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Nic Dowd

#26

age35

posC

shotr

h6'2"

w196lbs

Depth Chart C4

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$3,000,000$3.00M

Year 1 of 2

25/26

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 37

Profile

Draft Team

Round7

Pick198

Year2009

Agent Matthew Oates

Birthdate May 27, 1990

Birthplace Huntsville, Alabama

Nationality USA

Stick CCM Jetspeed FT3 Pro

UFA Year 2017

ELC Year 24

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $9.43M

Regular Season

GP82

G14

A13

P27

PPG0.33

PIM56

EV TOI/GM 12.00

G60 0.61

P60 1.04

GF% 47.90

DFF% 50.00

REL DFF% -1.60

CF% 48.90

REL CF% -2.20

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP582

G84

A92

P176

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.30

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.14

Career Statline Details

2025-2027 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$6,000,000$6.00M

cap hit$3,000,000$3.00M

Nic Dowd is signed to a 2 year, $6,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $3,000,000 per season, playing for the Washington Capitals. His contract expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, making Dowd an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Apr 16 2025

Signing Agent Matthew Oates

Signed By

Signing GM Chris Patrick

% Cap Contract Start 3.14%

Signing Status UFAage 35

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M	UFAage 37
AAV	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000$2.00M	-
Total Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Minors Salary	$3,000,000$3.00M	$3,000,000$3.00M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP82

G14

A13

P27

PPG0.33

PIM56

EV TOI/GM 12.00

G60 0.61

P60 1.04

GF% 47.90

DFF% 50.00

REL DFF% -1.60

CF% 48.90

REL CF% -2.20

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP582

G84

A92

P176

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.30

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.14

Career Statline Details

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	34	$1,300,000 $1.30M	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	14	13	27	56	984	47.90	50.00	-1.60	48.90	-2.20	0.61	1.04	Playoffs	10	0	1	1	0
2023-24	33	$1,300,000 $1.30M	NHL	Washington Capitals	64	12	10	22	47	790	49.10	42.00	-5.90	41.30	-6.50	0.84	1.44	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2022-23	32	$1,300,000 $1.30M	NHL	Washington Capitals	65	13	12	25	26	693	52.60	52.50	2.70	49.80	-1.00	1.13	1.99
2021-22	31	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Washington Capitals	64	10	14	24	44	756	60.40	51.40	0.10	50.20	-0.20	0.71	1.51	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	0
2020-21	30	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Washington Capitals	56	11	4	15	31	638	47.70	49.60	-3.00	47.50	-4.30	0.85	1.13	Playoffs	5	2	0	2	0
2019-20	29	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Washington Capitals	56	7	8	15	28	459	59.50	56.00	5.20	54.00	2.70	0.52	1.57	Playoffs	8	0	0	0	0
2018-19	28	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Washington Capitals	64	8	14	22	20	549	59.09	46.89	-0.50	48.46	-1.20	0.87	2.30	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0
2017-18	27	$640,000 $640K	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	40	3	0	3	16	395	34.62	46.87	2.17	46.14	-0.53	0.30	0.30
2017-18	27	$640,000 $640K	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	16	0	1	1	12	127	20.00	35.77	-13.47	46.43	-2.68	0.00	0.47
2016-17	26	$640,000 $640K	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	70	6	16	22	25	742	40.00	56.57	2.82	56.71	2.76	0.32	1.05
2015-16	25	$600,000 $600K	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	5	0	0	0	2	48	66.67	65.06	3.64	68.77	7.06	0.00	0.00
2015-16	25	$600,000 $600K	AHL	Ontario Reign	58	14	34	48	49									Playoffs	13	4	7	11	0
2014-15	24	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Manchester Monarchs	75	9	32	41	44									Playoffs	19	7	6	13	0
2013-14	23		AHL	Manchester Monarchs	7	0	3	3	0									Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2013-14	23		NCAA	St. Cloud State Univ.	38	22	18	40	32
2012-13	22		NCAA	St. Cloud State Univ.	41	14	25	39	41
2011-12	21		NCAA	St. Cloud State Univ.	39	11	13	24	36
2010-11	20		NCAA	St. Cloud State Univ.	36	5	13	18	34
2009-10	19		WJAC-19	USA U19	5	0	1	1	6
2009-10	19		USHL	Indiana Ice	46	16	23	39	48									Playoffs	9	2	4	6	0
2008-09	18		NAHL	St. Louis Bandits	3	0	0	0	2
2008-09	18		NAHL	Wenatchee Wild	43	16	33	49	71									Playoffs	13	8	14	22	0
2007-08	17		USHS-Prep	Culver Military Academy Prep	45	15	31	46	38
NHL Totals					582	84	92	176
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Apr

