1986-87 Edmonton Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 50-24-6 - 106 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 16-5
Won Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Kings 4-1
Division Finals - Defeated Winnipeg Jets 4-0
Conference Finals - Defeated Detroit Red Wings 4-1
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 4-3
Coach: Glen Sather (50-24-6)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1986-87 Edmonton Oilers Results
The Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 50 wins and 24 losses and 6 ties for 106 points, finishing first in the NHL's Smythe Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 16-5.
The Oilers paced the league with 372 goals. Edmonton surrendered 284 goals. Wayne Gretzky scored 62 goals for the team, while Esa Tikkanen, Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson and Jari Kurri each netted 30 or more also. Wayne Gretzky contributed 121 assists. Andy Moog earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Grant Fuhr added 15 or more wins, too. Grant Fuhr recorded a 3.44 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Glen Sather coached the team. The 1986-87 Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 79 | 62 | 121 | 183 | 28 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 288 | 21.5 |
| Jari Kurri | R | 79 | 54 | 54 | 108 | 41 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 211 | 25.6 |
| Mark Messier | C | 77 | 37 | 70 | 107 | 73 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 208 | 17.8 |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 76 | 34 | 44 | 78 | 120 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 126 | 27.0 |
| Glenn Anderson | R | 80 | 35 | 38 | 73 | 65 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 188 | 18.6 |
| Paul Coffey | D | 59 | 17 | 50 | 67 | 49 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 165 | 10.3 |
| Mike Krushelnyski | L | 80 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 67 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 18.0 |
| Craig MacTavish | C | 79 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 14.3 |
| Kevin Lowe | D | 77 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 94 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 8.1 |
| Craig Muni | D | 79 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 85 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 10.1 |
| Kevin McClelland | R | 72 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 238 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 15.8 |
| Randy Gregg | D | 52 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 42 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 13.6 |
| Steve Smith | D | 62 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 165 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 9.9 |
| Mark Napier | R | 62 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 9.1 |
| Charlie Huddy | D | 58 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 35 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 5.3 |
| Raimo Summanen | L | 48 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 18.2 |
| Kent Nilsson | C | 17 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20.0 |
| Dave Hunter | L | 77 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 7.1 |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | D | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 9.6 |
| Jeff Beukeboom | D | 44 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 124 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 |
| Marty McSorley | D | 41 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 159 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Jaroslav Pouzar | L | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Stu Kulak | R | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| Lee Fogolin | D | 35 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Danny Gare | R | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Mike Moller | R | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Moe Lemay | L | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Steve Graves | L | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Andy Moog | G | 46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grant Fuhr | G | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Van Dorp | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Normand Lacombe | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Lumley | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Semenko | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1530 | 372 | 619 | 991 | 1693 | 430 | 70 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 2357 | 15.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Moog | 46 | 2461 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 3.51 | 1218 | 1074 | .882 |
| Grant Fuhr | 44 | 2388 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 3.44 | 1149 | 1012 | .881 |
| Totals | 90 | 4849 | 50 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 281 | 3.48 | 2648 | 2367 | .894 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 21 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 9.1 | |
| Jari Kurri | R | 21 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 28.8 | |
| Mark Messier | C | 21 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 19.4 | |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 21 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 17.9 | |
| Glenn Anderson | R | 21 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 59 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 22.6 | |
| Paul Coffey | D | 17 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 7.0 | |
| Mike Krushelnyski | L | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10.3 | |
| Craig MacTavish | C | 21 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 | |
| Kevin Lowe | D | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9.5 | |
| Craig Muni | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin McClelland | R | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 43 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 | |
| Randy Gregg | D | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10.3 | |
| Steve Smith | D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | |
| Charlie Huddy | D | 21 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 | |
| Kent Nilsson | C | 21 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 13.0 | |
| Dave Hunter | L | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11.1 | |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | D | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 4.3 | |
| Marty McSorley | D | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 19.0 | |
| Jaroslav Pouzar | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Moe Lemay | L | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 28.6 | |
| Andy Moog | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Fuhr | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kelly Buchberger | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Wayne Van Dorp | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 399 | 87 | 143 | 230 | 473 | 129 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 673 | 12.9 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Moog | 2 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.00 | 37 | 29 | .784 |
| Grant Fuhr | 19 | 1148 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 2.46 | 511 | 464 | .908 |
| Totals | 21 | 1268 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 2.60 | 603 | 548 | .909 |
