1987–88 Vancouver Canucks season

The Canucks had a very disappointing season, they were not capable of winning 3 games in a row during the season. However after the season they were able to draft future captain Trevor Linden.

Final standings

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Calgary Flames	80	48	23	9	397	305	105
Edmonton Oilers	80	44	25	11	363	288	99
Winnipeg Jets	80	33	36	11	292	310	77
Los Angeles Kings	80	30	42	8	318	359	68
Vancouver Canucks	80	25	46	9	272	320	59

^[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
1	W	October 8, 1987	8–2	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	1–0–0
2	L	October 10, 1987	1–7	New York Islanders (1987–88)	1–1–0
3	L	October 12, 1987	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	1–2–0
4	W	October 18, 1987	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	2–2–0
5	L	October 21, 1987	4–5	Boston Bruins (1987–88)	2–3–0
6	L	October 23, 1987	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	2–4–0
7	L	October 24, 1987	5–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	2–5–0
8	L	October 27, 1987	2–3	Washington Capitals (1987–88)	2–6–0
9	T	October 30, 1987	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	2–6–1
10	L	November 1, 1987	3–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	2–7–1
11	L	November 3, 1987	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88)	2–8–1
12	W	November 5, 1987	4–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	3–8–1
13	W	November 7, 1987	4–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	4–8–1
14	L	November 8, 1987	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	4–9–1
15	T	November 11, 1987	4–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	4–9–2
16	W	November 13, 1987	6–4	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	5–9–2
17	L	November 15, 1987	4–8	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	5–10–2
18	W	November 17, 1987	6–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	6–10–2
19	W	November 19, 1987	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	7–10–2
20	L	November 21, 1987	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	7–11–2
21	L	November 22, 1987	2–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	7–12–2
22	L	November 25, 1987	2–4	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	7–13–2
23	W	November 27, 1987	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	8–13–2
24	W	December 1, 1987	3–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	9–13–2
25	T	December 2, 1987	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	9–13–3
26	L	December 5, 1987	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	9–14–3
27	W	December 6, 1987	5–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	10–14–3
28	L	December 8, 1987	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	10–15–3
29	L	December 11, 1987	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	10–16–3
30	L	December 12, 1987	3–6	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	10–17–3
31	T	December 15, 1987	2–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	10–17–4
32	L	December 17, 1987	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)	10–18–4
33	T	December 20, 1987	3–3 OT	Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	10–18–5
34	W	December 23, 1987	5–1	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	11–18–5
35	L	December 26, 1987	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	11–19–5
36	L	December 28, 1987	3–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	11–20–5
37	L	December 29, 1987	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	11–21–5
38	W	December 31, 1987	2–1	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	12–21–5
39	L	January 2, 1988	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	12–22–5
40	T	January 4, 1988	7–7 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	12–22–6
41	L	January 6, 1988	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	12–23–6
42	W	January 7, 1988	6–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	13–23–6
43	W	January 9, 1988	3–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	14–23–6
44	L	January 12, 1988	3–5	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	14–24–6
45	W	January 13, 1988	8–2	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	15–24–6
46	T	January 15, 1988	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	15–24–7
47	W	January 17, 1988	6–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	16–24–7
48	L	January 19, 1988	5–7	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	16–25–7
49	L	January 22, 1988	3–6	New York Rangers (1987–88)	16–26–7
50	L	January 24, 1988	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	16–27–7
51	L	January 26, 1988	6–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	16–28–7
52	L	January 29, 1988	2–4	Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	16–29–7
53	L	January 30, 1988	3–4	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	16–30–7
54	W	February 2, 1988	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	17–30–7
55	L	February 3, 1988	2–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	17–31–7
56	W	February 5, 1988	5–1	New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	18–31–7
57	L	February 11, 1988	2–7	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	18–32–7
58	W	February 13, 1988	6–5	Boston Bruins (1987–88)	19–32–7
59	L	February 14, 1988	6–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	19–33–7
60	W	February 17, 1988	5–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	20–33–7
61	L	February 19, 1988	0–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	20–34–7
62	W	February 21, 1988	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	21–34–7
63	L	February 23, 1988	1–6	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	21–35–7
64	L	February 24, 1988	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	21–36–7
65	L	February 26, 1988	3–5	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	21–37–7
66	L	February 28, 1988	0–2	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	21–38–7
67	L	March 1, 1988	3–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	21–39–7
68	L	March 3, 1988	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	21–40–7
69	L	March 6, 1988	2–7	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88)	21–41–7
70	L	March 8, 1988	4–7	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	21–42–7
71	L	March 10, 1988	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	21–43–7
72	T	March 12, 1988	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	21–43–8
73	L	March 13, 1988	5–7	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	21–44–8
74	T	March 16, 1988	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	21–44–9
75	W	March 18, 1988	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	22–44–9
76	W	March 22, 1988	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	23–44–9
77	W	March 25, 1988	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	24–44–9
78	L	March 26, 1988	1–6	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	24–45–9
79	L	March 29, 1988	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	24–46–9
80	W	April 1, 1988	6–1	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	25–46–9

Playoffs

Did not qualify for the second season in a row.

Player statistics

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Tony Tanti	73	40	37	77	-1	90
Greg Adams	80	36	40	76	-24	30
Barry Pederson	76	19	52	71	2	92
Petri Skriko	73	30	34	64	-12	32
Stan Smyl	57	12	25	37	-5	110

Roster

8 Greg Adams C

32 Jim Agnew D

21 Peter Bakovic RW

4 Jim Benning D

18 Ken Berry RW

27 Randy Boyd D

10 Brian Bradley C

35 Richard Brodeur G

25 David Bruce RW

5 Garth Butcher D

30 Frank Caprice G

21 Craig Coxe C

16 Dan Hodgson C

2 Willie Huber D

2 Ian Kidd D

28 Jean-Marc Lanthier RW

17 Paul Lawless LW

28 John LeBlanc LW

3 Doug Lidster D

22 Dave Lowry LW

34 Brett MacDonald D

1 Kirk McLean G

24 Larry Melnyk D

17 Rob Murphy C

7 Barry Pederson C

24 Michel Petit D

6 Dave Richter D

17 Jeff Rohlicek LW

19 Jim Sandlak RW

33 David Saunders LW

26 Petri Skriko LW

12 Stan Smyl RW

29 Daryl Stanley D

10 Ron Stern RW

14 Raimo Summanen LW

15 Rich Sutter RW

20 Steve Tambellini LW

9 Tony Tanti RW

34 Claude Vilgrain LW

14-17 Doug Wickenheiser C

23 Dan Woodley C

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.

"1987–88 Vancouver Canucks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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