Vegas Golden Knights · #29 · Defence

Parker Wotherspoon

Age 29 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 195 lb · Born Surrey, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted 2015, #112 overall by NY Islanders

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Toronto · 10:00 PM ET1 P in the last 3 vs TORGame preview →
Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-11th on VGK
Assists0T-15th on VGK
Points0T-16th on VGK
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots30.0% shooting
TOI / GP18:227th on VGK

2025-262025-26: 80 games, 3-27-30, 0.38 points per game Season detail →

Parker Wotherspoon has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 30 points in 80 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 4 games for the 3rd-placed Vegas

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Takeaways161st
Penalty differential056th
Ice time18:2242nd
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shots / GP0.7538th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Blocked shots334th
Assists / 600.0026th
Hits126th
Points / GP0.0023rd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–4

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-16th on VGK
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-15th on VGK
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time18:227th on VGK
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:19
Power play0:12
Shorthanded1:52
Total18:22

23.3 shifts a game, averaging 47 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on VGK
PP assists0T-6th on VGK
PP points0T-8th on VGK · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-8th on VGK

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP5Vegas total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every VGK PPG
PP TOI share3.1%of VGK PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

5 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.2387th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.2
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.045
ixG per 600.18

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 90th percentile of defencemen: 5

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

20+ mph bursts590th
Top speed, mph21.4386th
Offensive-zone time44.4%75th
Distance skated, mi10.270th
Defensive-zone time38.4%69th
Hardest shot, mph84.3360th
Average shot, mph69.451st
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
Distance / 60, mi8.3536th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.43Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph84.33Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated10.2 mi2.77 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts31.5%33.3% defensive · 35.2% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

45.2%All situations38.0%
46.5%Even strength36.3%
39.6%Power play39.0%
23.4%Shorthanded69.6%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.43@VAN4 Oct · 1st 08:38
  2. 21.16vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 08:05
  3. 20.38vsANA2 Oct · 1st 19:52
  4. 20.17vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 09:02
  5. 20.00@VAN4 Oct · 3rd 09:46
  6. 19.97vsANA2 Oct · 1st 07:41
  7. 19.78@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 14:44
  8. 19.01vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 07:19

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph5 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph16 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 84.33vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 19:10
  2. 64.91vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 07:49
  3. 62.90@VAN4 Oct · 3rd 03:05

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.77@SEA6 Oct · 20:17 TOI
  2. 2.43@VAN4 Oct · 17:25 TOI
  3. 2.30vsANA2 Oct · 15:39 TOI
  4. 2.72vsCHI29 Sep · 20:08 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.56 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-4th on VGK
Giveaways7
TK / GV ratio0.14
Hits1T-11th on VGK
Blocked shots3T-6th on VGK

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Toronto, a point in one of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
23 Dec 2025@TORL 3-60110−222:04
29 Nov 2025vsTORL 2-70002−320:24
3 Nov 2025@TORL 3-40001019:23

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 30.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 5th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$1M1.0% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27UFA at 29
Cap value$2MCap hit × 2 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.


With Vegas

One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

96th in franchise points since 1990-91

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points096th for Vegas
Goals088th
Assists089th
Games played4105th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Five seasons, with 4 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2022-23NYI120110.080.0%
2023-24BOS410880.200.0%
2024-25BOS551670.132.3%
2025-26PIT80327300.384.3%
2026-27VGK10000.000.0%
Career189442460.242.5%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015NY Islanders · round 4#112

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · VGK points

Games16
Goals0
Points30.19 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct