1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks season

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1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks
Division 3rd Norris
1986–87 record 29–37–14
Goals for 290
Goals against 310
Team information
General Manager Bob Pulford
Coach Bob Pulford
Captain Darryl Sutter
Team leaders
< 1985–86 1987–88>

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Offseason

The 1986–87 Chicago Black Hawks were coming off a year in which they won the Norris Division then somehow got swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Hawks again made no big offseason moves other than acquiring Defenseman Gary Nyland from Toronto and the retirement of Tom Lysiak. Enforcer Behn Wilson would miss the entire season with a back injury.

Regular season

The Blackhawks started slow winning only eight of their first 25 games, but would heat up mid-season and go 21-12 the rest of the season. They would finish the season 29-37-14 (72 Points) - good for 3rd Place in the Norris Division.

Offensively, the Blackhawks were again led by Denis Savard, who led the team in scoring for the sixth year in a row with team highs of 40 goals and 90 points. Steve Larmer led the team in assists with 56 and in plus/minus with +20, while he was second in points in 86. Wayne Presley was second on the team in goals with 32. On defense, Doug Wilson again led the club with 48 points, with Bob Murray a close second with 44 points. Al Secord once again led the team in penalty minutes, as he accumulated 196.

In goal, Murray Bannerman got off to a slow start and ended with a 9-18-8 record with a 4.14 GAA. Bob Sauve took over as the primary net minder and ended with a 19-19-5 record and a 3.59 GAA in 46 games.

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
St. Louis Blues 80 32 33 15 281 293 79
Detroit Red Wings 80 34 36 10 260 274 78
Chicago Blackhawks 80 29 37 14 290 310 72
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 32 42 6 286 319 70
Minnesota North Stars 80 30 40 10 296 314 70

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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.


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Game Winning/Tying Goal Record
1 W October 9, 1986 3–2 New York Islanders (1986–87) Steve Larmer 1–0–0
2 L October 11, 1986 3–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Steve Yzerman 1–1–0
3 L October 12, 1986 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) Mario Lemieux 1–2–0
4 T October 15, 1986 5–5 OT New York Rangers (1986–87) Walt Poddubny 1–2–1
5 L October 18, 1986 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) Al Iafrate 1–3–1
6 L October 19, 1986 5–8 Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) Keith Acton 1–4–1
7 L October 21, 1986 1–9 @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) Wayne Gretzky 1–5–1
8 T October 24, 1986 2–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) Rich Sutter 1–5–2
9 W October 26, 1986 8–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) Denis Savard 2–5–2
10 L October 28, 1986 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) Russ Courtnall 2–6–2
11 L October 29, 1986 2–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) John Ogrodnick 2–7–2
12 W November 1, 1986 6–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) Al Secord 3–7–2
13 L November 2, 1986 3–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) Brian Benning 3–8–2
14 W November 5, 1986 4–2 Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) Steve Ludzik 4–8–2
15 L November 8, 1986 2–3 @ Washington Capitals (1986–87) Gaetan Duchesne 4–9–2
16 T November 9, 1986 4–4 OT St. Louis Blues (1986–87) Denis Savard 4–9–3
17 T November 12, 1986 2–2 OT Washington Capitals (1986–87) Larry Murphy 4–9–4
18 L November 15, 1986 3–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) Greg Paslawski 4–10–4
19 L November 16, 1986 3–7 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) Gary Leeman 4–11–4
20 T November 19, 1986 4–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) Steve Ludzik 4–11–5
21 L November 20, 1986 1–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) Tim Kerr 4–12–5
22 W November 23, 1986 5–3 New Jersey Devils (1986–87) Denis Savard 5–12–5
23 L November 26, 1986 2–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) Dino Ciccarelli 5–13–5
24 W November 28, 1986 6–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) Al Secord 6–13–5
25 L November 29, 1986 4–5 @ Calgary Flames (1986–87) Dale DeGray 6–14–5
26 W December 2, 1986 4–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) Troy Murray 7–14–5
27 L December 4, 1986 1–4 @ Calgary Flames (1986–87) Joe Mullen 7–15–5
28 L December 6, 1986 2–7 @ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) Garry Galley 7–16–5
29 W December 10, 1986 6–3 Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) Wayne Presley 8–16–5
30 T December 13, 1986 4–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) Mark LaVarre 8–16–6
31 L December 14, 1986 3–7 Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) Rich Sutter 8–17–6
32 W December 17, 1986 5–1 Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) Steve Larmer 9–17–6
33 W December 20, 1986 6–2 @ Boston Bruins (1986–87) Curt Fraser 10–17–6
34 W December 21, 1986 7–4 Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Steve Larmer 11–17–6
35 L December 23, 1986 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Adam Oates 11–18–6
36 W December 26, 1986 8–6 St. Louis Blues (1986–87) Denis Savard 12–18–6
37 W December 28, 1986 7–5 Washington Capitals (1986–87) Denis Savard 13–18–6
38 W December 30, 1986 5–3 @ New York Islanders (1986–87) Curt Fraser 14–18–6
39 L December 31, 1986 2–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) Dave Andreychuk 14–19–6
40 W January 3, 1987 3–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) Bob Murray 15–19–6
41 L January 4, 1987 1–4 Calgary Flames (1986–87) John Tonelli 15–20–6
42 W January 7, 1987 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) Al Secord 16–20–6
43 W January 11, 1987 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Steve Larmer 17–20–6
44 L January 14, 1987 1–3 New Jersey Devils (1986–87) John MacLean 17–21–6
45 L January 17, 1987 2–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) Brian Bellows 17–22–6
46 L January 18, 1987 3–5 Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) Paul Gillis 17–23–6
47 T January 21, 1987 5–5 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) Troy Murray 17–23–7
48 L January 23, 1987 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) Lindsay Carson 17–24–7
49 L January 24, 1987 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) Bob Gainey 17–25–7
50 L January 26, 1987 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) Chris Chelios 17–26–7
51 W January 28, 1987 5–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) Wayne Presley 18–26–7
52 T January 31, 1987 4–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) Mark Hunter 18–26–8
53 W February 1, 1987 6–4 Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) Troy Murray 19–26–8
54 W February 4, 1987 5–4 Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Ed Olczyk 20–26–8
55 L February 7, 1987 1–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) Craig Simpson 20–27–8
56 L February 8, 1987 4–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) Doug Smith 20–28–8
57 W February 15, 1987 6–4 Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) Troy Murray 21–28–8
58 L February 17, 1987 4–5 Hartford Whalers (1986–87) Dave Tippett 21–29–8
59 W February 19, 1987 5–2 New York Rangers (1986–87) Wayne Presley 22–29–8
60 W February 21, 1987 6–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) Ed Olczyk 23–29–8
61 T February 22, 1987 2–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Troy Murray 23–29–9
62 T February 25, 1987 3–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) Craig Ludwig 23–29–10
63 W February 28, 1987 2–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) Wayne Presley 24–29–10
64 W March 1, 1987 6–1 Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) Rich Preston 25–29–10
65 W March 4, 1987 3–2 Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) Denis Savard 26–29–10
66 W March 7, 1987 4–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) Doug Wilson 27–29–10
67 L March 8, 1987 5–6 New York Islanders (1986–87) Bryan Trottier 27–30–10
68 L March 11, 1987 2–3 St. Louis Blues (1986–87) Charlie Bourgeois 27–31–10
69 T March 14, 1987 4–4 OT @ Boston Bruins (1986–87) Keith Brown 27–31–11
70 L March 15, 1987 2–4 Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) Brian Lawton 27–32–11
71 T March 17, 1987 3–3 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) Marc Bergevin 27–32–12
72 W March 18, 1987 6–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) Denis Savard 28–32–12
73 L March 21, 1987 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Lee Norwood 28–33–12
74 L March 22, 1987 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1986–87) Walt Poddubny 28–34–12
75 T March 25, 1987 4–4 OT St. Louis Blues (1986–87) Darryl Sutter 28–34–13
76 L March 28, 1987 4–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) Peter Stastny 28–35–13
77 L March 29, 1987 6–8 Boston Bruins (1986–87) Ken Linseman 28–36–13
78 T April 1, 1987 4–4 OT Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) Ron Wilson 28–36–14
79 L April 4, 1987 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) Wendel Clark 28–37–14
80 W April 5, 1987 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) Denis Savard 29–37–14

Playoffs

The Hawks took on the Detroit Red Wings, who finished second in the Norris. The series opened with two games in Detroit with the Hawks dropped both games with scores of 3-1 and 5-1. The series moved to the Chicago Stadium where the Hawks took the Red Wings to overtime in game three, but lost 4-3. The Red Wings then completed the sweep with a 3-1 victory. The Red Wings completely shut down the Blackhawks, and no player had more than two points on offense.

No. R Date Score Opponent Game Winning Goal Record
1 L April 8, 1987 1-3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Darren Veitch 0-1
2 L April 9, 1987 1-5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Joe Kocur 0-2
3 L April 11, 1987 3–4 OT Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Shawn Burr 0-3
4 L April 12, 1987 1-3 Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) Mel Bridgman 0-4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Denis Savard C 70 40 50 90 108 15 7 0 7
Steve Larmer RW 80 28 56 84 22 20 10 0 4
Troy Murray C 77 28 43 71 59 14 4 2 3
Wayne Presley RW 80 32 29 61 114 -18 7 0 4
Al Secord LW 77 29 29 58 196 -20 5 0 3
Ed Olczyk C 79 16 35 51 119 -4 2 1 2
Curt Fraser LW 75 25 25 50 182 5 3 0 2
Doug Wilson D 69 16 32 48 36 15 7 1 1
Bob Murray D 79 6 38 44 80 -9 4 0 1
Bill Watson RW 51 13 19 32 6 19 0 0 0
Gary Nylund D 80 7 20 27 190 -9 2 0 0
Keith Brown D 73 4 23 27 86 5 2 0 0
Mark LaVarre RW 58 8 15 23 33 11 0 0 0
Dave Donnelly C 71 6 12 18 81 -7 0 0 0
Rich Preston RW 73 8 9 17 19 -8 0 0 1
Steve Ludzik C 52 5 12 17 34 -3 0 0 1
Darryl Sutter LW 44 8 6 14 16 -3 1 0 0
Marc Bergevin D 66 4 10 14 66 4 0 0 0
Jack O'Callahan D 48 1 13 14 59 10 1 0 0
Mike Stapleton C 39 3 6 9 6 -9 0 0 0
Dave Manson D 63 1 8 9 146 -2 0 0 0
Everett Sanipass LW 7 1 3 4 2 3 0 0 0
Bob Sauve G 46 0 4 4 6 0 0 0 0
Rick Paterson C 22 1 2 3 6 1 0 1 0
Murray Bannerman G 39 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
James Camazzola LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Cassidy D 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Darin Sceviour RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren Skorodenski G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Bob Sauve 2660 46 19 19 5 159 3.59 1 1497 1338 .894
Murray Bannerman 2059 39 9 18 8 142 4.14 0 1122 980 .873
Warren Skorodenski 155 3 1 0 1 7 2.71 0 90 83 .922
Team: 4874 80 29 37 14 308 3.79 1 2709 2401 .886

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Curt Fraser LW 2 1 1 2 10 -1 0 0 0
Ed Olczyk C 4 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0
Gary Nylund D 4 0 2 2 11 -1 0 0 0
Rich Preston RW 4 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 0
Marc Bergevin D 3 1 0 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Bob Murray D 4 1 0 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Wayne Presley RW 4 1 0 1 9 -2 0 0 0
Denis Savard C 4 1 0 1 12 -3 0 0 0
Keith Brown D 4 0 1 1 6 -1 0 0 0
Bill Watson RW 4 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Dave Donnelly C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Larmer RW 4 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Steve Ludzik C 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Dave Manson D 3 0 0 0 10 -2 0 0 0
Troy Murray C 4 0 0 0 5 -3 0 0 0
Jack O'Callahan D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Sauve G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Secord LW 4 0 0 0 21 -2 0 0 0
Mike Stapleton C 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Darryl Sutter LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Vincelette LW 3 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0
Doug Wilson D 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Bob Sauve 245 4 0 4 15 3.67 0 136 121 .890
Team: 245 4 0 4 15 3.67 0 136 121 .890

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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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Roster

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Draft picks

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Farm teams

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See also

References

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2. 1987-88 Chicago Blackhawks Yearbook (official team publication)

External links

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