Regular season

Mason Appleton

Detroit Red Wings · C · #22

Depth playerDepth Forward?14 points in 65 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'2"
WT: 196 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: R
From: Green Bay, USA
Draft: 2015 WPG · R6 #168

53Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1919pctl

1818pctl

1818pctl

4444pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2217pctl

0.0921pctl

0.1219pctl

1.019pctl

-442pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.8%29pctl

1.0623pctl

0.016pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4857pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

0.37pctl

0.051pctl

0:0423pctl

1:1559pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 35 GP tracked · 8h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

39.4%2pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

32.0%4pctl

O-zone deployment?

46%34pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min28pctl

Support received?

17.0 min59pctl

D-zone deployment?

54%66pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0211pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.4129pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2027pctl

1.08×93pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.16/gm74pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.0%54pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 793 EV min

General Offense

4.3923

4.8415

Shot Setups/60?

0.6125

Chance Setups/60?

0.5329

Primary Contributions/60?

4.9922

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1518

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0029

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4537

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2335

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0841

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.8321

Rush Offense/60?

5.6019

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.5332

0.4519

0.1550

Deflections/60?

1.5962

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1558

Entries Finished/60?

0.7652

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.5361

Entry → Chance %?

70%64

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.4514

0.0015

0.4518

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Forechecking

4.6161

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$2.90M

cap hit

$0.92M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$2.0M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Mason Appleton	53	Depth Forward	14 P · 65 GP	$2.90M	$0.92M	D−$2.0M	this player
Mattias Janmark	52	Depth Forward	8 P · 43 GP	$1.45M	$0.86M	C−$0.6M	92%
Sam Carrick	55	Depth Forward	16 P · 73 GP	$1.00M	$1.16M	C+$0.2M	87%
David Kampf	54	Depth Forward	6 P · 40 GP	$2.40M	$1.03M	D−$1.4M	85%
Lars Eller	55	Depth Forward	15 P · 68 GP	$1.25M	$1.16M	C−$0.1M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Michael Rasmussen · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Mason’s goals

Creates for

goals Mason assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 9 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 03-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:36 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 03-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:10 TOI

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY 03-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:32 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 03-19

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:30 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 03-21

0G 0A · 3 shots · 12:43 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 03-24

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:16 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 03-27

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:15 TOI

vs PHI

1P

1G 0A

vs PHI 03-28

1G 0A · 1 shots · 10:24 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:33 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:13 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)120 events shown

The office: the right circle - 2 of 6 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 7 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 42 blocks · 0 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Winnipeg Jets	36	3	7	10	9
2019-20	Winnipeg Jets	46	5	3	8	-9
2020-21	Winnipeg Jets	56	12	13	25	11
2021-22	Seattle Kraken	49	6	11	17	-4
2021-22	Winnipeg Jets	19	2	2	4	3
2022-23	Winnipeg Jets	41	5	11	16	2
2023-24	Winnipeg Jets	82	14	22	36	16
2024-25	Winnipeg Jets	71	10	12	22	7
2025-26	Detroit Red Wings	65	6	8	14	-4
Career	3 teams	465	63	89	152	31