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
Alternate captains	None

Regular season

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

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.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Game Winning/Tying Goal	Record
1	W	October 9, 1986	3–2	New York Islanders (1986–87)	Steve Larmer	1–0–0
2	L	October 11, 1986	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Steve Yzerman	1–1–0
3	L	October 12, 1986	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	Mario Lemieux	1–2–0
4	T	October 15, 1986	5–5 OT	New York Rangers (1986–87)	Walt Poddubny	1–2–1
5	L	October 18, 1986	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Al Iafrate	1–3–1
6	L	October 19, 1986	5–8	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Keith Acton	1–4–1
7	L	October 21, 1986	1–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	Wayne Gretzky	1–5–1
8	T	October 24, 1986	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	Rich Sutter	1–5–2
9	W	October 26, 1986	8–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	Denis Savard	2–5–2
10	L	October 28, 1986	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Russ Courtnall	2–6–2
11	L	October 29, 1986	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	John Ogrodnick	2–7–2
12	W	November 1, 1986	6–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Al Secord	3–7–2
13	L	November 2, 1986	3–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Brian Benning	3–8–2
14	W	November 5, 1986	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Steve Ludzik	4–8–2
15	L	November 8, 1986	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	Gaetan Duchesne	4–9–2
16	T	November 9, 1986	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Denis Savard	4–9–3
17	T	November 12, 1986	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	Larry Murphy	4–9–4
18	L	November 15, 1986	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Greg Paslawski	4–10–4
19	L	November 16, 1986	3–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Gary Leeman	4–11–4
20	T	November 19, 1986	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	Steve Ludzik	4–11–5
21	L	November 20, 1986	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	Tim Kerr	4–12–5
22	W	November 23, 1986	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	Denis Savard	5–12–5
23	L	November 26, 1986	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Dino Ciccarelli	5–13–5
24	W	November 28, 1986	6–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	Al Secord	6–13–5
25	L	November 29, 1986	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	Dale DeGray	6–14–5
26	W	December 2, 1986	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	Troy Murray	7–14–5
27	L	December 4, 1986	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	Joe Mullen	7–15–5
28	L	December 6, 1986	2–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	Garry Galley	7–16–5
29	W	December 10, 1986	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	Wayne Presley	8–16–5
30	T	December 13, 1986	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Mark LaVarre	8–16–6
31	L	December 14, 1986	3–7	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	Rich Sutter	8–17–6
32	W	December 17, 1986	5–1	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	Steve Larmer	9–17–6
33	W	December 20, 1986	6–2	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	Curt Fraser	10–17–6
34	W	December 21, 1986	7–4	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Steve Larmer	11–17–6
35	L	December 23, 1986	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Adam Oates	11–18–6
36	W	December 26, 1986	8–6	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Denis Savard	12–18–6
37	W	December 28, 1986	7–5	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	Denis Savard	13–18–6
38	W	December 30, 1986	5–3	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	Curt Fraser	14–18–6
39	L	December 31, 1986	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	Dave Andreychuk	14–19–6
40	W	January 3, 1987	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	Bob Murray	15–19–6
41	L	January 4, 1987	1–4	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	John Tonelli	15–20–6
42	W	January 7, 1987	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Al Secord	16–20–6
43	W	January 11, 1987	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Steve Larmer	17–20–6
44	L	January 14, 1987	1–3	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	John MacLean	17–21–6
45	L	January 17, 1987	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Brian Bellows	17–22–6
46	L	January 18, 1987	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	Paul Gillis	17–23–6
47	T	January 21, 1987	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	Troy Murray	17–23–7
48	L	January 23, 1987	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	Lindsay Carson	17–24–7
49	L	January 24, 1987	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	Bob Gainey	17–25–7
50	L	January 26, 1987	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	Chris Chelios	17–26–7
51	W	January 28, 1987	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Wayne Presley	18–26–7
52	T	January 31, 1987	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Mark Hunter	18–26–8
53	W	February 1, 1987	6–4	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	Troy Murray	19–26–8
54	W	February 4, 1987	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Ed Olczyk	20–26–8
55	L	February 7, 1987	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	Craig Simpson	20–27–8
56	L	February 8, 1987	4–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	Doug Smith	20–28–8
57	W	February 15, 1987	6–4	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	Troy Murray	21–28–8
58	L	February 17, 1987	4–5	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	Dave Tippett	21–29–8
59	W	February 19, 1987	5–2	New York Rangers (1986–87)	Wayne Presley	22–29–8
60	W	February 21, 1987	6–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	Ed Olczyk	23–29–8
61	T	February 22, 1987	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Troy Murray	23–29–9
62	T	February 25, 1987	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	Craig Ludwig	23–29–10
63	W	February 28, 1987	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	Wayne Presley	24–29–10
64	W	March 1, 1987	6–1	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	Rich Preston	25–29–10
65	W	March 4, 1987	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	Denis Savard	26–29–10
66	W	March 7, 1987	4–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	Doug Wilson	27–29–10
67	L	March 8, 1987	5–6	New York Islanders (1986–87)	Bryan Trottier	27–30–10
68	L	March 11, 1987	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Charlie Bourgeois	27–31–10
69	T	March 14, 1987	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	Keith Brown	27–31–11
70	L	March 15, 1987	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Brian Lawton	27–32–11
71	T	March 17, 1987	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Marc Bergevin	27–32–12
72	W	March 18, 1987	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Denis Savard	28–32–12
73	L	March 21, 1987	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Lee Norwood	28–33–12
74	L	March 22, 1987	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	Walt Poddubny	28–34–12
75	T	March 25, 1987	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	Darryl Sutter	28–34–13
76	L	March 28, 1987	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	Peter Stastny	28–35–13
77	L	March 29, 1987	6–8	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	Ken Linseman	28–36–13
78	T	April 1, 1987	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	Ron Wilson	28–36–14
79	L	April 4, 1987	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Wendel Clark	28–37–14
80	W	April 5, 1987	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	Denis Savard	29–37–14

