1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks season

1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	3rd Norris
1986–87 record	29–37–14
Goals for	290
Goals against	310
Team information
General manager	Bob Pulford
Coach	Bob Pulford
Captain	Darryl Sutter
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Denis Savard (40)
Assists	Steve Larmer (56)
Points	Denis Savard (90)
Penalty minutes	Al Secord (196)
Wins	Bob Sauvé (19)
Goals against average	Bob Sauvé (3.59)

The 1986–87 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 61st season in the NHL. The franchise changed the spelling of their name from "Black Hawks" to "Blackhawks." The Hawks finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 0.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	80	32	33	15	281	293	79
Detroit Red Wings	80	34	36	10	260	274	78
Chicago Blackhawks	80	29	37	14	290	310	72
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	32	42	6	286	319	70
Minnesota North Stars	80	30	40	10	296	314	70

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1986	3–2	New York Islanders (1986–87)	1–0–0
2	L	October 11, 1986	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	1–1–0
3	L	October 12, 1986	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	1–2–0
4	T	October 15, 1986	5–5 OT	New York Rangers (1986–87)	1–2–1
5	L	October 18, 1986	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	1–3–1
6	L	October 19, 1986	5–8	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	1–4–1
7	L	October 21, 1986	1–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	1–5–1
8	T	October 24, 1986	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	1–5–2
9	W	October 26, 1986	8–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	2–5–2
10	L	October 28, 1986	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	2–6–2
11	L	October 29, 1986	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	2–7–2
12	W	November 1, 1986	6–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	3–7–2
13	L	November 2, 1986	3–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	3–8–2
14	W	November 5, 1986	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	4–8–2
15	L	November 8, 1986	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	4–9–2
16	T	November 9, 1986	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	4–9–3
17	T	November 12, 1986	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	4–9–4
18	L	November 15, 1986	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	4–10–4
19	L	November 16, 1986	3–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	4–11–4
20	T	November 19, 1986	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	4–11–5
21	L	November 20, 1986	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	4–12–5
22	W	November 23, 1986	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	5–12–5
23	L	November 26, 1986	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	5–13–5
24	W	November 28, 1986	6–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	6–13–5
25	L	November 29, 1986	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	6–14–5
26	W	December 2, 1986	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	7–14–5
27	L	December 4, 1986	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	7–15–5
28	L	December 6, 1986	2–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	7–16–5
29	W	December 10, 1986	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	8–16–5
30	T	December 13, 1986	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	8–16–6
31	L	December 14, 1986	3–7	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	8–17–6
32	W	December 17, 1986	5–1	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	9–17–6
33	W	December 20, 1986	6–2	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	10–17–6
34	W	December 21, 1986	7–4	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	11–17–6
35	L	December 23, 1986	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	11–18–6
36	W	December 26, 1986	8–6	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	12–18–6
37	W	December 28, 1986	7–5	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	13–18–6
38	W	December 30, 1986	5–3	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	14–18–6
39	L	December 31, 1986	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	14–19–6
40	W	January 3, 1987	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	15–19–6
41	L	January 4, 1987	1–4	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	15–20–6
42	W	January 7, 1987	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	16–20–6
43	W	January 11, 1987	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	17–20–6
44	L	January 14, 1987	1–3	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	17–21–6
45	L	January 17, 1987	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	17–22–6
46	L	January 18, 1987	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	17–23–6
47	T	January 21, 1987	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	17–23–7
48	L	January 23, 1987	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	17–24–7
49	L	January 24, 1987	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	17–25–7
50	L	January 26, 1987	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	17–26–7
51	W	January 28, 1987	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	18–26–7
52	T	January 31, 1987	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	18–26–8
53	W	February 1, 1987	6–4	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	19–26–8
54	W	February 4, 1987	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	20–26–8
55	L	February 7, 1987	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	20–27–8
56	L	February 8, 1987	4–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	20–28–8
57	W	February 15, 1987	6–4	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	21–28–8
58	L	February 17, 1987	4–5	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	21–29–8
59	W	February 19, 1987	5–2	New York Rangers (1986–87)	22–29–8
60	W	February 21, 1987	6–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	23–29–8
61	T	February 22, 1987	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	23–29–9
62	T	February 25, 1987	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	23–29–10
63	W	February 28, 1987	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	24–29–10
64	W	March 1, 1987	6–1	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	25–29–10
65	W	March 4, 1987	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	26–29–10
66	W	March 7, 1987	4–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	27–29–10
67	L	March 8, 1987	5–6	New York Islanders (1986–87)	27–30–10
68	L	March 11, 1987	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	27–31–10
69	T	March 14, 1987	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	27–31–11
70	L	March 15, 1987	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	27–32–11
71	T	March 17, 1987	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	27–32–12
72	W	March 18, 1987	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	28–32–12
73	L	March 21, 1987	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	28–33–12
74	L	March 22, 1987	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	28–34–12
75	T	March 25, 1987	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	28–34–13
76	L	March 28, 1987	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	28–35–13
77	L	March 29, 1987	6–8	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	28–36–13
78	T	April 1, 1987	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	28–36–14
79	L	April 4, 1987	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	28–37–14
80	W	April 5, 1987	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	29–37–14

