Robert Nilsson was a winger known as one of Sweden's top prospects as a youngster. He was a great skater blessed with terrific stickhandling ability and on-ice vision. In the end, concussion woes put a stop to his career.
- Erik K. Piri, Elite Prospects
Brother: Anders Nilsson
Father Kent Nilsson
Cousin: Niklas Persson
Father in law: Nikolai Khabibulin
© Photo: Robert Hradil
S | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- | POST | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- | |
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1999-00 | Nynäshamns IF J18 | J18 Div.1 | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | | | |||||||
1999-00 | Nynäshamns IF J20 | J20 Div.1 | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | | | |||||||
1999-00 | Nynäshamns IF | Division 2 | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | | | |||||||
2000-01 | Leksands IF J18 | J18 Allsvenskan | 4* | 6* | 3* | 9* | 6* | -* | | | |||||||
2000-01 | Leksands IF J20 | J20 SuperElit | 18* | 11* | 25* | 36* | 20* | -* | | | Playoffs | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | - |
2000-01 | Sweden U16 (all) | International-Jr | 6* | 5* | 2* | 7* | 2* | -* | | | |||||||
2000-01 | Sweden U17 (all) | International-Jr | 4* | 3* | 3* | 6* | 4* | -* | | | |||||||
2000-01 | Sweden U18 | WJC-18 | 6* | 2* | 0* | 2* | 0* | 1* | | | |||||||
2001-02 | Leksands IF J18 | J18 Allsvenskan | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0* | -* | | | Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | - |
2001-02 | Leksands IF J20 | J20 SuperElit | 21* | 13* | 18* | 31* | 24* | -* | | | Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
2001-02 | Leksands IF | Allsvenskan | 14* | 1* | 4* | 5* | 8* | 4* | | | |||||||
2001-02 | Sweden U18 | WJC-18 | 8* | 2* | 3* | 5* | 8* | 0* | | | |||||||
2001-02 | Sweden U18 (all) | International-Jr | 19* | 5* | 6* | 11* | 14* | -* | | | |||||||
2002-03 | Leksands IF J18 | J18 Allsvenskan | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0* | -* | | | Playoffs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
2002-03 | Leksands IF | Elitserien | 41* | 8* | 13* | 21* | 10* | 11* | | | Playoffs | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
2002-03 | Sweden U20 | WJC-20 | 6* | 4* | 2* | 6* | 4* | 2* | | | |||||||
2003-04 | Leksands IF J20 | J20 SuperElit | 4* | 2* | 8* | 10* | 4* | -* | | | |||||||
2003-04 | Leksands IF | Elitserien | 34* | 2* | 4* | 6* | 6* | -5* | | | |||||||
2003-04 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 7* | 1* | 3* | 4* | 2* | -* | | | Playoffs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - |
2003-04 | Sweden U20 | WJC-20 | 6* | 2* | 5* | 7* | 6* | 2* | | | |||||||
2003-04 | Sweden U20 (all) | International-Jr | 11* | 2* | 8* | 10* | 8* | -* | | | |||||||
2004-05 | Djurgårdens IF J20 | J20 SuperElit | 8* | 8* | 4* | 12* | 12* | -* | | | |||||||
2004-05 | Djurgårdens IF | Elitserien | 23* | 2* | 4* | 6* | 6* | 0* | | | Playoffs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
2004-05 | Hammarby IF | Allsvenskan | 7* | 0* | 4* | 4* | 4* | 2* | | | |||||||
2004-05 | Almtuna IS | Allsvenskan | 3* | 0* | 1* | 1* | 2* | -1* | | | |||||||
2004-05 | Sweden U20 | WJC-20 | 6* | 1* | 3* | 4* | 8* | 4* | | | |||||||
2004-05 | Sweden U20 (all) | International-Jr | 14* | 7* | 6* | 13* | 12* | -* | | | |||||||
2005-06 | New York Islanders | NHL | 53* | 6* | 14* | 20* | 26* | -6* | | | |||||||
2005-06 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 29* | 8* | 20* | 28* | 12* | -1* | | | Playoffs | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | -3 |
2006-07 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 50* | 12* | 34* | 46* | 34* | -2* | | | |||||||
2006-07 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 4* | 1* | 0* | 1* | 4* | -1* | | | |||||||
2006-07 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 19* | 6* | 14* | 20* | 14* | -2* | | | Playoffs | 11 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
2007-08 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 71* | 10* | 31* | 41* | 22* | 8* | | | |||||||
2007-08 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 5* | 2* | 2* | 4* | 4* | 4* | | | |||||||
2007-08 | Sweden | WC | 9* | 2* | 4* | 6* | 6* | 4* | | | |||||||
2007-08 | Sweden (all) | International | 14* | 3* | 6* | 9* | 6* | 1* | | | |||||||
2008-09 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 64* | 9* | 20* | 29* | 26* | 1* | | | |||||||
2009-10 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 60* | 11* | 16* | 27* | 12* | -17* | | | |||||||
2010-11 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 41* | 5* | 22* | 27* | 28* | 6* | | | Playoffs | 21 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
2010-11 | Sweden | WC | 9* | 1* | 6* | 7* | 0* | 5* | | | |||||||
2010-11 | Sweden (all) | International | 16* | 6* | 7* | 13* | 4* | 5* | | | |||||||
2011-12 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 15* | 0* | 5* | 5* | 6* | -3* | | | |||||||
2011-12 | Toros Neftekamsk | VHL | 2* | 1* | 3* | 4* | 0* | -2* | | | |||||||
2011-12 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 35* | 12* | 12* | 24* | 30* | -4* | | | Playoffs | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
2012-13 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 17* | 5* | 7* | 12* | 2* | -2* | | | |||||||
2013-14 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 31* | 10* | 24* | 34* | 12* | 8* | | | Playoffs | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 |
2014-15 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 44* | 11* | 20* | 31* | 18* | 7* | | | Playoffs | 18 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | -1 |
2015-16 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 48* | 12* | 40* | 52* | 16* | 22* | | | Playoffs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
2016-17 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 46* | 14* | 37* | 51* | 14* | 30* | | | Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2017-18 | ZSC Lions | NL | 21* | 7* | 19* | 26* | 0* | 9* | | | |||||||
2017-18 | Sweden (all) | International | 2* | 0* | 1* | 1* | 0* | -1* | | |
S | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- | POST | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- | |
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2000-01 | Stockholm 1 “A” | TV-Pucken | 8* | 3* | 15* | 18* | 6* | -* | | | |||||||
2007-08 | Sweden | EHT | 3* | 0* | 1* | 1* | 0* | -2* | | | |||||||
2010-11 | Sweden | EHT | 7* | 5* | 3* | 8* | 4* | -1* | | | |||||||
2013-14 | ZSC Lions | ET | 4* | 1* | 1* | 2* | 6* | -* | | | |||||||
2014-15 | ZSC Lions | Champions HL | 5* | 2* | 4* | 6* | 8* | 3* | | | |||||||
2014-15 | ZSC Lions | Swiss Cup | 3* | 1* | 1* | 2* | 0* | -* | | | |||||||
2015-16 | ZSC Lions | Champions HL | 6* | 0* | 7* | 7* | 4* | 2* | | | |||||||
2015-16 | ZSC Lions | Swiss Cup | 5* | 1* | 5* | 6* | 0* | -* | | | |||||||
2016-17 | ZSC Lions | Champions HL | 9* | 2* | 5* | 7* | 2* | 0* | | | |||||||
2016-17 | ZSC Lions | Swiss Cup | 1* | 1* | 0* | 1* | 0* | -* | | | |||||||
2017-18 | ZSC Lions | Champions HL | 8* | 1* | 9* | 10* | 0* | 6* | | | |||||||
2017-18 | ZSC Lions | Swiss Cup | 2* | 1* | 3* | 4* | 0* | -* | | | |||||||
2017-18 | Sweden | EHT | 2* | 0* | 1* | 1* | 0* | -1* | | |
League | Years | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- | | | Years | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- |
