1986-87 New York Islanders Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 35-33-12 - 82 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 7-7
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Washington Capitals 4-3
Division Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-3
Coach: Terry Simpson (35-33-12)
Location: New York, New York
1986-87 New York Islanders RosterTeam Record: 35-33-12 - 82 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 7-7
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Washington Capitals 4-3
Division Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-3
Coach: Terry Simpson (35-33-12)
Location: New York, New York
1986-87 New York Islanders Results
The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 35 wins and 33 losses and 12 ties for 82 points, finishing third in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-7.
The Islanders potted 279 goals and allowed 281. Pat LaFontaine and Mike Bossy scored 38 goals for New York each, while Bryan Trottier accounted for 64 assists. Kelly Hrudey topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.30 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Terry Simpson coached the team. The 1986-87 New York Islanders lost in the NHL division finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Trottier | C | 80 | 23 | 64 | 87 | 50 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 194 | 11.9 |
| Mike Bossy | R | 63 | 38 | 37 | 75 | 33 | -7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 226 | 16.8 |
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 80 | 38 | 32 | 70 | 70 | -10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 219 | 17.4 |
| Brent Sutter | C | 69 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 73 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 177 | 15.3 |
| Mikko Makela | L | 80 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 142 | 16.9 |
| Pat Flatley | R | 63 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 81 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 113 | 14.2 |
| Denis Potvin | D | 58 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 70 | -6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 8.2 |
| Duane Sutter | R | 80 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 169 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 152 | 9.2 |
| Tomas Jonsson | D | 47 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 36 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 6.1 |
| Richard Kromm | L | 70 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 10.9 |
| Ken Leiter | D | 74 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 5.7 |
| Randy Boyd | D | 30 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 10.1 |
| Brad Lauer | L | 61 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 9.3 |
| Steve Konroyd | D | 72 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 70 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 4.2 |
| Bob Bassen | C | 77 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 89 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 11.9 |
| Alan Kerr | R | 72 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 175 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 7.2 |
| Gord Dineen | D | 71 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 110 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 6.8 |
| Greg Gilbert | L | 51 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12.0 |
| Ken Morrow | D | 64 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Ari Haanpaa | R | 41 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 13.3 |
| Brian Curran | D | 68 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 356 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Dale Henry | L | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 |
| Gerald Diduck | D | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 67 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Neal Coulter | R | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Billy Smith | G | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Wood | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Mark Hamway | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek King | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1525 | 279 | 463 | 742 | 1831 | -18 | 84 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 2480 | 11.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | 46 | 2634 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 3.30 | 1219 | 1074 | .881 |
| Billy Smith | 40 | 2252 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 132 | 3.52 | 1007 | 875 | .869 |
| Totals | 86 | 4886 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 277 | 3.40 | 2503 | 2226 | .889 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Trottier | C | 14 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 12 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 17.4 | |
| Mike Bossy | R | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 12.8 | |
| Brent Sutter | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Mikko Makela | L | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11.1 | |
| Pat Flatley | R | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 | |
| Denis Potvin | D | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 21 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 | |
| Duane Sutter | R | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 | |
| Tomas Jonsson | D | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Richard Kromm | L | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Ken Leiter | D | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | |
| Randy Boyd | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Lauer | L | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | |
| Steve Konroyd | D | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 | |
| Bob Bassen | C | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Alan Kerr | R | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 | |
| Gord Dineen | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Greg Gilbert | L | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 28.6 | |
| Ken Morrow | D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Ari Haanpaa | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Curran | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Dale Henry | L | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Gerald Diduck | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | |
| Billy Smith | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Wood | L | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Dalgarno | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 268 | 35 | 60 | 95 | 293 | -46 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 404 | 8.7 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | 14 | 842 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 2.71 | 464 | 426 | .918 |
| Billy Smith | 2 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.90 | 22 | 21 | .955 |
| Totals | 16 | 909 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 2.57 | 525 | 486 | .926 |
