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Paul Lawless's 1986-1987 season

Points
54
NHL#93
Goals
22
NHL#91
Assists
32
NHL#102
Plus/minus
+26
NHL#16
Games
60
75%
75% of 80

Left winger Paul Lawless was 22 years old when the 1986-1987 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Hartford Whalers. He played 60 of a possible 80 games and scored 22 goals and 32 assists for 54 points, 0.90 points per game. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 2 points.

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

1986-1987Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Paul Lawless plays the 1986-1987 season for Hartford Whalers

    Paul was 22 years old when the 1986-1987 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CGY5–6HFD
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      HFD2–7BOS
      L
      game 2/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–4HFD
      game 3/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI6–3HFD
      L
      game 4/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–4BUF
      W
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–3HFD
      W
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–5HFD
      W
      game 7/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD2–6TOR
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • November 1986
    • The game
      QUE2–2HFD
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–3QUE
      game 10/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI2–3HFD
      W
      game 11/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–4LAK
      L
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–3VAN
      W
      game 13/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD3–4CGY
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      EDM2–6HFD
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–1HFD
      L
      game 16/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL0–4HFD
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD6–3NYI
      W
      game 18/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF0–3HFD
      W
      game 19/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD7–5MTL
      W
      game 20/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      13
      points
      NHL#144
      9
      goals
      NHL#45
      4
      assists
      NHL#255
      HFD
      11-6-0W-L-OT25Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • December 1986
    • The game
      HFD1–4QUE
      L
      game 21/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE1–2HFD
      W
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–1PHI
      W
      game 23/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET4–1HFD
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-8SOG
    • The game
      STL2–6HFD
      W
      game 25/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–2HFD
      game 26/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–4BUF
      L
      game 27/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–4HFD
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD6–5BOS
      W
      game 29/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      HFD2–2DET
      game 30/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–3NYR
      W
      game 31/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS0–2HFD
      W
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–1HFD
      game 33/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–6MTL
      L
      game 34/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–1WSH
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–5MNS
      L
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–2HFD
      L
      game 37/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–8HFD
      W
      game 38/802
      His night
      +6P+2G+4A
      +5+/-3SOG1PPP
      +6 points
    • The game
      HFD3–6STL
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8039 of 40 played
      26
      points
      NHL#119
      12
      goals
      NHL#83
      14
      assists
      NHL#142
      HFD
      20-14-0W-L-OT46Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • February 1987
    • The game
      HFD5–4CHI
      W
      game 58/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD6–3NJD
      W
      game 59/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI6–3HFD
      L
      game 60/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8042 of 60 played
      28
      points
      NHL#178
      13
      goals
      NHL#124
      15
      assists
      NHL#205
      HFD
      31-23-0W-L-OT68Points
      Playoff spot
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD3–5BUF
      L
      game 61/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–6HFD
      W
      game 62/803
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-4SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      QUE1–2HFD
      W
      game 63/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1987
    • The game
      NJD5–5HFD
      game 64/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET3–5HFD
      W
      game 65/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS2–10HFD
      W
      game 66/803
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +5+/-2SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      PHI3–5HFD
      W
      game 67/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      HFD4–6QUE
      L
      game 68/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      CGY6–1HFD
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Paul Lawless reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Calgary Flames · March 11

    • The game
      HFD3–0WIN
      W
      game 70/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      HFD1–4EDM
      L
      game 71/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD5–3NYR
      W
      game 72/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS1–5HFD
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      LAK3–6HFD
      W
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      EDM5–3HFD
      L
      game 75/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–5HFD
      W
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–7HFD
      W
      game 77/802
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-4SOG
      +3 assists
    • April 1987
    • The game
      HFD2–3MTL
      L
      game 78/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Paul Lawless closes the 1986-1987 season with 54 points

    Points
    54
    NHL#93
    Games
    60of 80
    75%
    Goals
    22
    NHL#91
    Assists
    32
    NHL#102
    P/GP
    0.90
    NHL#62
    +/-
    +26
    NHL#16
    Events
    54
    career best in points
    22
    career best in goals
    32
    career best in assists
    100
    career points
    50
    career assists
    25
    career goals
    10 i rad
    games with a point · 18 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal
    7 days later
    Playoffs

    Hartford Whalers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Hartford Whalers meet Quebec Nordiques

    HFDvsQUE
    Swedes on Hartford Whalers
    Swedes on Quebec Nordiques
    No Swedes
    • Game 5
      QUE7–5HFD
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • Quebec Nordiqueslead3–2againstHartford Whalers
    • Game 6
      HFD4–5QUE
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    First round

    Quebec Nordiques knock Hartford Whalers out 4–2

    HFD2–4QUE
    Eliminated
    2Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Paul Lawless ends the 1986-1987 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#178
    Games
    2
    Goals
    0
    NHL#202
    Assists
    2
    NHL#122
    P/GP
    1.00
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#87
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    QUE2–4