1986–87 Washington Capitals season

The 1986–87 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 13th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 9, 1986||4–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||0–1–0

|2||L||October 11, 1986||1–6 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||0–2–0

|3||W||October 13, 1986||7–6 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1986–87) ||1–2–0

|4||L||October 16, 1986||4–7 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1986–87) ||1–3–0

|5||L||October 18, 1986||2–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||1–4–0

|6||W||October 20, 1986||5–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||2–4–0

|7||T||October 21, 1986||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||2–4–1

|8||W||October 24, 1986||8–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) ||3–4–1

|9||W||October 25, 1986||2–1 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||4–4–1

|10||W||October 28, 1986||5–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||5–4–1

|11||L||October 29, 1986||3–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||5–5–1

|12||L||November 1, 1986||1–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||5–6–1

|13||L||November 4, 1986||1–7 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1986–87) ||5–7–1

|14||W||November 5, 1986||3–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||6–7–1

|15||W||November 8, 1986||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) ||7–7–1

|16||T||November 11, 1986||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) ||7–7–2

|17||T||November 12, 1986||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) ||7–7–3

|18||L||November 14, 1986||1–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||7–8–3

|19||L||November 16, 1986||2–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||7–9–3

|20||L||November 18, 1986||5–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) ||7–10–3

|21||T||November 21, 1986||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) ||7–10–4

|22||L||November 22, 1986||4–5 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||7–11–4

|23||T||November 26, 1986||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1986–87) ||7–11–5

|24||L||November 28, 1986||2–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||7–12–5

|25||L||November 29, 1986||3–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||7–13–5

|26||W||December 1, 1986||2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||8–13–5

|27||T||December 3, 1986||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||8–13–6

|28||W||December 6, 1986||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||9–13–6

|29||W||December 9, 1986||4–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||10–13–6

|30||L||December 10, 1986||2–8 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) ||10–14–6

|31||L||December 14, 1986||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1986–87) ||10–15–6

|32||L||December 17, 1986||1–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1986–87) ||10–16–6

|33||L||December 19, 1986||4–6 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||10–17–6

|34||W||December 20, 1986||5–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1986–87) ||11–17–6

|35||W||December 26, 1986||2–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1986–87) ||12–17–6

|36||L||December 28, 1986||5–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) ||12–18–6

|37||L||December 30, 1986||1–3 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||12–19–6

|38||W||January 1, 1987||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||13–19–6

|39||L||January 3, 1987||1–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||13–20–6

|40||W||January 5, 1987||6–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) ||14–20–6

|41||L||January 7, 1987||2–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||14–21–6

|42||W||January 9, 1987||3–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||15–21–6

|43||T||January 11, 1987||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||15–21–7

|44||L||January 13, 1987||2–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||15–22–7

|45||W||January 15, 1987||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1986–87) ||16–22–7

|46||W||January 17, 1987||6–1 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||17–22–7

|47||W||January 18, 1987||6–1 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||18–22–7

|48||W||January 20, 1987||6–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||19–22–7

|49||W||January 23, 1987||3–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||20–22–7

|50||L||January 24, 1987||3–6 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||20–23–7

|51||L||January 27, 1987||5–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||20–24–7

|52||W||January 28, 1987||2–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) ||21–24–7

|53||T||January 30, 1987||3–3 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (1986–87) ||21–24–8

|54||W||February 1, 1987||6–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||22–24–8

|55||L||February 4, 1987||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1986–87) ||22–25–8

|56||L||February 6, 1987||2–5 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||22–26–8

|57||L||February 7, 1987||4–5 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1986–87) ||22–27–8

|58||W||February 15, 1987||5–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||23–27–8

|59||L||February 18, 1987||4–7 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) ||23–28–8

|60||W||February 20, 1987||6–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||24–28–8

|61||W||February 22, 1987||5–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||25–28–8

|62||W||February 24, 1987||8–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) ||26–28–8

|63||W||February 27, 1987||5–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||27–28–8

|64||W||March 1, 1987||7–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1986–87) ||28–28–8

|65||W||March 3, 1987||3–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||29–28–8

|66||L||March 5, 1987||2–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||29–29–8

|67||L||March 7, 1987||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1986–87) ||29–30–8

|68||L||March 10, 1987||3–6 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||29–31–8

