1986–87 New York Rangers season

The 1986–87 New York Rangers season was the 61st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 4th in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 2.
==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 	3–5 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 11, 1986 	5–6 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	0–2–0
3 	L 	October 13, 1986 	6–7 OT 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	0–3–0
4 	T 	October 15, 1986 	5–5 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	0–3–1
5 	W 	October 18, 1986 	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	1–3–1
6 	T 	October 19, 1986 	2–2 OT 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	1–3–2
7 	W 	October 22, 1986 	5–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	2–3–2
8 	T 	October 25, 1986 	3–3 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	2–3–3
9 	T 	October 26, 1986 	3–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	2–3–4
10 	L 	October 29, 1986 	2–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	2–4–4
11 	L 	November 2, 1986 	4–5 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	2–5–4
12 	L 	November 5, 1986 	4–5 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	2–6–4
13 	W 	November 8, 1986 	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	3–6–4
14 	L 	November 9, 1986 	5–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	3–7–4
15 	W 	November 12, 1986 	2–1 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	4–7–4
16 	W 	November 14, 1986 	2–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	5–7–4
17 	L 	November 16, 1986 	6–8 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	5–8–4
18 	L 	November 17, 1986 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	5–9–4
19 	L 	November 19, 1986 	4–5 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	5–10–4
20 	W 	November 21, 1986 	8–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	6–10–4
21 	L 	November 22, 1986 	5–8 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	6–11–4
22 	W 	November 26, 1986 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	7–11–4
23 	T 	November 29, 1986 	5–5 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	7–11–5
24 	T 	November 30, 1986 	2–2 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	7–11–6
25 	L 	December 2, 1986 	5–8 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	7–12–6
26 	W 	December 5, 1986 	6–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	8–12–6
27 	W 	December 10, 1986 	5–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	9–12–6
28 	L 	December 11, 1986 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	9–13–6
29 	W 	December 14, 1986 	3–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	10–13–6
30 	L 	December 15, 1986 	3–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	10–14–6
31 	W 	December 17, 1986 	6–1 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	11–14–6
32 	L 	December 20, 1986 	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	11–15–6
33 	L 	December 21, 1986 	3–4 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	11–16–6
34 	W 	December 23, 1986 	8–5 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	12–16–6
35 	W 	December 26, 1986 	7–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	13–16–6
36 	L 	December 27, 1986 	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	13–17–6
37 	W 	December 30, 1986 	5–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	14–17–6
38 	W 	December 31, 1986 	4–3 OT 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	15–17–6
39 	W 	January 3, 1987 	5–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	16–17–6
40 	T 	January 5, 1987 	3–3 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	16–17–7
41 	L 	January 7, 1987 	3–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	16–18–7
42 	L 	January 9, 1987 	1–2 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	16–19–7
43 	W 	January 11, 1987 	8–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	17–19–7
44 	L 	January 12, 1987 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	17–20–7
45 	W 	January 14, 1987 	8–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	18–20–7
46 	T 	January 19, 1987 	2–2 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	18–20–8
47 	L 	January 21, 1987 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	18–21–8
48 	L 	January 23, 1987 	4–7 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	18–22–8
49 	W 	January 26, 1987 	6–3 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	19–22–8
50 	L 	January 28, 1987 	1–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	19–23–8
51 	W 	January 31, 1987 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	20–23–8
52 	W 	February 1, 1987 	5–4 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	21–23–8
53 	W 	February 4, 1987 	3–2 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	22–23–8
54 	W 	February 7, 1987 	5–4 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	23–23–8
55 	L 	February 8, 1987 	4–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	23–24–8
56 	W 	February 15, 1987 	4–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	24–24–8
57 	W 	February 17, 1987 	6–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	25–24–8
58 	L 	February 19, 1987 	2–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	25–25–8
59 	L 	February 20, 1987 	3–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	25–26–8
