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
1	W	October 9, 1986	3–2	New York Islanders (1986–87)	Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	1–0–0
2	L	October 11, 1986	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	1–1–0
3	L	October 12, 1986	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	1–2–0
4	T	October 15, 1986	5–5 OT	New York Rangers (1986–87)	Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	1–2–1
5	L	October 18, 1986	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	1–3–1
6	L	October 19, 1986	5–8	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Acton, KeithKeith Acton	1–4–1
7	L	October 21, 1986	1–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	1–5–1
8	T	October 24, 1986	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	Sutter, RichRich Sutter	1–5–2
9	W	October 26, 1986	8–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	Savard, DenisDenis Savard	2–5–2
10	L	October 28, 1986	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	2–6–2
11	L	October 29, 1986	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	2–7–2
12	W	November 1, 1986	6–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Secord, AlAl Secord	3–7–2
13	L	November 2, 1986	3–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Benning, BrianBrian Benning	3–8–2
14	W	November 5, 1986	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	4–8–2
15	L	November 8, 1986	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	Duchesne, GaetanGaetan Duchesne	4–9–2
16	T	November 9, 1986	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Savard, DenisDenis Savard	4–9–3
17	T	November 12, 1986	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	4–9–4
18	L	November 15, 1986	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	4–10–4
19	L	November 16, 1986	3–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	4–11–4
20	T	November 19, 1986	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	4–11–5
21	L	November 20, 1986	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	Kerr, TimTim Kerr	4–12–5
22	W	November 23, 1986	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	Savard, DenisDenis Savard	5–12–5
23	L	November 26, 1986	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli	5–13–5
24	W	November 28, 1986	6–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	Secord, AlAl Secord	6–13–5
25	L	November 29, 1986	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	DeGray, DaleDale DeGray	6–14–5
26	W	December 2, 1986	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	Murray, TroyTroy Murray	7–14–5
27	L	December 4, 1986	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	7–15–5
28	L	December 6, 1986	2–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	Galley, GarryGarry Galley	7–16–5
29	W	December 10, 1986	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	Presley, WayneWayne Presley	8–16–5
30	T	December 13, 1986	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	LaVarre, MarkMark LaVarre	8–16–6
31	L	December 14, 1986	3–7	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	Sutter, RichRich Sutter	8–17–6
32	W	December 17, 1986	5–1	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	9–17–6
33	W	December 20, 1986	6–2	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	10–17–6
34	W	December 21, 1986	7–4	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	11–17–6
35	L	December 23, 1986	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Oates, AdamAdam Oates	11–18–6
36	W	December 26, 1986	8–6	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Savard, DenisDenis Savard	12–18–6
37	W	December 28, 1986	7–5	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	Savard, DenisDenis Savard	13–18–6
38	W	December 30, 1986	5–3	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	14–18–6
39	L	December 31, 1986	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	14–19–6
40	W	January 3, 1987	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	Murray, BobBob Murray	15–19–6
41	L	January 4, 1987	1–4	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	15–20–6
42	W	January 7, 1987	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Secord, AlAl Secord	16–20–6
43	W	January 11, 1987	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	17–20–6
44	L	January 14, 1987	1–3	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean	17–21–6
45	L	January 17, 1987	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Bellows, BrianBrian Bellows	17–22–6
46	L	January 18, 1987	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis	17–23–6
47	T	January 21, 1987	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	Murray, TroyTroy Murray	17–23–7
48	L	January 23, 1987	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	Carson, LindsayLindsay Carson	17–24–7
49	L	January 24, 1987	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	Gainey, BobBob Gainey	17–25–7
50	L	January 26, 1987	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	17–26–7
51	W	January 28, 1987	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Presley, WayneWayne Presley	18–26–7
52	T	January 31, 1987	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	18–26–8
53	W	February 1, 1987	6–4	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	Murray, TroyTroy Murray	19–26–8
54	W	February 4, 1987	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	20–26–8
55	L	February 7, 1987	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	Simpson, CraigCraig Simpson	20–27–8
56	L	February 8, 1987	4–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	Smith, DougDoug Smith	20–28–8
57	W	February 15, 1987	6–4	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	Murray, TroyTroy Murray	21–28–8
58	L	February 17, 1987	4–5	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	Tippett, DaveDave Tippett	21–29–8
59	W	February 19, 1987	5–2	New York Rangers (1986–87)	Presley, WayneWayne Presley	22–29–8
60	W	February 21, 1987	6–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	23–29–8
61	T	February 22, 1987	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Murray, TroyTroy Murray	23–29–9
