Uvis Balinskis
Age 30 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 196 lb · Born Ventspils, LVA
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 54 games, 5-10-15, 0.28 points per game Season detail →
Uvis Balinskis has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 15 points in 54 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 4th-placed Florida
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Florida's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
5 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 54 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 63rd percentile of defencemen: 8.72 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.23@
ANA4 Oct · 3rd 12:37 - 19.84@ANA4 Oct · 2nd 07:02
- 19.29@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 01:47
- 19.28@
SJS1 Oct · 2nd 07:02 - 19.14@SJS1 Oct · 1st 02:38
- 18.88@SJS1 Oct · 1st 01:44
- 18.80@SJS1 Oct · 2nd 19:30
- 18.71@ANA4 Oct · 1st 08:28
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 76.25@SJS1 Oct · 1st 02:42
- 65.74@SJS1 Oct · 1st 18:41
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.98@
LAK6 Oct · 14:13 TOI - 2.22@ANA4 Oct · 14:40 TOI
- 1.87@SJS1 Oct · 12:52 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.02 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINW 4-3 OT0002−124:07LAKL 1-20001014:13ANAW 3-2 OT0000+214:40SJSW 4-3 OT0001012:5215 points in 54 games on a team that finished 25th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Florida's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 5 goals and 10 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 5 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Florida trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
130 attempts across the 49 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 54 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed in the 91st percentile of defencemen: 23.11 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (12 of 54)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINW 4-3 OT0002−124:07
DETW 4-30003−115:49DETW 3-10000016:51
CBJL 2-40001−217:35
NJDL 1-50111−216:55
BUFL 2-3000208:38
TORW 5-10001+220:13
TBLL 1-60005−125:58
BOSW 5-4 SO1122021:26BUFL 3-51013024:57
WPGL 1-20002−119:29LAKL 1-20001014:13ANAW 3-2 OT0000+214:40SJSW 4-3 OT0001012:52Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$875K a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 17.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 16th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Florida
Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-26128th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsThree seasons, all with the Panthers
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct