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

The Vegas Golden Knights have an injury on the blue line.

The team announced Monday that defenseman Parker Wotherspoon will be out week-to-week with an upper-body injury.

It wasn’t revealed how or when Wotherspoon sustained the injury. He played with the team during their 2-1 overtime win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday and finished the night with three hits and one blocked shot in 19:05 of ice time.

In his first six games of 2026-27, the 29-year-old defender has five hits and five blocked shots, averaging 18:16 of ice time.

Wotherspoon, a native of Surrey, B.C., was acquired by the Golden Knights in the offseason in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He has one year remaining on a two-year, $2-million contract with a cap hit of $1 million.

Through five NHL seasons, he has four goals and 42 assists for 46 points, averaging 18:34 of ice time in 194 career regular-season appearances with Vegas, Pittsburgh, the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders.

He’s also appeared in 16 Stanley Cup Playoff games, where he’s averaged 19:16 of ice time and recorded three assists, 42 hits and 36 blocked shots.

The Golden Knights are 5-1-0 through their first six games of the 2026-27 season. Forward Jack Eichel leads the team with 12 points (three goals and nine assists) and is tied for second in the league in points. Victor Olofsson has a team-leading four goals.

In the crease, Carter Hart is 3-1-0 with a .910 save percentage (SV%) in four appearances, while Adin Hill is 2-0-0 with an .886 SV% and 2.40 GAA.