Regular season

Parker Wotherspoon

Vegas Golden Knights · D · #29

Depth DDepth Defenseman?112 blocks in 80 games of hard minutes

HT: 6'1"
WT: 190 lb
Age: 28
Shoots: L
From: Surrey, CAN
Draft: 2015 NYI · R4 #112

60Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2828pctl

5656pctl

1616pctl

3535pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.3869pctl

0.0435pctl

0.3478pctl

0.931pctl

+1788pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1%4pctl

0.062pctl

0.0832pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1314pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.4059pctl

4.1651pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

6.468pctl

6.089pctl

0.2235pctl

0:0327pctl

2:2278pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 17h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

52.6%74pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

50.5%55pctl

O-zone deployment?

50%50pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.7 min76pctl

Support received?

17.3 min47pctl

D-zone deployment?

50%50pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0317pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.071pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.117pctl

0.87×3pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.37/gm8pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.6%20pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1421 EV min

General Offense

2.4916

2.2015

Shot Setups/60?

0.6332

Chance Setups/60?

0.6347

Primary Contributions/60?

3.1217

Rebounds Created/60?

0.2538

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3441

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1754

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0017

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.9712

Rush Offense/60?

4.3518

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2135

0.2147

0.0866

Deflections/60?

0.0441

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.0412

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0017

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.4282

0.3839

3.0484

Retrieval Success %?

11%25

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.7280

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0048

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$1.00M

cap hit

$2.12M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Parker Wotherspoon	60	Depth Defenseman	30 P · 80 GP	$1.00M	$2.12M	B+$1.1M	this player
Adam Wilsby	61	Depth Defenseman	16 P · 58 GP	$0.81M	$2.35M	B+$1.5M	83%
Spencer Stastney	58	Depth Defenseman	10 P · 66 GP	$0.82M	$1.70M	B+$0.9M	82%
Dylan DeMelo	62	Depth Defenseman	19 P · 82 GP	$4.90M	$2.59M	D−$2.3M	81%
Jack St. Ivany	62	Heavy Hitter	7 P · 20 GP	$0.80M	$2.59M	B+$1.8M	80%

Chemistry

Top connection: Erik Karlsson · 6 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Parker’s goals

Creates for

goals Parker assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 0 G · 4 A · 9 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 03-24

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:53 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 21:02 TOI

vs DAL

1P

0G 1A

vs DAL 03-28

0G 1A · 0 shots · 17:11 TOI

@ NYI

2P

0G 2A

@ NYI 03-30

0G 2A · 2 shots · 20:39 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 03-31

0G 0A · 3 shots · 20:31 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:00 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:44 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 04-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:27 TOI

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

@ NJD 04-09

0G 1A · 1 shots · 21:40 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 04-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:52 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)297 events shown

The office: the right point - 2 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 112 blocks · 11 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	New York Islanders	12	0	1	1	5
2023-24	Boston Bruins	41	0	8	8	6
2024-25	Boston Bruins	55	1	6	7	-10
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	3	27	30	17
Career	3 teams	188	4	42	46	18