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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

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The forwards closest to him in points in 1985-86. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Charlie Simmer BOS · 60 P in 55 GP Gilbert Perreault BUF · 60 P in 72 GP Russ Courtnall TOR · 60 P in 73 GP Ron Sutter PHI · 60 P in 75 GP Jim Peplinski CGY · 59 P in 77 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

1985-86 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
61 16 44 60 3 10 122 0 0.98 13.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1986 vs DET W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1986 @ CHI W 7-5 2 2 4 3 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1986 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1986 @ CGY W 6-5 0 2 2 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1986 vs STL W 6-5 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1986 @ QUE L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1986 @ STL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1986 vs EDM W 4-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1986 vs WIN L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1986 vs TOR W 5-3 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1986 @ DET W 8-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1986 vs NYI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1986 @ HFD W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1986 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1986 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1986 vs QUE W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1986 vs BOS L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1986 vs HFD W 4-1 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1986 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1986 @ TOR W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1986 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1986 @ VAN L 5-10 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1986 @ LAK L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1986 vs NJD W 6-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1986 vs WSH L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1986 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1986 @ WSH L 5-7 0 1 1 -3 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1986 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1986 @ TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1986 vs STL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1986 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1986 @ CHI L 2-6 0 2 2 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1986 vs VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1985 vs CGY W 6-3 0 2 2 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1985 vs NYR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1985 @ WIN W 6-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1985 @ NJD W 8-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1985 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1985 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1985 vs DET W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1985 vs TOR T 6-6 (OT) 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1985 @ DET W 10-2 0 3 3 4 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1985 vs NJD L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1985 @ EDM L 4-8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1985 vs CHI W 9-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1985 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1985 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1985 vs NYI T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1985 vs NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1985 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1985 vs WIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1985 vs CHI L 5-6 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1985 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1985 @ TOR W 7-5 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1985 @ STL T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1985 vs STL W 5-4 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1985 @ PHI L 3-7 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1985 vs DET W 10-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1985 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1985 vs BUF L 2-6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1985 @ DET T 6-6 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00