1986–87 Montreal Canadiens season

1986–87 Montreal Canadiens
Division2nd Adams
Conference3rd Wales
1986–87 record41–29–10
Home record27–9–4
Road record14–20–6
Goals for277
Goals against241
Team information
General managerSerge Savard
CoachJean Perron
CaptainBob Gainey
Alternate captainsMats Naslund
Larry Robinson
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsBobby Smith (28)
AssistsMats Naslund (55)
PointsMats Naslund (80)
Penalty minutesChris Nilan (266)
Plus/minusLarry Robinson (+24)
WinsPatrick Roy (22)
Goals against averageBrian Hayward (2.81)

The 1986–87 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 78th season. The season involved being eliminated in the Prince of Wales Conference Final versus the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 2, in a series made famous by the pre-game brawl before game 6, after Ed Hospodar attacked Claude Lemieux for shooting a puck into the Flyers empty net at the end of the warmup

Offseason

NHL Draft

Montreal's draft picks at the 1986 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 15 Mark Pederson  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
2 27 Benoit Brunet  Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
3 57 Jyrki Lumme Finland Ilves (Finland)
4 78 Brent Bobyck  Canada Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
5 94 Eric Aubertin  Canada Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
5 99 Mario Milani  Canada Verdun Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
6 120 Steve Bisson  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
7 141 Lyle Odelein  Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
8 162 Rick Hayward  United States Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
9 183 Antonin Routa Czechoslovakia Poldi SONP Kladno (Czechoslovakia)
10 204 Eric Bohemier  Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
11 225 Charlie Moore  Canada Belleville Bulls (OHL)
12 246 Karel Svoboda Czechoslovakia CHZ Litvinov (Czechoslovakia)
S2 18 Randy Exelby  Canada Lake Superior State University (CCHA)

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Hartford Whalers 80 43 30 7 287 270 93
80 41 29 10 277 241 92
Boston Bruins 80 39 34 7 301 276 85
Quebec Nordiques 80 31 39 10 267 276 72
Buffalo Sabres 80 28 44 8 280 308 64

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.

