1987 Stanley Cup playoffs

The top four teams in each division qualified for the playoffs, as follows:

1. Hartford Whalers, Adams Division champions – 93 points
2. Montreal Canadiens – 92 points
3. Boston Bruins – 85 points
4. Quebec Nordiques – 72 points

1. Philadelphia Flyers, Patrick Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 100 points
2. Washington Capitals – 86 points
3. New York Islanders – 82 points
4. New York Rangers – 76 points

1. St. Louis Blues, Norris Division champions – 79 points
2. Detroit Red Wings – 78 points
3. Chicago Blackhawks – 72 points
4. Toronto Maple Leafs – 70 points

1. Edmonton Oilers, Smythe Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 106 points
2. Calgary Flames – 95 points
3. Winnipeg Jets – 88 points
4. Los Angeles Kings – 70 points

In the division semifinals, the fourth seeded team in each division played against the division winner from their division. The other series matched the second and third place teams from the divisions. The two winning teams from each division's semifinals then met in the division finals. The two division winners of each conference then played in the conference finals. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals.

This was the first year that all rounds were competed in a best-of-seven series, after the division semifinals were expanded from a best-of-five format. Each series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). Home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record, and played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary); the other team then played at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary).

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{{16TeamBracket

|RD1=Division semifinals

|RD2=Division finals

|RD3=Conference finals

|RD4=Stanley Cup Finals

|RD2-group1=Prince of Wales Conference

|RD2-group2=Clarence Campbell Conference

|RD1-seed01=A1

|RD1-team01=Hartford

|RD1-score01=2

|RD1-seed02=A4

|RD1-team02=Quebec

|RD1-score02=4

|RD1-seed03=A2

|RD1-team03=Montreal

|RD1-score03=4

|RD1-seed04=A3

|RD1-team04=Boston

|RD1-score04=0

|RD1-seed05=P1

|RD1-team05=Philadelphia

|RD1-score05=4

|RD1-seed06=P4

|RD1-team06=NY Rangers

|RD1-score06=2

|RD1-seed07=P2

|RD1-team07=Washington

|RD1-score07=3

|RD1-seed08=P3

|RD1-team08=NY Islanders

|RD1-score08=4

|RD1-seed09=N1

|RD1-team09=St. Louis

|RD1-score09=2

|RD1-seed10=N4

|RD1-team10=Toronto

|RD1-score10=4

|RD1-seed11=N2

|RD1-team11=Detroit

|RD1-score11=4

|RD1-seed12=N3

|RD1-team12=Chicago

|RD1-score12=0

|RD1-seed13=S1

|RD1-team13=Edmonton

|RD1-score13=4

|RD1-seed14=S4

|RD1-team14=Los Angeles

|RD1-score14=1

|RD1-seed15=S2

|RD1-team15=Calgary

|RD1-score15=2

|RD1-seed16=S3

|RD1-team16=Winnipeg

|RD1-score16=4

|RD2-seed01=A4

|RD2-team01=Quebec

|RD2-score01=3

|RD2-seed02=A2

|RD2-team02=Montreal

|RD2-score02=4

|RD2-seed03=P1

|RD2-team03=Philadelphia

|RD2-score03=4

|RD2-seed04=P3

|RD2-team04=NY Islanders

|RD2-score04=3

|RD2-seed05=N4

|RD2-team05=Toronto

|RD2-score05=3

|RD2-seed06=N2

|RD2-team06=Detroit

|RD2-score06=4

|RD2-seed07=S1

|RD2-team07=Edmonton

|RD2-score07=4

|RD2-seed08=S3

|RD2-team08=Winnipeg

|RD2-score08=0

|RD3-seed01=A2

|RD3-team01=Montreal

|RD3-score01=2

|RD3-seed02=P1

|RD3-team02=Philadelphia

|RD3-score02=4

|RD3-seed03=N2

|RD3-team03=Detroit

|RD3-score03=1

|RD3-seed04=S1

|RD3-team04=Edmonton

|RD3-score04=4

|RD4-seed01=P1

|RD4-team01=Philadelphia

|RD4-score01=3

|RD4-seed02=S1

|RD4-team02=Edmonton

|RD4-score02=4

}}}}

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Harford won the only previous meeting in a three-game sweep in the last year's Adams Division Semifinals.

This was the last series that the Nordiques/Avalanche franchise won in Quebec City, the franchise did not win another playoff series until 1996 when they were the Colorado Avalanche.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Quebec Nordiques

|team2=Hartford Whalers

|stadium2=Colisée de Québec

|stadium1=Hartford Civic Center

|date1 =April 8

|score1 =2–3

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-hfd/1987/04/08/1986030111#game=1986030111,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Peter Stastny (1) – 01:59

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Robert Picard (1) – 06:32

|1-2-2 =09:16 – pp – John Anderson (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =08:48 – Dean Evason (1)

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =02:20 – Paul MacDermid (1)

|goalie1-1 =Mario Gosselin 38 saves / 41 shots

|goalie1-2 =Mike Liut 23 saves / 25 shots

|date2 =April 9

|score2 =4–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-hfd/1987/04/09/1986030112#game=1986030112,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Randy Moller (1) – 03:35
Jeff Brown (1) – pp – 15:31

|2-1-2 =09:41 – Sylvain Turgeon (1)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =10:26 – Stew Gavin (1)
11:55 – Scot Kleinendorst (1)
17:04 – Paul MacDermid (2)

|2-3-1 =John Ogrodnick (1) – 08:22
Lane Lambert (1) – 16:22

|2-3-2 =06:58 – pp – Dana Murzyn (1)

|goalie2-1 =Clint Malarchuk 24 saves / 29 shots

|goalie2-2 =Mike Liut 20 saves / 24 shots

|date3 =April 11

|score3 =1–5

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/hfd-vs-que/1987/04/11/1986030113#game=1986030113,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =01:20 – sh – Peter Stastny (2)
07:56 – Peter Stastny (3)
15:02 – pp – Michel Goulet (1)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =03:34 – Michel Goulet (2)
06:33 – pp – Peter Stastny (4)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Ron Francis (1) – pp – 03:03

|goalie3-1 =Mario Gosselin 29 saves / 30 shots

|goalie3-2 =Steve Weeks 21 saves / 22 shots
Mike Liut 11 saves / 15 shots

|date4 =April 12

|score4 =1–4

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/hfd-vs-que/1987/04/12/1986030114#game=1986030114,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =04:53 – Jeff Brown (2)
16:19 – pp – Michel Goulet (3)

|4-1-2 =Dana Murzyn (2) – 10:25

|4-2-1 =04:19 – Michel Goulet (4)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =09:44 – pp – Michel Goulet (5)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Mario Gosselin 28 saves / 29 shots

|goalie4-2 =Mike Liut 33 saves / 37 shots

|date5 =April 14

|score5 =7–5

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-hfd/1987/04/14/1986030115#game=1986030115,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Robert Picard (2) – pp – 07:17
Jeff Brown (3) – pp – 15:10

|5-1-2 =09:46 – Ron Francis (2)
13:38 – pp – Mike McEwen (1)
18:48 – Ray Ferraro (1)

|5-2-1 =John Ogrodnick (2) – pp – 07:59

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =John Ogrodnick (3) – pp – 03:35
Michel Goulet (6) – pp – 04:08
John Ogrodnick (4) – 18:53
Mike Eagles (1) – 19:19

|5-3-2 =07:32 – Dean Evason (2)
11:19 – Stew Gavin (2)

|goalie5-1 =Mario Gosselin 38 saves / 43 shots

|goalie5-2 =Mike Liut 17 saves / 23 shots

|date6 =April 16

|score6 =4–5

|ot6 =1

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/hfd-vs-que/1987/04/16/1986030116#game=1986030116,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =03:22 – Lane Lambert (2)

|6-1-2 =Dean Evason (3) – 01:06
Dave Babych (1) – pp – 06:43
Kevin Dineen (1) – 13:32

|6-2-1 =13:47 – pp – Peter Stastny (5)
14:17 – John Ogrodnick (5)

|6-2-2 =Kevin Dineen (2) – pp – 06:24

|6-3-1 =07:05 – pp – Jason Lafreniere (1)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|6-4-1 =06:08 – Peter Stastny (6)

|6-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Mario Gosselin 31 saves / 35 shots

|goalie6-2 =Mike Liut 29 saves / 34 shots

|series = Quebec won series 4–2

}}

This was the 22nd playoff series between these two teams. Montreal lead 19–2 in previous playoff series. This was the fourth straight year meeting in the Division Semifinals. Montreal won last year's Adams Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Boston Bruins

|team2=Montreal Canadiens

|stadium2=Boston Garden

|stadium1=Montreal Forum

|date1 =April 8

|score1 =2–6

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1987/04/08/1986030121#game=1986030121,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Tom McCarthy (1) – pp – 08:19

|1-1-2 =04:37 – pp – Larry Robinson (1)
04:56 – Guy Carbonneau (1)
05:48 – Stephane Richer (1)
19:12 – Mats Naslund (1)

|1-2-1 =Ken Linseman (1) – 02:25

|1-2-2 =18:27 – Kjell Dahlin (1)
19:16 – Chris Nilan (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Doug Keans 22 saves / 28 shots

|goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 31 saves / 33 shots

|date2 =April 9

|score2 =3–4

|ot2 =1

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1987/04/09/1986030122#game=1986030122,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =09:02 – Kjell Dahlin (2)

|2-2-1 =Cam Neely (1) – 13:26

|2-2-2 =10:23 – Claude Lemieux (1)

|2-3-1 =Cam Neely (2) – pp – 07:44
Cam Neely (3) – 11:46

|2-3-2 =10:30 – Bobby Smith (1)

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =02:38 – Mats Naslund (2)

|goalie2-1 =Bill Ranford 21 saves / 25 shots

|goalie2-2 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 28 shots

|date3 =April 11

|score3 =5–4

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1987/04/11/1986030123#game=1986030123,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =02:24 – sh – Rick Middleton (1)

|3-1-2 =Mike McPhee (1) – 12:36
Bobby Smith (2) – pp – 14:36
Chris Chelios (1) – sh – 15:24

|3-2-1 =07:17 – Ray Bourque (1)
14:59 – pp – Rick Middleton (2)

|3-2-2 =Mike McPhee (2) – 07:34
Mike McPhee (3) – pp – 09:50

|3-3-1 =13:28 – pp – Cam Neely (4)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Doug Keans 25 saves / 30 shots

|goalie3-2 =Patrick Roy 25 saves / 29 shots

|date4 =April 12

|score4 =4–2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1987/04/12/1986030124#game=1986030124,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =07:26 – Randy Burridge (1)

|4-1-2 =Chris Chelios (2) – pp – 18:21

|4-2-1 =04:17 – pp – Cam Neely (5)

|4-2-2 =Bobby Smith (3) – 12:36
Mike McPhee (4) – 13:06

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Shayne Corson (1) – 02:53

|goalie4-1 =Bill Ranford 26 saves / 30 shots

|goalie4-2 =Patrick Roy 35 saves / 37 shots

|series = Montreal won series 4–0

}}

This was the eighth playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won four of the previous seven meetings, including last year's Patrick Division Semifinals in a 3–2 series upset.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Rangers

|team2=Philadelphia Flyers

|stadium2=Madison Square Garden

|stadium1=Spectrum

|date1 =April 8

|score1 =3–0

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-phi/1987/04/08/1986030131#game=1986030131,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =Pierre Larouche (1) – 02:57
Ron Duguay (1) – 03:24

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Pierre Larouche (2) – 17:13

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 26 saves / 26 shots

|goalie1-2 =Ron Hextall 24 saves / 27 shots

|date2 =April 9

|score2 =3–8

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-phi/1987/04/09/1986030132#game=1986030132,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =17:24 – Brad Marsh (1)

|2-2-1 =Marcel Dionne (1) – pp – 05:43
Don Maloney (1) – 18:51

|2-2-2 =10:01 – Scott Mellanby (1)
19:56 – Rick Tocchet (1)

|2-3-1 =Don Maloney (2) – 16:26

|2-3-2 =05:19 – Tim Kerr (1)
06:22 – Dave Poulin (1)
13:40 – sh – Rick Tocchet (2)
17:30 – Derrick Smith (1)
17:50 – Peter Zezel (1)

|goalie2-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 29 saves / 34 shots
Bob Froese 8 saves / 11 shots

|goalie2-2 =Ron Hextall 24 saves / 27 shots

|date3 =April 11

|score3 =3–0

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-nyr/1987/04/11/1986030133#game=1986030133,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Peter Zezel (2) – sh – 05:28
Mark Howe (1) – 05:41
Rick Tocchet (3) – 11:34

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =John Vanbiesbrouck 31 saves / 34 shots

|goalie3-2 =Ron Hextall 34 saves / 34 shots

|date4 =April 12

|score4 =3–6

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-nyr/1987/04/12/1986030134#game=1986030134,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =01:03 – Tomas Sandstrom (1)
04:08 – Jeff Jackson (1)
10:31 – pp – George McPhee (1)

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =18:31 – pp – Ron Duguay (2)
19:31 – pp – James Patrick (1)

|4-2-2 =Brian Propp (1) – pp – 05:54

|4-3-1 =19:36 – Jan Erixon (1)

|4-3-2 =Dave Poulin (2) – pp – 03:51
Murray Craven (1) – 07:20

|goalie4-1 =Bob Froese 25 saves / 28 shots

|goalie4-2 =Ron Hextall 21 saves / 26 shots
Glenn Resch 7 saves / 7 shots

|date5 =April 14

|score5 =1–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-phi/1987/04/14/1986030135#game=1986030135,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Pierre Larouche (3) – 09:46

|5-2-2 =02:02 – Rick Tocchet (4)
14:13 – Tim Kerr (2)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =19:34 – Rick Tocchet (5)

|goalie5-1 =Bob Froese 37 saves / 39 shots

|goalie5-2 =Ron Hextall 21 saves / 22 shots

|date6 =April 16

|score6 =5–0

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-nyr/1987/04/16/1986030136#game=1986030136,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =Derrick Smith (2) – 09:18
Doug Crossman (1) – 17:00

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Brad Marsh (2) – 08:35
Tim Kerr (3) – pp – 13:14

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Lindsay Carson (1) – 05:21

|goalie6-1 =Bob Froese 15 saves / 17 shots
John Vanbiesbrouck 13 saves / 16 shots

|goalie6-2 =Ron Hextall 34 saves / 34 shots

|series = Philadelphia won series 4–2

}}

This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won three of the previous four series all in the past four years. Washington won last year's Patrick Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.

