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Centre · #22

Mason Appleton

Age
30
Shoots
Right
Height
188 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Green Bay, USA
Draft
2015, round 6, #168 (WPG)

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
351
Goals
51
Points
121
TOI per game
14:07
xGF% (5v5)
50.7%
Goals above expected
−3.1

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2018–19WPG363710+98:122910.3%02.548.3%
2019–20WPG46538−911:10559.1%04.947.6%
2020–21WPG56121325+1114:258813.6%010.345.8%
2021–22SEA4961117−414:18688.8%07.543.9%
2021–22WPG19224+316:23306.7%03.451.8%
2021–22All teams6881321−114:53988.2%010.946.6%
2022–23WPG4151116+216:01717.0%17.756.1%
2023–24WPG82142236+1616:0312211.5%213.253.2%
2024–25WPG71101222+714:501079.3%112.049.2%
2025–26DET656814−413:31639.5%05.739.9%
2026–27DET200009:5110.0%00.055.7%
Total3 teams4676389152+3114:026349.9%467.348.6%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.8150100150200250300350
6m8m10m12m14m16m18m50100150200250300350Game

Player card

How 2018–19 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

44th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

4th line
  • Goals /600.5836th pct
  • Assists /600.8142nd pct
  • ixG /600.6228th pct
  • Goals above expected−4.330th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)48.6%48th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.2%57th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.555th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.1965th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game14:0259th pct
  • PP time share4.6%28th pct
  • Offensive zone starts40.5%20th pct
  • Quality of competition24.3%62nd pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Faceoffs

How often Appleton wins the draw over 2018–19 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1549+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

38.0%

46–75 · below the 1549 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

38.5%

Opponents won 50.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.5% against them.

Wins above average

−14

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

1.2

121 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

32%22 · 0.021%14 · +2.629%35 · +1.2100%2 · –0%5 · –50%2 · 0.070%10 · −0.250%2 · 0.052%29 · +2.5Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone26.5% 13–36
  • Neutral zone41.5% 17–24
  • Defensive zone51.6% 16–15

By strength

  • Even strength36.1% 39–69
  • Shorthanded53.8% 7–6

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +11 after a win, −4 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2018–1910.0%-4.3%
2019–201338.5%37.3%
2020–211353.8%55.7%
2021–222231.8%32.1%
2022–231020.0%19.9%
2023–241752.9%52.4%
2024–252245.5%48.2%
2025–262227.3%27.2%
2026–2710.0%-1.2%

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−3.1 goals above expected

010203040506050100150200250300350Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed34.0 km/h44th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph223rd pct
  • Hardest shot124.7 km/h53rd pct
  • Distance skated5 km9th pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.1%23rd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.5 km/h31st pct

▼ −1.6 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.7 km/h, 76th percentile (68 games)2022–23: 36.5 km/h, 71st percentile (41 games)2023–24: 36.2 km/h, 61st percentile (82 games)2024–25: 37.2 km/h, 84th percentile (71 games)2025–26: 35.5 km/h, 31st percentile (65 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

6.360th pct

▲ +0.5 since 2024–25

2468101221–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 7.6, 72nd percentile (68 games)2022–23: 9.4, 85th percentile (41 games)2023–24: 5.7, 59th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 5.9, 55th percentile (71 games)2025–26: 6.3, 60th percentile (65 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.3 km36th pct

▲ +0.2 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.6 km, 52nd percentile (68 games)2022–23: 15.6 km, 64th percentile (41 games)2023–24: 15.4 km, 41st percentile (82 games)2024–25: 15.2 km, 21st percentile (71 games)2025–26: 15.3 km, 36th percentile (65 games)

Hardest shot

131.1 km/h15th pct

▼ −12.0 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 133.3 km/h, 13th percentile (68 games)2022–23: 138.0 km/h, 26th percentile (41 games)2023–24: 137.9 km/h, 30th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 143.1 km/h, 64th percentile (71 games)2025–26: 131.1 km/h, 15th percentile (65 games)

Offensive-zone time

38.2%9th pct

▼ −1.7 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.5%, 35th percentile (68 games)2022–23: 39.6%, 21st percentile (41 games)2023–24: 40.0%, 28th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 39.9%, 22nd percentile (71 games)2025–26: 38.2%, 9th percentile (65 games)