Nic Dowd
Age 36 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 195 lb · Born Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Drafted 2009, #198 overall by Los Angeles
2025-262025-26: 75 games, 5-16-21, 0.28 points per game Season detail →
Nic Dowd has 2 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 21 points in 75 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample2 points in 4 games for the 3rd-placed Vegas
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 (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas'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: all 2 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
7 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 75 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 leadersTop speed 20.44 mph, hardest shot 62.67 mph
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
- 20.44vs
CHI29 Sep · 3rd 04:41 - 19.75vs
ANA2 Oct · 1st 09:16 - 19.68vsCHI29 Sep · 1st 03:23
- 19.42@
VAN4 Oct · 1st 11:42 - 19.26vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 02:37
- 18.92vsCHI29 Sep · 1st 05:56
- 18.89@VAN4 Oct · 3rd 15:22
- 18.59vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 16:36
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 62.67vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 03:03
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.22@
SEA6 Oct · 13:50 TOI - 1.83@VAN4 Oct · 11:11 TOI
- 1.33vsANA2 Oct · 8:24 TOI
- 2.11vsCHI29 Sep · 12:37 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.87 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 Toronto, a point in one of one
TORW 4-00110015:28SEAL 2-60000013:50VANL 2-30111011:11ANAL 3-40001−18:24CHIW 5-20110012:3721 points in 75 games on a team that finished 13th
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 kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas's power play went through him.
Special teams
3 of 5 goals broke a tie
How the 5 goals and 16 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 5 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Vegas trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
137 attempts across the 63 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 75 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 leadersTop speed 22.06 mph, hardest shot 82.49 mph
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 (19 of 75)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Toronto, a point in one of one
TORW 4-00110015:28SEAW 4-10110+112:01
WPGW 6-20001012:17
COLW 3-2 OT0002−112:09SEAOTL 3-4 SO0000012:05VANW 2-10112012:55
EDMW 5-10002012:58
CGYW 6-30000013:53VANW 4-20110+18:29
WSHOTL 4-5 SO1012+111:56EDMOTL 3-4 OT0001+18:14SEAL 2-60000013:50VANL 2-30111011:11ANAL 3-40001−18:24CHIW 5-20110012:37Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 7.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 262nd 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 1 Oct 2026.
With Vegas
Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-2764th 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.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 2 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwelve seasons, with 4 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct