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Drake Batherson

Position	Right Wing / Left Wing	Current Team	Ottawa Senators
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	6 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	200	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	27 (Apr 27, 1998)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2017, Round 4, Overall 121 (OTT)

News and Opinions

Ottawa Senators: Ranking The Six Best At Each Position at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Aug 30, 2025)
Ottawa Senators Stanley Cup Checklist – 2025 Offseason Update at The Hockey Writers (Sat Aug 30, 2025)
Top five Senators to take in fantasy hockey ranked at SenShot (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Based on these players, this area will be critical again for Senators in 2025-26 at SenShot (Wed Aug 20, 2025)
These stats show how underrated and underappreciated Drake Batherson is at SenShot (Sat Aug 16, 2025)
2 Teams That Could Land Kirill Kaprizov if Wild Can’t Extend Him at The Hockey Writers (Mon Aug 4, 2025)
How high can Dylan Cozens raise his game for Senators this upcoming season? at SenShot (Fri Aug 1, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Sep 3, 2021	Ottawa Senators	Signed 6 years @ $4.975M AAV starting in 2021-22
Oct 3, 2017	Ottawa Senators	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2011-12	NSMBHL	Valley (Kings Mutual) Wildcats	35	23	31	54		10
2011-12	NS Bantam Prov.	Valley (Kings Mutual) Wildcats										4					2
2012-13	NSMBHL	Valley (Kings Mutual) Wildcats	31	25	28	53		16
2012-13	NS Bantam Prov.	Valley (Kings Mutual) Wildcats										4		4	4
2012-13	ACC-U15	Team Nova Scotia U15 (ACC)										4	5	4	9
2013-14	NSMMHL	Valley Wildcats	6	3	2	5		2				5	1	2	3		4
2013-14	OEMHL	OHA Gold Mavericks Midget AAA	3	0	2	2
2013-14	OEMMHL	OHA Mavericks Minor Midget AAA	19	7	10	17		18
2014-15	NSMMHL	Valley Wildcats	34	20	26	46		44				6	5	3	8		10
2015-16	QMJHL	Cape Breton Eagles	10	0	2	2	-1	2
2015-16	MJAHL	Valley Wildcats	28	4	15	19		18				6	1	2	3		8
2016-17	QMJHL	Cape Breton Eagles	61	22	36	58	+16	70				11	7	5	12	-6	14
2017-18	QMJHL	Cape Breton Eagles	24	17	22	39	-8	39
2017-18	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	7	0	7	+2	4
2017-18	QMJHL	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	27	12	26	38	+20	26				22	13	20	33	+16	19
2018-19	NHL	Ottawa Senators	20	3	6	9	-2	6	18	16.7	13:25
2018-19	AHL	Belleville Senators	59	22	40	62	+15	39
2019-20	NHL	Ottawa Senators	23	3	7	10	-12	13	32	9.4	15:34
2019-20	AHL	Belleville Senators	44	16	38	54	+14	24
2020-21	NHL	Ottawa Senators	56	17	17	34	-17	8	111	15.3	16:28
2021-22	NHL	Ottawa Senators	46	17	27	44	+4	32	110	15.5	18:56
2021-22	WC	Canada	10	3	11	14	+8	6
2022-23	NHL	Ottawa Senators	82	22	40	62	-35	33	249	8.8	18:36
2023-24	NHL	Ottawa Senators	82	28	38	66	-9	42	196	14.3	18:10
2024-25	NHL	Ottawa Senators	82	26	42	68	-9	30	192	13.5	18:09	6	1	1	2	-4	10	9	11.1	17:29
NHL Career			391	116	177	293	-80	164	908	12.8	17:42	6	1	1	2	-4	10	9	11.1	17:29

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2018-19	OTT	20	227:50	0.26	1.32	1.58	0.31	-0.05	7.69	9.10	-1.41	0.00	12.50
2019-20	OTT	23	295:36	0.41	0.41	0.81	0.54	-0.14	8.33	11.12	-2.78	2.44	4.88
2020-21	OTT	56	692:49	0.95	0.43	1.39	0.86	0.09	12.22	11.04	1.18	2.24	5.97
2021-22	OTT	46	664:43	1.08	1.26	2.35	0.69	0.40	13.95	8.85	5.11	5.22	2.61
2022-23	OTT	82	1133:32	0.37	1.16	1.54	0.89	-0.52	4.14	9.95	-5.81	4.47	9.35
2023-24	OTT	82	1157:29	1.04	0.88	1.92	0.71	0.33	13.99	9.59	4.40	6.54	5.14
2024-25	OTT	82	1099:58	0.60	1.09	1.69	0.62	-0.02	9.40	9.67	-0.27	4.12	5.29

