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• Senators' Drake Batherson: Goal, assist vs. Wild

  04/03/2024 • By RotoWire

  Batherson picked up a goal and an assist in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Wild Batherson got Ottawa on the board 7:43 into the second period, beating Marc-Andre Fleury on a power play before adding an assist on Jakob Chychrun's marker early in the third, which also came on the man advantage. The 25-year-old Bathereson's been on a nice run recently, tallying four goals and 12 points in his last 10 contests. He's up to 27 goals and 60 points through 74 games, two points shy of his career high set last season.

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• Senators' Drake Batherson: Two more points Wednesday

  03/28/2024 • By RotoWire

  Batherson notched a goal and an assist in Wednesday's 6-2 win over the Sabres. Batherson extended Ottawa's lead to 3-0 just six minutes into the first period, following up his own rebound before sneaking a backhander past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. Batherson would add a second point with an assist on Shane Pinto's empty-netter in the third. The 25-year-old Batherson now has goals in three straight games and 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in his last 11 contests. He's up to 26 goals and 57 points, five shy of a career high, through 71 games this season while skating on the Senators' top line.

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• Senators' Drake Batherson: Racks up three power-play points

  03/25/2024 • By RotoWire

  Batherson scored a goal and two assists, all with the man advantage, in Sunday's 5-3 win over Edmonton. Batherson has been fantastic in March with five goals and six assists, including four power-play points, over 13 games. The 25-year-old winger has already managed a personal best with 25 goals and needs just five more points to reach the 60-point threshold for the second consecutive season. Impressively, he's picked up 17 of his 55 points on the power play, down from 29 of 62 points coming with the man advantage in 2022-23.

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• Senators' Drake Batherson: Two-point effort Saturday

  03/16/2024 • By RotoWire

  Batherson collected two assists, one on the power play, in Saturday's 4-3 overtime win over the Islanders. Batherson picked up helpers on two of Brady Tkachuk's three goals on the afternoon. The 25-year-old Batherson has reached the 50-point plateau for a second straight season. Matching or topping last campaign's career-high 62 points isn't off the table either given his current form -- over the last 12 games, Batherson has piled up six goals and 11 points.

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• Senators' Drake Batherson: Scores in overtime

  03/13/2024 • By RotoWire

  Batherson found the back of the net in a 2-1 overtime win over Pittsburgh on Tuesday. It looked like Batherson and the Senators were going to get a shutout win in regulation until the Penguins were able to squeeze one into the back of the net with 23 seconds left. Batherson was not fazed and proceeded to end the game with an overtime goal to snap a seven-game losing skid for Ottawa. For the five games in the month of March, Batherson now has three goals and an assist to go along with 16 shots and nine hits. The 25-year old winger remains a rock-solid fantasy option.

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