
5v5 / GP11:30
PP / GP3:29
PK / GP1:47
5v5 GF–GA3–3
5v5 CF–CA46–44
5v5 CF%51.1%
Shots14
Hits3
Blocks1
FO%51.2%

Projection

Proj FP/G3.51
Actual FP/G4.52
Luck-adjusted4.33
Last season3.12 (75 GP)
Goals / xG2 / 1.7
Assists / expected2 / 2.3
TOI last 318:48 (season 17:52)
PPPP1 63%

Luck-adjusted replaces goals with expected goals (shot location, type, rebound, rush) and scales assists by on-ice luck. The projection blends that with last season by games played and adjusts for recent ice time.

Current lines

UnitWithAvg TOIMatch
Forward lines 4 LElmer Soderblom CHendrix Lapierre 7:39 1/5
Power play units 1 CEvgeni Malkin CSidney Crosby RRickard Rakell DErik Karlsson 3:53 2/5
PK forwards 2 CConnor Dewar 1:32 4/5

Most common 5v5 linemates

PlayerPosGPTogetherShare
Hendrix Lapierre C 5 30:18 53%
Ville Koivunen R 3 25:51 45%
Erik Karlsson D 5 21:15 37%
Samuel Girard D 5 20:04 35%
Kris Letang D 5 19:38 34%
Kaedan Korczak D 5 18:23 32%
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 4 15:17 27%
Declan Carlile D 5 14:40 25%
Andrei Kuzmenko L 2 12:50 22%
Connor Dewar C 5 8:07 14%

Game log

DateOpponentScore GAP+/- SOG5v5 CF–CA 5v5PPPK TOIFP
Oct 10 vs DAL 2–1 0 0 0 0 2 3–3 8:40 5:52 2:20 19:28 1.8
Oct 9 @ CBJ 2–3 0 0 0 0 3 13–10 11:27 2:34 2:01 17:19 1.3
Oct 7 @ WSH 3–5 0 1 1 +1 2 10–7 13:18 3:48 2:30 19:36 3.9
Oct 5 vs WPG 2–3 1 1 2 +1 2 13–15 15:01 2:08 1:28 18:37 8.0
Oct 3 vs MTL 6–5 1 0 1 -3 5 7–9 9:05 3:04 0:37 14:18 7.6