Regular season

Mason McTavish

St. Louis Blues · C · #83

Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 41 points and honest two-way play

HT: 6'1"
WT: 219 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Zurich, CHE
Draft: 2021 ANA · R1 #3

74Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6565pctl

6868pctl

7272pctl

5656pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.5565pctl

0.2362pctl

0.3266pctl

1.971pctl

-1512pctl

1172pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

8%79pctl

2.9383pctl

0.2080pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4958pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

48.6%46pctl

D-Zone FO %?

48.1%43pctl

10.266pctl

0.2931pctl

2:0269pctl

0:0629pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 47 GP tracked · 11h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.7%58pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

38.7%13pctl

O-zone deployment?

58%83pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min31pctl

Support received?

17.7 min37pctl

D-zone deployment?

42%17pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1174pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.5785pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.6092pctl

1.00×58pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.23/gm47pctl

Pressure escape rate?

10.6%93pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 989 EV min

General Offense

6.4364

9.8377

Shot Setups/60?

1.2776

Chance Setups/60?

0.8560

Primary Contributions/60?

7.7069

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6169

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1273

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.8576

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3659

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.3083

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.7066

Rush Offense/60?

10.1380

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.0983

1.2180

0.2471

Deflections/60?

1.9477

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2475

Entries Finished/60?

1.0977

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4954

Entry → Chance %?

44%18

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.7321

0.1227

0.6130

Retrieval Success %?

17%27

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%31

Forechecking

4.4960

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

$7.00M

cap hit

$5.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Mason McTavish	74	Middle-Six Engine	41 P · 75 GP	$7.00M	$5.68M	D−$1.3M	this player
Logan Stankoven	75	Middle-Six Engine	44 P · 81 GP	$0.81M	$5.99M	A++$5.2M	90%
Cole Perfetti	71	Depth Forward	32 P · 68 GP	$3.25M	$4.78M	B+$1.5M	86%
Ben Kindel	71	Middle-Six Engine	35 P · 77 GP	$0.97M	$4.78M	A+$3.8M	86%
Evan Rodrigues	70	Depth Forward	31 P · 69 GP	$3.02M	$4.50M	B+$1.5M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Beckett Sennecke · 13 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

7 pts · 3 G · 4 A · 21 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 03-28

0G 0A · 0 shots · 8:52 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 03-30

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:01 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-01

0G 0A · 2 shots · 8:44 TOI

vs STL

1P

0G 1A

vs STL 04-03

0G 1A · 2 shots · 14:29 TOI

vs CGY

1P

1G 0A

vs CGY 04-04

1G 0A · 3 shots · 14:50 TOI

vs NSH

0P

0G 0A

vs NSH 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:09 TOI

vs SJS

1P

0G 1A

vs SJS 04-09

0G 1A · 3 shots · 12:28 TOI

vs VAN

1P

0G 1A

vs VAN 04-12

0G 1A · 2 shots · 12:18 TOI

@ MIN

2P

2G 0A

@ MIN 04-14

2G 0A · 5 shots · 17:36 TOI

@ NSH

1P

0G 1A

@ NSH 04-16

0G 1A · 3 shots · 16:23 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)553 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 6 of 17 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 24 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 49 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Anaheim Ducks	9	2	1	3	3
2022-23	Anaheim Ducks	80	17	26	43	-19
2023-24	Anaheim Ducks	64	19	23	42	-23
2024-25	Anaheim Ducks	76	22	30	52	0
2025-26	Anaheim Ducks	75	17	24	41	-15
Career	1 team	304	77	104	181	-54