1986–87 New York Rangers season

The 1986–87 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 61st season. 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.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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:

Playoffs

| 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:

Player statistics Skaters

Regular season Player 75 40 47 87 16 49 64 40 34 74 8 60 70 24 40 64 −5 73 73 28 35 63 −7 12 72 19 38 57 7 117 78 10 45 55 13 62 † 64 29 17 46 −1 56 61 6 34 40 −6 62 ‡ 38 16 20 36 −10 20 ‡ 58 17 15 32 −15 101 66 8 22 30 −13 68 68 8 18 26 3 24 † 34 9 12 21 −8 9 ‡ 38 6 14 20 −5 22 † 61 2 17 19 3 50 73 3 12 15 −13 182 52 2 13 15 −1 118 37 6 7 13 −1 21 40 3 8 11 −7 27 ‡ 63 1 10 11 −18 65 † 14 4 6 10 −8 6 †‡ 28 2 8 10 −12 20 21 4 4 8 −2 34 ‡ 15 3 5 8 −3 20 ‡ 30 2 6 8 −2 50 † 9 5 1 6 −3 15 ‡ 21 2 4 6 −8 2 10 1 4 5 −1 12 ‡ 18 2 2 4 2 33 †‡ 9 0 4 4 −1 6 13 2 1 3 −2 45 5 1 1 2 0 0 † 13 0 2 2 −8 49 1 1 0 1 2 4 22 1 0 1 −1 91 3 0 1 1 −5 0 4 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 ‡ 3 0 0 0 −1 2 † 3 0 0 0 −1 0 3 0 0 0 1 21 8 0 0 0 −5 2

Playoffs Player 6 0 5 5 0 6 3 2 5 4 6 1 2 3 2 6 2 1 3 6 6 1 2 3 20 6 1 1 2 16 6 1 1 2 2 6 2 0 2 4 6 0 2 2 6 6 0 1 1 27 6 1 0 1 28 6 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 12 6 0 0 0 8

Goaltenders Regular season Player 50 2656 18 20 5 161 3.64 1363 .882 0 † 28 1474 14 11 0 92 3.74 783 .883 0 13 675 2 7 2 58 5.16 367 .842 0 1 65 0 0 1 5 4.62 35 .857 0

Playoffs Player 4 195 1 3 11 3.38 110 .900 1 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.

Draft picks New York's picks at the 1986 NHL entry draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum. Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 9 Brian Leetch D Avon Old Farms (Connecticut) 3 51 Bret Walter C University of Alberta (CIAU) 3 53 Shaun Clouston C University of Alberta (CIAU) 4 72 Mark Janssens C Regina Pats (WHL) 5 93 Jeff Bloemberg D North Bay Centennials (OHL) 6 114 Darren Turcotte C North Bay Centennials (OHL) 7 135 Rob Graham RW Guelph Platers (OHL) 8 156 Barry Chyzowski C St. Albert Saints (AJHL) 9 177 Pat Scanlon LW Cretin Derham Hall H.S. (Minnesota) 10 198 Joe Ranger D London Knights (OHL) 11 219 Russ Parent D South Winnipeg Blues (MJHL) 12 240 Soren True LW Skobakken (Denmark)

Supplemental Draft New York's picks at the 1986 NHL supplemental draft. Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 2 12 Gary Emmons C Northern Michigan University (CCHA)

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