1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks season

1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks
Division 3rd Norris
1986–87 record 29–37–14
Goals for 290
Goals against 310
Team information
General Manager Bob Pulford
Coach Bob Pulford
Captain Darryl Sutter
Team leaders
< 1985–86 1987–88>

Offseason

The 1986–87 Chicago Black Hawks were coming off a year in which they won the Norris Division then somehow got swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Hawks again made no big offseason moves other than acquiring Defenseman Gary Nyland from Toronto and the retirement of Tom Lysiak. Enforcer Behn Wilson would miss the entire season with a back injury.

Regular season

The Blackhawks started slow winning only eight of their first 25 games, but would heat up mid-season and go 21-12 the rest of the season. They would finish the season 29-37-14 (72 Points) - good for 3rd Place in the Norris Division.

Offensively, the Blackhawks were again led by Denis Savard, who led the team in scoring for the sixth year in a row with team highs of 40 goals and 90 points. Steve Larmer led the team in assists with 56 and in plus/minus with +20, while he was second in points in 86. Wayne Presley was second on the team in goals with 32. On defense, Doug Wilson again led the club with 48 points, with Bob Murray a close second with 44 points. Al Secord once again led the team in penalty minutes, as he accumulated 196.

In goal, Murray Bannerman got off to a slow start and ended with a 9-18-8 record with a 4.14 GAA. Bob Sauve took over as the primary net minder and ended with a 19-19-5 record and a 3.59 GAA in 46 games.

