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Chris Nilan

Position: RW ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: February 9, 1958 in Boston, Massachusetts
Draft: Montreal, 19th round (231st overall), 1978 NHL Amateur

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					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
1979-80	21	MTL	NHL	15	0	2	2	1	-1	50	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0.0
1980-81	22	MTL	NHL	57	7	8	15	6	7	262	7	0	0	1	8	0	0	69	10.1
1981-82	23	MTL	NHL	49	7	4	11	5	6	204	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	45	15.6
1982-83	24	MTL	NHL	66	6	8	14	6	-10	213	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	67	9.0
1983-84	25	MTL	NHL	76	16	10	26	12	-4	338	12	4	0	1	7	0	3	98	16.3
1984-85	26	MTL	NHL	77	21	16	37	16	3	358	20	1	0	2	16	0	0	98	21.4
1985-86	27	MTL	NHL	72	19	15	34	15	10	274	17	2	0	1	14	0	1	120	15.8
1986-87	28	MTL	NHL	44	4	16	20	7	2	266	4	0	0	1	15	0	1	68	5.9
1987-88	29	TOT	NHL	72	10	10	20	8	-2	305	10	0	0	1	10	0	0	88	11.4
1987-88	29	MTL	NHL	50	7	5	12	5	-2	209	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	68	10.3
1987-88	29	NYR	NHL	22	3	5	8	3	0	96	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	20	15.0
1988-89	30	NYR	NHL	38	7	7	14	6	-8	177	7	0	0	1	7	0	0	39	17.9
1989-90	31	NYR	NHL	25	1	2	3	1	-8	59	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	24	4.2
1990-91	32	BOS	NHL	41	6	9	15	6	4	277	6	0	0	2	9	0	0	41	14.6
1991-92	33	TOT	NHL	56	6	8	14	5	-6	260	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	55	10.9
1991-92	33	BOS	NHL	39	5	5	10	4	-5	186	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	33	15.2
1991-92	33	MTL	NHL	17	1	3	4	1	-1	74	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	22	4.5
Career			NHL	688	110	115	225	92	-7	3043	103	7	0	11	110	0	5	820	13.4

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					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
1979-80	21	MTL	NHL	15	0.00	0.13	0.13	0.04	3.33	0.53	0	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	-1	-0.5	0.1	-0.3
1980-81	22	MTL	NHL	57	0.12	0.14	0.26	0.11	4.60	1.21	5	6	11	4	21	1	13	0	7	-0.7	0.9	0.2
1981-82	23	MTL	NHL	49	0.14	0.08	0.22	0.10	4.16	0.92	5	3	8	4	19	1	12	0	6	-0.8	0.7	-0.1
1982-83	24	MTL	NHL	66	0.09	0.12	0.21	0.08	3.23	1.02	5	6	11	4	25	0	35	0	-10	-1.1	0.3	-0.8
1983-84	25	MTL	NHL	76	0.21	0.13	0.34	0.16	4.45	1.29	13	8	21	9	46	12	38	0	-4	0.0	1.1	1.2
1984-85	26	MTL	NHL	77	0.27	0.21	0.48	0.21	4.65	1.27	17	13	30	13	52	3	46	0	3	1.1	1.2	2.3
1985-86	27	MTL	NHL	72	0.26	0.21	0.47	0.20	3.81	1.67	15	12	27	11	63	12	41	0	10	0.9	1.3	2.1
1986-87	28	MTL	NHL	44	0.09	0.36	0.45	0.15	6.05	1.55	3	14	17	5	31	2	27	0	2	0.1	0.7	0.8
1987-88	29	TOT	NHL	72	0.14	0.14	0.28	0.11	4.24	1.22	8	8	16	7	35	3	34	0	-2	-0.6	0.9	0.4
1987-88	29	MTL	NHL	50	0.14	0.10	0.24	0.10	4.18	1.36	6	4	10	4	21	2	21	0	-2	-0.5	0.6	0.1
1987-88	29	NYR	NHL	22	0.14	0.23	0.36	0.13	4.36	0.91	2	4	6	2	14	1	13	0	0	-0.1	0.3	0.3
1988-89	30	NYR	NHL	38	0.18	0.18	0.37	0.15	4.66	1.03	6	6	12	5	23	0	32	1	-8	0.0	0.2	0.3
1989-90	31	NYR	NHL	25	0.04	0.08	0.12	0.04	2.36	0.96	1	2	3	1	7	0	15	0	-8	-0.7	0.2	-0.5
1990-91	32	BOS	NHL	41	0.15	0.22	0.37	0.14	6.76	1.00	5	8	13	5	28	2	23	1	4	0.1	0.6	0.7
1991-92	33	TOT	NHL	56	0.11	0.14	0.25	0.10	4.64	0.98	5	7	12	5	20	0	26	0	-6	-0.6	0.6	0.0
1991-92	33	BOS	NHL	39	0.13	0.13	0.26	0.10	4.77	0.85	4	4	8	3	14	0	19	0	-5	-0.3	0.4	0.1
1991-92	33	MTL	NHL	17	0.06	0.18	0.24	0.08	4.35	1.29	1	3	4	1	6	0	7	0	-1	-0.3	0.2	0.0
Career			NHL	688	0.16	0.17	0.33	0.13	4.42	1.19	88	95	183	74	372	36	345	2	-7	-2.7	9.0	6.3

