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1986-87 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics

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Record: 34-38-8 (76 points), Finished 4th in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ted Sator (5-10-4), Tom Webster (5-9-4), Phil Esposito (24-19-0)

Captain: Ron Greschner

Primary Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Goals For: 307 (5th of 21), Goals Against: 323 (19th of 21)
SRS: -0.19 (12th of 21), SOS: 0.01 (10th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-2) to Philadelphia Flyers

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +1800

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
New York Rangers	80	34	38	8	76	.475	307	323	-0.19	0.01	3.84	4.04	75	375	20.00	72	379	81.00	12	15	2472	12.4	2557	.874		0
League Average	80	36	36	9	80	.500	294	294					72	344	20.99	72	344	79.01	10	10	2400	12.2	2400	.878		1

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
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Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
13	Bob Brooke	us US	RW	26	5-11	195	R/-	3	December 18, 1960	3 G, 5 A, 8 P
38	Terry Carkner	ca CA	D	20	6-3	210	L/-	R	March 7, 1966	2 G, 13 A, 15 P
11	Bobby Carpenter	us US	C	23	6-0	200	L/-	5	July 13, 1963	2 G, 8 A, 10 P
26	Jay Caufield	us US	D	26	6-4	237	R/-	R	July 17, 1960	2 G, 1 A, 3 P
32	Bob Crawford	ca CA	RW	27	5-11	180	R/-	6	April 6, 1959	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
35	Lucien DeBlois	ca CA	RW	29	5-11	200	R/-	9	June 21, 1957	3 G, 8 A, 11 P
16	Marcel Dionne	ca CA	C	35	5-9	190	R/-	15	August 3, 1951	4 G, 6 A, 10 P
22	Mike Donnelly	us US	LW	23	5-11	185	L/-	R	October 10, 1963	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
44	Ron Duguay	ca CA	C	29	6-2	200	R/-	9	July 6, 1957	9 G, 12 A, 21 P
20	Jan Erixon	se SE	RW	24	6-0	196	L/-	3	July 8, 1962	8 G, 18 A, 26 P
25-42	Paul Fenton	us US	LW	27	5-11	180	L/-	2	December 22, 1959	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
33	Bob Froese	ca CA	G	28	5-11	176	-/L	4	June 30, 1958	14-11-0, 3.76 GAA
9	Dave Gagner	ca CA	C	22	5-10	188	L/-	2	December 11, 1964	1 G, 4 A, 5 P
6	Curt Giles	ca CA	D	28	5-8	175	L/-	7	November 30, 1958	2 G, 17 A, 19 P
4	Ron Greschner (C)	ca CA	D	32	6-2	205	L/-	12	December 22, 1954	6 G, 34 A, 40 P
23	Raimo Helminen	fi FI	C	22	6-0	185	L/-	1	March 11, 1964	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
27	Willie Huber	de DE	D	29	6-5	228	R/-	8	January 15, 1958	8 G, 22 A, 30 P
29	Don Jackson	us US	D	30	6-3	210	L/-	9	September 2, 1956	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
14	Jeff Jackson	ca CA	LW	21	6-1	195	L/-	2	April 24, 1965	5 G, 1 A, 6 P
15	Chris Jensen	ca CA	C	23	5-11	180	R/-	1	October 28, 1963	6 G, 7 A, 13 P
11-16	Kelly Kisio	ca CA	C	27	5-10	185	R/-	4	September 18, 1959	24 G, 40 A, 64 P
18	Stu Kulak	ca CA	RW	23	5-10	180	R/-	1	March 10, 1963	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
2	Tom Laidlaw	ca CA	D	28	6-2	215	L/-	6	April 15, 1958	1 G, 10 A, 11 P
14	Lane Lambert	ca CA	RW	22	6-0	185	R/-	3	November 18, 1964	2 G, 2 A, 4 P
10-24	Pierre Larouche	ca CA	RW	31	5-11	175	R/-	12	November 16, 1955	28 G, 35 A, 63 P
24	Jim Leavins	ca CA	D	26	5-11	185	L/-	1	July 28, 1960	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
37	Norm Maciver	ca CA	D	22	5-11	180	L/-	R	September 1, 1964	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
12	Don Maloney	ca CA	LW	28	6-1	190	L/-	8	September 5, 1958	19 G, 38 A, 57 P
26	Brad Maxwell	ca CA	D	29	6-2	195	R/-	9	July 8, 1957	0 G, 4 A, 4 P
25	Tony McKegney	ca CA	LW	28	6-0	200	L/-	8	February 15, 1958	29 G, 17 A, 46 P
21	George McPhee	ca CA	LW	28	5-9	170	L/-	3	July 2, 1958	4 G, 4 A, 8 P
30	Larry Melnyk	ca CA	D	26	6-0	195	L/-	5	February 21, 1960	3 G, 12 A, 15 P
10-40	Kelly Miller	us US	LW	23	5-11	195	L/-	2	March 3, 1963	6 G, 14 A, 20 P
19	Mark Osborne	ca CA	LW	25	6-2	205	L/-	5	August 13, 1961	17 G, 15 A, 32 P
3	James Patrick	ca CA	D	23	6-2	202	R/-	3	June 14, 1963	10 G, 45 A, 55 P
8	Walt Poddubny	ca CA	C	26	6-1	210	L/-	5	February 14, 1960	40 G, 47 A, 87 P
47	Pat Price	ca CA	D	31	6-2	200	L/-	11	March 24, 1955	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
18	Mike Ridley	ca CA	C	23	6-0	195	L/-	1	July 8, 1963	16 G, 20 A, 36 P
26	Kjell Samuelsson	se SE	D	28	6-6	235	R/-	1	October 18, 1958	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
28	Tomas Sandström	fi FI	RW	22	6-2	205	L/-	2	September 4, 1964	40 G, 34 A, 74 P
31	Ron Scott	ca CA	G	26	5-8	155	-/L	2	July 21, 1960	0-0-1, 4.62 GAA
41	Mike Siltala	ca CA	RW	23	5-9	170	R/-	1	August 5, 1963	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
1	Doug Soetaert	ca CA	G	31	6-0	180	-/L	11	April 21, 1955	2-7-2, 5.17 GAA
35	Ron Talakoski	ca CA	RW	24	6-3	220	R/-	R	June 1, 1962	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
34	John Vanbiesbrouck	us US	G	23	5-8	176	-/L	4	September 4, 1963	18-20-5, 3.64 GAA
36	Gord Walker	ca CA	LW	21	6-0	175	L/-	R	August 12, 1965	1 G, 0 A, 1 P

