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Justin Faulk

Detroit Red Wings
Position D
Age 34
Height 6'0"
Weight 208LBS
Shoots R
Birth Place South St. Paul, MN, USA
Born Mar 19, 1992

Key Insights

2025-26
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
Mathieu Joseph is the partner who brings the best out of him
Mathieu Joseph

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
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

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 19, 1992
Birth Place South St. Paul, MN, USA
Height 6'0"
Weight 208 LBS
Shoots/Catches R