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Michael Nylander

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: October 3, 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden

Drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 3rd round (59th overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:31AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #412. Craig Simpson… #413. MICHAEL NYLANDER… #414. Fleming MacKell… #415. Cecil Dillon… #415. Ron Stackhouse… 

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 20 HAR NHL 59 11 22 33 12 -7 36 8 3 0 1 85 12.9
1993-94 21 TOT NHL 73 13 42 55 18 8 30 9 4 0 1 95 13.7
1993-94 21 HAR NHL 58 11 33 44 15 -2 24 7 4 0 1 74 14.9
1993-94 21 CGY NHL 15 2 9 11 4 10 6 2 0 0 0 21 9.5
1994-95 22 CGY NHL 6 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1995-96 23 CGY NHL 73 17 38 55 20 0 20 13 4 0 6 163 10.4
1997-98 25 CGY NHL 65 13 23 36 14 10 24 13 0 0 2 117 11.1
1998-99 26 TOT NHL 33 4 10 14 5 -9 8 3 1 0 0 33 12.1 424 12:51
1998-99 26 CGY NHL 9 2 3 5 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 7 28.6 101 11:10
1998-99 26 TBL NHL 24 2 7 9 3 -10 6 2 0 0 0 26 7.7 324 13:29
1999-00 27 TOT NHL 77 24 30 54 21 6 30 19 5 0 2 122 19.7 1214 15:46
1999-00 27 TBL NHL 11 1 2 3 1 -3 4 0 1 0 0 10 10.0 116 10:32
1999-00 27 CHI NHL 66 23 28 51 20 9 26 19 4 0 2 112 20.5 1099 16:39
2000-01 28 CHI NHL 82 25 39 64 24 7 32 21 4 0 5 176 14.2 1547 18:52
2001-02 29 CHI NHL 82 15 46 61 20 28 50 9 6 0 2 158 9.5 1275 15:33
2002-03 30 TOT NHL 80 17 43 60 20 3 40 10 7 0 2 161 10.6 1465 18:19
2002-03 30 CHI NHL 9 0 4 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 20 0.0 138 15:19
2002-03 30 WSH NHL 71 17 39 56 19 3 36 10 7 0 2 141 12.1 1327 18:41
2003-04 31 TOT NHL 18 1 13 14 4 4 22 1 0 0 1 30 3.3 281 15:35
2003-04 31 WSH NHL 3 0 2 2 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 45 14:57
2003-04 31 BOS NHL 15 1 11 12 4 3 14 1 0 0 1 29 3.4 236 15:43
2005-06 33 NYR NHL 81 23 56 79 27 31 76 17 6 0 4 172 13.4 1566 19:20
2006-07 34 NYR NHL 79 26 57 83 29 12 42 12 14 0 4 193 13.5 1610 20:23
2007-08 35 WSH NHL 40 11 26 37 13 -19 24 6 5 0 1 77 14.3 766 19:09
2008-09 36 WSH NHL 72 9 24 33 11 0 32 5 4 0 2 87 10.3 1011 14:02
Career NHL 920 209 470 679 240 75 468 146 63 0 33 1671 12.5 11158 17:20

