Mason
McTavish
C · STL · Offensive · Very poor
- PAL
- 18
- WAR
- -0.4
- Value
- 7
- PTS
- 41
2025-26№ 555 / 615
Mason McTavish (St. Louis Blues) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Mason McTavish
#83CPlays: Centre · 82% of faceoffs
St. Louis Blues
HEIGHT : 185 cm · WEIGHT : 99 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : January 29, 2003 · Zurich, Switzerland
Drafted : 2021 · ANA · round 1, pick #3
Contract : $7,000,000 · 2025-26 → 2030-31 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFAM-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | St. Louis Blues | 17 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Anaheim Ducks | 75 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 42 |
| 2024-25 | Anaheim Ducks | 76 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 38 |
| 2023-24 | Anaheim Ducks | 64 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 86 |
| 2022-23 | Anaheim Ducks | 80 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 44 |
| 2021-22 | Anaheim Ducks | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 321 | 84 | 109 | 193 | 216 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Anaheim Ducks | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Playoff totals | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
Mason McTavish: our analysis
2025-26 season: 75 GP, 17 G, 24 A, 41 PTS, -15 +/-, 15:19 TOI. WAR -0.4 (555th of 615) · PAL 18, very poor.
In 2025-26, Mason McTavish, 23, posts a PAL Rating of 18 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of -0.4 ranks 555th among 615 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
His strengths: creation (78, well above average), power play (76, well above average) and offense (67, above average). On the other hand, defense (2, among the weakest in the league) and discipline (18, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+3.3); his biggest cost: EV defense (-4.8).
A marked decline: his PAL was 28 in 2024-25, against 18 now; his WAR went from 0.1 to -0.4.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 7 (very poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Mason McTavish's story
Born while his father was playing in Europe, Mason McTavish split his early years between Switzerland and Ontario. He first learned the game in Zug and then continued his development after the family moved back to Carp, Ontario; his father coached and managed his minor teams, which shaped McTavish’s early competitive environment.
Taken fifth overall by the Peterborough Petes in the OHL Priority Selection, he emerged as a promising junior scorer before COVID-19 halted that season. With the OHL paused the following year, McTavish returned to Switzerland to face men in the Swiss League with EHC Olten, then captained Canada at the World U18 Championships, producing a strong offensive showing as the team won gold.
Selected third overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, he signed an entry-level deal in August 2021 and made the NHL roster out of camp. He scored a goal and added an assist in his debut, becoming at that time the youngest player in Ducks history to score. A lower-body injury sidelined him after three NHL games; he had a short conditioning stint with the AHL’s San Diego Gulls before being returned to juniors, and was later traded from Peterborough to the Hamilton Bulldogs in January 2022. In September 2025 he agreed to a six-year contract with Anaheim, and on the first night of the 2026 draft he was traded to the St. Louis Blues for two first-round picks.
Internationally, McTavish has been a prominent figure for Canada. He led the U18s in 2021 and was invited to the national junior team for the 2022 World Juniors before that edition was cancelled; when the IIHF replayed the tournament in August 2022 he served as captain, scored four goals in a group game against Slovakia and executed a decisive defensive play in overtime of the final versus Finland that preserved Canada’s path to victory. He was named tournament MVP and one of Canada’s top three players.
On the ice he mixes a hard-driving style with goal-scoring touch and a readiness to make defensive plays; his background playing against older competition helped form a physical, competitive two-way centre.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 16:04
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:33
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:05
- Pts/GP
- 0.71
- EV points
- 10
- Hits
- 26
- Blocks
- 3
- Takeaways
- 4
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 50.5 %
- Off. zone starts
- 40.4 %
- Faceoffs
- 52.9 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
49between 29 and 69 (80% range)
- Goals
- 23
- Assists
- 26
- Games
- 78
So far: 12 pts in 17 games. The team has played 17 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.61 pts per game (last season: 0.55).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Slight decline
- Points per game: 0.66 in 23-24, 0.55 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 28 → 18
Outlook, age included
→ StableAge 23: usually still improving
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 82 %
65
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 58
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 77
- Confidence 85 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 77
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 77
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 77
- Confidence 85 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 61
- Confidence 65 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 63
- Confidence 85 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 75
- Confidence 89 %
- PA
- Passing
- 81
- Confidence 82 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 80
- Confidence 82 %
- DF
- Defense
- 48
- Confidence 79 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 95
- Confidence 54 %
- EX
- Experience
- 70
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating58
- Top speed (35 %)35.4 · 61
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)2.874 · 54
- Distance /60 (20 %)15.9 · 63
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.5 · 61
ST — Strength77
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)2.905 · 63
- Body mass (50 %)0.871 · 87
EN — Endurance77
- Ice time per game (45 %)15.2 · 76
- Total ice time (20 %)1,101 · 76
- Shift length (15 %)47.1 · 80
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)14.5 · 78
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.307 · 74
DU — Durability77
- Share of games played (100 %)0.828 · 77
CK — Checking77
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.35 · 77
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)2.988 · 74
- Season volume (10 %)4.564 · 80
FG — Fighting61
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.673 · 61
DI — Discipline63
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.009 · 65
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)1.074 · 55
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)1.02 · 87
FO — Faceoffs75
- Faceoff % (85 %)49.3 · 74
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)42.5 · 78
PA — Passing81
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.781 · 80
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.571 · 80
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.141 · 82
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.365 · 73
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.587 · 80
SC — Scoring80
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.962 · 81
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.995 · 85
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.39 · 71
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.376 · 79
- xG per shot (10 %)0.081 · 68
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)16 · 87
DF — Defense48
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.182 · 49
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.32 · 56
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)3.158 · 42
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.024 · 77
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.444 · 73
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)65.1 · 37
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.41 · 72
PS — Penalty shot95
- Shootouts (60 %)40.9 · 96
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience70
- Career regular-season games (65 %)81
- Career playoff games (25 %)45
- NHL seasons (10 %)61
OV — Overall65
- SC · Scoring (20 %)80
- PA · Passing (20 %)81
- DF · Defense (20 %)48
- SK · Skating (12 %)58
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)75
- EN · Endurance (8 %)77
- DI · Discipline (5 %)63
- ST · Strength (3 %)77
- CK · Checking (2 %)77
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 65 | 58 | 80 | 48 |
| 2024-25 | 67 | 47 | 82 | 55 |
| 2023-24 | 67 | 48 | 80 | 62 |
| 2022-23 | 62 | 37 | 77 | 67 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
-0.4
wins above replacement
555 of 615
PAL Rating
18/ 100
Performance · Very poor
385 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
7/ 100
Very poor return
7.00 M$ · expected PAL 69
ProfileOffensiveValue comes mostly from offense
- Offense
- 66
- Defense
- 2
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- Offense
- 67
- Creation
- 78
- Shooting
- 52
- Possession
- 39
- Defense
- 2
- Discipline
- 18
- Power play
- 76
- Penalty kill
- 56
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | ANA | -0.4 | 18 | 7 | 7.00 M$ |
| 2024-25 | ANA | 0.1 | 28 | 47 | 0.89 M$ |
| 2023-24 | ANA | 0.9 | 30 | 46 | 0.89 M$ |
| 2022-23 | ANA | 0.6 | 39 | 50 | 0.89 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
50/ 100
Average
better than 50% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
73/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
29/ 100
Below average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 210 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 75
- Shot selection
- 31
- Penalties drawn
- 81
- Puck management
- 76
Defense
- Takeaways
- 42
- Discipline
- 13
- Safe zone exits
- 92
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | ANA | 50 | 73 | 29 |
| 2024-25 | ANA | 74 | 91 | 36 |
| 2023-24 | ANA | 40 | 98 | 4 |
| 2022-23 | ANA | 50 | 88 | 16 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.4
wins above replacement
-1.7 to 0.9 — 90% interval
555 of 615 forwards
-2.0 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +3.3
- EV defense
- -4.8
- Power play
- +0.6
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -3.2
- Penalties
- -0.9
- Average → replacement
- +2.9
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | ANA | 75 | -0.4 | -1.7 to 0.9 | 555/615 |
| 2024-25 | ANA | 73 | 0.1 | -1.3 to 1.6 | 326/596 |
| 2023-24 | ANA | 64 | 0.9 | -0.3 to 2.2 | 159/608 |
| 2022-23 | ANA | 80 | 0.6 | -0.7 to 2.4 | 192/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 138.7 km/h75th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.8 km/h69th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1132nd percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 43.5 %67th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 71.2 km72nd percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.85 km61st percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 41.3 %54th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.3 %64th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 38.2 %66th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 4793rd percentile | 791st percentile | 14.9 %59th percentile |
| High danger | 2699th percentile | 596th percentile | 19.2 %50th percentile |
| Mid range | 1488th percentile | 288th percentile | 14.3 %58th percentile |
| Long range | 272nd percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %87th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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DALMason McTavish: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Mason McTavish have in 2026-27?
