RW · OTT · NHL id 8480208
Drake Batherson has played 79 games for the Ottawa Senators in 2025-26, scoring 33 goals and 38 assists (71 points) on 167 shots while averaging 17:21 a night (13:34 at even strength, 3:09 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 71% of his 5v5 minutes with Tim Stützle and 56% with Claude Giroux over the last 10 games, and the Senators have controlled 55% of shot attempts with Batherson on the ice (44-48 in goals, 77% offensive-zone starts). In the Senators' most recent game against CAR he was on L3 with Warren Foegele and Tim Stützle and on PP1. He is shooting 19.8% this season against 14.0% across the 480 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 25 game vs CAR, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 20 games, 16:32 average time on ice, PP1 in 19 games, 13 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2025-26 · 356 attempts, 177 on goal, 36 goals
Shot map, OPP at OTT: 356 attempts, 177 on goal, 36 goals, 26.85 expected goals; best chance Drake Batherson at 0.68 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 79 GP · 71 points vs 59.1 expected
Last 20 games: +4. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 19.6%
- 97.5
- 73.2%
- G vs xG
- 33 / 27.1
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 1:12 a game, 2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played79
- Goals3328th of 715
- Assists3872nd of 715
- Points7147th of 715
- Power-play points3014th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal167106th of 715
- Hits122122nd of 715
- Blocked shots22561st of 715
- Plus/minus−7501st of 715
- Penalty minutes33251st of 715
- Faceoffs won14288th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)55.2%66th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)54.8%74th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)56.5%51st of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)56.7%46th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)54.4%140th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)56.3%52nd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.81386th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60+0.001100th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.32226th of 719
- Faceoff win %58.3%
- Draw Equity /100+0.037
Usage
- Ice time per game17:21272nd of 715
- Power-play time per game3:0975th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %76.7%12th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.22157th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO975582nd of 719
- Goals above expected+5.918th of 715
- Luck Meter+4975th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.1428th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts139108th of 715
- Hardest shot90.6232nd of 715
- Offensive-zone time48.3%6th of 715
Compare head to head
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 78 of 79 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.014
- Season net
- −0.24xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.81
- Attempts
- 14
- 0.048
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to L1 from L3Mar 26, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L3Dec 14, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L3Mar 1, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L2Feb 25, 2023 alerts →
How his goals happened
40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 vs CAR | Deflection | — | 4* | 9.2 | — | |
| Apr 23, 2026 vs CAR | Rush | loose | 0 | 20.3 | — | |
| Apr 20, 2026 @ CAR | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 15.7 | — | |
| Apr 15, 2026 vs TOR | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 20.2 | — | |
| Apr 9, 2026 vs FLA | Deflection | carry | 6* | 42.8 | deflection | |
| Apr 4, 2026 vs MIN | Off the faceoff | — | 2 | 11.0 | — | |
| Mar 31, 2026 @ FLA | Off the faceoff | — | 0 | 66.0 | — | |
| Mar 26, 2026 vs PIT | Rebound | — | 3 | 14.2 | rebound | |
| Mar 26, 2026 vs PIT | Rebound | — | 0 | 57.7 | one-timer, rebound | |
| Mar 15, 2026 vs SJS | Deflection | carry | 2* | 18.5 | rebound | |
| Mar 15, 2026 vs SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 3 | 9.7 | — | |
| Mar 11, 2026 vs MTL | Deflection | — | 1 | 11.7 | — | |
| Mar 11, 2026 vs MTL | Deflection | — | 4 | 7.2 | rebound | |
| Mar 3, 2026 @ EDM | Cycle | — | 0 | 25.4 | — | |
