Ville Koivunen is the partner who brings the best out of him
Kindel is at his best beside Koivunen: 62.4% of the expected goals together against 48.0% apart.
228 minutes together, 681 minutes apart
Teammates play better with him than they do without him
Koivunen is a different player beside him: 62.4% of the expected goals with Kindel, 52.1% without him.
228 minutes together, 222 minutes apart for Koivunen
It stops working when he is paired with Parker Wotherspoon
The pairing with Wotherspoon is the one that costs him: 47.4% of the expected goals together, 53.3% apart.
286 minutes together, 624 minutes apart
Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line
Wotherspoon does better away from him: 53.9% of the expected goals apart against 47.4% together.
286 minutes together, 1,099 minutes apart
His linemates play better with him than without him, every time
6 of his 9 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Kindel than away from him.
partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart
He and Ville Koivunen are the pair that scares the other team
The pairing that generates most is Kindel and Koivunen: 6.06 expected goals an hour.
228 minutes together at 5v5
Ryan Shea is the partner his coach keeps going back to
He spends more 5v5 time with Shea than anyone: 297 minutes, worth 52.8% of the expected goals.
17 goals for, 12 against together
The goals go his team's way when Anthony Mantha is out there with him
With Mantha on the ice too, the Penguins have outscored opponents 18 to 10 at 5v5.
64.3% goal share over 256 minutes
Nothing gets through when he and Ville Koivunen are out together
He gives up least beside Koivunen: 3.66 expected goals against an hour.
228 minutes together at 5v5
Erik Karlsson is who he runs the power play with, almost every time
On the power play his best partner is Karlsson: 96.6% of the expected goals over 66 minutes.
12 goals for, 0 against together
This is the group the power play actually runs through
His power-play unit is Crosby, Karlsson, Malkin and Rust: 11 goals in 41 minutes.
15.94 goals an hour, 9.5 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him
Kindel has been shuffled through 48 different five-man units and none of them have settled.
units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night
10 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kindel this season.
each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal
77.8% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.
14 primary of 18 assists
Anthony Mantha is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone
Anthony Mantha has assisted on 5 of his 19 goals, 26.3% of them.
4 primary, 1 secondary
Justin Brazeau is the teammate he sets up more than anyone
He has helped on 5 of Justin Brazeau's goals, 27.8% of his own assists.
4 primary, 1 secondary
One teammate is responsible for most of his goals
16 different teammates have assisted on his 19 goals.
Mantha (5), Shea (4), Malkin (3), Rust (3)
His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows
54.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Kindel is on.
446 for, 372 against, 59th of 454 forwards
His results are about what the underlying play deserves
His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.3, running cold and likely to correct.
8.7% shooting and 89.5% goaltending behind him, 313th of 454 forwards
The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice
The Penguins create 4.98 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kindel on.
74th of 454 forwards
His side controls the puck while he is out there
Kindel's line owns 52.3% of the 5v5 shot attempts.
931 for, 848 against, 109th of 454 forwards
The defence springs leaks when he is out there
He gives up 4.66 expected goals an hour at 5v5.
324th of 454 forwards
The power play stalls when he is the one out there
On the power play his unit generates 9.13 expected goals an hour.
19 goals in 140 minutes, 184th of 269 forwards
His line spends the night in the other team's end
At 5v5 the Penguins generate 51.7% of the expected goals with Kindel on the ice.
75.5 xGF to 70.7 xGA over 910 minutes, 155th of 454 forwards
Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice
The Penguins are up 10 goals with Kindel on the ice.
63 for, 53 against, 150th of 466 forwards
He gives up about what an average skater gives up
Opponents get 55.94 shot attempts an hour with Kindel on the ice at 5v5.
184th of 454 forwards
Goals go both ways evenly when he is on
The Penguins score 50.0% of the 5v5 goals with Kindel out there.
39 for, 39 against, 204th of 454 forwards
He is not part of the power play plan
He draws 1:59 of power play time a game, 175th among forwards.
12.1% of his total ice time
His coach leans on him more than almost anyone
Kindel plays 15:03 a night, 227th among forwards.
1,160 minutes across 77 games
He chips in points even when his team is a man down
He has 2 short-handed points this season.
59th in the league
He hands the puck over more than he should
He gives it away 4.3 times an hour.
85th most giveaways an hour
He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it
He puts 7.61 shots on goal an hour.
134th in the league
He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone
He takes the puck back 1.29 times an hour.
155th in the league
A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line
Kindel has 4 game winners this season.
17 goals in total
He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores
On the power play he produces 0.52 points an hour.
184th in the league
He scores at a rate very few players match
He scores 0.88 goals an hour of ice time.
215th in the league
He avoids the physical side of the game
He finishes 1.55 checks an hour.
743rd in the league
He gives the puck away more than he should
25 takeaways against 83 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.
0.3 takeaways per giveaway
He puts up points at a rate very few match
Kindel produces 1.81 points an hour of ice time.
279th in the league
The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays
He is -5 on the season.
670th in the league
He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it
He sets up 0.93 assists an hour of ice time.
373rd in the league
He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on
He takes 0.93 penalty minutes an hour.
655th most penalty minutes an hour
He blocks about as many shots as anyone else
He blocks 2.9 shots an hour of ice time.
419th in the league
He wins about half his draws, like most centres
He wins 43.6% of his draws.
303rd in the league
There is one shot he goes to more than any other
41.3% of his attempts are the wrist shot.
119 attempts, 8 goals
When he shoots, it tends to be on target
69.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.
153 of 221 unblocked, 108th of 468 forwards
He gets almost nothing from long range
15.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.
44 long-range attempts, 346th of 468 forwards
He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody
Kindel has taken 288 shot attempts this season.
134 on goal, 68 missed, 67 blocked, 128th of 468 forwards
He works one side of the ice far more than the other
43.4% of his attempts come from the middle lane.
54 left, 125 middle, 109 right
He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position
He fires 14.9 attempts an hour of ice time.
288 attempts in 1,160 minutes, 129th of 466 forwards
He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net
46.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.
134 attempts from inside the home plate, 338th of 468 forwards
Most of his shots come from a long way out
His average attempt comes from 27.9 feet.
288 located attempts, 328th of 468 forwards
He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice
46.9% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.
135 of 288 attempts, 333rd of 468 forwards
He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot
23.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.
67 of 288 attempts, 314th of 468 forwards
He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close
Kindel has scored 2 times on Frederik Andersen this season, more than on any other goaltender.
2 goals on 7 attempts, 28.6%
This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him
Ilya Sorokin has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.
0.0% conversion
Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in
His deadliest matchup is Kevin Lankinen: 25.0% of his attempts against him go in.
2 goals on 8 attempts
One team seems to bring the best out of him
He has 3 goals against the Maple Leafs this season.
19 attempts against them
No goalie has seen more of him than this one
No goalie has seen more of him than Ilya Sorokin: 11 attempts, 0 goals.
0.0% conversion
He wins the draw against this centre almost every time
He wins 62.5% of his draws against Cody Glass.
5 of 8 faceoffs
This centre beats him on the draw almost every time
Tomas Hertl beats him on the draw: he wins only 0.0% of them.
0 of 9 faceoffs
There is one team he simply cannot get going against
The Devils have held him without a goal on 17 attempts.
the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring
He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty
He has drawn 2 penalties on Jonathan Aspirot.
penalties drawn, from play-by-play
One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest
His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 20.0% of them go in.
5 goals on 25 attempts
There is a range from which his goals almost always come
His goals average 22.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 57.
19 goals located by coordinate
He finishes in tight at about the usual rate
From inside 25 feet he buries 8.1% of his attempts.
11 goals on 135 close attempts, 259th of 468 forwards
He shoots at about the league's usual rate
He converts 12.4% of the shots he puts on goal.
19 goals on 153 shots, 246th of 468 forwards
He scores about what his chances are worth
Kindel has 19 goals off 18.9 expected: 0.1 more than the chances alone say.
