Regular season

Uvis Balinskis

Florida Panthers · D · #26

Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?42 blocks across 54 games of regular duty

HT: 6'0"
WT: 196 lb
Age: 29
Shoots: L
From: Ventspils, LVA

70Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6262pctl

5151pctl

6060pctl

5151pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.2852pctl

0.0972pctl

0.1940pctl

1.259pctl

-1312pctl

678pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.1%20pctl

2.1365pctl

0.1355pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5362pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.786pctl

2.8510pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

3.76pctl

4.878pctl

0.7099pctl

1:1573pctl

0:2920pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 29 GP tracked · 8h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.1%36pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

37.8%11pctl

O-zone deployment?

53%65pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.6 min7pctl

Support received?

15.9 min91pctl

D-zone deployment?

47%35pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.178pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1516pctl

0.91×13pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.19/gm64pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.9%88pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 790 EV min

General Offense

3.6454

2.6633

Shot Setups/60?

0.5324

Chance Setups/60?

0.4628

Primary Contributions/60?

4.1848

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3045

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3035

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0018

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0035

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0843

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.5944

Rush Offense/60?

4.5625

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3054

0.1533

0.0027

Deflections/60?

0.0025

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0874

Entries Finished/60?

0.1526

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0839

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.8218

0.4652

1.3716

Retrieval Success %?

25%78

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0878

Exit Success %?

4%83

Forechecking

1.0685

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0048

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$0.85M

cap hit

$4.79M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Uvis Balinskis	70	Steady Blueliner	15 P · 54 GP	$0.85M	$4.79M	A+$3.9M	this player
Logan Stanley	68	Steady Blueliner	26 P · 76 GP	-	$4.20M	-	85%
Mason Lohrei	67	Depth Defenseman	26 P · 73 GP	$3.20M	$3.91M	C+$0.7M	84%
Nick Blankenburg	72	Steady Blueliner	24 P · 61 GP	-	$5.42M	-	84%
Pavel Mintyukov	74	Steady Blueliner	22 P · 73 GP	$0.92M	$6.07M	A++$5.2M	82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Anton Lundell · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Uvis’s goals

Creates for

goals Uvis assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 2 G · 2 A · 20 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 01-31

0G 0A · 2 shots · 19:29 TOI

vs BUF

1P

1G 0A

vs BUF 02-02

1G 0A · 3 shots · 24:57 TOI

vs BOS

2P

1G 1A

vs BOS 02-04

1G 1A · 2 shots · 21:26 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 02-05

0G 0A · 5 shots · 25:58 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 02-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:13 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 02-27

0G 0A · 2 shots · 8:38 TOI

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

@ NJD 03-03

0G 1A · 1 shots · 16:55 TOI

@ CBJ

0P

0G 0A

@ CBJ 03-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:35 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 03-06

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:51 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 03-10

0G 0A · 3 shots · 15:49 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)196 events shown

The office: the left circle - 2 of 5 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 11 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 42 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Florida Panthers	26	1	2	3	0
2024-25	Florida Panthers	76	4	14	18	-7
2025-26	Florida Panthers	54	5	10	15	-13
Career	1 team	156	10	26	36	-20