Game seven of this series went four overtimes, and is known as the Easter Epic. It was the only one this year to go beyond one OT period.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Islanders

|team2=Washington Capitals

|stadium2=Nassau Coliseum

|stadium1=Capital Centre

|date1 =April 8

|score1 =3–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-wsh/1987/04/08/1986030141#game=1986030141,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =00:15 – Mike Gartner (1)
08:10 – Gaetan Duchesne (1)
12:00 – Kelly Miller (1)

|1-2-1 =Patrick Flatley (1) – 13:12

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Mike Bossy (1) – pp – 10:47
Bryan Trottier (1) – 18:57

|1-3-2 =08:30 – Mike Ridley (1)

|goalie1-1 =Kelly Hrudey 28 saves / 32 shots

|goalie1-2 =Pete Peeters 25 saves / 28 shots

|date2 =April 9

|score2 =3–1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-wsh/1987/04/09/1986030142#game=1986030142,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Steve Konroyd (1) – 02:41

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Bryan Trottier (2) – pp – 17:20
Bryan Trottier (3) – 19:43

|2-3-2 =13:46 – Mike Ridley (2)

|goalie2-1 =Kelly Hrudey 27 saves / 28 shots

|goalie2-2 =Pete Peeters 21 saves / 23 shots

|date3 =April 11

|score3 =2–0

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-nyi/1987/04/11/1986030143#game=1986030143,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Larry Murphy (1) – 14:08

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Gaetan Duchesne (2) – 19:32

|goalie3-1 =Kelly Hrudey 30 saves / 31 shots

|goalie3-2 =Bob Mason 26 saves / 26 shots

|date4 =April 12

|score4 =4–1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-nyi/1987/04/12/1986030144#game=1986030144,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =10:25 – pp – Brad Lauer (1)

|4-1-2 =Larry Murphy (2) – 11:08
Dave Christian (1) – 18:26
Mike Gartner (2) – 19:47

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =Mike Gartner (3) – 15:57

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Kelly Hrudey 33 saves / 37 shots

|goalie4-2 =Bob Mason 25 saves / 26 shots

|date5 =April 14

|score5 =4–2

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-wsh/1987/04/14/1986030145#game=1986030145,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Brad Lauer (2) – 05:06
Pat LaFontaine (1) – 05:26

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Greg Gilbert (1) – 14:13

|5-2-2 =05:25 – pp – Greg Adams (1)
10:58 – Kevin Hatcher (1)

|5-3-1 =Patrick Flatley (2) – 17:49

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Kelly Hrudey 40 saves / 42 shots

|goalie5-2 =Pete Peeters 20 saves / 24 shots

|date6 =April 16

|score6 =4–5

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/wsh-vs-nyi/1987/04/16/1986030146#game=1986030146,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =15:34 – Bryan Trottier (4)
18:51 – Duane Sutter (1)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =11:31 – pp – Pat LaFontaine (2)
14:27 – Mikko Mäkelä (1)
16:27 – Pat LaFontaine (3)

|6-2-2 =Michal Pivonka (1) – 04:26
Gaetan Duchesne (3) – 06:58
Ed Kastelic (1) – pp – 09:31

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Kelly Miller (2) – 06:19

|goalie6-1 =Kelly Hrudey 23 saves / 27 shots

|goalie6-2 =Bob Mason 29 saves / 34 shots

|date7 =April 18

|score7 =3–2

|ot7 =4

|won7 =1

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-wsh/1987/04/18/1986030147#game=1986030147,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =19:12 – Mike Gartner (4)

|7-2-1 =Patrick Flatley (3) – 11:35

|7-2-2 =18:45 – Grant Martin (1)

|7-3-1 =Bryan Trottier (5) – 14:37

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|7-4-1 =Pat LaFontaine (4) – 08:47

|7-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Kelly Hrudey 73 saves / 75 shots

|goalie7-2 =Bob Mason 54 saves / 57 shots

|series = New York won series 4–3

}}

This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Norris Division Finals, in which St. Louis won in seven games.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Toronto Maple Leafs

|team2=St. Louis Blues

|stadium2=Maple Leaf Gardens

|stadium1=St. Louis Arena

|date1 =April 8

|score1 =1–3

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-stl/1987/04/08/1986030151#game=1986030151,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =14:28 – pp – Rob Ramage (1)

|1-2-1 =Rick Vaive (1) – 15:15

|1-2-2 =00:41 – Doug Gilmour (1)
02:43 – pp – Gino Cavallini (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Ken Wregget 23 saves / 26 shots

|goalie1-2 =Greg Millen 28 saves / 29 shots

|date2 =April 9

|score2 =3–2

|ot2 =1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-tor/1987/04/09/1986030152

|2-1-1 =Todd Gill (1) – 03:17

|2-1-2 =13:00 – pp – Rob Ramage (2)

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Wendel Clark (1) – 14:16

|2-3-2 =14:57 – Greg Paslawski (1)

|2-4-1 =Rick Lanz (1) – 10:17

|2-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Ken Wregget 28 saves / 30 shots

|goalie2-2 =Greg Millen 30 saves / 33 shots

|date3 =April 11

|score3 =5–3

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-tor/1987/04/11/1986030153#game=1986030153,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =00:31 – Dan Daoust (1)
09:21 – Russ Courtnall (1)

|3-1-2 =Bernie Federko (1) – pp – 12:51
Gino Cavallini (2) – 19:14

|3-2-1 =07:20 – pp – Wendel Clark (2)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Doug Gilmour (2) – pp – 05:04
Gino Cavallini (3) – 14:09
Bernie Federko (2) – 19:59

|goalie3-1 =Ken Wregget 28 saves / 32 shots

|goalie3-2 =Rick Wamsley 22 saves / 25 shots

|date4 =April 12

|score4 =1–2

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-tor/1987/04/12/1986030154#game=1986030154,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =08:47 – pp – Rick Vaive (2)

|4-1-2 =Bruce Bell (1) – 13:04

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =01:43 – Dan Daoust (2)

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Ken Wregget 27 saves / 28 shots

|goalie4-2 =Rick Wamsley 27 saves / 29 shots

|date5 =April 14

|score5 =2–1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-stl/1987/04/14/1986030155#game=1986030155,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =02:31 – Bernie Federko (3)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =Mark Osborne (1) – 00:13
Mike Allison (1) – 11:24

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Ken Wregget 33 saves / 34 shots

|goalie5-2 =Greg Millen 33 saves / 35 shots

|date6 =April 16

|score6 =0–4

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-tor/1987/04/16/1986030156#game=1986030156,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =02:55 – Brad Smith (1)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =04:07 – Bill Root (1)
06:12 – Russ Courtnall (2)
17:51 – Peter Ihnacak (1)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Ken Wregget 19 saves / 19 shots

|goalie6-2 =Greg Millen 21 saves / 25 shots

|series = Toronto won series 4–2

}}

This was the 11th playoff series between these two teams. Chicago lead 6–4 in previous playoff meetings. Chicago won the most recent meeting in a three-game sweep in the 1985 Norris Division Semifinals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Chicago Blackhawks

|team2=Detroit Red Wings

|stadium2=Chicago Stadium

|stadium1=Joe Louis Arena

|date1 =April 8

|score1 =1–3

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-det/1987/04/08/1986030161#game=1986030161,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =03:09 – Petr Klima (1)
14:54 – pp – Darren Veitch (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Bob Murray (1) – 10:09

|1-3-2 =12:18 – Shawn Burr (1)