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2018-19	OTT	20	227:50	31.87	2.63	1.78	51.09	2.63	2.48	50.00	41.73	-0.59	-0.29	-4.29
2019-20	OTT	23	295:36	42.22	1.42	2.32	49.53	3.04	2.72	31.82	46.05	-0.13	0.02	-1.50
2020-21	OTT	56	692:49	42.78	2.08	2.67	47.98	2.42	2.73	46.15	49.42	0.42	0.30	1.28
2021-22	OTT	46	664:43	43.24	3.07	2.69	44.41	1.81	2.62	62.96	50.67	0.34	-0.15	4.80
2022-23	OTT	82	1133:32	46.79	2.28	2.83	42.19	3.39	2.65	40.19	51.61	0.19	0.10	0.82
2023-24	OTT	82	1157:29	43.96	2.64	2.47	43.49	2.90	2.57	47.66	49.05	0.10	0.14	-0.41
2024-25	OTT	82	1099:58	43.09	2.13	2.36	42.87	2.24	2.41	48.75	49.46	0.12	0.15	-0.32

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	46	21.6	0.4	6.7	6.7	96.4	47.6	14.1	42.4	43.5	42.6	18.2	39.2
2022-23	82	22.4	0.5	9.8	10.1	88.9	46.4	10.4	40.4	49.2	40.3	18.4	41.4
2023-24	82	22.6	0.8	10.0	10.1	89.4	55.5	8.3	48.5	43.2	41.4	18.7	39.9
2024-25	82	22.6	0.7	9.7	9.9	94.6	57.7	14.3	39.8	45.9	40.7	18.2	41.0

