Mats Thelin

Player profile and career history

D · #27

Mats Thelin was a defenceman. Born March 30, 1961 in Stockholm, Sweden, he stood 5'10", weighed 187 lbs and shot left. He was drafted in 1981 (round 7, 140th overall) by the Boston Bruins. In 163 NHL regular-season games he had 8 goals and 19 assists for 27 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games: 163
Goals: 8
Assists: 19
Points: 27

All supplied career statistics

Assists: 19
Game Winning Goals: 2
Games Played: 163
Goals: 8
Ot Goals: 0
Pim: 176
Plus Minus: 3
Points: 27
Power Play Goals: 2
Power Play Points: 6
Shooting Pctg: 0.0496
Shorthanded Goals: 0
Shorthanded Points: 1
Shots: 161

NHL playoff career

Games: 5
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Points: 0

All supplied career statistics

Assists: 0
Game Winning Goals: 0
Games Played: 5
Goals: 0
Ot Goals: 0
Pim: 6
Plus Minus: -3
Points: 0
Power Play Goals: 0
Power Play Points: 0
Shooting Pctg: 0
Shorthanded Goals: 0
Shorthanded Points: 0
Shots: 2

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game: 0.05
Assists / game: 0.12
Points / game: 0.17
Shots / game: 0.99

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals: 5
Assists: 13
Points: 18
Shots: 91

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1993–94
- AIKSweden-2
1992–93
- AIKSweden
1991–92
- AIKSweden
1990–91
- AIKSweden
1989–90
- AIKSweden
1988–89
- AIKSweden
1987–88
- AIKSweden
1986–87
- Boston BruinsNHL
1985–86
- MonctonAHL
- Boston BruinsNHL
1984–85
- SwedenCan-Cup
- Boston BruinsNHL
1983–84
- SwedenOlympics
- AIKSHL
- AIKSweden
1982–83
- AIKSweden
- SwedenWEC-A
1981–82
- AIKDN-Cup
- AIKSweden
- SwedenWEC-A
1980–81
- AIKSweden

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
1993–94	Sweden-2	AIK	Regular	38	8	9	17	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 9 Games Played 38 Goals 8 Pim 46 Points 17
1993–94	Sweden-2	AIK	Playoffs	9	0	2	2	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 9 Goals 0 Pim 12 Points 2
1992–93	Sweden	AIK	Regular	22	0	3	3	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 22 Goals 0 Pim 22 Points 3
1991–92	Sweden	AIK	Regular	36	0	5	5	79	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 36 Goals 0 Pim 79 Points 5
1991–92	Sweden	AIK	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Pim 2 Points 0
1990–91	Sweden	AIK	Regular	37	1	3	4	54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 37 Goals 1 Pim 54 Points 4
1989–90	Sweden	AIK	Regular	15	3	4	7	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 15 Goals 3 Pim 20 Points 7
1989–90	Sweden	AIK	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 2 Points 0
1988–89	Sweden	AIK	Regular	38	6	16	22	62	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 16 Games Played 38 Goals 6 Pim 62 Points 22
1988–89	Sweden	AIK	Playoffs	2	0	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 2
1987–88	Sweden	AIK	Regular	39	2	8	10	56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 8 Games Played 39 Goals 2 Pim 56 Points 10
1987–88	Sweden	AIK	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
1986–87	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	59	1	3	4	69	-9	41	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 59 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 69 Plus Minus -9 Points 4 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0244 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 41
1985–86	AHL	Moncton	Regular	2	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 1
1985–86	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	31	2	3	5	29	2	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 31 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 29 Plus Minus 2 Points 5 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.069 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 29
1984–85	Can-Cup	Sweden	Regular	8	1	3	4	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 8 Goals 1 Pim 14 Points 4
1984–85	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	73	5	13	18	78	10	91	0	4	0	1	2	0	All stats Assists 13 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 73 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 78 Plus Minus 10 Points 18 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.0549 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 91
1984–85	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	6	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -3 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 2
1983–84	Olympics	Sweden	Regular	7	0	1	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 7 Goals 0 Pim 4 Points 1
1983–84	Sweden	AIK	Regular	16	4	1	5	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 16 Goals 4 Pim 20 Points 5
1983–84	SHL	AIK	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Pim 2 Points 0
1982–83	Sweden	AIK	Regular	28	6	4	10	50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 28 Goals 6 Pim 50 Points 10
1982–83	WEC-A	Sweden	Regular	5	0	3	3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Pim 4 Points 3
1982–83	Sweden	AIK	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 3 Goals 1 Pim 4 Points 2
1981–82	DN-Cup	AIK	Regular	4	0	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Points 1
1981–82	Sweden	AIK	Regular	36	2	2	4	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 36 Goals 2 Pim 28 Points 4
1981–82	WEC-A	Sweden	Regular	10	0	0	0	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 10 Goals 0 Pim 8 Points 0
1981–82	Sweden	AIK	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 7 Goals 0 Pim 16 Points 1
1980–81	Sweden	AIK	Regular	9	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 9 Goals 0 Pim 4 Points 0
1980–81	Sweden	AIK	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Pim 6 Points 0

NHL game-by-game archive

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NHL source coverage only; missing records are not zero-stat appearances. Historical team abbreviations are retained.

Recent NHL games

Date	Opponent	Time on ice
1987-03-17	DET	–
1987-03-14	CHI	–
1987-03-12	STL	–
1987-03-11	NYR	–
1987-03-07	WSH	–

Career refresh is delayed. The last imported record is retained.

Profile updated Oct 15, 10:30 am EDT. Missing stats are shown as –.

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NHL regular-season career

NHL playoff career

NHL career scoring rates

NHL season record highs

Teams & leagues through the years

1993–94

1992–93

1991–92

1990–91

1989–90

1988–89

1987–88

1986–87

1985–86

1984–85

1983–84

1982–83

1981–82

1980–81

Season-by-season history

NHL game-by-game archive

Recent NHL games