|goalie1-1 =Bob Sauve 26 saves / 29 shots

|goalie1-2 =Greg Stefan 19 saves / 20 shots

|date2 =April 9

|score2 =1–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-det/1987/04/09/1986030162#game=1986030162,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =00:37 – Gerard Gallant (1)
08:35 – pp – Joey Kocur (1)

|2-2-1 =Marc Bergevin (1) – 13:33

|2-2-2 =05:07 – pp – Steve Yzerman (1)
14:09 – Shawn Burr (2)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =06:46 – Adam Oates (1)

|goalie2-1 =Bob Sauve 34 saves / 39 shots

|goalie2-2 =Greg Stefan 14 saves / 15 shots

|date3 =April 11

|score3 =4–3

|ot3 =1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-chi/1987/04/11/1986030163#game=1986030163,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Steve Yzerman (2) – 05:28
Mel Bridgman (1) – sh – 06:28
Mel Bridgman (2) – 19:17

|3-2-1 =02:23 – Denis Savard (1)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =00:21 – Curt Fraser (1)
13:23 – Eddie Olczyk (1)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =No scoring

|3-4-2 =Shawn Burr (3) – 04:51

|goalie3-1 =Bob Sauve 31 saves / 35 shots

|goalie3-2 =Glen Hanlon 36 saves / 39 shots

|date4 =April 12

|score4 =3–1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-chi/1987/04/12/1986030164#game=1986030164,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Brent Ashton (1) – pp – 13:37

|4-2-1 =09:26 – Wayne Presley (1)

|4-2-2 =Mel Bridgman (3) – 00:35
Dave Barr (1) – 10:07

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Bob Sauve 30 saves / 33 shots

|goalie4-2 =Greg Stefan 46 saves / 47 shots

|series = Detroit won series 4–0

}}

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings. Edmonton won in a three-game sweep in their most recent meeting in the 1985 Smythe Division Semifinals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Los Angeles Kings

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium2=The Forum

|stadium1=Northlands Coliseum

|date1 =April 8

|score1 =5–2

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-edm/1987/04/08/1986030171#game=1986030171,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 15:28
Jay Wells (1) – pp – 15:56

|1-1-2 =01:04 – Randy Gregg (1)
18:26 – pp – Glenn Anderson (1)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Dave Williams (1) – 05:04
Bobby Carpenter (1) – 13:36
Bob Bourne (1) – 19:40

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Roland Melanson 29 saves / 31 shots

|goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 33 shots

|date2 =April 9

|score2 =3–13

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-edm/1987/04/09/1986030172#game=1986030172,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Bernie Nicholls (1) – 10:29

|2-1-2 =02:51 – pp – Jari Kurri (1)
05:17 – Glenn Anderson (2)
06:26 – Jari Kurri (2)
10:49 – Randy Gregg (2)
14:09 – pp – Esa Tikkanen (1)
17:03 – Mark Messier (1)

|2-2-1 =Bernie Nicholls (2) – pp – 04:29
Jim Fox (1) – pp – 18:28

|2-2-2 =03:50 – sh – Mark Messier (2)
06:15 – Kent Nilsson (1)
14:05 – pp – Kent Nilsson (2)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =01:56 – Wayne Gretzky (1)
07:30 – pp – Jari Kurri (3)
07:50 – Moe Lemay (1)
17:41 – pp – Jari Kurri (4)

|goalie2-1 =Darren Eliot 22 saves / 29 shots
Roland Melanson 10 saves / 16 shots

|goalie2-2 =Andy Moog 11 saves / 14 shots

|date3 =April 11

|score3 =6–5

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-lak/1987/04/11/1986030173#game=1986030173,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =03:13 – Bryan Erickson (1)
13:15 – Dave Williams (2)

|3-1-2 =Esa Tikkanen (2) – 05:12
Mike Krushelnyski (1) – 07:28

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Mark Messier (3) – 08:50
Jari Kurri (5) – 13:28

|3-3-1 =02:55 – Dave Williams (3)
12:19 – Jim Fox (2)
19:53 – Luc Robitaille (1)

|3-3-2 =Mark Messier (4) – 05:30
Jari Kurri (6) – 09:10

|goalie3-1 =Roland Melanson 29 saves / 35 shots

|goalie3-2 =Andy Moog 18 saves / 23 shots

|date4 =April 12

|score4 =6–3

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-lak/1987/04/12/1986030174#game=1986030174,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =06:38 – Bob Bourne (2)
19:21 – Jimmy Carson (1)

|4-2-2 =Kent Nilsson (3) – 11:22
Jari Kurri (7) – 19:00

|4-3-1 =08:15 – Steve Duchesne (1)

|4-3-2 =Steve Smith (1) – 04:43
Esa Tikkanen (3) – 07:49
Esa Tikkanen (4) – 16:08
Wayne Gretzky (2) – 19:34

|goalie4-1 =Roland Melanson 31 saves / 36 shots

|goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 23 saves / 26 shots

|date5 =April 14

|score5 =4–5

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-edm/1987/04/14/1986030175#game=1986030175,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Jim Fox (3) – 04:06

|5-1-2 =01:22 – Esa Tikkanen (5)

|5-2-1 =Dave Taylor (2) – 12:08
Steve Duchesne (2) – pp – 16:08

|5-2-2 =06:45 – pp – Mark Messier (5)
10:53 – pp – Glenn Anderson (3)

|5-3-1 =Mark Hardy (1) – 15:47

|5-3-2 =07:53 – Esa Tikkanen (6)
10:47 – Glenn Anderson (4)

|goalie5-1 =Roland Melanson 30 saves / 35 shots

|goalie5-2 =Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 30 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–1

}}

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings over the prior two years. Calgary won last year's Smythe Division Semifinals in a three-game sweep.

This was the last series that the Jets/Coyotes franchise won in Winnipeg; the franchise did not win another playoff series until the 2012 Western Conference Quarterfinal while based in Arizona. This was also the last time a Winnipeg-based NHL team won a playoff series until 2018.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Winnipeg Jets

|team2=Calgary Flames

|stadium2=Winnipeg Arena

|stadium1=Olympic Saddledome

|date1 =April 8

|score1 =4–2

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-cgy/1987/04/08/1986030181#game=1986030181,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Thomas Steen (1) – 05:03

|1-1-2 =13:02 – pp – Mike Bullard (1)
19:26 – pp – Al MacInnis (1)

|1-2-1 =Dale Hawerchuk (1) – 07:51
Mario Marois (1) – 08:52

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Dale Hawerchuk (2) – pp – 02:20

