1987–88 Detroit Red Wings season

1987–88 Detroit Red Wings
Norris Division Champions
Division 1st Norris
1987–88 record 41–28–11
Goals for 322
Goals against 269
Team information
General Manager Jim Devellano
Coach Jacques Demers
Captain Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains Gerard Gallant
Mike O'Connell
Team leaders
<1986–87 1988–89>

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Detroit Red Wings 80 41 28 11 322 269 93
St. Louis Blues 80 34 38 8 278 294 76
Chicago Blackhawks 80 30 41 9 284 328 69
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 21 49 10 273 345 52
Minnesota North Stars 80 19 48 13 242 349 51

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 8, 19871–5 @ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 0–1–0
2WOctober 9, 19874–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 1–1–0
3WOctober 12, 19873–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 2–1–0
4WOctober 16, 19873–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 3–1–0
5LOctober 17, 19874–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 3–2–0
6LOctober 21, 19871–5 Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 3–3–0
7WOctober 23, 19875–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 4–3–0
8WOctober 28, 19875–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 5–3–0
9LOctober 30, 19874–5 Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 5–4–0
10TOctober 31, 19873–3 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 5–4–1
11TNovember 3, 19872–2 OT Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 5–4–2
12LNovember 4, 19874–7 @ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 5–5–2
13WNovember 6, 19873–1 Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 6–5–2
14LNovember 7, 19873–4 OT @ New York Islanders (1987–88) 6–6–2
15LNovember 11, 19873–6 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 6–7–2
16WNovember 14, 19876–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 7–7–2
17WNovember 17, 19871–0 @ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 8–7–2
18LNovember 19, 19871–4 Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 8–8–2
19LNovember 22, 19870–1 Boston Bruins (1987–88) 8–9–2
20WNovember 25, 198710–8 Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 9–9–2
21WNovember 27, 19876–0 St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 10–9–2
22WNovember 28, 19873–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 11–9–2
23WDecember 2, 19877–4 Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 12–9–2
24WDecember 4, 198712–0 Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 13–9–2
25LDecember 7, 19874–5 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 13–10–2
26TDecember 9, 19874–4 OT St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 13–10–3
27TDecember 11, 19873–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 13–10–4
28LDecember 12, 19873–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 13–11–4
29LDecember 14, 19873–4 @ New York Rangers (1987–88) 13–12–4
30WDecember 16, 19876–1 Washington Capitals (1987–88) 14–12–4
31WDecember 18, 19878–3 Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 15–12–4
32LDecember 20, 19872–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 15–13–4
33LDecember 23, 19872–5 Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 15–14–4
34LDecember 26, 19873–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 15–15–4
35LDecember 27, 19874–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 15–16–4
36WDecember 30, 19873–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 16–16–4
37WDecember 31, 19877–2 St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 17–16–4
38TJanuary 3, 19884–4 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 17–16–5
39WJanuary 6, 19884–2 St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 18–16–5
40WJanuary 8, 19885–3 Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 19–16–5
41WJanuary 10, 19887–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 20–16–5
42WJanuary 13, 19887–4 @ New York Rangers (1987–88) 21–16–5
43WJanuary 15, 19882–1 Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 22–16–5
44LJanuary 16, 19882–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 22–17–5
45WJanuary 18, 19884–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 23–17–5
46WJanuary 21, 19883–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 24–17–5
47TJanuary 23, 19884–4 OT Calgary Flames (1987–88) 24–17–6
48LJanuary 24, 19881–2 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 24–18–6
49LJanuary 26, 19884–6 Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 24–19–6
50TJanuary 29, 19883–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 24–19–7
51TJanuary 30, 19885–5 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 24–19–8
52WFebruary 3, 19886–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 25–19–8
53WFebruary 5, 19885–1 Calgary Flames (1987–88) 26–19–8
54WFebruary 6, 19885–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 27–19–8
55WFebruary 12, 19884–3 New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 28–19–8
56LFebruary 13, 19883–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 28–20–8
57WFebruary 15, 19886–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 29–20–8
58WFebruary 17, 19884–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 30–20–8
59WFebruary 20, 19886–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 31–20–8
60LFebruary 21, 19883–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 31–21–8
61LFebruary 23, 19886–11 Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 31–22–8
62LFebruary 26, 19882–3 Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 31–23–8
63LFebruary 27, 19884–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 31–24–8
64WMarch 1, 19884–0 Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 32–24–8
65WMarch 3, 19886–3 Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 33–24–8
66TMarch 5, 19884–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 33–24–9
67WMarch 6, 19884–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 34–24–9
68WMarch 8, 19882–0 Boston Bruins (1987–88) 35–24–9
69WMarch 10, 19885–2 Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 36–24–9
70WMarch 12, 19884–3 @ New York Islanders (1987–88) 37–24–9
71WMarch 13, 19885–1 New York Islanders (1987–88) 38–24–9
72WMarch 16, 19882–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 39–24–9
73LMarch 19, 19884–7 @ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 39–25–9
74LMarch 22, 19884–6 Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 39–26–9
75LMarch 24, 19882–3 Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 39–27–9
76TMarch 26, 19884–4 OT New York Rangers (1987–88) 39–27–10
77WMarch 27, 19885–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 40–27–10
78TMarch 29, 19882–2 OT @ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 40–27–11
79WApril 1, 19887–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 41–27–11
80LApril 2, 19883–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 41–28–11

