Drake Batherson Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Jordan Spence is the partner who brings the best out of him

Batherson is at his best beside Spence: 63.4% of the expected goals together against 51.7% apart.

374 minutes together, 665 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Nick Jensen

The pairing with Jensen is the one that costs him: 42.9% of the expected goals together, 61.4% apart.

293 minutes together, 745 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Zub is a different player beside him: 63.1% of the expected goals with Batherson, 51.2% without him.

266 minutes together, 1,106 minutes apart for Zub

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Jensen does better away from him: 52.3% of the expected goals apart against 42.9% together.

293 minutes together, 664 minutes apart

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

8 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Batherson than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Jake Sanderson are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Batherson and Sanderson: 5.98 expected goals an hour.

249 minutes together at 5v5

Tim Stützle is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Stützle than anyone: 640 minutes, worth 53.8% of the expected goals.

30 goals for, 30 against together

The goals go his team's way when Jake Sanderson is out there with him

With Sanderson on the ice too, the Senators have outscored opponents 16 to 9 at 5v5.

64.0% goal share over 249 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Artem Zub are out together

He gives up least beside Zub: 2.92 expected goals against an hour.

266 minutes together at 5v5

Thomas Chabot is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Chabot: 97.2% of the expected goals over 33 minutes.

3 goals for, 0 against together

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Batherson with Giroux, Kleven, Spence and Stützle, 61 minutes at 5v5.

61.7% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 4 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Giroux, Sanderson, Stützle and Zub: 63.9% of the expected goals over 41 minutes.

2 goals for, 1 against, 61.2% of the attempts

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Cozens, Sanderson, Stützle and Tkachuk: 25 goals in 109 minutes.

13.79 goals an hour, 21.0 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Batherson has been shuffled through 43 different five-man units, and only 3 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Batherson this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Tim Stützle is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Tim Stützle has assisted on 10 of his 35 goals, 28.6% of them.

5 primary, 5 secondary

Tim Stützle is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 14 of Tim Stützle's goals, 36.8% of his own assists.

7 primary, 7 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

52.6% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

20 primary of 38 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

15 different teammates have assisted on his 35 goals.

Stützle (10), Sanderson (9), Tkachuk (8), Cozens (7)

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.72 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

34th of 456 forwards

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Senators are up 39 goals with Batherson on the ice.

97 for, 58 against, 37th of 468 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 49.57 shot attempts an hour with Batherson on the ice at 5v5.

40th of 456 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Batherson's line owns 55.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,055 for, 858 against, 47th of 456 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.5, running cold and likely to correct.

9.4% shooting and 88.1% goaltending behind him, 360th of 456 forwards

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Senators generate 56.0% of the expected goals with Batherson on the ice.

82.0 xGF to 64.4 xGA over 1,039 minutes, 53rd of 456 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 47.8% of the goals off 56.0% of the expected goals.

8.2 points of goal share below expectation

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

53.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Batherson is on.

470 for, 404 against, 74th of 456 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Senators create 4.73 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Batherson on.

120th of 456 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Senators score 47.8% of the 5v5 goals with Batherson out there.

44 for, 48 against, 258th of 456 forwards

The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 10.03 expected goals an hour.

46 goals in 249 minutes, 126th of 269 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Batherson plays 17:21 a night, 122nd among forwards.

1,371 minutes across 79 games

His coach puts him out for most of the power play time

He draws 3:09 of power play time a game, 68th among forwards.

18.2% of his total ice time

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 1.31 points an hour.

14th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.45 goals an hour of ice time.

41st in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Batherson produces 3.11 points an hour of ice time.

50th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 0.96 shots an hour of ice time.

873rd in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 58.3% of his draws.

42nd in the league

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1.66 assists an hour of ice time.

104th in the league

He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it

He puts 7.18 shots on goal an hour.

172nd in the league

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Batherson has 5 game winners this season.

33 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

22 takeaways against 63 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.35 takeaways per giveaway

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -7 on the season.

725th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 5.34 checks an hour.

331st in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 0.96 times an hour.

357th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.45 penalty minutes an hour.

443rd most penalty minutes an hour

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.76 times an hour.

537th most giveaways an hour

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

60.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

171 of 284 unblocked, 413th of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

7.6% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

26 long-range attempts, 72nd of 468 forwards

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Batherson has taken 342 shot attempts this season.

136 on goal, 113 missed, 58 blocked, 79th of 468 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

17.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

58 of 342 attempts, 74th of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 23.5 feet.

342 located attempts, 95th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

39.5% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

135 attempts, 18 goals

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 14.97 attempts an hour of ice time.

342 attempts in 1,371 minutes, 125th of 468 forwards

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

40.9% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

110 left, 140 middle, 92 right

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

56.7% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

194 of 342 attempts, 159th of 468 forwards

He gets his chances from the dirty areas, not the perimeter

56.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

192 attempts from inside the home plate, 162nd of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Batherson has scored 3 times on Stuart Skinner this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 10 attempts, 30.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Alex Lyon has turned him away every time: 12 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Stuart Skinner: 30.0% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 10 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 4 goals against the Canadiens this season.

26 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Samuel Montembeault: 16 attempts, 2 goals.

12.5% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Hurricanes have held him without a goal on 15 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Batherson has finished his check on Alexandre Carrier 6 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 20.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

35 goals on 171 shots, 22nd of 468 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Batherson has 35 goals off 22.6 expected: 12.4 more than the chances alone say.

26th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 14.9% of his attempts.

29 goals on 194 close attempts, 26th of 468 forwards

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 15.4% of them go in.

8 goals on 52 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 13.5 feet out, and the longest went in from 34.

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