Nic Dowd
Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 19?
Each row is one fantasy category turned into points over a full 84-game season. Add the rows up and that is his total fantasy worth.
- proj goals6 × 3+18
- proj assists13 × 1+13
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots25 × 0.1+2.5
- PIM55 × 0.05+2.8
- ice time (min)977 × 0.01+9.8
- total46 pool points · an elite forward season scores 24246 = 19/100
Weights follow what the average fantasy league actually counts: goals at 3× assists (the universal core), power-play points and game-winners at half weight (common extra categories), OT goals, shots and PIM small (many leagues skip them), and ice time as a quiet availability bonus. The scale: add up a whole season of those categories and compare against the best forwards in the NHL — an elite season scores about 242 points, and that is what 100 means. So 46 points is 19 out of a perfect fantasy season at his position. Defensemen and forwards are graded on separate scales because the D slot can only be filled by a defenseman. Goals and assists come from the backtested season model; the rest ride your own season-to-date pace over 84 games (20 games so far). Hits/blocks are excluded: the free NHL feeds don't publish full-season totals, and we don't invent them.
The Situation
- Every night: in the lineup for all of the team's last 10 games.
- Availability: every game this season — 15 of 15 for VGK.
- Veteran card: age 36 — minutes and back-to-back load worth watching down the stretch.
Every line is measured from our own boxscore ledger; absence reasons from the NHL Status Report and our transaction wire only — no insider guessing.
Season stats
NHL regular-season totals, season by season. The 84-G proj line extends the current season with our public model — methodology in the caption below the table.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | TOI/GP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | Kings | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 52.9% |
| 2016-17 | Kings | 70 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -15 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12:27 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 7.7% | 47.8% |
| 2017-18 | Kings | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:57 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0% | 51.9% |
| 2017-18 | Canucks | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:34 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 7.5% | 50.9% |
| 2018-19 | Capitals | 64 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 17.0% | 51.9% |
| 2019-20 | Capitals | 56 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:50 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 13.5% | 49.7% |
| 2020-21 | Capitals | 56 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 16.2% | 56.3% |
| 2021-22 | Capitals | 64 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:16 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 11.1% | 53.7% |
| 2022-23 | Capitals | 65 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 21.0% | 50.8% |
| 2023-24 | Capitals | 64 | 12 | 10 | 22 | -2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:12 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 19.7% | 48.1% |
| 2024-25 | Capitals | 82 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:11 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 16.3% | 49.9% |
| 2025-26 | Capitals | 55 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:33 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3% | 48.7% |
| 2025-26 | Golden Knights | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6% | 51.0% |
| 2026-27 | Golden Knights | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 43.4% |
| 84-G proj | Golden Knights | 84 | 6 | 13 | 19 | — | 50 | — | 0 | — | 12:58 | — | — | 78 | — | — |
84-G proj — current pace blended with the player's own history (recent seasons weighted heaviest), mixed with a similarity projection from historical players with comparable profiles, then adjusted for the aging curve (league-average peak at 27; decline after) — at age 36 that is -6%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Comparable player-seasons: Jordan Greenway (2025-25) · Ty Dellandrea (2025-25) · Tyler Pitlick (2023-23) · Mathieu Joseph (2025-25) · Ryan Lomberg (2025-25).
Goals — with the line
| Time | ST | Type | Goal | His line | Opp ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 · vs OTT | |||||
| P3 08:01 | EV | Assist | #? (Dowd, Heinola) → 2-1 | Gatcomb · Dowd Andersson · Heinola | Halliday · Greig · Burakovsky Yakemchuk · Matinpalo Johansson (G) |
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Nic over the last 10 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Gatcomb VGK | 95 | 10 | |
| Braeden Bowman VGK | 61 | 10 | |
| Brayden McNabb VGK | 49 | 10 | |
| Shea Theodore VGK | 45 | 10 | |
| Jeremy Lauzon VGK | 39 | 10 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats