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Ice Lab

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

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice2058:0153.4%53.3%52.6%52.6%2.382.146677978.6
Team with player off ice5196:4354.3%54.3%54.0%54.0%2.662.27210195995.9
Relative (on − off)–-1.0%–-1.4%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 5 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
23.9%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.3%
Quality of teammates
22.6%
Teammates' xGF%: 54.0%
Offensive zone starts
60.5%
63.6% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%22.023.024.025.026.027.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsReinhartLundellBarkovRodriguesLorentzTkachukCousinsVerhaegheSamoskevichLuostarinenStenlundLombergKulikovMahuraForslingMikkolaEkman-LarssonLockwoodBennettGadjovichEkbladMontourTarasenkoBjornfotGreerBoqvistBoqvistSchmidtNosekSturmJonesMarchandKuninPetrySchwindtGregorSebrangoStudnickaVilmanisHinostrozaBalinskis

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
52.6%
49.0%