1986–87 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1986–87 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 54th season. The Wings finished 2nd in the Norris Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 1.
==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 	L 	October 9, 1986 	1–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 11, 1986 	4–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 15, 1986 	3–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 17, 1986 	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	1–3–0
5 	W 	October 18, 1986 	5–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	2–3–0
6 	L 	October 22, 1986 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	2–4–0
7 	T 	October 24, 1986 	1–1 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	2–4–1
8 	W 	October 25, 1986 	3–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	3–4–1
9 	W 	October 29, 1986 	5–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	4–4–1
10 	W 	October 30, 1986 	3–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	5–4–1
11 	L 	November 1, 1986 	0–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	5–5–1
12 	W 	November 5, 1986 	5–4 OT 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	6–5–1
13 	L 	November 8, 1986 	1–2 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	6–6–1
14 	W 	November 9, 1986 	2–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	7–6–1
15 	L 	November 12, 1986 	3–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	7–7–1
16 	L 	November 13, 1986 	5–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	7–8–1
17 	L 	November 15, 1986 	0–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	7–9–1
18 	L 	November 19, 1986 	3–4 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	7–10–1
19 	T 	November 21, 1986 	3–3 OT 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	7–10–2
20 	W 	November 22, 1986 	4–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	8–10–2
21 	L 	November 26, 1986 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	8–11–2
22 	L 	November 28, 1986 	1–2 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	8–12–2
23 	W 	November 29, 1986 	4–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	9–12–2
24 	L 	December 2, 1986 	4–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	9–13–2
25 	T 	December 5, 1986 	3–3 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	9–13–3
26 	W 	December 6, 1986 	4–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	10–13–3
27 	T 	December 9, 1986 	5–5 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	10–13–4
28 	T 	December 11, 1986 	6–6 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	10–13–5
29 	L 	December 16, 1986 	3–8 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	10–14–5
30 	W 	December 17, 1986 	5–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	11–14–5
31 	T 	December 20, 1986 	2–2 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	11–14–6
32 	L 	December 21, 1986 	4–7 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	11–15–6
33 	W 	December 23, 1986 	3–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	12–15–6
34 	W 	December 26, 1986 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	13–15–6
35 	T 	December 27, 1986 	5–5 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	13–15–7
36 	W 	December 31, 1986 	6–4 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	14–15–7
37 	W 	January 2, 1987 	2–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	15–15–7
38 	W 	January 3, 1987 	3–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	16–15–7
39 	L 	January 6, 1987 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	16–16–7
40 	T 	January 8, 1987 	4–4 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	16–16–8
41 	L 	January 10, 1987 	2–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	16–17–8
42 	L 	January 11, 1987 	3–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	16–18–8
43 	L 	January 13, 1987 	3–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	16–19–8
44 	L 	January 15, 1987 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	16–20–8
45 	W 	January 17, 1987 	3–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	17–20–8
46 	W 	January 18, 1987 	1–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	18–20–8
47 	W 	January 21, 1987 	8–5 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	19–20–8
48 	W 	January 23, 1987 	4–3 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	20–20–8
49 	L 	January 24, 1987 	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	20–21–8
50 	L 	January 28, 1987 	1–2 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	20–22–8
51 	W 	January 31, 1987 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	21–22–8
52 	L 	February 1, 1987 	1–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	21–23–8
53 	L 	February 4, 1987 	4–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	21–24–8
54 	W 	February 6, 1987 	6–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	22–24–8
55 	W 	February 7, 1987 	5–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	23–24–8
56 	W 	February 14, 1987 	5–1 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	24–24–8
57 	L 	February 17, 1987 	2–6 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	24–25–8
58 	W 	February 18, 1987 	5–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	25–25–8
59 	W 	February 20, 1987 	6–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	26–25–8
60 	T 	February 22, 1987 	2–2 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	26–25–9
61 	L 	February 24, 1987 	2–8 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	26–26–9
62 	W 	February 26, 1987 	5–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	27–26–9
