1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 20th in the National Hockey League. The Penguins finished 5th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==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 	5–4 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 11, 1986 	6–5 OT 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	2–0–0
3 	W 	October 12, 1986 	4–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	3–0–0
4 	W 	October 14, 1986 	4–3 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	4–0–0
5 	W 	October 17, 1986 	7–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	5–0–0
6 	W 	October 18, 1986 	8–4 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	6–0–0
7 	W 	October 22, 1986 	5–4 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	7–0–0
8 	L 	October 23, 1986 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	7–1–0
9 	W 	October 25, 1986 	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	8–1–0
10 	L 	October 28, 1986 	2–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	8–2–0
11 	L 	October 29, 1986 	6–8 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	8–3–0
12 	T 	November 1, 1986 	3–3 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	8–3–1
13 	T 	November 4, 1986 	2–2 OT 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	8–3–2
14 	W 	November 8, 1986 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	9–3–2
15 	L 	November 9, 1986 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	9–4–2
16 	W 	November 12, 1986 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	10–4–2
17 	L 	November 14, 1986 	4–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	10–5–2
18 	W 	November 15, 1986 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	11–5–2
19 	L 	November 18, 1986 	1–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	11–6–2
20 	W 	November 20, 1986 	5–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	12–6–2
21 	W 	November 22, 1986 	5–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	13–6–2
22 	L 	November 25, 1986 	1–5 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	13–7–2
23 	L 	November 26, 1986 	2–3 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	13–8–2
24 	T 	November 29, 1986 	5–5 OT 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	13–8–3
25 	T 	November 30, 1986 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	13–8–4
26 	L 	December 5, 1986 	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	13–9–4
27 	W 	December 6, 1986 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	14–9–4
28 	L 	December 10, 1986 	4–6 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	14–10–4
29 	W 	December 12, 1986 	8–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	15–10–4
30 	L 	December 13, 1986 	2–3 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	15–11–4
31 	L 	December 17, 1986 	0–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	15–12–4
32 	L 	December 20, 1986 	4–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	15–13–4
33 	T 	December 22, 1986 	4–4 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	15–13–5
34 	L 	December 23, 1986 	3–4 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	15–14–5
35 	T 	December 26, 1986 	3–3 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	15–14–6
36 	T 	December 27, 1986 	3–3 OT 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	15–14–7
37 	L 	December 30, 1986 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	15–15–7
38 	L 	January 1, 1987 	3–4 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	15–16–7
39 	W 	January 3, 1987 	6–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	16–16–7
40 	W 	January 7, 1987 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	17–16–7
41 	L 	January 9, 1987 	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	17–17–7
42 	T 	January 13, 1987 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	17–17–8
43 	L 	January 14, 1987 	3–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	17–18–8
44 	L 	January 17, 1987 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	17–19–8
45 	L 	January 18, 1987 	0–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	17–20–8
46 	L 	January 21, 1987 	5–10 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	17–21–8
47 	W 	January 23, 1987 	6–0 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	18–21–8
48 	L 	January 24, 1987 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	18–22–8
49 	W 	January 27, 1987 	7–5 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	19–22–8
50 	L 	January 29, 1987 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	19–23–8
51 	L 	February 1, 1987 	6–8 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	19–24–8
52 	L 	February 5, 1987 	5–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	19–25–8
53 	W 	February 7, 1987 	4–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	20–25–8
54 	W 	February 8, 1987 	2–1 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	21–25–8
55 	T 	February 14, 1987 	3–3 OT 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	21–25–9
56 	L 	February 15, 1987 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	21–26–9
57 	L 	February 17, 1987 	1–3 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	21–27–9
58 	T 	February 19, 1987 	4–4 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	21–27–10
59 	L 	February 21, 1987 	5–6 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	21–28–10
60 	W 	February 22, 1987 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	22–28–10
