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Larry Melnyk's 1986-1987 season

Points
15
NHL#338
Goals
3
NHL#367
Assists
12
NHL#307
Plus/minus
-9
NHL#511
Games
73
91%
91% of 80

Defenceman Larry Melnyk was 26 years old when the 1986-1987 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 73 of a possible 80 games and scored 3 goals and 12 assists for 15 points, 0.21 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 0 points.

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

1986-1987Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Larry Melnyk plays the 1986-1987 season for New York Rangers

    Larry was 26 years old when the 1986-1987 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NJD5–3NYR
      L
      game 1/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–6PIT
      L
      game 2/804
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH7–6NYR
      L
      game 3/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–5CHI
      game 4/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–2NYI
      W
      game 5/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–2NYR
      game 6/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–5NYR
      W
      game 7/803
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3MTL
      game 8/805
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–3NYR
      game 9/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–7STL
      L
      game 10/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1986
    • The game
      WIN5–4NYR
      L
      game 11/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5DET
      L
      game 12/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–2PHI
      W
      game 13/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–6QUE
      L
      game 14/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–2NYR
      W
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–2NYR
      W
      game 16/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM8–6NYR
      L
      game 17/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–3NJD
      L
      game 18/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5EDM
      L
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR8–5VAN
      W
      game 20/803
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      5
      points
      NHL#267
      2
      goals
      NHL#215
      3
      assists
      NHL#264
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#122
      NYR
      6-10-0W-L-OT16Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR5–8CGY
      L
      game 21/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–4NYR
      W
      game 22/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–5PIT
      game 23/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–2NYR
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • December 1986
    • The game
      NYR5–8NJD
      L
      game 25/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–6MTL
      L
      game 28/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–3NYR
      L
      game 30/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–6NYR
      W
      game 31/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–5NYI
      L
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–3NYR
      L
      game 33/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD5–8NYR
      W
      game 34/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–4NJD
      W
      game 35/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3STL
      L
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–3PIT
      W
      game 37/803
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–4NYR
      W
      game 38/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–2QUE
      W
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8036 of 40 played
      6
      points
      NHL#345
      2
      goals
      NHL#315
      4
      assists
      NHL#340
      -4
      +/-
      NHL#133
      NYR
      16-17-0W-L-OT39Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI6–3NYR
      L
      game 41/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–1NYR
      L
      game 42/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–8NYR
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–4BOS
      L
      game 44/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR8–5CGY
      W
      game 45/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2LAK
      game 46/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–5VAN
      L
      game 47/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–7EDM
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–6NYR
      W
      game 49/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–1NYR
      L
      game 50/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–1PHI
      W
      game 51/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1987
    • The game
      BOS4–5NYR
      W
      game 52/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–4WSH
      W
      game 54/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR5–4NYR
      L
      game 55/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–4NYR
      W
      game 56/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–6NYR
      W
      game 57/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–5CHI
      L
      game 58/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF6–3NYR
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–2NYR
      L
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8056 of 60 played
      10
      points
      NHL#350
      2
      goals
      NHL#362
      8
      assists
      NHL#315
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#126
      NYR
      25-27-0W-L-OT58Points
      Playoff spot
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR6–3BUF
      W
      game 61/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–2TOR
      W
      game 62/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • March 1987
    • The game
      NYR3–7WSH
      L
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3NYR
      W
      game 67/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–1PHI
      W
      game 68/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–2PIT
      W
      game 69/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI5–2NYR
      L
      game 70/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–4PHI
      L
      game 71/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–3NYR
      L
      game 72/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–4NYI
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–5NYR
      W
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD8–2NYR
      L
      game 75/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL4–6NYR
      W
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–5MNS
      W
      game 77/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • April 1987
    • The game
      WSH5–1NYR
      L
      game 78/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–5HFD
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL8–2NYR
      L
      game 80/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Larry Melnyk closes the 1986-1987 season with 15 points

    Points
    15
    NHL#338
    Games
    73of 80
    91%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#367
    Assists
    12
    NHL#307
    P/GP
    0.21
    NHL#374
    +/-
    -9
    NHL#511
    Events
    15
    career best in points
    3
    career best in goals
    12
    career best in assists
    50
    career points
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

    NYRvsPHI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    • Game 1
      NYR3–0PHI
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      NYR3–8PHI
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI3–0NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      PHI3–6NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangersare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      NYR1–3PHI
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 6
      PHI5–0NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–2

    NYR2–4PHI
    Eliminated
    6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Larry Melnyk ends the 1986-1987 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#267
    Games
    6
    Goals
    0
    NHL#202
    Assists
    0
    NHL#240
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -4
    NHL#307
    PHI2–4