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 Game Winning/Tying Goal Record
1WOctober 9, 19863–2 New York Islanders (1986–87) Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer 1–0–0
2LOctober 11, 19863–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman 1–1–0
3LOctober 12, 19861–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux 1–2–0
4TOctober 15, 19865–5 OT New York Rangers (1986–87)Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny 1–2–1
5LOctober 18, 19862–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate 1–3–1
6LOctober 19, 19865–8 Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)Acton, KeithKeith Acton 1–4–1
7LOctober 21, 19861–9 @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky 1–5–1
8TOctober 24, 19862–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)Sutter, RichRich Sutter 1–5–2
9WOctober 26, 19868–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)Savard, DenisDenis Savard 2–5–2
10LOctober 28, 19861–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall 2–6–2
11LOctober 29, 19862–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick 2–7–2
12WNovember 1, 19866–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)Secord, AlAl Secord 3–7–2
13LNovember 2, 19863–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)Benning, BrianBrian Benning 3–8–2
14WNovember 5, 19864–2 Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik 4–8–2
15LNovember 8, 19862–3 @ Washington Capitals (1986–87)Duchesne, GaetanGaetan Duchesne 4–9–2
16TNovember 9, 19864–4 OT St. Louis Blues (1986–87)Savard, DenisDenis Savard 4–9–3
17TNovember 12, 19862–2 OT Washington Capitals (1986–87)Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy 4–9–4
18LNovember 15, 19863–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski 4–10–4
19LNovember 16, 19863–7 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)Leeman, GaryGary Leeman 4–11–4
20TNovember 19, 19864–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik 4–11–5
21LNovember 20, 19861–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)Kerr, TimTim Kerr 4–12–5
22WNovember 23, 19865–3 New Jersey Devils (1986–87)Savard, DenisDenis Savard 5–12–5
23LNovember 26, 19862–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli 5–13–5
24WNovember 28, 19866–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)Secord, AlAl Secord6–13–5
25LNovember 29, 19864–5 @ Calgary Flames (1986–87)DeGray, DaleDale DeGray 6–14–5
26WDecember 2, 19864–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)Murray, TroyTroy Murray 7–14–5
27LDecember 4, 19861–4 @ Calgary Flames (1986–87)Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen 7–15–5
28LDecember 6, 19862–7 @ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)Galley, GarryGarry Galley 7–16–5
29WDecember 10, 19866–3 Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)Presley, WayneWayne Presley 8–16–5
30TDecember 13, 19864–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)LaVarre, MarkMark LaVarre 8–16–6
31LDecember 14, 19863–7 Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)Sutter, RichRich Sutter 8–17–6
32WDecember 17, 19865–1 Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer 9–17–6
33WDecember 20, 19866–2 @ Boston Bruins (1986–87)Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser 10–17–6
34WDecember 21, 19867–4 Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer 11–17–6
35LDecember 23, 19861–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)Oates, AdamAdam Oates 11–18–6
36WDecember 26, 19868–6 St. Louis Blues (1986–87)Savard, DenisDenis Savard 12–18–6
37WDecember 28, 19867–5 Washington Capitals (1986–87)Savard, DenisDenis Savard13–18–6
38WDecember 30, 19865–3 @ New York Islanders (1986–87)Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser14–18–6
39LDecember 31, 19862–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk 14–19–6
40WJanuary 3, 19873–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)Murray, BobBob Murray 15–19–6
41LJanuary 4, 19871–4 Calgary Flames (1986–87)Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli 15–20–6
42WJanuary 7, 19876–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)Secord, AlAl Secord 16–20–6
43WJanuary 11, 19875–3 Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer 17–20–6
44LJanuary 14, 19871–3 New Jersey Devils (1986–87)MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean 17–21–6
45LJanuary 17, 19872–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)Bellows, BrianBrian Bellows 17–22–6
46LJanuary 18, 19873–5 Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis 17–23–6
47TJanuary 21, 19875–5 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)Murray, TroyTroy Murray 17–23–7
48LJanuary 23, 19873–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)Carson, LindsayLindsay Carson 17–24–7
49LJanuary 24, 19871–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)Gainey, BobBob Gainey 17–25–7
50LJanuary 26, 19872–3 Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios 17–26–7
51WJanuary 28, 19875–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)Presley, WayneWayne Presley 18–26–7
52TJanuary 31, 19874–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)Hunter, MarkMark Hunter 18–26–8
53WFebruary 1, 19876–4 Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)Murray, TroyTroy Murray 19–26–8
54WFebruary 4, 19875–4 Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk 20–26–8
55LFebruary 7, 19871–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)Simpson, CraigCraig Simpson 20–27–8
56LFebruary 8, 19874–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)Smith, DougDoug Smith 20–28–8
57WFebruary 15, 19876–4 Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)Murray, TroyTroy Murray 21–28–8
58LFebruary 17, 19874–5 Hartford Whalers (1986–87)Tippett, DaveDave Tippett 21–29–8
59WFebruary 19, 19875–2 New York Rangers (1986–87)Presley, WayneWayne Presley 22–29–8
60WFebruary 21, 19876–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk 23–29–8
61TFebruary 22, 19872–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)Murray, TroyTroy Murray 23–29–9
62TFebruary 25, 19873–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig 23–29–10
63WFebruary 28, 19872–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)Presley, WayneWayne Presley 24–29–10
64WMarch 1, 19876–1 Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)Preston, RichRich Preston 25–29–10
65WMarch 4, 19873–2 Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)Savard, DenisDenis Savard 26–29–10
66WMarch 7, 19874–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)Wilson, DougDoug Wilson 27–29–10
67LMarch 8, 19875–6 New York Islanders (1986–87)Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier 27–30–10
68LMarch 11, 19872–3 St. Louis Blues (1986–87)Bourgeois, CharlieCharlie Bourgeois 27–31–10
69TMarch 14, 19874–4 OT @ Boston Bruins (1986–87)Brown, KeithKeith Brown 27–31–11
70LMarch 15, 19872–4 Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)Lawton, BrianBrian Lawton 27–32–11
71TMarch 17, 19873–3 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin 27–32–12
72WMarch 18, 19876–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)Savard, DenisDenis Savard 28–32–12
73LMarch 21, 19870–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)Norwood, LeeLee Norwood 28–33–12
74LMarch 22, 19873–5 @ New York Rangers (1986–87)Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny 28–34–12
75TMarch 25, 19874–4 OT St. Louis Blues (1986–87)Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter28–34–13
76LMarch 28, 19874–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny 28–35–13
77LMarch 29, 19876–8 Boston Bruins (1986–87)Linseman, KenKen Linseman 28–36–13
78TApril 1, 19874–4 OT Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)Wilson, RonRon Wilson28–36–14
79LApril 4, 19871–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)Clark, WendelWendel Clark 28–37–14
80WApril 5, 19875–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)Savard, DenisDenis Savard 29–37–14

Playoffs

The Hawks took on the Detroit Red Wings, who finished second in the Norris. The series opened with two games in Detroit with the Hawks dropped both games with scores of 3-1 and 5-1. The series moved to the Chicago Stadium where the Hawks took the Red Wings to overtime in game three, but lost 4-3. The Red Wings then completed the sweep with a 3-1 victory. The Red Wings completely shut down the Blackhawks, and no player had more than two points on offense.

