Craig Billington's NHL career
Goaltender Craig Billington was drafted 23th overall by New Jersey Devils in 1984. He played 15 seasons for 5 clubs, 1985-2002. That came to 332 games and 110 wins, 9 shutouts.
Below: the whole of Craig Billington's career, season by season.
- Year 19841984 NHL Draft
Craig Billington is drafted 23 overall by New Jersey Devils
First off the board- 1Mario LemieuxPIT
- 2Kirk MullerNJD
- 3Eddie OlczykCHI
Swedes from the same draft
Kjell Samuelsson813 GP · 186 P- Mikael Andersson761 GP · 264 P
- Peter Loob8 GP · 3 P
- 1 year, 4 months and 17 days later · 2 seasonsYear 19851985-1986 seasonNHL debut
Craig Billington makes his NHL debut
Craig was 19 years old ·
Brendan Byrne Arena, USAFirst NHL winSwedes on the ice:
Anders Håkansson.Year 1986Season1985-1986
Craig Billington's first NHL season: 18 games
The whole season1985-1986Wins4Games18 of 8023%SV%.840NHL#59GAA5.14NHL#61Shutouts0NHL#32 - Year 1987Season
1986-1987
Craig Billington plays 22 of 80 games
The whole season1986-1987Wins4Games22 of 8028%SV%.844NHL#54GAA4.82NHL#57Shutouts0NHL#21 - Year 1989Season
1988-1989
Craig Billington plays 3 of 80 games
The whole season1988-1989Wins1Games3 of 804%SV%.831NHL#62GAA4.73NHL#58Shutouts0NHL#23 - Year 1992Season
1991-1992
Craig Billington plays 26 of 80 games
The whole season and the playoff run1991-1992Wins13Games26 of 8033%SV%.892NHL#21GAA3.04NHL#16Shutouts2NHL#8PlayoffsEliminated by New York Rangers0 of 7 gamesFirst roundNYRNew York Rangers3–4 - Year 1993Season
1992-1993
Craig Billington plays 42 of 84 games
The whole season and the playoff run1992-1993Wins21Games42 of 8450%SV%.876NHL#51GAA3.67NHL#40Shutouts2NHL#9PlayoffsEliminated by Pittsburgh Penguins2 of 5 gamesFirst roundPITPittsburgh Penguins1–4 - Year 1994Season
1993-1994
Craig Billington plays 63 of 84 games
The whole season1993-1994Wins11Games63 of 8475%SV%.859NHL#66GAA4.59NHL#70Shutouts0NHL#41 - Year 1995Season
1994-1995
Craig Billington plays 17 of 48 games
The whole season and the playoff run1994-1995Wins5Games17 of 4835%SV%.866NHL#63GAA3.62NHL#56Shutouts0NHL#30PlayoffsEliminated by New Jersey Devils1 of 5 gamesFirst roundNJDNew Jersey Devils1–4 - Year 1996Season
1995-1996
Craig Billington plays 27 of 82 games
The whole season and the playoff run1995-1996Wins10Games27 of 8233%SV%.867NHL#65GAA3.44NHL#53Shutouts1NHL#27PlayoffsEliminated by Florida Panthers1 of 5 gamesFirst roundFLAFlorida Panthers1–4 - Year 1997Season
1996-1997
Craig Billington plays 23 of 82 games
The whole season and the playoff run1996-1997Wins11Games23 of 8228%SV%.909NHL#18GAA2.65NHL#21Shutouts1NHL#31PlayoffsEliminated by Detroit Red Wings1 of 17 gamesFirst roundCHIChicago Blackhawks4–2Second roundEDMEdmonton Oilers4–1Conference finalDETDetroit Red Wings2–4 - Year 1998Season
1997-1998
Craig Billington plays 23 of 82 games
The whole season and the playoff run1997-1998Wins8Games23 of 8228%SV%.923NHL#10GAA2.32NHL#25Shutouts1NHL#34PlayoffsEliminated by Edmonton Oilers1 of 7 gamesFirst roundEDMEdmonton Oilers3–4 - Year 1999Season
1998-1999
Craig Billington plays 21 of 82 games
The whole season and the playoff run1998-1999Wins11Games21 of 8226%SV%.894NHL#62GAA2.87NHL#60Shutouts0NHL#49PlayoffsEliminated by Dallas Stars1 of 19 gamesFirst roundSJSSan Jose Sharks4–2Second roundDETDetroit Red Wings4–2Conference finalDALDallas Stars3–4 - Year 2000Season
1999-2000
Craig Billington plays 13 of 82 games
The whole season and the playoff run1999-2000Wins3Games13 of 8216%SV%.910NHL#25GAA2.75NHL#40Shutouts2NHL#23PlayoffsEliminated by Pittsburgh Penguins1 of 5 gamesFirst roundPITPittsburgh Penguins1–4 - Year 2001Season
2000-2001
Craig Billington plays 12 of 82 games
The whole season and the playoff run2000-2001Wins3Games12 of 8215%SV%.915NHL#12GAA2.45NHL#30Shutouts0NHL#49PlayoffsEliminated by Pittsburgh Penguins0 of 6 gamesFirst roundPITPittsburgh Penguins2–4 - Year 2002Season
2001-2002
Craig Billington plays 17 of 82 games
The whole season2001-2002Wins4Games17 of 8221%SV%.878NHL#77GAA3.04NHL#69Shutouts0NHL#52 - Season
2002-2003
Craig Billington's last season: 5 games
The whole season and the playoff run2002-2003Wins1Games5 of 826%SV%.823NHL#88GAA4.70NHL#89Shutouts0NHL#58PlayoffsEliminated by Tampa Bay Lightning0 of 6 gamesFirst roundTBLTampa Bay Lightning2–4 - The career
Craig Billington played his last NHL game in 2002
The career ended after 15 seasons, the last of them with Washington Capitals.