D · FLA · NHL id 8484304
Uvis Balinskis has played 1 game for the Florida Panthers in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 12:52 a night. At 5v5 he has skated 68% of his 5v5 minutes with Radko Gudas and 40% with Lars Eller in his only game so far, and the Panthers have controlled 60% of shot attempts with Balinskis on the ice (0-0 in goals). In the Panthers' most recent game against SJS he was on D3 with Radko Gudas and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs SJS, detected from shift data
- −3:03 PP TOI
- PP1 in 0 of last 1 (was 15 of 20)
- 0 P in last 1 (0.40/GP before)
- Top-four D in 0 of last 1 (was 15 of 20)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 12:52 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2026-27 · 2 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at FLA: 2 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.00 expected goals; best chance Uvis Balinskis at 0.00 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 54 GP · 15 points vs 15.3 expected
Last 20 games: +5. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 7.6%
- 96.6
- 37.5%
- G vs xG
- 5 / 4.0
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 2:58 a game, PP share 13% → 40%, 3 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- • Shot diet improved: 0.062 xG per attempt lately vs 0.042 before (more from the slot).
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played54
- Goals5443rd of 715
- Assists10464th of 715
- Points15477th of 715
- Power-play points6237th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal66463rd of 715
- Hits71282nd of 715
- Blocked shots42316th of 715
- Plus/minus−13612th of 715
- Penalty minutes30294th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)50.9%243rd of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)49.8%331st of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)49.5%346th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)49.0%375th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)45.1%577th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)50.0%332nd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.47525th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60+0.00391st of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.3982nd of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game16:22349th of 715
- Power-play time per game1:15303rd of 715
- Offensive-zone start %61.5%130th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.07338th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO966632nd of 719
- Goals above expected+1.0196th of 715
- Luck Meter−4415th of 828
- Ascension score33403rd of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed23.195th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts33503rd of 715
- Hardest shot97.245th of 715
- Offensive-zone time44.9%88th of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 54 of 54 games through the sequence engine
- −0.023
- Season net
- −0.30xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.47
- Attempts
- 6
- 0.012
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to PP1Jan 12, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Jan 10, 2026 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Nov 12, 2024 alerts →
- Played 5:20 more than his 5-game averageNov 1, 2024 alerts →
- Played 9:15 more than his 5-game averageOct 28, 2024 alerts →
- Played 9:43 less than his 5-game averageOct 17, 2024 alerts →
How his goals happened
11 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 vs BOS | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 72.7 | — | |
| Feb 2, 2026 vs BUF | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 75.0 | one-timer | |
| Jan 17, 2026 @ WSH | Cycle | — | 5* | 14.8 | — | |
| Jan 16, 2026 @ CAR | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 65.0 | 3-on-2 | |
| Dec 7, 2025 vs NYI | Point shot | — | 1 | 56.2 | — | |
| May 5, 2025 @ TOR | Cycle | — | 0 | 63.5 | — | |
| Feb 27, 2025 vs EDM | Off the faceoff | — | 1 | 51.7 | — | |
| Jan 21, 2025 @ ANA | Point shot | — | 2 | 54.7 | — | |
| Jan 13, 2025 @ PHI | Rush | carry | 2 | 63.5 | — | |
| Dec 20, 2024 vs STL | Forecheck turnover | — | 4* | 43.4 | one-timer | |
| Nov 10, 2023 vs CAR | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 37.8 | 3-on-2, one-timer |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Balinskis
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Balinskis apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radko Gudas | D | 1 | 8:44 | 68% | 61.1% | — (0-0) | 57.1% 4:08 | 63.6% 3:17 |
| Lars Eller | C | 1 | 5:08 | 40% | 62.5% | — (0-0) | 58.8% 7:44 | 72.7% 7:41 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 1 | 4:47 | 37% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 75.0% 8:05 | 58.8% 9:49 |
| Brady Tkachuk | LW | 1 | 4:07 | 32% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 75.0% 8:45 | 50.0% 8:29 |
| Bokondji Imama | LW | 1 | 3:27 | 27% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 63.2% 9:25 | 75.0% 1:49 |
| Sam Bennett | C | 1 | 3:25 | 27% | 16.7% | — (0-0) | 73.7% 9:27 | 56.3% 11:57 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C | 1 | 3:11 | 25% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 41.2% 9:41 | 44.4% 9:13 |
| Anton Lundell | C | 1 | 3:06 | 24% | 80.0% | — (0-0) | 46.7% 9:46 | 40.9% 8:32 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | LW | 1 | 2:59 | 23% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 41.2% 9:53 | 35.0% 9:14 |
| Garnet Hathaway | RW | 1 | 2:54 | 23% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 63.2% 9:58 | 75.0% 1:18 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | LW | 1 | 2:14 | 17% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 60.9% 10:38 | 52.9% 10:45 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | C | 1 | 1:59 | 15% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 60.9% 10:53 | 56.3% 11:06 |
| Seth Jones | D | 1 | 1:51 | 14% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 61.9% 11:01 | 59.3% 15:51 |
| Aleksander Barkov | C | 1 | 1:14 | 10% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 58.3% 11:38 | 40.0% 4:58 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ SJS | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 12:52 | 12:52 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 12:52 | 12:52 | 15 | 10 | 60.0% | 71.4% | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.1 | — |
| Even strength | 1 | 12:52 | 12:52 | 15 | 10 | 60.0% | 71.4% | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.1 | — |
| 5v5 | 1 | 12:52 | 12:52 | 15 | 10 | 60.0% | 71.4% | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.1 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | FLA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 3 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 2025-26 | FLA | 54 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 30 | 66 | 7.6% | 71 | 42 | 16:22 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | FLA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 4 | 25.0% | 8 | 7 | 12:35 |
| 2024-25 | FLA | 76 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 27 | 92 | 4.3% | 83 | 55 | 14:51 |
| 2023-24 | FLA | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 4.5% | 33 | 15 | 14:06 |
Uvis Balinskis news
- Panthers' Uvis Balinskis: Participating in practiceCBS Sports
- Uvis Balinskis News: Participating in practiceRotoWire
- Uvis Balinskis StatsNHL.com
- Uvis Balinskis Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Uvis Balinskis HomeNHL.com
- NHL Injuries: Ducks, Sabres, Avs, Panthers, Canadiens, Devils, Penguins, and MoreNHLRumors.com
- NHL Injuries: Red Wings, Panthers, Wild, Islanders, Rangers, Senators, Flyers Sharks, and LeafsNHLRumors.com
- Panthers' Defensemen Niko Mikkola, Uvis Balinskis To Miss Rest Of Regular Season With InjuriesYahoo Sports
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.