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Perron, D	Cozens, D	OTT	159:21	3.39	2.64	56.25	2.12	2.45	46.42	-0.21	0.05	-2.87
2024-25	Norris, J	Tkachuk, B	OTT	150:03	2.00	0.40	83.33	2.61	2.07	55.71	0.39	-0.13	5.63
2024-25	Giroux, C	Norris, J	OTT	124:25	2.41	2.89	45.45	2.05	2.77	42.51	-0.24	0.58	-8.58
2024-25	Giroux, C	Stützle, T	OTT	107:35	3.90	1.67	70.00	2.62	1.78	59.47	0.35	-0.46	9.18
2024-25	Tkachuk, B	Stützle, T	OTT	87:00	1.38	2.07	40.00	2.96	3.40	46.58	0.73	1.13	-3.03
2024-25	Perron, D	Norris, J	OTT	45:17	3.97	0.00	100.00	1.94	2.64	42.42	-0.42	0.30	-7.88
2024-25	Perron, D	Stützle, T	OTT	37:10	3.23	4.84	40.00	3.53	2.45	59.05	1.26	0.01	10.91
2024-25	Gregor, N	Norris, J	OTT	29:53	0.00	4.02	0.00	2.69	2.79	49.04	0.45	0.33	1.39
2024-25	Gaudette, A	Stützle, T	OTT	29:49	0.00	0.00	-	2.37	1.49	61.32	0.15	-0.65	10.43
2024-25	Norris, J	Greig, R	OTT	24:39	0.00	2.43	0.00	0.63	2.94	17.72	-1.57	0.75	-32.31
2024-25	Tkachuk, B	Pinto, S	OTT	20:21	0.00	2.95	0.00	2.73	2.76	49.74	0.42	0.54	-1.23
2023-24	Tkachuk, B	Pinto, S	OTT	270:00	2.22	2.22	50.00	2.65	2.27	53.88	0.28	-0.12	4.08
2023-24	Tarasenko, V	Stützle, T	OTT	151:59	3.95	3.55	52.63	3.04	3.19	48.75	0.52	0.71	-1.60
2023-24	Norris, J	Tkachuk, B	OTT	134:52	1.78	3.11	36.36	2.53	2.75	47.94	0.13	0.21	-0.69
2023-24	Tkachuk, B	Stützle, T	OTT	84:47	4.95	1.42	77.78	3.22	2.51	56.24	0.79	0.04	6.62
2023-24	Norris, J	Greig, R	OTT	57:40	4.16	3.12	57.14	2.17	1.69	56.11	-0.39	-0.92	6.64
2023-24	Joseph, M	Stützle, T	OTT	57:38	4.16	1.04	80.00	2.21	2.75	44.50	-0.20	0.38	-5.86
2023-24	Giroux, C	Stützle, T	OTT	46:45	0.00	2.57	0.00	1.86	2.38	43.82	-0.63	-0.18	-5.41
2023-24	Tarasenko, V	Norris, J	OTT	29:19	4.09	2.05	66.67	1.71	4.58	27.16	-0.64	1.94	-19.92
2023-24	Kubalik, D	Chartier, R	OTT	29:17	2.05	0.00	100.00	2.43	2.85	46.06	0.08	0.59	-4.92
2023-24	Greig, R	Stützle, T	OTT	28:55	0.00	0.00	-	1.74	1.96	47.02	-0.67	-0.35	-4.04
2023-24	Kubalik, D	Norris, J	OTT	25:54	2.32	6.95	25.00	1.86	2.23	45.51	-0.56	-0.29	-3.47
2023-24	Kubalik, D	Jarventie, R	OTT	23:51	0.00	7.55	0.00	1.62	1.99	44.88	-0.46	-0.46	-1.01
2023-24	Pinto, S	Greig, R	OTT	20:02	0.00	0.00	-	1.84	2.54	41.97	-0.60	0.12	-8.19
2022-23	DeBrincat, A	Pinto, S	OTT	474:43	1.90	3.29	36.59	2.75	2.40	53.48	0.11	-0.16	2.67
2022-23	Tkachuk, B	Stützle, T	OTT	306:35	3.13	4.31	42.11	3.59	2.77	56.48	0.94	0.17	6.02
2022-23	Brassard, D	Pinto, S	OTT	49:57	3.60	2.40	60.00	2.54	2.37	51.81	-0.08	-0.16	0.81
2022-23	DeBrincat, A	Stützle, T	OTT	40:53	0.00	1.47	0.00	1.39	2.46	36.14	-1.34	-0.10	-15.50
2022-23	Brassard, D	DeBrincat, A	OTT	32:39	1.84	1.84	50.00	2.66	4.02	39.84	-0.01	1.54	-12.10
2022-23	Motte, T	Pinto, S	OTT	31:07	3.86	1.93	66.67	2.10	2.71	43.66	-0.61	0.17	-7.96
2022-23	Giroux, C	Pinto, S	OTT	29:02	0.00	4.13	0.00	3.70	3.58	50.84	1.05	0.92	0.90
2022-23	Tkachuk, B	Pinto, S	OTT	25:47	0.00	2.33	0.00	2.73	3.49	43.85	0.05	0.87	-6.67
2021-22	Norris, J	Tkachuk, B	OTT	366:27	4.26	2.29	65.00	2.54	2.75	48.02	0.14	-0.00	1.46
2021-22	Formenton, A	Stützle, T	OTT	84:16	2.14	1.42	60.00	2.92	2.58	53.10	0.55	-0.17	6.81
2021-22	Norris, J	Stützle, T	OTT	43:10	0.00	0.00	-	2.54	2.00	55.98	0.05	-0.67	7.69
2021-22	Tkachuk, B	Stützle, T	OTT	32:35	3.68	0.00	100.00	2.98	3.21	48.09	0.62	0.46	1.95
2021-22	Paul, N	Stützle, T	OTT	20:46	2.89	0.00	100.00	4.03	1.41	74.09	1.66	-1.24	26.88
2020-21	Norris, J	Tkachuk, B	OTT	242:54	1.98	1.98	50.00	2.85	2.59	52.39	0.61	0.13	4.74
2020-21	Tierney, C	Stützle, T	OTT	105:06	1.71	2.28	42.86	2.35	2.97	44.18	-0.17	0.36	-4.92
2020-21	Norris, J	Stützle, T	OTT	62:26	1.92	0.00	100.00	2.00	1.89	51.40	-0.40	-0.61	2.52
2020-21	Stepan, D	Stützle, T	OTT	57:18	4.19	3.14	57.14	3.60	3.39	51.50	1.05	0.80	1.89
2020-21	Anisimov, A	Stützle, T	OTT	34:37	1.73	1.73	50.00	2.04	1.69	54.70	-0.28	-0.75	5.92
2020-21	Paul, N	White, C	OTT	28:16	0.00	0.00	-	2.02	1.96	50.68	-0.54	-0.62	0.96
2019-20	Ennis, T	White, C	OTT	80:38	2.98	2.23	57.14	2.38	2.77	46.20	-0.11	0.16	-2.62
2019-20	Namestnikov, V	Tierney, C	OTT	25:02	2.40	4.79	33.33	3.18	1.16	73.33	0.80	-1.62	27.21
2019-20	Pageau, J	Tkachuk, B	OTT	21:21	0.00	5.62	0.00	4.02	2.58	60.94	1.65	-0.01	13.11
2018-19	Boedker, M	Duchene, M	OTT	45:49	5.24	5.24	50.00	1.95	2.61	42.76	-0.39	-0.17	-2.95
2018-19	Duchene, M	Dzingel, R	OTT	44:39	2.69	1.34	66.67	1.94	2.89	40.19	-0.35	0.39	-7.65
2018-19	Boedker, M	Tierney, C	OTT	35:32	0.00	0.00	-	1.26	2.24	36.06	-0.73	-0.59	-5.24

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	23	$4,975,000	$4,975,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA
2022-23	24	$4,975,000	$4,975,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	25	$4,975,000	$4,975,000	-	-	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	26	$4,975,000	$4,975,000	-	-	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	$5,400,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	27	$4,975,000	$4,975,000	-	-	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
2026-27	28	$4,975,000	$4,975,000	-	-	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$29,800,000	$29,800,000	$29,800,000

Signed: Sep 3, 2021

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.1

Previous Contracts

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	19	$763,333	$800,000	-	$80,000	-	$80,000	-	ELC
2018-19	20	$736,666	$773,333	$70,000	$80,000	$650,000	$730,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	21	$736,666	$773,333	$20,000	$80,000	$700,000	$780,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	22	$736,666	$773,333	$20,000	-	$700,000	$700,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$110,000	$240,000	$2,050,000	$2,290,000	$210,000

Signed: Oct 3, 2017

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15