60 	L 	February 22, 1987 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	25–27–8
61 	W 	February 24, 1987 	6–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	26–27–8
62 	W 	February 25, 1987 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	27–27–8
63 	L 	February 28, 1987 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	27–28–8
64 	L 	March 1, 1987 	3–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	27–29–8
65 	W 	March 4, 1987 	7–5 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	28–29–8
66 	L 	March 8, 1987 	4–7 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	28–30–8
67 	W 	March 11, 1987 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	29–30–8
68 	W 	March 12, 1987 	6–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	30–30–8
69 	W 	March 14, 1987 	3–2 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	31–30–8
70 	L 	March 15, 1987 	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	31–31–8
71 	L 	March 17, 1987 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	31–32–8
72 	L 	March 18, 1987 	3–5 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	31–33–8
73 	L 	March 21, 1987 	3–4 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	31–34–8
74 	W 	March 22, 1987 	5–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	32–34–8
75 	L 	March 25, 1987 	2–8 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	32–35–8
76 	W 	March 27, 1987 	6–4 	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	33–35–8
77 	W 	March 30, 1987 	6–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	34–35–8
78 	L 	April 1, 1987 	1–5 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	34–36–8
79 	L 	April 4, 1987 	3–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	34–37–8
80 	L 	April 5, 1987 	2–8 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	34–38–8
==Playoffs==
===Philadelphia Flyers 4, New York Rangers 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	75	40	47	87 	49 	16 	11 	0 	5
 	RW 	64	40	34	74 	60 	8 	13 	0 	5
 	C 	70	24	40	64 	73 	-5 	4 	2 	1
 	C 	73	28	35	63 	12 	-7 	8 	0 	3
 	LW 	72	19	38	57 	117	7 	3 	3 	0
 	D 	78	10	45	55 	62 	13 	5 	0 	0
 	LW 	64	29	17	46 	56 	-1 	7 	2 	6
 	D 	61	6 	34	40 	62 	-6 	1 	1 	1
 	C 	38	16	20	36 	20 	-10	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	58	17	15	32 	101	-15	5 	0 	2
 	D 	66	8 	22	30 	68 	-13	3 	1 	0
 	LW 	68	8 	18	26 	24 	3 	0 	1 	1
 	C/RW	34	9 	12	21 	9 	-8 	2 	1 	0
 	LW 	38	6 	14	20 	22 	-5 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	61	2 	17	19 	50 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	73	3 	12	15 	182	-13	0 	0 	1
 	D 	52	2 	13	15 	118	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	6 	7 	13 	21 	-1 	0 	1 	2
 	C 	40	3 	8 	11 	27 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	63	1 	10	11 	65 	-18	1 	0 	1
 	C 	14	4 	6 	10 	6 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	28	2 	8 	10 	20 	-12	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	4 	4 	8 	34 	-2 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	15	3 	5 	8 	20 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	2 	6 	8 	50 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	5 	1 	6 	15 	-3 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	21	2 	4 	6 	2 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	4 	5 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	2 	2 	4 	33 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	9 	0 	4 	4 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	2 	1 	3 	45 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	2 	2 	49 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	28	0 	2 	2 	56 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	1 	0 	1 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	1 	0 	1 	91 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	50	0 	1 	1 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	21 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	13	0 	0 	0 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2656	50	18	20	5	161	3.64	0 	1369	1208	.882
 	1474	28	14	11	0	92 	3.74	0 	784 	692 	.883
 	675 	13	2 	7 	2	58 	5.16	0 	368 	310 	.842
 	65 	1 	0 	0 	1	5 	4.62	0 	35 	30 	.857
Team: 	4870	80	34	38	8	316	3.89	0 	2556	2240	.876
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	6 	3	2	5 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	6 	0	5	5 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	2	1	3 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	2	3 	2 	-5 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	6 	1	2	3 	20 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	6 	2	0	2 	4 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1	1	2 	2 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	1	2 	16 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	2	2 	6 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	0	1 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	0	1 	28 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	27 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	0	0 	12 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	0	0 	8 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	165	4 	1	1	10	3.64	0 	96 	86 	.896
 	195	4 	1	3	11	3.38	1 	110	99 	.900
Team: 	360	6 	2	4	21	3.50	1 	206	185	.898
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 Rangers did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1986–87 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1986–87
New York Rangers season, 1986–87
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