Playoffs

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Game Winning Goal	Record
1	L	April 8, 1987	1-3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Darren Veitch	0-1
2	L	April 9, 1987	1-5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Joe Kocur	0-2
3	L	April 11, 1987	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Shawn Burr	0-3
4	L	April 12, 1987	1-3	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	Mel Bridgman	0-4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Denis Savard	C	70	40	50	90	108	15	7	0	7
Steve Larmer	RW	80	28	56	84	22	20	10	0	4
Troy Murray	C	77	28	43	71	59	14	4	2	3
Wayne Presley	RW	80	32	29	61	114	-18	7	0	4
Al Secord	LW	77	29	29	58	196	-20	5	0	3
Ed Olczyk	C	79	16	35	51	119	-4	2	1	2
Curt Fraser	LW	75	25	25	50	182	5	3	0	2
Doug Wilson	D	69	16	32	48	36	15	7	1	1
Bob Murray	D	79	6	38	44	80	-9	4	0	1
Bill Watson	RW	51	13	19	32	6	19	0	0	0
Gary Nylund	D	80	7	20	27	190	-9	2	0	0
Keith Brown	D	73	4	23	27	86	5	2	0	0
Mark LaVarre	RW	58	8	15	23	33	11	0	0	0
Dave Donnelly	C	71	6	12	18	81	-7	0	0	0
Rich Preston	RW	73	8	9	17	19	-8	0	0	1
Steve Ludzik	C	52	5	12	17	34	-3	0	0	1
Darryl Sutter	LW	44	8	6	14	16	-3	1	0	0
Marc Bergevin	D	66	4	10	14	66	4	0	0	0
Jack O'Callahan	D	48	1	13	14	59	10	1	0	0
Mike Stapleton	C	39	3	6	9	6	-9	0	0	0
Dave Manson	D	63	1	8	9	146	-2	0	0	0
Everett Sanipass	LW	7	1	3	4	2	3	0	0	0
Bob Sauve	G	46	0	4	4	6	0	0	0	0
Rick Paterson	C	22	1	2	3	6	1	0	1	0
Murray Bannerman	G	39	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
James Camazzola	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Cassidy	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Darin Sceviour	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Skorodenski	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Bob Sauve	2660	46	19	19	5	159	3.59	1	1497	1338	.894
Murray Bannerman	2059	39	9	18	8	142	4.14	0	1122	980	.873
Warren 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
Curt Fraser	LW	2	1	1	2	10	-1	0	0	0
Ed Olczyk	C	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	0
Gary Nylund	D	4	0	2	2	11	-1	0	0	0
Rich Preston	RW	4	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0
Marc Bergevin	D	3	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Bob Murray	D	4	1	0	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Wayne Presley	RW	4	1	0	1	9	-2	0	0	0
Denis Savard	C	4	1	0	1	12	-3	0	0	0
Keith Brown	D	4	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Bill Watson	RW	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Dave Donnelly	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Larmer	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Steve Ludzik	C	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Dave Manson	D	3	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
Troy Murray	C	4	0	0	0	5	-3	0	0	0
Jack O'Callahan	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Sauve	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Secord	LW	4	0	0	0	21	-2	0	0	0
Mike Stapleton	C	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Darryl Sutter	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Vincelette	LW	3	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Doug Wilson	D	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

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

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

External links

• "1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.