Standard Stats

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					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Walt Poddubny	26	C	75	40	47	87	15	49	29	11	0	5	29	18	0	253	15.8
2	Tomas Sandström	22	RW	64	40	34	74	6	60	27	13	0	5	21	13	0	241	16.6
3	Kelly Kisio	27	C	70	24	40	64	-6	73	18	4	2	1	28	11	1	136	17.6
4	Pierre Larouche	31	RW	73	28	35	63	-9	12	20	8	0	3	24	11	0	193	14.5
5	Don Maloney	28	LW	72	19	38	57	7	117	13	3	3	0	34	3	1	128	14.8
6	James Patrick	23	D	78	10	45	55	13	62	5	5	0	0	26	15	4	145	6.9			ASnhl-16,Norris-12
7	Tony McKegney	28	LW	64	29	17	46	3	56	20	7	2	6	14	3	0	166	17.5
8	Ron Greschner	32	D	60	6	34	40	-7	62	4	1	1	1	17	17	0	109	5.5
9	Mike Ridley	23	C	38	16	20	36	-10	20	12	4	0	1	12	8	0	81	19.8
10	Mark Osborne	25	LW	58	17	15	32	-14	101	12	5	0	2	10	5	0	129	13.2
11	Willie Huber	29	D	66	8	22	30	-13	68	4	3	1	0	14	6	2	117	6.8
12	Jan Erixon	24	RW	68	8	18	26	0	24	7	0	1	1	17	1	0	73	11.0			Selke-7
13	Ron Duguay	29	C	34	9	12	21	-10	9	6	2	1	0	6	6	0	66	13.6
14	Kelly Miller	23	LW	38	6	14	20	-4	22	4	2	0	1	11	3	0	58	10.3			Selke-32
15	Curt Giles	28	D	61	2	17	19	5	50	2	0	0	0	15	2	0	52	3.8
16	Terry Carkner	20	D	52	2	13	15	-1	118	2	0	0	0	11	2	0	33	6.1
17	Larry Melnyk	26	D	73	3	12	15	-9	182	3	0	0	1	11	1	0	53	5.7
18	Chris Jensen	23	C	36	6	7	13	-1	21	5	0	1	2	7	0	0	70	8.6
19	Lucien DeBlois	29	RW	40	3	8	11	-8	27	2	1	0	0	7	0	1	45	6.7
20	Tom Laidlaw	28	D	63	1	10	11	-15	65	0	1	0	1	8	0	2	35	2.9
21	Bobby Carpenter	23	C	28	2	8	10	-11	20	1	1	0	0	5	2	1	43	4.7
22	Marcel Dionne	35	C	14	4	6	10	-8	6	3	1	0	0	4	2	0	49	8.2
23	Bob Brooke	26	RW	15	3	5	8	-3	20	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	24	12.5
24	Kjell Samuelsson	28	D	30	2	6	8	-1	50	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	20	10.0
25	George McPhee	28	LW	21	4	4	8	-1	34	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	31	12.9
26	Raimo Helminen	22	C	21	2	4	6	-8	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	24	8.3
27	Jeff Jackson	21	LW	9	5	1	6	-3	15	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	16	31.3
28	Dave Gagner	22	C	10	1	4	5	-1	12	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	16	6.3
29	Lane Lambert	22	RW	18	2	2	4	2	33	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	14	14.3
30	Brad Maxwell	29	D	9	0	4	4	-1	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	10	0.0
31	Jay Caufield	26	D	13	2	1	3	-1	45	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	25.0
32	Mike Donnelly	23	LW	5	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	20.0
33	Bob Froese	28	G	28	0		2	0	56				0	2			0		1469:21		Vezina-5
34	Pat Price	31	D	13	0	2	2	-8	49	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.0
35	Gord Walker	21	LW	1	1	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
36	John Vanbiesbrouck	23	G	50	0	1	1	0	18				0	1			0		2650:35		Vezina-6
37	Don Jackson	30	D	22	1	0	1	-2	91	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
38	Jim Leavins	26	D	4	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0
39	Norm Maciver	22	D	4	0	1	1	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
40	Paul Fenton	27	LW	8	0	0	0	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
41	Bob Crawford	27	RW	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
42	Stu Kulak	23	RW	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
43	Ron Scott	26	G	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		65:00
44	Mike Siltala	23	RW	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	Doug Soetaert	31	G	13	0	0	0	0	14				0	0			0		672:55
46	Ron Talakoski	24	RW	3	0	0	0	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
	Team Totals			80	307	509	818	-112	1704	220	75	12	34	358	140	13	2473	12.4	4857:51

