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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 1988-89. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tim Higgins DET · 14 P in 42 GP Dusan Pasek MNS · 14 P in 48 GP David Bruce VAN · 14 P in 53 GP Kelly Buchberger EDM · 14 P in 66 GP Jay Miller LAK · 14 P in 67 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

1988-89 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
38 7 7 14 -8 177 39 0 0.37 17.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 2, 1989 vs NYI L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 6 1 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1989 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1989 @ DET L 3-4 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1989 vs PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 19 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1989 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1989 vs MNS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1989 vs STL W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1988 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1988 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1988 @ MTL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1988 @ VAN W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1988 @ EDM L 6-10 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1988 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1988 @ WIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1988 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1988 @ NYI W 6-4 0 1 1 3 7 3 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1988 @ PIT L 2-8 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1988 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1988 @ MNS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1988 @ LAK W 6-5 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1988 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 10 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1988 vs DET L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1988 vs BOS T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1988 vs PHI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1988 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1988 @ NJD L 5-6 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1988 @ BUF L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1988 vs PIT W 9-2 0 2 2 2 30 2 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1988 @ PHI W 6-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1988 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1988 vs QUE W 8-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1988 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 15 2 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1988 vs WSH W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1988 vs VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1988 vs HFD L 3-4 0 0 0 -3 6 2 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1988 vs NJD L 0-5 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1988 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1988 @ CHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00