Anders Nilsson (ice hockey player, 1990)

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Anders Nilsson (ice hockey player, 1990)
Date of birth March 19, 1990
place of birth Luleå , Sweden
size 195 cm
Weight 100 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 3rd round, 62nd position
New York Islanders
KHL Junior Draft 2011 , 1st round, 10th position
HK Dinamo Minsk
Career stations
until 2011 Luleå HF
2011-2014 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2013-2014 New York Islanders
2014-2015 Ak Bars Kazan
2015-2016 Edmonton Oilers
2016 St. Louis Blues
2016-2017 Buffalo Sabers
2017-2019 Vancouver Canucks
since 2019 Ottawa Senators

Anders Nilsson (born March 19, 1990 in Luleå ) is a Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League since January 2019 . With the Swedish national team , he won the gold medal at the 2018 World Cup . His father Peder Nilsson and his brother Jens Nilsson were also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Anders Nilsson began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Luleå HF , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Elitserien in the 2008/09 season . In his only appearance, the goalkeeper remained clean in 28 minutes. In the following season he was in 27 games for Luleå between the posts and had a goal average of 2.65. In the 2010/11 season he was able to improve again and allowed an average of only 1.92 goals per game in the main round, which was the best value of all Elitserien goalkeepers. His catch quota was 91.8 percent. In the playoffs he led his team into the semifinals, where he was able to improve his catch rate to 93.1 percent and achieved a goal average of 1.96 per game. He was one of the best goalkeepers in the league in the playoffs.

In the KHL Junior Draft 2011 Nilsson was selected in the first round as the tenth player from HK Dinamo Minsk . In May 2011 he signed a contract with the New York Islanders from the National Hockey League , which had selected him in the third round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft as a 62nd player. He then moved to the organization of the Islanders and was mostly used by them with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League (AHL). It was not until the 2013/14 season that he established himself as the Islanders' second goalkeeper behind Yevgeny Nabokow . After the 2013/14 season, his contract, which he had signed with the Islanders in 2011, expired and Nilsson received a lucrative offer from Ak Bars Kazan from the Continental Hockey League that he accepted at the end of May 2014.

In his first KHL season, Nilsson reached the final of the Gagarin Cup with Kazan and recorded the lowest goals against (1.54) as well as the most shuouts (6) in the playoffs, but still had to defeat SKA Saint Petersburg 1: 4 give. In addition, he was elected to the KHL First All-Star Team after the season .

In July 2015, the Chicago Blackhawks , who had acquired the NHL rights to him in October 2014 from the Islanders, gave these rights to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Liam Coughlin . A few days later, the Oilers announced that they had agreed on a one-year contract with Nilsson.

In February 2016, however, Nilsson was given to the St. Louis Blues , with the Oilers receiving young goalkeeper Niklas Lundström and a five-round vote for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft . Immediately after the commitment, the Blues sent Nilsson to the AHL to the Chicago Wolves . The Blues responded by signing Brian Elliott's injury .

After the 2015/16 season, Nilsson moved to the Buffalo Sabers in exchange for a five-round vote in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft , who provided him with a one-year contract. This was not subsequently extended, so the Swede joined the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent in July 2017 . The Swede spent about one and a half seasons there before he and Darren Archibald were handed over to the Ottawa Senators in January 2019 . In return, Mike McKenna , Tom Pyatt and a six- round right to vote for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft moved to Vancouver. At the end of the current season, he then signed a new two-year contract in Ottawa, which should bring him an average annual salary of 2.6 million US dollars.

International

Anders Nilsson at the 2010 U20 World Youth Championship

For Sweden , Nilsson took part in the junior division of the 2010 U20 World Youth Championship , where he and his team won the bronze medal. In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad for the first time at the 2011 World Cup . During the tournament in which Sweden won the silver medal, he remained as a substitute goalkeeper without use.

His next appearance on the international stage was the 2014 World Cup , where he established himself as the goalkeeper of Tre Kronor and won the bronze medal with the national team. Four years later, the gold medal followed at the 2018 World Cup , with Nilsson leading all the goalkeepers in the tournament in shutouts (3), catch rate (95.4%) and goals against goals (1.09) and therefore also elected to the All-Star team of the World Cup has been.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2011 Lowest conceded goal in the Elitserien
  • 2015 KHL First All-Star Team
  • 2015 KHL goalkeeper of the month February
  • 2015 KHL goalkeeper of the month March

