1986–87 New York Rangers season
The 1986–87 New York Rangers season was the 61st season for the team in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the Patrick Division with 76 points, and qualified for the NHL playoffs. New York was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Philadelphia Flyers.
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
Key: Win LossPlayer statistics
;Skaters| Player | ||||||
| 75 | 40 | 47 | 87 | 16 | 49 | |
| 64 | 40 | 34 | 74 | 8 | 60 | |
| 70 | 24 | 40 | 64 | −5 | 73 | |
| 73 | 28 | 35 | 63 | −7 | 12 | |
| 72 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 7 | 117 | |
| 78 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 13 | 62 | |
| † | 64 | 29 | 17 | 46 | −1 | 56 |
| 61 | 6 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 62 | |
| ‡ | 38 | 16 | 20 | 36 | −10 | 20 |
| ‡ | 58 | 17 | 15 | 32 | −15 | 101 |
| 66 | 8 | 22 | 30 | −13 | 68 | |
| 68 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 24 | |
| † | 34 | 9 | 12 | 21 | −8 | 9 |
| ‡ | 38 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −5 | 22 |
| † | 61 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 50 |
| 73 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −13 | 182 | |
| 52 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −1 | 118 | |
| 37 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −1 | 21 | |
| 40 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −7 | 27 | |
| ‡ | 63 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −18 | 65 |
| † | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −8 | 6 |
| †‡ | 28 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −12 | 20 |
| 21 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −2 | 34 | |
| ‡ | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 20 |
| ‡ | 30 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 50 |
| † | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −3 | 15 |
| ‡ | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −8 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 12 | |
| ‡ | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 33 |
| †‡ | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 45 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| † | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −8 | 49 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 91 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| ‡ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| † | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
| Player | |||||
| 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
;Goaltenders
| Player | ||||||||||
| 50 | 2656 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 161 | 3.64 | 1363 | .882 | 0 | |
| † | 28 | 1474 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 92 | 3.74 | 783 | .883 | 0 |
| 13 | 675 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 5.16 | 367 | .842 | 0 | |
| 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4.62 | 35 | .857 | 0 |
| Player | |||||||||
| 4 | 195 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3.38 | 110 | .900 | 1 | |
| 4 | 165 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3.64 | 96 | .896 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
Awards and records
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
New York's picks at the 1986 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 9 | Brian Leetch | D | Avon Old Farms | |
| 3 | 51 | Bret Walter | C | University of Alberta | |
| 3 | 53 | Shaun Clouston | C | University of Alberta | |
| 4 | 72 | Mark Janssens | C | Regina Pats | |
| 5 | 93 | Jeff Bloemberg | D | North Bay Centennials | |
| 6 | 114 | Darren Turcotte | C | North Bay Centennials | |
| 7 | 135 | Rob Graham | RW | Guelph Platers | |
| 8 | 156 | Barry Chyzowski | C | St. Albert Saints | |
| 9 | 177 | Pat Scanlon | LW | Cretin Derham Hall H.S. | |
| 10 | 198 | Joe Ranger | D | London Knights | |
| 11 | 219 | Russ Parent | D | South Winnipeg Blues | |
| 12 | 240 | Soren True | LW | Skobakken |
Supplemental Draft
New York's picks at the 1986 NHL Supplemental Draft.| Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| Gary Emmons | C | Northern Michigan University |