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	70	40	50	90	108	15	7	0	7
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	80	28	56	84	22	20	10	0	4
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	77	28	43	71	59	14	4	2	3
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	80	32	29	61	114	-18	7	0	4
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	77	29	29	58	196	-20	5	0	3
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	79	16	35	51	119	-4	2	1	2
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	75	25	25	50	182	5	3	0	2
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	69	16	32	48	36	15	7	1	1
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	79	6	38	44	80	-9	4	0	1
Watson, BillBill Watson	RW	51	13	19	32	6	19	0	0	0
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund	D	80	7	20	27	190	-9	2	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	73	4	23	27	86	5	2	0	0
LaVarre, MarkMark LaVarre	RW	58	8	15	23	33	11	0	0	0
Donnelly, DaveDave Donnelly	C	71	6	12	18	81	-7	0	0	0
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	73	8	9	17	19	-8	0	0	1
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	52	5	12	17	34	-3	0	0	1
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	44	8	6	14	16	-3	1	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	66	4	10	14	66	4	0	0	0
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	48	1	13	14	59	10	1	0	0
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	C	39	3	6	9	6	-9	0	0	0
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	63	1	8	9	146	-2	0	0	0
Sanipass, EverettEverett Sanipass	LW	7	1	3	4	2	3	0	0	0
Sauve, BobBob Sauve	G	46	0	4	4	6	0	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	22	1	2	3	6	1	0	1	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	39	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Sceviour, DarinDarin Sceviour	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Camazzola, JamesJames Camazzola	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cassidy, BruceBruce Cassidy	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Sauve, BobBob Sauve	2660	46	19	19	5	159	3.59	1	1497	1338	.894
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	2059	39	9	18	8	142	4.14	0	1122	980	.873
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	155	3	1	0	1	7	2.71	0	90	83	.922
Team:	4874	80	29	37	14	308	3.79	1	2709	2401	.886

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	2	1	1	2	10	-1	0	0	0
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	0
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund	D	4	0	2	2	11	-1	0	0	0
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	4	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	3	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	4	1	0	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	4	1	0	1	9	-2	0	0	0
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	4	1	0	1	12	-3	0	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	4	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Watson, BillBill Watson	RW	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Donnelly, DaveDave Donnelly	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Vincelette, DanDan Vincelette	LW	3	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	3	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	4	0	0	0	5	-3	0	0	0
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	4	0	0	0	21	-2	0	0	0
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	C	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Sauve, BobBob Sauve	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Sauve, BobBob Sauve	245	4	0	4	15	3.67	0	136	121	.890
Team:	245	4	0	4	15	3.67	0	136	121	.890

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 Blackhawks did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1986–87 NHL season

External Links

• 1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.