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Gaetan Duchesne's 1986-1987 season

Points
52
NHL#101
Goals
17
NHL#134
Assists
35
NHL#80
Plus/minus
+18
NHL#34
Games
74
92%
92% of 80

Left winger Gaetan Duchesne was 24 years old when the 1986-1987 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 74 of a possible 80 games and scored 17 goals and 35 assists for 52 points, 0.70 points per game. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 3 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1986-1987Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Gaetan Duchesne plays the 1986-1987 season for Washington Capitals

    Gaetan was 24 years old when the 1986-1987 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH4–5PIT
      L
      game 1/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI6–1WSH
      L
      game 2/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH7–6NYR
      W
      game 3/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–7NYI
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–2WSH
      L
      game 5/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–4MTL
      W
      game 6/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–4QUE
      game 7/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS2–8WSH
      W
      game 8/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NJD1–2WSH
      W
      game 9/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH5–2VAN
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH3–6EDM
      L
      game 11/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • November 1986
    • The game
      WSH1–4CGY
      L
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–7NYI
      L
      game 13/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–3WSH
      W
      game 14/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI2–3WSH
      W
      game 15/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–2MNS
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8016 of 20 played
      13
      points
      NHL#88
      4
      goals
      NHL#117
      9
      assists
      NHL#60
      WSH
      7-10-0W-L-OT17Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS2–2WSH
      game 23/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–2WSH
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–4QUE
      L
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • December 1986
    • The game
      WSH2–1MTL
      W
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3WIN
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–3WSH
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–4WSH
      W
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–8TOR
      L
      game 30/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–1WSH
      L
      game 31/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–6NYR
      L
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–6NJD
      L
      game 33/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL3–5WSH
      W
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2WSH
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH5–7CHI
      L
      game 36/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      HFD3–1WSH
      L
      game 37/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–4WSH
      W
      game 38/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI4–1WSH
      L
      game 39/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–4STL
      W
      game 40/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8034 of 40 played
      20
      points
      NHL#169
      6
      goals
      NHL#180
      14
      assists
      NHL#134
      WSH
      14-20-0W-L-OT34Points
      19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH2–5PIT
      L
      game 41/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT2–3WSH
      W
      game 42/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2PHI
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–2WSH
      L
      game 44/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYI
      W
      game 45/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WSH6–1HFD
      W
      game 46/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–1NJD
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NJD3–6WSH
      W
      game 48/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      game 49/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF6–3WSH
      L
      game 50/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–7PIT
      L
      game 51/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–1DET
      W
      game 52/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–3WSH
      game 53/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • February 1987
    • The game
      WIN4–6WSH
      W
      game 54/802
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +4+/-6SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      L
      game 55/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–2WSH
      L
      game 56/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–4WSH
      L
      game 57/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–3EDM
      W
      game 58/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH4–7LAK
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–3VAN
      W
      game 60/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG2SHP
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8054 of 60 played
      37
      points
      NHL#117
      12
      goals
      NHL#137
      25
      assists
      NHL#97
      WSH
      24-28-0W-L-OT56Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH5–2CGY
      W
      game 61/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET2–8WSH
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM2–5WSH
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1987
    • The game
      NYR3–7WSH
      W
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–3WSH
      W
      game 65/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4PHI
      L
      game 66/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3BOS
      L
      game 67/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGY6–3WSH
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–10WSH
      W
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3STL
      game 70/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK5–4WSH
      L
      game 71/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT3–4WSH
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS3–4WSH
      W
      game 73/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WSH3–1NYI
      W
      game 74/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–2WSH
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–4WSH
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4WSH
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1987
    • The game
      WSH5–1NYR
      W
      game 78/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI2–3WSH
      W
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–5NJD
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +3 assists
    The season in numbers

    Gaetan Duchesne closes the 1986-1987 season with 52 points

    Points
    52
    NHL#101
    Games
    74of 80
    93%
    Goals
    17
    NHL#134
    Assists
    35
    NHL#80
    P/GP
    0.70
    NHL#119
    +/-
    +18
    NHL#34
    Events
    52
    career best in points
    35
    career best in assists
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet New York Islanders

    WSHvsNYI
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    • Game 1
      NYI3–4WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 2
      NYI3–1WSH
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withNew York Islanders
    • Game 3
      WSH2–0NYI
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      WSH4–1NYI
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI4–2WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 6
      WSH4–5NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew York Islanders
    • Game 7
      NYI3–2WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    First round

    New York Islanders knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

    WSH3–4NYI
    Eliminated
    7Games3Points3Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Gaetan Duchesne ends the 1986-1987 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#146
    Games
    7
    Goals
    3
    NHL#44
    Assists
    0
    NHL#240
    P/GP
    0.43
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#43
    Events
    10
    playoff goals
    NYI3–4