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Tom Laidlaw's 1986-1987 season

Points
14
NHL#348
Goals
1
NHL#446
Assists
13
NHL#290
Plus/minus
-14
NHL#561
Games
74
91%
91% of 81

Defenceman Tom Laidlaw was 28 years old when the 1986-1987 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers och Los Angeles Kings. He played 74 of a possible 81 games and scored 1 goals and 13 assists for 14 points, 0.19 points per game. He moved from New York Rangers to Los Angeles Kings in March. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 0 points.

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

1986-1987Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Tom Laidlaw opens the 1986-1987 season with New York Rangers

    Tom was 28 years old when the 1986-1987 season began. It was his 7th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NJD5–3NYR
      L
      game 1/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–6PIT
      L
      game 2/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-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+/-0SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–2NYI
      W
      game 5/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–2NYR
      game 6/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–5NYR
      W
      game 7/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3MTL
      game 8/805
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–3NYR
      game 9/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • 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+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5DET
      L
      game 12/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–2PHI
      W
      game 13/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–6QUE
      L
      game 14/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–2NYR
      W
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–2NYR
      W
      game 16/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM8–6NYR
      L
      game 17/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3NJD
      L
      game 18/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5EDM
      L
      game 19/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR8–5VAN
      W
      game 20/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      4
      points
      NHL#300
      1
      goals
      NHL#279
      3
      assists
      NHL#264
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#98
      NYR
      6-10-0W-L-OT16Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR5–8CGY
      L
      game 21/803
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • 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
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–2NYR
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • December 1986
    • The game
      NYR5–8NJD
      L
      game 25/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR6–3WIN
      W
      game 26/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–5NYR
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–6MTL
      L
      game 28/803
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–1WSH
      W
      game 29/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–3NYR
      L
      game 30/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • 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
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD5–8NYR
      W
      game 34/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR7–4NJD
      W
      game 35/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3STL
      L
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • 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
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–2QUE
      W
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–3NYR
      game 40/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      7
      points
      NHL#327
      1
      goals
      NHL#361
      6
      assists
      NHL#290
      -9
      +/-
      NHL#164
      NYR
      16-17-0W-L-OT39Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI6–3NYR
      L
      game 41/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–1NYR
      L
      game 42/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–8NYR
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–4BOS
      L
      game 44/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR8–5CGY
      W
      game 45/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–2LAK
      game 46/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–5VAN
      L
      game 47/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–6NYR
      W
      game 49/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • 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
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–4WSH
      W
      game 54/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    Milestone

    Tom Laidlaw reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Washington Capitals · February 7

    • The game
      TOR5–4NYR
      L
      game 55/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–4NYR
      W
      game 56/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET2–6NYR
      W
      game 57/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–5CHI
      L
      game 58/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF6–3NYR
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–2NYR
      L
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8059 of 60 played
      11
      points
      NHL#331
      1
      goals
      NHL#407
      10
      assists
      NHL#284
      -8
      +/-
      NHL#165
      NYR
      25-27-0W-L-OT58Points
      Playoff spot
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR1–4DET
      L
      game 63/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • March 1987
    • The game
      NYR3–7WSH
      L
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–7NYR
      W
      game 65/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGY7–4NYR
      L
      game 66/803
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE6–3LAK
      L
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–4WSH
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–2PHI
      W
      game 71/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Tom Laidlaw reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · March 19

    • The game
      LAK6–8BOS
      L
      game 72/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–6HFD
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK6–1DET
      W
      game 74/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–3BUF
      W
      game 75/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY4–3LAK
      L
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGY4–5LAK
      W
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • April 1987
    • The game
      VAN8–3LAK
      L
      game 78/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM7–3LAK
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Tom Laidlaw closes the 1986-1987 season with 14 points

    Points
    14
    NHL#348
    Games
    74of 80
    93%
    Goals
    1
    NHL#446
    Assists
    13
    NHL#290
    P/GP
    0.19
    NHL#388
    +/-
    -14
    NHL#561
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    100
    career assists
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Los Angeles Kings are in the playoffs

    First round

    Los Angeles Kings meet Edmonton Oilers

    LAKvsEDM
    Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
    • Game 1
      LAK5–2EDM
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Los Angeles Kingslead1–0againstEdmonton Oilers
    • Game 2
      LAK3–13EDM
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • Los Angeles Kingsare1–1withEdmonton Oilers
    • Game 3
      EDM6–5LAK
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • Edmonton Oilerslead2–1againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 4
      EDM6–3LAK
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Edmonton Oilerslead3–1againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 5
      LAK4–5EDM
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    First round

    Edmonton Oilers knock Los Angeles Kings out 4–1

    LAK1–4EDM
    Eliminated
    5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Tom Laidlaw ends the 1986-1987 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#267
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    NHL#202
    Assists
    0
    NHL#240
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -9
    NHL#356
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    EDM1–4