1986–87 Quebec Nordiques season

The 1986–87 Quebec Nordiques season was the team's 8th season in the National Hockey League. The Nordiques finished 4th in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Rendez-vous '87===
Rendez-vous '87 was an ice hockey exhibition series between the Soviet national ice hockey team and a team of All-Stars from the National Hockey League, held in Quebec City. It replaced the NHL's All-Star festivities for the 1986–87 NHL season. The Soviet team was paid $80,000 for their appearance in Rendez-vous '87, while the NHLers raised $350,000 for the players' pension fund.
Rendez-vous '87 was designed as a follow-up to the Challenge Cup series in 1979, hoping that the team of NHL All-Stars could beat the Soviet team, unlike before. To this end, the series was a two-game affair instead of a three-game affair in 1979. The two-game series took place during five days of festivities starting on February 9, 1987 and finishing on February 13. The series was very successful, with some, including Wayne Gretzky, calling for more international hockey, especially between Canada and Russia, the two top powers of hockey at the time.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 9, 1986 	6–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	1–0–0
2 	T	October 11, 1986 	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	1–0–1
3 	W	October 13, 1986 	7–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	2–0–1
4 	L	October 15, 1986 	2–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	2–1–1
5 	W	October 16, 1986 	4–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	3–1–1
6 	L	October 18, 1986 	3–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	3–2–1
7 	T	October 21, 1986 	4–4 OT	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	3–2–2
8 	W	October 22, 1986 	7–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	4–2–2
9 	W	October 25, 1986 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	5–2–2
10 	W	October 28, 1986 	6–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	6–2–2
11 	L	October 30, 1986 	3–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	6–3–2
12 	T	November 1, 1986 	2–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	6–3–3
13 	T	November 2, 1986 	3–3 OT	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	6–3–4
14 	L	November 4, 1986 	3–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	6–4–4
15 	L	November 8, 1986 	1–5 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	6–5–4
16 	W	November 9, 1986 	6–5 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	7–5–4
17 	L	November 12, 1986	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	7–6–4
18 	W	November 14, 1986	4–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	8–6–4
19 	L	November 15, 1986	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	8–7–4
20 	L	November 18, 1986	3–4 OT	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	8–8–4
21 	W	November 21, 1986	6–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	9–8–4
22 	W	November 22, 1986	3–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	10–8–4
23 	W	November 25, 1986	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	11–8–4
24 	L	November 26, 1986	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	11–9–4
25 	W	November 29, 1986	4–3 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	12–9–4
26 	W	December 1, 1986 	4–1 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	13–9–4
27 	L	December 3, 1986 	1–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	13–10–4
28 	L	December 4, 1986 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	13–11–4
29 	L	December 6, 1986 	2–3 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	13–12–4
30 	L	December 9, 1986 	1–4 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	13–13–4
31 	W	December 13, 1986	7–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	14–13–4
32 	L	December 14, 1986	2–6 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	14–14–4
33 	L	December 17, 1986	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	14–15–4
34 	L	December 18, 1986	2–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	14–16–4
35 	W	December 20, 1986	4–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	15–16–4
36 	T	December 21, 1986	4–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	15–16–5
37 	T	December 27, 1986	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	15–16–6
38 	W	December 30, 1986	6–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	16–16–6
39 	L	December 31, 1986	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	16–17–6
40 	L	January 3, 1987 	2–5 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	16–18–6
41 	L	January 4, 1987 	2–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	16–19–6
42 	W	January 6, 1987 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	17–19–6
43 	T	January 8, 1987 	4–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	17–19–7
44 	L	January 10, 1987 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	17–20–7
45 	L	January 15, 1987 	1–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	17–21–7
46 	L	January 17, 1987 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	17–22–7
47 	W	January 18, 1987 	5–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	18–22–7
48 	L	January 20, 1987 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	18–23–7
49 	L	January 23, 1987 	2–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	18–24–7
50 	L	January 24, 1987 	1–2 OT	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	18–25–7
51 	W	January 27, 1987 	4–2 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	19–25–7
52 	L	January 30, 1987 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	19–26–7
53 	W	February 1, 1987 	3–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	20–26–7
