1987–88 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1987–88 Winnipeg Jets season was their 16th season and 9th in the National Hockey League. The Jets finished 3rd in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 10, 1987 	5–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 12, 1987 	3–2 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	2–0–0
3 	W 	October 17, 1987 	5–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	3–0–0
4 	L 	October 18, 1987 	4–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	3–1–0
5 	L 	October 20, 1987 	2–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	October 23, 1987 	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	4–2–0
7 	L 	October 25, 1987 	1–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	4–3–0
8 	L 	October 28, 1987 	1–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	4–4–0
9 	W 	October 30, 1987 	3–2 OT 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	5–4–0
10 	W 	November 1, 1987 	7–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	6–4–0
11 	L 	November 4, 1987 	3–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	6–5–0
12 	W 	November 6, 1987 	6–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	7–5–0
13 	W 	November 8, 1987 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	8–5–0
14 	W 	November 10, 1987 	4–3 OT 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	9–5–0
15 	T 	November 12, 1987 	1–1 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	9–5–1
16 	L 	November 14, 1987 	3–7 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	9–6–1
17 	L 	November 15, 1987 	4–6 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	9–7–1
18 	L 	November 18, 1987 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	9–8–1
19 	L 	November 20, 1987 	3–4 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	9–9–1
20 	W 	November 22, 1987 	4–3 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	10–9–1
21 	L 	November 25, 1987 	8–10 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	10–10–1
22 	L 	November 26, 1987 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	10–11–1
23 	L 	November 28, 1987 	3–7 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	10–12–1
24 	W 	December 1, 1987 	7–6 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	11–12–1
25 	W 	December 3, 1987 	5–4 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	12–12–1
26 	L 	December 9, 1987 	0–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	12–13–1
27 	T 	December 11, 1987 	3–3 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	12–13–2
28 	L 	December 13, 1987 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	12–14–2
29 	L 	December 16, 1987 	4–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	12–15–2
30 	T 	December 18, 1987 	5–5 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	12–15–3
31 	W 	December 20, 1987 	4–1 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	13–15–3
32 	W 	December 22, 1987 	5–2 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	14–15–3
33 	W 	December 26, 1987 	5–4 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	15–15–3
34 	W 	December 28, 1987 	5–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	16–15–3
35 	L 	December 30, 1987 	4–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	16–16–3
36 	L 	December 31, 1987 	1–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	16–17–3
37 	T 	January 3, 1988 	4–4 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	16–17–4
38 	L 	January 6, 1988 	1–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	16–18–4
39 	T 	January 8, 1988 	4–4 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	16–18–5
40 	W 	January 10, 1988 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	17–18–5
41 	W 	January 12, 1988 	5–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	18–18–5
42 	L 	January 13, 1988 	2–8 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	18–19–5
43 	T 	January 15, 1988 	4–4 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	18–19–6
44 	L 	January 17, 1988 	5–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	18–20–6
45 	W 	January 19, 1988 	3–0 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	19–20–6
46 	W 	January 22, 1988 	5–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	20–20–6
47 	L 	January 24, 1988 	1–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	20–21–6
48 	W 	January 26, 1988 	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	21–21–6
49 	W 	January 27, 1988 	4–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	22–21–6
50 	L 	January 30, 1988 	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	22–22–6
51 	T 	January 31, 1988 	4–4 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	22–22–7
52 	W 	February 3, 1988 	9–0 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	23–22–7
53 	T 	February 5, 1988 	1–1 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	23–22–8
54 	T 	February 6, 1988 	8–8 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	23–22–9
55 	W 	February 12, 1988 	7–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	24–22–9
56 	W 	February 14, 1988 	3–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	25–22–9
57 	W 	February 16, 1988 	7–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	26–22–9
58 	L 	February 17, 1988 	3–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	26–23–9
59 	L 	February 19, 1988 	0–6 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	26–24–9
60 	L 	February 21, 1988 	3–4 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	26–25–9
