1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	5th Patrick
Conference	9th Prince of Wales
1986–87 record	30–38–12
Goals for	297
Goals against	290
Team information
General manager	Eddie Johnston
Coach	Bob Berry
Captain	Mike Bullard Terry Ruskowski
Alternate captains	Moe Mantha Mario Lemieux
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mario Lemieux (54)
Assists	Mario Lemieux (53)
Points	Mario Lemieux (107)
Penalty minutes	Dan Frawley (218)
Wins	Gilles Meloche (13)
Goals against average	Pat Riggin (3.34)

The 1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 20th in the National Hockey League. The Penguins finished 5th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	46	26	8	310	245	100
Washington Capitals	80	38	32	10	285	278	86
New York Islanders	80	35	33	12	279	281	82
New York Rangers	80	34	38	8	307	323	76
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	38	12	297	290	72
New Jersey Devils	80	29	45	6	293	368	64

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	W	October 9, 1986	5–4	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	1–0–0
2	W	October 11, 1986	6–5 OT	New York Rangers (1986–87)	2–0–0
3	W	October 12, 1986	4–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	3–0–0
4	W	October 14, 1986	4–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	4–0–0
5	W	October 17, 1986	7–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	5–0–0
6	W	October 18, 1986	8–4	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	6–0–0
7	W	October 22, 1986	5–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	7–0–0
8	L	October 23, 1986	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	7–1–0
9	W	October 25, 1986	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	8–1–0
10	L	October 28, 1986	2–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	8–2–0
11	L	October 29, 1986	6–8	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	8–3–0
12	T	November 1, 1986	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	8–3–1
13	T	November 4, 1986	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	8–3–2
14	W	November 8, 1986	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	9–3–2
15	L	November 9, 1986	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	9–4–2
16	W	November 12, 1986	2–1	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	10–4–2
17	L	November 14, 1986	4–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	10–5–2
18	W	November 15, 1986	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	11–5–2
19	L	November 18, 1986	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	11–6–2
20	W	November 20, 1986	5–2	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	12–6–2
21	W	November 22, 1986	5–4	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	13–6–2
22	L	November 25, 1986	1–5	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	13–7–2
23	L	November 26, 1986	2–3	New York Islanders (1986–87)	13–8–2
24	T	November 29, 1986	5–5 OT	New York Rangers (1986–87)	13–8–3
25	T	November 30, 1986	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	13–8–4
26	L	December 5, 1986	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	13–9–4
27	W	December 6, 1986	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	14–9–4
28	L	December 10, 1986	4–6	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	14–10–4
29	W	December 12, 1986	8–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	15–10–4
30	L	December 13, 1986	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	15–11–4
31	L	December 17, 1986	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	15–12–4
32	L	December 20, 1986	4–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	15–13–4
33	T	December 22, 1986	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	15–13–5
34	L	December 23, 1986	3–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	15–14–5
35	T	December 26, 1986	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	15–14–6
36	T	December 27, 1986	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1986–87)	15–14–7
37	L	December 30, 1986	3–5	New York Rangers (1986–87)	15–15–7
38	L	January 1, 1987	3–4 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	15–16–7
39	W	January 3, 1987	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	16–16–7
40	W	January 7, 1987	5–2	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	17–16–7
41	L	January 9, 1987	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	17–17–7
42	T	January 13, 1987	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	17–17–8
43	L	January 14, 1987	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	17–18–8
44	L	January 17, 1987	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	17–19–8
45	L	January 18, 1987	0–1	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	17–20–8
46	L	January 21, 1987	5–10	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	17–21–8
47	W	January 23, 1987	6–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	18–21–8
48	L	January 24, 1987	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	18–22–8
49	W	January 27, 1987	7–5	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	19–22–8
50	L	January 29, 1987	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	19–23–8
51	L	February 1, 1987	6–8	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	19–24–8
52	L	February 5, 1987	5–6	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	19–25–8
53	W	February 7, 1987	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	20–25–8
54	W	February 8, 1987	2–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	21–25–8
55	T	February 14, 1987	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	21–25–9
56	L	February 15, 1987	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	21–26–9
57	L	February 17, 1987	1–3	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	21–27–9
58	T	February 19, 1987	4–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	21–27–10
59	L	February 21, 1987	5–6	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	21–28–10
60	W	February 22, 1987	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	22–28–10
61	W	February 24, 1987	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	23–28–10
62	L	February 26, 1987	4–5	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	23–29–10
63	L	February 28, 1987	1–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	23–30–10
64	T	March 1, 1987	5–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	23–30–11
65	W	March 3, 1987	8–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	24–30–11
66	L	March 5, 1987	2–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	24–31–11
67	W	March 7, 1987	7–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	25–31–11
68	W	March 8, 1987	5–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	26–31–11
69	L	March 10, 1987	3–6	New York Islanders (1986–87)	26–32–11
70	W	March 12, 1987	6–3	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	27–32–11
71	L	March 14, 1987	2–3 OT	New York Rangers (1986–87)	27–33–11
72	W	March 18, 1987	5–4	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	28–33–11
73	L	March 20, 1987	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	28–34–11
74	L	March 22, 1987	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	28–35–11
75	T	March 24, 1987	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	28–35–12
76	L	March 28, 1987	4–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	28–36–12
77	L	March 29, 1987	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	28–37–12
78	L	March 31, 1987	3–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	28–38–12
79	W	April 2, 1987	6–2	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	29–38–12
80	W	April 4, 1987	4–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	30–38–12

