Justin Faulk

22.7

#72Defenseman6'0"207 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

148

SOG

10.8% SH

22:01

TOI/GP

D · DET · NHL id 8475753

Justin Faulk has played 78 games for the Detroit Red Wings in 2025-26, scoring 16 goals and 24 assists (40 points) on 148 shots while averaging 22:01 a night (18:06 at even strength, 1:55 on the power play and 1:30 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 82% of his 5v5 minutes with Ben Chiarot and 30% with Alex DeBrincat over the last 10 games, and the Red Wings have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Faulk on the ice (56-62 in goals, 47% offensive-zone starts). In the Red Wings' most recent game against FLA he was on D1 with Ben Chiarot and on PP2; moved up to D1 (from D2) in the last game. He is shooting 10.8% this season against 5.3% across the 693 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 15 game vs FLA, detected from shift data

Pair

Ben Chiarot

Power play

PP2

James van Riemsdyk Axel Sandin-Pellikka Emmitt Finnie Michael Brandsegg-Nygård

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to D1 (from D2) in the last gameAdded to PP2 in the last gameLast 5: D2 · D2/PP2 · D2 · D2/PP2 · D1/PP2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

8 games shown, 19:34 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed88th8822.7 mph

Bursts 20+ mph89th9069

Hardest shot83rd8496.2 mph

Offensive-zone time61st6142.4%

Distance skated84th84237.2 mi

High-danger SOG94th9413

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

2025-26 · 305 attempts, 148 on goal, 16 goals

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).

Luck

2025-26 · 78 GP · 40 points vs 27.9 expected

Luck Meter →

Sell high

Luck meter+78

Last 20 games: +59. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+7.6 G

On-ice SH%+3.1 G

On-ice SV%−6.5 G

IPP+8.2 G

Points vs expected+12.1 P

: 10.8%
: 99.6
: 50.0%
G vs xG: 16 / 8.4

• Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 2:23 a game, PP share 36% → 24%, 4 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
• Shot diet worsened: 0.033 xG per attempt lately vs 0.045 before.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played78
Goals16180th of 715
Assists24202nd of 715
Points40193rd of 715
Power-play points9182nd of 715
Shorthanded points1111th of 715
Shots on goal148155th of 715
Hits70286th of 715
Blocked shots13238th of 715
Plus/minus−8523rd of 715
Penalty minutes42165th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)46.6%551st of 719
Fenwick (FF%)46.7%554th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)45.7%557th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)45.9%557th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)47.7%477th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)45.7%581st of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.52500th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.043374th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.19638th of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game22:0156th of 715
Power-play time per game1:55206th of 715
Power-play share43.9%211th of 713
Ice-time share36.3%55th of 715
Offensive-zone start %46.6%462nd of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.52588th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO996383rd of 719
Goals above expected+7.68th of 715
Luck Meter+787th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.7193rd of 715
20+ mph bursts69309th of 715
Hardest shot96.263rd of 715
Offensive-zone time42.4%288th of 715

Compare head to head

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 · 78 of 78 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.038
Season net: −0.88xG

Offensive TK/600.30 (7)

Offensive GV/600.48 (11)

Neutral TK/600.13 (3)

Neutral GV/600.35 (8)

Defensive TK/600.52 (12)

Defensive GV/601.69 (39)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.52
Attempts: 12
: 0.023

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

Method Leaders

Season: −3.05G
Per 60: −0.107
Drawn / taken: 6 / 21minors

Method Leaders

: 45.9%
: 47.7%
: 45.7%
Transition CF/60: 3.5
Turnovers won/60: 19.8
Turnovers lost/60: 20.1

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

148 shots on goal, 16 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	7%	23%	2
R Point	20%	6%	3
R Circle	20%	12%	6
Center Point	15%	9%	1
L Circle	7%	13%	1
Outside R	9%	4%	1
L Point	1%	5%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved up to D2 from D3Dec 9, 2025 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Nov 8, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Apr 30, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to D1 from D2Mar 8, 2025 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 20, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Jan 7, 2025 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Nov 5, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to D2 from D3Mar 23, 2024 alerts →

