1986–87 New York Islanders season

1986–87 New York Islanders
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	6th Wales
1986–87 record	35-33-12
Goals for	279
Goals against	281
Team information
General manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Terry Simpson
Captain	Denis Potvin
Alternate captains	Brent Sutter Bryan Trottier
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Bossy, Pat LaFontaine (38)
Assists	Bryan Trottier (64)
Points	Bryan Trottier (87)
Penalty minutes	Brian Curran (356)
Wins	Kelly Hrudey (21)
Goals against average	Kelly Hrudey (3.30)

The 1986–87 New York Islanders season was the 15th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League.

Offseason

NHL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	17	Tom Fitzgerald	United States	Austin Prep (Massachusetts)
2	38	Dennis Vaske	United States	Plymouth Armstrong H.S. (Minn.)
3	59	Bill Berg	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
4	80	Shawn Byram	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
5	101	Dean Sexsmith	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
5	104	Todd McLellan	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	122	Tony Schmalzbauer	United States	Hill-Murray School (USHS-MN)
7	138	Will Andersen	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
7	143	Rich Pilon	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
8	164	Peter Harris	United States	Haverhill High School (MIAA)
9	185	Jeff Jablonski	United States	London Diamonds (WOJBHL)
10	206	Kerry Clark	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
11	227	Dan Beaudette	United States	Saint Thomas Academy (USHS-MN)
12	248	Paul Thompson	Canada	Northern Manitoba AAA All-Stars (MAAAMHL)
S2	20	Gary Kruzich	United States	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division^[2]
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	46	26	8	310	245	100
Washington Capitals	80	38	32	10	285	278	86
New York Islanders	80	35	33	12	279	281	82
New York Rangers	80	34	38	8	307	323	76
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	38	12	297	290	72
New Jersey Devils	80	29	45	6	293	368	64

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.

Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Patrick Division

1986–87 NHL records^[3]
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
New Jersey	—	2–5	4–3	2–4–1	4–3	1–6	13–21–1
N.Y. Islanders	5–2	—	3–3–1	3–4	5–0–2	2–3–2	18–12–2
N.Y. Rangers	3–4	3–3–1	—	4–3	3–2–2	4–3	17–15–3
Philadelphia	4–2–1	4–3	3–4	—	4–1–2	5–1–1	20–11–4
Pittsburgh	3–4	0–5–2	2–3–2	1–4–2	—	4–3	10–19–6
Washington	6–1	3–2–2	3–4	1–5–1	3–4	—	16–16–3

Vs. Adams Division

1986–87 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
New Jersey	1–1–1	1–2	1–1–1	1–2	0–1–2	4–7–4
N.Y. Islanders	0–2–1	1–1–1	1–2	1–1–1	2–1	5–7–3
N.Y. Rangers	2–1	2–1	0–3	0–2–1	2–1	6–8–1
Philadelphia	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0–1	2–0–1	9–4–2
Pittsburgh	1–2	2–0–1	0–3	1–1–1	3–0	7–6–2
Washington	1–1–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–2–1	6–7–2

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1986–87 NHL records
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
New Jersey	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	7–8–0
N.Y. Islanders	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1–1	2–1	9–5–1
N.Y. Rangers	1–1–1	1–2	1–1–1	1–2	1–1–1	5–7–3
Philadelphia	2–0–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–1–1	9–4–2
Pittsburgh	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–0–2	1–2	8–5–2
Washington	1–1–1	2–0–1	2–0–1	2–0–1	2–1	9–2–4

Vs. Smythe Division

1986–87 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
New Jersey	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0–1	0–3	5–9–1
N.Y. Islanders	0–2–1	0–2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1–1	3–9–2
N.Y. Rangers	1–2	0–3	2–0–1	2–1	1–2	6–8–1
Philadelphia	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	8–7–0
Pittsburgh	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0–2	1–2	5–8–2
Washington	1–2	2–1	0–3	3–0	1–1–1	7–7–1

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bryan Trottier	C	80	23	64	87	50	3	13	0	1
Mike Bossy	RW	63	38	37	75	33	-7	8	1	5
Pat LaFontaine	C	80	38	32	70	70	-10	19	1	6
Brent Sutter	C	69	27	36	63	73	23	6	3	8
Mikko Makela	RW	80	24	33	57	24	3	11	0	3
Pat Flatley	RW	63	16	35	51	81	17	6	0	4
Denis Potvin	D	58	12	30	42	70	-6	8	0	1
Duane Sutter	RW	80	14	17	31	169	1	1	0	1
Tomas Jonsson	D	47	6	25	31	36	-8	1	1	0
Richard Kromm	LW	70	12	17	29	20	2	0	0	0
Ken Leiter	D	74	9	20	29	30	2	4	0	0
Randy Boyd	D	30	7	17	24	37	0	3	1	0
Brad Lauer	LW	61	7	14	21	65	0	1	0	1
Steve Konroyd	D	72	5	16	21	70	-4	3	0	0
Bob Bassen	C	77	7	10	17	89	-17	0	0	1
Alan Kerr	RW	72	7	10	17	175	-10	0	1	1
Gord Dineen	D	71	4	10	14	110	-8	0	0	0
Greg Gilbert	LW	51	6	7	13	26	-12	0	0	0
Ken Morrow	D	64	3	8	11	32	7	0	0	0
Ari Haanpaa	LW	41	6	4	10	17	8	0	0	3
Brian Curran	D	68	0	10	10	356	3	0	0	0
Dale Henry	LW	19	3	3	6	46	2	0	0	0
Gerald Diduck	D	30	2	3	5	67	-3	0	0	0
Neal Coulter	RW	9	2	1	3	7	-2	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	40	0	2	2	37	0	0	0	0
Randy Wood	LW/C	6	1	0	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Mark Hamway	RW	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Kelly Hrudey	G	46	0	1	1	37	0	0	0	0
Derek King	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Kelly Hrudey	2634	46	21	15	7	145	3.30	0	1219	1074	.881
Billy Smith	2252	40	14	18	5	132	3.52	1	1007	875	.869
Team:	4886	80	35	33	12	277	3.40	1	2226	1949	.876

