Regular season and playoffsVGKWSH

Nic Dowd's 2025-2026 season

Points

NHL#393

Goals

NHL#443

Assists

NHL#328

Plus/minus

-4

NHL#620

Games

90% of 83

Centre Nic Dowd was 35 years old when the 2025-2026 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals och Vegas Golden Knights. He played 75 of a possible 83 games and scored 5 goals and 16 assists for 21 points, 0.28 points per game. He moved from Washington Capitals to Vegas Golden Knights in March. In the playoffs he played 22 games for 4 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2025-2026Playoffs

Year 2025
1 year ago
Season opener
October 8
Nic Dowd opens the 2025-2026 season with Washington Capitals
WSHWashington Capitals
Nic was 35 years old when the 2025-2026 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 11th NHL season in all.
- The game
  BOS3–1WSH
  L
  October 8game 1/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG12:22TOI
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- The game
  WSH4–2NYI
  W
  October 11game 2/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG14:22TOI
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- The game
  WSH1–0NYR
  W
  October 12game 3/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG16:13TOI
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- The game
  TBL2–3WSH
  W
  October 14game 4/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG16:39TOI
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- The game
  MIN1–5WSH
  W
  October 17game 5/826
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG16:47TOI
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- The game
  VAN4–3WSH
  L
  October 19game 6/826
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG11:01TOI
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- The game
  SEA1–4WSH
  W
  October 21game 7/822
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-2SOG16:58TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH5–1CBJ
  W
  October 24game 8/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG14:28TOI
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- The game
  OTT7–1WSH
  L
  October 25game 9/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG16:32TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH0–1DAL
  L
  October 28game 10/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG13:08TOI
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- The game
  NYI3–1WSH
  L
  October 31game 11/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG15:56TOI
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- November 2025
- The game
  WSH3–4BUF
  L
  November 1game 12/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG16:41TOI
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- The game
  STL1–6WSH
  W
  November 5game 13/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG16:19TOI
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- The game
  WSH3–5PIT
  L
  November 6game 14/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG10:51TOI
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- The game
  WSH2–3TBL
  L
  November 8game 15/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG14:20TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH4–1CAR
  W
  November 11game 16/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG17:27TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–6FLA
  L
  November 13game 17/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG10:39TOI
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- The game
  NJD3–2WSH
  L
  November 15game 18/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG17:20TOI
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- The game
  LAK1–2WSH
  W
  November 17game 19/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG19:21TOI
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- Checkpoint
  November 17
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8219 of 21 played
  5
  points
  NHL#382
  1
  goals
  NHL#396
  4
  assists
  NHL#305
  WSH
  11-8-2W-L-OT24Points
  5th in the Metropolitan·8th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
- December 2025
- The game
  WSH7–1SJS
  W
  December 3game 28/825
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG14:26TOI
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- The game
  WSH3–4ANA
  L
  December 5game 29/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG15:47TOI
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- The game
  CBJ0–2WSH
  W
  December 7game 30/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG17:51TOI
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- The game
  CAR3–2WSH
  L
  December 11game 31/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-1SOG14:33TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH1–5WPG
  L
  December 13game 32/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG14:36TOI
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- The game
  WSH0–5MIN
  L
  December 16game 33/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG14:10TOI
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- The game
  TOR0–4WSH
  W
  December 18game 34/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG15:28TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET5–2WSH
  L
  December 20game 35/826
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG12:00TOI
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- The game
  WSH2–3DET
  L
  December 21game 36/826
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG16:53TOI
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- The game
  NYR7–3WSH
  L
  December 23game 37/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG16:16TOI
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- The game
  WSH4–3NJD
  W
  December 27game 38/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG18:00TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–5FLA
  L
  December 29game 39/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG14:38TOI
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- The game
  NYR3–6WSH
  W
  December 31game 40/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG15:05TOI
  +1 assist
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Year 2026
this year
- The game
  WSH3–4OTT
  L
  January 1game 41/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG17:29TOI
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- Checkpoint
  January 1
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8233 of 41 played
  9
  points
  NHL#415
  2
  goals
  NHL#440
  7
  assists
  NHL#355
  WSH
  21-15-5W-L-OT47Points
  4th in the Metropolitan·7th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CHI3–2WSH
  L
  January 3game 42/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG19:09TOI
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- The game
  ANA4–7WSH
