1986–87 Montreal Canadiens season explained

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

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	79	25	55	80	16	-3	10	0	3
	C	80	28	47	75	72	6	11	0	7
	RW	76	27	26	53	156	0	5	0	1
	D	70	13	37	50	44	24	6	0	3
	C/LW	76	23	23	46	34	-6	11	0	4
	C	79	18	27	45	68	9	0	0	2
	D	66	11	34	45	21	-2	7	0	2
	D	71	11	33	44	124	-5	6	0	2
	RW	57	20	19	39	80	11	4	0	3
	LW	79	18	21	39	58	7	0	2	2
	LW	59	14	17	31	96	0	3	0	4
	C	79	11	17	28	107	18	0	1	0
	LW	55	12	11	23	144	10	0	1	3
	D	70	5	17	22	63	14	1	0	1
	RW	41	12	8	20	0	-3	3	1	0
	RW	44	4	16	20	266	2	0	0	1
	LW	48	6	12	18	55	-1	0	0	0
	LW	47	8	8	16	19	0	0	1	3
	D	75	4	12	16	105	3	0	0	0
	D	72	1	9	10	10	-1	0	0	0
	D	57	0	10	10	47	5	0	0	0
	RW	44	5	3	8	151	-7	0	0	0
	C	9	1	3	4	0	5	0	0	0
	G	37	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
	G	46	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2686	46	22	16	6	131	2.93	1	1210	1079	.892
	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
	LW	17	7	15	22	11	4	0	3
	D	17	3	17	20	6	2	0	0
	C/LW	17	7	12	19	10	2	1	1
	C	17	9	9	18	19	2	0	0
	D	17	4	9	13	38	2	1	0
	RW	17	4	9	13	41	2	0	0
	LW	17	6	5	11	30	1	1	1
	C	17	3	8	11	20	0	0	0
	LW	17	7	2	9	13	1	0	2
	RW	8	2	4	6	0	0	0	0
	C	14	1	5	6	29	0	0	0
	RW	5	3	2	5	0	0	0	1
	D	17	2	3	5	30	0	0	1
	D	14	0	5	5	10	0	0	0
	LW	17	1	3	4	6	0	0	0
	LW	11	1	3	4	31	0	0	0
	D	17	0	4	4	8	0	0	0
	RW	17	3	0	3	75	0	0	0
	D	13	2	1	3	29	0	0	0
	RW	11	2	0	2	19	0	0	1
	D	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
	G	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	708	13	6	5	32	2.71	0	308	276	.896
	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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References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1986-87 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.