Justin Faulk
Age 34 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 209 lb · Born South St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Drafted 2010, #37 overall by Carolina
2025-262025-26: 78 games, 16-24-40, 0.51 points per game Season detail →
Justin Faulk has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 40 points in 78 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample2 points in 3 games for the 26th-placed Detroit
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Detroit's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Detroit trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
14 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 78 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 85th percentile of defencemen: 90.06 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.53vs
WPG4 Oct · 2nd 01:31 - 20.16vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 08:13
- 20.06vs
NYR2 Oct · 2nd 16:12 - 19.71vsNYR2 Oct · 1st 09:34
- 19.62vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 14:00
- 19.46vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 06:59
- 18.91vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 15:31
- 18.71vsNYR2 Oct · 3rd 00:48
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 89.28vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 19:32
- 82.95vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 08:14
- 82.48vsNYR2 Oct · 1st 09:36
- 69.90vsNYR2 Oct · 1st 18:35
- 69.16vsWPG4 Oct · 1st 07:53
- 42.01vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 15:25
- 41.60vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 15:27
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.51vs
OTT6 Oct · 18:21 TOI - 2.63vsWPG4 Oct · 19:32 TOI
- 2.96vsNYR2 Oct · 21:29 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.70 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Seattle, a point in one of three
SEAW 3-20001022:45SEAW 5-10222+219:41SEAOTL 3-4 OT0001−122:05OTTW 5-31123+318:21WPGL 2-30003019:32NYRL 0-20001021:2940 points in 78 games on a team that finished 16th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Detroit's power play went through him.
Special teams
9 of 16 goals broke a tie
How the 16 goals and 24 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
9 of 16 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Detroit trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
312 attempts across the 80 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 78 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed in the 83rd percentile of defencemen: 22.73 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (32 of 78)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Seattle, a point in one of three
SEAW 3-20001022:45SEAW 5-10222+219:41SEAOTL 3-4 OT0001−122:05
FLAL 1-81012−119:58
TBLOTL 3-4 OT0114−120:28
NJDL 3-51013022:31
PHIW 6-30002018:40
CBJOTL 3-4 SO2026+223:40PHIW 4-20000−110:49
PITL 1-50002−222:40PHIL 3-50111018:29
BUFW 5-20000020:11OTTL 2-30002−121:53OTTW 5-31123+318:21WPGL 2-30003019:32NYRL 0-20001021:29Better on the road, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 6.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 83rd of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Detroit
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26William Wallinder sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFifteen seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct