Uvis Balinskis

Stingy
Two-way
Play-driver

Points, 2026–27: 1; 0 G, 1 A in 6 GP
Individual xG: 0.1; 0 goals from it
Ice time per game: 14:25; 2 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5: 59.6; share of chances while he's on

Uvis Balinskis has 0 goals and 1 assist (1 point) in 6 games for the Florida Panthers in 2026–27, with 2 shots on goal and 14:25 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 14.8 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

6 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

Rated above 37% of defencemen

Goals above average: −0.1
Wins: −0.02

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.57, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 37.2% of 223 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Physicality38%GF38%Intimidation11%Chemistry13%Clutch0%

Clutch

+1.18 SD · 89th percentile · weight 0%

His team's expected-goal differential with him on the ice in the third period or overtime of a one-goal game, against his own usual rate. Not counted in the rating since grit-0.5: it didn't repeat from season to season, so it was mostly luck.

Close-and-late liftxGD per 60Heavily shrunk: close-and-late minutes are scarce.0.0889th pct
Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.1217th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 77 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

at TBL
Thursday, February 5
Ice time
Uvis Balinskis played 25:58, about 10 minutes more than his average this season. He also had 7 shot attempts against an average of 2.3. The Panthers fell 6-1 to the Lightning.
vs BUF
Monday, February 2
Ice time
Uvis Balinskis played 24:57, about 9 minutes more than his average this season. He has 4 goals this season. The Panthers fell 5-3 to the Sabres.
at MIN
Saturday, January 24
Ice time
Uvis Balinskis played 24:07, about 9 minutes more than his average this season. He has 10 points in 41 games this season. The Panthers beat the Wild 4-3 in overtime.
at WPG
Thursday, January 22
Ice time
Uvis Balinskis played 23:03, about 8 minutes more than his average this season. He has 10 points in 40 games this season. It finished 2-1 for the Panthers in a shootout.
at CAR
Friday, January 16
Ice time
Uvis Balinskis played 21:31, about 7 minutes more than his average this season. It was his first goal in 17 games. The Panthers fell 9-1 to the Hurricanes.
at BUF
Monday, January 12
Ice time
Uvis Balinskis played 22:19, about 8 minutes more than his average this season. He has 8 points in 36 games this season. It finished 4-3 for the Panthers.
at OTT
Saturday, January 10
Ice time
Uvis Balinskis played 21:55, about 8 minutes more than his average this season. He has 7 points in 35 games this season. It finished 3-2 for the Panthers.
vs NYI
Sunday, December 7
Drought over
Uvis Balinskis scored for the first time in 19 games. That was his first goal of the season. He played 17:30 and had three shots on goal. The Panthers beat the Islanders 4-1.

Player card

Percentile among 194 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

Ice time per game14:25
8
Points per 600.69
39
Goals per 600.00
30
Individual xG per 600.03
4
Shots per 601.4
7

5-on-5 play

xG for per 60, on ice2.80
69
xG against per 60, on ice1.90
89
xGF%59.6%
88

Physical

Hits per 605.6
85
Blocks per 602.1
8
Penalty minutes per 604.9
9

Skating and shooting

NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 2026–27. Percentiles are the league's, against all skaters.

Skating

Top speed20.2 mph
20
Bursts over 20 mph2
29
Distance skated12 mi
28

Shooting

Hardest shot82.1 mph
35
Shots on goal2
17
Shooting %0.0%
43

Zone time

Offensive zone time44.1%
79
Offensive zone time, even strength42.8%
60

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

Partner	Games	TOI	Shot attempts	xG	Goals	xG share
Dmitry Kulikov	5	35:14	25–27	1.3–1.7	2–0	43%
Radko Gudas	3	28:38	36–21	1.7–0.5	1–0	79%
Seth Jones	6	4:48	7–5	0.5–0.2	0–1	73%
Niko Mikkola	6	3:19	1–1	0.0–0.0	0–0	100%
Aaron Ekblad	4	2:25	3–0	0.1–0.0	0–0	100%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 3 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal

0.000.200.400.60

01-2410-17

By season

Season	GP	G	A	P	SOG	ixG	TOI/GP	Hits	Blk	xGF% 5v5
2026–27	6	0	1	1	2	0.1	14:25	8	3	59.6
2025–26	54	5	10	15	66	3.7	16:22	71	42	48.7
2024–25	76	4	14	18	92	4.3	14:51	83	55	54.6
2023–24	26	1	2	3	22	1.3	14:06	33	15	50.0

Last 20 games

Date	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	Hits	Blk	PIM
2026-10-17	17:16	0	1	0	0.00	1	0	0
2026-10-15	11:08	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0
2026-10-13	16:19	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0
2026-10-06	14:13	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0
2026-10-04	14:40	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
2026-10-01	12:52	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	7
2026-03-10	15:49	0	0	3	0.06	1	1	0
2026-03-06	16:51	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0
2026-03-05	17:35	0	0	1	0.04	5	2	2
2026-03-03	16:55	0	1	1	0.05	0	1	0
2026-02-27	8:38	0	0	2	0.15	0	1	0
2026-02-26	20:13	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0
2026-02-05	25:58	0	0	5	0.23	1	2	0
2026-02-04	21:26	1	1	2	0.23	4	1	0
2026-02-02	24:57	1	0	3	0.41	0	0	0
2026-01-31	19:29	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	2
2026-01-29	20:43	0	1	3	0.08	3	1	0
2026-01-27	20:55	0	0	2	0.09	3	0	0
2026-01-25	21:08	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0
2026-01-24	24:07	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0