1986–87 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1986–87 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 20th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings made the playoffs, losing in the first round to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers.

1986–87 Los Angeles Kings
Division	4th Smythe
Conference	Campbell
1986–87 record	31–41–8
Goals for	318
Goals against	341
Team information
General manager	Rogatien Vachon
Coach	Pat Quinn, Mike Murphy
Captain	Dave Taylor
Arena	The Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Luc Robitaille (45)
Assists	Marcel Dionne (50)
Points	Luc Robitaille (84)
Penalty minutes	Tiger Williams (358)
Plus/minus	Mark Hardy +16
Wins	Roland Melanson (18)
Goals against average	Roland Melanson (3.70)
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Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division^[1]

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Edmonton Oilers	80	50	24	6	372	284	106
Calgary Flames	80	46	31	3	318	289	95
Winnipeg Jets	80	40	32	8	279	271	88
Los Angeles Kings	80	31	41	8	318	341	70
Vancouver Canucks	80	29	43	8	282	314	66

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

Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Smythe Division 1986–87 NHL records[2] Team CGY EDM LAK VAN WIN Total Calgary — 6–1–1 5–3 4–4 2–6 17–14–1 Edmonton 1–6–1 — 4–2–2 7–0–1 5–3 17–11–4 Los Angeles 3–5 2–4–2 — 2–5–1 3–5 10–19–3 Vancouver 4–4 0–7–1 5–2–1 — 3–5 12–18–2 Winnipeg 6–2 3–5 5–3 5–3 — 19–13–0 Vs. Norris Division 1986–87 NHL records Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR Total Calgary 3–0 1–2 1–1–1 1–2 2–1 8–6–1 Edmonton 1–2 3–0 2–0–1 3–0 2–1 11–3–1 Los Angeles 1–1–1 3–0 0–2–1 1–1–1 1–1–1 6–5–4 Vancouver 1–1–1 1–2 0–3 2–0–1 2–1 6–7–2 Winnipeg 0–3 1–1–1 2–1 1–0–2 1–2 5–7–3 Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Adams Division 1986–87 NHL records Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total Calgary 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 9–6–0 Edmonton 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 11–4–0 Los Angeles 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 4–11–0 Vancouver 1–2 3–0 0–2–1 2–1 1–2 7–7–1 Winnipeg 1–2 2–1 1–1–1 1–2 1–0–2 6–6–3 Vs. Patrick Division 1986–87 NHL records Team NJD NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total Calgary 2–1 2–0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 12–5–1 Edmonton 2–1 2–0–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 11–6–1 Los Angeles 2–1 2–1 0–2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 11–6–1 Vancouver 0–2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1–2 0–3 4–11–3 Winnipeg 3–0 1–1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1–1 10–6–2