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
1992-93 20 HAR NHL 59 0.19 0.37 0.56 0.20 0.61 1.44 9 18 27 10 48 13 47 5 -7 1.0 0.5 1.6
1993-94 21 TOT NHL 73 0.18 0.58 0.75 0.25 0.41 1.30 12 38 50 17 70 17 46 1 8 2.9 1.3 4.2
1993-94 21 HAR NHL 58 0.19 0.57 0.76 0.26 0.41 1.28 10 30 40 14 52 15 40 1 -2 2.4 0.8 3.2
1993-94 21 CGY NHL 15 0.13 0.60 0.73 0.24 0.40 1.40 2 8 10 3 18 2 6 0 10 0.5 0.5 1.0
1994-95 22 CGY NHL 6 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 0.33 0.33 0 2 2 1 5 1 3 0 1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
1995-96 23 CGY NHL 73 0.23 0.52 0.75 0.27 0.27 2.23 16 36 52 19 84 34 52 2 0 3.5 1.0 4.5
1997-98 25 CGY NHL 65 0.20 0.35 0.55 0.21 0.37 1.80 15 26 41 15 55 13 32 0 10 2.7 1.1 3.8
1998-99 26 TOT NHL 33 0.12 0.30 0.42 0.15 0.24 1.00 4 11 15 5 18 7 20 0 -9 0.8 0.1 0.9
1998-99 26 CGY NHL 9 0.22 0.33 0.56 0.21 0.22 0.78 2 3 5 2 5 2 2 0 1 0.5 0.1 0.6
1998-99 26 TBL NHL 24 0.08 0.29 0.38 0.13 0.25 1.08 2 8 10 3 13 5 18 0 -10 0.3 0.0 0.3
1999-00 27 TOT NHL 77 0.31 0.39 0.70 0.28 0.39 1.58 26 32 58 23 76 23 47 0 6 4.8 1.4 6.1
1999-00 27 TBL NHL 11 0.09 0.18 0.27 0.10 0.36 0.91 1 2 3 1 3 2 4 0 -3 0.1 0.0 0.1
1999-00 27 CHI NHL 66 0.35 0.42 0.77 0.31 0.39 1.70 25 30 55 22 73 21 43 0 9 4.7 1.4 6.0
2000-01 28 CHI NHL 82 0.30 0.48 0.78 0.30 0.39 2.15 27 42 69 26 95 25 67 4 7 5.0 2.1 7.1
2001-02 29 CHI NHL 82 0.18 0.56 0.74 0.25 0.61 1.93 17 52 69 23 95 33 34 0 28 4.5 2.5 7.0
2002-03 30 TOT NHL 80 0.21 0.54 0.75 0.25 0.50 2.01 19 47 66 23 80 25 62 10 3 4.1 1.4 5.5
2002-03 30 CHI NHL 9 0.00 0.44 0.44 0.12 0.44 2.22 0 4 4 1 7 3 4 0 0 0.0 0.1 0.2
2002-03 30 WSH NHL 71 0.24 0.55 0.79 0.27 0.51 1.99 19 43 62 22 73 22 58 10 3 4.0 1.3 5.3
2003-04 31 TOT NHL 18 0.06 0.72 0.78 0.23 1.22 1.67 1 15 16 5 18 4 10 0 4 0.9 0.5 1.4
2003-04 31 WSH NHL 3 0.00 0.67 0.67 0.18 2.67 0.33 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 0.1 0.1 0.2
2003-04 31 BOS NHL 15 0.07 0.73 0.80 0.24 0.93 1.93 1 13 14 4 15 4 8 0 3 0.8 0.4 1.2
2005-06 33 NYR NHL 81 0.28 0.69 0.98 0.34 0.94 2.12 23 54 77 27 120 42 47 0 31 5.5 3.0 8.4
2006-07 34 NYR NHL 79 0.33 0.72 1.05 0.37 0.53 2.44 27 57 84 30 120 58 51 1 12 6.5 2.4 9.0
2007-08 35 WSH NHL 40 0.28 0.65 0.93 0.33 0.60 1.93 12 28 40 14 51 27 43 0 -19 3.1 0.0 3.1
2008-09 36 WSH NHL 72 0.13 0.33 0.46 0.16 0.44 1.21 9 24 33 11 55 15 41 1 0 1.6 0.9 2.5
Career NHL 920 0.23 0.51 0.74 0.26 0.51 1.82 217 482 699 250 990 337 602 24 75 46.6 18.3 65.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1993-94 21 CGY NHL 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1994-95 22 CGY NHL 6 0 6 6 -3 2 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
1995-96 23 CGY NHL 4 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
2001-02 29 CHI NHL 5 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 77 15:20
2002-03 30 WSH NHL 6 3 2 5 0 8 2 1 0 1 15 20.0 100 16:45
2003-04 31 BOS NHL 6 3 3 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 30.0 114 18:57
2005-06 33 NYR NHL 4 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 82 20:33
2006-07 34 NYR NHL 10 6 7 13 9 0 4 2 0 2 23 26.1 218 21:50
2008-09 36 WSH NHL 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 8:48
Career NHL 47 12 22 34 1 14 9 3 0 3 89 13.5 618 18:10

