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Nic Dowd

Position	Center	Current Team	Washington Capitals
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	195	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	37
Age	35 (May 27, 1990)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2009, Round 7, Overall 198 (LAK)

Date	Team	Transaction
Apr 16, 2025	Washington Capitals	Signed 2 years @ $3.000M AAV starting in 2025-26
Nov 14, 2021	Washington Capitals	Signed 3 years @ $1.300M AAV starting in 2022-23
Apr 11, 2019	Washington Capitals	Signed 3 years @ $750K AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 1, 2018	Washington Capitals	Signed 1 year @ $650K AAV starting in 2018-19
Aug 11, 2016	Los Angeles Kings	Signed 2 years @ $640K AAV starting in 2016-17
Jul 15, 2015	Los Angeles Kings	Signed 1 year @ $600K AAV starting in 2015-16
Apr 1, 2014	Los Angeles Kings	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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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.
2015-16	LAK	5	48:18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40	-0.40	0.00	16.00	-16.00	0.00	0.00
2016-17	LAK	70	728:52	0.33	0.58	0.91	0.55	-0.22	7.02	11.77	-4.75	6.98	5.81
2017-18	LAK	16	125:30	0.00	0.48	0.48	0.38	-0.38	0.00	7.13	-7.13	8.33	8.33
2017-18	VAN	40	393:19	0.31	0.00	0.31	0.64	-0.33	5.56	11.64	-6.08	7.55	7.55
2017-18	LAK, VAN	56	518:49	0.23	0.12	0.35	0.58	-0.34	4.26	10.58	-6.33	7.69	7.69
2018-19	WSH	64	535:25	0.90	1.46	2.35	0.58	0.32	19.05	12.34	6.71	4.62	4.62
2019-20	WSH	56	449:28	0.53	1.07	1.60	0.49	0.05	9.30	8.50	0.80	0.00	8.33
2020-21	WSH	56	629:04	0.86	0.29	1.14	0.62	0.23	15.52	11.28	4.24	2.44	6.10
2021-22	WSH	63	729:05	0.74	0.82	1.56	0.57	0.17	11.54	8.94	2.60	1.04	6.25
2022-23	WSH	65	689:52	1.13	0.87	2.00	0.57	0.56	23.64	11.97	11.67	0.00	10.67
2023-24	WSH	64	783:50	0.84	0.61	1.45	0.48	0.36	20.75	11.93	8.83	2.67	12.00
2024-25	WSH	82	985:15	0.61	0.43	1.04	0.58	0.03	13.51	12.87	0.64	3.57	11.61
2025-26	WSH	10	120:27	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.55	-0.05	9.09	10.04	-0.95	7.14	0.00

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
2015-16	LAK	5	48:18	43.48	2.48	2.86	31.06	1.24	1.74	66.67	62.17	-0.22	-0.19	0.66
2016-17	LAK	70	728:52	44.37	1.15	2.46	30.71	1.89	1.84	37.84	57.17	-0.15	-0.38	3.19
2017-18	LAK	16	125:30	29.16	0.48	1.47	38.25	1.91	2.04	20.00	41.86	-0.86	-0.68	-4.23
2017-18	VAN	40	393:19	40.73	1.37	2.34	44.39	2.59	2.64	34.62	47.00	0.10	-0.04	1.41
2017-18	LAK, VAN	56	518:49	37.93	1.16	2.13	42.91	2.43	2.49	32.26	46.05	-0.14	-0.20	0.32
2018-19	WSH	64	535:25	40.12	2.80	2.20	39.89	1.68	2.34	62.50	48.47	-0.28	-0.38	0.77
2019-20	WSH	56	449:28	43.12	2.94	2.56	34.84	1.87	1.92	61.11	57.13	-0.02	-0.67	7.19
2020-21	WSH	56	629:04	36.63	2.00	2.20	40.63	2.19	2.32	47.73	48.61	-0.17	0.15	-3.52
2021-22	WSH	63	729:05	42.05	2.39	2.42	37.69	1.65	2.22	59.18	52.13	-0.14	-0.25	1.20
2022-23	WSH	65	689:52	41.57	2.70	2.47	37.92	2.26	2.22	54.39	52.65	-0.15	-0.45	3.11
2023-24	WSH	64	783:50	30.54	1.99	1.76	44.09	2.22	2.54	47.27	40.90	-0.64	0.01	-7.76
2024-25	WSH	82	985:15	38.97	2.13	2.28	38.85	2.19	2.10	49.30	52.09	-0.31	-0.27	-0.22
2025-26	WSH	10	120:27	33.87	1.00	1.91	38.85	1.49	2.16	40.00	46.93	-1.01	0.04	-10.98

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%
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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
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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.

