Mason Appleton
Age 30 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 193 lb · Born Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Drafted 2015, #168 overall by Winnipeg
2025-262025-26: 65 games, 6-8-14, 0.22 points per game Season detail →
Mason Appleton has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 14 points in 65 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample0 points in 2 games for the 26th-placed Detroit
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Detroit's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Top speed 21.12 mph, hardest shot 77.47 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.12vs
WPG4 Oct · 1st 02:50 - 20.45vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 01:30
- 19.91vs
NYR2 Oct · 1st 16:12 - 19.49vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 04:00
- 19.18vsWPG4 Oct · 1st 08:29
- 18.99vsNYR2 Oct · 1st 18:45
- 18.93vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 17:06
- 18.67vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 13:06
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 77.47vsNYR2 Oct · 2nd 05:45
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.70vsWPG4 Oct · 9:23 TOI
- 1.52vsNYR2 Oct · 10:18 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.61 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Seattle, a point in one of one
SEAW 4-20111+113:41WPGL 2-3000009:23NYRL 0-20001010:1814 points in 65 games on a team that finished 16th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Detroit's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 6 goals and 8 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 6 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Detroit trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
112 attempts across the 56 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 65 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 22.08 mph, hardest shot 81.44 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (12 of 65)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Seattle, a point in one of one
SEAW 4-20111+113:41
PHIW 4-20000017:13
PITL 1-50001−116:33PHIL 3-51011+110:24
BUFW 5-20000−18:15
OTTL 2-30001011:16
BOSL 2-40003−112:43
MTLW 3-10002014:30
CGYW 5-20000+110:32
DALOTL 2-3 OT0000010:10
TBLL 1-40001013:36WPGL 2-3000009:23NYRL 0-20001010:18Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 4.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 333rd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Detroit
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26167th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEight seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct