1986-87 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 34-38-8 - 76 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-2
Coach: Ted Sator (5-10-4)
Coach: Tom Webster (5-9-4)
Coach: Phil Esposito (24-19)
Location: New York, New York
1986-87 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 34-38-8 - 76 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-2
Coach: Ted Sator (5-10-4)
Coach: Tom Webster (5-9-4)
Coach: Phil Esposito (24-19)
Location: New York, New York
1986-87 New York Rangers Results
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 34 wins and 38 losses and 8 ties for 76 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Rangers netted 307 goals and surrendered 323. Tomas Sandstrom and Walt Poddubny scored 40 goals for New York each, and Walt Poddubny contributed 47 assists. John Vanbiesbrouck topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 3.64 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Ted Sator, Tom Webster and Phil Esposito coached the team. The 1986-87 New York Rangers lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Poddubny | L | 75 | 40 | 47 | 87 | 49 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 253 | 15.8 |
| Tomas Sandstrom | R | 64 | 40 | 34 | 74 | 60 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 240 | 16.7 |
| Kelly Kisio | C | 70 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 73 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 17.5 |
| Pierre Larouche | C | 73 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 12 | -7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 193 | 14.5 |
| Don Maloney | L | 72 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 117 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 14.6 |
| James Patrick | D | 78 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 62 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 7.0 |
| Tony McKegney | L | 64 | 29 | 17 | 46 | 56 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 166 | 17.5 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 61 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 62 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 5.5 |
| Mike Ridley | C | 38 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 20 | -10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 19.8 |
| Mark Osborne | L | 58 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 101 | -15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 13.2 |
| Willie Huber | D | 66 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 68 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 6.8 |
| Jan Erixon | R | 68 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 11.0 |
| Ron Duguay | C | 34 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 9 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 13.6 |
| Kelly Miller | L | 38 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 22 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 10.3 |
| Curt Giles | D | 61 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Larry Melnyk | D | 73 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 182 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 5.7 |
| Terry Carkner | D | 52 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 118 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Chris Jensen | R | 37 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 8.6 |
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 40 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Tom Laidlaw | D | 63 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 65 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 |
| Marcel Dionne | C | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 8.2 |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 28 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 |
| George McPhee | L | 21 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 34 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Bob Brooke | R | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 |
| Kjell Samuelsson | D | 30 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 50 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Jeff Jackson | L | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 31.3 |
| Raimo Helminen | C | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Dave Gagner | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Lane Lambert | R | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Brad Maxwell | D | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jay Caufield | R | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 45 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Mike Donnelly | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Bob Froese | G | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Price | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Gord Walker | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Don Jackson | D | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 91 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Leavins | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Norm Maciver | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike Siltala | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Soetaert | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Fenton | L | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Stu Kulak | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ron Talakoski | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bob Crawford | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ron Scott | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1531 | 307 | 511 | 818 | 1702 | -117 | 75 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 2472 | 12.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 50 | 2656 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 161 | 3.64 | 1369 | 1208 | .882 |
| Bob Froese | 28 | 1474 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 3.74 | 784 | 692 | .883 |
| Doug Soetaert | 13 | 675 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 5.16 | 368 | 310 | .842 |
| Ron Scott | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.62 | 35 | 30 | .857 |
| Totals | 92 | 4870 | 34 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 316 | 3.89 | 2872 | 2556 | .890 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Poddubny | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Tomas Sandstrom | R | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | |
| Kelly Kisio | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Pierre Larouche | C | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15.8 | |
| Don Maloney | L | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 | |
| James Patrick | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Tony McKegney | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Ron Greschner | D | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Willie Huber | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Jan Erixon | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Ron Duguay | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Curt Giles | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Larry Melnyk | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Terry Carkner | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Marcel Dionne | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| George McPhee | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Jeff Jackson | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Jay Caufield | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Froese | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Price | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stu Kulak | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 116 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 172 | -52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 178 | 7.3 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 4 | 195 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3.38 | 110 | 99 | .900 |
| Bob Froese | 4 | 165 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.64 | 96 | 86 | .896 |
| Totals | 8 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 3.50 | 227 | 206 | .907 |