63 	W 	February 28, 1987 	4–1 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	28–26–9
64 	W 	March 2, 1987 	4–3 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	29–26–9
65 	L 	March 3, 1987 	3–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	29–27–9
66 	W 	March 5, 1987 	9–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	30–27–9
67 	L 	March 7, 1987 	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	30–28–9
68 	L 	March 10, 1987 	4–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	30–29–9
69 	L 	March 11, 1987 	3–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	30–30–9
70 	W 	March 14, 1987 	4–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	31–30–9
71 	T 	March 15, 1987 	1–1 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	31–30–10
72 	W 	March 17, 1987 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	32–30–10
73 	L 	March 19, 1987 	2–3 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	32–31–10
74 	W 	March 21, 1987 	3–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	33–31–10
75 	L 	March 22, 1987 	2–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	33–32–10
76 	L 	March 25, 1987 	1–6 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	33–33–10
77 	W 	March 28, 1987 	5–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	34–33–10
78 	L 	April 1, 1987 	1–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	34–34–10
79 	L 	April 4, 1987 	3–4 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	34–35–10
80 	L 	April 5, 1987 	2–3 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	34–36–10
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Chicago Blackhawks 0===
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3===
===Edmonton Oilers 4, Detroit Red Wings 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	31	59	90 	43 	-1 	9 	1 	2
 	LW 	80	38	34	72 	216	-5 	17 	0 	4
 	D 	77	13	45	58 	52 	14 	7 	1 	2
 	W 	77	30	23	53 	42 	-9 	6 	0 	5
 	LW/C	80	22	25	47 	107	2 	1 	2 	1
 	C 	76	15	32	47 	21 	0 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	39	12	28	40 	6 	-2 	4 	1 	1
 	LW 	35	15	16	31 	22 	-3 	3 	1 	3
 	D 	77	5 	26	31 	70 	-25	3 	1 	0
 	D 	57	6 	21	27 	163	-23	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	37	13	13	26 	49 	7 	4 	0 	5
 	RW 	77	12	14	26 	124	-2 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	63	13	11	24 	221	-6 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	77	9 	9 	18 	276	-10	2 	0 	2
 	C 	33	6 	12	18 	6 	3 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	54	1 	13	14 	129	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/C	74	3 	8 	11 	49 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	34	3 	6 	9 	70 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	58	2 	5 	7 	66 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	24	2 	3 	5 	33 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	1 	4 	5 	73 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	44	1 	4 	5 	59 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	2 	2 	4 	19 	1 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	36	2 	2 	4 	193	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	G 	43	0 	4 	4 	24 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	22	2 	1 	3 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	31	1 	2 	3 	6 	-9 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	11	0 	3 	3 	19 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	1 	1 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	36	0 	0 	0 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2351	43	20	17	3 	135	3.45	1 	1082	947 	.875
 	1963	36	11	16	5 	104	3.18	1 	975 	871 	.893
 	219 	5 	2 	1 	0 	12 	3.29	0 	111 	99 	.892
 	342 	6 	1 	2 	2 	16 	2.81	0 	135 	119 	.881
Team: 	4875	80	34	36	10	267	3.29	2 	2303	2036	.884
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	16	5	13	18 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	8	6 	14 	43 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	4	9 	13 	6 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	16	4	7 	11 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	LW/C	16	7	2 	9 	20 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	16	5	2 	7 	28 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	16	3	4 	7 	63 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	12	3	4 	7 	8 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	16	1	6 	7 	31 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	16	2	3 	5 	71 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	16	1	4 	5 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0	4 	4 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	W 	13	1	2 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0	2 	2 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	2 	2 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	1	0 	1 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1 	1 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	0	1 	1 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0 	0 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/C	7 	0	0 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0	0 	0 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	467	8 	5	2	13	1.67	2 	227	214	.943
 	508	9 	4	5	24	2.83	0 	252	228	.905
Team: 	975	16	9	7	37	2.28	2 	479	442	.923
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==
*Jack Adams Award: Jacques Demers
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Game Ads==
86-87NHLDetroitGameAd.jpg
==See Also==
*1986–87 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
Detroit Red Wings season, 1986–87
Detroit Red Wings season, 1986–87
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