- Age
- 36
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Shoots
- R
- Born
- Huntsville, Alabama, USA
- GP
- 8
- G
- 0
- A
- 2
- P
- 2
- +/-
- -1
- SOG
- 4
2026–27 regular season
Drafted 2009 · Round 7, #198 overall (LAK)
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 to Oct 14 | 2025–26 first 8 GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| G | 0 | 0 | 1-1 |
| A | 2 | 0 | 1+1 |
| P | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SOG | 4 | 5 | 9-5 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| +/- | -1 | -1 | 0-1 |
| PIM | 9 | 0 | 4+5 |
| TOI/GP | 11:35 | 14:54−3:19 | 14:51−3:16 |
| SH% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1-11.1 |
Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.
Shooting:Dowd is shooting 0.0% (0 on 4 shots) against 14.6% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 0.4 expected goals this season (G − xG -0.4).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 49.6
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 39.5
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- -6.1
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 1.005
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.4
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.4
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 37.5
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 10:41
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
10 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Dowd is used
#26 · C · Vegas Golden Knights
Nic Dowd
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 7 games with shift charts
- Line 4
- PK1
- Ice time / game
- 12:03
- 10:41 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 37.5%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 39.5%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 49.6%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL forwards
Average shift
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Vegas Golden Knights | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025–26 | Washington Capitals | 55 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2025–26 | Vegas Golden Knights | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Vegas Golden Knights | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024–25 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 2024–25 (P) | Washington Capitals | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023–24 | Washington Capitals | 64 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 2023–24 (P) | Washington Capitals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Washington Capitals | 65 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | Washington Capitals | 64 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 2021–22 (P) | Washington Capitals | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | Washington Capitals | 56 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2020–21 (P) | Washington Capitals | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | Washington Capitals | 56 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2019–20 (P) | Washington Capitals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Washington Capitals | 64 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| 2018–19 (P) | Washington Capitals | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017–18 | Los Angeles Kings | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017–18 | Vancouver Canucks | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016–17 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 2015–16 | Los Angeles Kings | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | @ NSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | @ MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:38 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | vs LAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:26 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | vs TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 |
| Tue, Oct 6 | @ SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:50 |
| Sun, Oct 4 | @ VAN | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 |
| Fri, Oct 2 | vs ANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 8:24 |
| Tue, Sep 29 | vs CHI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:37 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Ontario · AHL | 58 | 14 | 34 | 48 |
| 2015–16 (P) | Ontario · AHL | 13 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2014–15 | Manchester · AHL | 75 | 9 | 32 | 41 |
| 2014–15 (P) | Manchester · AHL | 19 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2013–14 | St. Cloud State · NCHC | 38 | 22 | 18 | 40 |
| 2013–14 | Manchester · AHL | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013–14 (P) | Manchester · AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012–13 | St. Cloud State · WCHA | 42 | 14 | 25 | 39 |
| 2011–12 | St. Cloud State · WCHA | 39 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2010–11 | St. Cloud State · WCHA | 36 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 2009–10 | Indiana · USHL | 46 | 16 | 23 | 39 |
| 2009–10 (P) | Indiana · USHL | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008–09 | Wenatchee · NAHL | 43 | 16 | 33 | 49 |
| 2008–09 | St. Louis · NAHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008–09 (P) | Wenatchee · NAHL | 13 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| 2007–08 | Culver Academy · High-IN | 45 | 15 | 31 | 46 |