Career
He is the younger brother of Michael Nylander. Nylander has played in his native Elitserien, the Finnish Master of Science-liiga, the Russian league RSL and the KHL. He represented Amur Khabarovsk in Russia from the 2007-2008 season until December 2009 and is now back in Sweden playing with Timrå IK for the remainder of 2009-2010. In January 2012 signed for Coventry Blaze of the United Kingdom Elite League.