1986–87 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1986–87 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 78th season. The Canadiens finished 2nd in the Adams Division and lost in the Prince of Wales Conference Final to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
==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 	Oct 9, 1986 	4–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	0–1–0
2 	L 	Oct 11, 1986 	4–5 OT 	Edmonton Oilers 	0–2–0
3 	W 	Oct 13, 1986 	6–4 	Minnesota North Stars 	1–2–0
4 	T 	Oct 15, 1986 	0–0 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	1–2–1
5 	W 	Oct 18, 1986 	5–3 	Winnipeg Jets 	2–2–1
6 	L 	Oct 20, 1986 	4–5 	Washington Capitals 	2–3–1
7 	W 	Oct 22, 1986 	4–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	3–3–1
8 	T 	Oct 25, 1986 	3–3 OT 	New York Rangers 	3–3–2
9 	W 	Oct 27, 1986 	6–5 	Los Angeles Kings 	4–3–2
10 	W 	Oct 29, 1986 	5–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	5–3–2
11 	T 	Oct 30, 1986 	3–3 OT 	@ Boston Bruins 	5–3–3
12 	W 	Nov 2, 1986 	5–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	6–3–3
13 	W 	Nov 6, 1986 	6–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	7–3–3
14 	L 	Nov 8, 1986 	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	7–4–3
15 	L 	Nov 9, 1986 	0–3 	@ Calgary Flames 	7–5–3
16 	W 	Nov 12, 1986 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	8–5–3
17 	W 	Nov 15, 1986 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	9–5–3
18 	W 	Nov 17, 1986 	3–2 OT 	Boston Bruins 	10–5–3
19 	W 	Nov 19, 1986 	4–1 	@ Hartford Whalers 	11–5–3
20 	W 	Nov 20, 1986 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins 	12–5–3
21 	L 	Nov 22, 1986 	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings 	12–6–3
22 	L 	Nov 25, 1986 	1–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	12–7–3
23 	L 	Nov 26, 1986 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	12–8–3
24 	L 	Nov 29, 1986 	5–7 	Hartford Whalers 	12–9–3
25 	L 	Dec 1, 1986 	1–2 OT 	Washington Capitals 	12–10–3
26 	W 	Dec 3, 1986 	4–3 OT 	St. Louis Blues 	13–10–3
27 	T 	Dec 5, 1986 	3–3 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	13–10–4
28 	L 	Dec 6, 1986 	1–3 	@ Washington Capitals 	13–11–4
29 	W 	Dec 8, 1986 	5–3 	Calgary Flames 	14–11–4
30 	W 	Dec 11, 1986 	6–2 	New York Rangers 	15–11–4
31 	L 	Dec 13, 1986 	2–4 	Boston Bruins 	15–12–4
32 	L 	Dec 14, 1986 	2–4 	@ New Jersey Devils 	15–13–4
33 	W 	Dec 16, 1986 	4–2 	@ St. Louis Blues 	16–13–4
34 	L 	Dec 19, 1986 	2–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	16–14–4
35 	W 	Dec 20, 1986 	5–2 	New Jersey Devils 	17–14–4
36 	T 	Dec 22, 1986 	4–4 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	17–14–5
37 	T 	Dec 26, 1986 	1–1 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers 	17–14–6
38 	W 	Dec 27, 1986 	6–2 	Hartford Whalers 	18–14–6
39 	L 	Dec 30, 1986 	3–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	18–15–6
40 	W 	Dec 31, 1986 	4–1 	Quebec Nordiques 	19–15–6
41 	L 	Jan 3, 1987 	3–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	19–16–6
42 	W 	Jan 5, 1987 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins 	20–16–6
43 	L 	Jan 7, 1987 	2–3 OT 	Vancouver Canucks 	20–17–6
44 	W 	Jan 10, 1987 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques 	21–17–6
45 	W 	Jan 12, 1987 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	22–17–6
46 	T 	Jan 14, 1987 	3–3 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	22–17–7
47 	L 	Jan 15, 1987 	3–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	22–18–7
48 	W 	Jan 17, 1987 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	23–18–7
49 	L 	Jan 19, 1987 	4–5 OT 	Hartford Whalers 	23–19–7
50 	L 	Jan 21, 1987 	1–3 	@ Hartford Whalers 	23–20–7
51 	L 	Jan 22, 1987 	3–7 	@ Boston Bruins 	23–21–7
52 	W 	Jan 24, 1987 	3–1 	Chicago Blackhawks 	24–21–7
53 	W 	Jan 26, 1987 	3–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	25–21–7
54 	L 	Jan 27, 1987 	1–2 	@ St. Louis Blues 	25–22–7
55 	W 	Jan 31, 1987 	5–3 	Los Angeles Kings 	26–22–7
56 	L 	Feb 3, 1987 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	26–23–7
57 	W 	Feb 4, 1987 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	27–23–7
58 	L 	Feb 7, 1987 	1–3 	@ Hartford Whalers 	27–24–7
59 	W 	Feb 14, 1987 	5–2 	Winnipeg Jets 	28–24–7
60 	W 	Feb 16, 1987 	7–3 	Boston Bruins 	29–24–7
61 	T 	Feb 18, 1987 	1–1 OT 	New York Islanders 	29–24–8
62 	L 	Feb 21, 1987 	5–6 	@ New York Islanders 	29–25–8