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 15 Rosersberg/Arlanda 73 HC Marsta Sweden-2 3 0 0 0 0
1989-90 17 Huddinge IK Sweden-2 31 7 15 22 4
1989-90 17 Sweden EJC-A 6 2 4 6 0
1990-91 18 Huddinge IK Sweden-2 33 14 20 34 10
1990-91 18 Sweden WJC-A 7 6 5 11 8
1991-92 19 AIK Solna Sweden 40 11 17 28 30
1991-92 19 Sweden WJC-A 7 8 9 17 6
1991-92 19 Sweden WC-A 6 0 1 1 0
1992-93 20 Sweden WC-A 7 1 7 8 4
1993-94 21 Springfield Indians AHL 4 0 9 9 0
1994-95 22 JYP HT Jyvaskyla Finland 16 11 19 30 63
1995-96 23 Sweden WC-A 3 2 3 5 0
1996-97 24 Sweden W-Cup 4 2 1 3 0
1996-97 24 HC Lugano Swiss 36 12 43 55 28
1996-97 24 Sweden WC-A 11 6 5 11 6
1997-98 25 Sweden Olympics 4 0 0 0 6
1998-99 26 Sweden WC-A 10 2 4 6 8 1 1 0 0 12 16.7
1999-00 27 Sweden WC-A 7 1 5 6 0 6 0 1 0 0
2001-02 29 Sweden Olympics 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0
2001-02 29 Sweden WC-A 8 1 6 7 0
2003-04 31 Sweden WC-A 7 2 4 6 8
2004-05 32 Karpat Oulu Finland 23 5 15 20 22
2004-05 32 2 Teams Russia 13 2 6 8 2
2004-05 32 SKA St. Petersburg Russia 8 2 5 7 0
2004-05 32 Ak Bars Kazan Russia 5 0 1 1 2
2005-06 33 Sweden WC-A 6 1 8 9 4
2009-10 37 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 24 2 16 18 -8 14 2 0 0 0
2009-10 37 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 14 3 4 7 58
2009-10 37 Sweden WC-A 8 1 2 3 4
2010-11 38 Rochester Americans AHL 7 4 2 6 -3 8 3 0 1 2 8 50.0
Career 3 Seasons AHL 35 6 27 33 -11 22 5 0 1 2 8 50.0
Career 1 Season EJC-A 6 2 4 6 0
Career 3 Seasons Finland 53 19 38 57 143
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 8 1 2 3 1 6 0 1 0 0
Career 1 Season Russia 13 2 6 8 2
Career 1 Season Sweden 40 11 17 28 30
Career 3 Seasons Sweden-2 67 21 35 56 14
Career 1 Season Swiss 36 12 43 55 28
Career 1 Season W-Cup 4 2 1 3 0
Career 10 Seasons WC-A 73 17 45 62 0 40 1 2 0 0 12 16.7
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 14 14 28 14

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1989-90 17 Huddinge IK Sweden-2 5 3 0 3 0
1990-91 18 Huddinge IK Sweden-2 2 0 0 0 0
1991-92 19 AIK Solna Sweden 3 1 4 5 4
1992-93 20 Springfield Indians AHL 3 3 3 6 2
1996-97 24 HC Lugano Swiss 8 3 8 11 8
2009-10 37 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 3 2 1 3 0
Career 1 Season AHL 3 3 3 6 2
Career 1 Season Finland 3 2 1 3 0
Career 1 Season Sweden 3 1 4 5 4
Career 2 Seasons Sweden-2 7 3 0 3 0
Career 1 Season Swiss 8 3 8 11 8

