Chris Thorburn's NHL career
Right winger Chris Thorburn was drafted 50th overall by Buffalo Sabres in 2001. He played 14 seasons for 5 clubs, 2005-2018. That came to 801 games and 134 points, 53 goals and 81 assists.
Below: the whole of Chris Thorburn's career, season by season.
- Year 20012001 NHL Draft
Chris Thorburn is drafted 50 overall by Buffalo Sabres
First off the board- 1Ilya KovalchukATL
- 2Jason SpezzaOTT
- 3Alexander SvitovTBL
Swedes from the same draftJohnny Oduya850 GP · 190 P
Fredrik Sjöström489 GP · 104 P
Andreas Salomonsson71 GP · 14 P
- 4 years, 5 months and 9 days later · 5 seasonsYear 20052005-2006 seasonNHL debut
Chris Thorburn makes his NHL debut in 0–5 loss against San Jose Sharks
Chris was 22 years old ·
HSBC Arena, USA
Swedes on the ice:
Douglas Murray,
Nils Ekman and
Henrik Tallinder.
Season2005-2006
Chris Thorburn's first NHL season: 1 points
Events80games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2005-2006PlayoffsEliminated by Carolina Hurricanes0 of 18 games0 pointsFirst roundPHIPhiladelphia Flyers4–2Second roundOTTOttawa Senators4–1Conference finalCARCarolina Hurricanes3–4 - Year 2007Season
2006-2007
Chris Thorburn plays only 39 games for 5 points
Events43games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2006-2007PlayoffsEliminated by Ottawa Senators0 of 5 games0 pointsFirst roundOTTOttawa Senators1–4 - Year 2008Season
2007-2008
Chris Thorburn scores 18 points
The whole season2007-2008EventsCareer bestHis best assist season - Year 2011Season
2010-2011
Chris Thorburn scores 19 points — the best season of his career
The whole season2010-2011EventsCareer bestHis best points season - Year 2014
- Year 2015Season
2014-2015
Chris Thorburn scores 14 points
The whole season and the playoff run2014-2015PlayoffsEliminated by Anaheim Ducks4 games0 pointsFirst roundANAAnaheim Ducks0–4 - Season
2018-2019
Chris Thorburn scores 0 points and wins the Stanley Cup
EventsStanley Cup81games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2018-2019PlayoffsStanley Cup0 of 26 games0 pointsFirst roundWPGWinnipeg Jets4–2Second roundDALDallas Stars4–3Conference finalSJSSan Jose Sharks4–2Stanley Cup FinalBOSBoston Bruins4–3 - The career
Chris Thorburn played his last NHL game in 2018
The career ended after 14 seasons, the last of them with St. Louis Blues.