Regular season

Drake Batherson

Ottawa Senators · RW · #19

Top-six playerTop-Six Threat?71 points in 79 games with strong all-around impact

HT: 6'3"
WT: 209 lb
Age: 28
Shoots: R
From: Fort Wayne, USA
Draft: 2017 OTT · R4 #121

83Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

8080pctl

7373pctl

7373pctl

4747pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.9089pctl

0.4291pctl

0.4885pctl

2.176pctl

-730pctl

3097pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

9.1%84pctl

3.0484pctl

0.1873pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3540pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

7.365pctl

5.360pctl

0.3564pctl

0.968pctl

3:1288pctl

0:0129pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 13h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

58.5%96pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

47.1%37pctl

O-zone deployment?

71%99pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.4 min50pctl

Support received?

18.2 min24pctl

D-zone deployment?

29%1pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1383pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

2.0094pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.6293pctl

1.02×71pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.11/gm90pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.3%61pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1117 EV min

General Offense

6.2862

9.4074

Shot Setups/60?

1.0257

Chance Setups/60?

0.7552

Primary Contributions/60?

7.3162

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3838

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0551

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4839

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2743

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2173

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.0480

Rush Offense/60?

7.8452

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.8669

0.9766

0.1138

Deflections/60?

1.4051

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0529

Entries Finished/60?

0.6442

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4346

Entry → Chance %?

67%60

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.5414

0.1632

0.3814

Retrieval Success %?

30%62

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%30

Forechecking

4.8964

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$4.97M

cap hit

$8.65M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Drake Batherson	83	Top-Six Threat	71 P · 79 GP	$4.97M	$8.65M	A+$3.7M	this player
Troy Terry	85	Top-Six Threat	57 P · 61 GP	$7.00M	$9.36M	A+$2.4M	88%
Tom Wilson	84	Sniper	62 P · 72 GP	$6.50M	$9.00M	A+$2.5M	88%
Kirill Marchenko	85	Top-Six Threat	67 P · 76 GP	$3.85M	$9.36M	A++$5.5M	87%
Beckett Sennecke	80	Middle-Six Engine	60 P · 82 GP	$0.94M	$7.61M	A++$6.7M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Tim Stützle · 24 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Drake’s goals

Creates for

goals Drake assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

8 pts · 4 G · 4 A · 13 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 03-28

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:51 TOI

@ FLA

1P

1G 0A

@ FLA 03-31

1G 0A · 1 shots · 18:16 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:18 TOI

vs MIN

1P

1G 0A

vs MIN 04-04

1G 0A · 1 shots · 14:05 TOI

vs CAR

1P

0G 1A

vs CAR 04-05

0G 1A · 2 shots · 13:43 TOI

vs TBL

2P

0G 2A

vs TBL 04-07

0G 2A · 0 shots · 17:17 TOI

vs FLA

1P

1G 0A

vs FLA 04-09

1G 0A · 1 shots · 13:46 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:44 TOI

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

@ NJD 04-12

0G 1A · 3 shots · 16:53 TOI

vs TOR

1P

1G 0A

vs TOR 04-15

1G 0A · 2 shots · 17:08 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)342 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 17 of 33 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 35 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 31 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	Ottawa Senators	20	3	6	9	-2
2019-20	Ottawa Senators	23	3	7	10	-12
2020-21	Ottawa Senators	56	17	17	34	-17
2021-22	Ottawa Senators	46	17	27	44	4
2022-23	Ottawa Senators	82	22	40	62	-35
2023-24	Ottawa Senators	82	28	38	66	-9
2024-25	Ottawa Senators	82	26	42	68	-9
2025-26	Ottawa Senators	79	33	38	71	-7
Career	1 team	470	149	215	364	-87