1986–87 New York Rangers · NHL
Division	4th Patrick
Conference	7th Wales
1986–87 record	34–38–8
Goals for	307
Goals against	323
General Manager	Phil Esposito
Coach	Ted Sator/Tom Webster/Phil Esposito
Captain	Ron Greschner
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Walt Poddubny/Tomas Sandstrom (40)
Assists	Walt Poddubny (47)
Points	Walt Poddubny (87)
Penalties in minutes	Larry Melnyk (182)
Wins	John Vanbiesbrouck (18)
Goals against average	John Vanbiesbrouck (3.64)

The 1986–87 New York Rangers season was the 61st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the Patrick Division with 76 points, and qualified for the NHL playoffs. New York was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Philadelphia Flyers.

OffseasonEdit

Regular seasonEdit

Final standingsEdit

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	46	26	8	310	245	100
Washington Capitals	80	38	32	10	285	278	86
New York Islanders	80	35	33	12	279	281	82
New York Rangers	80	34	38	8	307	323	76
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	38	12	297	290	72
New Jersey Devils	80	29	45	6	293	368	64

Game logEdit

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 9, 1986	3–5	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1986	5–6 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	0–2–0
3	L	October 13, 1986	6–7 OT	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	0–3–0
4	T	October 15, 1986	5–5 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	0–3–1
5	W	October 18, 1986	3–2	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	1–3–1
6	T	October 19, 1986	2–2 OT	New York Islanders (1986–87)	1–3–2
7	W	October 22, 1986	5–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	2–3–2
8	T	October 25, 1986	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	2–3–3
9	T	October 26, 1986	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	2–3–4
10	L	October 29, 1986	2–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	2–4–4
11	L	November 2, 1986	4–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	2–5–4
12	L	November 5, 1986	4–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	2–6–4
13	W	November 8, 1986	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	3–6–4
14	L	November 9, 1986	5–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	3–7–4
15	W	November 12, 1986	2–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	4–7–4
16	W	November 14, 1986	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	5–7–4
17	L	November 16, 1986	6–8	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	5–8–4
18	L	November 17, 1986	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	5–9–4
19	L	November 19, 1986	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	5–10–4
20	W	November 21, 1986	8–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	6–10–4
21	L	November 22, 1986	5–8	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	6–11–4
22	W	November 26, 1986	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	7–11–4
23	T	November 29, 1986	5–5 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	7–11–5
24	T	November 30, 1986	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	7–11–6
25	L	December 2, 1986	5–8	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	7–12–6
26	W	December 5, 1986	6–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	8–12–6
27	W	December 10, 1986	5–4	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	9–12–6
28	L	December 11, 1986	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	9–13–6
29	W	December 14, 1986	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	10–13–6
30	L	December 15, 1986	3–4	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	10–14–6
31	W	December 17, 1986	6–1	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	11–14–6
32	L	December 20, 1986	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	11–15–6
33	L	December 21, 1986	3–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	11–16–6
34	W	December 23, 1986	8–5	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	12–16–6
35	W	December 26, 1986	7–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	13–16–6
36	L	December 27, 1986	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	13–17–6
37	W	December 30, 1986	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	14–17–6
38	W	December 31, 1986	4–3 OT	New York Islanders (1986–87)	15–17–6
39	W	January 3, 1987	5–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	16–17–6
40	T	January 5, 1987	3–3 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	16–17–7
41	L	January 7, 1987	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	16–18–7
42	L	January 9, 1987	1–2	New York Islanders (1986–87)	16–19–7
43	W	January 11, 1987	8–3	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	17–19–7
44	L	January 12, 1987	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	17–20–7
45	W	January 14, 1987	8–5	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	18–20–7
46	T	January 19, 1987	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	18–20–8
47	L	January 21, 1987	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	18–21–8
48	L	January 23, 1987	4–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	18–22–8
49	W	January 26, 1987	6–3	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	19–22–8
50	L	January 28, 1987	1–2	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	19–23–8
51	W	January 31, 1987	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	20–23–8
52	W	February 1, 1987	5–4	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	21–23–8
53	W	February 4, 1987	3–2	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	22–23–8
54	W	February 7, 1987	5–4 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	23–23–8
55	L	February 8, 1987	4–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	23–24–8
56	W	February 15, 1987	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	24–24–8
57	W	February 17, 1987	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	25–24–8
58	L	February 19, 1987	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	25–25–8
59	L	February 20, 1987	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	25–26–8
60	L	February 22, 1987	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	25–27–8
61	W	February 24, 1987	6–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	26–27–8
62	W	February 25, 1987	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	27–27–8
63	L	February 28, 1987	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	27–28–8
64	L	March 1, 1987	3–7	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	27–29–8
65	W	March 4, 1987	7–5	New York Islanders (1986–87)	28–29–8
66	L	March 8, 1987	4–7	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	28–30–8
67	W	March 11, 1987	3–2	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	29–30–8
68	W	March 12, 1987	6–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	30–30–8
69	W	March 14, 1987	3–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	31–30–8
70	L	March 15, 1987	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	31–31–8
71	L	March 17, 1987	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	31–32–8
72	L	March 18, 1987	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	31–33–8
73	L	March 21, 1987	3–4	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	31–34–8
74	W	March 22, 1987	5–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	32–34–8
75	L	March 25, 1987	2–8	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	32–35–8
76	W	March 27, 1987	6–4	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	33–35–8
77	W	March 30, 1987	6–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	34–35–8
78	L	April 1, 1987	1–5	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	34–36–8
79	L	April 4, 1987	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	34–37–8
80	L	April 5, 1987	2–8	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	34–38–8

