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Español1986-87 NHL SEASON
The '1986-87 NHL season' was the 70th season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. The Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup by beating the Philadelphia Flyers four games to three in the Cup finals.
Regular season
The Oilers won their second straight Presidents' Trophy as the top team and Wayne Gretzky won his eighth straight Hart Trophy and his seventh straight Art Ross Trophy.
Francis "King" Clancy, former defenceman with Ottawa and Toronto, had to undergo surgery to
remove his gall bladder. Unfortunately, infection from the gall bladder seeped into his
body during surgery, causing him to go into septic shock. He died November 10th, 1986.
Final standings
'''Note:' W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes''
Prince of Wales Conference
| Adams Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Hartford Whalers' | 80 | 43 | 30 | 7 | 93 | 287 | 270 | 1496 |
| 'Montreal Canadiens' | 80 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 92 | 277 | 241 | 1802 |
| 'Boston Bruins' | 80 | 39 | 34 | 7 | 85 | 301 | 276 | 1870 |
| 'Quebec Nordiques' | 80 | 31 | 39 | 10 | 72 | 267 | 276 | 1741 |
| 'Buffalo Sabres' | 80 | 28 | 44 | 8 | 64 | 280 | 308 | 1810 |
| Patrick Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Philadelphia Flyers' | 80 | 46 | 26 | 8 | 100 | 310 | 245 | 2082 |
| 'Washington Capitals' | 80 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 86 | 285 | 278 | 1720 |
| 'New York Islanders' | 80 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 82 | 279 | 281 | 1857 |
| 'New York Rangers' | 80 | 34 | 38 | 8 | 76 | 307 | 323 | 1718 |
| 'Pittsburgh Penguins' | 80 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 72 | 297 | 290 | 1693 |
| 'New Jersey Devils' | 80 | 29 | 45 | 6 | 64 | 293 | 368 | 1735 |
Clarence Campbell Conference
| Norris Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'St. Louis Blues' | 80 | 32 | 33 | 15 | 79 | 281 | 293 | 1572 |
| 'Detroit Red Wings' | 80 | 34 | 36 | 10 | 78 | 260 | 274 | 2209 |
| 'Chicago Blackhawks' | 80 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 72 | 290 | 310 | 1692 |
| 'Toronto Maple Leafs' | 80 | 32 | 42 | 6 | 70 | 286 | 319 | 1827 |
| 'Minnesota North Stars' | 80 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 70 | 296 | 314 | 1936 |
| Smythe Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Edmonton Oilers' | 80 | 50 | 24 | 6 | 106 | 372 | 284 | 1721 |
| 'Calgary Flames' | 80 | 46 | 31 | 3 | 95 | 318 | 289 | 2036 |
| 'Winnipeg Jets' | 80 | 40 | 32 | 8 | 88 | 279 | 271 | 1537 |
| 'Los Angeles Kings' | 80 | 31 | 41 | 8 | 70 | 318 | 341 | 2038 |
| 'Vancouver Canucks' | 80 | 29 | 43 | 8 | 66 | 282 | 314 | 1917 |
Scoring leaders
''Note: GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points''
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | Edmonton Oilers | 79 | 62 | 121 | 183 | 28 |
| Jari Kurri | Edmonton Oilers | 79 | 54 | 54 | 108 | 41 |
| Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | 63 | 54 | 53 | 107 | 57 |
| Mark Messier | Edmonton Oilers | 77 | 37 | 70 | 107 | 73 |
| Doug Gilmour | St. Louis Blues | 80 | 42 | 63 | 105 | 58 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 52 | 51 | 103 | 92 |
| Dale Hawerchuk | Winnipeg Jets | 80 | 47 | 53 | 100 | 54 |
| Michel Goulet | Quebec Nordiques | 75 | 49 | 47 | 96 | 61 |
| Tim Kerr | Philadelphia Flyers | 75 | 58 | 37 | 95 | 57 |
| Raymond Bourque | Boston Bruins | 78 | 23 | 72 | 95 | 36 |
Stanley Cup playoffs
''Note: all dates in 1987''
In attempts to reduce the number of first round upsets, the NHL expanded the best-of-five series in the first round to a best-of-seven series.
