Cousins was on the receiving end of a thunderous open-ice hit from Washington's Jacob Chychrun in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Capitals and left the game shortly after. The 33-year-old Cousin is averaging 9:45 time-on-ice and has three points (2G / 1A) in 19 games this season.
Nick Cousins will return for a third season in Ottawa after finishing 2025-26 with his highest goal and point totals since 2022-23 and has earned himself a two-year contract extension worth $1.5875 million AAV ($3.175M total). The 32-year-old pesky forward is entering his 14th NHL and will be expected to create a spark in Ottawa's bottom-six again this season after putting up nine goals, 23 points and 92 PIMs in 81 appearances last season.
It's unclear whether Cousins is dealing with an undisclosed injury or if he's simply a healthy scratch. Kurtis MacDermid will draw into the lineup in his place.
After winning the Stanley Cup in the 2023-24 season with the Florida Panthers, Cousins spent the 2024-25 season with the Ottawa Senators and will return for a second season with the club in 2025-26. The agitating 31-year-old forward had 15 points (6G / 9A), 41 penalty minutes, and 85 hits in 50 games with the Senators.
Cousin did not play Game 1 will draw into the lineup for Game 2, replacing Matthew Highmore. The 31-year-old Cousin has ample playoff experience, scoring 15 points (4G / 11A) in 63 career games, including winning a Stanley Cup last season with the Florida Panthers.
Cousins played in the final three games of the regular season but will be scratched in Game 1 vs. Toronto, with Matthew Highmore taking his spot on the fourth-line.
Cousins was limited to only 1:20 time-on-ice in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs and has not played since. He will be out of the lineup recovering for six-to-eight weeks. The 31-year-old Cousins is averaging 11:54 time-on-ice, recording 13 points (5G / 8A), 39 penalty minutes, and 80 hits in 47 games.
Fresh off his first career Stanley Cup victory, Nick Cousins has signed a one-year, $800,000 contract to go to the Ottawa Senators. The 31-year-old is impressively entering his 11th NHL season with his seventh different team. In 2023-24, he had seven goals, 15 points, 64 PIMs and 111 SOG in 69 games played with Florida.
Cousins appeared in the Panthers' lineup for Game 6 for the first time since May 26th but will come back out on Monday as he is replaced by Kyle Okposo. The 30-year-old had seven goals and 15 points in 69 regular season games but has failed to produce at all in the playoffs with only one assist and 20 PIMs in 12 playoff games played.
Cousins hasn't played in nearly a month as his last appearance came on May 26th vs. the New York Rangers but he is expected to draw back into the Panthers' lineup on Friday for Game 6 in Edmonton. The 30-year-old scrappy winger had 15 points in 69 regular season games but has failed to produce in the playoffs, with no goals, one assist, 20 PIMs and eight SOG in 11 games played.
Cousins has struggled in this year's playoffs with only an assist in 11 games played and will head to the press box as a healthy scratch for Game 4 as he is replaced by veteran Kyle Okposo. The 30-year-old grinding fourth-liner had seven points in 21 playoff games in 2022-23, but has failed to duplicate his success while on Florida's fourth line this year.
Cousins was a healthy scratch Monday in Toronto, but he will replace Matthew Tkachuk (illness) in the lineup on Tuesday. Cousins could be in the top-6 with Tkachuk and Carter Verhaeghe out, but he has just 10 points (5G / 5A) in 62 games this season.
