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Parker Wotherspoon

D · #29 · VGK · 29 · Shot-blocking PK defenseman · Very steady (97th pct)

Average career stats over an 84-game season

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PIM

18:34

TOI/GP

0:04

PP TOI/GP

1:50

SH TOI/GP

Regular seasonPlayoffsSeasonCareer to dateRawRegressed

Season	Team	Type	GP	Box score					Net goals per 84 games											Elo	Playoffs	On-ice context						Contract
Season	Team	Type	GP	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	EV off	EV def	PP	PK	Fin	Play	Supp	Pen	FO	SO	Overall	Elo	Playoffs	Comp	Mates	Top linemates				Cap hit	% of cap	NG/84 per $M
2022-23			12	0	1	1	+5	4	+2.013:02	+1.3	+0.1	+0.30:17	-1.6	+0.4	+0.9	-1.4	+0.0	+0.0	+2.0	-1		+0.2	-1.0	Pulock 74%	Bailey 32%	Barzal 30%	Beauvillier 27%	$0.75M	0.9%	+2.61
2023-24			41	0	8	8	+6	31	-0.115:39	+0.6	+0.20:05	+0.11:58	-1.3	+0.4	+1.3	+2.0	+0.0	-0.0	+3.1	-1	+0.610 GP	+1.0	+0.4	Heinen 27%	Frederic 26%	Geekie 25%	DeBrusk 24%	$0.78M	0.9%	+4.03
2024-25			55	1	6	7	-10	10	-2.116:34	+1.4	-0.10:07	-0.81:19	-0.4	+0.1	+1.1	+2.7	+0.0	+0.0	+2.0	-30		+0.4	-1.3	Pastrnak 27%	Zacha 26%	Geekie 24%	Lindholm 22%	$0.80M	0.9%	+2.51
2025-26			80	3	27	30	+17	55	+0.117:45	+0.5	-0.30:02	+0.32:21	+0.1	+0.6	+1.3	+0.6	+0.0	+0.0	+3.1	+57	-0.66 GP	+0.8	+1.4	Karlsson 76%	Rust 32%	Crosby 29%	Dewar 26%	$1.00M	1.0%	+3.14
2026-27			1	0	0	0	-1	2	-1.219:10	-8.0	+0.00:04	-0.70:54	-3.2	+0.4	+1.3	+0.5	+0.0	+0.0	-11.0	+2		+0.0	+0.0	Andersson 78%	Karlsson 37%	Marner 33%	Howden 31%	$1.00M	1.0%	-11.01
2022-23			12	0	1	1	+5	4	+0.213:02	+0.1	+0.0	+0.00:17	-0.0	+0.4	+0.4	-0.2	-0.0	-0.0	+1.0	-1		+0.2	-1.0	Pulock 74%	Bailey 32%	Barzal 30%	Beauvillier 27%	$0.75M	0.9%	+1.30
2023-24			41	0	8	8	+6	31	+0.115:39	+0.2	+0.10:05	+0.01:58	-0.1	+0.4	+1.0	+0.5	+0.0	-0.0	+2.2	-1	+0.610 GP	+1.0	+0.4	Heinen 27%	Frederic 26%	Geekie 25%	DeBrusk 24%	$0.78M	0.9%	+2.89
2024-25			55	1	6	7	-10	10	-0.716:34	+0.5	-0.00:07	-0.21:19	-0.1	+0.2	+1.0	+1.3	+0.0	+0.0	+2.0	-30		+0.4	-1.3	Pastrnak 27%	Zacha 26%	Geekie 24%	Lindholm 22%	$0.80M	0.9%	+2.50
2025-26			80	3	27	30	+17	55	-0.217:45	+0.3	-0.10:02	+0.02:21	-0.1	+0.6	+1.3	+0.9	+0.0	+0.0	+2.7	+57	-0.66 GP	+0.8	+1.4	Karlsson 76%	Rust 32%	Crosby 29%	Dewar 26%	$1.00M	1.0%	+2.69
2026-27			1	0	0	0	-1	2	-0.319:10	+0.3	-0.00:04	-0.00:54	-0.1	+0.4	+1.2	+1.0	+0.0	+0.0	+2.4	+2		+0.0	+0.0	Andersson 78%	Karlsson 37%	Marner 33%	Howden 31%	$1.00M	1.0%	+2.37
2022-23			12	0	1	1	+5	4	+0.213:02	+0.1	+0.0	+0.00:17	-0.0	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.0	-0.0	+0.3	1499		+0.2	-1.0	Pulock 74%	Bailey 32%	Barzal 30%	Beauvillier 27%	$0.75M	0.9%	+0.46
2023-24			53	0	9	9	+11	35	+0.115:39	+0.1	+0.00:05	+0.01:58	-0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+0.5	-0.0	-0.0	+1.9	1498	+0.610 GP	+0.9	+0.1	Heinen 22%	Frederic 22%	Geekie 20%	DeBrusk 20%	$0.76M	0.9%	+2.53
2024-25			108	1	15	16	+1	45	-0.516:34	+0.3	+0.00:07	-0.11:19	-0.1	+0.2	+1.2	+1.1	+0.0	-0.0	+2.1	1468	+0.610 GP	+0.6	-0.6	Geekie 22%	Pastrnak 14%	Zacha 14%	Lindholm 12%	$0.78M	0.9%	+2.75
2025-26			188	4	42	46	+18	100	-0.317:45	+0.3	-0.00:02	-0.02:21	-0.1	+0.4	+1.2	+1.0	+0.0	-0.0	+2.5	1532	+0.116 GP	+0.7	+0.3	Karlsson 35%	Rust 15%	Crosby 13%	Dewar 12%	$0.83M	0.9%	+2.99
2026-27			189	4	42	46	+17	102	-0.319:10	+0.3	-0.00:04	-0.00:54	-0.1	+0.4	+1.2	+1.0	+0.0	+0.0	+2.4	1527	+0.116 GP	+0.7	+0.3	Karlsson 35%	Rust 15%	Crosby 13%	Dewar 12%	$0.86M	1.0%	+2.79