Stanley Cup finals
'Edmonton Oilers Vs. Philadelphia Flyers'
The Oilers and Flyers would meet again in the finals for the second time in three years. This time, Edmonton was the regular season champion with 50 wins and 106 points, and Philadelphia was second with 46 wins and 100 points.
Unlike the 1985 final, this series would go the distance. Edmonton took the first two games at home, then split in Philadelphia. However, the Flyers won the next two games, one in Edmonton and one back in Philadelphia by one goal, to force a deciding seventh game. Edmonton won Game 7 to earn its third Stanley Cup in four seasons.
During the Stanley Cup presentation, Oilers captain Wayne Gretzky would give the Cup to Steve Smith, who one year earlier scored on his own net that led to their downfall against the Calgary Flames in the Smythe Division Final. Ron Hextall would receive the Conn Smythe Trophy for his efforts.
Many people consider this to be one of the greatest Stanley Cup Finals of all time.
'Game 1' at Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton --
Tied at 1-1 after 40 minutes of play, the Oilers put the game away with a three-goal burst in the third period on scores by Glenn Anderson, Paul Coffey and Jari Kurri. Gretzky registered a goal and an assist in the onslaught as part of a 4-2 win. The Flyers outshot Edmonton 31-26.
'Game 2' at Northlands Coliseum --
This time, the Flyers led 2-1 after two periods. Despite matching the Oilers line for line and speed for speed, Edmonton burned Philly with a third-period goal, then on the game-winner by Kurri, who took advantage of some disorganized defensive play by the Flyers in overtime to score the game-winning goal with a wide-open chance in a 3-2 overtime victory.
'Game 3' at The Spectrum, Philadelphia --
Looking to take a convincing 3-0 series lead, Edmonton came out firing, taking a 2-0 lead after one period on goals by Mark Messier and Coffey, then stretching it to 3-0 on Anderson's fluke breakaway goal 1:49 into the second.
With their backs against the wall, the Flyers began a comeback on second-period goals by Murray Craven and Peter Zezel. Early in the third, tallies 17 seconds apart by Scott Mellanby and Brad McCrimmon tied the game, then put the Flyers ahead 4-3. For the remainder of the period, the Flyers gamely kept the Oilers potent offense at bay until Brian Propp's empty-net goal sealed a 5-3 win.
Until this point, no team had ever rebounded from a 3-0 deficit to win a game in the Finals, and the Flyers won their first-ever playoff game after yielding a game's first three goals.
'Game 4' at The Spectrum --
The momentum from Game 3 did not carry over for Philadelphia. Gretzky notched three assists as the Oilers won, 4-1, and took a three games to one series lead. In a relatively sedate affair, the most shocking event came when Flyers goaltender Ron Hextall viciously chopped his stick across the back of the legs of Edmonton's Kent Nilsson in the third period when trailing 4-1. Hextall was apparently incensed that Anderson and other Oilers had cruised through the goal crease untouched and unpenalized during the game, and took out his frustration on the last Oiler he happened to see skate by. Nilsson was uninjured, but the Oilers were more than prepared to put the Flyers out of their misery and win the Cup back home.
'Game 5' at Northlands Coliseum --
Since the plans for a future victory parade were already published in the day's papers, the Oilers looked like those plans would come to fruition when they dented Hextall for two quick first-period goals. Although the Flyers got one back and trailed 2-1 after one period, Hextall let Edmonton's third goal of the game, a tip-in by Marty McSorley with nearly two minutes gone in the second slip between his arm and body, time was growing short.
Facing the end of their season, the Flyers clawed back and tied the game, 3-3 on goals by Doug Crossman and Pelle Eklund. With almost six minutes played in the third, Propp fed Rick Tocchet in the slot for the go-ahead score. Hextall and the Flyers defense clamped down on the Oilers the rest of the way and the series came back to Philadelphia.
