Defense · BUF · 2016-17

Justin Falk

Age: 38
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 223 lb
Shoots: L
Born: Snowflake

Games: 52
Goals: 0
Assists: 8
Points: 8
Ice time: 13:42/gm

Season2016-17

Rating · 2016-17

11/100

Below replacement

Physical Defender

Better than 11% of NHL defencemen.

-0.31wins above replacement

How he earns it

Each rating compares him only with players who take that role, so the four are not measured against the same field.

Even-strength offense673 min28among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense673 min89among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty kill39 min10among defencemen who kill penalties · small sample

Season by season

Every season is drawn on the same scale, so bar length is comparable top to bottom. Bars left of the center line cost the team goals; bars right of it earned them.

Season	GP	Rating	WAR	Where it came from
2010-11MIN	22	34	-0.02	Where it came from
2011-12MIN	47	13	-0.23	Where it came from
2012-13MIN	36	27	+0.25	Where it came from
2013-14NYR	21	12	-0.20	Where it came from
2014-15TOT	18	—	-0.01	Where it came from
2015-16CBJ	24	42	+0.11	Where it came from
2016-17BUF	52	11	-0.31	Where it came from
2017-18BUF	46	24	-0.14	Where it came from
2018-19OTT	10	—	-0.14	Where it came from
Career9 seasons	276	—	-0.68

Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defense

Game log

Regular season · 52 games

Game	Result	TOI	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ FLAApr 8	L 0-3	15:33	1	0	D
vs MTLApr 5	W 2-1	15:07	1	0	C
vs NYIApr 2	L 2-4	12:58	2	2	B-
@ CBJMar 28	L 1-3	14:51	2	0	C+
vs FLAMar 27	W 4-2	13:52	0	1	D

A player's rating is his percentile among NHL defencemen — a 70 means he is better than 70% of them. It is measured from wins above replacement, the number of wins he adds compared with a player freely available to any team. See the full roster table or read how this is calculated.