1986–87 New York Islanders season

The 1986–87 New York Islanders season was the 15th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 3rd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	17 	Tom Fitzgerald	 	Austin Prep (Mass.)
2 	38 	Dennis Vaske 	 	Plymouth Armstrong H.S. (Minn.)
3 	59 	Bill Berg 	 	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
 http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1986e.html
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 9, 1986 	2–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	0–1–0
2 	L	October 11, 1986 	4–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	0–2–0
3 	W	October 16, 1986 	7–4 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	1–2–0
4 	L	October 18, 1986 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	1–3–0
5 	T	October 19, 1986 	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	1–3–1
6 	W	October 21, 1986 	6–3 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	2–3–1
7 	W	October 25, 1986 	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	3–3–1
8 	W	October 28, 1986 	2–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	4–3–1
9 	L	October 30, 1986 	6–7 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	4–4–1
10 	W	November 1, 1986 	7–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	5–4–1
11 	W	November 4, 1986 	7–1 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	6–4–1
12 	L	November 5, 1986 	2–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	6–5–1
13 	W	November 8, 1986 	2–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	7–5–1
14 	W	November 9, 1986 	4–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	8–5–1
15 	L	November 11, 1986	2–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	8–6–1
16 	W	November 15, 1986	7–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	9–6–1
17 	L	November 16, 1986	1–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	9–7–1
18 	W	November 18, 1986	4–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	10–7–1
19 	W	November 20, 1986	6–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	11–7–1
20 	L	November 22, 1986	3–6 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	11–8–1
21 	W	November 25, 1986	5–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	12–8–1
22 	W	November 26, 1986	3–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	13–8–1
23 	L	November 29, 1986	5–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	13–9–1
24 	T	December 2, 1986 	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	13–9–2
25 	L	December 3, 1986 	1–7 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	13–10–2
26 	W	December 5, 1986 	4–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	14–10–2
27 	L	December 7, 1986 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	14–11–2
28 	L	December 9, 1986 	2–7 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	14–12–2
29 	W	December 11, 1986	8–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	15–12–2
30 	W	December 13, 1986	4–2 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	16–12–2
31 	W	December 16, 1986	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	17–12–2
32 	L	December 18, 1986	4–9 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	17–13–2
33 	W	December 20, 1986	5–2 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	18–13–2
34 	W	December 23, 1986	4–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	19–13–2
35 	L	December 26, 1986	1–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	19–14–2
36 	T	December 27, 1986	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	19–14–3
37 	L	December 30, 1986	3–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	19–15–3
38 	L	December 31, 1986	3–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	19–16–3
39 	L	January 3, 1987 	4–5 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	19–17–3
40 	W	January 6, 1987 	5–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	20–17–3
41 	W	January 9, 1987 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	21–17–3
42 	W	January 10, 1987 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	22–17–3
43 	T	January 13, 1987 	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	22–17–4
44 	L	January 15, 1987 	2–3 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	22–18–4
45 	L	January 17, 1987 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	22–19–4
46 	W	January 18, 1987 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	23–19–4
47 	L	January 20, 1987 	1–3 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	23–20–4
48 	L	January 21, 1987 	5–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	23–21–4
49 	W	January 24, 1987 	2–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	24–21–4
50 	T	January 27, 1987 	2–2 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	24–21–5
51 	T	January 30, 1987 	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	24–21–6
52 	W	January 31, 1987 	4–2 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	25–21–6
53 	L	February 4, 1987 	1–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	25–22–6
54 	T	February 6, 1987 	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	25–22–7
55 	L	February 7, 1987 	1–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	25–23–7
56 	L	February 14, 1987	1–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	25–24–7
57 	L	February 17, 1987	2–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	25–25–7
58 	T	February 18, 1987	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	25–25–8
59 	W	February 21, 1987	6–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	26–25–8
60 	W	February 22, 1987	7–0 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	27–25–8
61 	L	February 24, 1987	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	27–26–8
62 	W	February 26, 1987	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	28–26–8
63 	T	February 28, 1987	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	28–26–9
64 	T	March 3, 1987 	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	28–26–10
65 	L	March 4, 1987 	5–7 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	28–27–10
66 	L	March 7, 1987 	2–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	28–28–10
67 	W	March 8, 1987 	6–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	29–28–10
68 	W	March 10, 1987 	6–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	30–28–10
69 	L	March 13, 1987 	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	30–29–10
70 	W	March 14, 1987 	7–6 OT	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	31–29–10
71 	L	March 16, 1987 	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	31–30–10
72 	W	March 19, 1987 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	32–30–10
73 	W	March 21, 1987 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	33–30–10
74 	L	March 24, 1987 	1–3 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	33–31–10
75 	L	March 26, 1987 	2–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	33–32–10
76 	T	March 27, 1987 	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	33–32–11
77 	W	March 31, 1987 	4–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 	34–32–11
78 	L	April 2, 1987 	1–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	34–33–11
79 	T	April 4, 1987 	6–6 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	34–33–12
80 	W	April 5, 1987 	9–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	35–33–12
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 4, Washington Capitals 3===
The Easter Epic is the nickname given to a National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoff game between the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals, played April 18-19 1987, at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. It is so named because the game started on Saturday evening but did not finish until the early hours of Easter Sunday.
===Philadelphia Flyers 4, New York Islanders 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
 	C 	80	23	64	87 	50 	3 	13 	0 	1
 	RW 	63	38	37	75 	33 	-7 	8 	1 	5
 	C 	80	38	32	70 	70 	-10	19 	1 	6
 	C 	69	27	36	63 	73 	23 	6 	3 	8
 	RW 	80	24	33	57 	24 	3 	11 	0 	3
 	RW 	63	16	35	51 	81 	17 	6 	0 	4
 	D 	58	12	30	42 	70 	-6 	8 	0 	1
 	RW 	80	14	17	31 	169	1 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	47	6 	25	31 	36 	-8 	1 	1 	0
 	LW 	70	12	17	29 	20 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	74	9 	20	29 	30 	2 	4 	0 	0
 	D 	30	7 	17	24 	37 	0 	3 	1 	0
 	LW 	61	7 	14	21 	65 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	72	5 	16	21 	70 	-4 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	77	7 	10	17 	89 	-17	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	72	7 	10	17 	175	-10	0 	1 	1
 	D 	71	4 	10	14 	110	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	51	6 	7 	13 	26 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	D 	64	3 	8 	11 	32 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	41	6 	4 	10 	17 	8 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	68	0 	10	10 	356	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	3 	3 	6 	46 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	2 	3 	5 	67 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	2 	1 	3 	7 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	2 	2 	37 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	6 	1 	0 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	46	0 	1 	1 	37 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	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 	14	8	5	13 	12 	-6 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	14	5	7	12 	10 	-6 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	11	2	4	6 	8 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	11	3	2	5 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	2	3	5 	0 	-2 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	4	5 	6 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	1	4	5 	25 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1	4	5 	10 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	5	5 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	2	2	4 	6 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	10	2	2	4 	21 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	1	3	4 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1	3	4 	2 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	13	1	3	4 	14 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	0	4	4 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	1	2	3 	21 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	2	0	2 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	0	1 	4 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	1	0	1 	26 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0	1	1 	35 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0	0	0 	51 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	0	0 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0	0	0 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	14	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	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==
*The Islanders did not win any awards this season.
==References==
*Islanders on Hockey Database
Category:New York Islanders seasons
New York Islanders season, 1986–87
New York Islanders season, 1986–87