54 	W	February 3, 1987 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	21–26–7
55 	L	February 4, 1987 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	21–27–7
56 	W	February 7, 1987 	5–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	22–27–7
57 	W	February 8, 1987 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	23–27–7
58 	L	February 15, 1987	4–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	23–28–7
59 	T	February 17, 1987	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	23–28–8
60 	L	February 20, 1987	3–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	23–29–8
61 	L	February 21, 1987	3–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	23–30–8
62 	W	February 24, 1987	5–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	24–30–8
63 	L	February 26, 1987	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	24–31–8
64 	L	February 28, 1987	1–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	24–32–8
65 	L	March 3, 1987 	1–8 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	24–33–8
66 	T	March 7, 1987 	5–5 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	24–33–9
67 	L	March 8, 1987 	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	24–34–9
68 	W	March 10, 1987 	6–4 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	25–34–9
69 	L	March 12, 1987 	3–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	25–35–9
70 	W	March 14, 1987 	6–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	26–35–9
71 	L	March 17, 1987 	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	26–36–9
72 	W	March 20, 1987 	5–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	27–36–9
73 	T	March 21, 1987 	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	27–36–10
74 	L	March 24, 1987 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	27–37–10
75 	L	March 26, 1987 	2–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	27–38–10
76 	W	March 28, 1987 	5–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	28–38–10
77 	L	March 31, 1987 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	28–39–10
78 	W	April 2, 1987 	4–1 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	29–39–10
79 	W	April 4, 1987 	8–4 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	30–39–10
80 	W	April 5, 1987 	6–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	31–39–10
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Quebec Nordiques 3===
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	75	49	47	96 	61 	-12	17 	0 	6
 	C 	64	24	53	77 	43 	-21	12 	0 	4
 	LW 	77	27	35	62 	8 	3 	6 	0 	5
 	LW 	46	25	19	44 	17 	-12	12 	2 	1
 	C 	76	13	26	39 	267	-5 	0 	0 	3
 	C 	46	10	29	39 	135	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	66	10	29	39 	32 	-2 	8 	0 	1
 	LW 	80	12	24	36 	38 	-4 	0 	2 	1
 	C/LW	73	13	19	32 	55 	-15	0 	2 	2
 	D 	44	7 	22	29 	16 	11 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	56	13	15	28 	8 	-3 	7 	0 	1
 	D 	78	8 	20	28 	71 	-17	1 	1 	3
 	LW 	32	11	16	27 	4 	-6 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	75	0 	19	19 	69 	-35	0 	0 	0
 	D 	70	6 	9 	15 	46 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	33	9 	5 	14 	149	1 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	56	6 	8 	14 	79 	-8 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	71	5 	9 	14 	144	-11	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	15	5 	5 	10 	18 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	25	2 	7 	9 	16 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	40	1 	8 	9 	16 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	C 	18	3 	5 	8 	6 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	36	2 	5 	7 	40 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	47	0 	6 	6 	81 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	2 	3 	5 	4 	-4 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1 	4 	5 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	3 	3 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	2 	0 	2 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	0 	2 	2 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	0 	2 	2 	47 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	38	0 	2 	2 	143	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	54	0 	2 	2 	37 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1 	0 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D/LW	3 	0 	0 	0 	7 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	13	6	9 	15 	12 	3 	2 	1 	1
 	LW 	13	9	5 	14 	35 	-2 	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	13	9	4 	13 	6 	0 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	13	2	10	12 	10 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	3	8 	11 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1	9 	10 	8 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	13	1	7 	8 	56 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	13	3	3 	6 	2 	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	13	2	4 	6 	65 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	2	4 	6 	30 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	1	5 	6 	2 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	2	3 	5 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1	4 	5 	23 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	3	1 	4 	99 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	13	2	1 	3 	26 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	9 	0	3 	3 	26 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0	2 	2 	29 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	4 	1	0 	1 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0	0 	0 	53 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
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==
*Michel Goulet, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
==References==
* Nordiques on Hockey Database
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