61 	W 	February 24, 1987 	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	23–28–10
62 	L 	February 26, 1987 	4–5 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	23–29–10
63 	L 	February 28, 1987 	1–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	23–30–10
64 	T 	March 1, 1987 	5–5 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	23–30–11
65 	W 	March 3, 1987 	8–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	24–30–11
66 	L 	March 5, 1987 	2–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	24–31–11
67 	W 	March 7, 1987 	7–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	25–31–11
68 	W 	March 8, 1987 	5–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	26–31–11
69 	L 	March 10, 1987 	3–6 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	26–32–11
70 	W 	March 12, 1987 	6–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	27–32–11
71 	L 	March 14, 1987 	2–3 OT 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	27–33–11
72 	W 	March 18, 1987 	5–4 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	28–33–11
73 	L 	March 20, 1987 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	28–34–11
74 	L 	March 22, 1987 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	28–35–11
75 	T 	March 24, 1987 	3–3 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	28–35–12
76 	L 	March 28, 1987 	4–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	28–36–12
77 	L 	March 29, 1987 	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	28–37–12
78 	L 	March 31, 1987 	3–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	28–38–12
79 	W 	April 2, 1987 	6–2 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	29–38–12
80 	W 	April 4, 1987 	4–3 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	30–38–12
==Playoffs==
*The Penguins did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	63	54	53	107	57 	13 	19 	0 	4
 	C 	64	28	43	71 	40 	14 	10 	3 	4
 	LW 	79	26	27	53 	142	14 	3 	2 	5
 	LW 	72	26	25	51 	57 	11 	7 	0 	3
 	C 	70	14	37	51 	145	8 	5 	0 	2
 	D 	76	11	38	49 	52 	6 	5 	0 	1
 	D 	62	9 	31	40 	44 	-6 	8 	0 	0
 	C 	72	14	22	36 	8 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	72	16	18	34 	46 	-5 	2 	1 	1
 	D 	80	5 	25	30 	116	-6 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	78	14	14	28 	218	-10	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	33	8 	20	28 	4 	-2 	5 	0 	0
 	C 	58	10	15	25 	56 	-2 	0 	1 	2
 	RW 	60	10	13	23 	6 	9 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	69	5 	17	22 	50 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	50	8 	13	21 	103	-5 	3 	0 	1
 	C/RW	40	5 	13	18 	30 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	68	3 	15	18 	123	2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW/C	31	8 	9 	17 	6 	-6 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	23	8 	7 	15 	22 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	55	4 	8 	12 	97 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	2 	10	12 	17 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	25	1 	6 	7 	59 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	1 	5 	6 	4 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	22	2 	3 	5 	32 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	11	1 	4 	5 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	2 	1 	3 	83 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	1 	1 	2 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	1 	1 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	0 	1 	1 	20 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	1 	1 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2343	43	13	19	7 	134	3.43	0 	1123	989 	.881
 	1438	25	9 	11	2 	87 	3.63	0 	713 	626 	.878
 	988 	17	8 	6 	3 	55 	3.34	0 	465 	410 	.882
 	113 	2 	0 	2 	0 	8 	4.25	0 	54 	46 	.852
Team: 	4882	80	30	38	12	284	3.49	0 	2355	2071	.879
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==
*Mario Lemieux, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1986–87 season:
===Trades===
October 8, 1986 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsWarren Young 	To Detroit Red Wingscash
October 8, 1986 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsDwight Schofield	To Washington Capitalscash
November 12, 1986	To Pittsburgh PenguinsDan Quinn 	To Calgary FlamesMike Bullard
January 21, 1987 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsChris Kontos 	To New York RangersRon Duguay
February 6, 1987 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsPat Riggin 	To Boston BruinsRoberto Romano
===Additions and Subtractions===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"	Additions 	Additions 	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions
Player 	Former team 	Via 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Carl Mokosak 	Philadelphia Flyers	free agency (1986-07-23)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mitch Wilson 	New Jersey Devils 	free agency (1986-07-24)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kevin LaVallee	St. Louis Blues 	free agency (1986-09-13)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Neil Belland 	Vancouver Canucks 	free agency (1986-09-29)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Alain Lemieux 	Quebec Nordiques 	free agency (1986-12) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1986–87 NHL season
==References==
* 
Pittsburgh Penguins season, 1986–87
Pittsburgh Penguins season, 1986–87
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