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
3	L	October 14, 1986	3–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	1–2–0
4	W	October 15, 1986	4–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	2–2–0
5	L	October 18, 1986	1–4	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	2–3–0
6	W	October 19, 1986	7–6	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	3–3–0
7	L	October 22, 1986	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	3–4–0
8	L	October 23, 1986	3–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	3–5–0
9	L	October 25, 1986	3–4	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	3–6–0
10	L	October 27, 1986	5–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	3–7–0
11	L	October 28, 1986	2–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	3–8–0
12	T	November 2, 1986	5–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	3–8–1
13	L	November 3, 1986	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	3–9–1
14	L	November 6, 1986	4–6	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	3–10–1
15	W	November 8, 1986	4–3	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	4–10–1
16	W	November 11, 1986	4–3	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	5–10–1
17	L	November 13, 1986	5–6	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	5–11–1
18	W	November 15, 1986	4–1	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	6–11–1
19	W	November 18, 1986	6–5	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	7–11–1
20	T	November 19, 1986	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	7–11–2
21	W	November 21, 1986	4–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	8–11–2
22	L	November 23, 1986	2–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	8–12–2
23	L	November 25, 1986	5–11	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	8–13–2
24	L	November 26, 1986	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	8–14–2
25	W	November 29, 1986	9–6	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	9–14–2
26	W	December 2, 1986	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	10–14–2
27	W	December 4, 1986	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	11–14–2
28	W	December 6, 1986	7–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	12–14–2
29	W	December 9, 1986	7–2	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	13–14–2
30	L	December 10, 1986	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	13–15–2
31	L	December 13, 1986	3–6	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	13–16–2
32	L	December 14, 1986	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	13–17–2
33	W	December 17, 1986	3–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	14–17–2
34	T	December 20, 1986	8–8 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	14–17–3
35	W	December 22, 1986	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	15–17–3
36	L	December 23, 1986	4–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	15–18–3
37	W	December 27, 1986	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1986–87)	16–18–3
38	W	December 30, 1986	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	17–18–3
39	T	January 2, 1987	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	17–18–4
40	L	January 3, 1987	1–8	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	17–19–4
41	W	January 7, 1987	6–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	18–19–4
42	L	January 8, 1987	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	18–20–4
43	L	January 10, 1987	5–8	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	18–21–4
44	W	January 14, 1987	4–0	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	19–21–4
45	W	January 16, 1987	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	20–21–4
46	T	January 17, 1987	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	20–21–5
47	T	January 19, 1987	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1986–87)	20–21–6
48	W	January 21, 1987	10–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	21–21–6
49	L	January 23, 1987	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	21–22–6
50	W	January 28, 1987	6–2	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	22–22–6
51	L	January 31, 1987	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	22–23–6
52	L	February 1, 1987	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	22–24–6
53	L	February 4, 1987	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	22–25–6
54	L	February 6, 1987	1–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	22–26–6
55	L	February 8, 1987	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	22–27–6
56	W	February 14, 1987	5–2	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	23–27–6
57	T	February 16, 1987	1–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	23–27–7
58	W	February 18, 1987	7–4	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	24–27–7
59	L	February 21, 1987	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	24–28–7
60	W	February 24, 1987	8–3	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	25–28–7
61	L	February 26, 1987	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	25–29–7
62	L	February 28, 1987	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	25–30–7
63	L	March 1, 1987	1–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	25–31–7
64	T	March 3, 1987	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	25–31–8
65	L	March 5, 1987	2–7	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	25–32–8
66	L	March 6, 1987	3–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	25–33–8
67	W	March 8, 1987	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	26–33–8
68	L	March 11, 1987	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	26–34–8
69	L	March 14, 1987	3–6	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	26–35–8
70	W	March 17, 1987	5–4	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	27–35–8
71	W	March 19, 1987	5–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	28–35–8
72	L	March 21, 1987	6–8	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87)	28–36–8
73	L	March 22, 1987	3–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	28–37–8
74	W	March 25, 1987	6–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	29–37–8
75	W	March 26, 1987	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	30–37–8
76	L	March 28, 1987	3–4	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	30–38–8
77	W	March 30, 1987	5–4	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	31–38–8
78	L	April 1, 1987	3–8	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	31–39–8
79	L	April 4, 1987	3–7	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	31–40–8
80	L	April 5, 1987	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	31–41–8

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Luc Robitaille LW 79 45 39 84 28 -18 18 0 3 Bernie Nicholls C 80 33 48 81 101 -16 10 1 2 Jimmy Carson C 80 37 42 79 22 -5 18 0 2 Marcel Dionne C 67 24 50 74 54 -8 9 0 2 Dave Taylor RW 67 18 44 62 84 0 9 1 3 Jim Fox RW 76 19 42 61 48 -10 4 0 2 Bryan Erickson RW 68 20 30 50 26 -12 6 2 4 Steve Duchesne D 75 13 25 38 74 8 5 0 2 Grant Ledyard D 67 14 23 37 93 -40 5 0 1 Jay Wells D 77 7 29 36 155 -19 6 0 2 Morris Lukowich LW 60 14 21 35 64 0 4 0 2 Tiger Williams LW 76 16 18 34 358 -1 1 0 3 Sean McKenna RW 69 14 19 33 10 11 0 1 0 Mark Hardy D 73 3 27 30 120 16 0 0 0 Bob Bourne C 78 13 9 22 35 -13 0 3 0 Phil Sykes LW 58 6 15 21 133 10 0 1 0 Dean Kennedy D 66 6 14 20 91 9 0 0 1 Garry Galley D 30 5 11 16 57 -9 2 0 1 Larry Playfair D 37 2 7 9 181 -1 0 0 0 Craig Redmond D 16 1 7 8 8 -1 0 0 0 Paul Guay RW 35 2 5 7 16 -14 0 0 0 Roland Melanson G 46 0 6 6 22 0 0 0 0 Bobby Carpenter C 10 2 3 5 6 -8 0 0 0 Dave Langevin D 11 0 4 4 7 -3 0 0 0 Joe Paterson LW 45 2 1 3 158 -15 0 0 1 Tom Laidlaw D 11 0 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 Lyle Phair LW 5 2 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 Peter Dineen D 11 0 2 2 8 -9 0 0 0 Ken Hammond D 10 0 2 2 11 2 0 0 0 Darren Eliot G 24 0 1 1 18 0 0 0 0 Al Jensen G 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Craig Duncanson LW 2 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 Bob Janecyk G 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Brian Wilks C 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Matthew Neubauer RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Roland Melanson 2734 46 18 21 6 168 3.69 1 1420 1252 .882 Darren Eliot 1404 24 8 13 2 103 4.40 1 692 589 .851 Bob Janecyk 420 7 4 3 0 34 4.86 0 222 188 .847 Al Jensen 300 5 1 4 0 27 5.40 0 154 127 .825 Team: 4858 80 31 41 8 332 4.10 2 2488 2156 .867