Season	Team	GP	Box score					Net goals per 84 games
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	EV off	EV def	PP	PK	Fin	Play	Supp	Pen	FO	SO	Overall
2023-24		10	0	2	2	-1	6	-2.4	+4.5	+0.0	-0.8	-1.7	+0.3	+1.1	-0.3	+0.0	-0.0	+0.6
2025-26		6	0	1	1	-2	12	-3.6	+3.8	+0.3	-0.9	-0.8	+0.6	+1.4	-1.5	+0.0	+0.0	-0.6
2023-24		10	0	2	2	-1	6	-2.4	+4.5	+0.0	-0.8	-1.7	+0.3	+1.1	-0.3	+0.0	-0.0	+0.6
2025-26		16	0	3	3	-3	18	-2.9	+4.3	+0.1	-0.9	-1.4	+0.4	+1.2	-0.7	+0.0	+0.0	+0.1

NHL Edge — tracking, 2021-22 on

Season	Shot mph	Speed mph	20–22 /GP	18–20 /GP	Miles /60
2022-23			0.2	2.8	8.4
2023-24			0.3	2.2	8.1
2024-25			0.2	3.0	8.4
2025-26	90.1	21.7	0.3	3.3	8.2
2026-27			0.0	3.0	0.0

Over time

84-game formtrailing net goals/84

Career net goalsrunning total vs a league-average player

84-game stretcheshis best and worst windows of the form line

	G	A	P	PPP	+/−	TOI/GP	Pen taken	Pen drawn	FO%	Team W-L-OTL
Best+3.5Jan 12 ’23 – Mar 11 ’25	1	11	12	0	+4	17:31	15	20	—	39-29-16
Worst+1.6Feb 10 ’24 – Oct 25 ’25	1	15	16	0	-4	18:20	15	17	—	34-37-13

Games and opponents

Single-game net goalsshare of his 189 games by that night’s total

Best game +1.09 net goals · Oct 27, 2025 vs STL (W 6–3) · Game recap →

Vs competition quartilescareer at 5v5, opposing fives ranked by average net goals/84

Shots

Shot mixhis shots on goal by type and location, 2010-11 on

	Share	Total shots	Avg dist (ft)	xG	G	G/xG	Net goals/84
Wrist	62%	97	62	3.0	0	0.00	–
Snap	17%	26	58	1.4	3	2.14	–
Slap	21%	33	57	1.4	1	0.74	–
Backhand	1%	1	72	0.0	0	–	–
Total		157	61	5.7	4	0.70	-0.8

	Share	Total shots	Avg dist (ft)	xG	G	G/xG	Net goals/84
Wrist	63%	91	58	2.8	0	0.00	–
Snap	15%	22	53	1.1	2	1.82	–
Slap	21%	31	57	1.3	1	0.80	–
Backhand	1%	1	72	0.0	0	–	–
Total		145	57	5.1	3	0.59	-0.9

	Share	Total shots	Avg dist (ft)	xG	G	G/xG	Net goals/84
Wrist	100%	1	42	0.1	0	–	–
Total		1	42	0.1	0	–	–

	Share	Total shots	Avg dist (ft)	xG	G/xG	Net goals/84
Wrist	50%	4	172	0.0	–	–
Snap	25%	2	136	0.0	–	–
Slap	25%	2	67	0.1	–	–
Total		8	137	0.1	–	–

The rink is drawn from his side: he attacks left to right, his left on top. Right half: where his own shots come from. Left half: where opponents shoot from while he is on the ice (shared with his linemates and the team system). Blue = a bigger share of those shots from that zone than the league average for defensemen in the same situation (and shot type, when one is picked); red = a smaller share.

shots on goal against with him on vs defensemen · n=1,565 · ±0.08pphis shots on goal vs defensemen · n=154 · ±0.30pp

Best finishes on videohis lowest-xG goals with a highlight clip (2018-19 on)

	xG	Date	Opp	Sit	Shot
1	0.026	Nov 16, 2025	vs NSH	EV	Snap	Watch ▸
2	0.092	Oct 27, 2025	vs STL	SH/other	Snap	Watch ▸
3	0.109	Jan 14, 2025	vs TBL	EV	Snap	Watch ▸

Comparables at 28

The most similar players at the same age: level, trajectory, experience, ice time and style. Net goals per 84 then, and over their next three seasons.

Now: +2.3 (2025-26 and the season before, regressed)

Parkercomparables

Josh Gorges 2012-13 MTL · 82% match
then +2.4→+0.9 −6.2 −3.1
Chris Tanev 2018-19 VAN · 81% match
then +2.5→+1.8 +7.7 +5.8
Michal Kempny 2018-19 WSH · 78% match
then +1.3→+0.7 out +1.1
Jeff Finger 2008-09 TOR · 78% match
then +2.3→+1.0 out out
Kevan Miller 2016-17 BOS · 76% match
then +3.1→+2.0 −3.0 out

They averaged +1.3 the next season; 3 of 5 were still in the NHL three seasons later. In backtests, comparables add information about how long a career lasts; for next season, the forecast above is the better guide.