1986–87 Quebec Nordiques season

1986–87 Quebec Nordiques
Division	4th Adams
Conference	8th Prince of Wales
1986–87 record	31-39-10
Goals for	267
Goals against	276
Team information
General manager	Maurice Filion
Coach	Michel Bergeron
Captain	Peter Stastny
Arena	Le Colisée
Team leaders
Goals	Michel Goulet (49)
Assists	Peter Stastny (53)
Points	Michel Goulet (96)
Penalty minutes	Paul Gillis (267)
Wins	Clint Malarchuk (18)
Goals against average	Mario Gosselin (3.18)

The 1986–87 Quebec Nordiques season was the team's 8th season in the National Hockey League. The Nordiques finished 4th in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3.

Regular Season

Rendez-vous '87

Rendez-vous '87 was an ice hockey exhibition series between the Soviet national ice hockey team and a team of All-Stars from the National Hockey League, held in Quebec City. It replaced the NHL's All-Star festivities for the 1986–87 NHL season. The Soviet team was paid $80,000 for their appearance in Rendez-vous '87, while the NHLers raised $350,000 for the players' pension fund.

Rendez-vous '87 was designed as a follow-up to the Challenge Cup series in 1979, hoping that the team of NHL All-Stars could beat the Soviet team, unlike before. To this end, the series was a two-game affair instead of a three-game affair in 1979. The two-game series took place during five days of festivities starting on February 9, 1987 and finishing on February 13. The series was very successful, with some, including Wayne Gretzky, calling for more international hockey, especially between Canada and Russia, the two top powers of hockey at the time.

Final Standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Hartford Whalers	80	43	30	7	287	270	93
Montreal Canadiens	80	41	29	10	277	241	92
Boston Bruins	80	39	34	7	301	276	85
Quebec Nordiques	80	31	39	10	267	276	72
Buffalo Sabres	80	28	44	8	280	308	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

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

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet LW 75 49 47 96 61 -12 17 0 6 Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny C 64 24 53 77 43 -21 12 0 4 Stastny, AntonAnton Stastny LW 77 27 35 62 8 3 6 0 5 Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton LW 46 25 19 44 17 -12 12 2 1 Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis C 76 13 26 39 267 -5 0 0 3 Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 46 10 29 39 135 4 0 0 0 Siltanen, RistoRisto Siltanen D 66 10 29 39 32 -2 8 0 1 Cote, AlainAlain Cote LW 80 12 24 36 38 -4 0 2 1 Eagles, MikeMike Eagles C/LW 73 13 19 32 55 -15 0 2 2 Brown, JeffJeff Brown D 44 7 22 29 16 11 3 0 0 Lafreniere, JasonJason Lafreniere C 56 13 15 28 8 -3 7 0 1 Picard, RobertRobert Picard D 78 8 20 28 71 -17 1 1 3 Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick LW 32 11 16 27 4 -6 2 0 1 Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw D 75 0 19 19 69 -35 0 0 0 Rochefort, NormandNormand Rochefort D 70 6 9 15 46 2 0 0 0 McRae, BasilBasil McRae LW 33 9 5 14 149 1 3 0 1 Hough, MikeMike Hough LW 56 6 8 14 79 -8 1 1 0 Moller, RandyRandy Moller D 71 5 9 14 144 -11 1 0 1 Lambert, LaneLane Lambert RW 15 5 5 10 18 -1 0 0 0 Quinney, KenKen Quinney RW 25 2 7 9 16 2 1 0 0 Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel RW 40 1 8 9 16 -12 0 0 0 Derlago, BillBill Derlago C 18 3 5 8 6 -4 0 0 0 Finn, StevenSteven Finn D 36 2 5 7 40 -8 0 0 0 Price, PatPat Price D 47 0 6 6 81 -7 0 0 0 Sauve, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Sauve C 14 2 3 5 4 -4 2 0 0 Middendorf, MaxMax Middendorf RW 6 1 4 5 4 -2 0 0 0 Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin G 30 0 3 3 20 0 0 0 0 Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme D 19 2 0 2 14 -1 0 0 0 Shedden, DougDoug Shedden C 16 0 2 2 8 -5 0 0 0 Zemlak, RichardRichard Zemlak RW 20 0 2 2 47 0 0 0 0 Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly D 38 0 2 2 143 -3 0 0 0 Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk G 54 0 2 2 37 0 0 0 0 Stienburg, TrevorTrevor Stienburg RW 6 1 0 1 12 0 0 0 1 Malone, GregGreg Malone C 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Heroux, YvesYves Heroux RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shaunessy, ScottScott Shaunessy D/LW 3 0 0 0 7 -1 0 0 0 Poudrier, DanielDaniel Poudrier D 6 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Sevigny, RichardRichard Sevigny G 4 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk 3092 54 18 26 9 175 3.40 1 1512 1337 .884 Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin 1625 30 13 11 1 86 3.18 0 758 672 .887 Sevigny, RichardRichard Sevigny 144 4 0 2 0 11 4.58 0 56 45 .804 Team: 4861 80 31 39 10 272 3.36 1 2326 2054 .883

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny C 13 6 9 15 12 3 2 1 1 Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet LW 13 9 5 14 35 -2 4 0 2 Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick LW 13 9 4 13 6 0 3 0 2 Picard, RobertRobert Picard D 13 2 10 12 10 3 1 0 0 Stastny, AntonAnton Stastny LW 13 3 8 11 6 0 0 0 0 Siltanen, RistoRisto Siltanen D 13 1 9 10 8 -4 1 0 0 Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 13 1 7 8 56 -5 1 0 0 Brown, JeffJeff Brown D 13 3 3 6 2 -3 2 0 0 Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis C 13 2 4 6 65 3 0 0 0 Lambert, LaneLane Lambert RW 13 2 4 6 30 2 0 0 0 Lafreniere, JasonJason Lafreniere C 12 1 5 6 2 -1 1 0 0 Cote, AlainAlain Cote LW 13 2 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 Moller, RandyRandy Moller D 13 1 4 5 23 5 0 0 0 McRae, BasilBasil McRae LW 13 3 1 4 99 -1 0 0 1 Rochefort, NormandNormand Rochefort D 13 2 1 3 26 -3 0 0 1 Hough, MikeMike Hough LW 9 0 3 3 26 -1 0 0 0 Finn, StevenSteven Finn D 13 0 2 2 29 1 0 0 0 Eagles, MikeMike Eagles C/LW 4 1 0 1 10 -1 0 0 0 Malone, GregGreg Malone C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly D 13 0 0 0 53 -2 0 0 0 Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin G 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin 654 11 7 4 37 3.39 0 326 289 .887 Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk 140 3 0 2 8 3.43 0 56 48 .857 Team: 794 13 7 6 45 3.40 0 382 337 .882

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

• Michel Goulet, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star

References

• Nordiques on Hockey Database