1986-87 New Jersey Devils Statistics
Team Record: 29-45-6 - 64 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Coach: Doug Carpenter (29-45-6)
The New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 29 wins and 45 losses and 6 ties for 64 points in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The team scored 293 goals and conceded 368, most in the circuit. Pat Verbeek netted 35 goals for the team, and John MacLean tallied 30 or more, too. Aaron Broten contributed 53 assists. Alain Chevrier earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 4.32 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.
Doug Carpenter coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Broten | L | 80 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 179 | 14.5 |
| Kirk Muller | C | 79 | 26 | 50 | 76 | 75 | -7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 193 | 13.5 |
| John MacLean | R | 80 | 31 | 36 | 67 | 120 | -23 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 197 | 15.7 |
| Pat Verbeek | R | 74 | 35 | 24 | 59 | 120 | -23 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 143 | 24.5 |
| Doug Sulliman | R | 78 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 14 | -17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 148 | 18.2 |
| Mark Johnson | L | 68 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 22 | -21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 13.0 |
| Greg Adams | L | 72 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 19 | -16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 14.0 |
| Claude Loiselle | C | 75 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 137 | -7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 11.0 |
| Mel Bridgman | C | 51 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 80 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 11.0 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 74 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 36 | -26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 4.5 |
| Joe Cirella | D | 65 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 111 | -20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 7.8 |
| Andy Brickley | L/C | 51 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 8 | -15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 20.0 |
| Peter McNab | C | 46 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | -14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 16.3 |
| Uli Hiemer | D | 40 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 45 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 7.5 |
| Anders Carlsson | C | 48 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 14 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5.7 |
| Perry Anderson | L | 57 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 107 | -13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 21.7 |
| Randy Velischek | D | 64 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 52 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Jan Ludvig | R | 47 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 98 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 12.5 |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 79 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 183 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 1.8 |
| Rich Chernomaz | R | 25 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 13.6 |
| Craig Wolanin | D | 68 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 109 | -31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 5.9 |
| Gordon Mark | D | 36 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 82 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9.7 |
| Steve Richmond | D | 44 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 143 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Tim Lenardon | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Timo Blomqvist | D | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Allan Stewart | L | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Karl Friesen | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Brown | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Murray Brumwell | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Alain Chevrier | G | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Billington | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Terreri | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirk McLean | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1615 | 293 | 476 | 769 | 1735 | -322 | 82 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 2357 | 12.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Billington | 22 | 1114 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 4.79 | 569 | 480 | .844 |
| Alain Chevrier | 58 | 3153 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 227 | 4.32 | 1790 | 1563 | .873 |
| Kirk McLean | 4 | 160 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.75 | 72 | 62 | .861 |
| Karl Friesen | 4 | 130 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7.38 | 80 | 64 | .800 |
| Chris Terreri | 7 | 286 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4.41 | 172 | 151 | .878 |
| Totals | 95 | 4843 | 29 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 363 | 4.50 | 2683 | 2320 | .865 |
