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[1]
Gerard Gallant[2]
Mike O'Connell[3]
Tim Higgins[4]
Lee Norwood[5]
Team leaders
<1985–86 1987–88>

The 1986–87 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in second place in the Norris Division (NHL) with a record of 34 wins, 36 losses, and 10 ties for 78 points, a 38-point improvement from the previous season. They swept the Chicago Blackhawks in four games in the opening round, then rallied from a 3-1 deficit against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the division final, before falling to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers in five games in the conference final. This season would mark a turning point for the franchise. After making the playoffs just four times between 1967 and 1986, the Red Wings would miss the playoffs only once between 1987 and 2016 (that coming in 1989-90).

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

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

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 9, 19861–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 0–1–0
2WOctober 11, 19864–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 1–1–0
3LOctober 15, 19863–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 1–2–0
4LOctober 17, 19863–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 1–3–0
5WOctober 18, 19865–3 @ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 2–3–0
6LOctober 22, 19863–4 Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 2–4–0
7TOctober 24, 19861–1 OT St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 2–4–1
8WOctober 25, 19863–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 3–4–1
9WOctober 29, 19865–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 4–4–1
10WOctober 30, 19863–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 5–4–1
11LNovember 1, 19860–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 5–5–1
12WNovember 5, 19865–4 OT New York Rangers (1986–87) 6–5–1
13LNovember 8, 19861–2 OT @ New York Islanders (1986–87) 6–6–1
14WNovember 9, 19862–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 7–6–1
15LNovember 12, 19863–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 7–7–1
16LNovember 13, 19865–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 7–8–1
17LNovember 15, 19860–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 7–9–1
18LNovember 19, 19863–4 New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 7–10–1
19TNovember 21, 19863–3 OT Washington Capitals (1986–87) 7–10–2
20WNovember 22, 19864–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 8–10–2
21LNovember 26, 19861–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 8–11–2
22LNovember 28, 19861–2 OT St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 8–12–2
23WNovember 29, 19864–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 9–12–2
24LDecember 2, 19864–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 9–13–2
25TDecember 5, 19863–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 9–13–3
26WDecember 6, 19864–1 @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 10–13–3
27TDecember 9, 19865–5 OT Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 10–13–4
28TDecember 11, 19866–6 OT Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 10–13–5
29LDecember 16, 19863–8 @ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 10–14–5
30WDecember 17, 19865–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 11–14–5
31TDecember 20, 19862–2 OT Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 11–14–6
32LDecember 21, 19864–7 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 11–15–6
33WDecember 23, 19863–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 12–15–6
34WDecember 26, 19864–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 13–15–6
35TDecember 27, 19865–5 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 13–15–7
36WDecember 31, 19866–4 Calgary Flames (1986–87) 14–15–7
37WJanuary 2, 19872–1 Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 15–15–7
38WJanuary 3, 19873–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 16–15–7
39LJanuary 6, 19871–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 16–16–7
40TJanuary 8, 19874–4 OT @ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 16–16–8
41LJanuary 10, 19872–5 Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 16–17–8
42LJanuary 11, 19873–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 16–18–8
43LJanuary 13, 19873–5 Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 16–19–8
44LJanuary 15, 19871–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 16–20–8
45WJanuary 17, 19873–2 Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 17–20–8
46WJanuary 18, 19871–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 18–20–8
47WJanuary 21, 19878–5 New York Islanders (1986–87) 19–20–8
48WJanuary 23, 19874–3 St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 20–20–8
49LJanuary 24, 19873–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 20–21–8
50LJanuary 28, 19871–2 Washington Capitals (1986–87) 20–22–8
51WJanuary 31, 19874–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 21–22–8
52LFebruary 1, 19871–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 21–23–8
53LFebruary 4, 19874–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 21–24–8
54WFebruary 6, 19876–4 Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 22–24–8
55WFebruary 7, 19875–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 23–24–8
56WFebruary 14, 19875–1 New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 24–24–8
57LFebruary 17, 19872–6 @ New York Rangers (1986–87) 24–25–8
58WFebruary 18, 19875–2 Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 25–25–8
59WFebruary 20, 19876–3 Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 26–25–8
60TFebruary 22, 19872–2 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 26–25–9
61LFebruary 24, 19872–8 @ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 26–26–9
62WFebruary 26, 19875–4 Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 27–26–9
63WFebruary 28, 19874–1 New York Rangers (1986–87) 28–26–9
64WMarch 2, 19874–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 29–26–9
65LMarch 3, 19873–5 @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 29–27–9
66WMarch 5, 19879–3 Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 30–27–9
67LMarch 7, 19873–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 30–28–9
68LMarch 10, 19874–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 30–29–9
69LMarch 11, 19873–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 30–30–9
70WMarch 14, 19874–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 31–30–9
71TMarch 15, 19871–1 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 31–30–10
72WMarch 17, 19873–1 Boston Bruins (1986–87) 32–30–10
73LMarch 19, 19872–3 New York Islanders (1986–87) 32–31–10
74WMarch 21, 19873–0 Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 33–31–10
75LMarch 22, 19872–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 33–32–10
76LMarch 25, 19871–6 Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 33–33–10
77WMarch 28, 19875–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 34–33–10
78LApril 1, 19871–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 34–34–10
79LApril 4, 19873–4 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 34–35–10
80LApril 5, 19872–3 OT St. Louis Blues (1986–87) 34–36–10