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Daniel Berthiaume 18 saves / 20 shots

|goalie1-2 =Rejean Lemelin 26 saves / 30 shots

|date2 =April 9

|score2 =3–2

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-cgy/1987/04/09/1986030182#game=1986030182,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Paul MacLean (1) – 07:08
Paul MacLean (2) – 15:24
Thomas Steen (2) – sh – 19:59

|2-2-2 =02:35 – pp – Mike Bullard (2)
17:59 – pp – Mike Bullard (3)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Daniel Berthiaume 25 saves / 27 shots

|goalie2-2 =Mike Vernon 22 saves / 25 shots

|date3 =April 11

|score3 =3–2

|ot3 =1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-win/1987/04/11/1986030183#game=1986030183,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =04:46 – Randy Carlyle (1)
13:19 – pp – Paul MacLean (3)

|3-1-2 =Steve Bozek (1) – 14:27
Joe Mullen (1) – pp – 19:29

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =No scoring

|3-4-2 =Mike Bullard (4) – 03:53

|goalie3-1 =Daniel Berthiaume 31 saves / 34 shots

|goalie3-2 =Mike Vernon 26 saves / 28 shots

|date4 =April 12

|score4 =3–4

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-win/1987/04/12/1986030184#game=1986030184,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Hakan Loob (1) – sh – 17:35

|4-2-1 =10:15 – pp – Brian Mullen (1)
15:34 – Doug Smail (1)

|4-2-2 =Brett Hull (1) – 05:03

|4-3-1 =01:09 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (3)
14:33 – Gilles Hamel (1)

|4-3-2 =Joe Nieuwendyk (1) – 17:16

|goalie4-1 =Daniel Berthiaume 22 saves / 25 shots

|goalie4-2 =Mike Vernon 40 saves / 44 shots

|date5 =April 14

|score5 =3–4

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-cgy/1987/04/14/1986030185#game=1986030185,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Fredrik Olausson (1) – pp – 05:54

|5-1-2 =02:00 – Carey Wilson (1)
15:13 – Brett Hull (2)

|5-2-1 =Paul MacLean (4) – pp – 06:47
Dale Hawerchuk (4) – 10:48

|5-2-2 =05:22 – Joe Nieuwendyk (2)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =04:28 – Joe Mullen (2)

|goalie5-1 =Daniel Berthiaume 27 saves / 31 shots

|goalie5-2 =Mike Vernon 25 saves / 28 shots

|date6 =April 16

|score6 =1–6

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-win/1987/04/16/1986030186#game=1986030186,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =02:37 – Ron Wilson (1)
13:17 – Gilles Hamel (2)
14:12 – pp – Dale Hawerchuk (5)
19:04 – Doug Smail (2)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =19:02 – pp – Brian Mullen (2)

|6-2-2 =Jim Peplinski (1) – 12:57

|6-3-1 =16:18 – Doug Smail (3)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Daniel Berthiaume 34 saves / 35 shots

|goalie6-2 =Rejean Lemelin 15 saves / 17 shots
Mike Vernon 7 saves / 11 shots

|series = Winnipeg won series 4–2

}}

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Quebec won two of the previous three meetings, including their most recent meeting in the 1985 Adams Division Finals in seven games.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Quebec Nordiques

|team2=Montreal Canadiens

|stadium2=Colisée de Québec

|stadium1=Montreal Forum

|date1 =April 20

|score1 =7–5

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-mtl/1987/04/20/1986030211#game=1986030211,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Michel Goulet (7) – 09:38

|1-1-2 =04:27 – Bobby Smith (4)
16:17 – Stephane Richer (2)

|1-2-1 =Anton Stastny (1) – 01:31
Basil McRae (1) – 11:45
Anton Stastny (2) – 17:16

|1-2-2 =12:40 – pp – Claude Lemieux (2)
13:18 – Craig Ludwig (1)

|1-3-1 =Dale Hunter (1) – pp – 02:04
John Ogrodnick (6) – 05:22
Paul Gillis (1) – 07:21

|1-3-2 =16:07 – John Kordic (1)

|goalie1-1 =Mario Gosselin 27 saves / 32 shots

|goalie1-2 =Patrick Roy 19 saves / 26 shots
Brian Hayward 2 saves / 2 shots

|date2 =April 22

|score2 =2–1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-mtl/1987/04/22/1986030212#game=1986030212,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Michel Goulet (8) – 02:47
Basil McRae (2) – 03:04

|2-3-2 =05:21 – pp – Ryan Walter (1)

|goalie2-1 =Mario Gosselin 27 saves / 28 shots

|goalie2-2 =Brian Hayward 24 saves / 26 shots

|date3 =April 24

|score3 =7–2

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-que/1987/04/24/1986030213#game=1986030213,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Sergio Momesso (1) – 00:14
Bob Gainey (1) – 06:18

|3-2-1 =00:37 – pp – Risto Siltanen (1)
15:49 – Normand Rochefort (1)

|3-2-2 =Mats Naslund (3) – pp – 13:10
Mike Lalor (1) – 17:00

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Ryan Walter (2) – 09:52
Mike Lalor (2) – 16:51
Shayne Corson (2) – 19:43

|goalie3-1 =Mario Gosselin 22 saves / 29 shots

|goalie3-2 =Brian Hayward 24 saves / 26 shots

|date4 =April 26

|score4 =3–2

|ot4 =1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-que/1987/04/26/1986030214#game=1986030214,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =19:20 – John Ogrodnick (7)

|4-1-2 =Mats Naslund (4) – pp – 00:18
Mike McPhee (5) – 02:47

|4-2-1 =05:30 – Anton Stastny (3)

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|4-4-1 =No scoring

|4-4-2 =Mats Naslund (5) – 05:30

|goalie4-1 =Mario Gosselin 24 saves / 27 shots

|goalie4-2 =Brian Hayward 28 saves / 30 shots

|date5 =April 28

|score5 =2–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-mtl/1987/04/28/1986030215#game=1986030215,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =09:22 – sh – Shayne Corson (3)

|5-2-1 =Alain Cote (1) – 01:52

|5-2-2 =09:33 – pp – Ryan Walter (3)

|5-3-1 =Paul Gillis (2) – 00:38

|5-3-2 =17:21 – Ryan Walter (4)

|goalie5-1 =Clint Malarchuk 19 saves / 22 shots

|goalie5-2 =Brian Hayward 22 saves / 24 shots

|date6 =April 30

|score6 =2–3

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-que/1987/04/30/1986030216#game=1986030216,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =Shayne Corson (4) – 09:40

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Chris Nilan (2) – 03:34

|6-3-1 =05:22 – Michel Goulet (9)
13:37 – John Ogrodnick (8)
15:23 – Normand Rochefort (2)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Mario Gosselin 16 saves / 18 shots

|goalie6-2 =Brian Hayward 24 saves / 27 shots

|date7 =May 2

|score7 =3–5

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/que-vs-mtl/1987/05/02/1986030217#game=1986030217,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =John Ogrodnick (9) – pp – 08:22

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =02:03 – sh – Ryan Walter (5)
05:38 – Ryan Walter (6)
16:17 – Bobby Smith (5)
19:29 – Shayne Corson (5)
19:46 – Mike McPhee (6)

|7-3-1 =Basil McRae (3) – 06:06
Alain Cote (2) – 19:08

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Mario Gosselin 9 saves / 14 shots
Clint Malarchuk 5 saves / 5 shots

|goalie7-2 =Brian Hayward 28 saves / 31 shots

|series = Montreal won series 4–3

}}

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Philadelphia won two of the previous three series, including their most recent in the 1985 Patrick Division Finals in five games.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Islanders

|team2=Philadelphia Flyers

|stadium2=Nassau Coliseum

|stadium1=Spectrum

|date1 =April 20

|score1 =2–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-phi/1987/04/20/1986030221#game=1986030221,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =02:55 – Tim Kerr (4)
07:15 – pp – Tim Kerr (5)
14:21 – Don Nachbaur (1)

|1-2-1 =Tomas Jonsson (1) – pp – 07:03

|1-2-2 =03:11 – pp – Tim Kerr (6)

|1-3-1 =Greg Gilbert (2) – 19:48

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Billy Smith 7 saves / 8 shots
Kelly Hrudey 12 saves / 15 shots

|goalie1-2 =Ron Hextall 26 saves / 28 shots

|date2 =April 22

|score2 =2–1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-phi/1987/04/22/1986030222#game=1986030222,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Denis Potvin (1) – pp – 07:57
Mikko Mäkelä (2) – pp – 19:57

|2-3-2 =05:53 – pp – Doug Crossman (2)

|goalie2-1 =Kelly Hrudey 40 saves / 41 shots

|goalie2-2 =Ron Hextall 24 saves / 26 shots

|date3 =April 24

|score3 =4–1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =bigmouthsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1987-Stanley-Cup-Playoff-boxscores-EDM.pdf

