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

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM SOG G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/-
1992-93 20 Hartford Whalers NHL 59 0.19 0.37 0.56 0.20 -0.12 0.61 1.44 9 18 27 10 48 13 47 5 -7
1993-94 21 2 Teams NHL 73 0.18 0.58 0.75 0.25 0.11 0.41 1.30 12 38 50 17 70 17 46 1 8
1993-94 21 Hartford Whalers NHL 58 0.19 0.57 0.76 0.26 -0.03 0.41 1.28 10 30 40 14 52 15 40 1 -2
1993-94 21 Calgary Flames NHL 15 0.13 0.60 0.73 0.24 0.67 0.40 1.40 2 8 10 3 18 2 6 0 10
1994-95 22 Calgary Flames NHL 6 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 0.17 0.33 0.33 0 2 2 1 5 1 3 0 1
1995-96 23 Calgary Flames NHL 73 0.23 0.52 0.75 0.27 0.00 0.27 2.23 16 36 52 19 84 34 52 2 0
1997-98 25 Calgary Flames NHL 65 0.20 0.35 0.55 0.21 0.15 0.37 1.80 15 26 41 15 55 13 32 0 10
1998-99 26 2 Teams NHL 33 0.12 0.30 0.42 0.15 -0.27 0.24 1.00 4 11 15 5 18 7 20 0 -9
1998-99 26 Calgary Flames NHL 9 0.22 0.33 0.56 0.21 0.11 0.22 0.78 2 3 5 2 5 2 2 0 1
1998-99 26 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 24 0.08 0.29 0.38 0.13 -0.42 0.25 1.08 2 8 10 3 13 5 18 0 -10
1999-00 27 2 Teams NHL 77 0.31 0.39 0.70 0.28 0.08 0.39 1.58 26 32 58 23 76 23 47 0 6
1999-00 27 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 11 0.09 0.18 0.27 0.10 -0.27 0.36 0.91 1 2 3 1 3 2 4 0 -3
1999-00 27 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 66 0.35 0.42 0.77 0.31 0.14 0.39 1.70 25 30 55 22 73 21 43 0 9
2000-01 28 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 0.30 0.48 0.78 0.30 0.09 0.39 2.15 27 42 69 26 95 25 67 4 7
2001-02 29 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 0.18 0.56 0.74 0.25 0.34 0.61 1.93 17 52 69 23 95 33 34 0 28
2002-03 30 2 Teams NHL 80 0.21 0.54 0.75 0.25 0.04 0.50 2.01 19 47 66 23 80 25 62 10 3
2002-03 30 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 9 0.00 0.44 0.44 0.12 0.00 0.44 2.22 0 4 4 1 7 3 4 0 0
2002-03 30 Washington Capitals NHL 71 0.24 0.55 0.79 0.27 0.04 0.51 1.99 19 43 62 22 73 22 58 10 3
2003-04 31 2 Teams NHL 18 0.06 0.72 0.78 0.23 0.22 1.22 1.67 1 15 16 5 18 4 10 0 4
2003-04 31 Washington Capitals NHL 3 0.00 0.67 0.67 0.18 0.33 2.67 0.33 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 1
2003-04 31 Boston Bruins NHL 15 0.07 0.73 0.80 0.24 0.20 0.93 1.93 1 13 14 4 15 4 8 0 3
2005-06 33 New York Rangers NHL 81 0.28 0.69 0.98 0.34 0.38 0.94 2.12 23 54 77 27 120 42 47 0 31
2006-07 34 New York Rangers NHL 79 0.33 0.72 1.05 0.37 0.15 0.53 2.44 27 57 84 30 120 58 51 1 12
2007-08 35 Washington Capitals NHL 40 0.28 0.65 0.93 0.33 -0.48 0.60 1.93 12 28 40 14 51 27 43 0 -19
2008-09 36 Washington Capitals NHL 72 0.13 0.33 0.46 0.16 0.00 0.44 1.21 9 24 33 11 55 15 41 1 0
Career 15 Seasons NHL 920 0.23 0.51 0.74 0.26 0.08 0.51 1.82 217 482 699 250 990 337 602 24 75

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1993-94 21 Calgary Flames NHL 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1994-95 22 Calgary Flames NHL 6 0 6 6 -3 2 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
1995-96 23 Calgary Flames NHL 4 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
2001-02 29 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 5 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 77 15:20
2002-03 30 Washington Capitals NHL 6 3 2 5 0 8 2 1 0 1 15 20.0 100 16:45
2003-04 31 Boston Bruins NHL 6 3 3 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 30.0 114 18:57
2005-06 33 New York Rangers NHL 4 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 82 20:33
2006-07 34 New York Rangers NHL 10 6 7 13 9 0 4 2 0 2 23 26.1 218 21:50
2008-09 36 Washington Capitals NHL 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 8:48
Career 9 Seasons 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 +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT 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 6 0 1 0 0 8 12.5
2001-02 29 Sweden Olympics 4 1 2 3 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 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
Career 1 Season AHL 4 0 9 9 0
Career 1 Season EJC-A 6 2 4 6 0
Career 2 Seasons Finland 39 16 34 50 85
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 8 1 2 3 6
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 9 Seasons WC-A 65 16 43 59 36 1 2 0 0 20 15.0
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 14 14 28 14

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT 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
Career 1 Season AHL 3 3 3 6 2
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, 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 season recovering from wrist injury suffered in game 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 season recovering from 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.

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