222nd of 468 forwards
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Ville Koivunen is the partner who brings the best out of him
Kindel is at his best beside Koivunen: 62.4% of the expected goals together against 48.0% apart.
228 minutes together, 681 minutes apart
Teammates play better with him than they do without him
Koivunen is a different player beside him: 62.4% of the expected goals with Kindel, 52.1% without him.
228 minutes together, 222 minutes apart for Koivunen
It stops working when he is paired with Parker Wotherspoon
The pairing with Wotherspoon is the one that costs him: 47.4% of the expected goals together, 53.3% apart.
286 minutes together, 624 minutes apart
Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line
Wotherspoon does better away from him: 53.9% of the expected goals apart against 47.4% together.
286 minutes together, 1,099 minutes apart
His linemates play better with him than without him, every time
6 of his 9 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Kindel than away from him.
partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart
He and Ville Koivunen are the pair that scares the other team
The pairing that generates most is Kindel and Koivunen: 6.06 expected goals an hour.
228 minutes together at 5v5
Ryan Shea is the partner his coach keeps going back to
He spends more 5v5 time with Shea than anyone: 297 minutes, worth 52.8% of the expected goals.
17 goals for, 12 against together
The goals go his team's way when Anthony Mantha is out there with him
With Mantha on the ice too, the Penguins have outscored opponents 18 to 10 at 5v5.
64.3% goal share over 256 minutes
Nothing gets through when he and Ville Koivunen are out together
He gives up least beside Koivunen: 3.66 expected goals against an hour.
228 minutes together at 5v5
Erik Karlsson is who he runs the power play with, almost every time
On the power play his best partner is Karlsson: 96.6% of the expected goals over 66 minutes.
12 goals for, 0 against together
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This is the group the power play actually runs through
His power-play unit is Crosby, Karlsson, Malkin and Rust: 11 goals in 41 minutes.
15.94 goals an hour, 9.5 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him
Kindel has been shuffled through 48 different five-man units and none of them have settled.
units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night
10 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kindel this season.
each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal
77.8% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.
14 primary of 18 assists
Anthony Mantha is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone
Anthony Mantha has assisted on 5 of his 19 goals, 26.3% of them.
4 primary, 1 secondary
Justin Brazeau is the teammate he sets up more than anyone
He has helped on 5 of Justin Brazeau's goals, 27.8% of his own assists.
4 primary, 1 secondary
One teammate is responsible for most of his goals
16 different teammates have assisted on his 19 goals.
Mantha (5), Shea (4), Malkin (3), Rust (3)
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His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows
54.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Kindel is on.
446 for, 372 against, 59th of 454 forwards
His results are about what the underlying play deserves
His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.3, running cold and likely to correct.
8.7% shooting and 89.5% goaltending behind him, 313th of 454 forwards
The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice
The Penguins create 4.98 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kindel on.
74th of 454 forwards
His side controls the puck while he is out there
Kindel's line owns 52.3% of the 5v5 shot attempts.
931 for, 848 against, 109th of 454 forwards
The defence springs leaks when he is out there
He gives up 4.66 expected goals an hour at 5v5.
324th of 454 forwards
The power play stalls when he is the one out there
On the power play his unit generates 9.13 expected goals an hour.
19 goals in 140 minutes, 184th of 269 forwards
His line spends the night in the other team's end
At 5v5 the Penguins generate 51.7% of the expected goals with Kindel on the ice.
75.5 xGF to 70.7 xGA over 910 minutes, 155th of 454 forwards
Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice
The Penguins are up 10 goals with Kindel on the ice.
63 for, 53 against, 150th of 466 forwards
He gives up about what an average skater gives up
Opponents get 55.94 shot attempts an hour with Kindel on the ice at 5v5.
184th of 454 forwards
Goals go both ways evenly when he is on
The Penguins score 50.0% of the 5v5 goals with Kindel out there.
39 for, 39 against, 204th of 454 forwards
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He is not part of the power play plan
He draws 1:59 of power play time a game, 175th among forwards.
12.1% of his total ice time
His coach leans on him more than almost anyone
Kindel plays 15:03 a night, 227th among forwards.
