Regular season and playoffsWSH

Larry Murphy's 1986-1987 season

Points

NHL#20

Goals

NHL#83

Assists

NHL#8

Plus/minus

+25

NHL#17

Games

100% of 80

Defenceman Larry Murphy was 25 years old when the 1986-1987 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played all 80 games and scored 23 goals and 58 assists for 81 points, 1.01 points per game. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 4 points.

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

1986-1987Playoffs

Year 1986
40 years ago
Season opener
October 9
Larry Murphy plays the 1986-1987 season for Washington Capitals
WSHWashington Capitals
Larry was 25 years old when the 1986-1987 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.
- The game
  WSH4–5PIT
  L
  October 9game 1/801
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  PHI6–1WSH
  L
  October 11game 2/801
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-5SOG
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- The game
  WSH7–6NYR
  W
  October 13game 3/803
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +2+/-4SOG1PPP
  +3 assists
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- The game
  WSH4–7NYI
  L
  October 16game 4/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  BUF4–2WSH
  L
  October 18game 5/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH5–4MTL
  W
  October 20game 6/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH4–4QUE
  October 21game 7/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MNS2–8WSH
  W
  October 24game 8/801
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +5+/-3SOG1PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  NJD1–2WSH
  W
  October 25game 9/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH5–2VAN
  W
  October 28game 10/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–6EDM
  L
  October 29game 11/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- November 1986
- The game
  WSH1–4CGY
  L
  November 1game 12/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–7NYI
  L
  November 4game 13/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN2–3WSH
  W
  November 5game 14/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–3WSH
  W
  November 8game 15/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–2MNS
  November 11game 16/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–2CHI
  November 12game 17/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  QUE4–1WSH
  L
  November 14game 18/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–6PHI
  L
  November 16game 19/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK6–5WSH
  L
  November 18game 20/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +2 points
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  November 18
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  17
  points
  NHL#40
  8
  goals
  NHL#28
  9
  assists
  NHL#60
  0
  +/-
  NHL#78
  WSH
  7-10-0W-L-OT17Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  WSH3–3DET
  November 21game 21/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  PIT5–4WSH
  L
  November 22game 22/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–2WSH
  November 26game 23/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI4–2WSH
  L
  November 28game 24/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-7SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–4QUE
  L
  November 29game 25/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- December 1986
- The game
  WSH2–1MTL
  W
  December 1game 26/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–3WIN
  December 3game 27/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  MTL1–3WSH
  W
  December 6game 28/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–4WSH
  W
  December 9game 29/80
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +3 assists
  View the game
Milestone
Larry Murphy reaches 500 NHL games
in the game against New Jersey Devils · December 9
- The game
  WSH2–8TOR
  L
  December 10game 30/801
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–1WSH
  L
  December 14game 31/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–6NYR
  L
  December 17game 32/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-6SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–6NJD
  L
  December 19game 33/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -3+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  STL3–5WSH
  W
  December 20game 34/80
  His night
  +4P+1G+3A
  +3+/-3SOG2PPP
  +4 points
  View the game
- The game
  NYI1–2WSH
  W
  December 26game 35/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH5–7CHI
  L
  December 28game 36/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -3+/-4SOG2PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–1WSH
  L
  December 30game 37/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
Year 1987
39 years ago
- The game
  PIT3–4WSH
  W
  January 1game 38/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  PHI4–1WSH
  L
  January 3game 39/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH6–4STL
  W
  January 5game 40/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 5
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 80
  36
  points
  NHL#41
  13
  goals
  NHL#61
  23
  assists
  NHL#40
  +4
  +/-
  NHL#45
  WSH
  14-20-0W-L-OT34Points
  19th in the whole NHL
- The game
  WSH2–5PIT
  L
  January 7game 41/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT2–3WSH
  W
  January 9game 42/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–2PHI
  January 11game 43/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WIN3–2WSH
  L
  January 13game 44/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–2NYI
  W
  January 15game 45/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  WSH6–1HFD
  W
  January 17game 46/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH6–1NJD
  W
