1986-87 Washington Capitals Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-32-10 - 86 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 4-3
Coach: Bryan Murray (38-32-10)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1986-87 Washington Capitals RosterTeam Record: 38-32-10 - 86 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 4-3
Coach: Bryan Murray (38-32-10)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1986-87 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 38 wins and 32 losses and 10 ties for 86 points, finishing second in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Capitals scored 285 goals and conceded 278. Mike Gartner netted 41 goals for Washington, and Larry Murphy contributed 58 assists. Bob Mason topped the squad with 20 wins, while Pete Peeters added 15 or more wins, too. Pete Peeters recorded a 3.21 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Bryan Murray coached the team. The 1986-87 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Murphy | D | 80 | 23 | 58 | 81 | 39 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 226 | 10.2 |
| Mike Gartner | R | 78 | 41 | 32 | 73 | 61 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 317 | 12.9 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 77 | 10 | 51 | 61 | 283 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 6.1 |
| Craig Laughlin | R | 80 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 67 | -3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 109 | 20.2 |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 74 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 53 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 108 | 15.7 |
| Dave Christian | R | 76 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 8 | -5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 152 | 15.1 |
| Bobby Gould | R | 78 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 74 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 156 | 14.7 |
| Greg Adams | L | 67 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 184 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 15.2 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 73 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 41 | -19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 15.4 |
| Alan Haworth | C | 50 | 25 | 16 | 41 | 43 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 143 | 17.5 |
| Mike Ridley | C | 40 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 20 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 22.1 |
| Rod Langway | D | 78 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 2.6 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 78 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 144 | -29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 8.0 |
| Kelly Miller | L | 39 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 20.0 |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 75 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 127 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 15.6 |
| David Jensen | C | 46 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 12 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 16.3 |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 22 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10.6 |
| Garry Galley | D | 18 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| John Blum | D | 66 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Greg Smith | D | 45 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 31 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| John Barrett | D | 55 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 43 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 |
| Pete Peeters | G | 37 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Sampson | L | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Jeff Greenlaw | L | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Yvon Corriveau | L | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Ed Kastelic | R | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 83 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Paul Cavallini | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Stephen Leach | R | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Al Jensen | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Crawford | R | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Jim Thomson | R | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Grant Martin | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Yves Beaudoin | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bob Mason | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1528 | 285 | 469 | 754 | 1702 | -22 | 65 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 2274 | 12.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Mason | 45 | 2536 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 137 | 3.24 | 1247 | 1110 | .890 |
| Pete Peeters | 37 | 2002 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 3.21 | 930 | 823 | .885 |
| Al Jensen | 6 | 328 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4.94 | 184 | 157 | .853 |
| Totals | 88 | 4866 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 271 | 3.34 | 2632 | 2361 | .897 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Murphy | D | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8.0 | |
| Mike Gartner | R | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 | |
| Scott Stevens | D | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | |
| Craig Laughlin | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 | |
| Dave Christian | R | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4.8 | |
| Bobby Gould | R | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | |
| Greg Adams | L | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Alan Haworth | C | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Ridley | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.3 | |
| Rod Langway | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | |
| Kelly Miller | L | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| David Jensen | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Garry Galley | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| John Blum | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Greg Smith | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Pete Peeters | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Kastelic | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Grant Martin | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Bob Mason | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 133 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 199 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 273 | 7.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Mason | 4 | 309 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.75 | 143 | 134 | .937 |
| Pete Peeters | 3 | 180 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3.00 | 76 | 67 | .882 |
| Totals | 7 | 489 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2.21 | 237 | 219 | .924 |
