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Mason Appleton has 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in 34 games for the Detroit Red Wings this season.

Selected in the 6th round (No. 168) of the 2015 NHL Draft by the Winnipeg Jets, he has 149 points (62 goals, 87 assists) in 434 regular-season games for the Winnipeg Jets, the Seattle Kraken and the Detroit Red Wings.

He also has 12 points (1 goals, 11 assists) in 32 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 30 yrs (15.01.1996)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 88 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 168th in 2015
    Draft Team: Team logoWinnipeg Jets
    Awards: -
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The 30-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Red Wings controlling 38% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Mason Appleton is off the ice, the Red Wings control 54% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 27% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 34% in the defensive zone.

  • 63

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 186th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 121st of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    34.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.14
    -0.16
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    13.73
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    0.64
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.64
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.13
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    0.43
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.09
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.44
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.64
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.27
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.44
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.21
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.26
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    2.18
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.00
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.06
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.34
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    6.51
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    6.25
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $2.900M
Player Contract Value: $1.400M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 32.5 yrs (15.01.1996)
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Mason Appleton
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
28.12.2025 Team Logo Maple Leafs 1 1 0 1 0 15:07 3 33.3% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Jets 1 1 0 1 1 14:04 2 50.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 0 0 -1 15:01 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 0 0 0 14:54 2 0.0% 0
05.01.2026 Team Logo Senators 1 0 0 0 0 15:48 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 2 0 2 0 8 25.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Jets 36 3 7 10 9 8:11 29 10.3% 4
2019-20 Team Logo Jets 46 5 3 8 -9 11:10 55 9.1% 20
2020-21 Team Logo Jets 56 12 13 25 11 14:25 88 13.6% 14
2021-22 Team Logo Kraken 49 6 11 17 -4 14:18 68 8.8% 14
2021-22 Team Logo Jets 19 2 2 4 3 16:22 30 6.7% 16
2022-23 Team Logo Jets 41 5 11 16 2 16:01 71 7.0% 8
2023-24 Team Logo Jets 82 14 22 36 16 16:03 122 11.5% 26
2024-25 Team Logo Jets 71 10 12 22 7 14:49 107 9.3% 22
2025-26 Team Logo Red Wings 34 5 6 11 -1 13:43 38 13.2% 24
Season Projection 72 11 13 24 -2 13:44 80 13.8% 51
Total 434 62 87 149 34 608 10.2% 148
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2019-20 Team Logo Jets 1 0 0 0 1 10:16 2 0.0% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Jets 8 1 2 3 4 16:31 13 7.7% 2
2022-23 Team Logo Jets 5 0 0 0 -4 18:10 8 0.0% 0
2023-24 Team Logo Jets 5 0 2 2 -4 14:00 7 0.0% 6
2024-25 Team Logo Jets 13 0 7 7 5 14:50 16 0.0% 14
Total 32 1 11 12 2 46 2.2% 22
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Mason Appleton Team Logo C 30 yrs 188 cm / 88 kg 0.32 0.34 59 70 $2.900M
91% Jason Dickinson Team Logo C 30.5 yrs 188 cm / 90 kg 0.30 0.31 56 69 $4.250M
89% Alexandre Texier Team Logo LW 26.3 yrs 185 cm / 88 kg 0.41 0.39 61 70 $1.000M
86% Zemgus Girgensons Team Logo C 32 yrs 191 cm / 89 kg 0.23 0.25 61 73 $0.850M
86% Oskar Sundqvist Team Logo C 31.8 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.35 0.33 60 73 $1.500M
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