1986–87 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1986–87 1986 New York Rangers Wales 7th Patrick 4th 34–38–8 18–18–4 16–20–4 307 323 Phil Esposito Ted SatorTom WebsterPhil Esposito Ron Greschner Madison Square Garden Walt Poddubny/Tomas Sandstrom (40) Walt Poddubny (47) Walt Poddubny (87) Larry Melnyk (182) John Vanbiesbrouck (18) John Vanbiesbrouck (3.64) The 1986–87 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 61st season.New York Rangers Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/history.html 2020-02-12 During the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the Patrick Division with 76 points, which allowed them to qualify for the NHL playoffs. However, New York was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Philadelphia Flyers.1986–87 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1987.html 2010-10-09 2 Regular season Final standings NYR Record vs. opponents NYR Schedule and results background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1986–87 regular season1986–87 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1987_games.html Hockey-Reference March 30, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 2–4–4 (home: 1–2–2; road: 1–2–2) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 9 || New Jersey Devils || 5–3 || 0–1–0 |- | 2 || 11 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 6–5 OT || 0–2–0 |- | 3 || 13 || Washington Capitals || 7–6 OT || 0–3–0 |- | 4 || 15 || @ Chicago Blackhawks || 5–5 OT || 0–3–1 |- | 5 || 18 || @ New York Islanders || 3–2 || 1–3–1 |- | 6 || 19 || New York Islanders || 2–2 OT || 1–3–2 |- | 7 || 22 || Los Angeles Kings || 5–4 OT || 2–3–2 |- | 8 || 25 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–3 OT || 2–3–3 |- | 9 || 26 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–3 OT || 2–3–4 |- | 10 || 29 || @ St. Louis Blues || 7–2 || 2–4–4 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 5–7–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–5–1) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 11 || 2 || Winnipeg Jets || 5–4 OT || 2–5–4 |- | 12 || 5 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–4 OT || 2–6–4 |- | 13 || 8 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 3–2 || 3–6–4 |- | 14 || 9 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 6–5 || 3–7–4 |- | 15 || 12 || Buffalo Sabres || 2–1 OT || 4–7–4 |- | 16 || 14 || Philadelphia Flyers || 2–1 || 5–7–4 |- | 17 || 16 || Edmonton Oilers || 8–6 || 5–8–4 |- | 18 || 17 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3–2 || 5–9–4 |- | 19 || 19 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 5–4 OT || 5–10–4 |- | 20 || 21 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 8–5 || 6–10–4 |- | 21 || 22 || @ Calgary Flames || 8–5 || 6–11–4 |- | 22 || 26 || Quebec Nordiques || 4–2 || 7–11–4 |- | 23 || 29 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–5 OT || 7–11–5 |- | 24 || 30 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–2 OT || 7–11–6 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 8–6–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 4–4–0) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 25 || 2 || @ New Jersey Devils || 8–5 || 7–12–6 |- | 26 || 5 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 6–3 || 8–12–6 |- | 27 || 10 || Los Angeles Kings || 5–4 || 9–12–6 |- | 28 || 11 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6–2 || 9–13–6 |- | 29 || 14 || @ Washington Capitals || 3–1 || 10–13–6 |- | 30 || 15 || Minnesota North Stars || 4–3 || 10–14–6 |- | 31 || 17 || Washington Capitals || 6–1 || 11–14–6 |- | 32 || 20 || @ New York Islanders || 5–2 || 11–15–6 |- | 33 || 21 || Hartford Whalers || 4–3 OT || 11–16–6 |- | 34 || 23 || New Jersey Devils || 8–5 || 12–16–6 |- | 35 || 26 || @ New Jersey Devils || 7–4 || 13–16–6 |- | 36 || 27 || @ St. Louis Blues || 3–2 || 13–17–6 |- | 37 || 30 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–3 || 14–17–6 |- | 38 || 31 || New York Islanders || 4–3 OT || 15–17–6 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 5–6–2 (home: 2–3–1; road: 3–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 39 || 3 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 5–2 || 16–17–6 |- | 40 || 5 || Minnesota North Stars || 3–3 OT || 16–17–7 |- | 41 || 7 || Philadelphia Flyers || 6–3 || 16–18–7 |- | 42 || 9 || New