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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)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1985-86

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Peter McNab NJD · 20 P in 46 GP Kjell Dahlin MTL · 20 P in 41 GP Anders Carlsson NJD · 20 P in 48 GP Doug Shedden QUE · 20 P in 49 GP Lindy Ruff BUF · 20 P in 50 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

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 4 16 20 2 266 68 0 0.45 5.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1987 @ NYR W 8-2 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1987 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1987 vs HFD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1987 @ PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1987 vs BUF W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 5 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1987 @ QUE W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1987 vs TOR W 9-4 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1987 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1987 vs NYI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1987 vs PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 9 1 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1987 @ WIN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 12 2 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1987 @ MNS W 5-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1987 @ EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1987 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1987 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1987 vs NYI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1987 vs BOS W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 13 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1987 vs WIN W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1987 @ HFD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1987 vs QUE W 4-3 1 0 1 1 19 1 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1986 vs CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1986 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1986 vs HFD L 5-7 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1986 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1986 @ QUE L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1986 @ BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1986 @ HFD W 4-1 1 1 2 2 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1986 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1986 vs BUF W 4-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1986 vs QUE W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1986 @ CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1986 @ EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1986 @ LAK W 6-4 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1986 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 2 10 3 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1986 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1986 vs LAK W 6-5 1 0 1 1 31 1 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1986 vs NYR T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 8 4 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1986 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1986 vs WSH L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1986 vs WIN W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1986 @ BUF T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1986 vs MNS W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 12 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1986 vs EDM L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1986 @ TOR L 4-7 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 00:00