Winnipeg Jets PR No. 22 – Mason Appleton

Player Information

2022-23 Notes
  • Limited to 41 games due to injury
  • Still had 16 points (5G, 11A) for .39 points per game, which the second most of his career
  • Scored his first career power play goal Feb. 24 vs. COL
  • Had three points (2G, 2A) Apr. 10 vs SJS and Apr. 11 at MIN for his only point streak of the season
  • Tallied nine points (3G, 6A) in 19 games at home
  • Had seven of his 11 assists in second periods
  • Posted four points (1G, 3A) in seven games on the back half of a back-to-back
  • Averaged a point per game on Mondays with five points (1G, 4A) in five games
  • Had three points (1G, 2A) Nov. 8 vs. DAL to establish a career high for points in a game
Professional Career
  • Played his first four professional seasons in the Winnipeg Jets organization before being selected by the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft
  • Re-acquired by Winnipeg from Seattle at the 2022 NHL trade deadline
  • Had 99 points (37G, 62A) in 120 AHL games with the Manitoba Moose
  • Played in the 2019 AHL All-Star Game
  • Named the AHL’s Rookie of the Year and selected to the AHL’s First All-Star Team and All-Rookie Team after posting 66 points (22G, 44A) in 76 games with the Moose in 2017-18
Amateur Career
  • Played two seasons for the Michigan State Spartans from 2015-2017
  • Racked up 53 points (17G, 36A) in 72 games with Michigan State
  • Spent one season in the USHL with the Tri-City Storm before joining the Spartans

Career Stats

    Scoring     Goals Assists Shots Ice Time                
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% TSA TOI ATOI FOW FOL FO% BLK HIT TK GV Awards
2018-19 23 WPG NHL 36 3 7 10 9 4 3 0 0 1 7 0 0 29 10.3 53 295 8:12 0 1 0.0 12 28 4 5  
2019-20 24 WPG NHL 46 5 3 8 -9 20 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 55 9.1 92 513 11:10 5 8 38.5 12 20 11 10  
2020-21 25 WPG NHL 56 12 13 25 11 14 12 0 0 1 12 0 1 88 13.6 140 807 14:25 7 6 53.8 22 61 13 21  
2021-22 26 TOT NHL 68 8 13 21 -1 30 8 0 0 3 13 0 0 98 8.2 171 1012 14:53 7 15 31.8 20 64 15 13  
2021-22 26 SEA NHL 49 6 11 17 -4 14 6 0 0 2 11 0 0 68 8.8 119 701 14:18 7 13 35.0 12 39 8 7  
2021-22 26 WPG NHL 19 2 2 4 3 16 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 30 6.7 52 311 16:23 0 2 0.0 8 25 7 6  
2022-23 27 WPG NHL 41 5 11 16 2 8 4 1 0 0 11 0 0 71 7.0 109 657 16:01 2 8 20.0 11 47 12 11  
5 yrs   WPG NHL 198 27 36 63 16 62 25 1 1 3 35 0 1 273 9.9 446 2584 13:03 14 25 35.9 65 181 47 53  
1 yr   SEA NHL 49 6 11 17 -4 14 6 0 0 2 11 0 0 68 8.8 119 701 14:18 7 13 35.0 12 39 8 7  
Career   5 yrs NHL 247 33 47 80 12 76 31 1 1 5 46 0 1 341 9.7 565 3285 13:18 21 38 35.6 77 220 55 60  
 

Playoff Stats

    Scoring     Goals Shots Ice Time              
Season Age Tm Lg   GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TSA TOI ATOI FOW FOL FO% BLK HIT TK GV
2019-20 24 WPG NHL   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 2 10 10:17 0 0   0 0 0 1
2020-21 25 WPG NHL   8 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 13 7.7 22 132 16:31 0 2 0.0 0 14 4 0
Career   2 yrs NHL   9 1 2 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 15 6.7 24 142 15:50 0 2 0.0 0 14 4 1
 

Career Highs and Transactions

First NHL Game – 12/1/18 at NJD
First NHL Goal – 12/20/18 at SJS (Jones)
First NHL Assist – 12/1/18 at NJD
Most Goals, Game – 2 (2x), Last: 2/4/21 vs. CGY
Most Assists, Game – 2 (6x), 3/31/23 vs. DET
Most Points, Game – 3, 11/8/22 vs. DAL (1G, 2A)
Most Penalty Minutes, Game – 12, 3/31/22 at TOR
Most Shots, Game – 7, 4/26/21 vs. EDM
Most Time On Ice, Game – 21:26, 4/28/21 vs. EDM
Longest Point Streak – 3 games, 1/24/21-1/30/21 (1G, 2A)
Longest Goal Streak – 2 games (3x), Last: 2/1/22-2/2/22 (2G)
Longest Assist Streak – 2 games (3x), Last: 12/11/21-12/14/21 (2A)
Hat Tricks – None
Multiple-Point Games – 13 (1, 3-point; 12, 2-point)
Penalty Shots  – 0-0, 0.0%
Shootout Attempts – 0-0, 0.0%

Transactions

July 13, 2017 – Signed by the Winnipeg Jets to a three-year, $741,667 AAV entry-level contract.
October 9, 2020 – Signed by the Winnipeg Jets to a two-year, $900,000 AAV contract.
July 21, 2021 – Selected by the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft
March 20, 2022 – Acquired from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2023 NHL Draft
August 7, 2022 – Signed by the Winnipeg Jets to a three-year, $2,166,667 AAV contract.

Pro and Amateur Stats