Dowd, Nic

2yrs

$3,000,000

Cap Hit

11/14

2021

Dowd, Nic

3yrs

$1,300,000

Cap Hit

04/11

2019

Dowd, Nic

3yrs

$750,000

Cap Hit

07/1

2018

Dowd, Nic

1yr

$650,000

Cap Hit

07/11

2016

Dowd, Nic

2yrs

$640,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Apr

Dowd, Nic

Dowd notched an assist, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4.

Apr

Dowd, Nic

Dowd logged an assist, two shots on goal and two blocked shots in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the New York Islanders.

Apr

Dowd, Nic

Dowd tallied a goal, fired three shots on net, blocked three shots and dished out three hits in Thursday's 5-4 shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Apr

Dowd, Nic

Dowd scored a shorthanded goal on three shots in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins.

Mar

Dowd, Nic

Dowd notched an assist in Thursday's 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild.

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Contract History

2022-2025 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$3,900,000$3.90M

cap hit$1,300,000$1.30M

expiry 2025 UFA age 35

Signed On Nov 14 2021

Signing Agent Matthew Oates

Signed By

Signing GM Brian MacLellan

% Cap Contract Start 1.58%

Signing Status UFAage 31

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$1,300,000$1.30M	$1,300,000$1.30M	$1,300,000$1.30M	UFAage 35
AAV	$1,300,000$1.30M	$1,300,000$1.30M	$1,300,000$1.30M
Base	$1,600,000$1.60M	$1,300,000$1.30M	$1,000,000$1.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$1,600,000$1.60M	$1,300,000$1.30M	$1,000,000$1.00M
Minors Salary	$1,600,000$1.60M	$1,300,000$1.30M	$1,000,000$1.00M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2019-2022 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$2,250,000$2.25M

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2022 UFA age 32

Signed On Apr 11 2019

Signing Agent Dean Grillo

Signed By

Signing GM Brian MacLellan

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K	UFAage 32
AAV	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Base	$700,000$700K	$750,000$750K	$800,000$800K
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K	$750,000$750K	$800,000$800K
Minors Salary	$700,000$700K	$750,000$750K	$800,000$800K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2018-2019 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$650,000$650K

cap hit$650,000$650K

expiry 2019 UFA age 29

Signed On Jul 1 2018

Signing Agent Dean Grillo

Signed By

Signing GM Brian MacLellan

% Cap Contract Start 0.82%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$650,000$650K	UFAage 29
AAV	$650,000$650K
Base	$650,000$650K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$650,000$650K
Minors Salary	$650,000$650K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2016-2018 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,280,000$1.28M

cap hit$640,000$640K

expiry 2018 UFA age 28

Signed On Jul 11 2016

Signed By

Signing GM Dean Lombardi

% Cap Contract Start 0.88%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$640,000$640K	$640,000$640K	UFAage 28
AAV	$640,000$640K	$640,000$640K
Base	$630,000$630K	$650,000$650K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$630,000$630K	$650,000$650K
Minors Salary	$300,000$300K	$650,000$650K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	UFA
UFA Year

2015-2016 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$600,000$600K

cap hit$600,000$600K

expiry 2016 RFA age 26

Signed On Jul 16 2015

Signed By

Signing GM Dean Lombardi

% Cap Contract Start 0.84%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$600,000$600K	RFAage 26
AAV	$600,000$600K
Base	$600,000$600K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$600,000$600K
Minors Salary	$72,500$73K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2014-2015 Entry Level Contract

term1yr

value$900,000$900K

cap hit$900,000$900K

expiry 2015 RFA age 25

Signed On Apr 1 2014

Signed By

Signing GM Dean Lombardi

% Cap Contract Start 1.09%

Signing Status age 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	RFAage 25
AAV	$900,000$900K
Base	$660,000$660K
Performance Bonuses	$150,000$150K
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year