Mason
Shaw
C · MIN · Defensive · Above average
- PAL
- 61
- WAR
- 0.5
- Value
- 77
- PTS
- 17
2022-23№ 203 / 617
Mason Shaw (Minnesota Wild) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Mason Shaw
#18C
Minnesota Wild
HEIGHT : 178 cm · WEIGHT : 83 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : November 2, 1998 · Lloydminster, Canada
Drafted : 2017 · MIN · round 4, pick #97
Contract : $850,000 · 2026-27 → 2026-27 · Two-Way Contract · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Minnesota Wild | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 |
| 2022-23 | Minnesota Wild | 59 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 79 |
| 2021-22 | Minnesota Wild | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| NHL totals | 82 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 118 | |
Mason Shaw: our analysis
2022-23 season: 59 GP, 7 G, 10 A, 17 PTS, -1 +/-, 11:17 TOI. WAR 0.5 (203rd of 617) · PAL 61, above average.
In 2022-23, Mason Shaw, 28, posts a PAL Rating of 61 out of 100 (above average), and his WAR of 0.5 ranks 203rd among 617 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: defense (90, among the best in the league), penalty kill (85, among the best in the league) and discipline (68, above average). On the other hand, shooting (8, among the weakest in the league) and power play (20, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+1.6); his biggest cost: EV offense (-1.1).
Contract-wise, his Value score of 77 (very good contract) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 8:11
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:01
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:04
- Pts/GP
- 0.15
- EV points
- 3
- Hits
- 29
- Blocks
- 6
- Takeaways
- 3
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 41.3 %
- Off. zone starts
- 22.0 %
- Faceoffs
- 87.5 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
4between 0 and 15 (80% range)
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 3
- Games
- 8
So far: 0 pts in 0 games. The team has played 0 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.48 pts per game.
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.
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2023-24
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 45 %
67
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 57
- Confidence 67 %
- ST
- Strength
- 75
- Confidence 51 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 47
- Confidence 67 %
- DU
- Durability
- 46
- Confidence 67 %
- CK
- Checking
- 82
- Confidence 51 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 90
- Confidence 33 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 72
- Confidence 51 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 71
- Confidence 45 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 71
- Confidence 45 %
- DF
- Defense
- 82
- Confidence 41 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 45
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating57
- Top speed (35 %)34.6 · 50
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)5.682 · 76
- Distance /60 (20 %)16 · 74
- Speed consistency (15 %)33.8 · 55
ST — Strength75
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)6.377 · 89
- Body mass (50 %)-1.261 · 59
EN — Endurance47
- Ice time per game (45 %)12.4 · 56
- Total ice time (20 %)162 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)45.6 · 76
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)10.3 · 40
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.764 · 61
DU — Durability46
- Share of games played (100 %)0.582 · 46
CK — Checking82
- Hits /60 (70 %)6.452 · 83
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)6.145 · 84
- Season volume (10 %)3.401 · 62
FG — Fighting90
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)2.018 · 90
DI — Discipline72
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.007 · 72
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.79 · 68
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.833 · 77
PA — Passing71
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.672 · 73
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.431 · 69
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.034 · 68
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.601 · 77
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.527 · 73
SC — Scoring71
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.748 · 72
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.732 · 70
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.078 · 74
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.187 · 71
- xG per shot (10 %)0.079 · 62
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)13.7 · 79
DF — Defense82
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.085 · 84
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.099 · 79
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.493 · 84
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.033 · 81
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)0.203 · 73
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)57.5 · 81
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.548 · 77
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)31.9 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)30.9 · 76
EX — Experience45
- Career regular-season games (65 %)62
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)47
OV — Overall67
- SC · Scoring (20 %)71
- PA · Passing (20 %)71
- DF · Defense (20 %)82
- SK · Skating (12 %)57
- EN · Endurance (8 %)47
- DI · Discipline (5 %)72
- ST · Strength (3 %)75
- CK · Checking (2 %)82
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 67 | 57 | 71 | 82 |
| 2022-23 | 71 | 62 | 66 | 86 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2022-23
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.
