2025 NHL Draft
Ben Kindel in the 2025 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Ben Kindel 11th overall in the 2025 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 13 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2025, 10 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 91, and only one has scored more points than his 42.
- Overall pick
- 11
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 11
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 8–14 in the 2025 draft
- 8Jake O'BrienCNo NHL gamesSEASeattle Kraken
- 9Radim MrtkaDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 10Roger McQueenC12 GP · 2 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 11Ben KindelC91 GP · 42 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 12Jack NesbittCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 13Carter BearLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 14Jackson SmithDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2025 class
11th
of 224 players selected
9th
of 131 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Matthew SchaeferD98 GP · 75 PNYINew York Islanders
- 2Michael MisaC64 GP · 31 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3Anton FrondellC30 GP · 17 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Caleb DesnoyersCUTAUtah Mammoth
- 5Brady MartinC3 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 6Porter MartoneR27 GP · 18 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 7James HagensC19 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Jake O'BrienCNo NHL gamesSEASeattle Kraken
- 9Radim MrtkaDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 10Roger McQueenC12 GP · 2 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 214 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ben Kindel made his NHL debut on October 7, 2025, 102 days after the draft.
91
Games
20
Goals
22
Assists
42
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2025 draft
- 11Ben KindelC91 GP · 42 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 22Bill ZonnonRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 24William HorcoffCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 39Peyton KettlesDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 73Charlton TretheweyDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 84Gabriel D'AigleGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 91Brady PeddleDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 105Travis HayesRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 130Ryan MillerCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 148Quinn BeauchesneDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 154Jordan CharronRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 169Carter SandersonLPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 201Kale DachCPITPittsburgh Penguins