Justin Faulk Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Mathieu Joseph is the partner who brings the best out of him

Faulk is at his best beside Joseph: 53.7% of the expected goals together against 37.9% apart.

159 minutes together, 132 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Alexey Toropchenko

The pairing with Toropchenko is the one that costs him: 35.9% of the expected goals together, 48.9% apart.

165 minutes together, 127 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Joseph is a different player beside him: 53.7% of the expected goals with Faulk, 45.6% without him.

159 minutes together, 290 minutes apart for Joseph

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Toropchenko does better away from him: 43.3% of the expected goals apart against 35.9% together.

165 minutes together, 493 minutes apart

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

4 of his 5 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Faulk than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Nick Bjugstad are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Faulk and Bjugstad: 4.07 expected goals an hour.

122 minutes together at 5v5

Oskar Sundqvist is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Sundqvist than anyone: 168 minutes, worth 39.3% of the expected goals.

7 goals for, 10 against together

Nothing gets through when he and Mathieu Joseph are out together

He gives up least beside Joseph: 2.8 expected goals against an hour.

159 minutes together at 5v5

Robert Thomas is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Thomas: 87.2% of the expected goals over 35 minutes.

7 goals for, 0 against together

Tyler Tucker is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Tucker: 7.71 expected goals against an hour.

49 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Faulk with Chiarot, Copp, DeBrincat and Kane, 38 minutes at 5v5.

43.4% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 3 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Buchnevich, Dvorsky, Kyrou and Neighbours: 4 goals in 17 minutes.

14.4 goals an hour, 1.5 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Faulk has been shuffled through 50 different five-man units, and only 1 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

5 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Faulk this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Tyler Tucker is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Tyler Tucker has assisted on 3 of his 16 goals, 18.8% of them.

2 primary, 1 secondary

Pavel Buchnevich is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Pavel Buchnevich's goals, 12.5% of his own assists.

0 primary, 3 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

54.2% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

13 primary of 24 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

17 different teammates have assisted on his 16 goals.

Tucker (3), Thomas (3), Sundqvist (3), DeBrincat (2)

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 5.55 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

243rd of 246 defencemen

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 6.24 expected goals an hour.

14 goals in 130 minutes, 83rd of 85 defencemen

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 66.11 shot attempts an hour with Faulk on the ice at 5v5.

237th of 246 defencemen

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Faulk's line owns 44.4% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

256 for, 321 against, 224th of 246 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Red Wings generate 43.2% of the expected goals with Faulk on the ice.

20.5 xGF to 26.9 xGA over 291 minutes, 219th of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.8, running cold and likely to correct.

9.0% shooting and 88.7% goaltending behind him, 196th of 246 defencemen

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 8.12 expected goals an hour.

23 goals against in 97 minutes, 20th of 156 defencemen

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Red Wings score 41.4% of the 5v5 goals with Faulk out there.

12 for, 17 against, 209th of 246 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

46.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Faulk is on.

133 for, 151 against, 175th of 246 defencemen

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Red Wings are down 12 goals with Faulk on the ice.

67 for, 79 against, 155th of 245 defencemen

The offence runs at about its usual level with him

The Red Wings create 4.23 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Faulk on.

141st of 246 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Faulk plays 22:29 a night, 46th among defencemen.

1,372 minutes across 61 games

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:45 of penalty kill time a game, 112th among defencemen.

7.1% of his total ice time

He gets an ordinary share of the power play time

He draws 2:09 of power play time a game, 39th among defencemen.

9.5% of his total ice time

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.62 shots an hour of ice time.

153rd in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -8 on the season.

759th in the league

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Faulk has 3 game winners this season.

16 goals in total

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

193rd in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.24 times an hour.

747th most giveaways an hour

He gives the puck away more than he should

27 takeaways against 64 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.42 takeaways per giveaway

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.32 points an hour.

284th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 2.45 checks an hour.

614th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.56 goals an hour of ice time.

393rd in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 0.94 times an hour.

375th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Faulk produces 1.4 points an hour of ice time.

423rd in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.47 penalty minutes an hour.

434th most penalty minutes an hour

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.84 assists an hour of ice time.

446th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.17 shots on goal an hour.

467th in the league

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

72.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

148 of 205 unblocked, 15th of 241 defencemen

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 13.33 attempts an hour of ice time.

305 attempts in 1,372 minutes, 31st of 245 defencemen

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

38.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

117 long-range attempts, 28th of 241 defencemen

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Faulk has taken 305 shot attempts this season.

132 on goal, 57 missed, 100 blocked, 42nd of 241 defencemen

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

18.7% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

57 attempts from inside the home plate, 193rd of 241 defencemen

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

19.3% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

59 of 305 attempts, 189th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

29.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

89 attempts, 8 goals

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

32.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

100 of 305 attempts, 53rd of 241 defencemen

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

62.0% of his attempts come from the right side.

54 left, 62 middle, 189 right

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 40.2 feet.

305 located attempts, 81st of 241 defencemen

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Faulk has scored 3 times on Jet Greaves this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 14 attempts, 21.4%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jacob Markstrom has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Jet Greaves: 21.4% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 14 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Blue Jackets this season.

11 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Daniil Tarasov: 19 attempts, 3 goals.

15.8% conversion

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Tanner Jeannot has hit him 5 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Faulk has 16 goals off 10.0 expected: 6.0 more than the chances alone say.

3rd of 241 defencemen

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 10.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

16 goals on 148 shots, 18th of 241 defencemen

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 6.8% of his attempts.

4 goals on 59 close attempts, 21st of 221 defencemen

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 9.6% of them go in.

5 goals on 52 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 36.9 feet out, and the longest went in from 64.

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