Similarity Scores

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Thru 15 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Michael Nylander 9.0 8.4 7.1 7.0 6.1 5.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.1 2.5 1.6 1.4 0.9 -0.1
Babe Siebert 95.7 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.0 0.6
Dmitri Khristich 93.9 8.8 8.6 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.1 3.4 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.8
Vinny Prospal 93.1 8.8 8.7 7.5 6.4 5.9 5.6 5.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 1.6 1.5 1.4
Peter McNab 92.5 8.5 8.3 7.7 7.5 6.7 5.6 5.1 4.5 3.8 2.7 2.1 2.0 0.5 0.4
Garry Unger 92.5 8.7 8.0 7.6 7.4 6.8 6.0 4.9 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.3 1.8 1.3 0.4 -0.7
Martin Straka 92.4 9.3 9.0 8.2 7.5 6.2 5.7 4.3 4.3 4.2 2.5 2.3 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.3
Petr Nedved 92.2 10.7 8.4 7.3 7.1 6.3 6.3 4.9 4.0 3.8 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.0 0.1 -0.5
Robert Reichel 92.1 9.5 8.1 7.2 7.0 6.2 5.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.7
Pit Martin 92.0 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.1 6.5 5.2 5.1 4.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.2 1.3 0.8 0.1
Daymond Langkow 91.5 9.0 8.4 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 3.4 2.6 2.2 1.4 0.1 0.0
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Michael Nylander 9.0 8.4 7.1 7.0 6.1 5.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.1 2.5 1.6 1.4 0.9 -0.1
Babe Siebert 95.7 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.0 0.6
Dmitri Khristich 93.9 8.8 8.6 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.1 3.4 3.1 2.4 2.2 1.8
Vinny Prospal 93.1 8.8 8.7 7.5 6.4 5.9 5.6 5.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 1.6 1.5 1.4
Peter McNab 92.5 8.5 8.3 7.7 7.5 6.7 5.6 5.1 4.5 3.8 2.7 2.1 2.0 0.5 0.4
Martin Straka 92.4 9.3 9.0 8.2 7.5 6.2 5.7 4.3 4.3 4.2 2.5 2.3 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.3
Garry Unger 92.4 8.7 8.0 7.6 7.4 6.8 6.0 4.9 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.3 1.8 1.3 0.4 -0.3 -0.7
Petr Nedved 92.2 10.7 8.4 7.3 7.1 6.3 6.3 4.9 4.0 3.8 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.0 0.1 -0.5
Robert Reichel 92.1 9.5 8.1 7.2 7.0 6.2 5.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.7
Daymond Langkow 91.5 9.0 8.4 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 3.4 2.6 2.2 1.4 0.1 0.0
Dennis Maruk 91.1 11.0 8.2 7.0 6.9 6.1 5.4 5.3 3.9 3.8 3.0 2.9 2.2 0.8 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2001-02 NHL 82 (2)

Plus/Minus

2001-02 NHL 28 (6)
2005-06 NHL 31 (6)

Shooting Percentage

1999-00 NHL 19.7 (7)

Transactions

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March 10, 1994: Traded to Calgary by Hartford with James Patrick and Zarley Zalapski for Gary Suter, Paul Ranheim and Ted Drury, March 10, 1994.

January 24, 1995: Missed majority of 1994-95 due to wrist injury vs. St. Louis, January 24, 1995.

January 19, 1999: Traded to Tampa Bay by Calgary for Andrei Nazarov, January 19, 1999.

November 12, 1999: Traded to Chicago by Tampa Bay for Bryan Muir and Reid Simpson, November 12, 1999.

November 1, 2002: Traded to Washington by Chicago with Chicago's 3rd round choice (Stephen Werner) in 2003 Entry Draft and future considerations for Chris Simon and Andrei Nikolishin, November 1, 2002.

October 2, 2003: Missed majority of 2003-04 due to leg injury suffered in practice, October 2, 2003.

March 4, 2004: Traded to Boston by Washington for Boston's 4th round compensatory choice (Patrick McNeill) in 2005 Entry Draft and Boston's 2nd round choice (Francois Bouchard) in 2006 Entry Draft, March 4, 2004.

August 10, 2004: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, August 10, 2004.

September 25, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Oulu (Finland), September 25, 2004.

December 20, 2004: Signed as a free agent by St. Petersburg (Russia), December 20, 2004.

February 14, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Kazan (Russia), February 14, 2005.

July 2, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Washington, July 2, 2007.

January 28, 2010: Re-assigned to Jokerit Helsinki (Finland) by Washington, January 28, 2010.

September 29, 2010: Loaned to Rochester (AHL) by Washington, September 29, 2010.

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