1986–87 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1986–87 1986 Los Angeles Kings 31–41–8 20–17–3 11–24–5 Campbell 8th Smythe 4th 318 341 Rogatien Vachon Pat Quinn,Mike Murphy Dave Taylor   The Forum Luc Robitaille (45) Marcel Dionne (50) Luc Robitaille (84) Mark Hardy +16 Tiger Williams (358) Roland Melanson (18) Roland Melanson (3.70) The 1986–87 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 20th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kings made the playoffs, losing in the first round to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers. 2 Regular season Final standings LAK Record vs. opponents LAK Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#552583 5px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 5px solid; 1986–87 regular season1986-87 Los Angeles Kings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1987_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 27, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 9, 1986||3–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1986–87) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 11, 1986||5–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1986–87) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 14, 1986||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 15, 1986||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 18, 1986||1–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1986–87) ||2–3–0 |- |6||W||October 19, 1986||7–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||3–3–0 |- |7||L||October 22, 1986||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1986–87) ||3–4–0 |- |8||L||October 23, 1986||3–5 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||3–5–0 |- |9||L||October 25, 1986||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1986–87) ||3–6–0 |- |10||L||October 27, 1986||5–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||3–7–0 |- |11||L||October 28, 1986||2–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||3–8–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |12||T||November 2, 1986||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||3–8–1 |- |13||L||November 3, 1986||2–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||3–9–1 |- |14||L||November 6, 1986||4–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||3–10–1 |- |15||W||November 8, 1986||4–3 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||4–10–1 |- |16||W||November 11, 1986||4–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||5–10–1 |- |17||L||November 13, 1986||5–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||5–11–1 |- |18||W||November 15, 1986||4–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||6–11–1 |- |19||W||November 18, 1986||6–5 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1986–87) ||7–11–1 |- |20||T||November 19, 1986||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) ||7–11–2 |- |21||W||November 21, 1986||4–1 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||8–11–2 |- |22||L||November 23, 1986||2–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||8–12–2 |- |23||L||November 25, 1986||5–11 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||8–13–2 |- |24||L||November 26, 1986||3–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||8–14–2 |- |25||W||November 29, 1986||9–6 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||9–14–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||W||December 2, 1986||5–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) ||10–14–2 |- |27||W||December 4, 1986||4–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) ||11–14–2 |- |28||W||December 6, 1986||7–2 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) ||12–14–2 |- |29||W||December 9, 1986||7–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1986–87) ||13–14–2 |- |30||L||December 10, 1986||4–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1986–87) ||13–15–2 |- |31||L||December 13, 1986||3–6 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||13–16–2 |- |32||L||December 14, 1986||2–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||13–17–2 |- |33||W||December 17, 1986||3–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||14–17–2 |- |34||T||December 20, 1986||8–8 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||14–17–3 |- |35||W||December 22, 1986||5–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||15–17–3 |- |36||L||December 23, 1986||4–6 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||15–18–3 |- |37||W||December 27, 1986||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1986–87) ||16–18–3 |- |38||W||December 30, 