1986–87 Detroit Red Wings
Eastern Conference · Atlantic Division · 34-36-0, 78 pts · Playoffs 9-7
The 1986–87 Detroit Red Wings went 34-36-0 (78 points) in the Norris Division and played 16 playoff games (9-7). Steve Yzerman led the team with 90 points (31 G, 59 A). Greg Stefan had 20 wins in goal.
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Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SH% | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Yzerman | C | 79 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 215 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerard Gallant | L | 79 | 38 | 34 | 72 | -2 | 214 | 17 | 189 | 20.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Veitch | D | 76 | 13 | 44 | 57 | +13 | 52 | 7 | 163 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petr Klima | R | 76 | 29 | 23 | 52 | -8 | 42 | 6 | 208 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Burr | L | 79 | 22 | 25 | 47 | +3 | 107 | 1 | 151 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Oates | C | 75 | 15 | 31 | 46 | -1 | 19 | 4 | 133 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ogrodnick | L | 39 | 12 | 28 | 40 | -5 | 6 | 4 | 118 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike O'connell | D | 76 | 5 | 26 | 31 | -22 | 70 | 3 | 137 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Ashton | L | 35 | 15 | 16 | 31 | -3 | 22 | 3 | 87 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Norwood | D | 56 | 6 | 21 | 27 | -22 | 161 | 4 | 100 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Higgins | R | 76 | 12 | 14 | 26 | +3 | 124 | 0 | 109 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Barr | R | 37 | 13 | 13 | 26 | +7 | 49 | 4 | 55 | 23.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Probert | L | 63 | 13 | 11 | 24 | -7 | 221 | 2 | 55 | 23.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Kocur | R | 76 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 274 | 2 | 78 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Shedden | C | 32 | 6 | 12 | 18 | +4 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Snepsts | D | 53 | 1 | 13 | 14 | +8 | 127 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ric Seiling | R | 73 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 49 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Ladouceur | D | 33 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 70 | 1 | 25 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | D | 57 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +17 | 62 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Zombo | D | 44 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 59 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Chiasson | D | 44 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 73 | 0 | 44 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilbert Delorme | D | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Basil Mcrae | L | 35 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 191 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Bridgman | C | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Carroll | C | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Lamb | C | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Halward | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Murphy | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Kumpel | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Sharples | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Krentz | L | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christopher Cichocki | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Stefan | 42 | 41 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 1048 | .877 | 3.39 | 1 |
| Glen Hanlon | 36 | 28 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 974 | .893 | 3.20 | 1 |
| Sam St. Laurent | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 135 | .881 | 2.81 | 0 |
| Mark Laforest | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 111 | .892 | 3.30 | 0 |
Schedule & results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11 | vs CHI | W 4–3 | Final |