| Mar 3, 2026 @ EDM | Cycle | — | 5* | 48.1 | — | |
| Feb 28, 2026 @ TOR | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 64.3 | 3-on-2 | |
| Feb 28, 2026 @ TOR | Cycle | — | 1 | 71.3 | — | |
| Jan 18, 2026 @ DET | Cycle | carry | 0 | 48.1 | — | |
| Jan 14, 2026 @ NYR | Rebound | — | 5* | 9.6 | rebound | |
| Jan 10, 2026 vs FLA | Deflection | — | 6* | 40.1 | deflection | |
| Jan 3, 2026 vs WPG | Cycle | — | 3* | 71.2 | — | |
| Dec 27, 2025 @ TOR | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 42.9 | 2-on-1, one-timer | |
| Dec 21, 2025 @ BOS | Rush | pass | 0 | 49.4 | — | |
| Dec 11, 2025 @ CBJ | Rush | carry | 2 | 49.2 | — | |
| Dec 9, 2025 vs NJD | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 26.7 | one-timer | |
| Dec 9, 2025 vs NJD | Rebound | — | 0 | 29.0 | rebound | |
| Dec 4, 2025 vs NYR | Deflection | — | 4* | 18.8 | — | |
| Dec 2, 2025 @ MTL | Cycle | — | 1 | 57.9 | — | |
| Nov 26, 2025 @ VGK | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 46.2 | 3-on-2, one-timer | |
| Nov 20, 2025 @ ANA | Deflection | — | 5* | 38.8 | deflection | |
| Nov 11, 2025 vs DAL | Forecheck turnover | carry | 1* | 60.4 | 3-on-2 | |
| Nov 1, 2025 @ MTL | Rush | carry | 0 | 24.5 | — | |
| Oct 27, 2025 vs BOS | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 58.4 | — | |
| Oct 27, 2025 vs BOS | Rebound | carry | 2 | 5.4 | 5-on-4, rebound | |
| Oct 25, 2025 @ WSH | Odd-man rush | pass | 3 | 13.1 | 2-on-1 | |
| Oct 25, 2025 @ WSH | Rebound | — | 0 | 27.8 | rebound | |
| Apr 20, 2025 @ TOR | Rebound | carry | 1 | 14.3 | rebound | |
| Apr 17, 2025 vs CAR | Cycle | — | 6* | 16.9 | — | |
| Apr 17, 2025 vs CAR | Cycle | — | 0 | — | — | |
| Apr 15, 2025 vs CHI | Off the faceoff | — | 0 | 56.3 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Batherson
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Batherson apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Stützle | LW | 75 | 684:39 | 63% | 54.4% | 49% (32-33) | 54.3% 309:39 | 53.0% 348:48 |
| Jordan Spence | D | 76 | 395:13 | 36% | 62.8% | 46% (17-20) | 49.6% 607:36 | 58.7% 894:59 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 49 | 317:01 | 29% | 57.4% | 45% (10-12) | 52.9% 336:36 | 54.5% 320:48 |
| Tyler Kleven | D | 69 | 316:36 | 29% | 51.7% | 39% (9-14) | 55.4% 586:34 | 53.9% 760:47 |
| Claude Giroux | RW | 41 | 312:14 | 29% | 57.8% | 52% (11-10) | 49.5% 219:52 | 48.7% 179:00 |
| Thomas Chabot | D | 57 | 309:37 | 28% | 55.3% | 44% (15-19) | 54.6% 429:21 | 51.1% 719:26 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 58 | 293:10 | 27% | 45.5% | 32% (10-21) | 60.1% 490:54 | 49.6% 618:57 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | 65 | 267:52 | 24% | 59.8% | 65% (17-9) | 51.6% 611:34 | 52.5% 859:28 |
| Artem Zub | D | 76 | 267:16 | 24% | 55.9% | 59% (13-9) | 54.9% 727:18 | 49.7% 1026:43 |
| David Perron | LW | 30 | 237:42 | 22% | 50.7% | 53% (9-8) | 59.6% 188:06 | 60.8% 101:24 |
| Nikolas Matinpalo | D | 51 | 210:58 | 19% | 48.7% | 62% (8-5) | 56.0% 465:34 | 42.1% 519:01 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | LW | 30 | 119:25 | 11% | 56.3% | 50% (6-6) | 51.1% 284:50 | 50.1% 227:22 |
| Brady Tkachuk | LW | 25 | 99:58 | 9% | 57.8% | 30% (3-7) | 51.8% 231:03 | 54.8% 222:12 |
| Nick Cousins | C | 23 | 82:21 | 8% | 56.4% | 54% (7-6) | 47.0% 229:34 | 41.4% 152:07 |
Game log
83 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25PO | vs CAR | L 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 20:35 | 9:16 | 9:09 | — |
| Apr 23PO | vs CAR | L 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 19:40 | 12:11 | 6:03 | — |
| Apr 20PO | @ CAR | OTL 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 27:33 | 24:43 | 2:50 | — |
| Apr 18PO | @ CAR | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 17:13 | 10:36 | 3:26 | — |
| Apr 15 | vs TOR | W 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17:08 | 13:16 | 3:05 | — |
| Apr 12 | @ NJD | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 16:53 | 12:32 | 4:21 | — |
| Apr 11 | @ NYI | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 17:44 | 10:37 | 6:21 | — |
| Apr 9 | vs FLA | W 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 13:46 | 12:50 | 0:56 | — |
| Apr 7 | vs TBL | W 6-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17:17 | 15:20 | 1:57 | — |
| Apr 5 | vs CAR | W 6-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13:43 | 11:34 | 2:09 | — |