Mason McTavish has 7 goals and 12 points (5 assists) in 17 games in 2026-27.
How old is Mason McTavish?
Mason McTavish is 23 years old: he was born on January 30, 2003.
How tall is Mason McTavish, and how much does he weigh?
Mason McTavish is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 218 lb (99 kg).
Where is Mason McTavish from?
Switzerland: Mason McTavish was born in Zurich, Switzerland.
What team does Mason McTavish play for?
Mason McTavish plays for the St. Louis Blues in the NHL, at C, wearing number 83.
Is Mason McTavish injured?
No: Mason McTavish is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Mason McTavish?
Mason McTavish produced -0.4 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 555th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 18 out of 100: very poor for his position.
How much does Mason McTavish make?
Mason McTavish earns $7.0M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 7 out of 100 (very poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Mason McTavish's contract end?
Mason McTavish's contract runs through the 2030-31 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a M-NTC clause.
Is Mason McTavish overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 7 out of 100 (very poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Mason McTavish a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 555th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Mason McTavish getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 28 in 2024-25 to 18 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Mason McTavish played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Mason McTavish has 4 points (2 goals, 2 assists).
What are Mason McTavish's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Mason McTavish has 321 games, 84 goals, 109 assists and 193 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 52 points in 76 games.
Where was Mason McTavish drafted?
Mason McTavish was drafted 3rd overall (round 1) by Anaheim Ducks in 2021.
Is Mason McTavish better at home or on the road?
On the road: in 2026-27, he averages 0.43 points per game at home (3 in 7 games) and 0.90 on the road (9 in 10 games).
How does Mason McTavish perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Mason McTavish has 10 games and 6 points in his career. His pace (0.60 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.60).
Which player is most similar to Mason McTavish?
Elias Lindholm: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Elias Lindholm's page →Is Mason McTavish a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 49 points in 2026-27, or 0.63 points per game.
Is Mason McTavish related to anyone famous?
Yes: Dale McTavish (father, played for the Peterborough Petes; played in Switzerland for SC Rapperswil‑Jona; owned and coached the Pembroke Lumber Kings; currently a scout for the Ottawa Senators).
What is Mason McTavish's nationality?
Mason McTavish is Canadian. Internationally: Canada — 2021 World U18 Champion (captain), 2022 IIHF World Junior Champion (rescheduled tournament, captain), played at the 2022 Olympic tournament (eliminated in quarterfinals).
What awards has Mason McTavish won?
Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship ; Named one of Canada's three best players at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship.
How many championships has Mason McTavish won?
2: Gold medal — 2021 IIHF World U18 Championship (Canada, captain); Gold medal — 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship (rescheduled tournament, Canada, captain).
Where did Mason McTavish play before turning pro?
Played minor hockey for the Pembroke Lumber Kings; selected fifth overall in the 2019 OHL Priority Selection by the Peterborough Petes; played for the Petes (2019–20 season and briefly in 2021) and joined EHC Olten (Swiss League) on January 29, 2021 for 13 games.
How many points is Mason McTavish projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 49 points in 78 games in 2026-27 (29 to 69 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his St. Louis Blues teammates
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