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Al Hill (1) – 11:41

|3-2-1 =16:24 – Pat LaFontaine (5)

|3-2-2 =Brian Propp (2) – 10:21
Mark Howe (2) – 16:13

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Pelle Eklund (1) – 19:40

|goalie3-1 =Kelly Hrudey 30 saves / 33 shots

|goalie3-2 =Ron Hextall 23 saves / 24 shots

|date4 =April 26

|score4 =6–4

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-nyi/1987/04/26/1986030224#game=1986030224,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =05:00 – Alan Kerr (1)
10:29 – Ken Morrow (1)

|4-1-2 =Brian Propp (3) – pp – 08:00
Al Hill (2) – 18:35

|4-2-1 =02:50 – pp – Bryan Trottier (6)

|4-2-2 =Tim Kerr (7) – pp – 06:06
Tim Tookey (1) – 07:14
Tim Kerr (8) – pp – 12:46

|4-3-1 =07:39 – pp – Brent Sutter (1)

|4-3-2 =Rick Tocchet (6) – 19:13

|goalie4-1 =Kelly Hrudey 10 saves / 15 shots
Billy Smith 13 saves / 13 shots

|goalie4-2 =Ron Hextall 23 saves / 27 shots

|date5 =April 28

|score5 =2–1

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-phi/1987/04/28/1986030225#game=1986030225,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =Richard Kromm (1) – 14:18

|5-2-2 =05:56 – Lindsay Carson (2)

|5-3-1 =Randy Wood (1) – 03:27

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Kelly Hrudey 24 saves / 25 shots

|goalie5-2 =Ron Hextall 25 saves / 27 shots

|date6 =April 30

|score6 =2–4

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-nyi/1987/04/30/1986030226#game=1986030226,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =03:22 – pp – Mike Bossy (2)
16:12 – Bryan Trottier (7)

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =Brad McCrimmon (1) – 00:53

|6-3-1 =02:09 – pp – Bryan Trottier (8)
10:34 – Bob Bassen (1)

|6-3-2 =Brian Propp (4) – pp – 02:48

|goalie6-1 =Kelly Hrudey 25 saves / 27 shots

|goalie6-2 =Ron Hextall 26 saves / 30 shots

|date7 =May 2

|score7 =1–5

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyi-vs-phi/1987/05/02/1986030227#game=1986030227,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =06:21 – Dave Brown (1)
09:57 – sh – Brian Propp (5)
10:41 – sh – Brad Marsh (3)

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =No scoring

|7-3-1 =Denis Potvin (2) – 19:07

|7-3-2 =06:19 – Ilkka Sinisalo (1)
16:52 – Ilkka Sinisalo (2)

|goalie7-1 =Kelly Hrudey 29 saves / 34 shots

|goalie7-2 =Ron Hextall 22 saves / 23 shots

|series = Philadelphia won series 4–3

}}

This was the 21st playoff series between these two teams. Toronto led 11–9 in previous playoff series. They last met in the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals, in which Toronto won in seven games. This was the only Norris final not to involve either the Chicago Blackhawks or St. Louis Blues.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Toronto Maple Leafs

|team2=Detroit Red Wings

|stadium2=Maple Leaf Gardens

|stadium1=Joe Louis Arena

|date1 =April 21

|score1 =4–2

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-det/1987/04/21/1986030231#game=1986030231,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Dan Daoust (3) – 12:29

|1-1-2 =17:44 – Mel Bridgman (4)
18:15 – Mike O'Connell (1)

|1-2-1 =Rick Vaive (3) – 01:25
Wendel Clark (3) – 05:02
Todd Gill (2) – 07:55

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Ken Wregget 32 saves / 34 shots

|goalie1-2 =Glen Hanlon 12 saves / 12 shots
Greg Stefan 13 saves / 17 shots

|date2 =April 23

|score2 =7–2

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-det/1987/04/23/1986030232#game=1986030232,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Steve Thomas (1) – pp – 05:30
Rick Vaive (4) – 11:02
Dan Daoust (4) – 11:28

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Russ Courtnall (3) – pp – 08:59

|2-2-2 =00:17 – pp – Darren Veitch (2)

|2-3-1 =Peter Ihnacak (2) – 02:02
Steve Thomas (2) – 09:20
Al Iafrate (1) – pp – 14:10

|2-3-2 =17:40 – pp – Brent Ashton (2)

|goalie2-1 =Ken Wregget 30 saves / 32 shots

|goalie2-2 =Greg Stefan 14 saves / 21 shots

|date3 =April 25

|score3 =4–2

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-tor/1987/04/25/1986030233#game=1986030233,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =06:58 – pp – Mike Allison (2)
13:06 – Dan Daoust (5)

|3-1-2 =Gerard Gallant (2) – 07:49
Shawn Burr (4) – 12:28

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Shawn Burr (5) – 00:49

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Gerard Gallant (3) – 07:58

|goalie3-1 =Allan Bester 16 saves / 17 shots
Ken Wregget 10 saves / 13 shots

|goalie3-2 =Glen Hanlon 20 saves / 22 shots

|date4 =April 27

|score4 =2–3

|ot4 =1

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-tor/1987/04/27/1986030234#game=1986030234,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =16:27 – Wendel Clark (4)

|4-2-2 =Mel Bridgman (5) – 02:32

|4-3-1 =13:47 – pp – Wendel Clark (5)

|4-3-2 =Gerard Gallant (4) – pp – 00:53

|4-4-1 =09:31 – Mike Allison (3)

|4-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Ken Wregget 30 saves / 32 shots

|goalie4-2 =Glen Hanlon 47 saves / 50 shots

|date5 =April 29

|score5 =0–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-det/1987/04/29/1986030235#game=1986030235,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =06:03 – Lee Norwood (1)

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =03:25 – Adam Oates (2)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =08:06 – Brent Ashton (3)

|goalie5-1 =Ken Wregget 29 saves / 32 shots

|goalie5-2 =Glen Hanlon 30 saves / 30 shots

|date6 =May 1

|score6 =4–2

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-tor/1987/05/01/1986030236#game=1986030236,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =12:59 – pp – Wendel Clark (6)

|6-1-2 =Gerard Gallant (5) – 08:35

|6-2-1 =08:55 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (1)

|6-2-2 =Adam Oates (3) – 10:50

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Bob Probert (1) – 10:29
Shawn Burr (6) – 19:49

|goalie6-1 =Ken Wregget 18 saves / 21 shots

|goalie6-2 =Glen Hanlon 22 saves / 24 shots

|date7 =May 3

|score7 =0–3

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-det/1987/05/03/1986030237#game=1986030237,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =02:51 – Adam Oates (4)

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =03:57 – Steve Yzerman (3)
05:08 – Darren Veitch (3)

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Ken Wregget 30 saves / 33 shots

|goalie7-2 =Glen Hanlon 30 saves / 30 shots

|series = Detroit won series 4–3

}}

This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won all three previous meetings, including their most recent in the 1985 Smythe Division Finals in a four-game sweep.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Winnipeg Jets

