1986–87 Los Angeles Kings season

1986–87 Los Angeles Kings
Division	4th Smythe
1986–87 record	31–41–8
Goals for	318
Goals against	341
Team information
General Manager	Rogatien Vachon
Coach	Pat Quinn, Mike Murphy
Captain	Dave Taylor
Team leaders
<1985–86 1987–88>

The 1986–87 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' twentieth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Kings made the playoffs, losing in the first round to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Edmonton Oilers	80	50	24	6	372	284	106
Calgary Flames	80	46	31	3	318	289	95
Winnipeg Jets	80	40	32	8	279	271	88
Los Angeles Kings	80	31	41	8	318	341	70
Vancouver Canucks	80	29	43	8	282	314	66

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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.

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille LW 79 45 39 84 28 -18 18 0 3 Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls C 80 33 48 81 101 -16 10 1 2 Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson C 80 37 42 79 22 -5 18 0 2 Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne C 67 24 50 74 54 -8 9 0 2 Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 67 18 44 62 84 0 9 1 3 Fox, JimJim Fox RW 76 19 42 61 48 -10 4 0 2 Erickson, BryanBryan Erickson RW 68 20 30 50 26 -12 6 2 4 Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne D 75 13 25 38 74 8 5 0 2 Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard D 67 14 23 37 93 -40 5 0 1 Wells, JayJay Wells D 77 7 29 36 155 -19 6 0 2 Lukowich, MorrisMorris Lukowich LW 60 14 21 35 64 0 4 0 2 Williams, TigerTiger Williams LW 76 16 18 34 358 -1 1 0 3 McKenna, SeanSean McKenna RW 69 14 19 33 10 11 0 1 0 Hardy, MarkMark Hardy D 73 3 27 30 120 16 0 0 0 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 78 13 9 22 35 -13 0 3 0 Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes LW 58 6 15 21 133 10 0 1 0 Kennedy, DeanDean Kennedy D 66 6 14 20 91 9 0 0 1 Galley, GarryGarry Galley D 30 5 11 16 57 -9 2 0 1 Playfair, LarryLarry Playfair D 37 2 7 9 181 -1 0 0 0 Redmond, CraigCraig Redmond D 16 1 7 8 8 -1 0 0 0 Guay, PaulPaul Guay RW 35 2 5 7 16 -14 0 0 0 Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson G 46 0 6 6 22 0 0 0 0 Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter C 10 2 3 5 6 -8 0 0 0 Langevin, DaveDave Langevin D 11 0 4 4 7 -3 0 0 0 Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson LW 45 2 1 3 158 -15 0 0 1 Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw D 11 0 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 Phair, LyleLyle Phair LW 5 2 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 Dineen, PeterPeter Dineen D 11 0 2 2 8 -9 0 0 0 Hammond, KenKen Hammond D 10 0 2 2 11 2 0 0 0 Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot G 24 0 1 1 18 0 0 0 0 Jensen, AlAl Jensen G 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Duncanson, CraigCraig Duncanson LW 2 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk G 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Wilks, BrianBrian Wilks C 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson 2734 46 18 21 6 168 3.69 1 1420 1252 .882 Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot 1404 24 8 13 2 103 4.40 1 692 589 .851 Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk 420 7 4 3 0 34 4.86 0 222 188 .847 Jensen, AlAl Jensen 300 5 1 4 0 27 5.40 0 154 127 .825 Team: 4858 80 31 41 8 332 4.10 2 2488 2156 .867

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls C 5 2 5 7 6 1 1 0 0 Fox, JimJim Fox RW 5 3 2 5 0 -2 1 0 0 Williams, TigerTiger Williams LW 5 3 2 5 30 2 0 0 1 Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 5 2 3 5 6 -2 1 0 0 Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille LW 5 1 4 5 2 -7 0 0 0 Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne D 5 2 2 4 4 -8 1 0 0 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 5 2 1 3 0 -2 0 0 0 Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter C 5 1 2 3 2 -4 0 0 0 Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson C 5 1 2 3 6 -6 0 0 0 Hardy, MarkMark Hardy D 5 1 2 3 10 3 0 0 0 Wells, JayJay Wells D 5 1 2 3 10 -3 1 0 0 Erickson, BryanBryan Erickson RW 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Kennedy, DeanDean Kennedy D 5 0 2 2 10 1 0 0 0 McKenna, SeanSean McKenna RW 5 0 1 1 0 -4 0 0 0 Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes LW 5 0 1 1 8 -2 0 0 0 Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guay, PaulPaul Guay RW 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw D 5 0 0 0 2 -9 0 0 0 Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard D 5 0 0 0 10 -2 0 0 0 Lukowich, MorrisMorris Lukowich LW 3 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson G 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson LW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson 260 5 1 4 24 5.54 0 154 130 .844 Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot 40 1 0 0 7 10.50 0 29 22 .759 Team: 300 5 1 4 31 6.20 0 183 152 .831

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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;

See also

• 1986–87 NHL season

References

1. "1986-87 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.

• "1986–87 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links