Unrepentant criminal Nic Dowd has scored his first goal since becoming a father.
Dowd got the Caps on the board in Sunday’s matinee game against the Sharks with a beautiful rush goal.
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It was a complete effort. Michal Kempny started the play in the Caps’ zone, with Hathaway moving it through neutral and Brendan Leipsic setting up Dowd at the goal mouth. Dowd needed only one lovely touch on the puck to beat San Jose goalie Martin Jones.
Some more big dad energy from Nic Dowd. With a 💋 to celebrate pic.twitter.com/mrIZxMST3B
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 5, 2020
That’s Dowd’s fifth goal of the season. On the next shift, the fourth line drew a penalty to give the Caps a power play.
Dowd became a father on New Year’s Eve when his wife Paige gave birth to baby Louie. Also, Dowd missed ten minutes of Friday’s game after giving away Andrei Svechnikov’s stick to a fan without permission.
.@RealSmokinAl: How’s Paige and Baby Louie doing?
Nic Dowd: “Paige’s doing really, really well. A little tired. And Louie’s eating and sleeping a lot and doing well”
.@RealSmokinAl: Takes after his dad then, right?
Nic Dowd: “Yeah. A lot of eating, yeah!” [laughing] pic.twitter.com/SWFAEdFeGZ
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 5, 2020
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