Playoffs

• The Penguins did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	C	63	54	53	107	57	13	19	0	4
Quinn, DanDan Quinn	C	64	28	43	71	40	14	10	3	4
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	79	26	27	53	142	14	3	2	5
Simpson, CraigCraig Simpson	LW	72	26	25	51	57	11	7	0	3
Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski	C	70	14	37	51	145	8	5	0	2
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger	D	76	11	38	49	52	6	5	0	1
Mantha, MoeMoe Mantha	D	62	9	31	40	44	-6	8	0	0
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot	C	72	14	22	36	8	-7	0	0	1
Errey, BobBob Errey	LW	72	16	18	34	46	-5	2	1	1
Johnson, JimJim Johnson	D	80	5	25	30	116	-6	0	0	1
Frawley, DanDan Frawley	RW	78	14	14	28	218	-10	0	0	1
LaVallee, KevinKevin LaVallee	LW	33	8	20	28	4	-2	5	0	0
Hannan, DaveDave Hannan	C	58	10	15	25	56	-2	0	1	2
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	RW	60	10	13	23	6	9	1	0	1
Siren, VilleVille Siren	D	69	5	17	22	50	8	1	0	0
Young, WarrenWarren Young	C	50	8	13	21	103	-5	3	0	1
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	40	5	13	18	30	-8	0	0	0
Buskas, RodRod Buskas	D	68	3	15	18	123	2	1	0	0
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos	LW/C	31	8	9	17	6	-6	1	0	1
Loney, TroyTroy Loney	LW	23	8	7	15	22	0	1	0	1
Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	D	55	4	8	12	97	12	0	0	0
Bullard, MikeMike Bullard	C	14	2	10	12	17	-6	1	0	0
Schofield, DwightDwight Schofield	D	25	1	6	7	59	4	0	0	0
Schmidt, NormNorm Schmidt	D	20	1	5	6	4	-8	1	0	0
Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque	LW	22	2	3	5	32	-2	0	0	1
McGeough, JimJim McGeough	C	11	1	4	5	8	-5	0	0	0
Wilson, MitchMitch Wilson	C	17	2	1	3	83	-3	0	0	0
Giffin, LeeLee Giffin	RW	8	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell	RW	10	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0
Belland, NeilNeil Belland	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mathiasen, DwightDwight Mathiasen	RW	6	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Riggin, PatPat Riggin	G	17	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Dahlquist, ChrisChris Dahlquist	D	19	0	1	1	20	-2	0	0	0
Meloche, GillesGilles Meloche	G	43	0	1	1	20	0	0	0	0
Charlesworth, ToddTodd Charlesworth	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lemieux, AlainAlain Lemieux	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Rowe, MikeMike Rowe	D	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Mokosak, CarlCarl Mokosak	LW	3	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0
Guenette, SteveSteve Guenette	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romano, RobertoRoberto Romano	G	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Meloche, GillesGilles Meloche	2343	43	13	19	7	134	3.43	0	1123	989	.881
Romano, RobertoRoberto Romano	1438	25	9	11	2	87	3.63	0	713	626	.878
Riggin, PatPat Riggin	988	17	8	6	3	55	3.34	0	465	410	.882
Guenette, SteveSteve Guenette	113	2	0	2	0	8	4.25	0	54	46	.852
Team:	4882	80	30	38	12	284	3.49	0	2355	2071	.879

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

• Mario Lemieux, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1986–87 season:

Trades

October 8, 1986	To Pittsburgh Penguins Warren Young	To Detroit Red Wings cash
October 8, 1986	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dwight Schofield	To Washington Capitals cash
November 12, 1986	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dan Quinn	To Calgary Flames Mike Bullard
January 21, 1987	To Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kontos	To New York Rangers Ron Duguay
February 6, 1987	To Pittsburgh Penguins Pat Riggin	To Boston Bruins Roberto Romano

Additions and Subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Carl Mokosak Philadelphia Flyers free agency (1986-07-23) Mitch Wilson New Jersey Devils free agency (1986-07-24) Kevin LaVallee St. Louis Blues free agency (1986-09-13) Neil Belland Vancouver Canucks free agency (1986-09-29) Alain Lemieux Quebec Nordiques free agency (1986-12)

Subtractions Player New team Via Tom Roulston EC Salzburg (Austria) free agency Mitch Lamoureux Philadelphia Flyers free agency (1986-06-30) Andy Brickley New Jersey Devils free agency (1986-07-08) Tom O'Regan Detroit Red Wings free agency (1986-09-29)

See Also

• 1986–87 NHL season

References

• 1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.