Left wing · #22
Rudolfs Balcers
- Age
- 29
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 83 kg
- Born
- Liepaja, LVA
- Draft
- 2015, round 5, #142 (SJS)
Career · 2018–19 to 2022–23
- Games
- 171
- Goals
- 28
- Points
- 62
- TOI per game
- 13:34
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.3%
- Goals above expected
- −4.9
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2018–19 |   OTT | 36 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −7 | 12:21 | 48 | 10.4% | 4 | 6.5 | 44.6% |
| 2019–20 | OTT | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 11:23 | 23 | 4.3% | 0 | 3.4 | 50.4% |
| 2020–21 |   SJS | 41 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −6 | 14:43 | 66 | 12.1% | 1 | 9.8 | 55.2% |
| 2021–22 | SJS | 61 | 11 | 12 | 23 | −3 | 15:02 | 98 | 11.2% | 0 | 10.5 | 46.3% |
| 2022–23 |   FLA | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 10:55 | 21 | 9.5% | 0 | 2.3 | 53.9% |
| 2022–23 |   TBL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6:53 | 3 | 33.3% | 0 | 0.5 | 74.1% |
| 2022–23 | All teams | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 10:12 | 24 | 12.5% | 0 | 2.7 | 56.7% |
| Total | 4 teams | 171 | 28 | 34 | 62 | −19 | 13:34 | 259 | 10.8% | 5 | 32.9 | 49.3% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2018–19 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
46th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.7253rd pct
- Assists /600.8847th pct
- ixG /600.8567th pct
- Goals above expected−4.924th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)49.3%54th pct
- CF% (5v5)47.7%34th pct
- Relative xGF%+1.070th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.1823rd pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game13:3450th pct
- PP time share18.0%47th pct
- Offensive zone starts51.4%41st pct
- Quality of competition24.0%55th pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Most similar players this season
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−4.9 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
Speed and tracking
From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.
Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.
Tracking
- Top skating speed35.2 km/h37th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph2835th pct
- Hardest shot128.0 km/h17th pct
- Distance skated50 km24th pct
- Offensive-zone time42.4%55th pct
Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.
Top skating speed
35.2 km/h22nd pct
▼ −1.8 km/h since 2021–22
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
9.786th pct
▼ −1.2 since 2021–22
Distance skated per 60
17.3 km100th pct
▲ +0.2 km since 2021–22
Hardest shot
128.0 km/h4th pct
▼ −8.9 km/h since 2021–22
Offensive-zone time
42.4%57th pct
▲ +4.0 points since 2021–22