1986-87 Los Angeles Kings Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 31-41-8 - 70 points
in the NHL's Smythe Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Pat Quinn (18-20-4)
Coach: Mike Murphy (13-21-4)
1986-87 Los Angeles Kings RosterTeam Record: 31-41-8 - 70 points
in the NHL's Smythe Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Pat Quinn (18-20-4)
Coach: Mike Murphy (13-21-4)
The Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 31 wins and 41 losses and 8 ties for 70 points in the NHL's Smythe Division.
The club netted 318 goals and allowed 341. Luc Robitaille scored 45 goals for the squad, while Bernie Nicholls and Jimmy Carson tallied 30 or more, too. Marcel Dionne contributed 50 assists. Roland Melanson topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 3.69 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Pat Quinn and Mike Murphy coached the team. The 1986-87 Los Angeles Kings lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luc Robitaille | L | 79 | 45 | 39 | 84 | 28 | -18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 199 | 22.6 |
| Bernie Nicholls | C | 80 | 33 | 48 | 81 | 101 | -16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 14.5 |
| Jimmy Carson | C | 80 | 37 | 42 | 79 | 22 | -5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 215 | 17.2 |
| Marcel Dionne | C | 67 | 24 | 50 | 74 | 54 | -8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 224 | 10.7 |
| Dave Taylor | R | 67 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 84 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 15.7 |
| Jim Fox | R | 76 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 48 | -10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 162 | 11.7 |
| Bryan Erickson | R | 68 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 26 | -12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 142 | 14.1 |
| Steve Duchesne | D | 75 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 74 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 113 | 11.5 |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 67 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 93 | -40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 9.7 |
| Jay Wells | D | 77 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 155 | -19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 115 | 6.1 |
| Morris Lukowich | L | 60 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 105 | 13.3 |
| Tiger Williams | L | 76 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 358 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 13.6 |
| Sean McKenna | R | 69 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 13.7 |
| Mark Hardy | D | 73 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 120 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 3.1 |
| Bob Bourne | C | 78 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 35 | -13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 14.0 |
| Phil Sykes | L | 58 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 133 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 9.7 |
| Dean Kennedy | D | 66 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 91 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 10.2 |
| Garry Galley | D | 30 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 57 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 11.6 |
| Larry Playfair | D | 37 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 181 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Craig Redmond | D | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Paul Guay | R | 35 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Roland Melanson | G | 46 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Dave Langevin | D | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Joe Paterson | L | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 158 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Tom Laidlaw | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Lyle Phair | L | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Peter Dineen | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Ken Hammond | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Al Jensen | G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Eliot | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Janecyk | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Duncanson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brian Wilks | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1602 | 318 | 548 | 866 | 2038 | -148 | 97 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 2473 | 12.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Eliot | 24 | 1404 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 103 | 4.40 | 687 | 584 | .850 |
| Bob Janecyk | 7 | 420 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4.86 | 222 | 188 | .847 |
| Roland Melanson | 46 | 2734 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 168 | 3.69 | 1417 | 1249 | .881 |
| Al Jensen | 5 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5.40 | 153 | 126 | .824 |
| Totals | 82 | 4858 | 31 | 41 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 332 | 4.10 | 2479 | 2147 | .866 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luc Robitaille | L | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Bernie Nicholls | C | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Jimmy Carson | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Dave Taylor | R | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | |
| Jim Fox | R | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 | |
| Bryan Erickson | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Steve Duchesne | D | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Jay Wells | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Morris Lukowich | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Tiger Williams | L | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 30.0 | |
| Sean McKenna | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Hardy | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Bob Bourne | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 | |
| Phil Sykes | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Dean Kennedy | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Paul Guay | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Roland Melanson | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Carpenter | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Joe Paterson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Tom Laidlaw | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darren Eliot | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 96 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 118 | -44 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 15.7 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Eliot | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10.50 | 36 | 29 | .806 |
| Roland Melanson | 5 | 260 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5.54 | 178 | 154 | .865 |
| Totals | 6 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6.20 | 214 | 183 | .855 |
