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Defence · #26

Uvis Balinskis

Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
89 kg
Born
Ventspils, LVA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2023–24 to 2026–27

Games
159
Goals
10
Points
36
TOI per game
15:14
xGF% (5v5)
52.6%
Goals above expected
+0.2

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2023–24FLA26123014:06224.5%01.350.5%
2024–25FLA7641418−714:51924.3%44.655.7%
2025–26FLA5451015−1316:22667.6%63.949.0%
2026–27FLA3000+213:5520.0%00.076.6%
Total1 team159102636−1815:141825.5%109.852.6%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.10.20.30.40.520406080100120140
10m12m14m16m18m20m22m20406080100120140Game

Player card

How 2023–24 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

74th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.2568th pct
  • Assists /600.6445th pct
  • ixG /600.2474th pct
  • Shots /604.5178th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.6%80th pct
  • CF% (5v5)53.4%88th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.443rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1494th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:1421st pct
  • PP time share17.8%67th pct
  • PK time share8.4%17th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%20th pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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).

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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.

+0.2 goals above expected

024681020406080100120140Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−10−50+5+10+15

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.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

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 speed32.6 km/h36th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot132.1 km/h53rd pct
  • Distance skated10 km27th pct
  • Offensive-zone time49.1%95th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen 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.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

37.2 km/h93rd pct

▲ +2.1 km/h since 2024–25

33343536373823–2424–2525–262023–24: 34.3 km/h, 23rd percentile (26 games)2024–25: 35.1 km/h, 46th percentile (76 games)2025–26: 37.2 km/h, 93rd percentile (54 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.271st pct

▼ −0.3 since 2024–25

0123423–2424–2525–262023–24: 3.3, 89th percentile (26 games)2024–25: 2.5, 79th percentile (76 games)2025–26: 2.2, 71st percentile (54 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.0 km68th pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2024–25

1313.51414.51523–2424–2525–262023–24: 14.5 km, 95th percentile (26 games)2024–25: 14.3 km, 85th percentile (76 games)2025–26: 14.0 km, 68th percentile (54 games)

Hardest shot

156.4 km/h85th pct

▲ +4.9 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516023–2424–2525–262023–24: 151.6 km/h, 58th percentile (26 games)2024–25: 151.5 km/h, 67th percentile (76 games)2025–26: 156.4 km/h, 85th percentile (54 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.9%91st pct

▼ −0.8 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%23–2424–2525–262023–24: 45.2%, 89th percentile (26 games)2024–25: 45.7%, 94th percentile (76 games)2025–26: 44.9%, 91st percentile (54 games)