1986–87 Washington Capitals season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1986–87
Year:	1986
Team:	Washington Capitals
Record:	38–32–10
Divisionrank:	2nd
Goalsfor:	285
Goalsagainst:	278

The 1986–87 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 13th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The 1987 playoff Capitals run was best known for the Easter Epic, when the Caps played the longest game 7 in their franchise history through four overtime periods. Unfortunately, they lost to the New York Islanders 3–2 in that game seven and lost the series 4–3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	D	80	23	58	81	39	25	8	0	4
	RW	78	41	32	73	61	1	5	6	10
	D	77	10	51	61	283	13	2	0	0
	RW	80	22	30	52	67	-3	11	0	5
	LW	74	17	35	52	53	18	0	1	4
	RW	76	23	27	50	8	-5	5	0	2
	RW	78	23	27	50	74	18	1	1	2
	LW	67	14	30	44	184	9	2	0	0
	C	73	18	25	43	41	-19	4	0	2
	C	50	25	16	41	43	3	9	0	2
	C	40	15	19	34	20	-1	6	0	3
	D	78	2	25	27	53	11	0	0	1
	D	78	8	16	24	144	-29	1	0	2
	LW	39	10	12	22	26	10	3	1	0
	RW	75	12	9	21	127	-9	0	0	1
	C	46	8	8	16	12	-10	2	0	0
	C	22	5	7	12	21	-7	4	0	0
	D	18	1	10	11	10	3	1	0	0
	D	66	2	8	10	133	1	0	0	0
	D	45	0	9	9	31	-6	0	0	0
	D	55	2	2	4	43	-16	0	0	0
	G	37	0	4	4	16	0	0	0	0
	LW	25	1	2	3	4	-9	0	0	0
	LW	22	0	3	3	44	2	0	0	0
	LW	17	1	1	2	24	-4	0	0	0
	W	23	1	1	2	83	-3	1	0	0
	D	6	0	2	2	8	-4	0	0	0
	RW	15	1	0	1	6	-4	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	5	-4	0	0	0
	RW	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	9	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
	G	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	10	0	0	0	35	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2536	45	20	18	5	137	3.24	0	1247	1110	.890
	2002	37	17	11	4	107	3.21	0	930	823	.885
	328	6	1	3	1	27	4.94	0	184	157	.853
Team:	4866	80	38	32	10	271	3.34	0	2361	2090	.885

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	7	4	3	7	14	0	0	0
	D	7	0	5	5	19	0	0	0
	LW	7	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
	D	7	2	2	4	6	0	0	1
	LW	7	1	3	4	38	1	0	0
	RW	7	1	3	4	6	0	0	1
	LW	7	3	0	3	14	0	0	0
	C	7	2	1	3	6	0	0	1
	RW	7	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
	C	6	0	3	3	7	0	0	0
	C	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
	D	7	1	0	1	20	0	0	0
	W	5	1	0	1	13	1	0	0
	LW	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
	D	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
	D	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	RW	7	0	0	0	23	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	D	7	0	0	0	11	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	309	4	2	2	9	1.75	1	143	134	.937
	180	3	1	2	9	3.00	0	76	67	.882
Team:	489	7	3	4	18	2.21	1	219	201	.918

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Note: 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;

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1986 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	19	Jeff Greenlaw		Canadian National Development Team
2	40	Steve Seftel		Kingston Canadians (OHL)
3	60	Shawn Simpson		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3	61	Jim Hrivnak		Merrimack College (Hockey East)
4	82	Erin Ginnell		Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
5	103	John Purves		Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
6	124	Stefan Nilsson		Luleå HF (Sweden)
7	145	Peter Choma		Belleville Bulls (OHL)
8	166	Lee Davidson		Penticton Knights (BCHL)
9	187	Tero Toivola		Tappara (Finland)
10	208	Bob Babcock		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
11	229	John Schratz		Amherst Ramblers (MVLHL)
12	250	Scott McCrory		Oshawa Generals (OHL)
S2	22	Steve Cousins		University of Alberta (CIAU)

See also

• 1986–87 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1986–87 Washington Capitals Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-01 . 1986-87 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.