1986–87 New York Rangers season

The 1986–87 New York Rangers season was the 61st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the Patrick Division with 76 points, and qualified for the NHL playoffs. New York was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Philadelphia Flyers.^[1]

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

^[2]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

1986-87 Game Log

October: 2-4-4 (Home: 1-2-2; Road: 1-2-2)

November: 5-7-2 (Home: 3-2-1; Road: 2-5-1)

December: 8-6-0 (Home: 4-2-0; Road: 4-4-0)

January: 5-6-2 (Home: 2-3-1; Road: 3-3-1)

February: 7-5-0 (Home: 4-3-0; Road: 3-2-0)

March: 7-7-0 (Home: 4-4-0; Road: 3-3-0)

April: 0-3-0 (Home: 0-2-0; Road: 0-1-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1987 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1987 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Division Semi-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers - Philadelphia wins series 4-2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 8	New York Rangers	3 - 0	Philadelphia Flyers		New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 9	New York Rangers	3 - 8	Philadelphia Flyers		Series tied 1-1
3	April 11	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 0	New York Rangers		Philadelphia leads series 2-1
4	April 12	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 6	New York Rangers		Series tied 2-2
5	April 14	New York Rangers	1 - 3	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 3-2
6	April 16	Philadelphia Flyers	5 - 0	New York Rangers		Philadelphia wins series 4-2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	75	40	47	87	16	49
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	64	40	34	74	8	60
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	70	24	40	64	-5	73
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche	73	28	35	63	-7	12
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	72	19	38	57	7	117
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	78	10	45	55	13	62
McKegney, TonyTony McKegney^†	64	29	17	46	-1	56
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	61	6	34	40	-6	62
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley^‡	38	16	20	36	-10	20
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne^‡	58	17	15	32	-15	101
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	66	8	22	30	-13	68
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	68	8	18	26	3	24
Duguay, RonRon Duguay^†	34	9	12	21	-8	9
Miller, KellyKelly Miller^‡	38	6	14	20	-5	22
Giles, CurtCurt Giles^†	61	2	17	19	3	50
Melnyk, LarryLarry Melnyk	73	3	12	15	-13	182
Carkner, TerryTerry Carkner	52	2	13	15	-1	118
Jensen, ChrisChris Jensen	37	6	7	13	-1	21
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	40	3	8	11	-7	27
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw^‡	63	1	10	11	-18	65
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne^†	14	4	6	10	-8	6
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter^†^‡	28	2	8	10	-12	20
McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee	21	4	4	8	-2	34
Brooke, BobBob Brooke^‡	15	3	5	8	-3	20
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson^‡	30	2	6	8	-2	50
Jackson, JeffJeff Jackson^†	9	5	1	6	-3	15
Helminen, RaimoRaimo Helminen^‡	21	2	4	6	-8	2
Gagner, DaveDave Gagner	10	1	4	5	-1	12
Lambert, LaneLane Lambert^‡	18	2	2	4	2	33
Maxwell, BradBrad Maxwell^†^‡	9	0	4	4	-1	6
Caufield, JayJay Caufield	13	2	1	3	-2	45
Donnelly, MikeMike Donnelly	5	1	1	2	0	0
Price, PatPat Price^†	13	0	2	2	-8	49
Walker, GordieGordie Walker	1	1	0	1	2	4
Jackson, DonDon Jackson	22	1	0	1	-1	91
Maciver, NormNorm Maciver	3	0	1	1	-5	0
Leavins, JimJim Leavins	4	0	1	1	0	4
Siltala, MikeMike Siltala	1	0	0	0	1	0
Crawford, BobBob Crawford^‡	3	0	0	0	-1	2
Kulak, StuStu Kulak^†	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Talakoski, RonRon Talakoski	3	0	0	0	1	21
Fenton, PaulPaul Fenton	8	0	0	0	-5	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	6	0	5	5	0
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche	6	3	2	5	4
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	6	1	2	3	2
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	6	2	1	3	6
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	6	1	2	3	20
Jackson, JeffJeff Jackson	6	1	1	2	16
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	6	1	1	2	2
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	6	2	0	2	4
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	6	0	2	2	6
Price, PatPat Price	6	0	1	1	27
McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee	6	1	0	1	28
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	6	1	0	1	0
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	4	0	1	1	2
Kulak, StuStu Kulak	3	0	0	0	2
Caufield, JayJay Caufield	3	0	0	0	12
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	2	0	0	0	2
Carkner, TerryTerry Carkner	1	0	0	0	0
Melnyk, LarryLarry Melnyk	6	0	0	0	4
Giles, CurtCurt Giles	5	0	0	0	6
McKegney, TonyTony McKegney	6	0	0	0	12
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	6	0	0	0	8

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	50	2656	18	20	5	161	3.64	1363	.882
Froese, BobBob Froese^†	28	1474	14	11	0	92	3.74	783	.883
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert	13	675	2	7	2	58	5.16	367	.842
Scott, RonRon Scott	1	65	0	0	1	5	4.62	35	.857

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	4	195	1	3	11	3.38	110	.900	1
Froese, BobBob Froese	4	165	1	1	10	3.64	96	.896	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1986 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.^[4]^[5]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	9	Brian Leetch	D	United States	Avon Old Farms (Connecticut)
3	51	Bret Walter	C	Canada	University of Alberta (CIAU)
3	53	Shaun Clouston	C	Canada	University of Alberta (CIAU)
4	72	Mark Janssens	C	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
5	93	Jeff Bloemberg	D	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
6	114	Darren Turcotte	C	United States	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
7	135	Rob Graham	RW	United States	Guelph Platers (OHL)
8	156	Barry Chyzowski	C	Canada	St. Albert Saints (AJHL)
9	177	Pat Scanlon	LW	United States	Cretin Derham Hall H.S. (Minnesota)
10	198	Joe Ranger	D	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
11	219	Russ Parent	D	Canada	South Winnipeg Blues (MJHL)
12	240	Soren True	LW	Denmark	Skobakken (Denmark)

Supplemental Draft

New York's picks at the 1986 NHL Supplemental Draft.^[6]

Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
Gary Emmons	C	Canada	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)

References

↑ "1986–87 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1986-87 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
↑ "1986 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
↑ "1986 NHL Supplemental Draft". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2011-10-08.

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See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft Rendez-vous '87 Easter Epic Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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