1986–87 New York Islanders season

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

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	80	23	64	87	50	3	13	0	1
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	63	38	37	75	33	-7	8	1	5
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	80	38	32	70	70	-10	19	1	6
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter	C	69	27	36	63	73	23	6	3	8
Makela, MikkoMikko Makela	RW	80	24	33	57	24	3	11	0	3
Flatley, PatPat Flatley	RW	63	16	35	51	81	17	6	0	4
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	58	12	30	42	70	-6	8	0	1
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	80	14	17	31	169	1	1	0	1
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson	D	47	6	25	31	36	-8	1	1	0
Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm	LW	70	12	17	29	20	2	0	0	0
Leiter, KenKen Leiter	D	74	9	20	29	30	2	4	0	0
Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd	D	30	7	17	24	37	0	3	1	0
Lauer, BradBrad Lauer	LW	61	7	14	21	65	0	1	0	1
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	D	72	5	16	21	70	-4	3	0	0
Bassen, BobBob Bassen	C	77	7	10	17	89	-17	0	0	1
Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr	RW	72	7	10	17	175	-10	0	1	1
Dineen, GordGord Dineen	D	71	4	10	14	110	-8	0	0	0
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	51	6	7	13	26	-12	0	0	0
Morrow, KenKen Morrow	D	64	3	8	11	32	7	0	0	0
Haanpaa, AriAri Haanpaa	LW	41	6	4	10	17	8	0	0	3
Curran, BrianBrian Curran	D	68	0	10	10	356	3	0	0	0
Henry, DaleDale Henry	LW	19	3	3	6	46	2	0	0	0
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	D	30	2	3	5	67	-3	0	0	0
Coulter, NealNeal Coulter	RW	9	2	1	3	7	-2	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	40	0	2	2	37	0	0	0	0
Wood, RandyRandy Wood	LW/C	6	1	0	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Hamway, MarkMark Hamway	RW	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	G	46	0	1	1	37	0	0	0	0
King, DerekDerek King	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	2634	46	21	15	7	145	3.30	0	1219	1074	.881
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	2252	40	14	18	5	132	3.52	1	1007	875	.869
Team:	4886	80	35	33	12	277	3.40	1	2226	1949	.876

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	14	8	5	13	12	-6	3	2
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	14	5	7	12	10	-6	1	2
Makela, MikkoMikko Makela	RW	11	2	4	6	8	-4	1	1
Flatley, PatPat Flatley	RW	11	3	2	5	6	-2	0	0
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	6	2	3	5	0	-2	2	0
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson	D	10	1	4	5	6	2	1	0
Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr	RW	14	1	4	5	25	-1	0	0
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	D	14	1	4	5	10	4	0	0
Leiter, KenKen Leiter	D	11	0	5	5	6	-2	0	0
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	10	2	2	4	6	3	0	1
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	10	2	2	4	21	-7	1	0
Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm	LW	14	1	3	4	4	0	0	0
Morrow, KenKen Morrow	D	13	1	3	4	2	-6	0	0
Wood, RandyRandy Wood	LW/C	13	1	3	4	14	0	0	1
Dineen, GordGord Dineen	D	7	0	4	4	4	4	0	0
Bassen, BobBob Bassen	C	14	1	2	3	21	2	0	0
Lauer, BradBrad Lauer	LW	6	2	0	2	4	1	0	0
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter	C	5	1	0	1	4	-4	1	0
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	14	1	0	1	26	-3	0	0
Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd	D	4	0	1	1	6	-2	0	0
Dalgarno, BradBrad Dalgarno	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	D	14	0	1	1	35	-7	0	0
Curran, BrianBrian Curran	D	8	0	0	0	51	-4	0	0
Haanpaa, AriAri Haanpaa	LW	6	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0
Henry, DaleDale Henry	LW	8	0	0	0	2	-5	0	0
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	842	14	7	7	38	2.71	464	426	.918
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	67	2	0	0	1	0.90	22	21	.955
Team:	909	14	7	7	39	2.57	486	447	.920

^[3]

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;

Round 1: New York Islanders (3) vs. Washington Capitals (2)

Round 2: New York Islanders (3) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (1)

April 20

New York Islanders

2–4

Philadelphia Flyers

Spectrum

April 22

New York Islanders

2–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Spectrum

April 24

Philadelphia Flyers

4–1

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 26

Philadelphia Flyers

6–4

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 28

New York Islanders

2–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Spectrum

April 30

Philadelphia Flyers

2–4

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

May 2

New York Islanders

1–5

Philadelphia Flyers

Spectrum

Philadelphia won series 4–3

References

Islanders on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1986e.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1986-87 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
↑ Kara Yorio (2007-04-17). "Two overtimes in the playoffs would be plenty". The Sporting News. Retrieved 7 January 2009. Anyone around for the 1987 Easter Epic between the Islanders and Capitals (an extra 68:47 of hockey that holiday) has a story to tell.

New York Islanders seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

New York Islanders

Founded in 1972 Based in New York City, New York

Franchise	Team General managers Head coaches Players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Records Award winners Seasons Current season

Arenas	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Barclays Center Islanders Iceworks (practice facility)

Personnel	Owner Charles Wang General manager Garth Snow Head coach Jack Capuano Team captain John Tavares Current roster

General managers	Torrey Maloney Milbury Smith Snow

Head coaches	Goyette Ingarfield Arbour Simpson Henning Milbury Bowness Stewart Goring Laviolette Stirling Shaw Nolan Gordon Capuano

Affiliates	AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers ECHL Missouri Mavericks

Retired numbers	5 9 19 22 23 31

Stanley Cup Finals	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Rivalries	New York Rangers

Culture and lore	The Trio Grande Easter Epic Penguins–Islanders brawl The Lighthouse Project Hockey Night Live! 2014 NHL Stadium Series

Media	TV MSG MSG Plus Radio WRHU 88.7 FM Broadcasters Howie Rose Butch Goring

1986–87 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

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

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