The 1986–87 NHL season was the 70th season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. The Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup by beating the Philadelphia Flyers four games to three in the Cup finals.

Regular season

The Oilers won their second straight Presidents' Trophy as the top team and Wayne Gretzky won his eighth straight Hart Trophy and his seventh straight Art Ross Trophy.

Francis "King" Clancy, former defenceman with Ottawa and Toronto, had to undergo surgery toremove his gall bladder. Unfortunately, infection from the gall bladder seeped into hisbody during surgery, causing him to go into septic shock. He died November 10th, 1986.

Final standings

"Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes"

Prince of Wales Conference

"Edmonton wins best-of-seven series 4–3"

tanley Cup scoring leaders

NHL awards

All-Star teams

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1986–87 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):
*Gary Roberts, Calgary Flames
*Joe Nieuwendyk, Calgary Flames
*Dave Manson, Chicago Blackhawks
*Joe Murphy, Detroit Red Wings
*Steve Chiasson, Detroit Red Wings
*Kelly Buchberger*, Edmonton Oilers
*Jimmy Carson, Los Angeles Kings
*Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings
*Steve Duchesne, Los Angeles Kings
*Craig Berube, Philadelphia Flyers
*Ron Hextall, Philadelphia Flyers
*Vincent Damphousse, Toronto Maple Leafs
*Fredrik Olausson, Winnipeg Jets

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1986–87 (listed with their last team):
*Thomas Gradin, Boston Bruins
*Mike Milbury, Boston Bruins
*Lee Fogolin, Buffalo Sabres
*Don Lever, Buffalo Sabres
*Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres
*Phil Russell, Buffalo Sabres
*Murray Bannerman, Chicago Blackhawks
*Darryl Sutter, Chicago Blackhawks
*Danny Gare, Edmonton Oilers
*Wayne Babych, Hartford Whalers
*Peter McNab, New Jersey Devils
*Mike Bossy, New York Islanders
*Chico Resch, Philadelphia Flyers

1987 Trading Deadline

* Trading Deadline: MARCH 10, 1987 [ [http://www.habsinsideout.com/main/3969 NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out ] ]
*March 10, 1987: Paul Boutilier traded from Boston to Minnesota for Minnesota's 4th round choice in 1988 Entry Draft.
*March 10, 1987: Raimo Helminen traded from NY Rangers to Minnesota for future considerations.
*March 10, 1987: Raimo Summanen traded from Edmonton to Vancouver for Moe Lemay.
*March 10, 1987: Stu Kulak traded from Edmonton to NY Rangers, completing an earlier trade.
*March 10, 1987: Marcel Dionne, Jeff Crossman and Los Angeles' 3rd round choice in 1989 Entry Draft traded from Los Angeles to NY Rangers for Bob Carpenter and Tom Laidlaw.

ee also

* List of Stanley Cup champions
* 1986 NHL Entry Draft
* NHL All-Rookie Team
* Rendez-vous '87
* 1986 in sports
* 1987 in sports
* Easter Epic

References

* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/nhl1927.html Hockey Database]
* [http://nhl.com/ NHL.com]