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2004/05 Luleå HF J18 elite Statistics not available
2004/05 Luleå HF J20 SuperElit 1 24 4th 0 9.90 69.2 - - - - - - - -
2005/06 Luleå HF J18 elite Statistics not available
2006/07 Luleå HF J18 elite Statistics not available
2007/08 Luleå HF J20 SuperElit 16 898 31 2 2.07 92.6 1 60 6th 0 6.00 78.6
2008/09 Luleå HF J20 SuperElit 37 2199 75 0 2.05 92.7 6th 357 14th 1 2.35 93.5
2008/09 Luleå HF Elitserien 1 0 0 0 28 0 0 0.00 100.0 - - - - - - - -
2009/10 Luleå HF J20 SuperElit 4th 244 12 0 2.95 89.9 - - - - - - - -
2009/10 Luleå HF Elitserien 27 10 12 2 1383 61 2 2.65 89.7 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Luleå HF Elitserien 31 17th 11 3 1876 60 6th 1.92 91.8 13 827 27 0 1.96 93.1
2011/12 New York Islanders NHL 4th 1 2 0 218 10 1 2.75 91.1 - - - - - - - -
2011/12 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 25th 15th 8th 2 1441 58 1 2.41 92.1 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 21st 8th 11 0 1208 60 1 2.98 89.9 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 New York Islanders NHL 19th 8th 7th 2 1101 57 0 3.11 89.6 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 29 12 14th 2 1683 79 2 2.81 90.1 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 38 20th 9 8th 2247 64 5 1.71 93.6 20th 13 7th 1206 31 6th 1.54 93.5
2015/16 Edmonton Oilers NHL 26th 10 12 2 1414 74 0 3.14 90.1 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Bakersfield Condors AHL 2 2 0 0 120 4th 0 2.01 93.5 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 0 1 0 88 4th 0 2.76 90.9 - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Buffalo Sabers NHL 26th 10 10 4th 1485 66 1 2.67 92.3 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Vancouver Canucks NHL 27 7th 14th 4th 1464 84 2 3.44 90.1 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Vancouver Canucks NHL 12 3 8th 1 718 37 0 3.09 89.5 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Ottawa Senators NHL 24 11 11 0 1322 64 2 2.90 91.4 - - - - - - - -
2019/20 Ottawa Senators NHL 20th 9 9 2 1094 58 0 3.18 90.8 - - - - - - - -
J20 SuperElit overall 58 3149 122 2 2.25 92.1 7th 417 20th 1 2.87 91.4
Elitserien total 59 27 23 5 3287 121 8th 2.21 92.8 13 827 27 0 1.96 93.1
AHL total 77 37 33 4th 4453 201 4th 2.71 90.8 - - - - - - - -
NHL overall 161 59 74 15th 8901 454 6th 3.06 90.7 - - - - - - - -

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2010 Sweden U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 1 1 0 60 3 0 3.00 87.5
2011 Sweden WM 2nd place, silver Without any effort
2014 Sweden WM 3rd place, bronze 9 7th 2 545 14th 2 1.54 93.8
2015 Sweden WM 5th place 3 1 2 154 7th 0 2.73 89.9
2018 Sweden WM 1st place, gold 7th 6th 0 440 8th 3 1.09 95.4
Juniors overall 1 1 0 60 3 0 3.00 87.5
Men overall 19th 14th 4th 1139 29 5 1.56 93.8

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Commons : Anders Nilsson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ islanders.nhl.com, Islanders Agree to Terms on Entry Level Contract with Nilsson
  2. ↑ Expressen , uppgifter: Anders Nilsson lämnar NHL , May 26, 2014
  3. ^ Blues Acquire Nilsson from Oilers. blues.nhl.com, February 27, 2016, accessed on February 27, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Chris Pinkert: Blues Place Elliott on Injured Reserve. blues.nhl.com, February 23, 2016, accessed February 27, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ SABERS ACQUIRE NILSSON FROM BLUES. sabres.nhl.com, July 2, 2016, accessed July 3, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Canucks acquire McKenna, Pyatt and 2019 draft pick from Senators. nhl.com, January 2, 2019, accessed January 2, 2019 .
Squad of the Ottawa Senators in the season 2019/20

Goalkeeper: Craig Anderson  | Anders Nilsson  
Defender: Mark Borowiecki  ( A ) | Erik Brännström  | Thomas Chabot  | Ron Hainsey  ( A ) | Mike Reilly  | Nikita Saizew  
attacker: Artyom Anissimow  | Mikkel Bødker  | Connor Brown  | Logan Brown  | Anthony Duclair  | Jayce Hawryluk  | Nick Paul  | Matthew Peca  | Bobby Ryan  | Chris Tierney  | Brady Tkachuk  | Colin White  
Head Coach:  DJ Smith    Assistant  Coach : Jack Capuano  | Bob Jones  | Davis Payne    General Manager:  Pierre Dorion

personal data
SURNAME Nilsson, Anders
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Luleå