1986–87 Los Angeles Kings season

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.

↑ 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	GWG
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls	C	5	2	5	7	6	1	1	0
Fox, JimJim Fox	RW	5	3	2	5	0	-2	1	0
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	5	3	2	5	30	2	0	1
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor	RW	5	2	3	5	6	-2	1	0
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	LW	5	1	4	5	2	-7	0	0
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	D	5	2	2	4	4	-8	1	0
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	5	2	1	3	0	-2	0	0
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter	C	5	1	2	3	2	-4	0	0
Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson	C	5	1	2	3	6	-6	0	0
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	D	5	1	2	3	10	3	0	0
Wells, JayJay Wells	D	5	1	2	3	10	-3	1	0
Erickson, BryanBryan Erickson	RW	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Kennedy, DeanDean Kennedy	D	5	0	2	2	10	1	0	0
McKenna, SeanSean McKenna	RW	5	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0
Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes	LW	5	0	1	1	8	-2	0	0
Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guay, PaulPaul Guay	RW	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	D	5	0	0	0	2	-9	0	0
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	5	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0
Lukowich, MorrisMorris Lukowich	LW	3	0	0	0	8	1	0	0
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	G	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	260	5	1	4	24	5.54	154	130	.844
Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot	40	1	0	0	7	10.50	29	22	.759
Team:	300	5	1	4	31	6.20	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;

References

↑ "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

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Los Angeles Kings seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

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

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

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2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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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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1986–87 Los Angeles Kings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

See also

References

External links