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1986–87 Winnipeg Jets season

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1986–87 Winnipeg Jets
Division3rd Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1986–87 record40–32–8
Goals for279
Goals against271
Team information
General managerJohn Ferguson
CoachDan Maloney
CaptainDale Hawerchuk

The 1986–87 Winnipeg Jets season was the 15th season of the Winnipeg Jets, their eighth in the National Hockey League. The Jets placed third in the Smythe Division to qualify for the playoffs. The Jets defeated the Calgary Flames in the first round but lost the Division Final to the Edmonton Oilers. This was the last playoff series win for the original Jets before they moved to Phoenix, Arizona.

Offseason

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After a poor 1985–86 season, in which the Jets fired head coach Barry Long and replaced him on an interim basis with general manager John Ferguson, the team hired Dan Maloney to become the new head coach on June 20, 1986. Maloney had previously been the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1984 to 1986, posting a 45–100–15 record with the Leafs during that span.

On June 21, 1986, the Jets selected forward Pat Elynuik with their first round, eighth overall draft pick at the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. Elynuik spent the 1985–86 season with the Prince Albert Raiders, scoring 53 goals and 106 points in 68 games. In the second round, Winnipeg selected defenseman Teppo Numminen from Tappara Tampere of the SM-liiga.

On August 15, 1986, the Jets made a trade with the Montreal Canadiens, acquiring goaltender Steve Penney and Jan Ingman for goaltender Brian Hayward. Penney had a 6–8–2 record with a 4.36 GAA with Montreal during the 1985–86 season as the back-up to Patrick Roy.

Regular season

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Final standings

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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

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Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

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The Jets won the Division semi-finals (4–2) versus Calgary Flames to advance to the Division Finals, which they lost 4–0 to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers.

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Dale Hawerchuk C 80 47 53 100 52 3 10 0 4
Paul MacLean RW 72 32 42 74 75 12 10 0 6
Brian Mullen RW 69 19 32 51 20 -2 7 0 4
Thomas Steen C 75 17 33 50 59 7 3 3 1
Gilles Hamel LW 79 27 21 48 24 3 1 1 4
Dave Ellett D 78 13 31 44 53 19 5 0 2
Mario Marois D 79 4 40 44 106 -1 1 0 0
Doug Smail LW 78 25 18 43 36 18 0 2 4
Randy Carlyle D 71 16 26 42 93 -6 5 0 4
Laurie Boschman C 80 17 24 41 152 -17 1 1 2
Ray Neufeld RW 80 18 18 36 105 -13 5 0 2
Fredrik Olausson D 72 7 29 36 24 -3 1 0 2
Andrew McBain RW 71 11 21 32 106 6 1 1 0
Tim Watters D 63 3 13 16 119 5 0 0 0
Ron Wilson C 80 3 13 16 13 10 0 0 0
Jim Kyte D 72 5 5 10 162 4 0 0 1
Brad Berry D 52 2 8 10 60 6 0 0 0
Bill Derlago C 30 3 6 9 12 -3 1 0 1
Hannu Jarvenpaa RW 20 1 8 9 8 -4 0 0 0
Jim Nill RW 36 3 4 7 52 1 1 0 2
Perry Turnbull C 26 1 5 6 44 -2 0 0 0
Steve Rooney LW 30 2 3 5 57 -4 0 0 1
Iain Duncan LW 6 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
Brad Jones LW 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Martin LW 11 1 0 1 49 1 0 0 0
Joel Baillargeon LW 11 0 1 1 15 -3 0 0 0
Craig Endean LW 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Daniel Berthiaume G 31 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Peter Douris RW 6 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Randy Gilhen C 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Steve Penney G 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Pokey Reddick G 48 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Peter Taglianetti D 3 0 0 0 12 -4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Pokey Reddick 2762 48 21 21 4 149 3.24 0 1256 1107 .881
Daniel Berthiaume 1758 31 18 7 3 93 3.17 1 810 717 .885
Steve Penney 327 7 1 4 1 25 4.59 0 134 109 .813
Team: 4847 80 40 32 8 267 3.31 1 2200 1933 .879

