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Nico Daws

#50 · Goalie · New Jersey Devils

Born Dec 22, 2000 in Munich, DEU (age 25) · 6'4", 205 lb · Catches left · Drafted 84th overall in 2020 by NJD (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Artur Akhtyamov TOR · 3 GP, 0.877 Cayden Primeau TOR · 3 GP, 0.838 Drew Commesso CHI · 3 GP, 0.918 Dylan Garand NYR · 3 GP, 0.948 Nikke Kokko SEA · 3 GP, 0.890

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

05101520252021-22: 25 games2521-222023-24: 21 games2123-242024-25: 6 games624-252025-26: 3 games325-262026-27: 1 games126-27

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2021-22 NJD 25 101110 617 551 66 3.11 0.893 $851K
2023-24 NJD 21 91100 568 508 60 3.15 0.894 $851K
2024-25 NJD 6 3101 114 107 7 1.60 0.939 $813K
2025-26 NJD 3 2100 87 79 8 2.62 0.908 $813K
2026-27 NJD 1 0100 32 26 6 6.01 0.813 $1.1M
5 seasons Career 56 242511 1418 1271 147 3.02 0.896

2025-26 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
3 3 2100 87 79 8 2.62 0.908

Contract

$813KCap hitends in 2026
$467KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.7 goals above replacement

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up.

The contract

Signed by the New Jersey Devils on Jul 30, 2024, as a new contract (two-way): 2 years and $1.625M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $813K $775K $0 $775K
2025-26 $813K $850K $0 $850K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2026 New Jersey Devils New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $2.2M $1.1M
Jul 30, 2024 New Jersey Devils New contract (two-way) 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.625M $813K
May 5, 2021 New Jersey Devils Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $2.775M $851K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2025-26 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

+1.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.8Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-202462021-222023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. What these numbers mean

+0.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
8.8Expected goals againstfrom 124 unblocked attempts
8Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.908Save %0.898 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.27 above expected per 60 minutes79th
Shot difficulty 7.1% chance per attempt faced84thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 68 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

02468Expected 8.8Allowed 8

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 14, 2026 @ BOS L 0-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Apr 12, 2026 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) W 30 27 3 0.900 63:16
Oct 22, 2025 vs MIN W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00