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Tampa Bay Lightning

Rudolfs Balcers

#22Left Wing

2022-23 regular season
17
GP
3
G
2
A
5
P
24
SOG
12.5% SH
10:12
TOI/GP

LW · TBL · NHL id 8478870

Rudolfs Balcers has played 17 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2022-23, scoring 3 goals and 2 assists (5 points) on 24 shots while averaging 10:12 a night (9:42 at even strength, 0:22 on the power play and 0:06 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Lightning have controlled 57% of shot attempts with Balcers on the ice (8-9 in goals, 65% offensive-zone starts). He is shooting 12.5% this season against 10.8% across the 171 games in our data.

Right now

From the Nov 25 game vs STL, detected from shift data

No unit data for the most recent game yet. Lines appear once the game's shift data is processed.

Last 5: L4 · L3 · L4 · L3 · L4

Deployment timeline

2022-23 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 7 games, 7:48 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine34434340m3m7m10m13mNov 3Nov 5Nov 6Nov 9Nov 12Nov 15Nov 17Nov 19Nov 20Nov 23
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
7 games shown, 7:48 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2022-23 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed36th3721.8 mph
Bursts 20+ mph34th3528
Hardest shot16th1779.5 mph
Offensive-zone time55th5542.4%
Distance skated24th2431.2 mi
High-danger SOG27th279
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

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

2022-23 · 38 attempts, 24 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at TBL: 38 attempts, 24 on goal, 3 goals, 2.48 expected goals; best chance Rudolfs Balcers at 0.24 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2022-23 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

01234+0.5goals above expected0.4σOct 13Nov 25
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2022-23 regular season · 16 of 17 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.013
Season net
−0.04xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.45
Attempts
4
0.060

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.19G
Per 60
+0.066
Drawn / taken
3 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
56.6%
54.3%
56.9%
Transition CF/60
6.2
Turnovers won/60
14.5
Turnovers lost/60
20.4

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
24 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Circle21%12%0
Low Slot33%24%2
R Point13%6%0
L Point0%6%0
High Slot4%8%1
Outside R0%4%0
Center Point4%8%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Linemates

2022-23 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Balcers

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

17 games in 2022-23, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Nov 25vs STLW 5-200000000—0:230:23——
Nov 21vs BOSL 3-5101+13000—11:5111:51——
Nov 19@ NSHW 3-200000000—8:246:57—1:27
Nov 9vs CARW 3-000001011—9:319:31——
Nov 6@ ANAW 5-3000+12000—9:109:050:04—
Nov 5@ LAKL 4-5011-10000—2:572:56—0:01
Nov 3@ SJSW 4-300000001—12:2212:190:03—
Nov 1@ ARIL 1-300001000—9:319:16——
Oct 29vs OTTW 5-3000030000%11:4311:32——
Oct 27@ PHIL 3-4000-11030—8:548:54——
Oct 25@ CHIL 2-4000-10010—16:1411:594:15—
Oct 23vs NYIW 3-2000030000%11:299:451:44—
Oct 21vs TBLOTL 2-3101+14000—11:3311:12—0:09
Oct 19vs PHIW 4-3101+11200—11:2811:28——
Oct 17@ BOSL 3-501100021—11:5311:53——
Oct 15@ BUFW 4-3000-22000—12:0412:04——
Oct 13@ NYIW 3-100003201—14:0213:57——

Season splits by strength

2022-23 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations17173:2910:1219213758.4%57.6%110798947%9.86.866%
Even strength17165:029:4217913357.4%56.5%105768947%8.76.665%
5v517165:029:4217913357.4%56.5%105768947%8.76.665%
Power play46:061:3211191.7%88.9%4100—1.00.0100%
Penalty kill31:370:32020.0%0.0%0200—0.00.20%
5v445:511:2810190.9%87.5%3100—0.80.0100%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2022-23TBL, FLA17325-142412.5%7410:12
2021-22SJS61111223-3209811.2%1154315:02
2020-21SJS418917-6166612.1%812914:43
2019-20OTT16123-20234.3%19711:23
2018-19OTT365914-7104810.4%182412:21

Rudolfs Balcers news

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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.