  W
  January 5game 43/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG20:03TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
Milestone
Nic Dowd reaches 100 career assists
in the game against Anaheim Ducks · January 5
- The game
  DAL4–1WSH
  L
  January 7game 44/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG12:55TOI
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- The game
  WSH5–1CHI
  W
  January 9game 45/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG16:18TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–3NSH
  L
  January 11game 46/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG18:16TOI
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- The game
  MTL2–3WSH
  W
  January 13game 47/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG13:31TOI
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- The game
  SJS3–2WSH
  L
  January 15game 48/825
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG16:12TOI
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- The game
  FLA5–2WSH
  L
  January 17game 49/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG15:14TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–5COL
  L
  January 19game 50/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG17:57TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–4VAN
  L
  January 21game 51/828
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG14:08TOI
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- The game
  WSH3–1CGY
  W
  January 23game 52/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG16:31TOI
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- The game
  WSH5–6EDM
  L
  January 24game 53/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG19:02TOI
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- The game
  WSH1–5SEA
  L
  January 27game 54/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG12:47TOI
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- The game
  WSH4–3DET
  W
  January 29game 55/825
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-1SOG17:49TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CAR3–4WSH
  W
  January 31game 56/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG14:13TOI
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- February 2026
- The game
  NYI1–4WSH
  W
  February 2game 57/823
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-1SOG14:24TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH2–4PHI
  L
  February 3game 58/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG15:57TOI
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- The game
  NSH2–4WSH
  W
  February 5game 59/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG18:20TOI
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- The game
  PHI1–3WSH
  W
  February 25game 60/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:05TOI
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- The game
  VGK2–3WSH
  W
  February 27game 61/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG15:13TOI
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- The game
  WSH2–6MTL
  L
  February 28game 62/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG14:48TOI
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- Checkpoint
  February 28
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8254 of 62 played
  16
  points
  NHL#384
  4
  goals
  NHL#412
  12
  assists
  NHL#317
  WSH
  31-24-7W-L-OT69Points
  1 out of a spot
  4th in the Metropolitan·9th in the Eastern Conference·13th in the whole NHL
- March 2026
- The game
  UTA3–2WSH
  L
  March 3game 63/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG15:00TOI
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- The game
  MIN4–2VGK
  L
  March 6game 63/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:17TOI
  View the game
- The game
  EDM4–2VGK
  L
  March 8game 64/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG13:54TOI
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- The game
  VGK1–2DAL
  L
  March 10game 65/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG11:32TOI
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- The game
  PIT2–6VGK
  W
  March 12game 66/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG12:44TOI
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- The game
  CHI0–4VGK
  W
  March 14game 67/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG11:18TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–0VGK
  L
  March 17game 68/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG11:17TOI
  View the game
- The game
  UTA4–0VGK
  L
  March 19game 69/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG11:36TOI
  View the game
- The game
  VGK1–4NSH
  L
  March 21game 70/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG11:20TOI
  View the game
- The game
  VGK3–2DAL
  W
  March 22game 71/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG10:20TOI
  View the game
- The game
  VGK1–4WPG
  L
  March 24game 72/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG10:56TOI
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- The game
  EDM4–3VGK
  L
  March 26game 73/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG08:14TOI
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- The game
  WSH5–4VGK
  L
  March 28game 74/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG1SHP11:56TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  VAN2–4VGK
  W
  March 30game 75/828
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG08:29TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- April 2026
- The game
  CGY3–6VGK
  W
  April 2game 76/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG13:53TOI
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- The game
  VGK5–1EDM
  W
  April 4game 77/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG12:58TOI
  View the game
- The game
  VGK2–1VAN
  W
  April 7game 78/828
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG12:55TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  VGK3–4SEA
  L
  April 9game 79/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG12:05TOI
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- The game
  VGK3–2COL
  W
  April 11game 80/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG12:09TOI
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- The game
  WPG2–6VGK
  W
  April 13game 81/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG12:17TOI
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- The game
  SEA1–4VGK
  W
  April 15game 82/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG12:01TOI
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
April 15
Nic Dowd closes the 2025-2026 season with 21 points
WSHWashington Capitals VGKVegas Golden Knights
Points
21
NHL#393
Games
75of 82
91%
Goals
5
NHL#443
Assists
16
NHL#328
P/GP
0.28
NHL#439
+/-
-4
