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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 1981-82. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Steve Shutt MTL · 55 P in 57 GP Jean-Francois Sauve BUF · 55 P in 69 GP Steve Christoff MNS · 55 P in 69 GP Walt McKechnie DET · 55 P in 74 GP Mike Blaisdell DET · 55 P in 80 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

1981-82 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
41 26 29 55 -20 8 103 0 1.34 25.2 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1982 @ CLR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1982 vs CLR W 11-0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1982 vs LAK W 7-5 2 2 4 2 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1982 @ VAN L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1982 vs EDM L 2-7 1 1 2 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1982 @ CLR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1982 @ EDM T 3-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1982 @ LAK L 4-9 0 2 2 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1982 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1982 vs VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1982 @ QUE W 9-4 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1982 @ PIT T 4-4 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1982 @ WSH L 6-8 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1982 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1982 @ NYI L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1982 vs PHI L 8-9 4 1 5 1 0 9 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1982 vs VAN W 11-4 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1982 @ VAN T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1982 @ LAK L 2-6 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1982 vs MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1982 vs HFD W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1982 vs BOS W 6-3 1 1 2 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1982 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1982 vs TOR W 8-2 1 4 5 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1982 @ WIN L 4-6 1 0 1 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1982 vs NYR T 4-4 3 1 4 2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1982 vs MTL L 3-5 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1982 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1982 @ HFD L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1981 @ NYR L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1981 @ DET L 4-12 1 0 1 -4 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1981 @ MNS L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1981 vs HFD W 7-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1981 vs PIT T 3-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1981 vs EDM L 4-5 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1981 @ EDM L 4-8 2 0 2 -1 0 8 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1981 vs WIN L 4-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1981 @ LAK L 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1981 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1981 @ STL W 6-4 1 1 2 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1981 vs VAN T 1-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00