Parker Wotherspoon Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Noel Acciari is the partner who brings the best out of him

Wotherspoon is at his best beside Acciari: 62.2% of the expected goals together against 50.5% apart.

256 minutes together, 1,129 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Acciari is a different player beside him: 62.2% of the expected goals with Wotherspoon, 45.2% without him.

256 minutes together, 465 minutes apart for Acciari

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Chinakhov does better away from him: 65.0% of the expected goals apart against 46.2% together.

182 minutes together, 100 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Justin Brazeau

The pairing with Brazeau is the one that costs him: 45.7% of the expected goals together, 53.9% apart.

219 minutes together, 1,166 minutes apart

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

10 of his 15 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Wotherspoon than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Noel Acciari are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Wotherspoon and Acciari: 5.44 expected goals an hour.

256 minutes together at 5v5

Erik Karlsson is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Karlsson than anyone: 1,077 minutes, worth 54.9% of the expected goals.

59 goals for, 47 against together

The goals go his team's way when Connor Dewar is out there with him

With Dewar on the ice too, the Penguins have outscored opponents 14 to 5 at 5v5.

73.7% goal share over 303 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Ville Koivunen are out together

He gives up least beside Koivunen: 2.87 expected goals against an hour.

118 minutes together at 5v5

Bryan Rust is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Rust: 8.4 expected goals against an hour.

51 minutes together short-handed

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Acciari, Dewar, Karlsson and Lizotte: 68.8% of the expected goals over 98 minutes.

4 goals for, 0 against, 62.7% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Wotherspoon with Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell and Rust, 137 minutes at 5v5.

64.0% of the expected goals, 10 goals for and 4 against

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Dewar, Karlsson and Lizotte: 2 goals against in 31 minutes.

3.9 against an hour, 4.9 expected

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Brazeau, Karlsson, Malkin and Mantha: 30.8% of the expected goals.

0 goals for, 2 against over 32 minutes

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Wotherspoon has played 55 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

15 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Wotherspoon this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Erik Karlsson is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Erik Karlsson's goals, 14.8% of his own assists.

4 primary, 0 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

44.4% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

12 primary of 27 assists

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

52.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Wotherspoon is on.

643 for, 574 against, 50th of 246 defencemen

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Penguins score 54.7% of the 5v5 goals with Wotherspoon out there.

70 for, 58 against, 53rd of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.8, close to neutral.

10.9% shooting and 89.9% goaltending behind him, 93rd of 246 defencemen

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Penguins generate 52.6% of the expected goals with Wotherspoon on the ice.

109.0 xGF to 98.1 xGA over 1,385 minutes, 56th of 246 defencemen

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Wotherspoon's line owns 52.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,358 for, 1,243 against, 57th of 246 defencemen

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Penguins create 4.72 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Wotherspoon on.

60th of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 53.85 shot attempts an hour with Wotherspoon on the ice at 5v5.

68th of 246 defencemen

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 9.21 expected goals an hour.

20 goals against in 185 minutes, 54th of 156 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.25 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

92nd of 246 defencemen

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Penguins are down 3 goals with Wotherspoon on the ice.

78 for, 81 against, 104th of 245 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Wotherspoon plays 20:10 a night, 97th among defencemen.

1,614 minutes across 80 games

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

He draws 2:32 of penalty kill time a game, 54th among defencemen.

11.5% of his total ice time

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +17 on the season.

59th in the league

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

74th in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 4.39 times an hour.

74th most giveaways an hour

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 2.6 shots on goal an hour.

842nd in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.2 shots an hour of ice time.

206th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

26 takeaways against 118 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.22 takeaways per giveaway

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.04 penalty minutes an hour.

299th most penalty minutes an hour

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 6.03 checks an hour.

292nd in the league

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1 assists an hour of ice time.

325th in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.11 goals an hour of ice time.

700th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 0.97 times an hour.

354th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Wotherspoon produces 1.12 points an hour of ice time.

539th in the league

He does not shoot, he looks to pass or carry instead

He fires 5.91 attempts an hour of ice time.

159 attempts in 1,614 minutes, 238th of 245 defencemen

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

70.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

70 of 99 unblocked, 27th of 241 defencemen

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

17.6% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

28 attempts from inside the home plate, 210th of 241 defencemen

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

18.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

29 of 159 attempts, 206th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

35.8% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

57 attempts, 0 goals

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

68.6% of his attempts come from the left side.

109 left, 33 middle, 17 right

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 42.7 feet.

159 located attempts, 158th of 241 defencemen

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Wotherspoon has taken 159 shot attempts this season.

67 on goal, 29 missed, 60 blocked, 145th of 241 defencemen

His long range shooting is about league average

45.9% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

73 long-range attempts, 101st of 241 defencemen

About the usual number of his shots get blocked

37.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

60 of 159 attempts, 138th of 241 defencemen

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Matthew Tkachuk.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Matthew Tkachuk has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 0.0% of his attempts.

0 goals on 29 close attempts, 144th of 221 defencemen

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 12.5% of them go in.

2 goals on 16 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 50.2 feet out, and the longest went in from 63.

3 goals located by coordinate

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 4.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

3 goals on 70 shots, 152nd of 241 defencemen

He scores about what his chances are worth

Wotherspoon has 3 goals off 4.8 expected: 1.8 short of what the chances say.

118th of 241 defencemen

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