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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 1984-85. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Peter Stastny QUE · 100 P in 75 GP Bernie Nicholls LAK · 100 P in 80 GP John Tonelli NYI · 100 P in 80 GP Tim Kerr PHI · 98 P in 74 GP Mario Lemieux PIT · 100 P in 73 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

1984-85 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 37 62 99 -4 14 201 0 1.29 18.4 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 1985 vs WIN T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1985 @ EDM T 5-5 (OT) 1 2 3 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1985 vs VAN W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1985 @ WIN T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1985 vs LAK W 3-0 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1985 @ LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1985 @ LAK W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1985 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1985 vs TOR W 7-4 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1985 @ MNS T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1985 @ TOR W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1985 vs QUE T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1985 vs NYR W 11-5 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1985 vs EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1985 vs LAK W 7-0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1985 vs MTL W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1985 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1985 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1985 @ NJD W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1985 @ PIT L 3-6 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1985 @ NYI L 4-8 0 2 2 -5 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1985 vs WIN W 8-4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1985 vs WSH L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1985 vs BUF L 1-6 0 1 1 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1985 @ HFD W 7-4 3 0 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1985 @ MTL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1985 @ BUF L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1985 vs NYR W 7-2 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1985 vs EDM L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1985 @ EDM L 3-4 1 1 2 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1985 vs VAN W 6-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1985 vs PIT T 6-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1985 vs NJD W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1985 @ VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1985 @ BOS W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1985 @ HFD W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1985 @ PHI L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1985 vs LAK T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1985 vs MNS T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1985 vs PHI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1985 @ WIN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1984 @ CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1984 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1984 vs EDM L 5-6 1 2 3 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1984 @ VAN W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1984 @ EDM L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1984 vs VAN W 9-1 4 1 5 4 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1984 vs LAK L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1984 @ LAK L 5-6 3 0 3 2 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1984 vs WIN W 9-2 2 0 2 1 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1984 @ PIT L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1984 @ NJD T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1984 @ WIN L 6-8 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1984 @ MNS W 8-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1984 vs NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1984 @ VAN W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1984 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1984 vs VAN W 6-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1984 @ LAK L 4-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1984 @ WIN W 6-2 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1984 vs EDM W 6-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1984 vs DET W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1984 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1984 vs CHI L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1984 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1984 @ DET W 9-5 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1984 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1984 @ BUF L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1984 @ TOR W 5-3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1984 vs WSH W 5-3 1 1 2 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1984 vs HFD W 9-4 2 1 3 1 0 7 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1984 @ EDM L 4-6 0 1 1 -2 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1984 vs BOS W 8-2 2 2 4 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1984 vs WIN W 7-4 1 2 3 -1 0 7 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1984 @ VAN W 7-5 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1984 vs QUE W 7-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1984 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00