63 	L 	Feb 23, 1987 	3–4 	Minnesota North Stars 	29–26–8
64 	T 	Feb 25, 1987 	3–3 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	29–26–9
65 	W 	Feb 28, 1987 	3–2 	New Jersey Devils 	30–26–9
66 	W 	Mar 3, 1987 	4–2 	@ Calgary Flames 	31–26–9
67 	L 	Mar 6, 1987 	1–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	31–27–9
68 	L 	Mar 7, 1987 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	31–28–9
69 	W 	Mar 9, 1987 	5–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars	32–28–9
70 	L 	Mar 11, 1987 	1–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets 	32–29–9
71 	T 	Mar 14, 1987 	3–3 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers 	32–29–10
72 	W 	Mar 16, 1987 	3–0 	New York Islanders 	33–29–10
73 	W 	Mar 20, 1987 	3–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	34–29–10
74 	W 	Mar 21, 1987 	9–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	35–29–10
75 	W 	Mar 24, 1987 	4–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	36–29–10
76 	W 	Mar 28, 1987 	6–3 	Buffalo Sabres 	37–29–10
77 	W 	Mar 29, 1987 	4–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	38–29–10
78 	W 	Apr 1, 1987 	3–2 	Hartford Whalers 	39–29–10
79 	W 	Apr 4, 1987 	3–1 	Boston Bruins 	40–29–10
80 	W 	Apr 5, 1987 	8–2 	@ New York Rangers 	41–29–10
==Playoffs==
=== Philadelphia Flyers 4, Montreal Canadiens 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	79	25	55	80 	16 	-3 	10 	0 	3
 	C 	80	28	47	75 	72 	6 	11 	0 	7
 	RW 	76	27	26	53 	156	0 	5 	0 	1
 	D 	70	13	37	50 	44 	24 	6 	0 	3
 	C/LW	76	23	23	46 	34 	-6 	11 	0 	4
 	C 	79	18	27	45 	68 	9 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	66	11	34	45 	21 	-2 	7 	0 	2
 	D 	71	11	33	44 	124	-5 	6 	0 	2
 	RW 	57	20	19	39 	80 	11 	4 	0 	3
 	LW 	79	18	21	39 	58 	7 	0 	2 	2
 	LW 	59	14	17	31 	96 	0 	3 	0 	4
 	C 	79	11	17	28 	107	18 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	55	12	11	23 	144	10 	0 	1 	3
 	D 	70	5 	17	22 	63 	14 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	41	12	8 	20 	0 	-3 	3 	1 	0
 	RW 	44	4 	16	20 	266	2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	48	6 	12	18 	55 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	47	8 	8 	16 	19 	0 	0 	1 	3
 	D 	75	4 	12	16 	105	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	72	1 	9 	10 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	0 	10	10 	47 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	44	5 	3 	8 	151	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1 	3 	4 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	46	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	22 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2686	46	22	16	6 	131	2.93	1 	1210	1079	.892
 	2178	37	19	13	4 	102	2.81	1 	959 	857 	.894
Team: 	4864	80	41	29	10	233	2.87	2 	2169	1936	.893
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	17	7	15	22 	11 	4 	0 	3
 	D 	17	3	17	20 	6 	2 	0 	0
 	C/LW	17	7	12	19 	10 	2 	1 	1
 	C 	17	9	9 	18 	19 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	17	4	9 	13 	38 	2 	1 	0
 	RW 	17	4	9 	13 	41 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	6	5 	11 	30 	1 	1 	1
 	C 	17	3	8 	11 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	7	2 	9 	13 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	8 	2	4 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	1	5 	6 	29 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	3	2 	5 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	17	2	3 	5 	30 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	14	0	5 	5 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	1	3 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	1	3 	4 	31 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0	4 	4 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	3	0 	3 	75 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	2	1 	3 	29 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	2	0 	2 	19 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	5 	0	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	13	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	708 	13	6 	5	32	2.71	0 	308	276	.896
 	330 	6 	4 	2	22	4.00	0 	173	151	.873
Team: 	1038	17	10	7	54	3.12	0 	481	427	.888
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==
*William M. Jennings Trophy: Patrick Roy & Brian Hayward
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
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