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Pierre Larouche	31	C	6	3	2	5	-4	4	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	19	15.8
2	Ron Greschner	32	D	6	0	5	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	16	0.0
3	Don Maloney	28	LW	6	2	1	3	3	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	18.2
4	Tomas Sandström	22	RW	6	1	2	3	-8	20	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	22	4.5
5	James Patrick	23	D	6	1	2	3	-5	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	10	10.0
6	Marcel Dionne	35	C	6	1	1	2	-4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	6.7
7	Ron Duguay	29	C	6	2	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	18.2
8	Willie Huber	29	D	6	0	2	2	-6	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	12	0.0
9	Jeff Jackson	21	LW	6	1	1	2	-2	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	10.0
10	George McPhee	28	LW	6	1	0	1	-2	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
11	Kelly Kisio	27	C	4	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
12	Pat Price	31	D	6	0	1	1	-2	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0
13	Jan Erixon	24	LW	6	1	0	1	-5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
14	Walt Poddubny	26	LW	6	0	0	0	-7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0
15	Terry Carkner	20	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
16	Larry Melnyk	26	D	6	0	0	0	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
17	John Vanbiesbrouck	23	G	4	0	0	0		2				0	0			0		194:50
18	Tony McKegney	28	LW	6	0	0	0	-3	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
19	Stu Kulak	23	RW	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
20	Curt Giles	28	D	5	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
21	Bob Froese	28	G	4	0	0	0		7				0	0			0		164:13
22	Lucien DeBlois	29	C	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
23	Jay Caufield	26	RW	3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			6	13	18	31	-51	172	9	4	0	2	10	8	0	178	7.3	359:03

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			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Bob Froese	28	28	14	11	0	92	784	692	.883	3.76	0	1469:21	98	2.2	3.19	4.5	0		2	56	Vezina-5
2	John Vanbiesbrouck	23	50	18	20	5	161	1364	1208	.882	3.64	0	2650:35	98	2.9	3.08	7.7	0	1	1	18	Vezina-6
3	Doug Soetaert	31	13	2	7	2	58	367	310	.842	5.17	0	672:55	132	-13.9	4.37	0.9	0	0	0	14
4	Ron Scott	26	1	0	0	1	5	35	30	.857	4.62	0	65:00	119	-0.8	3.69	0.1	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		80	34	38	8	316	2550	2240	.876	3.90	0	4857:51	103	-9.5	3.30	13.2	0	1	3	88

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats													Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Bob Froese	28	4	1	1	0	10	95	85	.895	3.65	0	164:13	88	1.4	0	0	0	7
2	John Vanbiesbrouck	23	4	1	3	0	11	110	99	.900	3.39	1	194:50	83	2.2	0	0	0	2
	Team Totals		6	2	4	0	21	205	184	.898	3.51	1	359:03	85	3.6	0	0	0	9