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bryan Trottier	C	14	8	5	13	12	-6	3	0	2
Pat LaFontaine	C	14	5	7	12	10	-6	1	0	2
Mikko Makela	RW	11	2	4	6	8	-4	1	0	1
Pat Flatley	RW	11	3	2	5	6	-2	0	0	0
Mike Bossy	RW	6	2	3	5	0	-2	2	0	0
Tomas Jonsson	D	10	1	4	5	6	2	1	0	0
Alan Kerr	RW	14	1	4	5	25	-1	0	0	0
Steve Konroyd	D	14	1	4	5	10	4	0	0	0
Ken Leiter	D	11	0	5	5	6	-2	0	0	0
Greg Gilbert	LW	10	2	2	4	6	3	0	0	1
Denis Potvin	D	10	2	2	4	21	-7	1	0	0
Richard Kromm	LW	14	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	0
Ken Morrow	D	13	1	3	4	2	-6	0	0	0
Randy Wood	LW/C	13	1	3	4	14	0	0	0	1
Gord Dineen	D	7	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	0
Bob Bassen	C	14	1	2	3	21	2	0	0	0
Brad Lauer	LW	6	2	0	2	4	1	0	0	0
Brent Sutter	C	5	1	0	1	4	-4	1	0	0
Duane Sutter	RW	14	1	0	1	26	-3	0	0	0
Randy Boyd	D	4	0	1	1	6	-2	0	0	0
Brad Dalgarno	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gerald Diduck	D	14	0	1	1	35	-7	0	0	0
Brian Curran	D	8	0	0	0	51	-4	0	0	0
Ari Haanpaa	LW	6	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0	0
Dale Henry	LW	8	0	0	0	2	-5	0	0	0
Kelly Hrudey	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Kelly Hrudey	842	14	7	7	38	2.71	0	464	426	.918
Billy Smith	67	2	0	0	1	0.90	0	22	21	.955
Team:	909	14	7	7	39	2.57	0	486	447	.920

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;

Playoffs

Round 1: New York Islanders (3) vs. Washington Capitals (2)

The Easter Epic^[5] is the nickname given to a National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoff game between the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals, played April 18–19, 1987, at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. It is so named because the game started on Saturday evening but did not finish until the early hours of Easter Sunday where Pat Lafontaine scored the overtime series winning goal.

April 8

New York Islanders

3–4

Washington Capitals

April 9

New York Islanders

3–1

Washington Capitals

April 11

Washington Capitals

2–0

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 12

Washington Capitals

4–1

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 14

New York Islanders

4–2

Washington Capitals

April 16

Washington Capitals

4–5

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 18

New York Islanders

3–2

4OT

Washington Capitals

New York won series 4–3

Round 2: New York Islanders (3) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (1)

April 20

New York Islanders

2–4

Philadelphia Flyers

April 22

New York Islanders

2–1

Philadelphia Flyers

April 24

Philadelphia Flyers

4–1

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 26

Philadelphia Flyers

6–4

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

April 28

New York Islanders

2–1

Philadelphia Flyers

April 30

Philadelphia Flyers

2–4

New York Islanders

Nassau Coliseum

May 2

New York Islanders

1–5

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia won series 4–3

References

Islanders on Hockey Database

↑ "1986 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.com.
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
↑ "1986-87 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
↑ Kara Yorio (April 17, 2007). "Two overtimes in the playoffs would be plenty". The Sporting News. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved January 7, 2009. Anyone around for the 1987 Easter Epic between the Islanders and Capitals (an extra 68:47 of hockey that holiday) has a story to tell.

New York Islanders seasons
1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

New York Islanders
Founded in 1972 Based in Elmont, New York
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Expansion draft Seasons Current season
History	Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P. (Jon Ledecky, governor) General manager Lou Lamoriello Head coach Lane Lambert Team captain Anders Lee Current roster
Arenas	Nassau Coliseum Barclays Center UBS Arena
Rivalries	New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Washington Capitals
Affiliates	AHL Bridgeport Islanders ECHL Worcester Railers
Media	TV MSG MSG Sportsnet WLNY-TV Radio WEPN-FM WRHU 88.7 FM
Culture and lore	The Trio Grande Easter Epic Penguins–Islanders brawl The Lighthouse Project Hockey Night Live! 2014 NHL Stadium Series 2024 NHL Stadium Series
Category Commons

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Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec
Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto
Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg
See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft Waiver Draft Rendez-vous '87 Easter Epic Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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