Mason Appleton
01/Where he scores from
Appleton scored 6 regular season goals on 88 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 2 of his 6 goals came from here, on 25 of his 88 attempts.
Slot. 3 of his 6 goals came from here, on 28 of his 88 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 6 goals came from here, on 22 of his 88 attempts.
Point. 1 of his 6 goals came from here, on 13 of his 88 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 88 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Appleton scored 30 regular season goals on 407 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right circle, 27 ft out: 4/30 · 13% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 3% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 8/30 · 27% of his goals came from here, on 98/407 · 24% of his attempts — 8/98 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 13/30 · 43% of his goals came from here, on 133/407 · 33% of his attempts — 13/133 · 10% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 8/30 · 27% of his goals came from here, on 141/407 · 35% of his attempts — 8/141 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 1/30 · 3% of his goals came from here, on 35/407 · 9% of his attempts — 1/35 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Appleton scored 63 regular season goals on 856 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the doorstep, 12 ft out: 26/63 · 41% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 29% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 24/63 · 38% of his goals came from here, on 208/856 · 24% of his attempts — 24/208 · 12% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 29/63 · 46% of his goals came from here, on 310/856 · 36% of his attempts — 29/310 · 9% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 9/63 · 14% of his goals came from here, on 272/856 · 32% of his attempts — 9/272 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 1/63 · 2% of his goals came from here, on 66/856 · 8% of his attempts — 1/66 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Appleton scored 1 playoff goals on 68 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 14 of his 68 attempts.
Slot. 1 of his 1 goals came from here, on 20 of his 68 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 28 of his 68 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 1 goals came from here, on 6 of his 68 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 68 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
4 of his 6 goals came in the 3rd period, on 27 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2 | @PHI | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 |
| Mar 31 | @PIT | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 16:33 |
| Mar 29 | PHI | L 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 10:24 |
| Mar 27 | @BUF | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 8:15 |
| Mar 24 | OTT | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:16 |
| Mar 22 | BOS | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 12:43 |
| Mar 19 | MTL | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 |
| Mar 16 | CGY | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 10:32 |
| Mar 15 | @DAL | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:10 |
| Mar 12 | @TBL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:36 |
| Mar 10 | @FLA | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:44 |
| Mar 8 | @NJD | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 |
| Mar 7 | FLA | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 |
| Mar 5 | VGK | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:03 |
| Mar 3 | @NSH | W 4-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 13:58 |
| Mar 1 | @CAR | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 14:35 |
| Feb 27 | @OTT | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:07 |
| Feb 5 | @UTA | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 13:24 |
| Feb 3 | @COL | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14:39 |
| Jan 31 | COL | L 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 13:46 |
| Jan 30 | WSH | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:56 |
| Jan 28 | LAK | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| Jan 25 | @WPG | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:50 |
| Jan 23 | @MIN | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| Jan 22 | @TOR | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:49 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 64 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | WPG | 36 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +7 | 4 | 29 | 10.3 | 28 | 12 | 6:13 |
| 2019-20 | WPG | 46 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 20 | 55 | 9.1 | 20 | 12 | 8:45 |
| 2020-21 | WPG | 56 | 12 | 13 | 25 | +8 | 14 | 88 | 13.6 | 61 | 22 | 12:37 |
| 2021-22 | SEA/WPG | 68 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 30 | 98 | 8.2 | 64 | 20 | 13:06 |
| 2022-23 | WPG | 41 | 5 | 11 | 16 | +2 | 8 | 71 | 7.0 | 47 | 11 | 13:24 |
| 2023-24 | WPG | 82 | 14 | 22 | 36 | +12 | 26 | 122 | 11.5 | 106 | 54 | 14:10 |
| 2024-25 | WPG | 71 | 10 | 12 | 22 | -2 | 22 | 108 | 9.3 | 76 | 40 | 1:06 |
| 2025-26 | DET | 64 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 44 | 63 | 9.5 | 89 | 42 | 11:47 |
| Career | 464 | 63 | 89 | 152 | +16 | 168 | 634 | 9.9 | 491 | 213 | 10:16 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | WPG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020-21 | WPG | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 13 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 | – |
| 2022-23 | WPG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 15 | 2 | – |
| 2023-24 | WPG | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 6 | 7 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | – |
| 2024-25 | WPG | 13 | 0 | 7 | 7 | — | 14 | 16 | 0.0 | 28 | 8 | – |
| Career | 32 | 1 | 11 | 12 | — | 22 | 46 | 2.2 | 66 | 12 | – |
06/Bio
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- #22
- Shoots
- R
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 196 lb
- Born
- Jan 15, 1996 (age 30)
- Birthplace
- Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
- Drafted
- 2015 · Round 6 · Pick 17 · WPG
- Club
- Detroit Red Wings
