1986-87 New York Islanders Schedule and Results

Record: 35-33-12 (82 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Terry Simpson (35-33-12)

Primary Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Goals For: 279 (17th of 21), Goals Against: 281 (9th of 21)
SRS: -0.03 (10th of 21), SOS: -0.01 (12th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-3) to Philadelphia Flyers
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-3) over Washington Capitals

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +1000

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	T	Streak
1	1986-10-09	@	Chicago Blackhawks	2	3	L		0	1	0	L 1
2	1986-10-11	@	Los Angeles Kings	4	5	L		0	2	0	L 2
3	1986-10-16		Washington Capitals	7	4	W		1	2	0	W 1
4	1986-10-18		New York Rangers	2	3	L		1	3	0	L 1
5	1986-10-19	@	New York Rangers	2	2	T	OT	1	3	1	T 1
6	1986-10-21		New Jersey Devils	6	3	W		2	3	1	W 1
7	1986-10-25		Los Angeles Kings	4	3	W		3	3	1	W 2
8	1986-10-28		Philadelphia Flyers	2	1	W		4	3	1	W 3
9	1986-10-30	@	New Jersey Devils	6	7	L	OT	4	4	1	L 1
10	1986-11-01		Winnipeg Jets	7	4	W		5	4	1	W 1
11	1986-11-04		Washington Capitals	7	1	W		6	4	1	W 2
12	1986-11-05	@	Hartford Whalers	2	3	L		6	5	1	L 1
13	1986-11-08		Detroit Red Wings	2	1	W	OT	7	5	1	W 1
14	1986-11-09	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	3	W		8	5	1	W 2
15	1986-11-11		Edmonton Oilers	2	3	L	OT	8	6	1	L 1
16	1986-11-15	@	Minnesota North Stars	7	3	W		9	6	1	W 1
17	1986-11-16	@	Winnipeg Jets	1	3	L		9	7	1	L 1
18	1986-11-18	@	Quebec Nordiques	4	3	W	OT	10	7	1	W 1
19	1986-11-20		Toronto Maple Leafs	6	4	W		11	7	1	W 2
20	1986-11-22		Hartford Whalers	3	6	L		11	8	1	L 1
21	1986-11-25		Pittsburgh Penguins	5	1	W		12	8	1	W 1
22	1986-11-26	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	2	W		13	8	1	W 2
23	1986-11-29		Philadelphia Flyers	5	6	L		13	9	1	L 1
24	1986-12-02	@	Calgary Flames	3	3	T	OT	13	9	2	T 1
25	1986-12-03	@	Edmonton Oilers	1	7	L		13	10	2	L 1
26	1986-12-05	@	Vancouver Canucks	4	3	W		14	10	2	W 1
27	1986-12-07	@	Boston Bruins	1	3	L		14	11	2	L 1
28	1986-12-09		Los Angeles Kings	2	7	L		14	12	2	L 2
29	1986-12-11	@	New Jersey Devils	8	4	W		15	12	2	W 1
30	1986-12-13		New Jersey Devils	4	2	W		16	12	2	W 2
31	1986-12-16		Minnesota North Stars	4	2	W		17	12	2	W 3
32	1986-12-18	@	Philadelphia Flyers	4	9	L		17	13	2	L 1
33	1986-12-20		New York Rangers	5	2	W		18	13	2	W 1
34	1986-12-23		Pittsburgh Penguins	4	3	W	OT	19	13	2	W 2
35	1986-12-26	@	Washington Capitals	1	2	L		19	14	2	L 1
36	1986-12-27	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	3	T	OT	19	14	3	T 1
37	1986-12-30		Chicago Blackhawks	3	5	L		19	15	3	L 1
38	1986-12-31	@	New York Rangers	3	4	L	OT	19	16	3	L 2
39	1987-01-03		Boston Bruins	4	5	L		19	17	3	L 3
40	1987-01-06		Minnesota North Stars	5	3	W		20	17	3	W 1
41	1987-01-09	@	New York Rangers	2	1	W		21	17	3	W 2
42	1987-01-10		Toronto Maple Leafs	3	2	W		22	17	3	W 3
43	1987-01-13		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	3	T	OT	22	17	4	T 1
