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1986-87 Detroit Red Wings Schedule and Results

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34-36-10 (78 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 260 goals, Allowed 274 goals, SRS: -0.25 (15th of 21)
Coached by Jacques Demers (34-36-10)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-1) versus Edmonton Oilers
Won Division Finals (4-3) versus Toronto Maple Leafs
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-0) versus Chicago Blackhawks

1986-87 Detroit Red Wings:

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 8, 1987 Chicago Blackhawks W 3 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 9, 1987 Chicago Blackhawks W 5 1 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sat, Apr 11, 1987 @ Chicago Blackhawks W OT 4 3 3 0 0 W 3
4 Sun, Apr 12, 1987 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 3 1 4 0 0 W 4
5 Tue, Apr 21, 1987 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 4 4 1 0 L 1
6 Thu, Apr 23, 1987 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 7 4 2 0 L 2
7 Sat, Apr 25, 1987 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 2 5 2 0 W 1
8 Mon, Apr 27, 1987 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L OT 2 3 5 3 0 L 1
9 Wed, Apr 29, 1987 Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 0 6 3 0 W 1
10 Fri, May 1, 1987 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 2 7 3 0 W 2
11 Sun, May 3, 1987 Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 0 8 3 0 W 3
12 Tue, May 5, 1987 @ Edmonton Oilers W 3 1 9 3 0 W 4
13 Thu, May 7, 1987 @ Edmonton Oilers L 1 4 9 4 0 L 1
14 Sat, May 9, 1987 Edmonton Oilers L 1 2 9 5 0 L 2
15 Mon, May 11, 1987 Edmonton Oilers L 2 3 9 6 0 L 3
16 Wed, May 13, 1987 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 6 9 7 0 L 4