Parker
Wotherspoon
D · VGK · Defensive · Above average
- PAL
- 66
- WAR
- 1.6
- Value
- 78
- PTS
- 30
2025-26№ 34 / 325
Parker Wotherspoon (Vegas Golden Knights) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Parker Wotherspoon
HEIGHT : 185 cm · WEIGHT : 88 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : August 23, 1997 · Surrey, Canada
Drafted : 2015 · NYI · round 4, pick #112
Contract : $1,000,000 · 2025-26 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Vegas Golden Knights | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 55 |
| 2024-25 | Boston Bruins | 55 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023-24 | Boston Bruins | 41 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
| 2022-23 | New York Islanders | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| NHL totals | 194 | 4 | 42 | 46 | 102 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2023-24 | Boston Bruins | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Playoff totals | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |
Parker Wotherspoon: our analysis
2025-26 season: 80 GP, 3 G, 27 A, 30 PTS, +17 +/-, 20:10 TOI. WAR 1.6 (34th of 325) · PAL 66, above average.
In 2025-26, Parker Wotherspoon, 29, posts a PAL Rating of 66 out of 100 (above average), and his WAR of 1.6 ranks 34th among 325 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: penalty kill (88, among the best in the league), defense (82, well above average) and discipline (78, well above average). On the other hand, shooting (6, among the weakest in the league) and creation (9, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+4.2); his biggest cost: penalties (-0.5).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 49 in 2024-25 to 66; his WAR went from 1.2 to 1.6.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 78 (very good contract) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Parker Wotherspoon's story
Growing up in Surrey, British Columbia, Parker Wotherspoon came into view early in Western Canadian junior circles: Tri‑City selected him in the first round of the 2012 WHL bantam draft and he signed with the Americans on 29 May 2012, ultimately spending four seasons in the WHL and earning a Western Conference Second Team All‑Star nod in 2016–17.
Wotherspoon’s pro path began with an amateur tryout in April 2016 with the AHL’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers, after New York had chosen him 112th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. The Islanders signed him to a three‑year entry‑level deal on 2 May 2016, and he established himself as a steady presence in Bridgeport, putting up 4 goals and 23 assists in 62 games in 2019–20 and later 3 goals and 21 assists in 57 games in 2021–22 for the Bridgeport Islanders.
There were bumps along the way — a match penalty for a spearing incident on 17 January 2020 led to a one‑game suspension — but Wotherspoon reached the NHL on 23 December 2022, making his debut for the Islanders and logging 14:47 of ice time with two shots and a hit in a 5–1 victory over Florida. After several seasons in New York’s system he left as a free agent and signed a one‑year, two‑way contract with Boston on 1 July 2023.
With the Bruins he split time early between Providence and Boston before earning a more consistent role on the NHL roster and a one‑year extension worth $800,000 on 8 March 2024. He recorded eight assists in 41 games that season, made his playoff debut in Game 3 of the first round versus Toronto, and added his first NHL playoff point in the opening game of the second round against Florida. The following season he made the NHL opening night roster for the first time, scored his first NHL goal on 14 January 2025 against Andrei Vasilevskiy, and finished with 1 goal and 7 assists in 55 games.
Wotherspoon signed a two‑year, $2 million deal with Pittsburgh on 1 July 2025 and posted career highs with 3 goals and 27 assists in 80 games, before being traded to the Vegas Golden Knights on 30 June 2026 in a deal that included salary retention. Internationally, he represented Canada Pacific at the 2014 U‑17 World Hockey Challenge and Canada’s U18 team at the 2015 IIHF U18 Championships. His older brother Tyler was drafted 57th overall by Calgary in 2011.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 18:16
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:08
- SH TOI/GP
- 1:48
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 5
- Blocks
- 5
- Takeaways
- 2
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 58.7 %
- Off. zone starts
- 43.9 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
25between 11 and 37 (80% range)
- Goals
- 4
- Assists
- 21
- Games
- 79
So far: 0 pts in 6 games. The team has played 0 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.34 pts per game (last season: 0.38).
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
Trending up
- Points per game: 0.20 in 23-24, 0.38 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 49 → 66
Outlook, age included
↑ Trending upAge 29: prime years
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.