| Oct 15 | vs LAK | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Oct 17 | @ EDM | L 3–4 | Final |
| Oct 18 | @ CGY | W 5–3 | Final |
| Oct 22 | vs MTL | L 3–4 | Final |
| Oct 24 | vs STL | T 1–1 | Final/OT |
| Oct 25 | @ STL | W 3–1 | Final |
| Oct 29 | vs CHI | W 5–2 | Final |
| Oct 30 | @ MNS | W 3–1 | Final |
| Nov 1 | @ TOR | L 0–2 | Final |
| Nov 5 | vs NYR | W 5–4 | Final/OT |
| Nov 8 | @ NYI | L 1–2 | Final/OT |
| Nov 9 | vs PIT | W 2–1 | Final |
| Nov 12 | @ NJD | L 3–5 | Final |
| Nov 13 | @ PHI | L 5–7 | Final |
| Nov 15 | @ TOR | L 0–6 | Final |
| Nov 19 | vs NJD | L 3–4 | Final |
| Nov 21 | vs WSH | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Nov 22 | @ MTL | W 4–3 | Final |
| Nov 26 | vs TOR | L 1–3 | Final |
| Nov 28 | vs STL | L 1–2 | Final/OT |
| Nov 29 | @ STL | W 4–2 | Final |
| Dec 2 | @ LAK | L 4–5 | Final |
| Dec 5 | vs MTL | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Dec 6 | @ HFD | W 4–1 | Final |
| Dec 9 | vs BUF | T 5–5 | Final/OT |
| Dec 11 | vs MNS | T 6–6 | Final/OT |
| Dec 16 | @ CGY | L 3–8 | Final |
| Dec 17 | @ VAN | W 5–4 | Final |
| Dec 20 | vs HFD | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Dec 21 | @ CHI | L 4–7 | Final |
| Dec 23 | vs CHI | W 3–1 | Final |
| Dec 26 | vs TOR | W 4–2 | Final |
| Dec 27 | @ TOR | T 5–5 | Final/OT |
| Dec 31 | vs CGY | W 6–4 | Final |
| Jan 2 | vs MNS | W 2–1 | Final |
| Jan 3 | @ MNS | W 3–2 | Final |
| Jan 6 | vs TOR | L 1–3 | Final |
| Jan 8 | @ BOS | T 4–4 | Final/OT |
| Jan 10 | vs WIN | L 2–5 | Final |
| Jan 11 | @ CHI | L 3–5 | Final |
| Jan 13 | vs EDM | L 3–5 | Final |
| Jan 15 | vs TOR | L 1–3 | Final |
| Jan 17 | vs QUE | W 3–2 | Final |
| Jan 18 | @ PIT | W 1–0 | Final |
| Jan 21 | vs NYI | W 8–5 | Final |
| Jan 23 | vs STL | W 4–3 | Final |
| Jan 24 | @ STL | L 3–5 | Final |
| Jan 28 | vs WSH | L 1–2 | Final |
| Jan 31 | @ TOR | W 4–2 | Final |
| Feb 1 | @ BUF | L 1–6 | Final |
| Feb 4 | @ CHI | L 4–5 | Final |
| Feb 6 | vs MNS | W 6–4 | Final |
| Feb 7 | @ MNS | W 5–3 | Final |
| Feb 14 | vs NJD | W 5–1 | Final |
| Feb 17 | @ NYR | L 2–6 | Final |
| Feb 18 | vs WIN | W 5–2 | Final |
| Feb 20 | vs QUE | W 6–3 | Final |
| Feb 22 | @ CHI | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Feb 24 | @ WSH | L 2–8 | Final |
| Feb 26 | vs VAN | W 5–4 | Final |
| Feb 28 | vs NYR | W 4–1 | Final |
| Mar 2 | @ BOS | W 4–3 | Final/OT |
| Mar 3 | @ HFD | L 3–5 | Final |
| Mar 5 | vs MNS | W 9–3 | Final |
| Mar 7 | @ STL | L 3–5 | Final |
| Mar 10 | @ VAN | L 4–7 | Final |
| Mar 11 | @ EDM | L 3–6 | Final |
| Mar 14 | @ MNS | W 4–3 | Final |
| Mar 15 | @ WIN | T 1–1 | Final/OT |
| Mar 17 | vs BOS | W 3–1 | Final |
| Mar 19 | vs NYI | L 2–3 | Final |
| Mar 21 | vs CHI | W 3–0 | Final |
| Mar 22 | @ BUF | L 2–3 | Final |
| Mar 25 | vs LAK | L 1–6 | Final |
| Mar 28 | @ PHI | W 5–1 | Final |
| Apr 1 | vs PHI | L 1–2 | Final |
| Apr 4 | @ PIT | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Apr 5 | vs STL | L 2–3 | Final/OT |
| Apr 8 | vs CHI | W 3–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 9 | vs CHI | W 5–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 11 | @ CHI | W 4–3 | Final/OT · Playoffs |
| Apr 12 | @ CHI | W 3–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 21 | vs TOR | L 2–4 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 23 | vs TOR | L 2–7 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 25 | @ TOR | W 4–2 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 27 | @ TOR | L 2–3 | Final/OT · Playoffs |
| Apr 29 | vs TOR | W 3–0 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 1 | @ TOR | W 4–2 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 3 | vs TOR | W 3–0 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 5 | @ EDM | W 3–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 7 | @ EDM | L 1–4 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 9 | vs EDM | L 1–2 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 11 | vs EDM | L 2–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 13 | @ EDM | L 3–6 | Final · Playoffs |