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					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Walt Poddubny	26	C	75	34	40	74	29.5	115	38	62	0	15	6.5	1.3	7.9
2	Tomas Sandström	22	RW	64	34	29	63	26.5	101	37	58	0	6	6.0	0.9	6.9
3	Kelly Kisio	27	C	70	20	34	54	20.2	87	21	90	18	-6	3.8	0.7	4.5
4	Pierre Larouche	31	RW	73	24	30	54	21.3	93	34	68	0	-9	3.9	0.6	4.6
5	Don Maloney	28	LW	72	16	32	48	17.5	83	13	89	26	7	2.9	1.0	3.9
6	James Patrick	23	D	78	8	38	46	14.7	125	36	96	20	13	3.2	4.1	7.3	ASnhl-16,Norris-12
7	Tony McKegney	28	LW	64	24	14	38	16.9	68	16	51	2	3	3.1	0.8	3.9
8	Ron Greschner	32	D	60	5	29	34	10.6	73	28	63	11	-7	2.2	2.2	4.4
9	Mike Ridley	23	C	38	13	17	30	11.7	50	17	49	6	-10	2.4	0.2	2.6
10	Mark Osborne	25	LW	58	14	13	27	11.2	51	15	68	18	-14	1.4	0.3	1.7
11	Willie Huber	29	D	66	7	19	26	9.0	86	29	88	18	-13	1.5	2.1	3.6
12	Jan Erixon	24	RW	68	7	15	22	7.9	57	4	76	23	0	-0.1	0.8	0.7	Selke-7
13	Ron Duguay	29	C	34	8	10	18	7.1	33	15	46	18	-10	0.9	0.1	1.0
14	Kelly Miller	23	LW	38	5	12	17	6.0	31	8	39	12	-4	0.5	0.3	0.8	Selke-32
15	Curt Giles	28	D	61	2	14	16	4.9	70	5	63	3	5	0.3	2.9	3.2
16	Terry Carkner	20	D	52	2	11	13	4.1	52	8	51	6	-1	0.2	2.2	2.4
17	Larry Melnyk	26	D	73	3	10	13	4.4	63	3	108	39	-9	-0.1	2.7	2.5
18	Chris Jensen	23	C	36	5	6	11	4.4	23	2	22	0	-1	0.0	0.4	0.4
19	Tom Laidlaw	28	D	63	1	8	9	2.7	58	2	107	36	-15	-0.4	1.9	1.5
20	Lucien DeBlois	29	RW	40	3	7	10	3.6	20	3	28	3	-8	-0.5	0.2	-0.3
21	Bobby Carpenter	23	C	28	2	7	9	3.0	16	4	25	2	-11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
22	Marcel Dionne	35	C	14	3	5	8	3.0	12	5	15	0	-8	0.5	-0.1	0.4
23	George McPhee	28	LW	21	3	3	6	2.5	14	0	15	0	-1	0.1	0.2	0.3
24	Kjell Samuelsson	28	D	30	2	5	7	2.5	39	7	38	5	-1	0.1	1.2	1.4
25	Bob Brooke	26	RW	15	3	4	7	2.7	17	6	22	8	-3	0.2	0.1	0.3
26	Raimo Helminen	22	C	21	2	3	5	1.9	12	7	14	1	-8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
27	Jeff Jackson	21	LW	9	4	1	5	2.5	8	2	10	1	-3	0.5	0.0	0.5
28	Dave Gagner	22	C	10	1	3	4	1.4	6	1	7	1	-1	0.1	0.1	0.2
29	Brad Maxwell	29	D	9	0	3	3	0.8	11	3	9	0	-1	0.1	0.3	0.4
30	Lane Lambert	22	RW	18	2	2	4	1.6	7	0	5	0	2	-0.2	0.3	0.0
31	Jay Caufield	26	D	13	2	1	3	1.4	5	0	6	0	-1	0.1	0.5	0.6
32	Mike Donnelly	23	LW	5	1	1	2	0.8	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0.1	0.1
33	Pat Price	31	D	13	0	2	2	0.6	4	0	18	6	-8	-0.1	0.1	0.0
34	Jim Leavins	26	D	4	0	1	1	0.3	8	4	4	0	0	0.0	0.2	0.2
35	Norm Maciver	22	D	4	0	1	1	0.3	2	1	6	0	-5	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
36	Don Jackson	30	D	22	1	0	1	0.6	10	0	14	2	-2	-0.3	0.8	0.5
37	Gord Walker	21	LW	1	1	0	1	0.6	2	0	0	0	2	0.1	0.1	0.2
38	Paul Fenton	27	LW	8	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	6	0	-5	-0.3	0.0	-0.4
39	Ron Talakoski	24	RW	3	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	1	0	1	-0.1	0.1	-0.1
40	Mike Siltala	23	RW	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0
41	Bob Crawford	27	RW	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
42	Stu Kulak	23	RW	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1

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