Golden Knights’ Parker Wotherspoon out week-to-week with upper-body injury

Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Parker Wotherspoon will be sidelined week-to-week due to an upper-body injury, the team announced on Monday. The 29-year-old blueliner most recently played 19:05 of ice time during a 2-1 overtime victory against the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, recording three hits and one blocked shot. Details regarding how or when he suffered the injury were not disclosed by the club.

Wotherspoon was acquired by Vegas during the offseason in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins and is entering the final year of a two-year, $2 million contract. Through his first six games of the 2026-27 season, he has recorded five hits and five blocked shots while averaging 18:16 of ice time for the Golden Knights, who have started the campaign with a 5-1-0 record.