1986–87 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1986–87 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the team's 70th season competing in the National Hockey League.Off-season
NHL Draft
, former defenceman with Ottawa and Toronto, had to undergo surgery to remove his gall bladder. Unfortunately, infection from the gall bladder seeped into his
body during surgery, causing him to go into septic shock. He died November 10, 1986.Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| RW | 79 | 29 | 44 | 73 | 90 | -20 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| RW | 73 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 61 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| LW | 78 | 35 | 27 | 62 | 114 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| LW/D | 80 | 37 | 23 | 60 | 271 | -23 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 80 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 66 | -26 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 57 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 80 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 26 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 58 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 61 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 92 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 80 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 55 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| LW | 71 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| D | 44 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 56 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 42 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| LW | 55 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 64 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 29 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 28 | -15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 67 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| LW | 16 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 47 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 172 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 43 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 34 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 33 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 37 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 103 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 56 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 104 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 3026 | 56 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 200 | 3.97 | 0 | 1598 | 1398 | .875 |
| 1808 | 36 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 110 | 3.65 | 2 | 991 | 881 | .889 |
| 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.00 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .571 |
| Team: | 4854 | 80 | 32 | 42 | 6 | 313 | 3.87 | 2 | 2596 | 2283 | .879 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| LW/D | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 761 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 2.29 | 1 | 368 | 339 | .921 |
| 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.54 | 0 | 17 | 16 | .941 |
| Team: | 800 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 2.25 | 1 | 385 | 355 | .922 |
Playoffs
Transactions
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1986-87 season.Trades
Free agents
Awards and records
