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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)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1985-86

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1987-88. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Eagles QUE · 20 P in 76 GP Greg Terrion TOR · 20 P in 59 GP Everett Sanipass CHI · 20 P in 57 GP David Saunders VAN · 20 P in 56 GP Dale Henry NYI · 20 P in 48 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

1987-88 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
72 10 10 20 -2 305 88 0 0.28 11.4 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1988 vs QUE W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1988 @ WIN T 6-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1988 @ CHI W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1988 @ NJD L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1988 @ DET T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1988 vs EDM W 6-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1988 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1988 vs HFD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1988 @ TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1988 vs WSH L 4-8 1 1 2 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1988 vs PHI W 3-1 1 0 1 1 5 1 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1988 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1988 vs NJD W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1988 @ HFD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 6 2 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1988 @ BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1988 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 29, 1988 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1988 @ NJD W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1988 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1988 @ NYI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1988 @ BOS W 4-2 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1988 @ PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 10 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1988 @ QUE W 5-3 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1988 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1988 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1988 vs EDM W 6-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1988 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1988 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 22 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1988 vs BOS W 5-4 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1988 vs PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1988 vs BUF L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 9 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1988 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1987 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1987 @ CGY L 3-9 1 0 1 0 19 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1987 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1987 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1987 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1987 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1987 vs QUE W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 7 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1987 vs DET W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 12 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1987 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1987 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1987 vs LAK W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1987 vs VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1987 vs BOS W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1987 @ WIN W 7-3 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1987 @ MNS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1987 @ HFD W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1987 @ QUE L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1987 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1987 vs NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1987 vs HFD T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1987 vs CHI W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1987 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1987 @ HFD T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1987 vs TOR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1987 vs PHI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1987 @ CHI T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 7 5 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1987 vs STL W 6-4 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1987 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1987 @ DET W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1987 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1987 vs CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1987 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1987 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1987 @ TOR W 10-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1987 vs MNS W 5-1 1 0 1 1 5 3 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1987 vs PIT W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1987 @ NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1987 vs QUE L 2-5 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1987 vs BUF W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1987 @ PHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00