Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Chris Nilan

Chris Nilan

#30 · Right wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Feb 9, 1958 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 231st overall in 1978 by MTL (round 19)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1985-86

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Glenn Hicks DET · 15 P in 58 GP Rob McClanahan BUF · 15 P in 53 GP Ray Neufeld HFD · 15 P in 52 GP Glenn Goldup LAK · 15 P in 49 GP Doug Wickenheiser MTL · 15 P in 41 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

01020301979-80: 2 points279-801980-81: 15 points1580-811981-82: 11 points1181-821982-83: 14 points1482-831983-84: 26 points2683-841984-85: 37 points3784-851985-86: 34 points3485-861986-87: 20 points2086-871987-88: 20 points2087-881988-89: 14 points1488-891989-90: 3 points389-901990-91: 15 points1590-911991-92: 14 points1491-92

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 MTL 16 0 2 2 -1 50 8 0 0.13
1980-81 MTL 64 7 8 15 7 262 69 0 0.23
1981-82 MTL 49 7 4 11 7 204 45 0 0.22
1982-83 MTL 66 6 8 14 -8 213 67 0 0.21
1983-84 MTL 76 16 10 26 -3 338 98 0 0.34
1984-85 MTL 78 21 16 37 4 358 98 0 0.47
1985-86 MTL 72 19 15 34 11 274 120 0 0.47
1986-87 MTL 44 4 16 20 2 266 68 0 0.45
1987-88 MTL 50 7 5 12 -2 209 68 0 0.24
1987-88 NYR 22 3 5 8 0 96 20 0 0.36
1988-89 NYR 38 7 7 14 -8 177 39 0 0.37
1989-90 NYR 25 1 2 3 -8 59 24 0 0.12
1990-91 BOS 41 6 9 15 4 277 41 0 0.37
1991-92 BOS 39 5 5 10 -5 186 33 0 0.26
1991-92 MTL 17 1 3 4 -1 74 22 0 0.24
13 seasons Career 697 110 115 225 -1 3043 820 0 0.32

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 MTL 7 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.00
1980-81 MTL 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00
1981-82 MTL 5 1 1 2 1 22 5 0 0.40
1982-83 MTL 3 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0 0.00
1983-84 MTL 15 1 0 1 3 81 13 0 0.07
1984-85 MTL 12 2 1 3 -3 81 16 0 0.25
1985-86 MTL 18 1 2 3 6 141 32 0 0.17
1986-87 MTL 17 3 0 3 -4 75 28 0 0.18
1988-89 NYR 4 0 1 1 -2 38 8 0 0.25
1989-90 NYR 4 0 1 1 1 19 5 0 0.25
1990-91 BOS 19 0 2 2 -2 62 10 0 0.11
1991-92 MTL 7 0 1 1 -2 15 4 0 0.14
12 seasons Playoffs 113 8 9 17 -4 541 126 0 0.15

1980-81 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
64 7 8 15 7 262 69 0 0.23 10.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1981 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1981 vs HFD W 6-1 0 1 1 1 11 3 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1981 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1981 @ QUE L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1981 vs NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 5 1 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1981 vs CGY W 8-2 0 1 1 1 11 4 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1981 @ WSH T 2-2 1 0 1 1 7 5 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1981 vs VAN W 5-3 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1981 @ MNS T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1981 @ NYR T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1981 vs TOR W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1981 vs CLR W 6-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1981 @ STL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1981 @ BUF W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1981 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1981 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1981 vs WSH W 6-1 0 0 0 0 39 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1981 vs STL T 3-3 0 0 0 0 12 3 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1981 vs BOS W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1981 vs MNS W 7-0 0 0 0 0 13 2 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1981 @ CLR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1981 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1981 @ CGY T 4-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1981 vs PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1981 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1981 @ MNS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1981 @ TOR L 5-6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1981 vs WIN W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1981 vs EDM W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1981 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1981 @ DET W 6-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1981 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1981 @ HFD W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1980 @ NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1980 vs WSH W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1980 @ QUE T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1980 @ EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1980 @ CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1980 @ VAN T 4-4 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1980 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1980 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1980 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1980 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1980 @ BUF W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1980 vs MNS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1980 vs NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1980 vs PHI W 7-3 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1980 vs DET W 7-3 0 1 1 1 9 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1980 @ TOR W 5-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1980 @ WIN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1980 @ VAN T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1980 @ CLR W 8-2 0 0 0 0 22 1 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1980 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1980 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1980 vs QUE W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1980 @ NYI L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1980 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1980 @ CHI W 7-2 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1980 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1980 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1980 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1980 @ WSH T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1980 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1980 vs CHI L 4-5 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00