Playoffs

The Red Wings won the Norris Division title in 1987-88, their first division title since the 1964-65 season. They went up against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Norris Division semifinals, and won the series in six games. They next faced the St. Louis Blues in the Norris Division Final and won in five games. The Red Wings then faced the Edmonton Oilers in the Campbell Conference Final for the second year in a row. Just like the year before, the Oilers beat the Red Wings in five games on their way to their 4th Stanley Cup championship in five years.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman C 64 50 52 102 44301066
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant LW 73 34 39 73 242241003
Klima, PetrPetr Klima W 78 37 25 62 464655
Probert, BobBob Probert LW 74 29 33 62 398161505
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot C 78 13 44 57 1012020
Oates, AdamAdam Oates C 63 14 40 54 2016303
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton LW 73 26 27 53 5010723
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr LW/C 78 17 23 40 977533
Barr, DaveDave Barr RW 51 14 26 40 5820310
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch D 63 7 33 40 4511401
Sharples, JeffJeff Sharples D 56 10 25 35 4213200
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood D 51 9 22 31 1314302
Halward, DougDoug Halward D 70 5 21 26 1306301
Higgins, TimTim Higgins RW 62 12 13 25 945011
Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy RW 50 10 9 19 37-4102
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell D 48 6 13 19 3824000
Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman C 57 6 11 17 424001
Zombo, RickRick Zombo D 62 3 14 17 9624002
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur RW 63 7 7 14 263-11001
Nill, JimJim Nill RW 36 3 11 14 552000
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson D 29 2 9 11 5715000
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme D 55 2 8 10 819000
Snepsts, HaroldHarold Snepsts D 31 1 4 5 673000
Pavese, JimJim Pavese D 7 0 3 3 213000
Krentz, DaleDale Krentz LW 6 2 0 2 52001
Houda, DougDoug Houda D 11 1 1 2 100000
Martinson, SteveSteve Martinson LW 10 1 1 2 843001
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel RW 13 0 2 2 40000
King, KrisKris King LW 3 1 0 1 21000
Eaves, MurrayMurray Eaves C 7 0 1 1 2-1000
Fedyk, BrentBrent Fedyk LW 2 0 1 1 2-1000
Graves, AdamAdam Graves LW 9 0 1 1 8-2000
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon G 47 0 1 1 300000
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan G 33 0 1 1 360000
Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot G 3 0 0 0 20000
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 6 0 0 0 18-3000
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent G 6 0 0 0 20000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon 2623 47 22 17 5 141 3.23 412921151.891
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan 1854 33 17 9 5 96 3.11 1923827.896
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent 294 6 2 2 0 16 3.27 0148132.892
Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot 97 3 0 0 1 9 5.57 05647.839
Team: 4868 80 41 28 11 262 3.23 524192157.892

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Probert, BobBob Probert LW 16 8 13 21 51501
Oates, AdamAdam Oates C 16 8 12 20 6401
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot C 16 4 15 19 2100
Klima, PetrPetr Klima W 12 10 8 18 10214
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant LW 16 6 9 15 55101
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton LW 16 7 5 12 10210
Barr, DaveDave Barr RW 16 5 7 12 22200
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood D 16 2 6 8 40200
Nill, JimJim Nill RW 16 6 1 7 62010
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch D 11 1 5 6 6100
Zombo, RickRick Zombo D 16 0 6 6 55000
Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman C 16 4 1 5 12000
Halward, DougDoug Halward D 8 1 4 5 18000
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr LW/C 9 3 1 4 14001
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson D 9 2 2 4 31100
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman C 3 1 3 4 6000
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell D 10 0 4 4 8000
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme D 15 0 3 3 22000
Sharples, JeffJeff Sharples D 4 0 3 3 4000
Higgins, TimTim Higgins RW 13 1 0 1 26001
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur RW 10 0 1 1 13000
Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy RW 8 0 1 1 6000
Pavese, JimJim Pavese D 4 0 1 1 15000
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan G 10 0 1 1 0000
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon G 8 0 0 0 0000
Krentz, DaleDale Krentz LW 2 0 0 0 0000
Snepsts, HaroldHarold Snepsts D 10 0 0 0 40000
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent G 1 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan 531 10 5 4 32 3.62 1236204.864
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon 431 8 4 3 22 3.06 1171149.871
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent 10 1 0 0 1 6.00 076.857
Team: 972 16 9 7 55 3.40 2414359.867

[2]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

See also

References

  1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. "1987-88 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

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