Justin Faulk
Detroit Red Wings · Defenseman
Profile
- Position
- Defenseman
- Number
- #72
- Born
- March 20, 1992 · South St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Age
- 34 years old
- Height
- 6′0″ (183 cm)
- Weight
- 209 lb (95 kg)
- Shoots
- right
- Draft
2010, CAR, round 2, pick 7 (37th overall)- Nationality
- United States
Season stats
- GPGames playedOfficial regular season games he played.
- 12
- GGoalsGoals scored. A shootout goal does not count.
- 2
- AAssistsAssists on his team’s goals.
- 3
- PTSPointsGoals plus assists.
- 5
- +/-Plus-minusGoals for minus goals against while he is on the ice, at even strength or shorthanded.
- +2
- SOGShots on goalShots on target, goals included.
- 18
- PPGPower play goalsGoals scored while his team has an extra player.
- 1
- HITHitsBody checks given.
- 8
- BLKBlocked shotsOpponents’ shots blocked.
- 12
Projected full season
- Pool pts Pool points we project for the full season, already scored and to come, points format: 1 pt per goal and per assist, goalies 2 pts per win, 1 pt per overtime loss and 2 pts per shutout.
- 37.4 82 games, 13.2 goals, 24.1 assists
- Rest of season
- 32.4 70 games left, 0.46 pool pts per game
Our model’s projection, checked on the whole 2025-2026 season: production per game and expected games from his team’s schedule. Our method
📈 Our read on his season
- Projected pool points
- 37 5 so far · 32 to come
- Likely range (80%)
- 28 to 47 Confidence low
- Current pace
- 34 3 below the projection
Current pace carries his production per game over the games we expect him to play. The projection blends this season with the previous ones. The range covers 8 seasons out of 10 given how much his games vary, his health and his role.
* This season: our projection, the vertical line showing its 80% range.
Compared with his last seasons
| SeasonThe season, from fall to spring. | Games playedOfficial regular season games he played. | GoalsGoals scored. A shootout goal does not count. | AssistsAssists on his team’s goals. | PointsGoals plus assists. | Pool pointsPool points for the season under the default scoring. For this season, our projection. | Pool points per gamePool points divided by games played. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 (projected) | 82 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 37 | 0.46 |
2025-26   | 78 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 40 | 0.51 |
| 2024-25 | 78 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 0.41 |
| 2023-24 | 60 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 0.50 |
Pool points under the default scoring: 1 point per goal and per assist, 2 per win and per shutout, 1 per overtime loss.
Last 10 games
| DateThe day of the game. | OpponentThe opposing team. "at" marks a road game. | GoalsGoals scored. A shootout goal does not count. | AssistsAssists on his team’s goals. | PointsGoals plus assists. | Shots on goalShots on target, goals included. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26 | at EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 24 | at CGY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | at VAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 20 | at SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | SJS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Oct 15 | PHI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 13 | NJD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | at MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 6 | OTT | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Regular season career
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| SeasonThe season, from fall to spring. | TeamThe team he played for that season, with a link to its page when it is in the NHL. | LeagueThe league of that season: NHL, minor league, junior, college or international tournament. | Games playedGames played in that league that season. | GoalsGoals scored. | AssistsAssists. | PointsGoals plus assists. | Plus/minusGoals for minus goals against while he is on the ice, at even strength or shorthanded. | Penalty minutesMinutes spent in the penalty box. | Power play goalsGoals scored while his team has an extra player. | Shorthanded goalsGoals scored while his team is a player short. | Game winning goalsThe goal that puts his team one ahead of the opponent’s final total. | ShotsShots on target, goals included. | Shooting percentageGoals divided by shots, as a percentage. | Average time on ice per gameTime on the ice per game, in minutes and seconds. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08 | South St. Paul | High-MN | 26 | 6 | 15 | 21 | – | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008-09 | USNTDP | NAHL | 38 | 3 | 9 | 12 | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008-09 | USNTDP | U-17 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 16 | – | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008-09 | USNTDP | U-18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009-10 | USNTDP | USHL | 21 | 9 | 3 | 12 | – | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009-10 | USNTDP | U-18 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 21 | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009-10 | USA | WJ18-A | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010-11 | U. Minn-Duluth | WCHA | 39 | 8 | 25 | 33 | – | 47 | 6 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 2010-11 | USA | WJC-A | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2011-12 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 66 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -16 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 7.9 | 22:51 |
| 2011-12 | USA | WC-A | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2011-12 | Charlotte | AHL | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8.7 | – |
| 2012-13 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 38 | 5 | 10 | 15 | +1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 6.6 | 24:00 |
| 2012-13 | USA | WC-A | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2012-13 | Charlotte | AHL | 31 | 5 | 19 | 24 | +2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 6.5 | – |
| 2013-14 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 76 | 5 | 27 | 32 | -9 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 3.3 | 23:25 |
| 2013-14 | USA | Olympics | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| 2014-15 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 15 | 34 | 49 | -19 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 238 | 6.3 | 24:26 |
| 2014-15 | USA | WC-A | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | – | – |
| 2015-16 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 64 | 16 | 21 | 37 | -22 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 184 | 8.7 | 24:03 |
| 2016-17 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 75 | 17 | 20 | 37 | -18 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 225 | 7.6 | 23:08 |
| 2017-18 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 76 | 8 | 23 | 31 | -26 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 211 | 3.8 | 22:16 |
| 2018-19 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 11 | 24 | 35 | +9 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 217 | 5.1 | 22:25 |
| 2019-20 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 69 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 3.4 | 20:34 |
| 2020-21 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 56 | 7 | 18 | 25 | +11 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 6.0 | 24:16 |
| 2021-22 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 76 | 16 | 31 | 47 | +41 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 167 | 9.6 | 23:12 |
| 2022-23 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 82 | 11 | 39 | 50 | -4 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 196 | 5.6 | 23:23 |
| 2023-24 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 60 | 2 | 28 | 30 | -2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 1.5 | 21:58 |
| 2024-25 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 78 | 4 | 28 | 32 | -9 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 3.2 | 22:27 |
| 2025-26 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 61 | 11 | 21 | 32 | -3 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 9.5 | 22:30 |
| 2025-26 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 | 20:15 |
| 2026-27 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11.1 | 19:39 |
| NHL totals | NHL | 1070 | 148 | 355 | 503 | -72 | 528 | 50 | 3 | 37 | 2453 | 6.0 | 22:53 |
Playoff career
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| SeasonThe season, from fall to spring. | TeamThe team he played for that season, with a link to its page when it is in the NHL. | LeagueThe league of that season: NHL, minor league, junior, college or international tournament. | Games playedGames played in that league that season. | GoalsGoals scored. | AssistsAssists. | PointsGoals plus assists. | Plus/minusGoals for minus goals against while he is on the ice, at even strength or shorthanded. | Penalty minutesMinutes spent in the penalty box. | Power play goalsGoals scored while his team has an extra player. | Shorthanded goalsGoals scored while his team is a player short. | Game winning goalsThe goal that puts his team one ahead of the opponent’s final total. | ShotsShots on target, goals included. | Shooting percentageGoals divided by shots, as a percentage. | Average time on ice per gameTime on the ice per game, in minutes and seconds. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | USNTDP | NAHL | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2010-11 | Charlotte | AHL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2018-19 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1.9 | 25:29 |
| 2019-20 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 20:54 |
| 2020-21 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 20:39 |
| 2021-22 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 | 25:58 |
| 2024-25 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 23:43 |
| NHL totals | NHL | 45 | 4 | 16 | 20 | +4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 3.7 | 24:12 |
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