
- Age
- 28
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 209 lb
- Shoots
- R
- Born
- Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
- GP
- 7
- G
- 3
- A
- 2
- P
- 5
- +/-
- +2
- SOG
- 15
2026–27 regular season
Drafted 2017 · Round 4, #121 overall (OTT)
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 first 7 GP |
|---|---|---|
| GP | 7 | 7 |
| G | 3 | 4-1 |
| A | 2 | 6-4 |
| P | 5 | 10-5 |
| SOG | 15 | 15 |
| PPP | 1 | 5-4 |
| +/- | +2 | 0+2 |
| PIM | 6 | 2+4 |
| TOI/GP | 17:21 | 16:16+1:06 |
| SH% | 20.0 | 26.7-6.7 |
Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.
Shooting:Batherson is shooting 20.0% (3 on 15 shots) against 15.7% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 1.8 expected goals this season (G − xG +1.3).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 58.2
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 51.6
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +13.3
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 1.062
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 1.8
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- +1.3
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 54.4
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 12:26
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
29 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Batherson is used
#19 · R · Ottawa Senators
Drake Batherson
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 7 games with shift charts
- Line 2
- PP1
- Ice time / game
- 17:21
- 12:26 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 54.4%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 51.6%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 58.2%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL forwards
Average shift
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Ottawa Senators | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025–26 | Ottawa Senators | 79 | 33 | 38 | 71 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Ottawa Senators | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024–25 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 26 | 42 | 68 |
| 2024–25 (P) | Ottawa Senators | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 28 | 38 | 66 |
| 2022–23 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 22 | 40 | 62 |
| 2021–22 | Ottawa Senators | 46 | 17 | 27 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | Ottawa Senators | 56 | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| 2019–20 | Ottawa Senators | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2018–19 | Ottawa Senators | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | vs | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:33 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | vs | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:45 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:07 |
| Tue, Oct 6 | @ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:07 |
| Mon, Oct 5 | @ | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:11 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:02 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | Canada · WC | 10 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | Belleville Senators · AHL | 44 | 16 | 38 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | Belleville Senators · AHL | 59 | 22 | 40 | 62 |
| 2017–18 | Cape Breton Eagles · QMJHL | 24 | 17 | 22 | 39 |
| 2017–18 | Canada U20 · WJC-20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2017–18 | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada · QMJHL | 27 | 12 | 26 | 38 |
| 2017–18 (P) | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada · QMJHL | 22 | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| 2016–17 | Cape Breton Eagles · QMJHL | 61 | 22 | 36 | 58 |
| 2016–17 (P) | Cape Breton Eagles · QMJHL | 11 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2015–16 | Cape Breton Eagles · QMJHL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015–16 | Valley Wildcats · MJAHL | 28 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 2015–16 (P) | Valley Wildcats · MJAHL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014–15 | Valley Wildcats · NSMMHL | 34 | 20 | 26 | 46 |
| 2014–15 (P) | Valley Wildcats · NSMMHL | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013–14 | Valley Wildcats · NSMMHL | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013–14 | OHA Gold Mavericks Midget AAA · OEMHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013–14 | OHA Mavericks Minor Midget AAA · OEMMHL | 19 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2013–14 (P) | Valley Wildcats · NSMMHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012–13 | Valley (Kings Mutual) Wildcats · NSMBHL | 31 | 25 | 28 | 53 |
| 2012–13 (P) | Valley (Kings Mutual) Wildcats · NS Bantam Prov. | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012–13 (P) | Team Nova Scotia U15 (ACC) · ACC-U15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011–12 | Valley (Kings Mutual) Wildcats · NSMBHL | 35 | 23 | 31 | 54 |
| 2011–12 (P) | Valley (Kings Mutual) Wildcats · NS Bantam Prov. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batherson in the news
Senators rally to beat the Predators 3-2 in shootoutOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Shane Pinto scored the shootout winner to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.Tim Stutzle and Drake Batherson — who tied it with 2:23 left in the…Yahoo Sports · 2026-10-11
Batherson finishes double-tip for Senators’ game-tying goalWatch as Tim Stützle’s shot deflects off Shane Pinto and Drake Batherson before finding the net to tie the game with under two minutes remaining.Sportsnet Hockey (all hockey) · 2026-10-11
Game Day – Senators Host Flyers in Home OpenerThe home opener is gonna have to speak for itself. Eklund-Stutzle-Batherson Greig-Cozens-Zetterlund Amadio-Pinto-Giroux Foegele-Halliday-Cousins Chabot-Spence Kleven-Yakemchuk Crotty-Matinpalo Ullmark starts. GO. SENS.…SensChirp · 2026-10-08