1986-87 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results

Record: 38-32-10 (86 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bryan Murray (38-32-10)

Goals For: 285 (13th of 21), Goals Against: 278 (8th of 21)
SRS: 0.07 (8th of 21), SOS: -0.02 (13th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-3) to New York Islanders

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +450

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Regular Season

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

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1987-04-08		New York Islanders	4	3	W		1	0	W 1
2	1987-04-09		New York Islanders	1	3	L		1	1	L 1
3	1987-04-11	@	New York Islanders	2	0	W		2	1	W 1
4	1987-04-12	@	New York Islanders	4	1	W		3	1	W 2
5	1987-04-14		New York Islanders	2	4	L		3	2	L 1
6	1987-04-16	@	New York Islanders	4	5	L		3	3	L 2
7	1987-04-18		New York Islanders	2	3	L	4OT	3	4	L 3

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