News and Opinions

Capitals forced into several line changes ahead of game against Stars after injury to Dylan Strome at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 27, 2025)
NHL Morning Recap – October 22, 2025 at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 22, 2025)
RECAP: Depleted Kraken sputter to 4-1 loss against the Capitals at Davy Jones Locker Room (Wed Oct 22, 2025)
Capitals’ Quick 2nd Period Scoring Dooms Kraken in 4-1 Victory at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 22, 2025)
Completing the homestand with another win: Capitals beat Kraken 4-1 at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 22, 2025)
Spencer Carbery has come to really appreciate Brandon Duhaime both as a player and person: ‘He’s got such an energy, enthusiasm, positivity about him’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Oct 21, 2025)
Capitals and a terrified Brandon Duhaime celebrate with Penny the Bald Eagle in locker room after 5-1 win over Wild: ‘Holy s***’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Oct 18, 2025)
Jakob Chychrun’s OTGWG came during a ‘textbook’ overtime for the Capitals that was ‘executed essentially as good as you can do it’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
How Spencer Carbery approaches hockey statistics, the ‘eye test,’ and the Capitals’ analytics staff at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Capitals wear ’26 Pops’ stickers on helmets in memory of Nic Dowd’s late father, Alan at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
What every Capitals fan needs to know if they didn’t pay attention over the summer at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Rink Roundtable: Previewing the 2025-26 Season at Japers Rink (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Spencer Carbery’s forward lines and defense pairings at last practice before Capitals’ Opening Night game against Bruins at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Nic Dowd, Brandon Duhaime, and Justin Sourdif to line up as trio for first time this preseason: ‘It’ll be nice to try and develop a little chemistry’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
Justin Sourdif is excited to join Capitals and is ready to prove he can be full-time NHL player: ‘I’m going to keep getting better and better’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
Alex Ovechkin skates for second day in no-contact jersey, joined by prospect forward Alexander Suzdalev at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Sep 24, 2025)
Washington Capitals announce roster for first preseason game against Boston Bruins at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
Spencer Carbery’s forward lines and defense pairings are beginning to take shape after just one day of Capitals training camp at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
2025 Top 25 Under 25 Part 2: 10-6 at Japers Rink (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
2025 Leafs Prospect Rankings, No. 7: Jacob Quillan at Editor in Leaf (Thu Sep 4, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	35	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2026-27	36	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000

Signed: Apr 16, 2025

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Chris Patrick

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.14

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Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	32	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	-	-	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	UFA
2023-24	33	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	-	-	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	UFA
2024-25	34	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$3,900,000	$3,900,000	$3,900,000

Signed: Nov 14, 2021

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.58

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	29	$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$700,000	UFA
2020-21	30	$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$750,000	UFA
2021-22	31	$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	$2,250,000

Signed: Apr 11, 2019

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.92

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	28		$650,000	$650,000	-	-	$650,000	$650,000	$650,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$650,000	$650,000	$650,000

Signed: July 1, 2018

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.82

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	26	$640,000	$640,000	-	-	$630,000	$630,000	$300,000	RFA-arb
2017-18	27	$640,000	$640,000	-	-	$650,000	$650,000	$650,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,280,000	$1,280,000	$950,000

Signed: Aug 11, 2016

Team: Los Angeles Kings

GM: Dean Lombardi

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.88

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	25		$600,000	$600,000	-	-	$600,000	$600,000	$72,500	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$600,000	$600,000	$72,500

Signed: July 15, 2015

Team: Los Angeles Kings

GM: Dean Lombardi

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.84

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	24		$750,000	$900,000	$150,000	$90,000	$660,000	$750,000	$67,500	ELC
Total					$150,000	$90,000	$660,000	$750,000	$67,500

Signed: Apr 1, 2014

Team: Los Angeles Kings

GM: Dean Lombardi

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2007-08	High-IN	Culver Academy	45	15	31	46		38
2008-09	NAHL	St. Louis	3	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0
2008-09	NAHL	Wenatchee	43	16	33	49	+9	71				13	8	14	22		34
2009-10	USHL	Indiana	46	16	23	39		48				9	2	4	6		2		0.0
2010-11	WCHA	St. Cloud State	36	5	13	18		34
2011-12	WCHA	St. Cloud State	39	11	13	24		36
2012-13	WCHA	St. Cloud State	42	14	25	39		41
2013-14	NCHC	St. Cloud State	38	22	18	40		32
2013-14	AHL	Manchester	7	0	3	3	+1		6	0.0		4	1		1			6	1,667.0
2014-15	AHL	Manchester	75	9	32	41	+17	44	118	760.0		19	7	6	13	+6	10	37	1,890.0
2015-16	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	5	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0.0	10:35
2015-16	AHL	Ontario	58	14	34	48	+13	49	140	1,000.0		13	4	7	11	+2	14	41	980.0
2016-17	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	70	6	16	22	-15	25	78	7.7	12:27
2017-18	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	40	3	0	3	-7	16	40	7.5	11:34
2017-18	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	16	0	1	1	-3	12	11	0.0	7:57
2018-19	NHL	Washington Capitals	64	8	14	22	+10	20	47	17.0	10:18	7	1		1	-1	6	6	16.7	10:10
2019-20	NHL	Washington Capitals	56	7	8	15	+11	28	52	13.5	10:50	8				-4	4	7	0.0	12:43
2020-21	NHL	Washington Capitals	56	11	4	15	+4	31	68	16.2	14:22	5	2		2	+1	4	6	33.3	15:56
2021-22	NHL	Washington Capitals	64	10	14	24	+10	44	90	11.1	14:16	6	1	1	2	-3	4	8	12.5	12:10
2022-23	NHL	Washington Capitals	65	13	12	25	+6	26	62	21.0	13:21
2023-24	NHL	Washington Capitals	64	12	10	22	-2	47	61	19.7	15:12	4					6	2	0.0	13:57
2024-25	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	14	13	27	+7	56	86	16.3	15:11	10		1	1	-3	8	10	0.0	15:08
2025-26	NHL	Washington Capitals	9	1	2	3		4	9	11.1	15:02
NHL Career			591	85	94	179	+22	311	607	14.0	13:04	40	4	2	6	-10	32	39	10.2	13:19