Career
He played in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques, Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames, San Jose Sharks, Montreal Canadiens and the Atlanta Thrashers. He was drafted 103rd overall by the Nordiques in the 1991 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Lindsay played in 777 National Hockey League regular season games, scoring 83 goals and 141 assists for 224 points and picking up 922 penalty minutes.
On Saturday, April 27, 1996 Bill Lindsay scored the winning goal to give the Panthers their first-ever playoff series victory.
He then moved to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Kölner Haie. He is now a television commentator for the Florida Panthers.