NHL Status Report: Kindel to return for Penguins against Mammoth

Oct 29, 2026, 3:59 PM ET|Comments (0)

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Ben Kindel will return for the Penguins against the Utah Mammoth on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; Mammoth+, Utah16, SN-PIT, SN, TVAS), nine days after collapsing while aboard the Penguins team plane. On Oct. 20, the 19-year-old forward fainted due to a vasovagal episode, a sudden drop in heart rate and blood pressure that reduces blood flow to the brain, one day after playing 18:53 in a 5-4 loss at the Mammoth. Kindel has received testing and treatment since being cleared to travel to Pittsburgh on Oct. 21 and was a full participant in the past two practices. ... Forward Evgeni Malkin (illness) is expected to play after missing a 3-2 overtime win against the Nashville Predators on Saturday. He would be right wing on the second line with Kindel at center and left wing Egor Chinakhov , who will return …

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