PAL Rating
61/ 100
Performance · Above average
170 of 461 at the position
Value Rating
77/ 100
Very good contract
0.75 M$ · expected PAL 35
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 26
- Defense
- 87
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- Offense
- 30
- Creation
- 44
- Shooting
- 8
- Possession
- 48
- Defense
- 90
- Discipline
- 68
- Power play
- 20
- Penalty kill
- 85
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
Hockey IQ, 2022-23
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
3/ 100
Low
better than 3% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
5/ 100
Low
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
10/ 100
Low
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, 410 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 20
- Shot selection
- 0
- Penalties drawn
- 79
- Puck management
- 59
Defense
- Takeaways
- 36
- Discipline
- 10
- Safe zone exits
- 30
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.
WAR, 2023-24
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.1
wins above replacement
-0.4 to 0.2 — 90% interval
483 of 608 forwards
-0.7 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.4
- EV defense
- +0.5
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -0.9
- Penalties
- -0.3
- Average → replacement
- +0.4
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | MIN | 20 | -0.1 | -0.4 to 0.2 | 483/608 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 59 | 0.5 | -0.1 to 1.4 | 203/617 |
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
- 135.9 km/h35th percentileleague avg. 136.0 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.7 km/h10th percentileleague avg. 35.6 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 917th percentileleague avg. 73
- Offensive zone time
- 38.7 %13th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 43.3 km21st percentileleague avg. 200.0 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 2.71 km6th percentileleague avg. 4.70 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 38.9 %15th percentileleague avg. 41.3 %
- Neutral zone time
- 19.2 %99th percentileleague avg. 17.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 42.2 %24th percentileleague avg. 39.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 2124th percentile | 116th percentile | 4.8 %1st percentile |
| High danger | 521st percentile | 120th percentile | 20.0 %50th percentile |
| Mid range | 318th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 643rd percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2023-2024 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Last 5 games
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PTS | +/- | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2024 | @ LAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:39 |
| April 13, 2024 | @ SJS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:31 |
| April 12, 2024 | @ VGK | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:58 |
| April 9, 2024 | @ COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:13 |
| April 7, 2024 | @ CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:41 |
Mason Shaw: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Mason Shaw have in 2023-24?
Mason Shaw has 1 goal and 3 points (2 assists) in 20 games in 2023-24.
How old is Mason Shaw?
Mason Shaw is 28 years old: he was born on November 3, 1998.
How tall is Mason Shaw, and how much does he weigh?
Mason Shaw is 5'10" (178 cm) and weighs 183 lb (83 kg).
Where is Mason Shaw from?
Canada: Mason Shaw was born in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada.
What team does Mason Shaw play for?
Mason Shaw plays for the Minnesota Wild in the NHL, at C, wearing number 18.
Is Mason Shaw injured?
No: Mason Shaw is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Mason Shaw?
Mason Shaw produced -0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2023-24, 483rd of 608 players at his position in the NHL.
How much does Mason Shaw make?
Mason Shaw carries a cap hit of $850K per season, on a contract worth $850K in total over 1 years.
When does Mason Shaw's contract end?
Mason Shaw's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Mason Shaw a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 483rd of 608 players at his position in the NHL in 2023-24. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
What are Mason Shaw's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Mason Shaw has 82 games, 8 goals, 12 assists and 20 points. His best season: 2022-23, with 17 points in 59 games.
Where was Mason Shaw drafted?
Mason Shaw was drafted 97th overall (round 4) by Minnesota Wild in 2017.
How does Mason Shaw perform in the playoffs?
Mason Shaw has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Is Mason Shaw a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 4 points in 2026-27, or 0.50 points per game.
How many points is Mason Shaw projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 4 points in 8 games in 2026-27 (0 to 15 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Minnesota Wild teammates
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