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Chris Nilan's 1980-1981 season

Points
15
NHL#338
Goals
7
NHL#275
Assists
8
NHL#362
Plus/minus
+7
NHL#129
Games
57
71%
71% of 80

Right winger Chris Nilan was 22 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 57 of a possible 80 games and scored 7 goals and 8 assists for 15 points, 0.26 points per game. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1980-1981Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Chris Nilan plays the 1980-1981 season for Montréal Canadiens

    MTLMontréal Canadiens

    Chris was 22 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI5–4MTL
      L
      game 1/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      L
      game 2/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3WSH
      game 3/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–4MTL
      W
      game 4/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2PHI
      L
      game 5/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–4STL
      L
      game 6/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL7–2CHI
      W
      game 7/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–2MTL
      L
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–6NYI
      L
      game 9/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • November 1980
    • The game
      MTL8–2CLR
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3VAN
      game 17/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–4TOR
      W
      game 19/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–7MTL
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8013 of 20 played
      2
      points
      NHL#352
      0
      goals
      NHL#345
      2
      assists
      NHL#304
      MTL
      11-7-0W-L-OT24Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI3–7MTL
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
      View the game
    Milestone

    Chris Nilan scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · November 22

    • The game
      NYI4–3MTL
      L
      game 23/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS4–2MTL
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • December 1980
    • The game
      MTL6–5BUF
      W
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–2MTL
      L
      game 26/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–4MTL
      W
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–4PIT
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5MTL
      W
      game 29/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–4VAN
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2QUE
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–2NYR
      W
      game 36/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–1HFD
      W
      game 38/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI1–2MTL
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–2DET
      W
      game 40/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8027 of 40 played
      8
      points
      NHL#308
      4
      goals
      NHL#239
      4
      assists
      NHL#339
      MTL
      23-13-0W-L-OT50Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT2–4MTL
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM0–5MTL
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN3–7MTL
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–6TOR
      L
      game 45/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–6MNS
      L
      game 46/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–4CHI
      L
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–6MTL
      W
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–4CGY
      game 50/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–4LAK
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • February 1981
    • The game
      MTL5–2CLR
      W
      game 52/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS0–7MTL
      W
      game 53/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–6MTL
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–3MTL
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–6MTL
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–5MTL
      W
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–4MTL
      W
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2BUF
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8044 of 60 played
      10
      points
      NHL#349
      5
      goals
      NHL#279
      5
      assists
      NHL#372
      MTL
      34-18-0W-L-OT76Points
      Playoff spot
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL2–2STL
      game 61/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR0–6MTL
      W
      game 62/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–5MTL
      W
      game 63/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • March 1981
    • The game
      MTL4–4NYR
      game 64/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–1MNS
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–5MTL
      W
      game 73/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2WSH
      game 74/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY2–8MTL
      W
      game 75/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–2MTL
      L
      game 76/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL0–4QUE
      L
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–3MTL
      W
      game 78/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • April 1981
    • The game
      HFD1–6MTL
      W
      game 79/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2BOS
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Chris Nilan closes the 1980-1981 season with 15 points

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Points
    15
    NHL#338
    Games
    57of 80
    71%
    Goals
    7
    NHL#275
    Assists
    8
    NHL#362
    P/GP
    0.26
    NHL#341
    +/-
    +7
    NHL#129
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Edmonton Oilers

    MTLvsEDM
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      EDM6–3MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Edmonton Oilerslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL2–6EDM
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    Edmonton Oilers knock Montréal Canadiens out 3–0

    MTL0–3EDM
    Eliminated
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists