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

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
1	L	October 8, 1987	1–5	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	0–1–0
2	W	October 9, 1987	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	1–1–0
3	W	October 12, 1987	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	2–1–0
4	W	October 16, 1987	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	3–1–0
5	L	October 17, 1987	4–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	3–2–0
6	L	October 21, 1987	1–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	3–3–0
7	W	October 23, 1987	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	4–3–0
8	W	October 28, 1987	5–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	5–3–0
9	L	October 30, 1987	4–5	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	5–4–0
10	T	October 31, 1987	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	5–4–1
11	T	November 3, 1987	2–2 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	5–4–2
12	L	November 4, 1987	4–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	5–5–2
13	W	November 6, 1987	3–1	Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	6–5–2
14	L	November 7, 1987	3–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	6–6–2
15	L	November 11, 1987	3–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	6–7–2
16	W	November 14, 1987	6–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	7–7–2
17	W	November 17, 1987	1–0	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88)	8–7–2
18	L	November 19, 1987	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	8–8–2
19	L	November 22, 1987	0–1	Boston Bruins (1987–88)	8–9–2
20	W	November 25, 1987	10–8	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	9–9–2
21	W	November 27, 1987	6–0	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	10–9–2
22	W	November 28, 1987	3–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)	11–9–2
23	W	December 2, 1987	7–4	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	12–9–2
24	W	December 4, 1987	12–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	13–9–2
25	L	December 7, 1987	4–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	13–10–2
26	T	December 9, 1987	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	13–10–3
27	T	December 11, 1987	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	13–10–4
28	L	December 12, 1987	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	13–11–4
29	L	December 14, 1987	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	13–12–4
30	W	December 16, 1987	6–1	Washington Capitals (1987–88)	14–12–4
31	W	December 18, 1987	8–3	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	15–12–4
32	L	December 20, 1987	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	15–13–4
33	L	December 23, 1987	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	15–14–4
34	L	December 26, 1987	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	15–15–4
35	L	December 27, 1987	4–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	15–16–4
36	W	December 30, 1987	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	16–16–4
37	W	December 31, 1987	7–2	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	17–16–4
38	T	January 3, 1988	4–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	17–16–5
39	W	January 6, 1988	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	18–16–5
40	W	January 8, 1988	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	19–16–5
41	W	January 10, 1988	7–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	20–16–5
42	W	January 13, 1988	7–4	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	21–16–5
43	W	January 15, 1988	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	22–16–5
44	L	January 16, 1988	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	22–17–5
45	W	January 18, 1988	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	23–17–5
46	W	January 21, 1988	3–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	24–17–5
47	T	January 23, 1988	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	24–17–6
48	L	January 24, 1988	1–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	24–18–6
49	L	January 26, 1988	4–6	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	24–19–6
50	T	January 29, 1988	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	24–19–7
51	T	January 30, 1988	5–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	24–19–8
52	W	February 3, 1988	6–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	25–19–8
53	W	February 5, 1988	5–1	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	26–19–8
54	W	February 6, 1988	5–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	27–19–8
55	W	February 12, 1988	4–3	New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	28–19–8
56	L	February 13, 1988	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	28–20–8
57	W	February 15, 1988	6–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	29–20–8
58	W	February 17, 1988	4–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	30–20–8
59	W	February 20, 1988	6–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	31–20–8
60	L	February 21, 1988	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	31–21–8
61	L	February 23, 1988	6–11	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	31–22–8
62	L	February 26, 1988	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	31–23–8
63	L	February 27, 1988	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	31–24–8
64	W	March 1, 1988	4–0	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	32–24–8
65	W	March 3, 1988	6–3	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	33–24–8
66	T	March 5, 1988	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	33–24–9
67	W	March 6, 1988	4–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	34–24–9
68	W	March 8, 1988	2–0	Boston Bruins (1987–88)	35–24–9
69	W	March 10, 1988	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	36–24–9
70	W	March 12, 1988	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	37–24–9
71	W	March 13, 1988	5–1	New York Islanders (1987–88)	38–24–9
72	W	March 16, 1988	2–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	39–24–9
73	L	March 19, 1988	4–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	39–25–9
74	L	March 22, 1988	4–6	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	39–26–9
75	L	March 24, 1988	2–3	Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	39–27–9
76	T	March 26, 1988	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1987–88)	39–27–10
77	W	March 27, 1988	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	40–27–10
78	T	March 29, 1988	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88)	40–27–11
79	W	April 1, 1988	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	41–27–11
80	L	April 2, 1988	3–5	@ 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	44	30	10	6	6
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant	LW	73	34	39	73	242	24	10	0	3
Klima, PetrPetr Klima	W	78	37	25	62	46	4	6	5	5
Probert, BobBob Probert	LW	74	29	33	62	398	16	15	0	5
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot	C	78	13	44	57	10	12	0	2	0
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	C	63	14	40	54	20	16	3	0	3
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton	LW	73	26	27	53	50	10	7	2	3
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	LW/C	78	17	23	40	97	7	5	3	3
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	51	14	26	40	58	20	3	1	0
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch	D	63	7	33	40	45	11	4	0	1
Sharples, JeffJeff Sharples	D	56	10	25	35	42	13	2	0	0
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	D	51	9	22	31	131	4	3	0	2
Halward, DougDoug Halward	D	70	5	21	26	130	6	3	0	1
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	62	12	13	25	94	5	0	1	1
Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy	RW	50	10	9	19	37	-4	1	0	2
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	48	6	13	19	38	24	0	0	0
Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman	C	57	6	11	17	42	4	0	0	1
Zombo, RickRick Zombo	D	62	3	14	17	96	24	0	0	2
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur	RW	63	7	7	14	263	-11	0	0	1
Nill, JimJim Nill	RW	36	3	11	14	55	2	0	0	0
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson	D	29	2	9	11	57	15	0	0	0
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme	D	55	2	8	10	81	9	0	0	0
Snepsts, HaroldHarold Snepsts	D	31	1	4	5	67	3	0	0	0
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	7	0	3	3	21	3	0	0	0
Krentz, DaleDale Krentz	LW	6	2	0	2	5	2	0	0	1
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	11	1	1	2	10	0	0	0	0
Martinson, SteveSteve Martinson	LW	10	1	1	2	84	3	0	0	1
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel	RW	13	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
King, KrisKris King	LW	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
Eaves, MurrayMurray Eaves	C	7	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Fedyk, BrentBrent Fedyk	LW	2	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Graves, AdamAdam Graves	LW	9	0	1	1	8	-2	0	0	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	G	47	0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	G	33	0	1	1	36	0	0	0	0
Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	6	0	0	0	18	-3	0	0	0
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	2623	47	22	17	5	141	3.23	4	1292	1151	.891
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	1854	33	17	9	5	96	3.11	1	923	827	.896
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent	294	6	2	2	0	16	3.27	0	148	132	.892
Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot	97	3	0	0	1	9	5.57	0	56	47	.839
Team:	4868	80	41	28	11	262	3.23	5	2419	2157	.892

