1986-87 NHL season

The 1986–87 NHL season was the 70th season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. The Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup by beating the Philadelphia Flyers four games to three in the Cup finals.
Regular season.
The Oilers won their second straight Presidents' Trophy as the top team and Wayne Gretzky won his eighth straight Hart Trophy and his seventh straight Art Ross Trophy.
Final standings.
"Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes"
Scoring leaders.
"Note: GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points"
Stanley Cup playoffs.
"Note: all dates in 1987"
Finals.
Edmonton Oilers Vs. Philadelphia Flyers
"Edmonton wins best-of-seven series 4–3"
First games.
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1986–87 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
Last games.
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1986–87 (listed with their last team):