| Apr 4 | vs MIN | L 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 14:05 | 11:41 | 2:24 | — |
| Apr 2 | vs BUF | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 15:18 | 12:32 | 2:45 | 0:01 |
| Mar 31 | @ FLA | L 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18:16 | 10:03 | 5:39 | — |
| Mar 28 | @ TBL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 18:51 | 15:54 | 1:16 | 0:29 |
| Mar 26 | vs PIT | OTL 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 19:41 | 18:02 | 1:39 | — |
| Mar 24 | @ DET | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 13:41 | 11:38 | 2:03 | — |
| Mar 23 | @ NYR | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18:33 | 9:50 | 8:33 | — |
| Mar 21 | vs TOR | W 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 15:27 | 11:59 | 3:28 | — |
| Mar 19 | vs NYI | W 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12:23 | 9:40 | 2:43 | — |
| Mar 18 | @ WSH | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:05 | 11:30 | 3:31 | — |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 79 | 1370:47 | 17:21 | 1620 | 975 | 62.4% | 62.5% | 761 | 464 | 97 | 58 | 63% | 94.3 | 55.1 | 82% |
| Even strength | 79 | 1071:35 | 13:34 | 1094 | 882 | 55.4% | 54.9% | 488 | 422 | 45 | 49 | 48% | 51.9 | 39.8 | 76% |
| 5v5 | 79 | 1038:41 | 13:09 | 1056 | 857 | 55.2% | 54.8% | 471 | 404 | 44 | 48 | 48% | 49.2 | 37.8 | 77% |
| Power play | 79 | 248:58 | 3:09 | 425 | 43 | 90.8% | 90.5% | 233 | 30 | 46 | 3 | 94% | 36.5 | 3.4 | 98% |
| Penalty kill | 5 | 0:47 | 0:09 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.1 | — |
| 4v4 | 28 | 20:08 | 0:43 | 21 | 15 | 58.3% | 55.2% | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.0 | 0.6 | 82% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 11 | 12:46 | 1:10 | 17 | 10 | 63.0% | 60.9% | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 1.7 | 1.4 | 43% |
| 5v4 | 79 | 243:05 | 3:05 | 406 | 41 | 90.8% | 90.6% | 222 | 28 | 44 | 3 | 94% | 33.9 | 3.4 | 98% |
| 5v3 | 7 | 3:46 | 0:32 | 14 | 1 | 93.3% | 91.7% | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 2.3 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 31 | 38:17 | 1:14 | 84 | 35 | 70.6% | 70.0% | 38 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 50% | 3.6 | 10.4 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 13 | 7:11 | 0:33 | 7 | 11 | 38.9% | 30.0% | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0% |
| 4v3 | 2 | 2:07 | 1:04 | 5 | 1 | 83.3% | 75.0% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | — |
| 6v4, own net empty | 4 | 2:57 | 0:44 | 8 | 2 | 80.0% | 83.3% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.4 | 0.9 | 100% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Playoffs | OTT | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 | 9 | 33.3% | 16 | 1 | 21:15 |
| 2025-26 | OTT | 79 | 33 | 38 | 71 | -7 | 33 | 167 | 19.8% | 122 | 22 | 17:21 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | OTT | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 10 | 9 | 11.1% | 27 | 3 | 17:29 |
| 2024-25 | OTT | 82 | 26 | 42 | 68 | -9 | 30 | 192 | 13.5% | 149 | 30 | 18:09 |
| 2023-24 | OTT | 82 | 28 | 38 | 66 | -9 | 42 | 196 | 14.3% | 98 | 33 | 18:10 |
| 2022-23 | OTT | 82 | 22 | 40 | 62 | -35 | 33 | 249 | 8.8% | 115 | 35 | 18:36 |
| 2021-22 | OTT | 46 | 17 | 27 | 44 | +4 | 32 | 110 | 15.5% | 89 | 15 | 18:56 |
| 2020-21 | OTT | 56 | 17 | 17 | 34 | -17 | 8 | 111 | 15.3% | 102 | 29 | 16:28 |
| 2019-20 | OTT | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -12 | 13 | 32 | 9.4% | 51 | 11 | 15:34 |
| 2018-19 | OTT | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 6 | 18 | 16.7% | 17 | 21 | 13:25 |
Drake Batherson news
- Drake Batherson Media AvailabilityNHL.com
- Drake Batherson: Usually there's a feeling out process in the first preseason gameTSN
- Drake Batherson Pregame Media vs MTLNHL.com
- Sens Nation Podcast: Drake Batherson Joins Us After Signing His Massive Senators Extensionthehockeynews.com
- Drake Batherson Training Camp Medianhl.com
- Which Contracts Signed Ahead of the New CBA Will Age Best?The Hockey Writers
- Senators Ink Drake Batherson to Massive 8-Year Deal & Young Players the Team Gave Up on Too SoonSubstack
- How the Senators, Drake Batherson struck the richest deal in team history: 'Down to the wire'The New York Times
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.