NHL#620
Events
16
career best in assists
100
career assists
1×
Second star
1×
Third star
4 days later
Playoffs
April 19
Vegas Golden Knights are in the playoffs
First round
April 19
Vegas Golden Knights meet Utah Mammoth
VGKvsUTA
Swedes on Vegas Golden Knights
Rasmus Andersson
Swedes on Utah Mammoth
Kevin Stenlund
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- Game 1
  UTA2–4VGK
  W
  April 192
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-1SOG10:33TOI
  +1 goal
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- Vegas Golden Knightslead1–0againstUtah Mammoth
- Game 2
  UTA3–2VGK
  L
  April 212
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG10:57TOI
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- Vegas Golden Knightsare1–1withUtah Mammoth
- Game 3
  VGK2–4UTA
  L
  April 242
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG10:28TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- Utah Mammothlead2–1againstVegas Golden Knights
- Game 4
  VGK5–4UTA
  W
  April 272
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG19:36TOI
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- Vegas Golden Knightsare2–2withUtah Mammoth
- Game 5
  UTA4–5VGK
  W
  April 292
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG16:56TOI
  View the game
- May 2026
- Vegas Golden Knightslead3–2againstUtah Mammoth
- Game 6
  VGK5–1UTA
  W
  May 12
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG15:11TOI
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First round
May 1
Vegas Golden Knights knock Utah Mammoth out 4–2
VGK4–2UTA
Advance
6Games2Points2Goals0Assists
3 days later
Second round
May 4
Vegas Golden Knights meet Anaheim Ducks
VGKvsANA
Swedes on Vegas Golden Knights
Rasmus Andersson
William Karlsson
Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
Leo Carlsson
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- Game 1
  ANA1–3VGK
  W
  May 43
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG13:39TOI
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- Vegas Golden Knightslead1–0againstAnaheim Ducks
- Game 2
  ANA3–1VGK
  L
  May 63
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG16:50TOI
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- Vegas Golden Knightsare1–1withAnaheim Ducks
- Game 3
  VGK6–2ANA
  W
  May 83
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG12:42TOI
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- Vegas Golden Knightslead2–1againstAnaheim Ducks
- Game 4
  VGK3–4ANA
  L
  May 103
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG14:46TOI
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- Vegas Golden Knightsare2–2withAnaheim Ducks
- Game 5
  ANA2–3VGK
  W
  May 123
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG10:39TOI
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- Vegas Golden Knightslead3–2againstAnaheim Ducks
- Game 6
  VGK5–1ANA
  W
  May 143
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG14:58TOI
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Second round
May 14
Vegas Golden Knights knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–2
VGK4–2ANA
Advance
6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
6 days later
Conference final
May 20
Vegas Golden Knights meet Colorado Avalanche
VGKvsCOL
Swedes on Vegas Golden Knights
William Karlsson
Rasmus Andersson
Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
Gabriel Landeskog
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- Game 1
  VGK4–2COL
  W
  May 203
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG13:18TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- Vegas Golden Knightslead1–0againstColorado Avalanche
- Game 2
  VGK3–1COL
  W
  May 223
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:03TOI
  View the game
- Vegas Golden Knightslead2–0againstColorado Avalanche
- Game 3
  COL3–5VGK
  W
  May 243
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG10:20TOI
  View the game
- Vegas Golden Knightslead3–0againstColorado Avalanche
- Game 4
  COL1–2VGK
  W
  May 263
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG10:57TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
Conference final
June 1
Vegas Golden Knights knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–0
VGK4–0COL
Advance
4Games2Points1Goals1Assists
1 day later
Stanley Cup Final
June 2
Vegas Golden Knights play the Stanley Cup Final against Carolina Hurricanes
VGKvsCAR
Swedes on Vegas Golden Knights
William Karlsson
Rasmus Andersson
Swedes on Carolina Hurricanes
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  VGK5–4CAR
  W
  June 22
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG13:14TOI
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- Vegas Golden Knightslead1–0againstCarolina Hurricanes
- Game 2
  VGK3–4CAR
  L
  June 42
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG12:06TOI
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- Vegas Golden Knightsare1–1withCarolina Hurricanes
- Game 3
  CAR4–5VGK
  W
  June 62
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG19:40TOI
  View the game
- Vegas Golden Knightslead2–1againstCarolina Hurricanes
- Game 4
  CAR5–3VGK
  L
  June 92
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG10:33TOI
  View the game
- Vegas Golden Knightsare2–2withCarolina Hurricanes
- Game 5
  VGK2–4CAR
  L
  June 112
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG15:05TOI
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- Carolina Hurricaneslead3–2againstVegas Golden Knights
- Game 6
  CAR3–0VGK
  L
  June 141
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG11:29TOI
  View the game
Stanley Cup Final
June 14
Carolina Hurricanes knock Vegas Golden Knights out 4–2
VGK2–4CAR
Eliminated
6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
June 14
Nic Dowd ends the 2025-2026 playoffs with 4 points
WSHWashington Capitals VGKVegas Golden Knights
Points
4
NHL#112
Games
22
Goals
3
NHL#46
Assists
1
NHL#156
P/GP
0.18
NHL#118
+/-
-2
NHL#228
Events
50
playoff games
10
playoff points
1×
First star
UTA4–2→ANA4–2→COL4–0→CAR2–4

Nic Dowd opens the 2025-2026 season with Washington Capitals

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

Nic Dowd reaches 100 career assists

3/4 into the season

Nic Dowd closes the 2025-2026 season with 21 points

Vegas Golden Knights are in the playoffs

Vegas Golden Knights meet Utah Mammoth

Vegas Golden Knights knock Utah Mammoth out 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights meet Anaheim Ducks

Vegas Golden Knights knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights meet Colorado Avalanche

Vegas Golden Knights knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–0

Vegas Golden Knights play the Stanley Cup Final against Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes knock Vegas Golden Knights out 4–2

Nic Dowd ends the 2025-2026 playoffs with 4 points