1986–87 Detroit Red Wings season

1986–87 Detroit Red Wings
Division	2nd Norris
1986–87 record	34–36–10
Goals for	260
Goals against	274
Team information
General manager	Jim Devellano
Coach	Jacques Demers
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	John Ogrodnick Gerard Gallant Mike O'Connell
Team leaders
Goals	Gerard Gallant (38)
Assists	Steve Yzerman (59)
Points	Steve Yzerman (90)
Penalty minutes	Joe Kocur (276)
Wins	Greg Stefan (20)
Goals against average	Sam St. Laurent (2.81)

The 1986–87 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 54th season. The Wings finished 2nd in the Norris Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 1.

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

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	80	31	59	90	43	-1	9	1	2
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant	LW	80	38	34	72	216	-5	17	0	4
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch	D	77	13	45	58	52	14	7	1	2
Klima, PetrPetr Klima	W	77	30	23	53	42	-9	6	0	5
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	LW/C	80	22	25	47	107	2	1	2	1
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	C	76	15	32	47	21	0	4	0	1
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	LW	39	12	28	40	6	-2	4	1	1
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton	LW	35	15	16	31	22	-3	3	1	3
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	77	5	26	31	70	-25	3	1	0
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	D	57	6	21	27	163	-23	4	0	2
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	37	13	13	26	49	7	4	0	5
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	77	12	14	26	124	-2	0	1	1
Probert, BobBob Probert	LW	63	13	11	24	221	-6	2	0	0
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur	RW	77	9	9	18	276	-10	2	0	2
Shedden, DougDoug Shedden	C	33	6	12	18	6	3	1	0	1
Snepsts, HaroldHarold Snepsts	D	54	1	13	14	129	7	0	0	0
Seiling, RicRic Seiling	RW/C	74	3	8	11	49	-4	0	0	0
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	34	3	6	9	70	-4	1	0	1
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	58	2	5	7	66	12	0	0	0
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme	D	24	2	3	5	33	-1	0	0	0
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson	D	45	1	4	5	73	-7	0	0	0
Zombo, RickRick Zombo	D	44	1	4	5	59	-6	0	0	0
Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman	C	13	2	2	4	19	1	0	1	1
McRae, BasilBasil McRae	LW	36	2	2	4	193	-3	1	0	1
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	G	43	0	4	4	24	0	0	0	0
Lamb, MarkMark Lamb	C	22	2	1	3	8	0	0	0	0
Carroll, BillyBilly Carroll	C	31	1	2	3	6	-9	0	0	1
Halward, DougDoug Halward	D	11	0	3	3	19	4	0	0	0
Sharples, JeffJeff Sharples	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel	RW	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
LaForest, MarkMark LaForest	G	5	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0
Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy	RW	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Cichocki, ChrisChris Cichocki	RW	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Johnstone, EddieEddie Johnstone	RW	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Krentz, DaleDale Krentz	LW	8	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	G	36	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	2351	43	20	17	3	135	3.45	1	1082	947	.875
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	1963	36	11	16	5	104	3.18	1	975	871	.893
LaForest, MarkMark LaForest	219	5	2	1	0	12	3.29	0	111	99	.892
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent	342	6	1	2	2	16	2.81	0	135	119	.881
Team:	4875	80	34	36	10	267	3.29	2	2303	2036	.884

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	16	5	13	18	8	1	0	0
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant	LW	16	8	6	14	43	2	0	0
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton	LW	16	4	9	13	6	2	0	0
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	C	16	4	7	11	6	0	0	1
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	LW/C	16	7	2	9	20	0	0	2
Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman	C	16	5	2	7	28	0	1	1
Probert, BobBob Probert	LW	16	3	4	7	63	1	0	1
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch	D	12	3	4	7	8	2	0	1
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	D	16	1	6	7	31	0	0	1
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur	RW	16	2	3	5	71	1	0	2
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	16	1	4	5	14	0	0	0
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	14	0	4	4	10	0	0	0
Klima, PetrPetr Klima	W	13	1	2	3	4	0	0	0
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme	D	16	0	2	2	14	0	0	0
Snepsts, HaroldHarold Snepsts	D	11	0	2	2	18	0	0	0
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	G	9	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	13	1	0	1	14	0	0	0
Zombo, RickRick Zombo	D	7	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	12	0	1	1	16	0	0	0
Sharples, JeffJeff Sharples	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson	D	2	0	0	0	19	0	0	0
Seiling, RicRic Seiling	RW/C	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel	RW	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Lamb, MarkMark Lamb	C	11	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	467	8	5	2	13	1.67	2	227	214	.943
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	508	9	4	5	24	2.83	0	252	228	.905
Team:	975	16	9	7	37	2.28	2	479	442	.923

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

• Jack Adams Award: Jacques Demers

Game Ads

See Also

• 1986–87 NHL season

External Links

• 1986–87 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.

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