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Chris Nilan's 1987-1988 season

Points
20
NHL#285
Goals
10
NHL#198
Assists
10
NHL#331
Plus/minus
-2
NHL#379
Games
72
87%
87% of 82

Right winger Chris Nilan was 29 years old when the 1987-1988 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens och New York Rangers. He played 72 of a possible 82 games and scored 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points, 0.28 points per game. He moved from Montréal Canadiens to New York Rangers in January. New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1987-1988
  1. Season opener

    Chris Nilan opens the 1987-1988 season with Montréal Canadiens

    MTLMontréal Canadiens

    Chris was 29 years old when the 1987-1988 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      MTL2–2PHI
      game 1/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      BUF3–6MTL
      W
      game 2/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
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    • The game
      QUE5–2MTL
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      MTL3–4NJD
      L
      game 4/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      PIT2–3MTL
      W
      game 5/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      MNS1–5MTL
      W
      game 6/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL10–3TOR
      W
      game 7/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      MTL3–5BUF
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–2WSH
      W
      game 9/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      CGY5–3MTL
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM1–3MTL
      W
      game 11/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–4DET
      W
      game 12/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–3MTL
      game 13/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • November 1987
    • The game
      STL4–6MTL
      W
      game 14/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      MTL4–4CHI
      game 15/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHI4–5MTL
      W
      game 16/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR1–3MTL
      W
      game 17/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      MTL0–0HFD
      game 18/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      L
      game 19/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI0–3MTL
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      7
      points
      NHL#180
      4
      goals
      NHL#103
      3
      assists
      NHL#241
      MTL
      11-5-0W-L-OT26Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD3–3MTL
      game 21/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      NYI2–5MTL
      W
      game 22/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–2MTL
      W
      game 23/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–4QUE
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–5HFD
      W
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–4MNS
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL7–3WIN
      W
      game 27/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–6MTL
      W
      game 28/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
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    • December 1987
    • The game
      VAN3–3MTL
      game 29/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–6MTL
      W
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–2NYI
      W
      game 31/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2NYR
      game 32/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
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    • The game
      DET3–5MTL
      W
      game 33/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE4–5MTL
      W
      game 34/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2BUF
      game 35/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–1MTL
      L
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2MTL
      game 37/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2TOR
      W
      game 38/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–9CGY
      L
      game 39/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–1VAN
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      11
      points
      NHL#240
      6
      goals
      NHL#156
      5
      assists
      NHL#297
      MTL
      22-9-0W-L-OT53Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL2–5LAK
      L
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      BUF6–5MTL
      L
      game 42/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–3MTL
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–5MTL
      W
      game 44/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    Milestone

    Chris Nilan reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Boston Bruins · January 13

    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      L
      game 45/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      NYR3–4MTL
      W
      game 46/805
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM4–6MTL
      W
      game 47/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      STL4–1MTL
      L
      game 48/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–3MTL
      L
      game 49/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–3QUE
      W
      game 50/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–2PHI
      W
      game 50/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYR4–2BOS
      W
      game 51/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • February 1988
    • The game
      NYR2–2NYI
      game 52/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8053 of 60 played
      15
      points
      NHL#283
      8
      goals
      NHL#189
      7
      assists
      NHL#330
      NYR
      24-28-0W-L-OT56Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–2NYR
      W
      game 62/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–1NJD
      W
      game 63/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–5NYR
      W
      game 64/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • March 1988
    • The game
      NYI1–3NYR
      W
      game 65/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–6BUF
      L
      game 66/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3HFD
      L
      game 67/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–7NYR
      W
      game 68/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–2WSH
      W
      game 69/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–3NYR
      W
      game 70/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH8–4NYR
      L
      game 71/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -3+/-1SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–3TOR
      W
      game 72/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD1–2NYR
      W
      game 73/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYR
      L
      game 74/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM1–6NYR
      W
      game 75/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–4DET
      game 76/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–7NJD
      L
      game 77/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–3CHI
      W
      game 78/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • April 1988
    • The game
      NYR6–6WIN
      game 79/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE0–3NYR
      W
      game 80/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Chris Nilan closes the 1987-1988 season with 20 points

    MTLMontréal CanadiensNYRNew York Rangers
    Montréal Canadiens did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    20
    NHL#285
    Games
    72of 80
    90%
    Goals
    10
    NHL#198
    Assists
    10
    NHL#331
    P/GP
    0.28
    NHL#330
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#379
    Events
    500
    NHL games