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Defence · #29

Parker Wotherspoon

New York Islanders Boston Bruins Pittsburgh Penguins Vegas Golden Knights(traded during the season)
Age
29
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Surrey, CAN
Draft
2015, round 4, #112 (NYI)

Career · 2022–23 to 2026–27

Games
96
Goals
1
Points
15
TOI per game
17:54
xGF% (5v5)
52.0%
Goals above expected
−1.1
ShowAll teamsNew York IslandersBoston BruinsPittsburgh PenguinsVegas Golden Knights

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2022–23NYI12011+513:20100.0%00.355.5%
2023–24BOS41088+617:43320.0%00.854.0%
2024–25BOS55167−1018:02442.3%01.450.2%
2025–26PIT8032730+1720:10704.3%02.751.8%
2026–27VGK5000−618:0650.0%00.458.1%
Total4 teams19344246+1218:341612.5%05.452.3%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.10.20.30.420406080
15m16m17m18m19m20m21m20406080Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2022–23 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

63rd percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.0711th pct
  • Assists /600.7059th pct
  • ixG /600.094th pct
  • Shots /602.7011th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.3%79th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.2%62nd pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.979th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3281st pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:3460th pct
  • PP time share2.0%40th pct
  • PK time share38.0%67th pct
  • Quality of competition24.9%76th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Brian DumoulinPIT/SEA/ANA/NJD/LAK0.83
  2. Dylan DeMeloWPG0.80
  3. Justin HollDET0.80
  4. Mikey AndersonLAK0.78
  5. Marc StaalFLA/PHI0.76
  6. Jonas SiegenthalerNJD0.76

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−1.1 goals above expected

00.511.5220406080Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed34.5 km/h86th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph590th pct
  • Hardest shot135.7 km/h63rd pct
  • Distance skated16 km73rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.4%75th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

34.9 km/h36th pct

▲ +0.8 km/h since 2024–25

333435363722–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 33.4 km/h, 4th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 33.8 km/h, 10th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 34.1 km/h, 14th percentile (55 games)2025–26: 34.9 km/h, 36th percentile (80 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.920th pct

▲ +0.1 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5322–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 1.1, 36th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 0.9, 24th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 0.7, 17th percentile (55 games)2025–26: 0.9, 20th percentile (80 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.2 km19th pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.522–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 13.5 km, 55th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 13.1 km, 17th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 13.5 km, 37th percentile (55 games)2025–26: 13.2 km, 19th percentile (80 games)

Hardest shot

145.0 km/h34th pct

▲ +6.2 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016022–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 136.9 km/h, 3rd percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 140.0 km/h, 15th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 138.8 km/h, 13th percentile (55 games)2025–26: 145.0 km/h, 34th percentile (80 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.1%46th pct

▼ −1.5 points since 2024–25

39%40%41%42%43%44%22–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 41.7%, 51st percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 40.9%, 39th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 42.6%, 63rd percentile (55 games)2025–26: 41.1%, 46th percentile (80 games)