1986–87 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1987–88 Winnipeg Jets season was their 15th season and 8th in the National Hockey League. The Jets finished 3rd in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===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 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 12, 1986 	5–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 14, 1986 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	2–1–0
4 	T 	October 16, 1986 	4–4 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	October 18, 1986 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	2–2–1
6 	L 	October 19, 1986 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	2–3–1
7 	W 	October 24, 1986 	5–2 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	3–3–1
8 	L 	October 26, 1986 	4–8 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	3–4–1
9 	W 	October 29, 1986 	6–2 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	4–4–1
10 	L 	November 1, 1986 	4–7 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	4–5–1
11 	W 	November 2, 1986 	5–4 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	5–5–1
12 	W 	November 4, 1986 	6–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	6–5–1
13 	W 	November 7, 1986 	2–0 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	7–5–1
14 	W 	November 9, 1986 	8–1 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	8–5–1
15 	L 	November 11, 1986 	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	8–6–1
16 	W 	November 13, 1986 	6–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	9–6–1
17 	W 	November 14, 1986 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	10–6–1
18 	W 	November 16, 1986 	3–1 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	11–6–1
19 	W 	November 18, 1986 	3–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	12–6–1
20 	L 	November 21, 1986 	1–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	12–7–1
21 	W 	November 23, 1986 	3–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	13–7–1
22 	L 	November 26, 1986 	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	13–8–1
23 	W 	November 27, 1986 	4–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	14–8–1
24 	W 	November 29, 1986 	6–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	15–8–1
25 	T 	December 3, 1986 	3–3 OT 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	15–8–2
26 	L 	December 5, 1986 	3–6 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	15–9–2
27 	L 	December 7, 1986 	1–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	15–10–2
28 	L 	December 10, 1986 	4–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	15–11–2
29 	L 	December 12, 1986 	1–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	15–12–2
30 	L 	December 14, 1986 	1–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	15–13–2
31 	L 	December 17, 1986 	1–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	15–14–2
32 	T 	December 18, 1986 	3–3 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	15–14–3
33 	T 	December 21, 1986 	4–4 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	15–14–4
34 	W 	December 23, 1986 	2–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	16–14–4
35 	L 	December 26, 1986 	2–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	16–15–4
36 	W 	December 28, 1986 	5–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	17–15–4
37 	L 	December 31, 1986 	1–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	17–16–4
38 	W 	January 2, 1987 	6–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	18–16–4
39 	W 	January 4, 1987 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	19–16–4
40 	L 	January 7, 1987 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	19–17–4
41 	W 	January 9, 1987 	3–0 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	20–17–4
42 	W 	January 10, 1987 	5–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	21–17–4
43 	W 	January 13, 1987 	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	22–17–4
44 	W 	January 14, 1987 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	23–17–4
45 	W 	January 16, 1987 	5–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	24–17–4
46 	W 	January 18, 1987 	5–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	25–17–4
47 	W 	January 19, 1987 	5–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	26–17–4
48 	L 	January 21, 1987 	3–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	26–18–4
49 	W 	January 23, 1987 	7–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	27–18–4
50 	T 	January 27, 1987 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	27–18–5
51 	W 	January 28, 1987 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	28–18–5
52 	L 	January 31, 1987 	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	28–19–5
53 	L 	February 1, 1987 	4–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	28–20–5
54 	W 	February 4, 1987 	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	29–20–5
55 	W 	February 6, 1987 	6–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	30–20–5
56 	W 	February 8, 1987 	3–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	31–20–5
57 	L 	February 14, 1987 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	31–21–5
58 	T 	February 17, 1987 	3–3 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	31–21–6
59 	L 	February 18, 1987 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	31–22–6
60 	W 	February 20, 1987 	6–2 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	32–22–6
61 	W 	February 22, 1987 	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	33–22–6
62 	L 	February 24, 1987 	3–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	33–23–6
63 	W 	February 26, 1987 	4–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	34–23–6