Record vs. opponents

Adams Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference


Schedule and results

1986–87 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 9, 1986 4–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 0–1–0
2 L October 11, 1986 4–5 OT Edmonton Oilers 0–2–0
3 W October 13, 1986 6–4 Minnesota North Stars 1–2–0
4 T October 15, 1986 0–0 OT @ Buffalo Sabres 1–2–1
5 W October 18, 1986 5–3 Winnipeg Jets 2–2–1
6 L October 20, 1986 4–5 Washington Capitals 2–3–1
7 W October 22, 1986 4–3 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3–1
8 T October 25, 1986 3–3 OT New York Rangers 3–3–2
9 W October 27, 1986 6–5 Los Angeles Kings 4–3–2
10 W October 29, 1986 5–2 Buffalo Sabres 5–3–2
11 T October 30, 1986 3–3 OT @ Boston Bruins 5–3–3
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
12 W November 2, 1986 5–3 @ Vancouver Canucks 6–3–3
13 W November 6, 1986 6–4 @ Los Angeles Kings 7–3–3
14 L November 8, 1986 3–4 @ Edmonton Oilers 7–4–3
15 L November 9, 1986 0–3 @ Calgary Flames 7–5–3
16 W November 12, 1986 4–3 Quebec Nordiques 8–5–3
17 W November 15, 1986 4–2 Buffalo Sabres 9–5–3
18 W November 17, 1986 3–2 OT Boston Bruins 10–5–3
19 W November 19, 1986 4–1 @ Hartford Whalers 11–5–3
20 W November 20, 1986 3–1 @ Boston Bruins 12–5–3
21 L November 22, 1986 3–4 Detroit Red Wings 12–6–3
22 L November 25, 1986 1–2 @ Quebec Nordiques 12–7–3
23 L November 26, 1986 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers 12–8–3
24 L November 29, 1986 5–7 Hartford Whalers 12–9–3
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
25 L December 1, 1986 1–2 OT Washington Capitals 12–10–3
26 W December 3, 1986 4–3 OT St. Louis Blues 13–10–3
27 T December 5, 1986 3–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings 13–10–4
28 L December 6, 1986 1–3 @ Washington Capitals 13–11–4
29 W December 8, 1986 5–3 Calgary Flames 14–11–4
30 W December 11, 1986 6–2 New York Rangers 15–11–4
31 L December 13, 1986 2–4 Boston Bruins 15–12–4
32 L December 14, 1986 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils 15–13–4
33 W December 16, 1986 4–2 @ St. Louis Blues 16–13–4
34 L December 19, 1986 2–3 @ Buffalo Sabres 16–14–4
35 W December 20, 1986 5–2 New Jersey Devils 17–14–4
36 T December 22, 1986 4–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 17–14–5
37 T December 26, 1986 1–1 OT @ Hartford Whalers 17–14–6
38 W December 27, 1986 6–2 Hartford Whalers 18–14–6
39 L December 30, 1986 3–6 @ Quebec Nordiques 18–15–6
40 W December 31, 1986 4–1 Quebec Nordiques 19–15–6
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
41 L January 3, 1987 3–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 19–16–6
42 W January 5, 1987 2–1 @ Boston Bruins 20–16–6
43 L January 7, 1987 2–3 OT Vancouver Canucks 20–17–6
44 W January 10, 1987 5–2 Quebec Nordiques 21–17–6
45 W January 12, 1987 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs 22–17–6
46 T January 14, 1987 3–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres 22–17–7
47 L January 15, 1987 3–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers 22–18–7
48 W January 17, 1987 4–2 Buffalo Sabres 23–18–7
49 L January 19, 1987 4–5 OT Hartford Whalers 23–19–7
50 L January 21, 1987 1–3 @ Hartford Whalers 23–20–7
51 L January 22, 1987 3–7 @ Boston Bruins 23–21–7
52 W January 24, 1987 3–1 Chicago Blackhawks 24–21–7
53 W January 26, 1987 3–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks 25–21–7
54 L January 27, 1987 1–2 @ St. Louis Blues 25–22–7
55 W January 31, 1987 5–3 Los Angeles Kings 26–22–7
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
56 L February 3, 1987 1–4 @ Quebec Nordiques 26–23–7
57 W February 4, 1987 4–3 Quebec Nordiques 27–23–7
58 L February 7, 1987 1–3 @ Hartford Whalers 27–24–7
59 W February 14, 1987 5–2 Winnipeg Jets 28–24–7
60 W February 16, 1987 7–3 Boston Bruins 29–24–7
61 T February 18, 1987 1–1 OT New York Islanders 29–24–8
62 L February 21, 1987 5–6 @ New York Islanders 29–25–8
63 L February 23, 1987 3–4 Minnesota North Stars 29–26–8
64 T February 25, 1987 3–3 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks 29–26–9
65 W February 28, 1987 3–2 New Jersey Devils 30–26–9
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
66 W March 3, 1987 4–2 @ Calgary Flames 31–26–9
67 L March 6, 1987 1–4 @ Vancouver Canucks 31–27–9
68 L March 7, 1987 3–5 @ Edmonton Oilers 31–28–9
69 W March 9, 1987 5–4 @ Minnesota North Stars 32–28–9
70 L March 11, 1987 1–2 @ Winnipeg Jets 32–29–9
71 T March 14, 1987 3–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers 32–29–10
72 W March 16, 1987 3–0 New York Islanders 33–29–10
73 W March 20, 1987 3–2 @ Buffalo Sabres 34–29–10
74 W March 21, 1987 9–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 35–29–10
75 W March 24, 1987 4–3 @ Quebec Nordiques 36–29–10
76 W March 28, 1987 6–3 Buffalo Sabres 37–29–10
77 W March 29, 1987 4–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 38–29–10
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
78 W April 1, 1987 3–2 Hartford Whalers 39–29–10
79 W April 4, 1987 3–1 Boston Bruins 40–29–10
80 W April 5, 1987 8–2 @ New York Rangers 41–29–10