|69||W||March 13, 1987||10–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) ||30–31–8

|70||T||March 14, 1987||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) ||30–31–9

|71||L||March 17, 1987||4–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) ||30–32–9

|72||W||March 20, 1987||4–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||31–32–9

|73||W||March 22, 1987||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1986–87) ||32–32–9

|74||W||March 24, 1987||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1986–87) ||33–32–9

|75||T||March 27, 1987||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (1986–87) ||33–32–10

|76||W||March 29, 1987||4–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) ||34–32–10

|77||W||March 31, 1987||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) ||35–32–10

|78||W||April 1, 1987||5–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1986–87) ||36–32–10

|79||W||April 4, 1987||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||37–32–10

|80||W||April 5, 1987||6–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||38–32–10

Legend:

Playoffs

The 1987 playoff Capitals run was best known for the Easter Epic, when the Caps played the longest game 7 in their franchise history through four overtime periods. Unfortunately, they lost to the New York Islanders 3–2 in that game seven and lost the series 4–3.

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG D 80 23 58 81 3925804 RW 78 41 32 73 6115610 D 77 10 51 61 28313200 RW 80 22 30 52 67-31105 LW 74 17 35 52 5318014 RW 76 23 27 50 8-5502 RW 78 23 27 50 7418112 LW 67 14 30 44 1849200 C 73 18 25 43 41-19402 C 50 25 16 41 433902 C 40 15 19 34 20-1603 D 78 2 25 27 5311001 D 78 8 16 24 144-29102 LW 39 10 12 22 2610310 RW 75 12 9 21 127-9001 C 46 8 8 16 12-10200 C 22 5 7 12 21-7400 D 18 1 10 11 103100 D 66 2 8 10 1331000 D 45 0 9 9 31-6000 D 55 2 2 4 43-16000 G 37 0 4 4 160000 LW 25 1 2 3 4-9000 LW 22 0 3 3 442000 LW 17 1 1 2 24-4000 W 23 1 1 2 83-3100 D 6 0 2 2 8-4000 RW 15 1 0 1 6-4000 D 6 0 0 0 5-4000 RW 12 0 0 0 00000 G 6 0 0 0 00000 LW 9 0 0 0 4-1000 G 45 0 0 0 00000 RW 10 0 0 0 35-2000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% 2536 45 20 18 5 137 3.24 012471110.890 2002 37 17 11 4 107 3.21 0930823.885 328 6 1 3 1 27 4.94 0184157.853 Team: 4866 80 38 32 10 271 3.34 023612090.885

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 7 4 3 7 14000 D 7 0 5 5 19000 LW 7 2 2 4 0000 D 7 2 2 4 6001 LW 7 1 3 4 38100 RW 7 1 3 4 6001 LW 7 3 0 3 14000 C 7 2 1 3 6001 RW 7 0 3 3 8000 C 6 0 3 3 7000 C 7 1 1 2 2000 D 7 1 0 1 20000 W 5 1 0 1 13100 LW 1 1 0 1 2000 D 6 0 1 1 4000 D 7 0 1 1 2000 RW 7 0 0 0 23000 D 2 0 0 0 0000 C 7 0 0 0 2000 RW 1 0 0 0 0000 G 4 0 0 0 0000 G 3 0 0 0 2000 D 7 0 0 0 11000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SOSASVSV% 309 4 2 2 9 1.75 1143134.937 180 3 1 2 9 3.00 07667.882 Team: 489 7 3 4 18 2.21 1219201.918

Note: 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; Draft picks Washington's draft picks at the 1986 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)119Jeff GreenlawCanadian National Development Team240Steve SeftelKingston Canadians (OHL)360Shawn SimpsonSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)361Jim HrivnakMerrimack College (Hockey East)482Erin GinnellCalgary Wranglers (WHL)5103John PurvesHamilton Steelhawks (OHL)6124Stefan NilssonLuleå HF (Sweden)7145Peter ChomaBelleville Bulls (OHL)8166Lee DavidsonPenticton Knights (BCHL)9187Tero ToivolaTappara (Finland)10208Bob BabcockSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)11229John SchratzAmherst Ramblers (MVLHL)12250Scott McCroryOshawa Generals (OHL)S222Steve CousinsUniversity of Alberta (CIAU)

See also 1986–87 NHL season

References