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Nic Dowd has 10 points (2 goals, 8 assists) in 35 games for the Washington Capitals this season.

Selected in the 7th round (No. 198) of the 2009 NHL Draft by the Los Angeles Kings, he has 186 points (86 goals, 100 assists) in 617 regular-season games for the Los Angeles Kings, the Vancouver Canucks and the Washington Capitals.

He also has 6 points (4 goals, 2 assists) in 40 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 35.6 yrs (27.05.1990)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 88 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 198th in 2009
    Draft Team: Team logoLos Angeles Kings
    Awards: -
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The 35-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Capitals controlling 35% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Nic Dowd is off the ice, the Capitals control 56% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 6% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 58% in the defensive zone.

  • 62

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 221st of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 106th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    70.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.10
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    12.46
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    0.41
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.69
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.41
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    0.71
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.98
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.06
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.48
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.48
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    1.55
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    7.27
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    1.95
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.27
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.76
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    2.41
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.31
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.51
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.20
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
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Actual AAV: $3.000M
Player Contract Value: $1.100M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 38.1 yrs (27.05.1990)
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Nic Dowd
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.12.2025 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 0 14:37 3 0.0% 2
31.12.2025 Team Logo Rangers 1 0 1 1 1 15:04 0 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Senators 1 0 0 0 -1 17:28 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Blackhawks 1 0 0 0 0 19:08 0 0
05.01.2026 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 1 1 0 20:03 0 0
Total 5 0 2 2 0 3 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2015-16 Team Logo Kings 5 0 0 0 1 10:34 3 0.0% 2
2016-17 Team Logo Kings 70 6 16 22 -15 12:26 78 7.7% 25
2017-18 Team Logo Kings 16 0 1 1 -3 7:57 11 0.0% 12
2017-18 Team Logo Canucks 40 3 0 3 -7 11:34 40 7.5% 16
2018-19 Team Logo Capitals 64 8 14 22 10 10:18 47 17.0% 20
2019-20 Team Logo Capitals 56 7 8 15 11 10:49 52 13.5% 28
2020-21 Team Logo Capitals 56 11 4 15 4 14:22 68 16.2% 31
2021-22 Team Logo Capitals 64 10 14 24 10 14:16 90 11.1% 44
2022-23 Team Logo Capitals 65 13 12 25 6 13:20 62 21.0% 26
2023-24 Team Logo Capitals 64 12 10 22 -2 15:11 61 19.7% 47
2024-25 Team Logo Capitals 82 14 13 27 7 15:10 86 16.3% 56
2025-26 Team Logo Capitals 35 2 8 10 -1 15:31 34 5.9% 27
Season Projection 74 4 17 21 -2 15:32 72 5.6% 57
Total 617 86 100 186 21 632 13.6% 334
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Capitals 7 1 0 1 -1 10:10 6 16.7% 6
2019-20 Team Logo Capitals 8 0 0 0 -4 12:43 7 0.0% 4
2020-21 Team Logo Capitals 5 2 0 2 1 15:55 6 33.3% 4
2021-22 Team Logo Capitals 6 1 1 2 -3 12:10 8 12.5% 4
2023-24 Team Logo Capitals 4 0 0 0 0 13:56 2 0.0% 6
2024-25 Team Logo Capitals 10 0 1 1 -3 15:07 10 0.0% 8
Total 40 4 2 6 -10 39 10.3% 32
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Nic Dowd Team Logo C 35.6 yrs 188 cm / 88 kg 0.29 0.30 55 73 $3.000M
90% Mattias Janmark Team Logo C 33.1 yrs 188 cm / 92 kg 0.23 0.33 57 75 $1.450M
88% Jason Dickinson Team Logo C 30.5 yrs 188 cm / 90 kg 0.28 0.31 56 69 $4.250M
86% Sean Kuraly Team Logo C 33 yrs 188 cm / 94 kg 0.26 0.27 57 68 $1.850M
86% Mason Appleton Team Logo C 30 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.32 0.34 60 69 $2.900M
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