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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 1989-90. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Eagles CHI · 3 P in 23 GP Rob Ray BUF · 3 P in 27 GP Peter Sundstrom NJD · 3 P in 21 GP Tom Martin HFD · 3 P in 21 GP Dave Thomlinson STL · 3 P in 19 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

1989-90 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
25 1 2 3 -8 59 24 0 0.12 4.2 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 1, 1990 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1990 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1990 @ PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 9 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1990 vs CGY L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1990 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1990 vs EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1990 vs MNS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1990 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1990 vs STL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1990 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1989 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1989 vs QUE W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1989 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1989 @ NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1989 vs NYI T 5-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1989 vs EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1989 vs VAN W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1989 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1989 vs HFD W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1989 vs CHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1989 vs PIT W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1989 @ WSH L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 7 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1989 vs CGY W 5-4 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1989 @ CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1989 @ WIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00