#26 · Defense

Uvis Balinskis

Age: 30
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 196 lb
Shoots: Left
Born: Ventspils, LVA

: 4
: 0
: 0
: 0
: +2
: 2

This season vs last

2026–27	2025–26 up to Oct 15	2025–26 first 4 games
4	3	4
0	0	0
0	0	0
0	0	0
2	1	2
0	0	0
+2	−1	−1+3
7	0	0+7
14:31	13:26+1:05	12:29+2:03
0.0	0.0	0.0

Regular season. The small numbers show how this season compares: green is better, red is worse, gray is neither. Totals like goals are only compared when both seasons have the same number of games. Ice time per game and shooting percentage are compared in every column. Changes in shooting percentage are in percentage points.

Shooting:Balinskis has scored on 0.0% of his shots this season (0 goals on 2 shots), against 5.6% from 2023–24 to 2025–26. That’s too few shots to tell anything yet.

Rating each of his shots by how often shots like it go in, his chances in 3 of his 4 games (the ones with shift charts so far) were worth about 0.1 goals. He scored 0 in those games, about the same.

Shots and chances · 2026–27

From 3 of his 4 regular-season games, using the NHL’s play-by-play and shift charts. A game is added once the NHL posts its shift charts, usually a few hours after it ends.

: 62.3%; Shot share
: 57.4%; Chance share
: +12.0; Shot share vs team
: 1.046; Puck luck
: 0.1; Own chances worth
: −0.1; Goals vs chances
: 68.8%; Attacking-zone starts
: 13:07; 5-on-5 ice time per game

Shot attempts

Each dot is one of his 3 shot attempts, all shown heading for the net on the right. Filled dots went in. Bigger dots were better chances: shots from there go in more often.

How Balinskis is used

#26 · Defense · Florida Panthers

Uvis Balinskis

How he’s used · 2026–27 · 3 games with shift charts

: 14:31; NHL figure, 4 games
: 68.8%; Attacking-zone starts
: 57.4%; Chance share
: 62.3%; Shot share

Shift profile · against NHL defensemen

Balinskis48.4s

Average NHL defenseman49.2s

Balinskis29%

Average NHL defenseman27%

Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Long shifts matter: in 2025–26, when a defending player had been out 80 seconds or more, about 1 in 14 unblocked shots at 5-on-5 went in, against about 1 in 26 when every defending player had been out under 20 seconds.

Most-used linemates · 5-on-5

Radko Gudas20.3 min together69%

Anton Lundell12.9 min together65%

Carter Verhaeghe12.0 min together63%

daily.hockeyUpdated after every game

	Team
2026–27	Florida Panthers	4	0	0	0	+2	7	0	2	0.0	14:31
2025–26	Florida Panthers	54	5	10	15	−13	30	3	66	7.6	16:22
2024–25	Florida Panthers	76	4	14	18	−7	27	0	92	4.3	14:51
2024–25 playoffs	Florida Panthers	5	1	0	1	+4	2	0	4	25.0	12:35
2023–24	Florida Panthers	26	1	2	3	0	8	0	22	4.5	14:06

	Opp
Tue, Oct 13	@CBJ	0	0	0	16:19
Tue, Oct 6	@LAK	0	1	0	14:13
Sun, Oct 4	@ANA	+2	0	0	14:40
Thu, Oct 1	@SJS	0	1	7	12:52

	Team / League
2025–26	Latvia · OG	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	6	0.0	12:39
2024–25	Latvia · OGQ	3	1	3	4	0	2	–	–	–	–
2023–24	Charlotte Checkers · AHL	37	3	18	21	+4	31	–	–	–	–
2022–23	Bili Tygri Liberec · Czechia	50	11	24	35	+3	22	–	–	–	–
2022–23	Latvia · WC	10	0	2	2	+2	4	–	–	–	–
2022–23 playoffs	Bili Tygri Liberec · Czechia	10	1	6	7	0	4	–	–	–	–
2021–22	HC Litvinov · Czechia	42	9	14	23	+8	22	–	–	–	–
2021–22	Latvia · OGQ	3	0	2	2	+3	0	–	–	–	–
2021–22	Latvia · OG	4	0	3	3	−1	0	–	–	–	–
2020–21	HC Litvinov · Czechia	48	5	12	17	0	18	–	–	–	–
2020–21	Latvia · WC	7	0	2	2	0	4	–	–	–	–
2020–21 playoffs	HC Litvinov · Czechia	3	0	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–
2019–20	Dinamo Riga · KHL	48	5	8	13	−13	20	–	–	–	–
2018–19	Dinamo Riga · KHL	37	1	10	11	−7	16	–	–	–	–
2018–19	Latvia · WC	7	0	1	1	0	4	–	–	–	–
2017–18	Dinamo Riga · KHL	28	2	3	5	−8	4	–	–	–	–
2017–18	Liepaja · Latvia	2	0	1	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
2017–18	Latvia · WC	5	1	1	2	−1	0	–	–	–	–
2016–17	Dinamo Riga · KHL	21	2	3	5	0	6	–	–	–	–
2016–17	HK Riga · MHL	30	3	9	12	−7	24	–	–	–	–
2016–17	HK Riga · JCWC	4	2	4	6	+6	2	–	–	–	–
2016–17	Latvia · WC	7	0	2	2	−1	4	–	–	–	–
2015–16	HK Riga · MHL	36	7	11	18	−7	24	–	–	–	–
2015–16	HK Riga · JCWC	4	1	4	5	+1	2	–	–	–	–
2015–16	Dinamo Riga · KHL	1	0	0	0	−1	0	–	–	–	–
2015–16	Latvia U20 · WJC-20 D1A	5	0	1	1	+5	2	–	–	–	–
2014–15	Augsburger EV U19 · DNL2	20	5	14	19	–	14	–	–	–	–
2013–14	Augsburger EV U18 · Jugend-BL	27	11	19	30	–	32	–	–	–	–
2013–14	Augsburger EV U20 · Junioren-BL	4	1	1	2	–	2	–	–	–	–
2013–14 playoffs	Augsburger EV U18 · Jugend-BL	6	1	0	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
2012–13	Tukums U18 · Latvia U18	19	8	11	19	–	6	–	–	–	–
2011–12	Tukums U17 · Latvia U16	26	4	10	14	–	12	–	–	–	–

This season vs last

Shots and chances · 2026–27

How Balinskis is used

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