How his goals happened

23 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Apr 15, 2026 @ FLA	Cycle	—	1*	70.8	—
Apr 11, 2026 vs NJD	Rush	carry	0	38.5	—
Apr 7, 2026 vs CBJ	Off the faceoff	—	1	62.1	one-timer
Apr 7, 2026 vs CBJ	Odd-man rush	carry	1	45.8	3-on-2
Mar 10, 2026 @ FLA	Off the faceoff	—	0	52.2	—
Jan 2, 2026 vs VGK	Forecheck turnover	—	0	66.5	—
Dec 22, 2025 @ TBL	Forecheck turnover	pass	1	82.5	4-on-2, one-timer
Dec 20, 2025 @ FLA	Point shot	—	1*	59.8	—
Dec 17, 2025 vs WPG	Dump and chase	dump	1*	71.9	—
Dec 12, 2025 vs CHI	Cycle	—	3	34.3	—
Nov 20, 2025 @ PHI	Cycle	—	4*	65.8	one-timer
Nov 20, 2025 @ PHI	Forecheck turnover	loose	1	73.8	2-on-1, one-timer
Nov 14, 2025 vs PHI	Off the faceoff	—	2	71.7	—
Nov 6, 2025 @ BUF	Odd-man rush	loose	1	7.6	5-on-0
Nov 1, 2025 @ CBJ	Forecheck turnover	—	0	63.2	—
Oct 21, 2025 vs LAK	Forecheck turnover	—	0	65.6	—
Apr 27, 2025 vs WPG	Forecheck turnover	—	0	57.1	one-timer
Mar 23, 2025 vs NSH	Odd-man rush	carry	1*	61.7	3-on-2
Mar 18, 2025 @ NSH	Forecheck turnover	—	2*	80.8	one-timer
Dec 31, 2024 @ CHI	Off the faceoff	—	1	88.0	one-timer
Oct 10, 2024 @ SJS	Cycle	—	3*	49.7	—
Dec 23, 2023 vs CHI	Rush	pass	2	48.9	—
Dec 19, 2023 @ TBL	Cycle	—	4*	69.7	—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Faulk

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Faulk apart	CF% mate apart
Tyler Tucker	D	41	391:26	28%	49.8%	50% (20-20)	45.8% 337:24	51.5% 155:01
Cam Fowler	D	44	342:13	25%	45.3%	48% (11-12)	48.3% 454:22	48.6% 430:06
Brayden Schenn	C	61	332:15	24%	45.5%	35% (9-17)	48.0% 758:21	49.1% 516:11
Pavel Buchnevich	LW	61	292:37	21%	49.3%	52% (13-12)	46.5% 797:59	49.5% 506:52
Jordan Kyrou	C	50	250:18	18%	52.8%	56% (9-7)	44.7% 645:42	55.5% 415:09
Ben Chiarot	D	16	249:24	18%	45.7%	41% (9-13)	39.7% 31:31	58.2% 34:56
Jimmy Snuggerud	RW	49	237:37	17%	45.4%	48% (12-13)	47.3% 647:48	48.1% 417:33
Jake Neighbours	LW	47	221:55	16%	51.0%	46% (12-14)	46.6% 604:19	46.5% 397:01
Pius Suter	C	44	218:50	16%	47.9%	69% (11-5)	47.2% 590:01	51.7% 359:13
Dalibor Dvorsky	RW	51	218:04	16%	44.3%	50% (8-8)	47.6% 685:53	46.6% 398:22
Philip Broberg	D	33	209:59	15%	47.5%	43% (6-8)	48.3% 379:15	45.5% 423:31
Dylan Holloway	LW	38	208:18	15%	52.1%	69% (9-4)	45.0% 486:48	48.9% 338:46
Robert Thomas	C	44	205:32	15%	48.5%	58% (11-8)	43.9% 603:07	51.6% 398:20
Oskar Sundqvist	C	44	168:13	12%	42.0%	41% (7-10)	48.3% 621:58	36.0% 284:23

