Justin Danforth #15

Right Wing Team Logo

Show Cards

Player Information

The 32-year-old has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists) in 4 games for the Buffalo Sabres this season. Undrafted, he has 64 points (31 goals, 33 assists) in 187 regular-season games for the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Buffalo Sabres. .

Country:	CAN
Age:	32.7 yrs (15.03.1993)
Height / Weight:	173 cm / 88 kg
Shoots:	R
Drafted:	Undrafted
Awards:	-
Injury:	Day to Day with Lower Body Injury

Player RatingPowered by CORE

68

Overall Rating

Offense:Off: 167th of 249 Wings

Defense:Def: 86th of 249 Wings

Season by Season Ratings:

Contract InformationPowered by CORE

Actual AAV:	$1.800M
Player Contract Value:	$2.500M
Remaining:	2 year(s)
Contract Ends:	2028 UFA
Age at the end:	34.3 yrs (15.03.1993)

Justin Danforth

Recent Games

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
09.10.2025	Rangers	1	0	0	0	-1	9:33	2	0.0%	2
11.10.2025	Bruins	1	0	0	0	0	13:26	0		0
13.10.2025	Avalanche	1	0	0	0	-1	17:34	0		0
15.10.2025	Senators	1	0	0	0	0	6:13	0		0
Total		4	0	0	0	-2		2	0.0%	2

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2021-22	Blue Jackets	45	10	4	14	-5	12:34	72	13.9%	10
2022-23	Blue Jackets	6	2	1	3	-3	13:22	10	20.0%	4
2023-24	Blue Jackets	71	10	16	26	-10	14:16	86	11.6%	26
2024-25	Blue Jackets	61	9	12	21	-6	14:22	94	9.6%	18
2025-26	Sabres	4	0	0	0	-2	11:41	2	0.0%	2
Season Projection		66	0	0	0	-33	11:42	33	0.0%	33
Total		187	31	33	64	-26		264	11.7%	60

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
No games played

Player MatchPowered by CORE

Player Match	Name	Team	Pos	Age	Height / Weight	Season P/G	Career P/G	Offense Rating	Defense Rating	Actual AAV
	Justin Danforth		RW	32.7 yrs	173 cm / 88 kg	0.00	0.34	65	75	$1.800M
83%	Jakob Pelletier		LW	24.7 yrs	178 cm / 77 kg	0.00	0.33	68	75	$0.775M
81%	Conor Sheary		LW	33.5 yrs	173 cm / 81 kg	0.24	0.44	63	79	$0.775M
80%	Fabian Zetterlund		LW	26.2 yrs	180 cm / 94 kg	0.21	0.45	67	76	$4.275M
79%	Colin Blackwell		C	32.7 yrs	173 cm / 81 kg	0.20	0.30	57	80	$0.775M

Compare Side by Side

This is an independent and non-commercial website built for fans of hockey statistics and cards. Created withby a hockey enthusiast using public NHL data sources.

Legal & Attribution

The NHL shield, NHLPA logo and all NHL team logos are trademarks of their respective teams and the National Hockey League. This site is not affiliated with the NHL, its teams, or the NHLPA.

What is CORE?

CORE stands for Comprehensive On-Ice Rating Engine. It's our custom-built system for evaluating NHL players based on their total on-ice impact with a single Overall Rating. For skaters we also provide an Offensive and Defensive Rating.

All ratings are calculated using publicly available stats and advanced analytics, primarily sourced from NHL Edge and MoneyPuck. Player and team data is refreshed regularly.

What else can you explore?

Player Rating CORE blends recent on-ice performance, context, and usage into a single, position-aware rating ranging from 50 to 100, giving fans and analysts a more complete picture of a player's contribution and value.
Player Match Finds players with comparable profiles based on CORE ratings, production, usage, and physical attributes.
Career Trajectory Identifies players with similar a Rating at the same age to help project future performance and career arcs.
Player Contract Value An innovative way to assess a player's current value and evaluate it against their contract. Important to note that this assessment does NOT consider player or contract projections.
Team Rating Aggregates player ratings for the top 12 forwards, 6 defensemen, and 2 goalies of each team.
Team Predictions Predicts point totals for every team based on aggregated ratings of their roster players. Point Projections forecast the point total at the end of the season.
Team Rosters Lists the projected forward lines and defense based on Player Ratings and recent ice time. Injured Players are excluded.
Draft & Redraft Tools Evaluates career impact of draft picks, simulates redrafts and evaluates draft success for each team and year.

From team pages to player pages to draft boards, everything on this site is built around CORE, a simple, modern and position-aware way to analyze hockey talent!

Data Sources

Player and Team Stats: NHL Edge API
Advanced Stats & Analytics: MoneyPuck
Injury Reports: PuckPedia Injuries