York Islanders || 2–1 || 16–19–7 |- | 43 || 11 || Vancouver Canucks || 8–3 || 17–19–7 |- | 44 || 12 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–1 || 17–20–7 |- | 45 || 14 || @ Calgary Flames || 8–5 || 18–20–7 |- | 46 || 19 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 2–2 OT || 18–20–8 |- | 47 || 21 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 5–3 || 18–21–8 |- | 48 || 23 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 7–4 || 18–22–8 |- | 49 || 26 || New Jersey Devils || 6–3 || 19–22–8 |- | 50 || 28 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–1 || 19–23–8 |- | 51 || 31 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 3–1 || 20–23–8 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 7–5–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 3–2–0) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 52 || 1 || Boston Bruins || 5–4 || 21–23–8 |- | 53 || 4 || Washington Capitals || 3–2 || 22–23–8 |- | 54 || 7 || @ Washington Capitals || 5–4 OT || 23–23–8 |- | 55 || 8 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–4 || 23–24–8 |- | 56 || 15 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–1 || 24–24–8 |- | 57 || 17 || Detroit Red Wings || 6–2 || 25–24–8 |- | 58 || 19 || @ Chicago Blackhawks || 5–2 || 25–25–8 |- | 59 || 20 || Buffalo Sabres || 6–3 || 25–26–8 |- | 60 || 22 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–2 || 25–27–8 |- | 61 || 24 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 6–3 || 26–27–8 |- | 62 || 25 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 27–27–8 |- | 63 || 28 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 27–28–8 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 7–7–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 3–3–0) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 64 || 1 || @ Washington Capitals || 7–3 || 27–29–8 |- | 65 || 4 || New York Islanders || 7–5 || 28–29–8 |- | 66 || 8 || Calgary Flames || 7–4 || 28–30–8 |- | 67 || 11 || Boston Bruins || 3–2 || 29–30–8 |- | 68 || 12 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 6–1 || 30–30–8 |- | 69 || 14 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 OT || 31–30–8 |- | 70 || 15 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5–2 || 31–31–8 |- | 71 || 17 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4–1 || 31–32–8 |- | 72 || 18 || Hartford Whalers || 5–3 || 31–33–8 |- | 73 || 21 || @ New York Islanders || 4–3 || 31–34–8 |- | 74 || 22 || Chicago Blackhawks || 5–3 || 32–34–8 |- | 75 || 25 || New Jersey Devils || 8–2 || 32–35–8 |- | 76 || 27 || St. Louis Blues || 6–4 || 33–35–8 |- | 77 || 30 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 6–5 || 34–35–8 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; April: 0–3–0 (home: 0–2–0; road: 0–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record |- | 78 || 1 || Washington Capitals || 5–1 || 34–36–8 |- | 79 || 4 || @ Hartford Whalers || 5–3 || 34–37–8 |- | 80 || 5 || Montreal Canadiens || 8–2 || 34–38–8 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1987 Stanley Cup playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1987 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Division semifinals vs. (P1) Philadelphia Flyers – Philadelphia wins 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || April 8 || New York Rangers || 3–0 || Philadelphia Flyers || || New York Rangers lead series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 9 || New York Rangers || 3–8 || Philadelphia Flyers || || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || April 11 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3–0 || New York Rangers || || Philadelphia leads series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 12 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3–6 || New York Rangers || || Series tied 2–2 |- | 5 || April 14 || New York Rangers || 1–3 || Philadelphia Flyers || || Philadelphia leads series 3–2 |- | 6 || April 16 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5–0 || New York Rangers || || Philadelphia wins series 4–2 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Skaters Regular season Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/- Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes Walt Poddubny 75 40 47 87 16 49 Tomas Sandstrom 64 40 34 74 8 60 Kelly Kisio 70 24 40 