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Washington Capitals, 1986-87

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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
7 80 38-32-10 86 0.538 285 278 +7 22-15-3 16-17-7

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Division Semifinals New York Islanders 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
Larry Murphy D 80 23 58 81 25 39 224 0
Mike Gartner R 78 41 32 73 2 61 317 0
Scott Stevens D 77 10 51 61 15 283 163 0
Craig Laughlin R 80 22 30 52 -5 67 109 0
Gaetan Duchesne L 74 17 35 52 18 53 108 0
Bobby Gould R 78 23 27 50 21 74 157 0
Dave Christian R 76 23 27 50 -6 8 150 0
Greg Adams L 66 14 30 44 7 184 92 0
Michal Pivonka C 73 18 25 43 -19 39 117 0
Alan Haworth C 50 25 16 41 3 43 143 0
Mike Ridley C 40 15 19 34 -1 20 68 0
Rod Langway D 78 2 25 27 11 53 79 0
Kevin Hatcher D 78 8 16 24 -28 144 100 0
Kelly Miller L 39 10 12 22 10 26 50 0
Lou Franceschetti L 75 12 9 21 -7 127 77 0
David Jensen C 46 8 8 16 -10 12 48 0
Bobby Carpenter C 22 5 7 12 -7 21 47 0
Garry Galley D 18 1 10 11 3 10 29 0
John Blum D 66 2 8 10 1 133 32 0
Greg Smith D 46 0 9 9 -6 31 30 0
John Barrett D 55 2 2 4 -17 43 37 0
Gary Sampson L 25 1 2 3 -9 4 14 0
Jeff Greenlaw L 22 0 3 3 2 44 11 0
Ed Kastelic R 23 1 1 2 -2 83 15 0
Paul Cavallini D 6 0 2 2 -4 8 6 0
Yvon Corriveau L 17 1 1 2 -4 24 7 0
Stephen Leach R 15 1 0 1 -4 6 17 0
Bob Crawford R 12 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Grant Martin D 9 0 0 0 -1 4 5 0
Jim Thomson R 10 0 0 0 -1 35 5 0
Yves Beaudoin D 6 0 0 0 -4 5 4 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Bob Mason 45 2018500 1244 1107 137 3.25 0.890
Pete Peeters 37 1711400 928 821 107 3.22 0.885
Al Jensen 6 13100 183 156 27 4.97 0.852

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 5, 1987 @ NJD W 6-5 (OT) 25 24
Apr 4, 1987 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 25 33
Apr 1, 1987 @ NYR W 5-1 30 30
Mar 31, 1987 vs TOR W 4-2 23 28
Mar 29, 1987 vs MNS W 4-2 36 26
Mar 27, 1987 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) 20 40
Mar 24, 1987 @ NYI W 3-1 21 26
Mar 22, 1987 vs BOS W 4-3 29 30
Mar 20, 1987 vs PIT W 4-3 24 20
Mar 17, 1987 vs LAK L 4-5 35 27
Mar 14, 1987 @ STL T 3-3 (OT) 25 36
Mar 13, 1987 vs TOR W 10-2 51 20
Mar 10, 1987 vs CGY L 3-6 28 24
Mar 7, 1987 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 28 24
Mar 5, 1987 @ PHI L 2-4 26 21
Mar 3, 1987 vs NJD W 3-2 24 34
Mar 1, 1987 vs NYR W 7-3 43 29
Feb 27, 1987 vs EDM W 5-2 38 17
Feb 24, 1987 vs DET W 8-2 30 34
Feb 22, 1987 @ CGY W 5-2 33 32
Feb 20, 1987 @ VAN W 6-3 28 31
Feb 18, 1987 @ LAK L 4-7 40 34
Feb 15, 1987 @ EDM W 5-3 31 23
Feb 7, 1987 vs NYR L 4-5 (OT) 41 28
Feb 6, 1987 vs HFD L 2-5 26 27
Feb 4, 1987 @ NYR L 2-3 22 26
Feb 1, 1987 vs WIN W 6-4 25 32
Jan 30, 1987 vs NYI T 3-3 (OT) 23 26
Jan 28, 1987 @ DET W 2-1 25 29
Jan 27, 1987 @ PIT L 5-7 29 35
Jan 24, 1987 vs BUF L 3-6 32 32
Jan 23, 1987 @ BUF W 3-2 19 23
Jan 20, 1987 vs NJD W 6-3 32 28
Jan 18, 1987 @ NJD W 6-1 24 24
Jan 17, 1987 @ HFD W 6-1 22 29
Jan 15, 1987 @ NYI W 3-2 32 38
Jan 13, 1987 vs WIN L 2-3 29 24
Jan 11, 1987 @ PHI T 2-2 (OT) 21 22
Jan 9, 1987 vs PIT W 3-2 29 21
Jan 7, 1987 @ PIT L 2-5 24 26
Jan 5, 1987 @ STL W 6-4 29 24
Jan 3, 1987 vs PHI L 1-4 23 29
Jan 1, 1987 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 30 33
Dec 30, 1986 vs HFD L 1-3 27 42
Dec 28, 1986 @ CHI L 5-7 24 41
Dec 26, 1986 vs NYI W 2-1 24 30
Dec 20, 1986 vs STL W 5-3 27 30
Dec 19, 1986 @ NJD L 4-6 27 27
Dec 17, 1986 @ NYR L 1-6 35 33
Dec 14, 1986 vs NYR L 1-3 41 25
Dec 10, 1986 @ TOR L 2-8 25 29
Dec 9, 1986 vs NJD W 4-2 31 30
Dec 6, 1986 vs MTL W 3-1 28 31
Dec 3, 1986 @ WIN T 3-3 (OT) 24 30
Dec 1, 1986 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 29 18
Nov 29, 1986 @ QUE L 3-4 29 31
Nov 28, 1986 vs PHI L 2-4 27 32
Nov 26, 1986 vs BOS T 2-2 (OT) 31 24
Nov 22, 1986 vs PIT L 4-5 20 33
Nov 21, 1986 @ DET T 3-3 (OT) 22 35
Nov 18, 1986 vs LAK L 5-6 23 33
Nov 16, 1986 @ PHI L 2-6 25 35
Nov 14, 1986 vs QUE L 1-4 29 27
Nov 12, 1986 @ CHI T 2-2 (OT) 42 34
Nov 11, 1986 @ MNS T 2-2 (OT) 30 29
Nov 8, 1986 vs CHI W 3-2 26 27
Nov 5, 1986 vs VAN W 3-2 25 29
Nov 4, 1986 @ NYI L 1-7 24 27
Nov 1, 1986 @ CGY L 1-4 28 35
Oct 29, 1986 @ EDM L 3-6 33 40
Oct 28, 1986 @ VAN W 5-2 33 32
Oct 25, 1986 vs NJD W 2-1 20 31
Oct 24, 1986 vs MNS W 8-2 32 37
Oct 21, 1986 @ QUE T 4-4 (OT) 27 31
Oct 20, 1986 @ MTL W 5-4 30 25
Oct 18, 1986 vs BUF L 2-4 31 33
Oct 16, 1986 @ NYI L 4-7 28 32
Oct 13, 1986 @ NYR W 7-6 (OT) 34 45
Oct 11, 1986 vs PHI L 1-6 35 28
Oct 9, 1986 @ PIT L 4-5 18 32