Game log

78 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 15	@ FLA	L 1-8	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	—	19:58	17:37	2:21	—
Apr 13	@ TBL	OTL 3-4	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	0	—	20:28	17:19	2:35	0:34
Apr 11	vs NJD	L 3-5	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	—	22:31	22:20	0:11	—
Apr 9	vs PHI	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	3	—	18:40	15:58	0:55	1:47
Apr 7	vs CBJ	OTL 3-4	2	0	2	+2	6	0	0	1	—	23:40	21:27	—	1:51
Apr 2	@ PHI	W 4-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	—	10:49	10:38	0:11	—
Mar 31	@ PIT	L 1-5	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	2	—	22:40	19:46	—	2:52
Mar 28	vs PHI	L 3-5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	—	18:29	17:01	0:28	0:43
Mar 27	@ BUF	W 5-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	—	20:11	14:46	3:12	2:03
Mar 24	vs OTT	L 2-3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	—	21:53	19:39	1:49	0:25
Mar 21	vs BOS	L 2-4	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	3	—	20:53	17:47	1:27	1:39
Mar 19	vs MTL	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	—	20:26	17:58	1:25	0:50
Mar 16	vs CGY	W 5-2	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	3	—	22:04	18:10	2:29	0:26
Mar 14	@ DAL	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	—	22:14	18:14	0:34	3:12
Mar 12	@ TBL	L 1-4	0	0	0	-1	1	0	4	1	—	19:11	17:14	0:27	1:02
Mar 10	@ FLA	L 3-4	1	1	2	-1	1	0	1	1	—	20:48	18:12	0:17	1:55
Mar 8	@ NJD	W 3-0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	—	19:28	17:32	1:24	0:32
Mar 4	@ SEA	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	—	22:45	19:26	1:22	1:45
Mar 1	@ MIN	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	—	25:28	20:38	0:43	2:47
Feb 28	vs NJD	L 1-3	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	1	—	23:15	15:56	3:01	1:51

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	78	1716:49	22:01	1486	1692	46.8%	46.4%	767	812	80	101	44%	74.1	91.6	47%
Even strength	78	1411:34	18:06	1215	1370	47.0%	47.2%	629	647	58	62	48%	53.5	61.0	46%
5v5	78	1382:09	17:43	1178	1348	46.6%	46.7%	601	635	56	62	47%	50.2	59.6	47%
Power play	75	149:40	2:00	194	44	81.5%	77.3%	103	27	14	0	100%	13.2	3.3	95%
Penalty kill	69	116:32	1:41	30	213	12.3%	13.3%	20	107	3	27	10%	1.9	17.1	3%
4v4	25	20:15	0:49	22	17	56.4%	62.9%	17	9	2	0	100%	2.2	0.9	33%
3v3 (OT)	10	9:10	0:55	15	5	75.0%	75.0%	11	3	0	0	—	1.1	0.5	25%
5v4	75	148:44	1:59	193	44	81.4%	77.2%	103	27	14	0	100%	13.1	3.3	96%
4v5	69	114:51	1:40	30	208	12.6%	13.7%	20	104	3	26	10%	1.9	16.4	3%
6v5, own net empty	20	17:46	0:53	33	17	66.0%	57.9%	11	9	2	9	18%	2.2	7.9	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	31	19:29	0:38	13	47	21.7%	15.8%	3	22	3	3	50%	3.0	2.3	0%

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
2025-26	DET, STL	78	16	24	40	-8	42	148	10.8%	70	132	22:01
2024-25Playoffs	STL	7	1	2	3	+3	8	12	8.3%	19	13	23:43
2024-25	STL	78	4	28	32	-9	30	124	3.2%	82	108	22:27
2023-24	STL	60	2	28	30	-2	39	132	1.5%	83	104	21:58
2022-23	STL	82	11	39	50	-4	34	196	5.6%	112	140	23:23
2021-22Playoffs	STL	12	1	7	8	-2	10	29	3.4%	34	19	25:58
2021-22	STL	76	16	31	47	+41	43	167	9.6%	149	101	23:12
2020-21Playoffs	STL	2	0	0	0	-1	2	5	0.0%	4	1	20:39
2020-21	STL	56	7	18	25	+11	35	117	6.0%	127	87	24:16
2019-20	STL	69	5	11	16	-3	32	147	3.4%	82	76	20:34
2018-19Playoffs	CAR	15	1	7	8	+4	4	52	1.9%	46	19	25:29
2018-19	CAR	82	11	24	35	+9	47	217	5.1%	156	121	22:25
2017-18	CAR	76	8	23	31	-26	48	211	3.8%	128	90	22:16

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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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Justin Faulk news