Injured reserve· Upper Body· expected back November 28
OV · OverallConfidence 77 %
76
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 61
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 67
- Confidence 81 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 78
- Confidence 75 %
- DU
- Durability
- 67
- Confidence 73 %
- CK
- Checking
- 86
- Confidence 81 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 83
- Confidence 53 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 85
- Confidence 81 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 78
- Confidence 77 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 53
- Confidence 77 %
- DF
- Defense
- 83
- Confidence 74 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 67
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating61
- Top speed (35 %)34.5 · 62
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.127 · 61
- Distance /60 (20 %)13.9 · 66
- Speed consistency (15 %)33.6 · 62
ST — Strength67
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.839 · 73
- Body mass (50 %)-0.359 · 67
EN — Endurance78
- Ice time per game (45 %)19 · 76
- Total ice time (20 %)1,580 · 80
- Shift length (15 %)50.6 · 83
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)17.4 · 75
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.209 · 73
DU — Durability67
- Share of games played (100 %)0.755 · 67
CK — Checking86
- Hits /60 (70 %)5.346 · 86
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)4.088 · 83
- Season volume (10 %)5.094 · 90
FG — Fighting83
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.1 · 83
DI — Discipline85
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.009 · 85
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.651 · 74
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.597 · 86
PA — Passing78
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.385 · 76
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.468 · 79
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.039 · 79
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.074 · 72
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.129 · 61
SC — Scoring53
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.125 · 58
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.117 · 42
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.224 · 75
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.026 · 37
- xG per shot (10 %)0.033 · 61
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)7.027 · 45
DF — Defense83
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.14 · 86
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.107 · 81
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.531 · 80
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.103 · 83
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-2.93 · 49
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)56.9 · 80
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.382 · 75
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience67
- Career regular-season games (65 %)74
- Career playoff games (25 %)53
- NHL seasons (10 %)55
OV — Overall76
- DF · Defense (30 %)83
- PA · Passing (22 %)78
- SK · Skating (12 %)61
- SC · Scoring (12 %)53
- EN · Endurance (9 %)78
- ST · Strength (6 %)67
- DI · Discipline (5 %)85
- CK · Checking (4 %)86
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 76 | 61 | 53 | 83 |
| 2024-25 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 80 |
| 2023-24 | 73 | 61 | 54 | 81 |
| 2022-23 | 72 | 66 | 73 | 79 |
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
1.6
wins above replacement
34 of 325
PAL Rating
66/ 100
Performance · Above average
77 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
78/ 100
Very good contract
1.00 M$ · expected PAL 40
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 38
- Defense
- 83
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- Offense
- 58
- Creation
- 9
- Shooting
- 6
- Possession
- 70
- Defense
- 82
- Discipline
- 78
- Power play
- 37
- Penalty kill
- 88
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 | PIT | 1.6 | 66 | 78 | 1.00 M$ |
| 2024-25 | BOS | 1.2 | 49 | 72 | 0.80 M$ |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 0.8 | 56 | 69 | 0.78 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
8/ 100
Low
better than 8% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
9/ 100
Low
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
30/ 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, 206 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 77
- Shot selection
- 10
- Penalties drawn
- 72
- Puck management
- 0
Defense
- Takeaways
- 72
- Discipline
- 54
- Safe zone exits
- 2
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 | PIT | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 2024-25 | BOS | 28 | 39 | 29 |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 15 | 28 | 20 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
1.6
wins above replacement
0.9 to 2.6 — 90% interval
34 of 325 defensemen
+8.3 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.1
- EV defense
- +4.2
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- +0.6
- Shooting
- +0.7
- Penalties
- -0.5
- Average → replacement
- +3.3
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | PIT | 80 | 1.6 | 0.9 to 2.6 | 34/325 |
| 2024-25 | BOS | 51 | 1.2 | 0.7 to 1.7 | 38/314 |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 41 | 0.8 | 0.5 to 1.1 | 63/316 |
| 2022-23 | NYI | 12 | 0.1 | -0.0 to 0.2 | 152/334 |
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
- 135.7 km/h32nd percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.5 km/h63rd percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 541st percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 46.3 %95th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 24.9 km20th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.46 km29th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 48.9 %100th percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 16.8 %4th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 36.9 %90th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 520th percentile | 049th percentile | 0.0 %27th percentile |
| High danger | 051st percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 136th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %50th percentile |
| Long range | 435th percentile | 077th percentile | 0.0 %67th 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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CHIParker Wotherspoon: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Parker Wotherspoon have in 2026-27?
Parker Wotherspoon has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 6 games in 2026-27.
How old is Parker Wotherspoon?
Parker Wotherspoon is 29 years old: he was born on August 24, 1997.
How tall is Parker Wotherspoon, and how much does he weigh?
Parker Wotherspoon is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 194 lb (88 kg).
Where is Parker Wotherspoon from?
Canada: Parker Wotherspoon was born in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
What team does Parker Wotherspoon play for?
Parker Wotherspoon plays for the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL, at D, wearing number 29.
Is Parker Wotherspoon injured?
Yes: Parker Wotherspoon is on injured reserve (upper body). He is expected back around November 28.
How good is Parker Wotherspoon?
Parker Wotherspoon produced 1.6 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 34th of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 66 out of 100: above average for his position.
How much does Parker Wotherspoon make?
Parker Wotherspoon earns $1.0M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 78 out of 100 (very good contract): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Parker Wotherspoon's contract end?
Parker Wotherspoon's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Parker Wotherspoon overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 78 out of 100 (very good contract), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Parker Wotherspoon a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 34th of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Parker Wotherspoon getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 49 in 2024-25 to 66 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Parker Wotherspoon played lately?
Over his last 6 games, Parker Wotherspoon has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists).
What are Parker Wotherspoon's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Parker Wotherspoon has 194 games, 4 goals, 42 assists and 46 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 30 points in 80 games.
Where was Parker Wotherspoon drafted?
Parker Wotherspoon was drafted 112th overall (round 4) by New York Islanders in 2015.
How does Parker Wotherspoon perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Parker Wotherspoon has 16 games and 3 points in his career. His pace (0.19 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.24).
Which player is most similar to Parker Wotherspoon?
Matt Roy: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Matt Roy's page →Is Parker Wotherspoon a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 25 points in 2026-27, or 0.32 points per game.
Does Parker Wotherspoon have siblings?
Yes: his brother Tyler Wotherspoon (selected 57th overall by the Calgary Flames in 2011).
What is Parker Wotherspoon's nationality?
Parker Wotherspoon is Canadian. Internationally: Canada Pacific — World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2014; Canada national under-18 team — 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships.
What awards has Parker Wotherspoon won?
Named to the WHL Western Conference Second Team All-Star — 2016–17 season.
Where did Parker Wotherspoon play before turning pro?
Tri-City Americans (WHL) — four seasons; drafted by Tri-City on May 3, 2012 and signed May 29, 2012.
How many points is Parker Wotherspoon projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 25 points in 79 games in 2026-27 (11 to 37 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Vegas Golden Knights teammates
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