Jacob Nilsson

Jacob Nilsson (born 12 October 1993) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for EHC Visp in the Swiss League (SL) in Switzerland.

Playing career Nilsson made his Swedish Hockey League (SHL) debut during the 2017–18 season, playing in 40 games for Mora IK. He made his SHL debut and recorded his first SHL goal on 19 October 2017 against Frölunda HC. On 25 February, Nilsson was fined 13,000 Swedish krona and suspended three games due to an altercation with Rögle BK player Linus Sandin. On 23 April, Nilsson was named to Sweden's National Team to compete at the 2018 Sweden Hockey Games, but was not selected for the 2018 IIHF World Championship. However, due to his success in the SHL and with the Swedish national team, Nilsson created interest from both the National Hockey League in North America and the Kontinental Hockey League.

On 31 May 2018, as a free agent, the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League signed Nilsson to a one-year contract. Nilsson then moved to North America to join the Blackhawks organization. While attending the Blackhawks training camp, Nilsson was assigned to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, on 21 September. After playing 31 games for the IceHogs, and earning 14 points, Nilsson was called up to the NHL for the first time on 22 December. He made his NHL debut the following day in a 6–3 loss to the Florida Panthers.

On 19 April 2019, the Blackhawks signed Nilsson to a one-year contract extension. He was subsequently assigned to the Rockford IceHogs and named an assistant captain alongside Matthew Highmore and Tyler Sikura. In the 2019–20 season, Nilsson compiled 7 goals and 21 points in 62 regular season contests before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19.

As an impending restricted free agent with the Blackhawks, Nilsson opted to return to Sweden in agreeing to a two-year contract with Färjestad BK of the SHL on 26 April 2020.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2009–10 Tingsryds AIF J20 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2010–11 Tingsryds AIF J20 41 11 9 20 22 — — — — — 2011–12 Tingsryds AIF J20 30 4 11 15 28 — — — — — 2011–12 Tingsryds AIF Allsv 11 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2012–13 Tingsryds AIF J20 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2012–13 Tingsryds AIF Allsv 50 4 3 7 24 — — — — — 2013–14 Tingsryds AIF Div.1 38 4 19 23 34 17 2 4 6 8 2014–15 Tingsryds AIF Div.1 32 4 24 28 49 16 3 7 10 10 2015–16 Mora IK Allsv 47 9 10 19 20 3 1 0 1 2 2016–17 Mora IK Allsv 46 20 22 42 65 6 2 3 5 25 2017–18 Mora IK SHL 40 8 10 18 14 — — — — — 2018–19 Rockford IceHogs AHL 61 15 17 32 22 — — — — — 2018–19 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2019–20 Rockford IceHogs AHL 62 7 14 21 26 — — — — — 2020–21 Färjestad BK SHL 50 13 10 23 20 6 0 1 1 0 2021–22 Frölunda HC SHL 5 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2022–23 Frölunda HC SHL 42 8 12 20 16 11 2 1 3 0 2023–24 EHC Visp SL 45 12 24 36 18 8 1 2 3 0 SHL totals 137 32 33 65 50 18 2 2 4 0 NHL totals 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —