- Age
- 33
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 191 lb
- Shoots
- L
- Born
- Belleville, Ontario, CAN
- GP
- 7
- G
- 1
- A
- 1
- P
- 2
- +/-
- -2
- SOG
- 3
2026–27 regular season
Drafted 2011 · Round 3, #68 overall (PHI)
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 to Oct 14 | 2025–26 first 7 GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0+1 |
| A | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| P | 2 | 0 | 1+1 |
| SOG | 3 | 1 | 4-1 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| +/- | -2 | -1 | -1-1 |
| PIM | 12 | 0 | 2+10 |
| TOI/GP | 9:17 | 10:01−0:44 | 11:03−1:46 |
| SH% | 33.3 | 0.0+33.3 | 0.0+33.3 |
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:Cousins is shooting 33.3% (1 on 3 shots) against 8.5% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 0.2 expected goals this season (G − xG +0.8).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 42.7
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 24.1
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- -7.4
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 0.970
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.2
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- +0.8
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 51.7
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 8:52
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
5 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Cousins is used
#21 · C · Ottawa Senators
Nick Cousins
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 7 games with shift charts
- Line 4
- Ice time / game
- 9:17
- 8:52 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 51.7%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 24.1%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 42.7%
- 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 | Ottawa Senators | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025–26 | Ottawa Senators | 81 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Ottawa Senators | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024–25 | Ottawa Senators | 50 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2024–25 (P) | Ottawa Senators | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Florida Panthers | 69 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2023–24 (P) | Florida Panthers | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022–23 | Florida Panthers | 79 | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 2022–23 (P) | Florida Panthers | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021–22 | Nashville Predators | 68 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 2021–22 (P) | Nashville Predators | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Nashville Predators | 52 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 2020–21 (P) | Nashville Predators | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | Montréal Canadiens | 58 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | Vegas Golden Knights | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019–20 (P) | Vegas Golden Knights | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018–19 | Arizona Coyotes | 81 | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | Arizona Coyotes | 71 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2016–17 | Philadelphia Flyers | 60 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2015–16 | Philadelphia Flyers | 36 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2015–16 (P) | Philadelphia Flyers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | Philadelphia Flyers | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | vs STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:26 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | @ NJD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:00 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | vs NSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 9:58 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | vs PHI | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:13 |
| Tue, Oct 6 | @ DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 6:02 |
| Mon, Oct 5 | @ BOS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | @ TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:21 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Lehigh Valley · AHL | 38 | 12 | 26 | 38 |
| 2014–15 | Lehigh Valley · AHL | 64 | 22 | 34 | 56 |
| 2013–14 | Adirondack Phantoms · AHL | 74 | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| 2012–13 | Sault Ste. Marie · OHL | 64 | 27 | 76 | 103 |
| 2012–13 | Adirondack Phantoms · AHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012–13 (P) | Sault Ste. Marie · OHL | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011–12 | Sault Ste. Marie · OHL | 65 | 35 | 53 | 88 |
| 2011–12 | Adirondack Phantoms · AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | Sault Ste. Marie · OHL | 68 | 29 | 39 | 68 |
| 2010–11 | Canada · WJ18-A | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2009–10 | Sault Ste. Marie · OHL | 67 | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| 2009–10 (P) | Sault Ste. Marie · OHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008–09 | Quinte · Minor-ON | 71 | 72 | 67 | 139 |
| 2008–09 | Trenton · OJHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cousins in the news
Partners in provocation: Senators' Nick Cousins calls teammate Ridly Greig his favourite NHL playerThe pair of gritty forwards are beloved in Ottawa for their antics and hard-nosed play.Ottawa Citizen NHL · 2026-10-09
Game Day – Senators Host Flyers in Home OpenerThe home opener is gonna have to speak for itself. Eklund-Stutzle-Batherson Greig-Cozens-Zetterlund Amadio-Pinto-Giroux Foegele-Halliday-Cousins Chabot-Spence Kleven-Yakemchuk Crotty-Matinpalo Ullmark starts. GO. SENS.…SensChirp · 2026-10-08
Senators' Nick Cousins appears to taunt Dylan Larkin for losing Red Wings captaincy"You can only imagine what he was saying," said Larkin, who was stripped of his captaincy after requesting a trade out of Detroit.The Athletic · 2026-10-07