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Nic Dowd

Nic Dowd

VGK·FJersey number #26
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Latest captured market
Apr 2 · 10:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 392 game sample
PTS
23.5
SOG
80.5
G
9.7
A
13.8
PPP
0.1
HIT
160.3
BLK
71.9
PIM
62.9

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 392 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−2.06
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −3.0 goals over 106
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.37
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.4 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 392 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 392 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.29
G
0.12
A
0.17
SOG
0.98
PPP
0.00
HIT
1.96
BLK
0.88
PIM
0.77

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2675516210.286614:32
2024-25821413270.338615:11
2023-24641210220.346115:12
2022-23651312250.386213:21
2021-22641014240.389014:16

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26223140.182513:30
2024-25100110.101015:08
2023-2440000.00213:57
2021-2261120.33812:10

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 2 lineG 1/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Jun 14vs CARPO000021011:29
Jun 11@ CARPO200050015:05
Jun 9vs CARPO000030210:33
Jun 6vs CARPO100082019:40
Jun 4@ CARPO200021012:06
Jun 2@ CARPO000041013:14
May 26vs COLPO201010010:57
May 24vs COLPO000020010:20
May 22@ COLPO100020013:03
May 20@ COLPO110042013:18

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 2 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-268.05minus 3.0 goals above expected57106
2024-2512.114plus 1.9 goals above expected61130
2023-248.112plus 3.9 goals above expected4886
2022-239.113plus 3.9 goals above expected4484
2021-228.510plus 1.5 goals above expected52113

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-264 goals, 16 assists, 20 points0-0-01 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2024-2512 goals, 13 assists, 25 points0-0-02 goals, 0 assists, 2 points
2023-2412 goals, 10 assists, 22 points0-0-00 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2022-2313 goals, 11 assists, 24 points0-0-00 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2021-229 goals, 13 assists, 22 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point

Shot locations

106 attempts · 5 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (40)Shot on goal (61)Goal (5)

Markets · Apr 2

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
13%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
5%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.