1987–88 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 1987–88 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 62nd season in the NHL. The Hawks finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the St. Louis Blues 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 8, 1987 	5–7 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	0–1–0
2 	L	October 10, 1987 	4–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	0–2–0
3 	W	October 11, 1987 	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	1–2–0
4 	W	October 14, 1987 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	2–2–0
5 	W	October 17, 1987 	3–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	3–2–0
6 	W	October 18, 1987 	6–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	4–2–0
7 	W	October 21, 1987 	5–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	5–2–0
8 	L	October 23, 1987 	3–7 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	5–3–0
9 	L	October 24, 1987 	3–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	5–4–0
10 	T	October 27, 1987 	4–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	5–4–1
11 	L	October 31, 1987 	5–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	5–5–1
12 	L	November 1, 1987 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	5–6–1
13 	T	November 4, 1987 	4–4 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	5–6–2
14 	L	November 6, 1987 	3–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	5–7–2
15 	W	November 8, 1987 	8–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	6–7–2
16 	W	November 11, 1987	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	7–7–2
17 	L	November 14, 1987	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	7–8–2
18 	W	November 15, 1987	5–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	8–8–2
19 	W	November 18, 1987	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	9–8–2
20 	L	November 20, 1987	2–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	9–9–2
21 	W	November 22, 1987	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	10–9–2
22 	L	November 25, 1987	4–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	10–10–2
23 	L	November 27, 1987	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	10–11–2
24 	L	November 30, 1987	0–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	10–12–2
25 	L	December 2, 1987 	1–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	10–13–2
26 	L	December 4, 1987 	0–12 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	10–14–2
27 	L	December 5, 1987 	3–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	10–15–2
28 	L	December 9, 1987 	2–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	10–16–2
29 	L	December 12, 1987	1–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	10–17–2
30 	W	December 13, 1987	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	11–17–2
31 	W	December 16, 1987	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	12–17–2
32 	W	December 19, 1987	6–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	13–17–2
33 	L	December 20, 1987	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	13–18–2
34 	W	December 23, 1987	7–5 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	14–18–2
35 	L	December 26, 1987	4–5 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	14–19–2
36 	L	December 27, 1987	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	14–20–2
37 	L	December 30, 1987	4–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	14–21–2
38 	W	December 31, 1987	4–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	15–21–2
39 	L	January 3, 1988 	3–5 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	15–22–2
40 	L	January 6, 1988 	1–6 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	15–23–2
41 	W	January 8, 1988 	7–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	16–23–2
42 	W	January 10, 1988 	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	17–23–2
43 	T	January 11, 1988 	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	17–23–3
44 	W	January 13, 1988 	2–1 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	18–23–3
45 	L	January 16, 1988 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	18–24–3
46 	W	January 17, 1988 	5–4 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	19–24–3
47 	L	January 20, 1988 	3–8 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	19–25–3
48 	W	January 23, 1988 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	20–25–3
49 	W	January 24, 1988 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	21–25–3
50 	W	January 26, 1988 	6–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	22–25–3
51 	L	January 29, 1988 	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	22–26–3
52 	L	January 30, 1988 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	22–27–3
53 	L	February 1, 1988 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	22–28–3
54 	L	February 3, 1988 	4–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	22–29–3
55 	T	February 5, 1988 	1–1 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	22–29–4
56 	T	February 7, 1988 	5–5 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	22–29–5
57 	W	February 12, 1988	4–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	23–29–5
58 	W	February 14, 1988	4–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	24–29–5
59 	L	February 17, 1988	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	24–30–5
60 	L	February 20, 1988	1–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	24–31–5
61 	T	February 21, 1988	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	24–31–6
62 	W	February 24, 1988	6–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	25–31–6
63 	T	February 25, 1988	1–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	25–31–7
64 	W	February 28, 1988	7–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	26–31–7
65 	L	March 2, 1988 	1–2 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	26–32–7
66 	W	March 5, 1988 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	27–32–7
67 	L	March 6, 1988 	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	27–33–7
68 	W	March 9, 1988 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	28–33–7
69 	L	March 12, 1988 	4–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	28–34–7
70 	W	March 13, 1988 	5–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	29–34–7
71 	T	March 15, 1988 	7–7 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	29–34–8
72 	W	March 17, 1988 	4–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	30–34–8
73 	L	March 19, 1988 	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	30–35–8
74 	L	March 20, 1988 	2–5 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	30–36–8
75 	L	March 23, 1988 	4–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	30–37–8
76 	L	March 25, 1988 	2–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	30–38–8
77 	L	March 26, 1988 	5–9 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	30–39–8
78 	T	March 28, 1988 	7–7 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	30–39–9
79 	L	March 30, 1988 	3–4 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	30–40–9
80 	L	April 3, 1988 	3–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	30–41–9
==Playoffs==
===St. Louis Blues 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	44	87	131	95 	4 	14 	7 	6
 	RW 	80	41	48	89 	42 	-5 	21 	7 	0
 	RW 	76	43	26	69 	108	-20	19 	0 	6
 	C 	79	22	36	58 	96 	-17	3 	2 	2
 	W 	42	17	19	36 	32 	4 	6 	1 	2
 	D 	27	8 	24	32 	28 	-17	6 	1 	1
 	RW 	77	10	20	30 	44 	-27	3 	0 	2
 	D 	58	6 	23	29 	166	-19	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	30	13	13	26 	40 	1 	5 	0 	3
 	D 	62	6 	20	26 	44 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	42	12	10	22 	52 	-13	4 	0 	1
 	C 	73	6 	15	21 	40 	-14	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	57	8 	12	20 	126	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	76	4 	15	19 	208	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	69	6 	11	17 	109	-15	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	7 	9 	16 	70 	2 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	21	3 	10	13 	6 	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	67	4 	7 	11 	131	-19	0 	0 	1
 	C 	53	2 	9 	11 	59 	-10	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	27	4 	6 	10 	57 	-13	1 	0 	1
 	D 	15	2 	8 	10 	15 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	14	4 	5 	9 	6 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	24	3 	6 	9 	45 	5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	73	1 	8 	9 	204	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	54	1 	6 	7 	185	-12	0 	0 	0
 	D 	58	1 	6 	7 	85 	-19	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	6 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1 	3 	4 	21 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	23	1 	3 	4 	71 	-14	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	9 	2 	0 	2 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	1 	1 	2 	25 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2548	45	17	23	1	163	3.84	0 	1501	1338	.891
 	2312	41	13	18	8	160	4.15	0 	1353	1193	.882
Team: 	4860	80	30	41	9	323	3.99	0 	2854	2531	.887
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	5 	6	2	8 	38 	1 	5 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	4	3	7 	17 	3 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	5 	1	6	7 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	3	4 	2 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	4	4 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	2	3 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	W 	4 	1	2	3 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	2	0	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	10 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	0	1 	8 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	13 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	21 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	27 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	240	4 	1	3	18	4.50	0 	130	112	.862
 	60 	1 	0	1	3 	3.00	0 	31 	28 	.903
Team: 	300	5 	1	4	21	4.20	0 	161	140	.870
Note: Pos = Position; 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 
==Awards and Records==
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Darren Pang, Runner-up
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1987–88 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
Chicago Blackhawks season, 1987–88
Chicago Blackhawks season, 1987–88
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