64 −5 73 Pierre Larouche 73 28 35 63 −7 12 Don Maloney 72 19 38 57 7 117 James Patrick James Patrick (ice hockey) 78 10 45 55 13 62 Tony McKegney† 64 29 17 46 −1 56 Ron Greschner 61 6 34 40 −6 62 Mike Ridley‡ 38 16 20 36 −10 20 Mark Osborne Mark Osborne (ice hockey)‡ 58 17 15 32 −15 101 Willie Huber 66 8 22 30 −13 68 Jan Erixon 68 8 18 26 3 24 Ron Duguay† 34 9 12 21 −8 9 Kelly Miller Kelly Miller (ice hockey b. 1963)‡ 38 6 14 20 −5 22 Curt Giles† 61 2 17 19 3 50 Larry Melnyk 73 3 12 15 −13 182 Terry Carkner 52 2 13 15 −1 118 Chris Jensen 37 6 7 13 −1 21 Lucien DeBlois 40 3 8 11 −7 27 Tom Laidlaw‡ 63 1 10 11 −18 65 Marcel Dionne† 14 4 6 10 −8 6 Bobby Carpenter Bobby Carpenter (ice hockey)†‡ 28 2 8 10 −12 20 George McPhee 21 4 4 8 −2 34 Bob Brooke‡ 15 3 5 8 −3 20 Kjell Samuelsson‡ 30 2 6 8 −2 50 Jeff Jackson Jeff Jackson (ice hockey b. 1965)† 9 5 1 6 −3 15 Raimo Helminen‡ 21 2 4 6 −8 2 Dave Gagner 10 1 4 5 −1 12 Lane Lambert‡ 18 2 2 4 2 33 Brad Maxwell†‡ 9 0 4 4 −1 6 Jay Caufield 13 2 1 3 −2 45 Mike Donnelly 5 1 1 2 0 0 Pat Price Pat Price (ice hockey)† 13 0 2 2 −8 49 Gordie Walker 1 1 0 1 2 4 Don Jackson Don Jackson (ice hockey) 22 1 0 1 −1 91 Norm Maciver 3 0 1 1 −5 0 Jim Leavins 4 0 1 1 0 4 Mike Siltala 1 0 0 0 1 0 Bob Crawford ice hockey‡ 3 0 0 0 −1 2 Stu Kulak† 3 0 0 0 −1 0 Ron Talakoski 3 0 0 0 1 21 Paul Fenton Paul Fenton (ice hockey) 8 0 0 0 −5 2 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Ron Greschner 6 0 5 5 0 Pierre Larouche 6 3 2 5 4 James Patrick James Patrick (ice hockey) 6 1 2 3 2 Don Maloney 6 2 1 3 6 Tomas Sandstrom 6 1 2 3 20 Jeff Jackson Jeff Jackson (ice hockey b. 1965) 6 1 1 2 16 Marcel Dionne 6 1 1 2 2 Ron Duguay 6 2 0 2 4 Willie Huber 6 0 2 2 6 Pat Price Pat Price (ice hockey) 6 0 1 1 27 George McPhee 6 1 0 1 28 Jan Erixon 6 1 0 1 0 Kelly Kisio 4 0 1 1 2 Stu Kulak 3 0 0 0 2 Jay Caufield 3 0 0 0 12 Lucien DeBlois 2 0 0 0 2 Terry Carkner 1 0 0 0 0 Larry Melnyk 6 0 0 0 4 Curt Giles 5 0 0 0 6 Tony McKegney 6 0 0 0 12 Walt Poddubny 6 0 0 0 8 Goaltenders Regular season Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss T Tie GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts John Vanbiesbrouck 50 2656 18 20 5 161 3.64 1363 .882 0 Bob Froese† 28 1474 14 11 0 92 3.74 783 .883 0 Doug Soetaert 13 675 2 7 2 58 5.16 367 .842 0 Ron Scott 1 65 0 0 1 5 4.62 35 .857 0 Playoffs Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts John Vanbiesbrouck 4 195 1 3 11 3.38 110 .900 1 Bob Froese 4 165 1 1 10 3.64 96 .896 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. hockeydb.com 2025-06-05 1986–87 New York Rangers https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481987.html Draft picks New York's picks at the 1986 NHL entry draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum.1986 NHL Entry Draft Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/draft/NHL_1986_entry.html 2012-06-02NHL Draft History National Hockey League https://www.nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html 2025-06-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010128131400/http://nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html 2001-01-28 Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 9 Brian Leetch D United States Avon Old Farms (Connecticut) 3 51 Bret Walter C Canada University of Alberta (CIAU) 3 53 Shaun Clouston C Canada University of Alberta (CIAU) 4 72 Mark Janssens C Canada Regina Pats (WHL) 5 93 Jeff Bloemberg D Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL) 6 114 Darren Turcotte C United States North Bay Centennials (OHL) 7 135 Rob Graham RW United States Guelph Platers (OHL) 8 156 Barry Chyzowski C Canada St. Albert Saints (AJHL) 9 177 Pat Scanlon LW United States Cretin Derham Hall H.S. (Minnesota) 10 198 Joe Ranger D Canada London Knights (OHL) 11 219 Russ Parent D Canada South Winnipeg Blues (MJHL) 12 240 Soren True LW Denmark Skobakken (Denmark) Supplemental Draft New York's picks at the 1986 NHL supplemental draft.1986 NHL Supplemental Draft hockeydb.com https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1986s.html 2025-06-05 Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 2 12 Gary Emmons C Canada Northern Michigan University (CCHA) References 1986-87 Category:1986–87 NHL season by team Category:1986 in sports in New York City Category:1987 in sports in New York City 1986-87 New York Rangers season