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mats Naslund LW 79 25 55 80 16 -3 10 0 3
Bobby Smith C 80 28 47 75 72 6 11 0 7
Claude Lemieux RW 76 27 26 53 156 0 5 0 1
Larry Robinson D 70 13 37 50 44 24 6 0 3
Ryan Walter C/LW 76 23 23 46 34 -6 11 0 4
Guy Carbonneau C 79 18 27 45 68 9 0 0 2
Gaston Gingras D 66 11 34 45 21 -2 7 0 2
Chris Chelios D 71 11 33 44 124 -5 6 0 2
Stephane Richer RW 57 20 19 39 80 11 4 0 3
Mike McPhee LW 79 18 21 39 58 7 0 2 2
Sergio Momesso LW 59 14 17 31 96 0 3 0 4
Brian Skrudland C 79 11 17 28 107 18 0 1 0
Shayne Corson LW 55 12 11 23 144 10 0 1 3
Petr Svoboda D 70 5 17 22 63 14 1 0 1
Kjell Dahlin RW 41 12 8 20 0 -3 3 1 0
Chris Nilan RW 44 4 16 20 266 2 0 0 1
David Maley LW 48 6 12 18 55 -1 0 0 0
Bob Gainey LW 47 8 8 16 19 0 0 1 3
Craig Ludwig D 75 4 12 16 105 3 0 0 0
Rick Green D 72 1 9 10 10 -1 0 0 0
Mike Lalor D 57 0 10 10 47 5 0 0 0
John Kordic RW 44 5 3 8 151 -7 0 0 0
Gilles Thibaudeau C 9 1 3 4 0 5 0 0 0
Brian Hayward G 37 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Patrick Roy G 46 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0
Serge Boisvert RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Kurvers D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Rooney LW 2 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0
Scott Sandelin D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Patrick Roy 2686 46 22 16 6 131 2.93 1 1210 1079 .892
Brian Hayward 2178 37 19 13 4 102 2.81 1 959 857 .894
Team: 4864 80 41 29 10 233 2.87 2 2169 1936 .893

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Mats Naslund LW 17 7 15 22 11 4 0 3
Larry Robinson D 17 3 17 20 6 2 0 0
Ryan Walter C/LW 17 7 12 19 10 2 1 1
Bobby Smith C 17 9 9 18 19 2 0 0
Chris Chelios D 17 4 9 13 38 2 1 0
Claude Lemieux RW 17 4 9 13 41 2 0 0
Shayne Corson LW 17 6 5 11 30 1 1 1
Guy Carbonneau C 17 3 8 11 20 0 0 0
Mike McPhee LW 17 7 2 9 13 1 0 2
Kjell Dahlin RW 8 2 4 6 0 0 0 0
Brian Skrudland C 14 1 5 6 29 0 0 0
Stephane Richer RW 5 3 2 5 0 0 0 1
Craig Ludwig D 17 2 3 5 30 0 0 1
Petr Svoboda D 14 0 5 5 10 0 0 0
Bob Gainey LW 17 1 3 4 6 0 0 0
Sergio Momesso LW 11 1 3 4 31 0 0 0
Rick Green D 17 0 4 4 8 0 0 0
Chris Nilan RW 17 3 0 3 75 0 0 0
Mike Lalor D 13 2 1 3 29 0 0 0
John Kordic RW 11 2 0 2 19 0 0 1
Gaston Gingras D 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Brian Hayward G 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Patrick Roy G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Brian Hayward 708 13 6 5 32 2.71 0 308 276 .896
Patrick Roy 330 6 4 2 22 4.00 0 173 151 .873
Team: 1038 17 10 7 54 3.12 0 481 427 .888

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1986-87 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  4. ^ "1986-87 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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