1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 1986–87 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 61st season in the NHL. The franchise changed the spelling of their name from "Black Hawks" to "Blackhawks." The Hawks finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 9, 1986 	3–2 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 11, 1986 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	1–1–0
3 	L	October 12, 1986 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	1–2–0
4 	T	October 15, 1986 	5–5 OT	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	1–2–1
5 	L	October 18, 1986 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	1–3–1
6 	L	October 19, 1986 	5–8 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	1–4–1
7 	L	October 21, 1986 	1–9 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	1–5–1
8 	T	October 24, 1986 	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	1–5–2
9 	W	October 26, 1986 	8–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	2–5–2
10 	L	October 28, 1986 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	2–6–2
11 	L	October 29, 1986 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	2–7–2
12 	W	November 1, 1986 	6–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	3–7–2
13 	L	November 2, 1986 	3–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	3–8–2
14 	W	November 5, 1986 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	4–8–2
15 	L	November 8, 1986 	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	4–9–2
16 	T	November 9, 1986 	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	4–9–3
17 	T	November 12, 1986	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	4–9–4
18 	L	November 15, 1986	3–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	4–10–4
19 	L	November 16, 1986	3–7 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	4–11–4
20 	T	November 19, 1986	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	4–11–5
21 	L	November 20, 1986	1–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	4–12–5
22 	W	November 23, 1986	5–3 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	5–12–5
23 	L	November 26, 1986	2–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	5–13–5
24 	W	November 28, 1986	6–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	6–13–5
25 	L	November 29, 1986	4–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	6–14–5
26 	W	December 2, 1986 	4–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	7–14–5
27 	L	December 4, 1986 	1–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	7–15–5
28 	L	December 6, 1986 	2–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	7–16–5
29 	W	December 10, 1986	6–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	8–16–5
30 	T	December 13, 1986	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	8–16–6
31 	L	December 14, 1986	3–7 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	8–17–6
32 	W	December 17, 1986	5–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	9–17–6
33 	W	December 20, 1986	6–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	10–17–6
34 	W	December 21, 1986	7–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	11–17–6
35 	L	December 23, 1986	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	11–18–6
36 	W	December 26, 1986	8–6 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	12–18–6
37 	W	December 28, 1986	7–5 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	13–18–6
38 	W	December 30, 1986	5–3 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	14–18–6
39 	L	December 31, 1986	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	14–19–6
40 	W	January 3, 1987 	3–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	15–19–6
41 	L	January 4, 1987 	1–4 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	15–20–6
42 	W	January 7, 1987 	6–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	16–20–6
43 	W	January 11, 1987 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	17–20–6
44 	L	January 14, 1987 	1–3 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	17–21–6
45 	L	January 17, 1987 	2–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	17–22–6
46 	L	January 18, 1987 	3–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	17–23–6
47 	T	January 21, 1987 	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	17–23–7
48 	L	January 23, 1987 	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	17–24–7
49 	L	January 24, 1987 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	17–25–7
50 	L	January 26, 1987 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	17–26–7
51 	W	January 28, 1987 	5–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	18–26–7
52 	T	January 31, 1987 	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	18–26–8
53 	W	February 1, 1987 	6–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	19–26–8
54 	W	February 4, 1987 	5–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	20–26–8
55 	L	February 7, 1987 	1–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	20–27–8
56 	L	February 8, 1987 	4–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	20–28–8
57 	W	February 15, 1987	6–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	21–28–8
58 	L	February 17, 1987	4–5 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	21–29–8
59 	W	February 19, 1987	5–2 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	22–29–8
60 	W	February 21, 1987	6–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	23–29–8
61 	T	February 22, 1987	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	23–29–9
62 	T	February 25, 1987	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	23–29–10
63 	W	February 28, 1987	2–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	24–29–10
64 	W	March 1, 1987 	6–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	25–29–10
65 	W	March 4, 1987 	3–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	26–29–10
66 	W	March 7, 1987 	4–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	27–29–10
67 	L	March 8, 1987 	5–6 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	27–30–10
68 	L	March 11, 1987 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	27–31–10
69 	T	March 14, 1987 	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	27–31–11
70 	L	March 15, 1987 	2–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	27–32–11
71 	T	March 17, 1987 	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	27–32–12
72 	W	March 18, 1987 	6–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	28–32–12
73 	L	March 21, 1987 	0–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	28–33–12
74 	L	March 22, 1987 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	28–34–12
75 	T	March 25, 1987 	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	28–34–13
76 	L	March 28, 1987 	4–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	28–35–13
77 	L	March 29, 1987 	6–8 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	28–36–13
78 	T	April 1, 1987 	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	28–36–14
79 	L	April 4, 1987 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	28–37–14
80 	W	April 5, 1987 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	29–37–14
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Chicago Blackhawks 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	70	40	50	90 	108	15 	7 	0 	7
 	RW 	80	28	56	84 	22 	20 	10 	0 	4
 	C 	77	28	43	71 	59 	14 	4 	2 	3
 	RW 	80	32	29	61 	114	-18	7 	0 	4
 	LW 	77	29	29	58 	196	-20	5 	0 	3
 	C 	79	16	35	51 	119	-4 	2 	1 	2
 	LW 	75	25	25	50 	182	5 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	69	16	32	48 	36 	15 	7 	1 	1
 	D 	79	6 	38	44 	80 	-9 	4 	0 	1
 	RW 	51	13	19	32 	6 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	80	7 	20	27 	190	-9 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	73	4 	23	27 	86 	5 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	58	8 	15	23 	33 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	71	6 	12	18 	81 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	73	8 	9 	17 	19 	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	52	5 	12	17 	34 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	44	8 	6 	14 	16 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	66	4 	10	14 	66 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	48	1 	13	14 	59 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	39	3 	6 	9 	6 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	63	1 	8 	9 	146	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1 	3 	4 	2 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	46	0 	4 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	22	1 	2 	3 	6 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	G 	39	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2660	46	19	19	5 	159	3.59	1 	1497	1338	.894
 	2059	39	9 	18	8 	142	4.14	0 	1122	980 	.873
 	155 	3 	1 	0 	1 	7 	2.71	0 	90 	83 	.922
Team: 	4874	80	29	37	14	308	3.79	1 	2709	2401	.886
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	2 	1	1	2 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	1	2 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	2	2 	11 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	2	2 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1	0	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	0	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	9 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	0	1 	12 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	5 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	21 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	245	4 	0	4	15	3.67	0 	136	121	.890
Team: 	245	4 	0	4	15	3.67	0 	136	121	.890
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 Records==
*The Blackhawks did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1986–87 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
Chicago Blackhawks season, 1986–87
Chicago Blackhawks season, 1986–87
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