1986||4–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||17–18–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |39||T||January 2, 1987||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||17–18–4 |- |40||L||January 3, 1987||1–8 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||17–19–4 |- |41||W||January 7, 1987||6–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||18–19–4 |- |42||L||January 8, 1987||4–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||18–20–4 |- |43||L||January 10, 1987||5–8 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||18–21–4 |- |44||W||January 14, 1987||4–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||19–21–4 |- |45||W||January 16, 1987||5–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) ||20–21–4 |- |46||T||January 17, 1987||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) ||20–21–5 |- |47||T||January 19, 1987||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1986–87) ||20–21–6 |- |48||W||January 21, 1987||10–5 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||21–21–6 |- |49||L||January 23, 1987||3–6 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) ||21–22–6 |- |50||W||January 28, 1987||6–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||22–22–6 |- |51||L||January 31, 1987||3–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||22–23–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |52||L||February 1, 1987||2–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||22–24–6 |- |53||L||February 4, 1987||4–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) ||22–25–6 |- |54||L||February 6, 1987||1–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||22–26–6 |- |55||L||February 8, 1987||1–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||22–27–6 |- |56||W||February 14, 1987||5–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||23–27–6 |- |57||T||February 16, 1987||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) ||23–27–7 |- |58||W||February 18, 1987||7–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1986–87) ||24–27–7 |- |59||L||February 21, 1987||2–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||24–28–7 |- |60||W||February 24, 1987||8–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||25–28–7 |- |61||L||February 26, 1987||3–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||25–29–7 |- |62||L||February 28, 1987||3–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) ||25–30–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |63||L||March 1, 1987||1–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) ||25–31–7 |- |64||T||March 3, 1987||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) ||25–31–8 |- |65||L||March 5, 1987||2–7 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||25–32–8 |- |66||L||March 6, 1987||3–9 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||25–33–8 |- |67||W||March 8, 1987||5–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||26–33–8 |- |68||L||March 11, 1987||2–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||26–34–8 |- |69||L||March 14, 1987||3–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||26–35–8 |- |70||W||March 17, 1987||5–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1986–87) ||27–35–8 |- |71||W||March 19, 1987||5–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||28–35–8 |- |72||L||March 21, 1987||6–8 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1986–87) ||28–36–8 |- |73||L||March 22, 1987||3–6 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||28–37–8 |- |74||W||March 25, 1987||6–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) ||29–37–8 |- |75||W||March 26, 1987||5–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||30–37–8 |- |76||L||March 28, 1987||3–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||30–38–8 |- |77||W||March 30, 1987||5–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||31–38–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |78||L||April 1, 1987||3–8 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||31–39–8 |- |79||L||April 4, 1987||3–7 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||31–40–8 |- |80||L||April 5, 1987||2–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||31–41–8 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs July 2010 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Luc Robitaille LW 79 45 39 84 28-181803 Bernie Nicholls C 80 33 48 81 101-161012 Jimmy Carson C 80 37 42 79 22-51802 Marcel Dionne C 67 24 50 74 54-8902 Dave Taylor Dave Taylor (ice hockey) RW 67 18 44 62 840913 Jim Fox Jim Fox (ice hockey) RW 76 19 42 61 48-10402 Bryan Erickson Bryan Erickson (ice hockey) RW 68 20 30 50 26-12624 Steve Duchesne D 75 13 25 38 748502 Grant Ledyard D 67 14 23 37 