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium2=Winnipeg Arena

|stadium1=Northlands Coliseum

|date1 =April 21

|score1 =2–3

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-edm/1987/04/21/1986030241#game=1986030241,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Laurie Boschman (1) – 01:20

|1-1-2 =17:13 – Glenn Anderson (5)

|1-2-1 =Brian Mullen (3) – 02:32

|1-2-2 =11:27 – Dave Hunter (1)

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =Glenn Anderson (6) – 00:36

|goalie1-1 =Daniel Berthiaume 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 14 saves / 16 shots

|date2 =April 23

|score2 =3–5

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/win-vs-edm/1987/04/23/1986030242#game=1986030242,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Thomas Steen (3) – 06:35

|2-1-2 =16:18 – Charlie Huddy (1)
18:30 – Dave Hunter (2)

|2-2-1 =Ray Neufeld (1) – 19:04

|2-2-2 =06:09 – pp – Reijo Ruotsalainen (1)
15:23 – Moe Lemay (2)

|2-3-1 =Laurie Boschman (2) – pp – 16:16

|2-3-2 =08:09 – pp – Glenn Anderson (7)

|goalie2-1 =Eldon Reddick 30 saves / 35 shots

|goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 30 shots

|date3 =April 25

|score3 =5–2

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-win/1987/04/25/1986030243#game=1986030243,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Esa Tikkanen (7) – 02:55

|3-2-1 =03:53 – sh – Doug Smail (4)

|3-2-2 =Jari Kurri (8) – 17:18

|3-3-1 =13:03 – Paul MacLean (5)

|3-3-2 =Jari Kurri (9) – 06:22
Mark Messier (6) – 07:57
Glenn Anderson (8) – 19:23

|goalie3-1 =Eldon Reddick 20 saves / 24 shots

|goalie3-2 =Grant Fuhr 35 saves / 37 shots

|date4 =April 27

|score4 =4–2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-win/1987/04/27/1986030244#game=1986030244,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Marty McSorley (1) – 05:27
Wayne Gretzky (3) – pp – 12:58
Reijo Ruotsalainen (2) – 13:46

|4-2-1 =08:20 – Fredrik Olausson (2)
19:48 – Brian Mullen (4)

|4-2-2 =Glenn Anderson (9) – 12:58

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Eldon Reddick 13 saves / 14 shots
Daniel Berthiaume 5 saves / 8 shots

|goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 22 saves / 24 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–0

}}

{{See also|NHL conference finals}}

This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Montreal won both previous meetings, including their last meeting in a four-game sweep in the 1976 Stanley Cup Finals.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Montreal Canadiens

|team2=Philadelphia Flyers

|stadium2=Montreal Forum

|stadium1=Spectrum

|date1 =May 4

|score1 =3–4

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-phi/1987/05/04/1986030311#game=1986030311,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Shayne Corson (6) – pp – 19:26

|1-1-2 =17:51 – pp – Brian Propp (6)

|1-2-1 =Ryan Walter (7) – 18:25

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Bobby Smith (6) – 07:15

|1-3-2 =05:49 – Ilkka Sinisalo (3)
16:04 – Derrick Smith (3)

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =09:11 – Illka Sinisalo (4)

|goalie1-1 =Brian Hayward 33 saves / 37 shots

|goalie1-2 =Ron Hextall 33 saves / 36 shots

|date2 =May 6

|score2 =5–2

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-phi/1987/05/06/1986030312#game=1986030312,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =Bobby Smith (7) – 11:38

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Brian Skrudland (1) – 01:43
John Kordic (2) – 11:23
Claude Lemieux (3) – pp – 15:38

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =Guy Carbonneau (2) – 14:06

|2-3-2 =05:29 – Derrick Smith (4)
10:46 – pp – Doug Crossman (3)

|goalie2-1 =Brian Hayward 21 saves / 23 shots

|goalie2-2 =Ron Hextall 19 saves / 23 shots
Glenn Resch 3 saves / 4 shots

|date3 =May 8

|score3 =4–3

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-mtl/1987/05/08/1986030313#game=1986030313,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =04:23 – Chris Nilan (3)
05:13 – pp – Chris Chelios (3)

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =No scoring

|3-2-2 =Pelle Eklund (2) – 04:29
Pelle Eklund (3) – pp – 13:21

|3-3-1 =12:35 – pp – Mats Naslund (6)

|3-3-2 =Rick Tocchet (7) – 08:29
Brian Propp (7) – 16:51

|goalie3-1 =Brian Hayward 14 saves / 18 shots

|goalie3-2 =Ron Hextall 36 saves / 39 shots

|date4 =May 10

|score4 =6–3

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-mtl/1987/05/10/1986030314#game=1986030314,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Ron Sutter (1) – 12:14

|4-2-1 =05:45 – pp – Mats Naslund (7)
13:39 – Stephane Richer (3)

|4-2-2 =Brian Propp (8) – 01:18
Pelle Eklund (4) – 15:40

|4-3-1 =17:13 – Chris Chelios (4)

|4-3-2 =Scott Mellanby (2) – 00:14
Pelle Eklund (5) – 01:28
Pelle Eklund (6) – 13:01

|goalie4-1 =Patrick Roy 16 saves / 20 shots
Brian Hayward 5 saves / 7 shots

|goalie4-2 =Ron Hextall 25 saves / 28 shots

|date5 =May 12

|score5 =5–2

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-phi/1987/05/12/1986030315#game=1986030315,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Bobby Smith (8) – 02:28
Larry Robinson (2) – pp – 14:48

|5-1-2 =12:37 – Derrick Smith (5)

|5-2-1 =Craig Ludwig (2) – 13:29
Guy Carbonneau (3) – 13:48

|5-2-2 =14:36 – Scott Mellanby (3)

|5-3-1 =Claude Lemieux (4) – 19:26

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Brian Hayward 24 saves / 26 shots

|goalie5-2 =Ron Hextall 25 saves / 30 shots

|date6 =May 14

|score6 =4–3

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-mtl/1987/05/14/1986030316#game=1986030316,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =00:59 – Mike McPhee (7)
19:56 – Larry Robinson (3)

|6-1-2 =Dave Poulin (3) – sh – 14:34

|6-2-1 =07:00 – pp – Bobby Smith (9)

|6-2-2 =Ilkka Sinisalo (5) – 07:49
Scott Mellanby (4) – 09:40

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =Rick Tocchet (8) – 07:11

|goalie6-1 =Brian Hayward 27 saves / 31 shots

|goalie6-2 =Ron Hextall 29 saves / 32 shots

|series = Philadelphia won series 4–2

}}

This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Detroit Red Wings

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium2=Joe Louis Arena

|stadium1=Northlands Coliseum

|date1 =May 5

|score1 =3–1

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-edm/1987/05/05/1986030321#game=1986030321,game_state=final

|1-1-1 =Steve Yzerman (4) – 10:12
Joey Kocur (2) – 12:32

|1-1-2 =10:36 – pp – Kent Nilsson (4)

