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Justin Faulk

Justin Faulk

DET·DJersey number #72
vsPHI
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 393 game sample
PTS
40.5
SOG
154.8
G
11.6
A
28.8
PPP
10.3
HIT
90.4
BLK
131.6
PIM
42.4

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 393 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+3.36
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +7.4 goals over 205
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.61
per 100 attempts, projected
+1.3 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 393 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 393 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.49
G
0.14
A
0.35
SOG
1.89
PPP
0.13
HIT
1.10
BLK
1.61
PIM
0.52

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26781624400.5114822:01
2024-2578428320.4112422:27
2023-2460228300.5013221:58
2022-23821139500.6119623:23
2021-22761631470.6216723:11

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2024-2571230.431223:43
2021-22121780.672925:58

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 7/10G 3/10A 2/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 15@ FLA210000019:58
Apr 13@ TBL401010020:28
Apr 11vs NJD310003022:31
Apr 9vs PHI200033618:40
Apr 7vs CBJ620001023:40
Apr 2@ PHI000011010:49
Mar 31@ PIT200022022:40
Mar 28vs PHI101000018:29
Mar 27@ BUF000013220:11
Mar 24vs OTT200002021:53

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-268.616plus 7.4 goals above expected72205
2024-256.44minus 2.4 goals above expected67181
2023-246.82minus 4.8 goals above expected57177
2022-2311.711minus 0.7 goals above expected76253
2021-229.516plus 6.5 goals above expected74219

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2614 goals, 16 assists, 30 points2 goals, 7 assists, 9 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2024-253 goals, 17 assists, 20 points1 goal, 11 assists, 12 points0-0-0
2023-241 goal, 21 assists, 22 points1 goal, 6 assists, 7 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2022-239 goals, 31 assists, 40 points2 goals, 8 assists, 10 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2021-2215 goals, 25 assists, 40 points1 goal, 6 assists, 7 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

205 attempts · 16 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (57)Shot on goal (132)Goal (16)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
7%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
18%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.3
P(over)
37%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.