Nick Cousins
Age 33 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 191 lb · Born Belleville, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2011, #68 overall by Philadelphia
2025-262025-26: 81 games, 9-14-23, 0.28 points per game Season detail →
Nick Cousins has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 23 points in 81 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 11th-placed Ottawa
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Distance per 60 in the 63rd percentile of forwards: 9.86 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.62@
BOS5 Oct · 2nd 04:50 - 19.12@BOS5 Oct · 1st 05:13
- 19.09@BOS5 Oct · 1st 02:59
- 18.95@
TOR3 Oct · 2nd 02:36 - 18.21@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 02:32
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 73.73@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 07:09
- 55.32@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 19:19
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 0.98@
DET6 Oct · 6:02 TOI - 1.84@BOS5 Oct · 10:58 TOI
- 1.17@TOR3 Oct · 7:21 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.33 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Philadelphia, a point in one of three
PHIW 2-1 OT1013016:53PHIW 3-2 OT0000−110:25PHIW 2-10002010:37DETW 5-30000−26:02BOSL 1-40111010:58TORL 2-3000007:2123 points in 81 games on a team that finished 9th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
5 of 9 goals broke a tie
How the 9 goals and 14 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
5 of 9 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Ottawa trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
140 attempts across the 66 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 81 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 90th percentile of forwards: 10.14 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (21 of 81)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Philadelphia, a point in one of three
PHIW 2-1 OT1013016:53PHIW 3-2 OT0000−110:25PHIW 2-10002010:37TORW 3-10003−113:56
NJDOTL 3-4 OT0111+113:50
NYIW 3-00000010:55
FLAW 5-10000014:31
TBLW 6-20001+111:44
CARW 6-30003−114:40
MINL 1-40000013:05
BUFW 4-10001+110:25FLAL 3-60001−111:09TBLL 2-40113+111:05DETW 5-30000−26:02BOSL 1-40111010:58TORL 2-3000007:21Better on the road, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$1.59M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 14.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 70th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Ottawa
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26111th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwelve seasons, with 7 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct