1986–87 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1986–87 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 70th season of the franchise, 60th season as the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs finished 4th in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	#	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	6	Vincent Damphousse (C)	 	Laval Voisins (QMJHL)
==Regular Season==
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===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 9, 1986 	7–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	1–0–0
2 	T 	October 11, 1986 	5–5 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	1–0–1
3 	T 	October 14, 1986 	1–1 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	1–0–2
4 	W 	October 17, 1986 	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	2–0–2
5 	W 	October 18, 1986 	3–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	3–0–2
6 	L 	October 22, 1986 	1–7 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	3–1–2
7 	L 	October 25, 1986 	3–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	3–2–2
8 	T 	October 26, 1986 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	3–2–3
9 	W 	October 28, 1986 	2–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	4–2–3
10 	W 	October 30, 1986 	6–2 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	5–2–3
11 	W 	November 1, 1986 	2–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	6–2–3
12 	W 	November 5, 1986 	6–4 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	7–2–3
13 	L 	November 6, 1986 	1–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	7–3–3
14 	L 	November 8, 1986 	3–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	7–4–3
15 	L 	November 12, 1986 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	7–5–3
16 	W 	November 15, 1986 	6–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	8–5–3
17 	W 	November 16, 1986 	7–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	9–5–3
18 	T 	November 19, 1986 	2–2 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	9–5–4
19 	L 	November 20, 1986 	4–6 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	9–6–4
20 	L 	November 22, 1986 	1–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	9–7–4
21 	L 	November 24, 1986 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	9–8–4
22 	W 	November 26, 1986 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	10–8–4
23 	L 	November 28, 1986 	3–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	10–9–4
24 	L 	November 29, 1986 	2–7 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	10–10–4
25 	L 	December 4, 1986 	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	10–11–4
26 	L 	December 7, 1986 	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	10–12–4
27 	W 	December 10, 1986 	8–2 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	11–12–4
28 	L 	December 12, 1986 	3–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	11–13–4
29 	W 	December 13, 1986 	3–2 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	12–13–4
30 	L 	December 17, 1986 	2–3 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	12–14–4
31 	L 	December 18, 1986 	5–6 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	12–15–4
32 	W 	December 20, 1986 	5–4 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	13–15–4
33 	W 	December 23, 1986 	4–3 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	14–15–4
34 	L 	December 26, 1986 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	14–16–4
35 	T 	December 27, 1986 	5–5 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	14–16–5
36 	W 	December 31, 1986 	6–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	15–16–5
37 	W 	January 3, 1987 	7–2 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	16–16–5
38 	L 	January 4, 1987 	3–8 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	16–17–5
39 	W 	January 6, 1987 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	17–17–5
40 	L 	January 7, 1987 	4–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	17–18–5
41 	L 	January 10, 1987 	2–3 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	17–19–5
42 	L 	January 12, 1987 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	17–20–5
43 	L 	January 14, 1987 	2–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	17–21–5
44 	W 	January 15, 1987 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	18–21–5
45 	L 	January 17, 1987 	4–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	18–22–5
46 	W 	January 21, 1987 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	19–22–5
47 	L 	January 23, 1987 	5–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	19–23–5
48 	L 	January 24, 1987 	0–3 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	19–24–5
49 	L 	January 26, 1987 	5–6 OT 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	19–25–5
50 	L 	January 28, 1987 	0–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	19–26–5
51 	L 	January 29, 1987 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	19–27–5
52 	L 	January 31, 1987 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	19–28–5
53 	W 	February 2, 1987 	8–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	20–28–5
54 	W 	February 4, 1987 	5–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	21–28–5
55 	L 	February 7, 1987 	5–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	21–29–5
56 	W 	February 8, 1987 	5–4 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	22–29–5
57 	W 	February 14, 1987 	5–4 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	23–29–5
58 	T 	February 16, 1987 	1–1 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	23–29–6
59 	L 	February 18, 1987 	2–9 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	23–30–6
60 	L 	February 20, 1987 	2–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	23–31–6
61 	L 	February 22, 1987 	2–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	23–32–6
62 	L 	February 25, 1987 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	23–33–6
63 	W 	February 28, 1987 	8–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	24–33–6
64 	L 	March 3, 1987 	3–4 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	24–34–6
65 	W 	March 5, 1987 	7–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	25–34–6
66 	W 	March 7, 1987 	7–2 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	26–34–6
67 	L 	March 9, 1987 	2–3 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	26–35–6
68 	W 	March 11, 1987 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	27–35–6
69 	L 	March 13, 1987 	2–10 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	27–36–6
70 	W 	March 14, 1987 	6–4 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	28–36–6
71 	L 	March 18, 1987 	3–6 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	28–37–6
72 	L 	March 20, 1987 	4–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	28–38–6
73 	L 	March 21, 1987 	4–9 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	28–39–6
74 	W 	March 24, 1987 	6–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	29–39–6
75 	L 	March 25, 1987 	2–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	29–40–6
76 	W 	March 28, 1987 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	30–40–6
77 	W 	March 29, 1987 	6–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	31–40–6
78 	L 	March 31, 1987 	2–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	31–41–6
79 	W 	April 4, 1987 	3–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	32–41–6
80 	L 	April 5, 1987 	2–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	32–42–6
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, St. Louis Blues 2===
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	79	29	44	73 	90 	-20	3 	6 	3
 	RW 	73	32	34	66 	61 	12 	8 	1 	6
 	LW 	78	35	27	62 	114	-3 	3 	0 	7
 	LW/D	80	37	23	60 	271	-23	15 	0 	1
 	RW 	80	21	31	52 	66 	-26	4 	3 	2
 	C 	57	21	28	49 	57 	1 	2 	1 	2
 	C 	80	21	25	46 	26 	-6 	4 	0 	1
 	C 	58	12	27	39 	16 	5 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	61	4 	27	31 	92 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	80	9 	21	30 	55 	-18	0 	0 	3
 	LW 	71	7 	16	23 	66 	1 	1 	3 	2
 	D 	44	2 	19	21 	32 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	56	4 	16	20 	42 	17 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	55	8 	7 	15 	64 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	29	7 	8 	15 	28 	-15	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	67	7 	8 	15 	6 	-5 	0 	2 	0
 	LW 	16	5 	10	15 	12 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	47	5 	7 	12 	172	15 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	43	2 	10	12 	75 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	34	6 	5 	11 	12 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	3 	8 	11 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	33	4 	3 	7 	35 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	34	3 	3 	6 	37 	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	56	1 	4 	5 	103	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	56	0 	4 	4 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	1 	1 	11 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	48	0 	1 	1 	104	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	7 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	0 	0 	23 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	0 	0 	0 	74 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	36	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3026	56	22	28	3	200	3.97	0 	1598	1398	.875
 	1808	36	10	14	3	110	3.65	2 	991 	881 	.889
 	20 	1 	0 	0 	0	3 	9.00	0 	7 	4 	.571
Team: 	4854	80	32	42	6	313	3.87	2 	2596	2283	.879
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW/D	13	6	5	11 	38 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	13	3	5	8 	15 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	13	5	2	7 	42 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	13	3	4	7 	11 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	4	2	6 	23 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	13	2	4	6 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	1	5	6 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	2	3	5 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	2	2	4 	42 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1	3	4 	11 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1	3	4 	27 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	9 	1	3	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0	3	3 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1	1	2 	24 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	13	0	2	2 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1	0	1 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	1	1 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	13	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	761	13	7	6	29	2.29	1 	368	339	.921
 	39 	1 	0	0	1 	1.54	0 	17 	16 	.941
Team: 	800	13	7	6	30	2.25	1 	385	355	.922
Note: 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 Records==
*Rick Vaive, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1986-87 season.
===Trades===
August 18, 1986 	To New York RangersWalt Poddubny 	To Toronto Maple LeafsMike Allison
September 6, 1986	To Chicago BlackhawksFA signing of Gary Nylund 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJerome DupontKen Yaremchuk4th round pick in 1987 - Joe Sacco
October 2, 1986 	To Vancouver CanucksBrad Maxwell 	To Toronto Maple Leafs5th round pick in 1988 - Len Esau
October 3, 1986 	To Calgary FlamesJim Korn 	To Toronto Maple LeafsTerry Johnson
December 2, 1986 	To Vancouver CanucksJim BenningDan Hodgson 	To Toronto Maple LeafsRick Lanz
February 4, 1987 	To Philadelphia Flyers5th round pick in 1989 - Pat MacLeod 	To Toronto Maple LeafsMike Stothers
March 5, 1987 	To New York RangersJeff Jackson3rd round pick in 1989 - Rob Zamuner	To Toronto Maple LeafsMark Osborne
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Ted Fauss 	Montreal Canadiens
Daryl Evans 	Washington Capitals
Marty Dallman	Los Angeles Kings
==See Also==
*1986–87 NHL season
==References==
* Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1986–87
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