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Tomas Sandström's 1986-1987 season

Points
74
Swedish flag#2NHL#37
Goals
40
Swedish flag#1NHL#13
Assists
34
Swedish flag#5NHL#89
Plus/minus
+6
Swedish flag#7NHL#121
Games
64
80%
80% of 80

Right winger Tomas Sandström was 22 years old when the 1986-1987 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 64 of a possible 80 games and scored 40 goals and 34 assists for 74 points, 1.16 points per game. He finished second in the Swedish points race and finished 37th in the NHL. He also won the Swedish goal race. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 3 points.

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

1986-1987Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Tomas Sandström plays the 1986-1987 season for New York Rangers

    Tomas was 22 years old when the 1986-1987 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NJD5–3NYR
      L
      game 1/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–6PIT
      L
      game 2/803
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-7SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH7–6NYR
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–5CHI
      game 4/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–2NYI
      W
      game 5/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–2NYR
      game 6/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–5NYR
      W
      game 7/802
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-7SOG1PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      NYR3–3MTL
      game 8/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–3NYR
      game 9/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–7STL
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • November 1986
    • The game
      WIN5–4NYR
      L
      game 11/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–5DET
      L
      game 12/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR3–2PHI
      W
      game 13/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–6QUE
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–2NYR
      W
      game 16/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM8–6NYR
      L
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8016 of 20 played
      18
      points
      Swedish flag#2NHL#41
      5
      goals
      Swedish flag#4NHL#96
      13
      assists
      Swedish flag#1NHL#22
      NYR
      6-10-0W-L-OT16Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR5–5PIT
      game 23/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–2NYR
      game 24/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1986
    • The game
      NYR5–8NJD
      L
      game 25/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–3WIN
      W
      game 26/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–5NYR
      W
      game 27/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–6MTL
      L
      game 28/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–1WSH
      W
      game 29/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS4–3NYR
      L
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–6NYR
      W
      game 31/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–5NYI
      L
      game 32/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–3NYR
      L
      game 33/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NJD5–8NYR
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR7–4NJD
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR2–3STL
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–3PIT
      W
      game 37/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-5SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYI3–4NYR
      W
      game 38/802
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +2+/-9SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      NYR5–2QUE
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–3NYR
      game 40/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8034 of 40 played
      34
      points
      Swedish flag#3NHL#55
      13
      goals
      Swedish flag#3NHL#61
      21
      assists
      Swedish flag#4NHL#52
      NYR
      16-17-0W-L-OT39Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI6–3NYR
      L
      game 41/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-9SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI2–1NYR
      L
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–8NYR
      W
      game 43/801
      His night
      +5P+4G+1A
      +4+/-5SOG1PPP
      4 GOALS
    • The game
      NYR1–4BOS
      L
      game 44/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR8–5CGY
      W
      game 45/802
      His night
      +4P+3G+1A
      +2+/-7SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      NYR2–2LAK
      game 46/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-8SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–5VAN
      L
      game 47/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–7EDM
      L
      game 48/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      -1+/-8SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NJD3–6NYR
      W
      game 49/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WIN2–1NYR
      L
      game 50/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–1PHI
      W
      game 51/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • February 1987
    • The game
      BOS4–5NYR
      W
      game 52/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      W
      game 53/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–4WSH
      W
      game 54/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      TOR5–4NYR
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8049 of 60 played
      57
      points
      Swedish flag#2NHL#31
      30
      goals
      Swedish flag#1NHL#14
      27
      assists
      Swedish flag#4NHL#80
      NYR
      25-27-0W-L-OT58Points
      Playoff spot
      10th in the whole NHL
    • March 1987
    • The game
      NYI5–7NYR
      W
      game 65/801
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      CGY7–4NYR
      L
      game 66/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–3NYR
      W
      game 67/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR6–1PHI
      W
      game 68/803
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      0+/-3SOG3PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      NYR3–2PIT
      W
      game 69/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI5–2NYR
      L
      game 70/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR1–4PHI
      L
      game 71/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–3NYR
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–4NYI
      L
      game 73/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI3–5NYR
      W
      game 74/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-11SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD8–2NYR
      L
      game 75/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL4–6NYR
      W
      game 76/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR6–5MNS
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • April 1987
    • The game
      WSH5–1NYR
      L
      game 78/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL8–2NYR
      L
      game 80/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    The season in numbers

    Tomas Sandström closes the 1986-1987 season with 74 points

    Points
    74
    #2NHL#37
    Games
    64of 80
    80%
    Goals
    40
    #1NHL#13
    Assists
    34
    #5NHL#89
    P/GP
    1.16
    #1NHL#17
    +/-
    +6
    #7NHL#121
    Events
    40
    first among the Swedes in goals
    4
    hat tricks · 4 goals in one game
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 13 pts
    5 i rad
    games with a goal
    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
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      NYR3–8PHI
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -4+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI3–0NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      PHI3–6NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • New York Rangersare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      NYR1–3PHI
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 6
      PHI5–0NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–2

    NYR2–4PHI
    Eliminated
    6Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Tomas Sandström ends the 1986-1987 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    #10NHL#146
    Games
    6
    Goals
    1
    #7NHL#121
    Assists
    2
    #11NHL#122
    P/GP
    0.50
    +/-
    -8
    #14NHL#354
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    10
    playoff assists
    2 points
    best game
    PHI2–4