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Chris Nilan

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: February 9, 1958 in Boston, Massachusetts

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 19th round (231st overall) of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1978-79 20 Northeastern University ECAC 32 9 17 26 0.81
1979-80 21 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 49 15 10 25 0.51 304
1979-80 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 15 0 2 2 0.13 1 0.04 2 0 3 0 -1 50 0 0 0 0 8 0.53 0.0
1980-81 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 57 7 8 15 0.26 6 0.11 21 1 13 0 7 262 7 0 0 1 69 1.21 10.1
1981-82 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 49 7 4 11 0.22 5 0.10 19 1 12 0 6 204 7 0 0 1 45 0.92 15.6
1982-83 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 66 6 8 14 0.21 6 0.08 25 0 35 0 -10 213 6 0 0 0 67 1.02 9.0
1983-84 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 76 16 10 26 0.34 11 0.15 46 12 38 0 -4 338 12 4 0 1 98 1.29 16.3
1984-85 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 77 21 16 37 0.48 15 0.20 52 3 46 0 3 358 20 1 0 2 98 1.27 21.4
1985-86 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 19 15 34 0.47 14 0.20 63 12 41 0 10 274 17 2 0 1 120 1.67 15.8
1986-87 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 44 4 16 20 0.45 7 0.15 31 2 27 0 2 266 4 0 0 1 68 1.55 5.9
1987-88 29 United States Can-Cup 5 2 0 2 0.40 14
1987-88 29 2 Teams NHL 72 10 10 20 0.28 8 0.11 35 3 34 0 -2 305 10 0 0 1 88 1.22 11.4
1987-88 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 50 7 5 12 0.24 5 0.10 21 2 21 0 -2 209 7 0 0 1 68 1.36 10.3
1987-88 29 New York Rangers NHL 22 3 5 8 0.36 3 0.13 14 1 13 0 0 96 3 0 0 0 20 0.91 15.0
1988-89 30 New York Rangers NHL 38 7 7 14 0.37 6 0.14 23 0 32 1 -8 177 7 0 0 1 39 1.03 17.9
1989-90 31 New York Rangers NHL 25 1 2 3 0.12 1 0.04 7 0 15 0 -8 59 1 0 0 0 24 0.96 4.2
1990-91 32 Boston Bruins NHL 41 6 9 15 0.37 6 0.14 28 2 23 1 4 277 6 0 0 2 41 1.00 14.6
1991-92 33 2 Teams NHL 56 6 8 14 0.25 5 0.10 20 0 26 0 -6 260 6 0 0 0 55 0.98 10.9
1991-92 33 Boston Bruins NHL 39 5 5 10 0.26 4 0.10 14 0 19 0 -5 186 5 0 0 0 33 0.85 15.2
1991-92 33 Montreal Canadiens NHL 17 1 3 4 0.24 1 0.08 6 0 7 0 -1 74 1 0 0 0 22 1.29 4.5
Career NHL 688 110 115 225 0.33 90 0.13 372 36 345 2 -7 3043 103 7 0 11 820 1.19 13.4

Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1979-80 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
1980-81 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
1981-82 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 1 1 2 0.40 22 1 0 0 0
1982-83 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0
1983-84 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 15 1 0 1 0.07 81 1 0 0 0
1984-85 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 12 2 1 3 0.25 81 1 1 0 1
1985-86 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 18 1 2 3 0.17 141 0 1 0 0
1986-87 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 17 3 0 3 0.18 75 3 0 0 0
1988-89 30 New York Rangers NHL 4 0 1 1 0.25 38 0 0 0 0
1989-90 31 New York Rangers NHL 4 0 1 1 0.25 19 0 0 0 0
1990-91 32 Boston Bruins NHL 19 0 2 2 0.11 62 0 0 0 0
1991-92 33 Montreal Canadiens NHL 7 0 1 1 0.14 15 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 1 111 8 9 17 0.15 541 6 2 0 1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Penalties in Minutes

1980-81 NHL 262 (3)
1982-83 NHL 213 (10)
1983-84 NHL 338 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 358 (1)
 1985-86 NHL 274 (7)
1987-88 NHL 305 (5)
1990-91 NHL 277 (10)
Career NHL 3043 (9)

Transactions

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January 27, 1988: Traded to NY Rangers by Montreal with Montreal's 1st round choice (Steven Rice) in 1989 Entry Draft for NY Rangers' 1st round choice (Lindsay Vallis) in 1989 Entry Draft, January 27, 1988.

November 4, 1989: Missed majority of 1989-90 season recovering from arm injury suffered in game vs. Montreal, November 4, 1989.

June 28, 1990: Traded to Boston by NY Rangers for Greg Johnston and cash, June 28, 1990.

February 12, 1992: Claimed on waivers by Montreal from Boston, February 12, 1992.