Frank Nighbor

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 5-9 ▪ Weight: 160 lbs.
Born: January 26, 1893 in Pembroke, Ontario
Died: April 13, 1966
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1947 (Full List)

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NHL Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1917-18	25	OTS	NHL	10	11	8	19	12		6
1918-19	26	OTS	NHL	18	19	9	28	19		27
1919-20	27	OTS	NHL	23	26	15	41	27		18
1920-21	28	OTS	NHL	24	19	10	29	19		10
1921-22	29	OTS	NHL	20	8	10	18	10		4
1922-23	30	OTS	NHL	22	11	7	18	11		14
1923-24	31	OTS	NHL	20	11	6	17	11		16
1924-25	32	OTS	NHL	26	5	5	10	6		18
1925-26	33	OTS	NHL	35	12	13	25	14		40
1926-27	34	OTS	NHL	38	6	6	12	7		26
1927-28	35	OTS	NHL	42	8	5	13	9		46
1928-29	36	OTS	NHL	30	1	4	5	2		22
1929-30	37	TOT	NHL	41	2	0	2	1		2
1929-30	37	OTS	NHL	19	0	0	0	0		0
1929-30	37	TOR	NHL	22	2	0	2	1		2
Career			NHL	349	139	98	237	148		249

NHL Miscellaneous

					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1917-18	25	OTS	NHL	10	1.10	0.80	1.90	1.20	0.60		13	40	53	18						1.6	0.3	1.9
1918-19	26	OTS	NHL	18	1.06	0.50	1.56	1.05	1.50		34	60	94	35						3.0	0.7	3.7
1919-20	27	OTS	NHL	23	1.13	0.65	1.78	1.15	0.78		30	62	92	33						3.7	1.1	4.7
1920-21	28	OTS	NHL	24	0.79	0.42	1.21	0.81	0.42		24	49	73	26						2.6	1.1	3.7
1921-22	29	OTS	NHL	20	0.40	0.50	0.90	0.49	0.20		11	38	49	16						0.9	0.6	1.5
1922-23	30	OTS	NHL	22	0.50	0.32	0.82	0.49	0.64		18	32	50	19						1.5	0.8	2.4
1923-24	31	OTS	NHL	20	0.55	0.30	0.85	0.55	0.80		22	42	64	23						2.7	0.6	3.3
1924-25	32	OTS	NHL	26	0.19	0.19	0.38	0.22	0.69		8	24	32	11						0.2	0.8	1.0
1925-26	33	OTS	NHL	35	0.34	0.37	0.71	0.41	1.14		20	103	123	39						3.8	1.4	5.2
1926-27	34	OTS	NHL	38	0.16	0.16	0.32	0.19	0.68		10	37	47	16						1.1	1.2	2.2
1927-28	35	OTS	NHL	42	0.19	0.12	0.31	0.20	1.10		16	33	49	18						1.6	1.5	3.1
1928-29	36	OTS	NHL	30	0.03	0.13	0.17	0.08	0.73		3	29	32	10						-0.5	0.6	0.1
1929-30	37	TOT	NHL	41	0.05	0.00	0.05	0.03	0.05		3	0	3	2						-2.0	0.9	-1.0
1929-30	37	OTS	NHL	19	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00		0	0	0	0						-1.1	0.4	-0.7
1929-30	37	TOR	NHL	22	0.09	0.00	0.09	0.06	0.09		3	0	3	2						-0.9	0.5	-0.3
Career			NHL	349	0.40	0.28	0.68	0.42	0.71		212	549	761	265						20.3	11.6	31.8

NHL Playoffs

						Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg		GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1918-19	26	OTS	NHL		2	0	2	2	1		3
1920-21	28	OTS	NHL	SC	2	1	3	4	2		2
1921-22	29	OTS	NHL		2	2	1	3	2		4
1922-23	30	OTS	NHL	SC	2	0	1	1	0		0
1923-24	31	OTS	NHL		2	0	1	1	0		0
1925-26	33	OTS	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		2
1926-27	34	OTS	NHL	SC	6	1	1	2	1		0
1927-28	35	OTS	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		2
Career			NHL	3	20	4	9	13	7		13

