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Mason Appleton

Position	Right Wing	Current Team	Detroit Red Wings
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	196	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	31
Age	29 (Jan 15, 1996)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 6, Overall 168 (WPG)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 2, 2025	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 2 years @ $2.900M AAV starting in 2025-26
Jan 22, 2025	Winnipeg Jets	Activated from IR
Jan 3, 2025	Winnipeg Jets	Placed on IR
Aug 7, 2022	Winnipeg Jets	Signed 3 years @ $2.167M AAV starting in 2022-23
Oct 9, 2020	Winnipeg Jets	Signed 2 years @ $900K AAV starting in 2020-21
Jul 13, 2017	Winnipeg Jets	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2018-19	WPG	36	283:57	0.63	1.48	2.11	0.63	0.01	10.34	10.26	0.08	2.44	2.44
2019-20	WPG	46	454:18	0.53	0.40	0.92	0.63	-0.11	7.55	9.07	-1.52	4.17	4.17
2020-21	WPG	56	707:34	0.76	0.93	1.70	0.60	0.16	11.84	9.35	2.49	3.81	4.76
2021-22	SEA	49	645:16	0.37	0.74	1.12	0.56	-0.19	6.35	9.61	-3.26	1.14	6.82
2021-22	WPG	19	254:28	0.47	0.47	0.94	0.80	-0.32	6.90	11.63	-4.74	4.88	4.88
2021-22	SEA, WPG	68	899:44	0.40	0.67	1.07	0.63	-0.23	6.52	10.24	-3.72	2.33	6.20
2022-23	WPG	41	536:20	0.34	1.01	1.34	0.63	-0.29	4.92	9.22	-4.31	1.22	3.66
2023-24	WPG	82	1138:02	0.53	0.90	1.42	0.57	-0.04	9.26	9.99	-0.73	2.38	6.55
2024-25	WPG	71	954:23	0.50	0.69	1.19	0.53	-0.02	7.92	8.31	-0.39	0.74	7.41
2025-26	DET	24	274:54	0.44	1.09	1.53	0.51	-0.07	8.70	10.12	-1.43	0.00	9.38

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2018-19	WPG	36	283:57	40.15	3.59	2.51	42.26	1.69	2.43	68.00	50.84	0.12	-0.23	3.46
2019-20	WPG	46	454:18	40.28	1.58	2.17	41.47	2.77	2.42	36.36	47.26	-0.08	-0.51	3.83
2020-21	WPG	56	707:34	38.16	2.37	2.08	40.28	1.87	2.46	56.00	45.76	-0.22	-0.22	-0.41
2021-22	SEA	49	645:16	36.54	2.14	2.00	38.50	2.79	2.33	43.40	46.21	-0.29	-0.09	-2.43
2021-22	WPG	19	254:28	44.09	1.65	3.00	44.09	1.41	2.89	53.85	50.89	0.15	0.14	0.06
2021-22	SEA, WPG	68	899:44	38.68	2.00	2.28	40.08	2.40	2.49	45.45	47.84	-0.16	-0.02	-1.50
2022-23	WPG	41	536:20	46.54	2.35	3.20	42.51	2.13	2.66	52.50	54.62	0.58	0.19	3.18
2023-24	WPG	82	1138:02	43.55	2.27	2.61	42.71	1.58	2.43	58.90	51.84	0.12	0.05	0.65
2024-25	WPG	71	954:23	42.12	2.07	2.39	43.19	1.76	2.39	54.10	49.95	-0.02	0.11	-1.34
2025-26	DET	24	274:54	38.63	2.40	2.14	43.43	3.49	2.82	40.74	43.15	-0.49	0.47	-9.64

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Mason Appleton's injury puts more pressure on Michael Rasmussen to deliver for Red Wings at Octopus Thrower (Mon Dec 1, 2025)
Red Wings-Kraken Tweetcap: Danielson scores 1st goal as Detroit out-battles Kraken to 4-2 victory at The Malik Report (Tue Nov 18, 2025)
Rangers: 2 truths and 1 lie after Jonathan Quick’s eventful night vs. Red Wings at Forever Blueshirts (Tue Nov 18, 2025)
Rangers brawl with Red Wings after buzzer due to Mason Appleton violating rule in unwritten rule book at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Nov 17, 2025)
Red Wings Weekly #2 – Sailing Through the Atlantic at The Hockey Writers (Sun Oct 19, 2025)
Red Wings Appleton The Apple of Everyone’s Eye (+) at Detroit Hockey Now (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Mason Appleton Stays Hot As Red Wings Top Panthers For Third Straight Win at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
Detroit Red Wings all but stole these two hidden gems in free agency at Octopus Thrower (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
Red Wings-Maple Leafs Tweetcap: stolen holiday at The Malik Report (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Potential Third Line of Copp and Appleton Drives Red Wings to 5-2 Preseason Win Over Sabres at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Sep 26, 2025)
Red Wings-Sabres preseason game #1 Tweetcap: Detroit cruises past the Sabres 5-2 thanks to vets & youngsters at The Malik Report (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
How do the Red Wings forwards stack up heading into the preseason? at Octopus Thrower (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Red Wings Players To Watch In 2025-26: Mason Appleton at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
New Detroit Red Wings Study Is utterly pointless at Octopus Thrower (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Mason Appleton has a chance to fix one glaring issue for Red Wings at Octopus Thrower (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Red Wings take wild swing with new signing on league-worst penalty kill at Octopus Thrower (Thu Jul 3, 2025)
Red Wings Sign Mason Appleton to Two-Year Deal at Winging it in Mowtown (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
Mason Appleton’s arrival signals a tougher, grittier direction for the Red Wings at Octopus Thrower (Wed Jul 2, 2025)

