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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 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brent Sutter NYI · 63 P in 69 GP Pierre Larouche NYR · 63 P in 73 GP Brian MacLellan MNS · 63 P in 76 GP Dave Taylor LAK · 62 P in 67 GP Kelly Kisio NYR · 64 P in 70 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

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
61 18 45 63 11 16 114 0 1.03 15.8 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1987 @ LAK W 7-3 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1987 vs CGY T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1987 vs WIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1987 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1987 @ TOR L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1987 @ BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1987 @ HFD W 5-3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1987 @ NJD W 7-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1987 vs CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1987 @ CGY L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1987 vs NJD W 7-4 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1987 vs HFD W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1987 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1987 vs DET W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1987 vs MTL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1987 vs LAK W 9-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1987 @ VAN W 8-5 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1987 vs LAK W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1987 @ QUE L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1987 @ STL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1987 vs VAN W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1987 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1987 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1987 vs DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1987 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1987 @ LAK W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1987 vs BUF W 5-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1987 @ WIN L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1987 vs CHI W 3-2 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1987 vs STL T 4-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1987 vs HFD W 4-3 2 0 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1987 vs BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1987 @ NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1987 @ NYR T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1987 vs DET L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1987 @ DET L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1986 vs HFD W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1986 @ WIN L 4-5 0 3 3 2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1986 vs WIN W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1986 @ NYR W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1986 vs PHI W 5-4 0 2 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1986 @ DET T 6-6 (OT) 2 1 3 2 2 8 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1986 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1986 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -4 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1986 @ NJD W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1986 @ BUF W 5-4 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1986 @ TOR W 7-2 0 1 1 1 4 4 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1986 vs TOR W 6-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1986 vs CHI W 5-2 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1986 vs NJD W 6-2 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1986 @ STL L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1986 vs STL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1986 vs NYI L 3-7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1986 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1986 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1986 vs TOR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1986 @ CHI L 2-4 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1986 vs CHI L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1986 vs BOS L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1986 @ MTL L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1986 @ QUE T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00