Drake Batherson
Age 28 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 209 lb · Born Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Drafted 2017, #121 overall by Ottawa
2025-262025-26: 79 games, 33-38-71, 0.90 points per game Season detail →
Drake Batherson has 3 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 71 points in 79 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample3 points in 3 games for the 11th-placed Ottawa
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 2 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Ottawa trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the crease
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
11 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 79 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 78th percentile of forwards: 83.43 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.31@
TOR3 Oct · 1st 10:43 - 20.67@
BOS5 Oct · 2nd 14:28 - 19.70@TOR3 Oct · 1st 12:46
- 19.50@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 12:51
- 19.46@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 11:09
- 19.08@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 08:25
- 19.05@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 06:39
- 19.03@BOS5 Oct · 1st 00:52
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 83.43@BOS5 Oct · 1st 16:30
- 69.88@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 08:58
- 47.02@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 06:50
- 41.75@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 07:51
- 29.39@TOR3 Oct · 1st 10:43
- 27.16@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 01:06
- 19.49@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 06:15
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.76@
DET6 Oct · 17:07 TOI - 2.49@BOS5 Oct · 15:11 TOI
- 2.82@TOR3 Oct · 18:02 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.69 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Philadelphia, a point in one of three
PHIW 2-1 OT0000015:44PHIW 3-2 OT0112017:41PHIW 2-10002014:57DETW 5-31122017:07BOSL 1-41012+115:11TORL 2-30002018:0271 points in 79 games on a team that finished 9th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.9). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Clutch numbers to match the totals
How the 33 goals and 38 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
13 of 33 goals broke a tie; 11 came with Ottawa trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
348 attempts across the 81 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 79 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 80th percentile of forwards: 90.61 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in three games out of five (49 of 79)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Philadelphia, a point in one of three
PHIW 2-1 OT0000015:44PHIW 3-2 OT0112017:41PHIW 2-10002014:57TORW 3-11012017:08
NJDOTL 3-4 OT0113−116:53
NYIW 3-00001+117:44
FLAW 5-11011013:46
TBLW 6-20220−117:17
CARW 6-30112013:43
MINL 1-41011014:05
BUFW 4-10000015:18FLAL 3-61011−118:16TBLL 2-40002−118:51DETW 5-31122017:07BOSL 1-41012+115:11TORL 2-30002018:02Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 14.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 73rd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Ottawa
Eight seasons · 2018-19 to 2025-26Tim Stützle sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEight seasons, all with the Senators
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct