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Parker Wotherspoon

#29 · Defence · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Aug 24, 1997 in Surrey, British Columbia, CAN (age 29) · 6'1", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 112th overall in 2015 by NYI (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Connor Murphy CHI · 8 P in 46 GP Jacob Bryson BUF · 8 P in 36 GP Dakota Mermis MIN · 8 P in 47 GP Oliver Kylington CGY · 8 P in 33 GP Marco Scandella STL · 8 P in 65 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302022-23: 1 points122-232023-24: 8 points823-242024-25: 7 points724-252025-26: 30 points3025-262026-27: 0 points026-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2022-23 NYI 12 0 1 1 5 4 10 8 0.08 $750K
2023-24 BOS 41 0 8 8 6 31 32 84 0.20 $775K
2024-25 BOS 55 1 6 7 -10 10 44 75 0.13 $800K
2025-26 PIT 80 3 27 30 17 55 70 162 0.38 $1M
2026-27 VGK 6 0 0 0 -6 2 5 5 0.00 $1M
5 seasons Career 194 4 42 46 12 102 161 334 0.24

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2023-24 BOS 10 0 2 2 -1 6 9 22 0.20
2025-26 PIT 6 0 1 1 -2 12 4 20 0.17
2 seasons Playoffs 16 0 3 3 -3 18 13 42 0.19

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
41 0 8 8 6 31 32 84 0.20 0.0 17:43

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024, then extended to 2025
$97KCap dollars per point8 points in 41 games
$224KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.5 goals above replacement
$3.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.6MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Jul 1, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Boston Bruins on Mar 8, 2024, 1 year and $800K at $800K a season, beginning in 2024-25.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $2M $1M
Mar 8, 2024 Boston Bruins Extension not begun 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $800K $800K
Jul 1, 2023 Boston Bruins New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Sep 21, 2022 New York Islanders New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Oct 16, 2020 New York Islanders New contract 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.45M $725K
May 2, 2016 New York Islanders Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2016-17, slid 3 $2.65M $732K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2023-24 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2023-24 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+1.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.2Penalties-0.1

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on.

-1012342022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

46.7Corsi for %112 attempts for, 128 against
-0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.2Expected goals for %4.6 expected for, 3.9 against
+4.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %3 for, 4 against
98.1PDO5.7% shooting + 92.5% saves
16Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 136 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Parker Wotherspoon · Charlie McAvoy828:0242.333.00-1
Kevin Shattenkirk · Parker Wotherspoon425:3751.455.80-1
Parker Wotherspoon · Andrew Peeke321:4829.354.30-0
Brandon Carlo · Parker Wotherspoon821:2662.272.61-1

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 2.5% chance per attempt25th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected38thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 48 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 16, 2024 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:14
Apr 15, 2024 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:25
Apr 9, 2024 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:58
Apr 6, 2024 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 15:04
Apr 4, 2024 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:00
Mar 27, 2024 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 14:51
Mar 26, 2024 @ FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 1 4 0 3 14:58
Mar 16, 2024 vs PHI W 6-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:32
Mar 14, 2024 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:35
Mar 7, 2024 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 5 3 1 17:51
Mar 5, 2024 vs EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:04
Mar 4, 2024 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19:15
Mar 2, 2024 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:21
Feb 29, 2024 vs VGK W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 20:31
Feb 26, 2024 @ SEA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 22:45
Feb 24, 2024 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:26
Feb 22, 2024 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 20:31
Feb 21, 2024 @ EDM W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 5 1 3 20:14
Feb 15, 2024 vs SEA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:01
Feb 10, 2024 vs WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9 19:36
Feb 8, 2024 vs VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:35
Jan 27, 2024 @ PHI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:22
Jan 25, 2024 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 18:07
Jan 22, 2024 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:43
Jan 18, 2024 vs COL W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 19:13
Jan 15, 2024 vs NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:47
Jan 13, 2024 @ STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:57
Jan 11, 2024 @ VGK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:27
Jan 9, 2024 @ ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21:28
Jan 8, 2024 @ COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:48
Jan 6, 2024 vs TBL W 7-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 16:56
Dec 31, 2023 @ DET W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:25
Dec 27, 2023 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:58
Dec 23, 2023 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:02
Dec 22, 2023 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:48
Dec 19, 2023 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 5 1 4 14:54
Dec 16, 2023 vs NYR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:02
Dec 15, 2023 @ NYI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:19
Nov 6, 2023 @ DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:28
Nov 4, 2023 @ DET L 4-5 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 11:19
Nov 2, 2023 vs TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:46