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Parker Wotherspoon #28
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Parker Wotherspoon has 15 points (2 goals, 13 assists) in 41 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins this season.

Selected in the 4th round (No. 112) of the 2015 NHL Draft by the New York Islanders, he has 31 points (3 goals, 28 assists) in 149 regular-season games for the New York Islanders, the Boston Bruins and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

He also has 2 points (0 goals, 2 assists) in 10 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 28.4 yrs (24.08.1997)
    Height / Weight: 185 cm / 86 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 112th in 2015
    Draft Team: Team logoNew York Islanders
    Awards: -
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The 28-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Penguins controlling 44% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Parker Wotherspoon is off the ice, the Penguins control 54% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 14% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 43% in the defensive zone.

  • 74

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 134th of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 86th of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    41.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.11
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    20.65
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.14
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.35
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.57
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.09
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.44
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.34
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    3.15
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    3.26
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.71
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    4.25
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.35
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    3.26
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.43
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    4.56
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    6.39
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Actual AAV: $1.000M
Player Contract Value: $4.200M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 30.9 yrs (24.08.1997)
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Parker Wotherspoon
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
28.12.2025 Team Logo Blackhawks 1 0 0 0 -2 20:38 0 0
30.12.2025 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 1 1 2 18:03 2 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 1 1 0 19:22 1 0.0% 2
03.01.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 2 2 2 18:49 1 0.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 0 18:43 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 4 4 2 5 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2022-23 Team Logo Islanders 12 0 1 1 5 13:19 10 0.0% 4
2023-24 Team Logo Bruins 41 0 8 8 6 17:43 32 0.0% 31
2024-25 Team Logo Bruins 55 1 6 7 -10 18:01 44 2.3% 10
2025-26 Team Logo Penguins 41 2 13 15 1 20:38 39 5.1% 30
Season Projection 82 4 26 30 2 20:39 78 5.1% 60
Total 149 3 28 31 2 125 2.4% 75
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2023-24 Team Logo Bruins 10 0 2 2 -1 17:33 9 0.0% 6
Total 10 0 2 2 -1 9 0.0% 6
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Parker Wotherspoon Team Logo D 28.4 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 0.37 0.21 63 80 $1.000M
93% Dylan DeMelo Team Logo D 32.7 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 0.38 0.26 64 82 $4.900M
88% Ryan Shea Team Logo D 28.9 yrs 185 cm / 90 kg 0.39 0.20 66 83 $0.900M
85% Jalen Chatfield Team Logo D 29.6 yrs 185 cm / 94 kg 0.20 0.22 61 80 $3.000M
85% Artem Zub Team Logo D 30.3 yrs 191 cm / 90 kg 0.30 0.28 63 79 $4.600M
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