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1910-11	18	Pembroke Debaters	UOVHL	6	6	4	10			3
1911-12	19	Port Arthur Lake City	NOHL	4	0	0	0			9
1912-13	20	Toronto Blueshirts	NHA	19	25	0	25			9
1913-14	21	Vancouver Millionaires	PCHA	11	10	5	15			6
1914-15	22	Vancouver Millionaires	PCHA	17	23	7	30			12
1915-16	23	Ottawa Senators	NHA	23	19	5	24			26
1916-17	24	Ottawa Senators	NHA	19	41	10	51			24
1931-32	39	Buffalo Bisons	IHL	1	0	0	0			0
Career		1 Season	IHL	1	0	0	0			0
Career		3 Seasons	NHA	61	85	15	100			59
Career		1 Season	NOHL	4	0	0	0			9
Career		2 Seasons	PCHA	28	33	12	45			18
Career		1 Season	UOVHL	6	6	4	10			3

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1910-11	18	Pembroke Debaters	UOVHL	2	6	2	8			0
1914-15	22	Vancouver Millionaires	St-Cup	3	4	6	10			6
1916-17	24	Ottawa Senators	NHA	2	1	1	2			6
1919-20	27	Ottawa Senators	St-Cup	5	6	1	7			2
1920-21	28	Ottawa Senators	St-Cup	5	0	1	1			0
1922-23	30	Ottawa Senators	St-Cup	6	1	1	2			10
Career		1 Season	NHA	2	1	1	2			6
Career		4 Seasons	St-Cup	19	11	9	20			18
Career		1 Season	UOVHL	2	6	2	8			0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 13 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Frank Nighbor		5.2	4.7	3.7	3.7	3.3	3.1	2.4	2.2	1.9	1.5	1.0	0.1	-1.0
Ray Whitney	91.1	8.7	8.3	7.0	6.7	6.2	4.7	3.1	2.8	2.5	2.2	0.2	0.1	-0.3
Clark Gillies	90.2	8.8	8.7	6.2	6.1	5.8	5.7	4.4	3.3	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.6	-0.6
Jimmy Ward	90.2	7.3	5.8	4.8	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.5	2.9	2.2	1.9	1.8	-0.3
Jeff O'Neill	89.9	8.3	7.6	6.8	6.5	4.3	3.9	3.2	3.2	2.9	1.7	1.3
Jozef Stumpel	89.3	8.9	6.5	6.3	5.7	5.4	4.3	4.0	3.1	2.5	1.3	1.3	0.1	0.0
Tod Sloan	88.7	9.3	7.4	6.6	5.8	4.9	3.7	3.5	3.1	3.1	2.5	2.2	0.1	0.0
Jim Pappin	88.6	9.2	7.4	6.6	6.0	6.0	4.9	4.2	2.9	2.2	1.6	1.4	0.8	0.1
Babe Siebert	88.5	6.2	5.5	5.1	4.5	4.5	3.7	3.5	3.1	2.5	2.1	1.1	1.0	0.6
Pit Martin	88.2	8.0	8.0	7.7	7.1	5.2	5.1	3.2	3.2	3.1	2.2	1.3	0.8	0.1
Neal Broten	88.0	7.6	7.4	6.4	6.4	5.7	4.6	4.4	3.8	2.8	1.7	1.7	1.2	0.2

