The Los Angeles Kings had the best power-play percentage by a team in 1986-87, at 25.3 percent.

	TEAM	PP%	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Kings	25.3	1986-87	80	31	41	8	70	.438	318	341	-23	73.1	30.91	12.9	31.13	.863
2	Islanders	25.1	1986-87	80	35	33	12	82	.513	279	281	-2	78.0	31.01	11.2	27.84	.874
3	Flames	25.0	1986-87	80	46	31	3	95	.594	318	289	29	79.8	31.60	12.6	30.33	.881
4	Blues	24.6	1986-87	80	32	33	15	79	.494	281	293	-12	81.4	29.34	12.0	29.55	.876
5	Canucks	23.3	1986-87	80	29	43	8	66	.413	282	314	-32	75.9	29.73	11.9	28.51	.862
6	North Stars	22.8	1986-87	80	30	40	10	70	.438	296	314	-18	75.6	30.74	12.0	32.55	.879
7	Oilers	22.4	1986-87	80	50	24	6	106	.663	372	284	88	80.0	29.46	15.8	29.63	.880
8	Nordiques	22.0	1986-87	80	31	39	10	72	.450	267	276	-9	83.8	29.80	11.2	29.08	.881
9	Devils	21.9	1986-87	80	29	45	6	64	.400	293	368	-75	73.2	29.46	12.4	33.64	.863
10	Canadiens	21.0	1986-87	80	41	29	10	92	.575	277	241	36	83.3	28.00	12.4	27.13	.889
11	Whalers	20.9	1986-87	80	43	30	7	93	.581	287	270	17	78.7	30.06	11.9	28.00	.879
12	Penguins	20.8	1986-87	80	30	38	12	72	.450	297	290	7	76.1	30.33	12.2	29.45	.877
13	Red Wings	20.5	1986-87	80	34	36	10	78	.488	260	274	-14	78.6	27.18	12.0	28.81	.881
14	Rangers	19.9	1986-87	80	34	38	8	76	.475	307	323	-16	81.1	30.90	12.4	31.96	.874
15	Bruins	19.6	1986-87	80	39	34	7	85	.531	301	276	25	81.5	30.06	12.5	29.60	.883
16	Capitals	19.2	1986-87	80	38	32	10	86	.538	285	278	7	80.9	28.43	12.5	29.53	.882
17	Flyers	19.0	1986-87	80	46	26	8	100	.625	310	245	65	82.2	30.18	12.8	30.71	.900
18	Sabres	18.6	1986-87	80	28	44	8	64	.400	280	308	-28	75.6	30.33	11.5	29.06	.868
19	Jets	17.3	1986-87	80	40	32	8	88	.550	279	271	8	83.6	30.66	11.4	27.50	.877
20	Maple Leafs	17.2	1986-87	80	32	42	6	70	.438	286	319	-33	78.0	30.13	11.9	32.44	.877
21	Blackhawks	17.0	1986-87	80	29	37	14	72	.450	290	310	-20	76.2	32.01	11.3	33.88	.886