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AHL | 3 | 103* | 28* | 70* | 98* | 0.95* | 64* | -1* | | | 2 | 18 | 4 * | 16 * | 20 * | 1.11 * | 8 * | 0 * |
Allsvenskan | 2 | 24* | 1* | 9* | 10* | 0.42* | 14* | 5* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Champions HL | 4 | 28* | 5* | 25* | 30* | 1.07* | 14* | 11* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Division 2 | 1 | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
EHT | 3 | 12* | 5* | 5* | 10* | 0.83* | 4* | -4* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
ET | 1 | 4* | 1* | 1* | 2* | 0.50* | 6* | -* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
International | 3 | 32* | 9* | 14* | 23* | 0.72* | 10* | 5* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
International-Jr | 4 | 54* | 22* | 25* | 47* | 0.87* | 40* | -* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
J18 Div.1 | 1 | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
J18 Allsvenskan (J18 Nationell) | 3 | 4* | 6* | 3* | 9* | 2.25* | 6* | -* | | | 2 | 6 | 1 * | 6 * | 7 * | 1.17 * | 10 * | - * |
J20 Div.1 | 1 | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | -* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
J20 SuperElit (J20 Nationell) | 4 | 51* | 34* | 55* | 89* | 1.75* | 60* | -* | | | 2 | 6 | 3 * | 3 * | 6 * | 1.00 * | 6 * | - * |
KHL | 3 | 108* | 22* | 46* | 68* | 0.63* | 66* | -3* | | | 2 | 34 | 5 * | 13 * | 18 * | 0.53 * | 4 * | 10 * |
NHL | 5 | 252* | 37* | 81* | 118* | 0.47* | 90* | -15* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
NL (NLA) | 6 | 197* | 55* | 143* | 198* | 1.01* | 62* | 76* | | | 5 | 45 | 9 * | 12 * | 21 * | 0.47 * | 10 * | -5 * |
Elitserien (SHL) | 3 | 98* | 12* | 21* | 33* | 0.34* | 22* | 6* | | | 2 | 8 | 0 * | 1 * | 1 * | 0.13 * | 2 * | -2 * |
Swiss Cup | 4 | 11* | 4* | 9* | 13* | 1.18* | 0* | -* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
TV-Pucken | 1 | 8* | 3* | 15* | 18* | 2.25* | 6* | -* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
VHL | 1 | 2* | 1* | 3* | 4* | 2.00* | 0* | -2* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
WC | 2 | 18* | 3* | 10* | 13* | 0.72* | 6* | 9* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
WJC-18 | 2 | 14* | 4* | 3* | 7* | 0.50* | 8* | 1* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
WJC-20 | 3 | 18* | 7* | 10* | 17* | 0.94* | 18* | 8* | | | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
DATE | STATUS | FROM | TO | SOURCE |
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12/20/2019 | ||||
12/20/2019 | Confirmed | ZSC Lions | Retired | |
10/20/2017 | ||||
10/20/2017 | Extension | ZSC Lions | ZSC Lions | |
09/30/2014 | ||||
09/30/2014 | Extension | ZSC Lions | ZSC Lions | |
01/08/2013 | ||||
01/08/2013 | Confirmed | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | ZSC Lions | |
11/30/2012 | ||||
11/30/2012 | Confirmed | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | Unknown | |
05/02/2012 | ||||
05/02/2012 | Extension | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | |
10/31/2011 | ||||
10/31/2011 | Confirmed | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | |
07/26/2010 | ||||
07/26/2010 | Confirmed | Edmonton Oilers | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
Cult/Star player for Bridgeport Islanders
Cult/Star player for Leksands IF
Cult/Star player for Leksands IF J20
Cult/Star player for ZSC Lions
Career transactions
- 2019-12-20 • Announced his retirement
- 2013-01-08 • Signed by ZSC (for 2013-14)
- 2012-11-30 • Released by Torpedo Nizhny Nogorod
- 2011-10-31 • Signed by Torpedo Nizhny Nogorod
- 2010-07-26 • Signed by Salavat Yulayev Ufa
- 2010-06-29 • Bought out by the Edmonton Oilers
- 2007-02-27 • Traded to the Edmonton Oilers w/ Ryan O'Marra & a 2007 1st round pick (Alex Plante) for Ryan Smyth
- 2005-08-30 • Signed by the New York Islanders