44	1987-01-15		Washington Capitals	2	3	L		22	18	4	L 1
45	1987-01-17		Philadelphia Flyers	2	4	L		22	19	4	L 2
46	1987-01-18	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	1	W		23	19	4	W 1
47	1987-01-20		Calgary Flames	1	3	L		23	20	4	L 1
48	1987-01-21	@	Detroit Red Wings	5	8	L		23	21	4	L 2
49	1987-01-24	@	Quebec Nordiques	2	1	W	OT	24	21	4	W 1
50	1987-01-27		Winnipeg Jets	2	2	T	OT	24	21	5	T 1
51	1987-01-30	@	Washington Capitals	3	3	T	OT	24	21	6	T 2
52	1987-01-31		Hartford Whalers	4	2	W		25	21	6	W 1
53	1987-02-04	@	Vancouver Canucks	1	4	L		25	22	6	L 1
54	1987-02-06	@	Edmonton Oilers	3	3	T	OT	25	22	7	T 1
55	1987-02-07	@	Calgary Flames	1	4	L		25	23	7	L 1
56	1987-02-14		Buffalo Sabres	1	5	L		25	24	7	L 2
57	1987-02-17		Philadelphia Flyers	2	3	L		25	25	7	L 3
58	1987-02-18	@	Montreal Canadiens	1	1	T	OT	25	25	8	T 1
59	1987-02-21		Montreal Canadiens	6	5	W		26	25	8	W 1
60	1987-02-22	@	New Jersey Devils	7	0	W		27	25	8	W 2
61	1987-02-24	@	St. Louis Blues	2	3	L		27	26	8	L 1
62	1987-02-26		Pittsburgh Penguins	5	4	W		28	26	8	W 1
63	1987-02-28		St. Louis Blues	3	3	T	OT	28	26	9	T 1
64	1987-03-03		Boston Bruins	4	4	T	OT	28	26	10	T 2
65	1987-03-04	@	New York Rangers	5	7	L		28	27	10	L 1
66	1987-03-07	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	7	L		28	28	10	L 2
67	1987-03-08	@	Chicago Blackhawks	6	5	W		29	28	10	W 1
68	1987-03-10	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	6	3	W		30	28	10	W 2
69	1987-03-13	@	New Jersey Devils	1	4	L		30	29	10	L 1
70	1987-03-14		New Jersey Devils	7	6	W	OT	31	29	10	W 1
71	1987-03-16	@	Montreal Canadiens	0	3	L		31	30	10	L 1
72	1987-03-19	@	Detroit Red Wings	3	2	W		32	30	10	W 1
73	1987-03-21		New York Rangers	4	3	W		33	30	10	W 2
74	1987-03-24		Washington Capitals	1	3	L		33	31	10	L 1
75	1987-03-26		Vancouver Canucks	2	5	L		33	32	10	L 2
76	1987-03-27	@	Washington Capitals	2	2	T	OT	33	32	11	T 1
77	1987-03-31	@	St. Louis Blues	4	3	W		34	32	11	W 1
78	1987-04-02		Quebec Nordiques	1	4	L		34	33	11	L 1
79	1987-04-04		Buffalo Sabres	6	6	T	OT	34	33	12	T 1
80	1987-04-05	@	Philadelphia Flyers	9	5	W		35	33	12	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1987-04-08	@	Washington Capitals	3	4	L		0	1	L 1
2	1987-04-09	@	Washington Capitals	3	1	W		1	1	W 1
3	1987-04-11		Washington Capitals	0	2	L		1	2	L 1
4	1987-04-12		Washington Capitals	1	4	L		1	3	L 2
5	1987-04-14	@	Washington Capitals	4	2	W		2	3	W 1
6	1987-04-16		Washington Capitals	5	4	W		3	3	W 2
7	1987-04-18	@	Washington Capitals	3	2	W	4OT	4	3	W 3
8	1987-04-20	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	4	L		4	4	L 1
9	1987-04-22	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	1	W		5	4	W 1
10	1987-04-24		Philadelphia Flyers	1	4	L		5	5	L 1
11	1987-04-26		Philadelphia Flyers	4	6	L		5	6	L 2
12	1987-04-28	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	1	W		6	6	W 1
13	1987-04-30		Philadelphia Flyers	4	2	W		7	6	W 2
14	1987-05-02	@	Philadelphia Flyers	1	5	L		7	7	L 1

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