64 	L 	February 28, 1987 	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	34–24–6
65 	W 	March 1, 1987 	6–3 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	35–24–6
66 	L 	March 4, 1987 	2–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	35–25–6
67 	T 	March 5, 1987 	1–1 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	35–25–7
68 	L 	March 8, 1987 	3–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	35–26–7
69 	W 	March 11, 1987 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	36–26–7
70 	L 	March 13, 1987 	0–3 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	36–27–7
71 	T 	March 15, 1987 	1–1 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	36–27–8
72 	W 	March 18, 1987 	4–3 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	37–27–8
73 	L 	March 20, 1987 	5–6 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	37–28–8
74 	W 	March 22, 1987 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	38–28–8
75 	W 	March 25, 1987 	10–1 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	39–28–8
76 	L 	March 26, 1987 	1–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	39–29–8
77 	L 	March 29, 1987 	2–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	39–30–8
78 	L 	March 31, 1987 	4–5 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	39–31–8
79 	L 	April 3, 1987 	4–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	39–32–8
80 	W 	April 5, 1987 	3–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	40–32–8
==Playoffs==
===Winnipeg Jets 4, Calgary Flames 2===
===Edmonton Oilers 4, Winnipeg Jets 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	47	53	100	52 	3 	10 	0 	4
 	RW 	72	32	42	74 	75 	12 	10 	0 	6
 	RW 	69	19	32	51 	20 	-2 	7 	0 	4
 	C 	75	17	33	50 	59 	7 	3 	3 	1
 	LW 	79	27	21	48 	24 	3 	1 	1 	4
 	D 	78	13	31	44 	53 	19 	5 	0 	2
 	D 	79	4 	40	44 	106	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	78	25	18	43 	36 	18 	0 	2 	4
 	D 	71	16	26	42 	93 	-6 	5 	0 	4
 	C 	80	17	24	41 	152	-17	1 	1 	2
 	RW 	80	18	18	36 	105	-13	5 	0 	2
 	D 	72	7 	29	36 	24 	-3 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	71	11	21	32 	106	6 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	63	3 	13	16 	119	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	80	3 	13	16 	13 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	72	5 	5 	10 	162	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	52	2 	8 	10 	60 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	30	3 	6 	9 	12 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	20	1 	8 	9 	8 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	36	3 	4 	7 	52 	1 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	26	1 	5 	6 	44 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	30	2 	3 	5 	57 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	6 	1 	2 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	1 	0 	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
Tom Martin	LW 	11	1 	0 	1 	49 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	0 	1 	1 	15 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	12 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	31	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	48	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2762	48	21	21	4	149	3.24	0 	1256	1107	.881
 	1758	31	18	7 	3	93 	3.17	1 	810 	717 	.885
 	327 	7 	1 	4 	1	25 	4.59	0 	134 	109 	.813
Team: 	4847	80	40	32	8	267	3.31	1 	2200	1933	.879
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	10	5	8	13 	4 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	8	8 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	5	2	7 	16 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	10	3	4	7 	8 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	9 	4	2	6 	0 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	5	6 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	2	3	5 	32 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	10	2	3	5 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	4	0	4 	10 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	10	1	3	4 	23 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	10	0	4	4 	36 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1	2	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	2	0	2 	2 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	8 	1	1	2 	30 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0	2	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0	0	0 	34 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	21 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	439	8 	4	4	21	2.87	0 	210	189	.900
 	166	3 	0	2	10	3.61	0 	74 	64 	.865
Team: 	605	10	4	6	31	3.07	0 	284	253	.891
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 Jets did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
===Trades===
June 21, 1986 	To Buffalo SabresScott Arniel 	To Winnipeg JetsGilles Hamel
July 3, 1986 	To Edmonton OilersMurray Eaves 	To Winnipeg JetsFuture Considerations
August 15, 1986	To Montreal CanadiensBrian Hayward 	To Winnipeg JetsSteve PenneyJan Ingman
January 5, 1987	To Quebec NordiquesBill Derlago 	To Winnipeg Jets4th round pick in 1989 - Mark Brownschidle
January 8, 1987	To Montreal Canadiens3rd round pick in 1987 - Francois Gravel 	To Winnipeg JetsSteve Rooney
June 5, 1987 	To St. Louis BluesPerry Turnbull 	To Winnipeg Jets5th round pick in 1987 - Ken Gernander
June 8, 1987 	To New York RangersBrian Mullen10th round pick in 1987 - Brett Barnett	To Winnipeg Jets5th round pick in 1988 - Ben Lebeau3rd round pick in 1989 - Denny Felsner
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1986–87 NHL season
==References==
Winnipeg Jets season, 1986–87
Winnipeg Jets season, 1986–87
Category:Winnipeg Jets seasons