Current Contract

Mason Appleton signed a $5,800,000 2-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Steve Yzerman on July 2, 2025 with an AAV of $2,900,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.04% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	29	$2,900,000	$2,900,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2026-27	30	$2,900,000	$2,900,000	-	-	$2,800,000	$2,800,000	$2,800,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$5,800,000	$5,800,000	$5,800,000

Signed: July 2, 2025

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.04

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Mason Appleton signed a $6,500,000 3-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets and General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff on August 7, 2022 with an AAV of $2,166,667. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.63% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	26	$2,166,667	$2,166,667	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	27	$2,166,667	$2,166,667	-	-	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	UFA
2024-25	28	$2,166,667	$2,166,667	-	-	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000

Signed: Aug 7, 2022

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: Kevin Cheveldayoff

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.63

Mason Appleton signed a $1,800,000 2-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets and General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff on October 9, 2020 with an AAV of $900,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.10% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	24	$900,000	$900,000	-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	25	$900,000	$900,000	-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000

Signed: Oct 9, 2020

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: Kevin Cheveldayoff

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.1

Mason Appleton signed a $2,225,000 3-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets and General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff on July 13, 2017 with an AAV of $741,667. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.99% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	21	$741,667	$758,333	$25,000	$75,000	$650,000	$725,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	22	$741,667	$758,333	$25,000	$75,000	$650,000	$725,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	23	$741,667	$758,333	-	$75,000	$700,000	$775,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$50,000	$225,000	$2,000,000	$2,225,000	$210,000

Signed: July 13, 2017

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: Kevin Cheveldayoff

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2010-11	USHS-WI	Ashwaubenon High	23	15	23	38		12				3	2	5	7
2011-12	High-WI	Notre Dame Acad.	24	10	32	42		15				6	2	3	5
2012-13	High-WI	Notre Dame Acad.	23	15	21	36		19				5	5	4	9
2013-14	High-WI	Notre Dame Acad.	23	26	34	60		6				5	4	6	10		14
2013-14	UMHSEL	Wisconsin	21	1	9	10		16				3	1		1
2014-15	USHL	Tri-City	54	12	28	40	-3	84	96	1,250.0		7	4	4	8	-8	12	20	2,000.0
2015-16	NCAA	Michigan State Univ.	37	5	17	22	-30	32
2016-17	NCAA	Michigan State Univ.	35	12	19	31	-15	37
2017-18	AHL	Manitoba Moose	76	22	44	66	+14	57				2		1	1	-1	2
2018-19	AHL	Manitoba Moose	40	15	17	32	-5	24
2018-19	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	36	3	7	10	+9	4	29	10.3	8:12
2019-20	AHL	Manitoba Moose	4	0	1	1	-4
2019-20	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	46	5	3	8	-9	20	55	9.1	11:10	1				+1		2	0.0	10:17
2020-21	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	56	12	13	25	+11	14	88	13.6	14:25	8	1	2	3	+4	2	13	7.7	16:31
2021-22	NHL	Seattle Kraken	49	6	11	17	-4	14	68	8.8	14:18
2021-22	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	19	2	2	4	+3	16	30	6.7	16:23
2022-23	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	41	5	11	16	+2	8	71	7.0	16:01	5				-4		8	0.0	18:11
2023-24	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	14	22	36	+16	26	122	11.5	16:03	5		2	2	-4	6	7	0.0	14:00
2024-25	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	71	10	12	22	+7	22	107	9.3	14:50	13		7	7	+5	14	16	0.0	14:51
2025-26	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	26	3	6	9	-2	22	28	10.7	13:34
NHL Career			426	60	87	147	+33	146	598	10.0	14:06	32	1	11	12	+2	22	46	2.2	15:31