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bernie Nicholls C 5 2 5 7 6 1 1 0 0 Jim Fox RW 5 3 2 5 0 -2 1 0 0 Tiger Williams LW 5 3 2 5 30 2 0 0 1 Dave Taylor RW 5 2 3 5 6 -2 1 0 0 Luc Robitaille LW 5 1 4 5 2 -7 0 0 0 Steve Duchesne D 5 2 2 4 4 -8 1 0 0 Bob Bourne C 5 2 1 3 0 -2 0 0 0 Bobby Carpenter C 5 1 2 3 2 -4 0 0 0 Jimmy Carson C 5 1 2 3 6 -6 0 0 0 Mark Hardy D 5 1 2 3 10 3 0 0 0 Jay Wells D 5 1 2 3 10 -3 1 0 0 Bryan Erickson RW 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Dean Kennedy D 5 0 2 2 10 1 0 0 0 Sean McKenna RW 5 0 1 1 0 -4 0 0 0 Phil Sykes LW 5 0 1 1 8 -2 0 0 0 Darren Eliot G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Guay RW 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Tom Laidlaw D 5 0 0 0 2 -9 0 0 0 Grant Ledyard D 5 0 0 0 10 -2 0 0 0 Morris Lukowich LW 3 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 Roland Melanson G 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Joe Paterson LW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Roland Melanson 260 5 1 4 24 5.54 0 154 130 .844 Darren Eliot 40 1 0 0 7 10.50 0 29 22 .759 Team: 300 5 1 4 31 6.20 0 183 152 .831

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1986–87 season.^[4]

Trades

February 14, 1987	To Los Angeles Kings Al Jensen	To Washington Capitals Garry Galley
March 10, 1987	To Los Angeles Kings Bobby Carpenter Tom Laidlaw	To New York Rangers Marcel Dionne Jeff Crossman 3rd round pick in 1989 – Murray Garbutt

Free agent signings

July 1, 1986	From Saint-Jean Castors (QMJHL) Eric Germain
July 30, 1986	From Philadelphia Flyers Peter Dineen
February 4, 1987	From Minnesota North Stars Dave Langevin

Free agents lost

July 1, 1986

To EHC Kloten (NL) Bob Mongrain

Waivers

October 6, 1986	From New York Islanders Bob Bourne
October 6, 1986	From Buffalo Sabres Mal Davis

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1986 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal. The Kings attempted to select Grant Paranica in the second round of the 1986 NHL Supplemental Draft, but the pick was ruled invalid since Paranica entered school after age 20 and therefore did not meet eligibility requirements.^[5]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Jimmy Carson	United States	Verdun Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
3	44	Denis Larocque	Canada	Guelph Platers (OHL)
4	65	Sylvain Couturier	Canada	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
5	86	Dave Guden	United States	Roxbury Latin School (ISL)
6	107	Robb Stauber	United States	Duluth Denfeld High School (USHS-MN)
7	128	Sean Krakiwsky	Canada	Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
8	149	Rene Chapdelaine	Canada	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
9	170	Trevor Pochipinski	Canada	Penticton Knights (BCJHL)
10	191	Paul Kelly	Canada	Guelph Platers (OHL)
11	212	Russ Mann	United States	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
12	233	Brian Hayton	Canada	Guelph Platers (OHL)
S1	1	Bob Kudelski	United States	Yale University (ECAC)

Farm teams

See also

• 1986–87 NHL season