No. R Date Score Opponent Game Winning Goal Record
1LApril 8, 19871-3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch 0-1
2LApril 9, 19871-5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur 0-2
3LApril 11, 19873–4 OT Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)Burr, ShawnShawn Burr 0-3
4LApril 12, 19871-3 Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman 0-4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard C 70 40 50 90 10815707
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer RW 80 28 56 84 22201004
Murray, TroyTroy Murray C 77 28 43 71 5914423
Presley, WayneWayne Presley RW 80 32 29 61 114-18704
Secord, AlAl Secord LW 77 29 29 58 196-20503
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk C 79 16 35 51 119-4212
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser LW 75 25 25 50 1825302
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson D 69 16 32 48 3615711
Murray, BobBob Murray D 79 6 38 44 80-9401
Watson, BillBill Watson RW 51 13 19 32 619000
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund D 80 7 20 27 190-9200
Brown, KeithKeith Brown D 73 4 23 27 865200
LaVarre, MarkMark LaVarre RW 58 8 15 23 3311000
Donnelly, DaveDave Donnelly C 71 6 12 18 81-7000
Preston, RichRich Preston RW 73 8 9 17 19-8001
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik C 52 5 12 17 34-3001
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter LW 44 8 6 14 16-3100
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin D 66 4 10 14 664000
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan D 48 1 13 14 5910100
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton C 39 3 6 9 6-9000
Manson, DaveDave Manson D 63 1 8 9 146-2000
Sanipass, EverettEverett Sanipass LW 7 1 3 4 23000
Sauve, BobBob Sauve G 46 0 4 4 60000
Paterson, RickRick Paterson C 22 1 2 3 61010
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman G 39 0 1 1 40000
Camazzola, JamesJames Camazzola LW 2 0 0 0 00000
Cassidy, BruceBruce Cassidy D 2 0 0 0 0-1000
Sceviour, DarinDarin Sceviour RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski G 3 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Sauve, BobBob Sauve 2660 46 19 19 5 159 3.59 114971338.894
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman 2059 39 9 18 8 142 4.14 01122980.873
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski 155 3 1 0 1 7 2.71 09083.922
Team: 4874 80 29 37 14 308 3.79 127092401.886

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser LW 2 1 1 2 10-1000
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk C 4 1 1 2 41000
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund D 4 0 2 2 11-1000
Preston, RichRich Preston RW 4 0 2 2 42000
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin D 3 1 0 1 2-1000
Murray, BobBob Murray D 4 1 0 1 4-2000
Presley, WayneWayne Presley RW 4 1 0 1 9-2000
Savard, DenisDenis Savard C 4 1 0 1 12-3000
Brown, KeithKeith Brown D 4 0 1 1 6-1000
Watson, BillBill Watson RW 4 0 1 1 0-1000
Donnelly, DaveDave Donnelly C 1 0 0 0 00000
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer RW 4 0 0 0 2-2000
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik C 4 0 0 0 0-1000
Manson, DaveDave Manson D 3 0 0 0 10-2000
Murray, TroyTroy Murray C 4 0 0 0 5-3000
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan D 2 0 0 0 20000
Sauve, BobBob Sauve G 4 0 0 0 00000
Secord, AlAl Secord LW 4 0 0 0 21-2000
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton C 4 0 0 0 20000
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter LW 2 0 0 0 00000
Vincelette, DanDan Vincelette LW 3 0 0 0 0-4000
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson D 4 0 0 0 0-2000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Sauve, BobBob Sauve 245 4 0 4 15 3.67 0136121.890
Team: 245 4 0 4 15 3.67 0136121.890

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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;

See also

References

  1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. "1986-87 Chicago Blackhawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

2. 1987-88 Chicago Blackhawks Yearbook (official team publication)

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