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New York Islanders, 1986-87

Be the GM of the New York Islanders Take over the 2026-27 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Patrick Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1986-87 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
9 80 35-33-12 82 0.513 279 281 -2 20-15-5 15-18-7

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Division Semifinals Washington Capitals Won 4-3
Division Finals Philadelphia Flyers Lost 3-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Bryan Trottier C 80 23 64 87 4 50 195 0
Mike Bossy R 63 38 37 75 -8 33 226 0
Pat LaFontaine C 80 38 32 70 -9 70 219 0
Brent Sutter C 69 27 36 63 23 73 177 0
Mikko Makela R 80 24 33 57 2 24 142 0
Patrick Flatley R 63 16 35 51 17 81 113 0
Denis Potvin D 58 12 30 42 -6 70 147 0
Duane Sutter R 80 14 17 31 0 169 152 0
Tomas Jonsson D 47 6 25 31 -7 36 99 0
Ken Leiter D 74 9 20 29 2 30 160 0
Richard Kromm L 70 12 17 29 2 20 109 0
Randy Boyd D 30 7 17 24 0 37 69 0
Brad Lauer R 61 7 14 21 1 65 75 0
Steve Konroyd D 72 5 16 21 -3 70 119 0
Alan Kerr R 72 7 10 17 -9 175 97 0
Bob Bassen L 77 7 10 17 -17 89 59 0
Gord Dineen D 71 4 10 14 -7 110 59 0
Greg Gilbert L 51 6 7 13 -12 26 50 0
Ken Morrow D 64 3 8 11 6 32 52 0
Ari Haanpaa R 41 6 4 10 10 17 45 0
Brian Curran D 68 0 10 10 3 356 34 0
Dale Henry L 19 3 3 6 2 46 14 0
Gerald Diduck D 30 2 3 5 -3 67 54 0
Neal Coulter R 9 2 1 3 -1 7 5 0
Mark Hamway R 2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0
Randy Wood R 6 1 0 1 -1 4 4 0
Derek King L 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Kelly Hrudey 46 2115700 1218 1073 145 3.31 0.881
Billy Smith 40 1418501 1004 872 132 3.53 0.869

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 5, 1987 @ PHI W 9-5 30 23
Apr 4, 1987 vs BUF T 6-6 (OT) 39 32
Apr 2, 1987 vs QUE L 1-4 29 34
Mar 31, 1987 @ STL W 4-3 22 31
Mar 27, 1987 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) 40 20
Mar 26, 1987 vs VAN L 2-5 28 23
Mar 24, 1987 vs WSH L 1-3 26 21
Mar 21, 1987 vs NYR W 4-3 29 20
Mar 19, 1987 @ DET W 3-2 35 24
Mar 16, 1987 @ MTL L 0-3 23 21
Mar 14, 1987 vs NJD W 7-6 (OT) 49 24
Mar 13, 1987 @ NJD L 1-4 29 27
Mar 10, 1987 @ PIT W 6-3 24 23
Mar 8, 1987 @ CHI W 6-5 23 29
Mar 7, 1987 @ TOR L 2-7 33 28
Mar 4, 1987 @ NYR L 5-7 33 34
Mar 3, 1987 vs BOS T 4-4 (OT) 34 22
Feb 28, 1987 vs STL T 3-3 (OT) 25 28
Feb 26, 1987 vs PIT W 5-4 27 19
Feb 24, 1987 @ STL L 2-3 29 19
Feb 22, 1987 @ NJD W 7-0 39 21
Feb 21, 1987 vs MTL W 6-5 36 23
Feb 18, 1987 @ MTL T 1-1 (OT) 29 35
Feb 17, 1987 vs PHI L 2-3 38 31
Feb 14, 1987 vs BUF L 1-5 32 27
Feb 7, 1987 @ CGY L 1-4 35 35
Feb 6, 1987 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 31 27
Feb 4, 1987 @ VAN L 1-4 27 28
Jan 31, 1987 vs HFD W 4-2 21 22
Jan 30, 1987 @ WSH T 3-3 (OT) 26 23
Jan 27, 1987 vs WIN T 2-2 (OT) 31 35
Jan 24, 1987 @ QUE W 2-1 (OT) 30 26
Jan 21, 1987 @ DET L 5-8 31 28
Jan 20, 1987 vs CGY L 1-3 22 29
Jan 18, 1987 @ PHI W 3-1 20 28
Jan 17, 1987 vs PHI L 2-4 29 25
Jan 15, 1987 vs WSH L 2-3 38 32
Jan 13, 1987 vs PIT T 3-3 (OT) 29 41
Jan 10, 1987 vs TOR W 3-2 25 21
Jan 9, 1987 @ NYR W 2-1 31 26
Jan 6, 1987 vs MNS W 5-3 30 27
Jan 3, 1987 vs BOS L 4-5 27 31
Dec 31, 1986 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 21 37
Dec 30, 1986 vs CHI L 3-5 41 29
Dec 27, 1986 @ PIT T 3-3 (OT) 29 39
Dec 26, 1986 @ WSH L 1-2 30 24
Dec 23, 1986 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 28 15
Dec 20, 1986 vs NYR W 5-2 26 17
Dec 18, 1986 @ PHI L 4-9 38 25
Dec 16, 1986 vs MNS W 4-2 30 33
Dec 13, 1986 vs NJD W 4-2 30 36
Dec 11, 1986 @ NJD W 8-4 42 33
Dec 9, 1986 vs LAK L 2-7 39 20
Dec 7, 1986 @ BOS L 1-3 31 26
Dec 5, 1986 @ VAN W 4-3 30 29
Dec 3, 1986 @ EDM L 1-7 34 23
Dec 2, 1986 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 29 35
Nov 29, 1986 vs PHI L 5-6 33 29
Nov 26, 1986 @ PIT W 3-2 24 36
Nov 25, 1986 vs PIT W 5-1 33 31
Nov 22, 1986 vs HFD L 3-6 29 41
Nov 20, 1986 vs TOR W 6-4 33 27
Nov 18, 1986 @ QUE W 4-3 (OT) 34 22
Nov 16, 1986 @ WIN L 1-3 27 38
Nov 15, 1986 @ MNS W 7-3 35 32
Nov 11, 1986 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 26 30
Nov 9, 1986 @ BUF W 4-3 30 21
Nov 8, 1986 vs DET W 2-1 (OT) 31 38
Nov 5, 1986 @ HFD L 2-3 23 20
Nov 4, 1986 vs WSH W 7-1 27 24
Nov 1, 1986 vs WIN W 7-4 34 33
Oct 30, 1986 @ NJD L 6-7 (OT) 37 31
Oct 28, 1986 vs PHI W 2-1 35 29
Oct 25, 1986 vs LAK W 4-3 34 25
Oct 21, 1986 vs NJD W 6-3 46 31
Oct 19, 1986 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 36 23
Oct 18, 1986 vs NYR L 2-3 28 29
Oct 16, 1986 vs WSH W 7-4 32 28
Oct 11, 1986 @ LAK L 4-5 39 31
Oct 9, 1986 @ CHI L 2-3 33 34