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Gerard Gallant (6) – 13:57

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Greg Stefan 31 saves / 32 shots

|goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 21 saves / 24 shots

|date2 =May 7

|score2 =1–4

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-edm/1987/05/07/1986030322#game=1986030322,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =00:52 – Mark Messier (7)
17:28 – sh – Jari Kurri (10)

|2-2-1 =Bob Probert (2) – pp – 15:27

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =18:38 – Mark Messier (8)
19:31 – Jaroslav Pouzar (1)

|goalie2-1 =Greg Stefan 31 saves / 34 shots

|goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 17 saves / 18 shots

|date3 =May 9

|score3 =2–1

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-det/1987/05/09/1986030323#game=1986030323,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Craig MacTavish (1) – 05:41

|3-2-1 =17:24 – Bob Probert (3)

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =Marty McSorley (2) – 19:24

|goalie3-1 =Greg Stefan 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie3-2 =Grant Fuhr 21 saves / 22 shots

|date4 =May 11

|score4 =3–2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-det/1987/05/11/1986030324#game=1986030324,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Dave Hunter (3) – 17:30

|4-2-1 =00:22 – Shawn Burr (7)
12:32 – Gerard Gallant (7)

|4-2-2 =Glenn Anderson (10) – 15:34
Mike Krushelnyski (2) – 18:46

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Glen Hanlon 17 saves / 20 shots

|goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 22 saves / 24 shots

|date5 =May 13

|score5 =3–6

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-edm/1987/05/13/1986030325#game=1986030325,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Gerard Gallant (8) – pp – 04:37
Brent Ashton (4) – 09:04

|5-1-2 =06:40 – pp – Paul Coffey (1)

|5-2-1 =Steve Yzerman (5) – 02:14

|5-2-2 =04:38 – Kevin McClelland (1)
18:23 – Mark Messier (9)

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =04:48 – Mark Messier (10)
19:11 – Kent Nilsson (5)
19:41 – Kent Nilsson (6)

|goalie5-1 =Greg Stefan 31 saves / 35 shots

|goalie5-2 =Grant Fuhr 16 saves / 19 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–1

}}

{{main article|1987 Stanley Cup Finals}}

This was the third playoff series between these two teams, and their second Finals meeting. Both teams split their previous two meetings. Edmonton won the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals in five games. This time, Edmonton was the regular season champion with 50 wins and 106 points, and Philadelphia was second with 46 wins and 100 points.

Unlike the 1985 final, this series would go the distance; and for the first time since 1971, the Stanley Cup Finals went the full seven games. Edmonton took the first two games at home, then split in Philadelphia. However, the Flyers won the next two games, one in Edmonton and one back in Philadelphia by one goal after overcoming two-goal deficits in both games facing elimination, to force a deciding seventh game. Edmonton won game seven to earn its third Stanley Cup in four seasons.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Philadelphia Flyers

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium2=Spectrum

|stadium1=Northlands Coliseum

|date1 =May 17

|score1 =2–4

|won1 =2

|recap1 =bigmouthsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1987-Stanley-Cup-Playoff-boxscores-EDM.pdf

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =15:06 – Wayne Gretzky (4)

|1-2-1 =Brian Propp (9) – 16:08

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =Rick Tocchet (9) – 10:18

|1-3-2 =00:48 – Glenn Anderson (11)
07:09 – Paul Coffey (2)
09:11 – Jari Kurri (11)

|goalie1-1 =Ron Hextall 22 saves / 26 shots

|goalie1-2 =Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 31 shots

|date2 =May 20

|score2 =2–3

|ot2 =1

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-edm/1987/05/20/1986030412#game=1986030412,game_state=final

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =Derrick Smith (6) – 13:20
Brian Propp (10) – 16:23

|2-2-2 =00:45 – pp – Wayne Gretzky (5)

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =11:40 – Glenn Anderson (12)

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =06:50 – Jari Kurri (12)

|goalie2-1 =Ron Hextall 31 saves / 34 shots

|goalie2-2 =Grant Fuhr 32 saves / 34 shots

|date3 =May 22

|score3 =3–5

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-phi/1987/05/22/1986030413#game=1986030413,game_state=final

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =Mark Messier (11) – sh – 04:14
Paul Coffey (3) – 19:51

|3-2-1 =09:04 – pp – Murray Craven (2)
15:20 – pp – Peter Zezel (3)

|3-2-2 =Glenn Anderson (13) – pp – 01:49

|3-3-1 =04:37 – Scott Mellanby (5)
04:54 – Brad McCrimmon (2)
19:26 – Brian Propp (11)

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Ron Hextall 25 saves / 28 shots

|goalie3-2 =Grant Fuhr 31 saves / 35 shots

|date4 =May 24

|score4 =4–1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-phi/1987/05/24/1986030414#game=1986030414,game_state=final

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =Jari Kurri (13) – 05:53
Kevin Lowe (1) – sh – 18:44

|4-2-1 =08:17 – pp – Brad McCrimmon (3)

|4-2-2 =Randy Gregg (3) – pp – 12:31

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =Mike Krushelnyski (3) – 04:17

|goalie4-1 =Ron Hextall 25 saves / 29 shots

|goalie4-2 =Grant Fuhr 27 saves / 28 shots

|date5 =May 26

|score5 =4–3

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-edm/1987/05/26/1986030415#game=1986030415,game_state=final

|5-1-1 =Rick Tocchet (10) – 19:10

|5-1-2 =02:58 – pp – Jari Kurri (14)
06:35 – Marty McSorley (3)

|5-2-1 =Doug Crossman (4) – 08:08
Pelle Eklund (7) – pp – 12:40

|5-2-2 =01:32 – Marty McSorley (4)

|5-3-1 =Rick Tocchet (11) – 05:26

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Ron Hextall 31 saves / 34 shots

|goalie5-2 =Grant Fuhr 31 saves / 35 shots

|date6 =May 28

|score6 =2–3

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-phi/1987/05/28/1986030416#game=1986030416,game_state=final

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =Kevin Lowe (2) – sh – 05:02
Kevin McClelland (2) – 15:16

|6-2-1 =07:12 – Lindsay Carson (3)

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =13:04 – pp – Brian Propp (12)
14:28 – Jean-Jacques Daigneault (1)

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Ron Hextall 30 saves / 32 shots

|goalie6-2 =Grant Fuhr 20 saves / 23 shots

|date7 =May 31

|score7 =1–3

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/phi-vs-edm/1987/05/31/1986030417#game=1986030417,game_state=final

|7-1-1 =Murray Craven (3) – pp – 01:41

|7-1-2 =07:45 – Mark Messier (12)

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =14:59 – Jari Kurri (15)

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =17:36 – Glenn Anderson (14)

|goalie7-1 =Ron Hextall 40 saves / 43 shots

|goalie7-2 =Grant Fuhr 19 saves / 20 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–3

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These are the top ten skaters based on points.{{Cite web |title=1986–87 Stanley Cup Playoffs {{!}} All Skaters {{!}} Summary |publisher=National Hockey League |url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportName=summary&reportType=season&sort=points,a_gamesPlayed&seasonFrom=19861987&seasonTo=19861987&gameType=3 |access-date=2024-10-30}}

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.{{Cite web |title=1986–87 Stanley Cup Playoffs {{!}} Goalies {{!}} Summary |publisher=National Hockey League |url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?reportType=season&seasonFrom=19861987&seasonTo=19861987&gameType=3&sort=wins,savePct&page=0&pageSize=50 |access-date=2024-10-30}}

• 1986–87 NHL season
• List of Stanley Cup champions

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• {{cite book|title=Total Stanley Cup|editor-last=Diamond|editor-first=Dan|year=2000|publisher=Total Sports Canada|isbn=1-892129-07-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/totalstanleycupo0000unse}}

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