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Probert, BobBob Probert	LW	16	8	13	21	51	5	0	1
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	C	16	8	12	20	6	4	0	1
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot	C	16	4	15	19	2	1	0	0
Klima, PetrPetr Klima	W	12	10	8	18	10	2	1	4
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant	LW	16	6	9	15	55	1	0	1
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton	LW	16	7	5	12	10	2	1	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	16	5	7	12	22	2	0	0
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	D	16	2	6	8	40	2	0	0
Nill, JimJim Nill	RW	16	6	1	7	62	0	1	0
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch	D	11	1	5	6	6	1	0	0
Zombo, RickRick Zombo	D	16	0	6	6	55	0	0	0
Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman	C	16	4	1	5	12	0	0	0
Halward, DougDoug Halward	D	8	1	4	5	18	0	0	0
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	LW/C	9	3	1	4	14	0	0	1
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson	D	9	2	2	4	31	1	0	0
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	3	1	3	4	6	0	0	0
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	10	0	4	4	8	0	0	0
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme	D	15	0	3	3	22	0	0	0
Sharples, JeffJeff Sharples	D	4	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	13	1	0	1	26	0	0	1
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur	RW	10	0	1	1	13	0	0	0
Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy	RW	8	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	4	0	1	1	15	0	0	0
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Krentz, DaleDale Krentz	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Snepsts, HaroldHarold Snepsts	D	10	0	0	0	40	0	0	0
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	531	10	5	4	32	3.62	1	236	204	.864
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	431	8	4	3	22	3.06	1	171	149	.871
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent	10	1	0	0	1	6.00	0	7	6	.857
Team:	972	16	9	7	55	3.40	2	414	359	.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;

References

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

External links

"1987–88 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

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1987–88 Detroit Red Wings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

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