1986–87 Washington Capitals season

1986–87 Washington Capitals
Division	2nd Patrick
1986–87 record	38–32–10
Goals for	285
Goals against	278
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Rod Langway
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Gartner (41)
Assists	Larry Murphy (58)
Points	Larry Murphy (81)
Penalty minutes	Scott Stevens (283)
Wins	Bob Mason (20)
Goals against average	Pete Peeters (3.21)

The 1986–87 Washington Capitals season was the 13th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 2nd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the New York Islanders 4 games to 3.

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

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	D	80	23	58	81	39	25	8	0	4
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	78	41	32	73	61	1	5	6	10
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	77	10	51	61	283	13	2	0	0
Laughlin, CraigCraig Laughlin	RW	80	22	30	52	67	-3	11	0	5
Duchesne, GaetanGaetan Duchesne	LW	74	17	35	52	53	18	0	1	4
Christian, DaveDave Christian	RW	76	23	27	50	8	-5	5	0	2
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould	RW	78	23	27	50	74	18	1	1	2
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	67	14	30	44	184	9	2	0	0
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	73	18	25	43	41	-19	4	0	2
Haworth, AlanAlan Haworth	C	50	25	16	41	43	3	9	0	2
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley	C	40	15	19	34	20	-1	6	0	3
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	78	2	25	27	53	11	0	0	1
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	D	78	8	16	24	144	-29	1	0	2
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	39	10	12	22	26	10	3	1	0
Franceschetti, LouLou Franceschetti	RW	75	12	9	21	127	-9	0	0	1
Jensen, David A.David A. Jensen	C	46	8	8	16	12	-10	2	0	0
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter	C	22	5	7	12	21	-7	4	0	0
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	18	1	10	11	10	3	1	0	0
Blum, JohnJohn Blum	D	66	2	8	10	133	1	0	0	0
Smith, GregGreg Smith	D	45	0	9	9	31	-6	0	0	0
Barrett, JohnJohn Barrett	D	55	2	2	4	43	-16	0	0	0
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	G	37	0	4	4	16	0	0	0	0
Sampson, GaryGary Sampson	LW	25	1	2	3	4	-9	0	0	0
Greenlaw, JeffJeff Greenlaw	LW	22	0	3	3	44	2	0	0	0
Corriveau, YvonYvon Corriveau	LW	17	1	1	2	24	-4	0	0	0
Kastelic, EdEd Kastelic	W	23	1	1	2	83	-3	1	0	0
Cavallini, PaulPaul Cavallini	D	6	0	2	2	8	-4	0	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	15	1	0	1	6	-4	0	0	0
Beaudoin, YvesYves Beaudoin	D	6	0	0	0	5	-4	0	0	0
Martin, GrantGrant Martin	LW	9	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Thomson, JimJim Thomson	RW	10	0	0	0	35	-2	0	0	0
Crawford, BobBob Crawford	RW	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jensen, AlAl Jensen	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mason, BobBob Mason	G	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Mason, BobBob Mason	2536	45	20	18	5	137	3.24	0	1247	1110	.890
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	2002	37	17	11	4	107	3.21	0	930	823	.885
Jensen, AlAl Jensen	328	6	1	3	1	27	4.94	0	184	157	.853
Team:	4866	80	38	32	10	271	3.34	0	2361	2090	.885

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	7	4	3	7	14	0	0	0
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	7	0	5	5	19	0	0	0
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	7	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	D	7	2	2	4	6	0	0	1
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	7	1	3	4	38	1	0	0
Christian, DaveDave Christian	RW	7	1	3	4	6	0	0	1
Duchesne, GaetanGaetan Duchesne	LW	7	3	0	3	14	0	0	0
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley	C	7	2	1	3	6	0	0	1
Haworth, AlanAlan Haworth	C	6	0	3	3	7	0	0	0
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould	RW	7	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Martin, GrantGrant Martin	LW	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Kastelic, EdEd Kastelic	W	5	1	0	1	13	1	0	0
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	D	7	1	0	1	20	0	0	0
Blum, JohnJohn Blum	D	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Laughlin, CraigCraig Laughlin	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Franceschetti, LouLou Franceschetti	RW	7	0	0	0	23	0	0	0
Jensen, David A.David A. Jensen	C	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Smith, GregGreg Smith	D	7	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Mason, BobBob Mason	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Mason, BobBob Mason	309	4	2	2	9	1.75	1	143	134	.937
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	180	3	1	2	9	3.00	0	76	67	.882
Team:	489	7	3	4	18	2.21	1	219	201	.918

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

• Larry Murphy, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

See Also

• 1986–87 NHL season

External Links

• 1986–87 Washington Capitals Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.