Cristopher Nihlstorp

Cristopher Daniel Karlsson-Nilstorp (born 16 February 1984) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 6 games in the National Hockey League with the Dallas Stars during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2003 to 2021, was mainly spent in the Swedish Hockey League. He currently serves as the goaltending coach for the Malmö Redhawks.

Playing career Undrafted, Nilstorp's youth team was the Malmö Redhawks. After helping Rögle BK gain promotion to the then Swedish Elite League and later capturing a Championship title with Färjestads BK, on 5 June 2012 Nihlstorp signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Dallas Stars. In the 2012–13 season, Nilstorp made his NHL debut with the Stars, appearing in 5 games for 1 win.

In his second season within the Stars organization, Nilstorp failed to establish an NHL roster spot. However, he helped lead affiliate, the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League (AHL), to their first Calder Cup Championship in the 2013–14 season.

Two days after capturing the Calder Cup, Nilstorp opted to return to Sweden in search of a first choice goaltending role on a two-year contract with Växjö Lakers of the SHL on 23 June 2014. Following his two-year stint with Växjö, he returned to the Malmö Redhawks for the 2016–17 season.

On 30 April 2019, Nihlstorp left the Redhawks and the SHL, agreeing to a one-year contract with Austrian club, Graz 99ers of the EBEL.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2000–01 Malmö Redhawks J18 SWE U18 8 — — — — — — — 4.27 .880 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 Malmö Redhawks J20 SWE U20 9 — — — — — — — 3.95 .853 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 Malmö Redhawks J20 SWE U20 29 — — — — — — — 2.88 .908 6 — — — — — 3.67 .880 2003–04 Malmö Redhawks SWE 5 2 2 0 — — — 0 3.33 .859 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Malmö Redhawks J20 SWE U20 22 — — — — — — 2 2.19 .914 8 — — — — — 2.25 .920 2004–05 Malmö Redhawks SWE 4 0 3 0 — — — 0 3.06 .878 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Malmö Redhawks J20 SWE U20 1 — — — — — — 2 1.00 .958 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Mörrums GoIS IK SWE-2 18 — — — — — — — 3.46 .892 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Malmö Redhawks J20 SWE U20 11 — — — — — — 0 2.64 .909 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Malmö Redhawks SWE-2 1 1 0 — 0 — — 0 3.00 .864 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Nybro Vikings IF SWE-2 8 3 4 — 0 — — 1 3.22 .912 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Rögle BK J20 SWE U20 2 — — — — — — 1 1.20 .957 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Rögle BK SWE-2 7 4 1 — 1 — — 1 1.28 .957 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Jonstorps IF SWE-3 1 — — — — — — — 4.02 .867 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Rögle BK SWE-2 30 21 6 — 1 — — 4 1.88 .929 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Rögle BK SWE 15 5 8 — 0 782 45 0 3.45 .883 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Växjö Lakers SWE-2 1 1 0 — 0 — — 0 2.00 .895 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Rögle BK SWE 33 9 22 — 0 1949 98 1 3.02 .904 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Färjestad BK SWE 23 13 8 — 0 1268 46 2 2.18 .924 5 4 1 — — 0 1.60 .944 2011–12 Färjestad BK SWE 45 22 19 — 0 2590 88 5 2.04 .928 7 — — 400 12 1 1.80 .944 2012–13 Dallas Stars NHL 5 1 3 — 1 292 15 0 3.09 .897 — — — — — — — — 2012–13 Texas Stars AHL 39 19 13 — 3 2146 85 4 2.38 .907 9 4 5 547 21 1 2.30 .922 2013–14 Dallas Stars NHL 1 0 0 — 0 40 3 0 4.56 .824 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 Texas Stars AHL 45 27 12 — 4 2570 105 3 2.45 .918 19 13 5 1051 38 1 2.17 .919 2014–15 Växjö Lakers SWE 38 22 13 — 0 2135 70 5 1.97 .913 16 11 5 — — 3 1.66 .924 2015–16 Växjö Lakers SWE 38 19 18 — 0 2202 93 3 2.53 .898 10 6 4 — — 0 2.02 .914 2016–17 Malmö Redhawks SWE 23 7 14 — 0 1312 60 1 2.74 .900 4 2 2 — — 0 3.16 .875 2017–18 Malmö Redhawks SWE 2 1 0 — 0 80 1 0 0.75 .966 — — — — — — — — 2018–19 Malmö Redhawks SWE 18 4 12 — 0 879 43 2 2.94 .909 — — — — — — — — 2019–20 Graz 99ers EBEL 33 18 14 — 0 1938 90 0 2.79 .914 3 1 2 — — 0 2.75 .934 2020–21 Rungsted Seier Capital DEN 32 — — — — — — — — .912 — — — — — — — .923 NHL totals 6 1 3 — 1 331 18 0 3.26 .890 — — — — — — — —

Awards and honors Award Year SHL Le Mat trophy 2011, 2015 AHL Calder Cup (Texas Stars) 2014