Template:1986–87 Hockey East standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Boston College†* | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 203 | 121 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 233 | 145 | |
| Lowell | 32 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 42 | 146 | 136 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 166 | 163 | |
| Maine | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 39 | 159 | 117 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 196 | 151 | |
| Boston University | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 33 | 134 | 132 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 158 | 146 | |
| Northeastern | 32 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 110 | 139 | 37 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 126 | 167 | |
| Providence | 32 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 104 | 156 | 33 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 106 | 161 | |
| New Hampshire | 32 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 105 | 179 | 38 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 124 | 204 | |
| Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||