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
1979-80	21	MTL	NHL		5	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0
1980-81	22	MTL	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1981-82	23	MTL	NHL		5	1	1	2	1		22	1	0	0	0
1982-83	24	MTL	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		5	0	0	0	0
1983-84	25	MTL	NHL		15	1	0	1	1	3	81	1	0	0	0	13	7.7
1984-85	26	MTL	NHL		12	2	1	3	1	-3	81	1	1	0	1	16	12.5
1985-86	27	MTL	NHL	SC	18	1	2	3	1	6	141	0	1	0	0	32	3.1
1986-87	28	MTL	NHL		17	3	0	3	2	-4	75	3	0	0	0	28	10.7
1988-89	30	NYR	NHL		4	0	1	1	0	-2	38	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
1989-90	31	NYR	NHL		4	0	1	1	0	1	19	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
1990-91	32	BOS	NHL		19	0	2	2	1	-2	62	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
1991-92	33	MTL	NHL		7	0	1	1	0	-2	15	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Career			NHL	1	111	8	9	17	7	-3	541	6	2	0	1	116	6.0

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
1978-79	20	Northeastern University	ECAC	32	9	17	26
1979-80	21	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL	49	15	10	25			304
1987-88	29	United States	Can-Cup	5	2	0	2			14
Career		1 Season	AHL	49	15	10	25			304
Career		1 Season	Can-Cup	5	2	0	2			14
Career		1 Season	ECAC	32	9	17	26

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
Chris Nilan		2.3	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.8
Denis Pederson	79.0	2.6	2.3	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.1
Doug Smith	76.8	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.0
Donald Brashear	73.5	2.2	2.1	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-1.8
Randy Pierce	73.4	2.4	2.4	1.4	0.8	0.8	0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Gary Lupul	71.9	2.3	2.2	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.2	-0.1
Terry Crisp	71.9	2.3	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	-0.1	-0.1
Jarkko Ruutu	70.3	2.2	1.6	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.2
Mats Lindgren	69.4	2.6	2.2	1.4	1.2	1.1	0.7	0.6
Terry Martin	69.2	2.7	2.7	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.7
Dave Tippett	68.6	2.2	2.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.6	-1.1

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Chris Nilan		2.3	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.8
Denis Pederson	79.0	2.6	2.3	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.1
Doug Smith	76.8	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.0
Randy Pierce	73.4	2.4	2.4	1.4	0.8	0.8	0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Terry Crisp	71.9	2.3	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	-0.1	-0.1
Gary Lupul	71.9	2.3	2.2	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.2	-0.1
Jarkko Ruutu	70.3	2.2	1.6	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.2
Mats Lindgren	69.4	2.6	2.2	1.4	1.2	1.1	0.7	0.6
Terry Martin	69.2	2.7	2.7	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.7
Dave Tippett	68.6	2.2	2.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.6	-1.1
Branko Radivojevic	67.8	2.6	2.2	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1986 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)	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)

Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1986 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)

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

Transaction information may be incomplete.

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 due to arm injury 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.

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