  January 18game 47/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NJD3–6WSH
  W
  January 20game 48/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +4+/-3SOG1SHP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–2BUF
  W
  January 23game 49/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BUF6–3WSH
  L
  January 24game 50/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  -1+/-10SOG2PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  WSH5–7PIT
  L
  January 27game 51/801
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-5SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–1DET
  W
  January 28game 52/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI3–3WSH
  January 30game 53/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- February 1987
- The game
  WIN4–6WSH
  W
  February 1game 54/802
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–3NYR
  L
  February 4game 55/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD5–2WSH
  L
  February 6game 56/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -3+/-6SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NYR5–4WSH
  L
  February 7game 57/802
  His night
  +4P+4A
  +2+/-5SOG2PPP
  +4 assists
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- The game
  WSH5–3EDM
  W
  February 15game 58/80
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–7LAK
  L
  February 18game 59/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  WSH6–3VAN
  W
  February 20game 60/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  February 20
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 80
  60
  points
  NHL#20
  19
  goals
  NHL#61
  41
  assists
  NHL#9
  +12
  +/-
  NHL#19
  WSH
  24-28-0W-L-OT56Points
  12th in the whole NHL
- The game
  WSH5–2CGY
  W
  February 22game 61/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  DET2–8WSH
  W
  February 24game 62/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  EDM2–5WSH
  W
  February 27game 63/80
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-6SOG
  View the game
- March 1987
- The game
  NYR3–7WSH
  W
  March 1game 64/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–3WSH
  W
  March 3game 65/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–4PHI
  L
  March 5game 66/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–3BOS
  L
  March 7game 67/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY6–3WSH
  L
  March 10game 68/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  TOR2–10WSH
  W
  March 13game 69/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–3STL
  March 14game 70/80
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-6SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK5–4WSH
  L
  March 17game 71/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  PIT3–4WSH
  W
  March 20game 72/801
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS3–4WSH
  W
  March 22game 73/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-6SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–1NYI
  W
  March 24game 74/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYI2–2WSH
  March 27game 75/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MNS2–4WSH
  W
  March 29game 76/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  TOR2–4WSH
  W
  March 31game 77/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- April 1987
- The game
  WSH5–1NYR
  W
  April 1game 78/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  PHI2–3WSH
  W
  April 4game 79/802
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
  View the game
- The game
  WSH6–5NJD
  W
  April 5game 80/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 5
Larry Murphy closes the 1986-1987 season with 81 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Points
81
NHL#20
Games
80of 80
100%
Goals
23
NHL#83
Assists
58
NHL#8
P/GP
1.01
NHL#34
+/-
+25
NHL#17
Events
23
career best in goals
500
NHL games
7 i rad
games with a point · 11 pts
3 days later
Playoffs
April 8
Washington Capitals are in the playoffs
First round
April 8
Washington Capitals meet New York Islanders
WSHvsNYI
Swedes on Washington Capitals
No Swedes
Swedes on New York Islanders
Tomas Jonsson
View the whole round
- Game 1
  NYI3–4WSH
  W
  April 81
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- Washington Capitalslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
- Game 2
  NYI3–1WSH
  L
  April 9
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- Washington Capitalsare1–1withNew York Islanders
- Game 3
  WSH2–0NYI
  W
  April 11
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
- Game 4
  WSH4–1NYI
  W
  April 12
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +3+/-5SOG
  +2 points
  View the game
- Washington Capitalslead3–1againstNew York Islanders
- Game 5
  NYI4–2WSH
  L
  April 141
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstNew York Islanders
- Game 6
  WSH4–5NYI
  L
  April 161
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew York Islanders
- Game 7
  NYI3–2WSH
  L
  April 181
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-6SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
First round
April 18
New York Islanders knock Washington Capitals out 4–3
WSH3–4NYI
Eliminated
7Games4Points2Goals2Assists
The run in numbers
April 18
Larry Murphy ends the 1986-1987 playoffs with 4 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Points
4
NHL#110
Games
7
Goals
2
NHL#74
Assists
2
NHL#122
P/GP
0.57
+/-
+3
NHL#43
Events
10
playoff goals
2 points
best game
NYI3–4

Larry Murphy plays the 1986-1987 season for Washington Capitals

1/4 into the season

Larry Murphy reaches 500 NHL games

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Larry Murphy closes the 1986-1987 season with 81 points

Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

Washington Capitals meet New York Islanders

New York Islanders knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

Larry Murphy ends the 1986-1987 playoffs with 4 points