62	T	February 25, 1987	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	23–29–10
63	W	February 28, 1987	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	Presley, WayneWayne Presley	24–29–10
64	W	March 1, 1987	6–1	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	Preston, RichRich Preston	25–29–10
65	W	March 4, 1987	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	Savard, DenisDenis Savard	26–29–10
66	W	March 7, 1987	4–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	27–29–10
67	L	March 8, 1987	5–6	New York Islanders (1986–87)	Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	27–30–10
68	L	March 11, 1987	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Bourgeois, CharlieCharlie Bourgeois	27–31–10
69	T	March 14, 1987	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	Brown, KeithKeith Brown	27–31–11
70	L	March 15, 1987	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Lawton, BrianBrian Lawton	27–32–11
71	T	March 17, 1987	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	27–32–12
72	W	March 18, 1987	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Savard, DenisDenis Savard	28–32–12
73	L	March 21, 1987	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	28–33–12
74	L	March 22, 1987	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	28–34–12
75	T	March 25, 1987	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	28–34–13
76	L	March 28, 1987	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny	28–35–13
77	L	March 29, 1987	6–8	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	Linseman, KenKen Linseman	28–36–13
78	T	April 1, 1987	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Wilson, RonRon Wilson	28–36–14
79	L	April 4, 1987	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Clark, WendelWendel Clark	28–37–14
80	W	April 5, 1987	5–2	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
1	L	April 8, 1987	1-3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch	0-1
2	L	April 9, 1987	1-5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur	0-2
3	L	April 11, 1987	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	0-3
4	L	April 12, 1987	1-3	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	108	15	7	0	7
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	80	28	56	84	22	20	10	0	4
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	77	28	43	71	59	14	4	2	3
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	80	32	29	61	114	-18	7	0	4
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	77	29	29	58	196	-20	5	0	3
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	79	16	35	51	119	-4	2	1	2
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	75	25	25	50	182	5	3	0	2
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	69	16	32	48	36	15	7	1	1
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	79	6	38	44	80	-9	4	0	1
Watson, BillBill Watson	RW	51	13	19	32	6	19	0	0	0
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund	D	80	7	20	27	190	-9	2	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	73	4	23	27	86	5	2	0	0
LaVarre, MarkMark LaVarre	RW	58	8	15	23	33	11	0	0	0
Donnelly, DaveDave Donnelly	C	71	6	12	18	81	-7	0	0	0
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	73	8	9	17	19	-8	0	0	1
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	52	5	12	17	34	-3	0	0	1
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	44	8	6	14	16	-3	1	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	66	4	10	14	66	4	0	0	0
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	48	1	13	14	59	10	1	0	0
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	C	39	3	6	9	6	-9	0	0	0
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	63	1	8	9	146	-2	0	0	0
Sanipass, EverettEverett Sanipass	LW	7	1	3	4	2	3	0	0	0
Sauve, BobBob Sauve	G	46	0	4	4	6	0	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	22	1	2	3	6	1	0	1	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	39	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Camazzola, JamesJames Camazzola	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cassidy, BruceBruce Cassidy	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Sceviour, DarinDarin Sceviour	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Sauve, BobBob Sauve	2660	46	19	19	5	159	3.59	1	1497	1338	.894
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	2059	39	9	18	8	142	4.14	0	1122	980	.873
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	155	3	1	0	1	7	2.71	0	90	83	.922
Team:	4874	80	29	37	14	308	3.79	1	2709	2401	.886

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	2	1	1	2	10	-1	0	0	0
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	0
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund	D	4	0	2	2	11	-1	0	0	0
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	4	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	3	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	4	1	0	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	4	1	0	1	9	-2	0	0	0
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	4	1	0	1	12	-3	0	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	4	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Watson, BillBill Watson	RW	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Donnelly, DaveDave Donnelly	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	3	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	4	0	0	0	5	-3	0	0	0
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Sauve, BobBob Sauve	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	4	0	0	0	21	-2	0	0	0
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	C	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vincelette, DanDan Vincelette	LW	3	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Sauve, BobBob Sauve	245	4	0	4	15	3.67	0	136	121	.890
Team:	245	4	0	4	15	3.67	0	136	121	.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

• 1986–87 NHL season

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)

External links

• "1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2016-05-03.