1,160 minutes across 77 games
He chips in points even when his team is a man down
He has 2 short-handed points this season.
59th in the league
He hands the puck over more than he should
He gives it away 4.3 times an hour.
85th most giveaways an hour
He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it
He puts 7.61 shots on goal an hour.
134th in the league
He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone
He takes the puck back 1.29 times an hour.
155th in the league
A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line
Kindel has 4 game winners this season.
17 goals in total
He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores
On the power play he produces 0.52 points an hour.
184th in the league
He scores at a rate very few players match
He scores 0.88 goals an hour of ice time.
215th in the league
He avoids the physical side of the game
He finishes 1.55 checks an hour.
743rd in the league
He gives the puck away more than he should
25 takeaways against 83 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.
0.3 takeaways per giveaway
He puts up points at a rate very few match
Kindel produces 1.81 points an hour of ice time.
279th in the league
The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays
He is -5 on the season.
670th in the league
He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it
He sets up 0.93 assists an hour of ice time.
373rd in the league
He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on
He takes 0.93 penalty minutes an hour.
655th most penalty minutes an hour
He blocks about as many shots as anyone else
He blocks 2.9 shots an hour of ice time.
419th in the league
He wins about half his draws, like most centres
He wins 43.6% of his draws.
303rd in the league
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There is one shot he goes to more than any other
41.3% of his attempts are the wrist shot.
119 attempts, 8 goals
When he shoots, it tends to be on target
69.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.
153 of 221 unblocked, 108th of 468 forwards
He gets almost nothing from long range
15.3% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.
44 long-range attempts, 346th of 468 forwards
He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody
Kindel has taken 288 shot attempts this season.
134 on goal, 68 missed, 67 blocked, 128th of 468 forwards
He works one side of the ice far more than the other
43.4% of his attempts come from the middle lane.
54 left, 125 middle, 109 right
He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position
He fires 14.9 attempts an hour of ice time.
288 attempts in 1,160 minutes, 129th of 466 forwards
He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net
46.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.
134 attempts from inside the home plate, 338th of 468 forwards
Most of his shots come from a long way out
His average attempt comes from 27.9 feet.
288 located attempts, 328th of 468 forwards
He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice
46.9% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.
135 of 288 attempts, 333rd of 468 forwards
He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot
23.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.
67 of 288 attempts, 314th of 468 forwards
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He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close
Kindel has scored 2 times on Frederik Andersen this season, more than on any other goaltender.
2 goals on 7 attempts, 28.6%
This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him
Ilya Sorokin has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.
0.0% conversion
Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in
His deadliest matchup is Kevin Lankinen: 25.0% of his attempts against him go in.
2 goals on 8 attempts
One team seems to bring the best out of him
He has 3 goals against the Maple Leafs this season.
19 attempts against them
No goalie has seen more of him than this one
No goalie has seen more of him than Ilya Sorokin: 11 attempts, 0 goals.
0.0% conversion
He wins the draw against this centre almost every time
He wins 62.5% of his draws against Cody Glass.
5 of 8 faceoffs
This centre beats him on the draw almost every time
Tomas Hertl beats him on the draw: he wins only 0.0% of them.
0 of 9 faceoffs
There is one team he simply cannot get going against
The Devils have held him without a goal on 17 attempts.
the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring
He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty
He has drawn 2 penalties on Jonathan Aspirot.
penalties drawn, from play-by-play
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One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest
His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 20.0% of them go in.
5 goals on 25 attempts
There is a range from which his goals almost always come
His goals average 22.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 57.
19 goals located by coordinate
He finishes in tight at about the usual rate
From inside 25 feet he buries 8.1% of his attempts.
11 goals on 135 close attempts, 259th of 468 forwards
He shoots at about the league's usual rate
He converts 12.4% of the shots he puts on goal.
19 goals on 153 shots, 246th of 468 forwards
He scores about what his chances are worth
Kindel has 19 goals off 18.9 expected: 0.1 more than the chances alone say.
222nd of 468 forwards
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