Playoffs

The Red Wings finished the season 34-36-10, a major improvement over the disastrous 1985-86 campaign. Just missing out on first place in the Norris Division, the Wings faced rival Chicago in Round One. Detroit stunned the favored Blackhawks in a 4-game sweep, the franchise's first series victory since 1977-78. In the Norris Finals, Detroit faced another archrival, the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs jumped out to a 3-1 series lead, but Detroit stormed back, winning the series in seven games, including a 3-0 win in the deciding game. The Red Wings would then face the heavily-favored Edmonton Oilers in the Campbell Conference Finals. Detroit took Game One, but the Oilers would eventually take the series in five games. Edmonton would go on to win the Stanley Cup.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman C 80 31 59 90 43-1912
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant LW 80 38 34 72 216-51704
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch D 77 13 45 58 5214712
Klima, PetrPetr Klima W 77 30 23 53 42-9605
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr LW/C 80 22 25 47 1072121
Oates, AdamAdam Oates C 76 15 32 47 210401
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick LW 39 12 28 40 6-2411
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton LW 35 15 16 31 22-3313
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell D 77 5 26 31 70-25310
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood D 57 6 21 27 163-23402
Barr, DaveDave Barr RW 37 13 13 26 497405
Higgins, TimTim Higgins RW 77 12 14 26 124-2011
Probert, BobBob Probert LW 63 13 11 24 221-6200
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur RW 77 9 9 18 276-10202
Shedden, DougDoug Shedden C 33 6 12 18 63101
Snepsts, HaroldHarold Snepsts D 54 1 13 14 1297000
Seiling, RicRic Seiling RW/C 74 3 8 11 49-4000
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur D 34 3 6 9 70-4101
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 58 2 5 7 6612000
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme D 24 2 3 5 33-1000
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson D 45 1 4 5 73-7000
Zombo, RickRick Zombo D 44 1 4 5 59-6000
Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman C 13 2 2 4 191011
McRae, BasilBasil McRae LW 36 2 2 4 193-3101
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan G 43 0 4 4 240000
Lamb, MarkMark Lamb C 22 2 1 3 80000
Carroll, BillyBilly Carroll C 31 1 2 3 6-9001
Halward, DougDoug Halward D 11 0 3 3 194000
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel RW 5 0 1 1 02000
LaForest, MarkMark LaForest G 5 0 1 1 70000
Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy RW 5 0 1 1 20000
Sharples, JeffJeff Sharples D 3 0 1 1 20000
Cichocki, ChrisChris Cichocki RW 2 0 0 0 2-2000
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon G 36 0 0 0 200000
Johnstone, EddieEddie Johnstone RW 6 0 0 0 01000
Krentz, DaleDale Krentz LW 8 0 0 0 0-2000
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent G 6 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan 2351 43 20 17 3 135 3.45 11082947.875
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon 1963 36 11 16 5 104 3.18 1975871.893
LaForest, MarkMark LaForest 219 5 2 1 0 12 3.29 011199.892
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent 342 6 1 2 2 16 2.81 0135119.881
Team: 4875 80 34 36 10 267 3.29 223032036.884

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman C 16 5 13 18 8100
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant LW 16 8 6 14 43200
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton LW 16 4 9 13 6200
Oates, AdamAdam Oates C 16 4 7 11 6001
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr LW/C 16 7 2 9 20002
Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman C 16 5 2 7 28011
Probert, BobBob Probert LW 16 3 4 7 63101
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch D 12 3 4 7 8201
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood D 16 1 6 7 31001
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur RW 16 2 3 5 71102
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell D 16 1 4 5 14000
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 14 0 4 4 10000
Klima, PetrPetr Klima W 13 1 2 3 4000
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme D 16 0 2 2 14000
Snepsts, HaroldHarold Snepsts D 11 0 2 2 18000
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan G 9 0 2 2 0000
Barr, DaveDave Barr RW 13 1 0 1 14000
Higgins, TimTim Higgins RW 12 0 1 1 16000
Zombo, RickRick Zombo D 7 0 1 1 9000
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson D 2 0 0 0 19000
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon G 8 0 0 0 2000
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel RW 8 0 0 0 4000
Lamb, MarkMark Lamb C 11 0 0 0 11000
Seiling, RicRic Seiling RW/C 7 0 0 0 5000
Sharples, JeffJeff Sharples D 2 0 0 0 2000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon 467 8 5 2 13 1.67 2227214.943
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan 508 9 4 5 24 2.83 0252228.905
Team: 975 16 9 7 37 2.28 2479442.923

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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;

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://redwings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=43831
  2. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19861008&id=jwwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U3IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3567,1937092
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19861008&id=jwwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U3IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3567,1937092
  4. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19861008&id=jwwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U3IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3567,1937092
  5. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19861008&id=jwwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U3IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3567,1937092
  6. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  7. ↑ "1986-87 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

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