PlayoffsEdit

Player statsEdit

Regular seasonEdit

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	LW	75	40	47	87	49	16	11	0	5
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	RW	64	40	34	74	60	8	13	0	5
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	C	70	24	40	64	73	-5	4	2	1
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche	C	73	28	35	63	12	-7	8	0	3
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	LW	72	19	38	57	117	7	3	3	0
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	D	78	10	45	55	62	13	5	0	0
McKegney, TonyTony McKegney	LW	64	29	17	46	56	-1	7	2	6
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	D	61	6	34	40	62	-6	1	1	1
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley	C	38	16	20	36	20	-10	4	0	1
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	58	17	15	32	101	-15	5	0	2
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	D	66	8	22	30	68	-13	3	1	0
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	LW	68	8	18	26	24	3	0	1	1
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	34	9	12	21	9	-8	2	1	0
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	38	6	14	20	22	-5	2	0	1
Giles, CurtCurt Giles	D	61	2	17	19	50	3	0	0	0
Melnyk, LarryLarry Melnyk	D	73	3	12	15	182	-13	0	0	1
Carkner, TerryTerry Carkner	D	52	2	13	15	118	-1	0	0	0
Jensen, ChrisChris Jensen	RW	37	6	7	13	21	-1	0	1	2
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	C	40	3	8	11	27	-7	1	0	0
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	D	63	1	10	11	65	-18	1	0	1
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	C	14	4	6	10	6	-8	1	0	0
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter	C	28	2	8	10	20	-12	1	0	0
McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee	LW	21	4	4	8	34	-2	0	0	2
Brooke, BobBob Brooke	C	15	3	5	8	20	-3	0	0	0
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	D	30	2	6	8	50	-2	0	0	0
Jackson, JeffJeff Jackson	LW	9	5	1	6	15	-3	2	0	1
Helminen, RaimoRaimo Helminen	C	21	2	4	6	2	-8	1	0	0
Gagner, DaveDave Gagner	C	10	1	4	5	12	-1	0	0	0
Lambert, LaneLane Lambert	RW	18	2	2	4	33	2	0	0	1
Maxwell, BradBrad Maxwell	D	9	0	4	4	6	-1	0	0	0
Caufield, JayJay Caufield	RW	13	2	1	3	45	-2	0	0	0
Donnelly, MikeMike Donnelly	LW	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Froese, BobBob Froese	G	28	0	2	2	56	0	0	0	0
Price, PatPat Price	D	13	0	2	2	49	-8	0	0	0
Jackson, DonDon Jackson	D	22	1	0	1	91	-1	0	0	0
Walker, GordGord Walker	RW	1	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	0
Leavins, JimJim Leavins	D	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Maciver, NormNorm Maciver	D	3	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	G	50	0	1	1	18	0	0	0	0
Crawford, BobBob Crawford	RW	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Fenton, PaulPaul Fenton	LW	8	0	0	0	2	-5	0	0	0
Kulak, StuStu Kulak	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Scott, RonRon Scott	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siltala, MikeMike Siltala	RW	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert	G	13	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
Talakoski, RonRon Talakoski	RW	3	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	2656	50	18	20	5	161	3.64	0	1369	1208	.882
Froese, BobBob Froese	1474	28	14	11	0	92	3.74	0	784	692	.883
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert	675	13	2	7	2	58	5.16	0	368	310	.842
Scott, RonRon Scott	65	1	0	0	1	5	4.62	0	35	30	.857
Team:	4870	80	34	38	8	316	3.89	0	2556	2240	.876

PlayoffsEdit

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche	C	6	3	2	5	4	-4	0	0	1
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	D	6	0	5	5	0	-1	0	0	0
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	LW	6	2	1	3	6	3	0	0	0
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	D	6	1	2	3	2	-5	1	0	1
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	RW	6	1	2	3	20	-8	0	0	0
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	6	2	0	2	4	1	1	0	0
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	C	6	1	1	2	2	-4	1	0	0
Jackson, JeffJeff Jackson	LW	6	1	1	2	16	-2	0	0	0
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	D	6	0	2	2	6	-6	0	0	0
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	LW	6	1	0	1	0	-5	0	0	0
McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee	LW	6	1	0	1	28	-2	1	0	0
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	C	4	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Price, PatPat Price	D	6	0	1	1	27	-2	0	0	0
Carkner, TerryTerry Carkner	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caufield, JayJay Caufield	RW	3	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	C	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Froese, BobBob Froese	G	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Giles, CurtCurt Giles	D	5	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0
Kulak, StuStu Kulak	RW	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
McKegney, TonyTony McKegney	LW	6	0	0	0	12	-3	0	0	0
Melnyk, LarryLarry Melnyk	D	6	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	LW	6	0	0	0	8	-7	0	0	0
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Froese, BobBob Froese	165	4	1	1	10	3.64	0	96	86	.896
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	195	4	1	3	11	3.38	1	110	99	.900
Team:	360	6	2	4	21	3.50	1	206	185	.898

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and recordsEdit

TransactionsEdit

RosterEdit

Draft picksEdit

Farm teamsEdit

See alsoEdit

• 1986–87 NHL season

ReferencesEdit

• 1986–87 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

External linksEdit

New York Rangers
Team	Franchise • Players • Coaches • GMs • Seasons • Records • Draft picks • History Madison Square Garden
Stanley Cups	1928, 1933, 1940, 1994
Affiliates	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL), Greenville Road Warriors (ECHL)

New York Rangers seasons
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Italics indicate Stanley Cup Championship

1986–87 NHL season by team
Patrick	New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington
Adams	Boston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Quebec
Norris	Chicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto
Smythe	Calgary • Edmonton • Los Angeles • Winnipeg • Vancouver
See also	1986 NHL Entry Draft • Rendez-vous '87 • 1987 Stanley Cup Finals

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