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Kent Nilsson

#14 · Centre · Edmonton Oilers

Born Aug 31, 1956 in Nynashamn, SWE · 6'0", 187 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 64th overall in 1976 by AFM (round 4)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1986-87

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Al MacAdam MNS · 93 P in 80 GP Blair MacDonald EDM · 94 P in 80 GP Rick Middleton BOS · 92 P in 80 GP Bernie Federko STL · 94 P in 79 GP Mike Bossy NYI · 92 P in 75 GP

Career

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

0501001979-80: 93 points9379-801980-81: 131 points13180-811981-82: 55 points5581-821982-83: 104 points10482-831983-84: 80 points8083-841984-85: 99 points9984-851985-86: 60 points6085-861986-87: 63 points6386-871994-95: 1 points194-95

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 AFM 80 40 53 93 -3 10 217 0 1.16
1980-81 CGY 80 49 82 131 14 26 217 0 1.64
1981-82 CGY 41 26 29 55 -20 8 103 0 1.34
1982-83 CGY 80 46 58 104 3 10 217 0 1.30
1983-84 CGY 67 31 49 80 -24 22 181 0 1.19
1984-85 CGY 77 37 62 99 -4 14 201 0 1.29
1985-86 MNS 61 16 44 60 3 10 122 0 0.98
1986-87 MNS 44 13 33 46 1 12 89 0 1.05
1986-87 EDM 17 5 12 17 10 4 25 0 1.00
1994-95 EDM 6 1 0 1 -5 0 2 0 0.17
9 seasons Career 553 264 422 686 -25 116 1374 0 1.24

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 AFM 4 0 0 0 -4 2 4 0 0.00
1980-81 CGY 14 3 9 12 4 2 34 0 0.86
1981-82 CGY 3 0 3 3 0 2 10 0 1.00
1982-83 CGY 9 1 11 12 -10 2 28 0 1.33
1984-85 CGY 3 0 1 1 -2 0 6 0 0.33
1985-86 MNS 5 1 4 5 2 0 10 0 1.00
1986-87 EDM 21 6 13 19 11 6 46 0 0.90
7 seasons Playoffs 59 11 41 52 1 14 138 0 0.88

1979-80 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 40 53 93 -3 10 217 0 1.16 18.4 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1980 @ WSH T 4-4 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1980 vs NYI L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1980 @ NYR W 7-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1980 vs BUF L 2-5 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1980 @ PHI L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1980 vs NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1980 vs EDM L 4-5 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1980 @ CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1980 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1980 vs STL W 8-4 2 2 4 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1980 @ NYI L 3-6 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1980 @ TOR W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1980 vs PHI W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1980 vs LAK T 2-2 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1980 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1980 @ WIN W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1980 @ VAN W 9-3 1 3 4 4 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1980 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1980 vs CLR W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1980 vs MTL T 3-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1980 vs HFD L 5-6 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1980 vs WSH W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1980 vs MNS T 4-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1980 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1980 @ MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1980 @ DET T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1980 @ CLR W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1980 @ EDM W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1980 vs HFD W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1980 vs WSH W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1980 @ QUE W 4-1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1980 @ HFD L 1-6 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1980 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1980 vs CHI T 4-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1980 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1980 vs BUF T 3-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1980 @ LAK W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1980 @ CLR W 4-1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1980 @ VAN W 5-3 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1980 @ MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1980 @ BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1980 vs QUE W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1980 vs WIN W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1980 @ NYR T 5-5 3 1 4 2 0 7 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1980 vs DET L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1979 @ PIT L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1979 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1979 vs BOS L 3-5 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1979 @ STL W 7-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1979 vs STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1979 @ TOR L 1-8 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1979 vs MNS W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1979 @ EDM T 5-5 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1979 @ WIN W 5-4 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1979 @ MNS L 1-4 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1979 @ BUF L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1979 vs LAK L 2-6 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1979 vs TOR L 3-5 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1979 @ HFD L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1979 vs PIT W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1979 vs DET W 4-1 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1979 @ WSH W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1979 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1979 @ BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1979 vs VAN L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1979 @ BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1979 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1979 vs WIN W 8-0 2 1 3 4 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1979 @ PIT T 3-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1979 vs QUE T 4-4 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1979 vs CLR W 3-1 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1979 @ STL W 3-0 0 3 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1979 vs EDM W 7-3 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1979 vs MTL L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1979 vs CHI T 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1979 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1979 @ NYI L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1979 vs PHI W 9-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1979 @ MTL L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1979 @ QUE W 5-3 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 00:00