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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.

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NHL Standard

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

NHL Miscellaneous

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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

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

Other Standard

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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

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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

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Championships

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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

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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 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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