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Frank Nighbor		5.2	4.7	3.7	3.7	3.3	3.1	2.4	2.2	1.9	1.5	1.0	0.1	-1.0
Jimmy Ward	90.2	7.3	5.8	4.8	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.5	2.9	2.2	1.9	1.8	-0.3
Jeff O'Neill	89.9	8.3	7.6	6.8	6.5	4.3	3.9	3.2	3.2	2.9	1.7	1.3
Joe Murphy	89.7	7.3	6.5	6.3	5.1	4.9	4.2	4.1	2.8	2.6	1.3	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.0	-0.2
Kenny Wharram	89.2	9.0	6.9	6.8	6.8	4.7	4.3	3.7	3.6	2.8	2.0	0.7	0.0	-0.1	-0.2
Clark Gillies	88.9	8.8	8.7	6.2	6.1	5.8	5.7	4.4	3.3	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.6	0.3	-0.6
Tod Sloan	88.7	9.3	7.4	6.6	5.8	4.9	3.7	3.5	3.1	3.1	2.5	2.2	0.1	0.0
Jim Pappin	88.1	9.2	7.4	6.6	6.0	6.0	4.9	4.2	2.9	2.2	1.6	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.1
Valeri Kamensky	87.9	8.6	7.3	7.2	6.2	4.0	3.4	2.7	2.5	2.2	2.1	1.6
Doug Bentley	87.9	7.0	6.3	6.3	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.1	2.4	2.3	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.4
Erik Cole	87.8	9.0	7.4	7.1	5.9	5.3	4.5	3.6	3.5	3.2	1.4	0.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Awards 1923-24 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy 1924-25 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1925-26 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1921 Ottawa Senators (NHL) 1923 Ottawa Senators (NHL) 1927 Ottawa Senators (NHL)	Games Played 1918-19 NHL 18 (1) 1920-21 NHL 24 (1)	Goals 1918-19 NHL 19 (3) 1919-20 NHL 26 (3) 1920-21 NHL 19 (5) 1923-24 NHL 11 (10)
Assists 1917-18 NHL 8 (6) 1918-19 NHL 9 (2) 1919-20 NHL 15 (1) 1920-21 NHL 10 (2) 1921-22 NHL 10 (8) 1923-24 NHL 6 (3) 1925-26 NHL 13 (1)	Points 1917-18 NHL 19 (9) 1918-19 NHL 28 (2) 1919-20 NHL 41 (3) 1920-21 NHL 29 (5) 1923-24 NHL 17 (8) 1925-26 NHL 25 (8)	Goals Created 1918-19 NHL 18.9 (3) 1919-20 NHL 26.5 (3) 1920-21 NHL 19.4 (5) 1923-24 NHL 11.0 (10)	Goals Per Game 1917-18 NHL 1.10 (5) 1918-19 NHL 1.06 (3) 1919-20 NHL 1.13 (3) 1920-21 NHL 0.79 (6) 1923-24 NHL 0.55 (8)
Assists Per Game 1918-19 NHL 0.50 (2) 1919-20 NHL 0.65 (1) 1920-21 NHL 0.42 (4) 1921-22 NHL 0.50 (7)	Points Per Game 1917-18 NHL 1.90 (5) 1918-19 NHL 1.56 (3) 1919-20 NHL 1.78 (3) 1920-21 NHL 1.21 (6) 1923-24 NHL 0.85 (6) 1925-26 NHL 0.71 (10)	Goals Created Per Game 1917-18 NHL 1.20 (5) 1918-19 NHL 1.05 (3) 1919-20 NHL 1.15 (3) 1920-21 NHL 0.81 (6) 1923-24 NHL 0.55 (8)	Adjusted Goals 1918-19 NHL 34 (3) 1919-20 NHL 30 (3) 1920-21 NHL 24 (5) 1923-24 NHL 22 (10)
Adjusted Assists 1917-18 NHL 40 (6) 1918-19 NHL 60 (2) 1919-20 NHL 62 (1) 1920-21 NHL 49 (2) 1921-22 NHL 38 (8) 1923-24 NHL 42 (3) 1925-26 NHL 103 (1)	Adjusted Points 1917-18 NHL 53 (8) 1918-19 NHL 94 (2) 1919-20 NHL 92 (1) 1920-21 NHL 73 (4) 1923-24 NHL 64 (6) 1925-26 NHL 123 (2)	Adjusted Goals Created 1917-18 NHL 18.0 (10) 1918-19 NHL 34.9 (2) 1919-20 NHL 33.3 (2) 1920-21 NHL 26.4 (6) 1923-24 NHL 23.4 (7) 1925-26 NHL 39.0 (3)	Offensive Point Shares 1917-18 NHL 1.6 (9) 1918-19 NHL 3.0 (3) 1919-20 NHL 3.7 (3) 1920-21 NHL 2.6 (7) 1923-24 NHL 2.7 (9)
Defensive Point Shares 1918-19 NHL 0.7 (10) 1919-20 NHL 1.1 (10)	Point Shares 1918-19 NHL 3.7 (5) 1919-20 NHL 4.7 (7)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

October 22, 1915: Signed as a free agent by Vancouver (PCHA), October 22, 1915.

November 12, 1915: Signed by Ottawa (NHA) after jumping contract with Vancouver (PCHA), November 12, 1915.

December 22, 1917: Signed as a free agent by Ottawa, December 22, 1917.

January 31, 1930: Traded to Toronto by Ottawa for Danny Cox and cash, January 31, 1930.

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