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Dale Hawerchuk C 10 5 8 13 4 3 0 0
Dave Ellett D 10 0 8 8 2 0 0 0
Paul MacLean RW 10 5 2 7 16 2 0 0
Thomas Steen C 10 3 4 7 8 0 1 1
Brian Mullen RW 9 4 2 6 0 2 0 0
Randy Carlyle D 10 1 5 6 18 0 0 0
Laurie Boschman C 10 2 3 5 32 1 0 0
Fredrik Olausson D 10 2 3 5 4 1 0 0
Doug Smail LW 10 4 0 4 10 0 1 0
Mario Marois D 10 1 3 4 23 0 0 1
Jim Kyte D 10 0 4 4 36 0 0 0
Ron Wilson C 10 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Gilles Hamel LW 8 2 0 2 2 0 0 2
Ray Neufeld RW 8 1 1 2 30 0 0 0
Iain Duncan LW 7 0 2 2 6 0 0 0
Andrew McBain RW 9 0 2 2 10 0 0 0
Brad Berry D 7 0 1 1 14 0 0 0
Daniel Berthiaume G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Nill RW 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Pokey Reddick G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Rooney LW 8 0 0 0 34 0 0 0
Perry Turnbull C 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Tim Watters D 10 0 0 0 21 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Daniel Berthiaume 439 8 4 4 21 2.87 0 210 189 .900
Pokey Reddick 166 3 0 2 10 3.61 0 74 64 .865
Team: 605 10 4 6 31 3.07 0 284 253 .891

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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

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Transactions

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Trades

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June 21, 1986 To Buffalo Sabres
Scott Arniel
To Winnipeg Jets
Gilles Hamel
July 3, 1986 To Edmonton Oilers
Murray Eaves
To Winnipeg Jets
Future Considerations
August 15, 1986 To Montreal Canadiens
Brian Hayward
To Winnipeg Jets
Steve Penney
Jan Ingman
January 5, 1987 To Quebec Nordiques
Bill Derlago
To Winnipeg Jets
4th round pick in 1989Mark Brownschidle
January 8, 1987 To Montreal Canadiens
3rd round pick in 1987François Gravel
To Winnipeg Jets
Steve Rooney
June 5, 1987 To St. Louis Blues
Perry Turnbull
To Winnipeg Jets
5th round pick in 1987Ken Gernander
June 8, 1987 To New York Rangers
Brian Mullen
10th round pick in 1987Brett Barnett
To Winnipeg Jets
5th round pick in 1988Ben Lebeau
3rd round pick in 1989Denny Felsner

Draft picks

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The Jets selected the following players at the 1986 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto on June 15, 1985.[4]

NHL Entry Draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 8 Pat Elynuik (RW)  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2 29 Teppo Numminen (D)  Finland Tappara Tampere (SM-liiga)
3 50 Esa Palosaari (G)  Finland Oulun Kärpät (FinD1)
4 71 Hannu Jarvenpaa (RW)  Finland Oulun Kärpät (FinD1)
5 92 Craig Endean (LW)  Canada Seattle Breakers (WHL)
6 113 Rob Bateman (D)  Canada St. Laurent High School (Que.)
8 155 Frank Furlan (G)  Canada Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL)
9 176 Mark Green (LW)  United States New Hampton Prep (NH)
10 97 John Blue (G)  United States University of Minnesota (NCAA)
11 218 Matt Cote (D)  United States Lake Superior State University (NCAA)
12 239 Arto Blomsten (D)  Sweden Djurgårdens IF (SEL)
S2 11 Chris Levasseur  United States University of Alaska Anchorage (WCHA)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1986-87 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ^ "1985 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 8, 2016.