61 	W 	February 23, 1988 	4–3 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	27–25–9
62 	W 	February 24, 1988 	3–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	28–25–9
63 	L 	February 27, 1988 	0–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	28–26–9
64 	L 	February 28, 1988 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	28–27–9
65 	W 	March 1, 1988 	6–3 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	29–27–9
66 	W 	March 3, 1988 	4–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	30–27–9
67 	W 	March 5, 1988 	10–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	31–27–9
68 	L 	March 7, 1988 	0–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	31–28–9
69 	T 	March 9, 1988 	6–6 OT 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	31–28–10
70 	L 	March 10, 1988 	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	31–29–10
71 	L 	March 13, 1988 	4–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	31–30–10
72 	L 	March 16, 1988 	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	31–31–10
73 	L 	March 18, 1988 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	31–32–10
74 	L 	March 20, 1988 	0–6 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	31–33–10
75 	L 	March 22, 1988 	3–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	31–34–10
76 	L 	March 24, 1988 	3–4 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	31–35–10
77 	L 	March 26, 1988 	0–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	31–36–10
78 	W 	March 29, 1988 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	32–36–10
79 	T 	April 1, 1988 	6–6 OT 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	32–36–11
80 	W 	April 3, 1988 	5–4 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	33–36–11
==Playoffs==
===Edmonton Oilers 4, Winnipeg Jets 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	44	77	121	59 	-9 	20 	3 	4
 	RW 	77	40	39	79 	76 	-17	22 	0 	2
 	RW 	74	32	31	63 	145	-10	20 	0 	5
 	D 	78	15	44	59 	210	-20	8 	0 	1
 	D 	68	13	45	58 	106	-8 	5 	0 	1
 	C 	76	16	38	54 	53 	-11	3 	1 	1
 	D 	79	7 	44	51 	111	5 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	80	25	23	48 	229	-24	10 	1 	3
 	LW 	62	19	23	42 	73 	-2 	4 	0 	4
 	RW 	78	18	18	36 	169	-29	9 	0 	2
 	LW 	71	15	16	31 	34 	5 	0 	3 	5
 	D 	70	6 	17	23 	182	-13	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	63	8 	11	19 	35 	-16	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	41	6 	11	17 	34 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	38	5 	10	15 	18 	3 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	56	7 	6 	13 	217	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	69	5 	8 	13 	28 	-1 	0 	2 	0
 	RW 	32	4 	4 	8 	19 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	2 	5 	7 	15 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	48	0 	6 	6 	75 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	3 	2 	5 	15 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	1 	3 	4 	12 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	51	1 	3 	4 	128	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	2 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	56	0 	2 	2 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	24	0 	1 	1 	44 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	0 	0 	33 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	36	0 	0 	0 	106	-12	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	28	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3010	56	22	19	7 	176	3.51	2 	1489	1313	.882
 	1487	28	9 	13	3 	102	4.12	0 	712 	610 	.857
 	385 	8 	2 	4 	1 	30 	4.68	0 	186 	156 	.839
Team: 	4882	80	33	36	11	308	3.79	2 	2387	2079	.871
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	5 	3	4	7 	16 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	5	7 	29 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	5 	1	5	6 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	2	4 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	3	4 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	4	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	2	3 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	0	2 	23 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	1	2 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	0	1 	10 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	33 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	300	5 	1	4	25	5.00	0 	154	129	.838
Team: 	300	5 	1	4	25	5.00	0 	154	129	.838
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==
*The Jets did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
===Trades===
September 30, 1987	To New York Islanders4th round pick in 1989 - Jim Cummins	To Winnipeg JetsGeorge McPhee
October 7, 1987 	To New Jersey DevilsGeorge McPhee 	To Winnipeg Jets7th round pick in 1989 - Doug Evans
December 16, 1987 	To New York Rangers5th round pick in 1989 - Aaron Miller 	To Winnipeg JetsPaul Boutilier
January 10, 1988 	To Detroit Red WingsJim Nill 	To Winnipeg JetsMark Kumpel
January 14, 1988 	To Montreal CanadiensFuture Considerations 	To Winnipeg JetsAlfie Turcotte
March 7, 1988 	To Minnesota North StarsJohn Blue 	To Winnipeg Jets7th round pick in 1988 - Markus Akerblom
June 13, 1988 	To Detroit Red WingsPaul MacLean 	To Winnipeg JetsBrent Ashton
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Guy Larose 	Undrafted Free Agent
Darren Boyko	New Jersey Devils
Brent Hughes	Undrafted Free Agent
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1987–88 NHL season
==References==
Winnipeg Jets season, 1987–88
Winnipeg Jets season, 1987–88
category:Winnipeg Jets seasons