'Game 6' at The Spectrum --
With a chance to close out the series without the pressure of home ice, Edmonton took a 2-0 lead against a hesitant Flyers club on a disputed goal by Kevin Lowe and a stuffer by checking winger Kevin McClelland. The Oilers took control of the game in all aspects, outshooting Philly 15-5 in the opening 20 minutes. Things were not looking up until Lindsay Carson managed to thread a puck through Grant Fuhr's pads a little more than seven minutes into the second period.
The Oilers kept the pressure on, and carried play into the third period. However, Anderson's careless high-sticking penalty with eight minutes left in regulation led to Propp's electric game-tying goal, snapping a shot high into the left corner of the net.
Only 84 seconds later, little-used Flyer defenseman J.J. Daigneault stepped up to a dying puck inside the Oilers blue line, and cranked the puck just inside the right post to give the Flyers a 3-2 advantage.
The only threat to that lead came with 10 seconds left, when Mark Messier picked off Hextall's attempted clear, broke in, and took one shot into Hextall's pads and a second over the top of the net. Mark Howe knocked down a last-ditch Oiler effort at the buzzer, and the Finals headed to a Game 7 for the first time since 1971.
'Game 7' at Northlands Coliseum --
Two unusual occurrences marked the opening of Game 7: The Flyers were awarded a two-man advantage one minute into the contest, and scored the first goal of the game for the first time in the Finals.
Craven banked a shot off Fuhr's skate only 1:41 into the game for a 1-0 Philadelphia lead.
The Flyers failed to score on the back half of the 5-on-3, and the Oilers came back six minutes later when Messier finished off a 3-on-1 with a backhander to tie the game.
Kurri delivered a huge blow to Flyers victory hopes with an impossible-angle goal 14:59 into the second period which gave the Oilers a one-goal cushion. Edmonton poured it on late, outshooting the Flyers 13-6 in the middle 20 minutes and 12-2 in the third, finally getting an insurance goal on Anderson's 30-footer up the middle with 2:24 to play.
With 40 saves in the game, Philadelphia's Hextall cemented his selection as the playoffs MVP despite Edmonton's victory.
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | 'Edmonton Oilers' | '4' | |
| May 20 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | 'Edmonton Oilers' | '3' | (OT) |
| May 22 | Edmonton Oilers | 3 | 'Philadelphia Flyers' | '5' | |
| May 24 | 'Edmonton Oilers' | '4' | Philadelphia Flyers | 1 | |
| May 26 | 'Philadelphia Flyers' | '4' | Edmonton Oilers | 3 | |
| May 28 | Edmonton Oilers | 2 | 'Philadelphia Flyers' | '3' | |
| May 30 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1 | 'Edmonton Oilers' | '3' |
''Edmonton wins best-of-seven series 4-3''
Stanley Cup scoring leaders
NHL awards
All-Star teams
Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1986-87 (listed with their first team, asterisk(
★ ) marks debut in playoffs):
★ Gary Roberts, Calgary Flames
★ Joe Nieuwendyk, Calgary Flames
★ Dave Manson, Chicago Blackhawks
★ Joe Murphy, Detroit Red Wings
★ Steve Chiasson, Detroit Red Wings
★ Kelly Buchberger
★ , Edmonton Oilers
★ Jimmy Carson, Los Angeles Kings
★ Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings
★ Steve Duchesne, Los Angeles Kings
★ Craig Berube, Philadelphia Flyers
★ Ron Hextall, Philadelphia Flyers
★ Vincent Damphousse, Toronto Maple Leafs
★ Fredrik Olausson, Winnipeg Jets
Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1986-87 (listed with their last team):
★ Mike Milbury, Boston Bruins
★ Don Lever, Buffalo Sabres
★ Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres
★ Phil Russell, Buffalo Sabres
★ Darryl Sutter, Chicago Blackhawks
★ Danny Gare, Edmonton Oilers
★ Wayne Babych, Hartford Whalers
★ Peter McNab, New Jersey Devils
★ Mike Bossy, New York Islanders
★ Chico Resch, Philadelphia Flyers
See also
★ List of Stanley Cup champions
★ 1986 NHL Entry Draft
★ NHL All-Rookie Team
★ Rendez-vous '87
★ 1986 in sports
★ 1987 in sports
★ Easter Epic
References
★ Hockey Database
★ NHL.com
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