93-40501 Jay Wells D 77 7 29 36 155-19602 Morris Lukowich LW 60 14 21 35 640402 Tiger Williams LW 76 16 18 34 358-1103 Sean McKenna Sean McKenna (ice hockey) RW 69 14 19 33 1011010 Mark Hardy Mark Lea Hardy D 73 3 27 30 12016000 Bob Bourne C 78 13 9 22 35-13030 Phil Sykes Phil Sykes (ice hockey) LW 58 6 15 21 13310010 Dean Kennedy D 66 6 14 20 919001 Garry Galley D 30 5 11 16 57-9201 Larry Playfair D 37 2 7 9 181-1000 Craig Redmond D 16 1 7 8 8-1000 Paul Guay RW 35 2 5 7 16-14000 Roland Melanson G 46 0 6 6 220000 Bobby Carpenter Bobby Carpenter (ice hockey) C 10 2 3 5 6-8000 Dave Langevin D 11 0 4 4 7-3000 Joe Paterson ice hockey LW 45 2 1 3 158-15001 Tom Laidlaw D 11 0 3 3 41000 Lyle Phair LW 5 2 0 2 2-1000 Peter Dineen D 11 0 2 2 8-9000 Ken Hammond Ken Hammond (ice hockey) D 10 0 2 2 112000 Darren Eliot G 24 0 1 1 180000 Al Jensen G 5 0 1 1 00000 Craig Duncanson LW 2 0 0 0 240000 Bob Janecyk G 7 0 0 0 20000 Brian Wilks C 1 0 0 0 0-2000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Roland Melanson 2734 46 18 21 6 168 3.69 114201252.882 Darren Eliot 1404 24 8 13 2 103 4.40 1692589.851 Bob Janecyk 420 7 4 3 0 34 4.86 0222188.847 Al Jensen 300 5 1 4 0 27 5.40 0154127.825 Team: 4858 80 31 41 8 332 4.10 224882156.867 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bernie Nicholls C 5 2 5 7 61100 Jim Fox Jim Fox (ice hockey) RW 5 3 2 5 0-2100 Tiger Williams LW 5 3 2 5 302001 Dave Taylor Dave Taylor (ice hockey) RW 5 2 3 5 6-2100 Luc Robitaille LW 5 1 4 5 2-7000 Steve Duchesne D 5 2 2 4 4-8100 Bob Bourne C 5 2 1 3 0-2000 Bobby Carpenter Bobby Carpenter (ice hockey) C 5 1 2 3 2-4000 Jimmy Carson C 5 1 2 3 6-6000 Mark Hardy Mark Lea Hardy D 5 1 2 3 103000 Jay Wells D 5 1 2 3 10-3100 Bryan Erickson Bryan Erickson (ice hockey) RW 3 1 1 2 00000 Dean Kennedy D 5 0 2 2 101000 Sean McKenna Sean McKenna (ice hockey) RW 5 0 1 1 0-4000 Phil Sykes Phil Sykes (ice hockey) LW 5 0 1 1 8-2000 Darren Eliot G 1 0 0 0 00000 Paul Guay RW 2 0 0 0 01000 Tom Laidlaw D 5 0 0 0 2-9000 Grant Ledyard D 5 0 0 0 10-2000 Morris Lukowich LW 3 0 0 0 81000 Roland Melanson G 5 0 0 0 40000 Joe Paterson ice hockey LW 2 0 0 0 0-2000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Roland Melanson 260 5 1 4 24 5.54 0154130.844 Darren Eliot 40 1 0 0 7 10.50 02922.759 Team: 300 5 1 4 31 6.20 0183152.831 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-25 1986-87 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1987.html Transactions The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1986–87 season.https://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=&Team=Kings&BeginDate=1986-05-01&EndDate=1987-09-01&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&submit=Search&start=0 Hockey Transactions Search Results Trades February 14, 1987To Los Angeles KingsAl JensenTo Washington CapitalsGarry Galley March 10, 1987To Los Angeles KingsBobby Carpenter Tom LaidlawTo New York RangersMarcel Dionne Jeff Crossman 3rd round pick in 1989 – Murray Garbutt Free agent signings July 1, 1986From Saint-Jean Castors (QMJHL)Eric Germain July 30, 1986From Philadelphia FlyersPeter Dineen February 4, 1987From Minnesota North StarsDave Langevin Free agents lost July 1, 1986To EHC Kloten (NL)Bob Mongrain Waivers October 6, 1986From New York IslandersBob Bourne October 6, 1986From Buffalo SabresMal Davis Draft picks Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1986 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal. The Kings attempted to select Grant Paranica in the second round of the 1986 NHL supplemental draft, but the pick was ruled invalid since Paranica entered school after age 20 and therefore did not meet eligibility requirements.1986 NHL Supplemental Draft -- Round 2 Selections Hockey Draft Central http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1986/86supp2.htm December 6, 2021 Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)12Jimmy CarsonUnited StatesVerdun Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)344Denis LarocqueCanadaGuelph Platers (OHL)465Sylvain CouturierCanadaLaval Titan (QMJHL)586Dave GudenUnited StatesRoxbury Latin School (ISL)6107Robb StauberUnited StatesDuluth Denfeld High School (USHS-MN)7128Sean KrakiwskyCanadaCalgary Wranglers (WHL)8149Rene ChapdelaineCanadaLake Superior State University (CCHA)9170Trevor PochipinskiCanadaPenticton Knights (BCJHL)10191Paul KellyCanadaGuelph Platers (OHL)11212Russ MannUnited StatesSt. Lawrence University (ECAC)12233Brian HaytonCanadaGuelph Platers (OHL)S11Bob KudelskiUnited StatesYale University (ECAC) See also 1986–87 NHL season References Los Category:Los Angeles Kings seasons Los Angeles Los Angeles Category:1980s in Los Angeles County, California