1987-88 New Jersey Devils season

The 1987-88 New Jersey Devils season was their 6th season in New Jersey. They would go 38-36-6 to record 82 points on the season, making the playoffs. They would advance to the Conference Finals before falling in 7 games to the Boston Bruins.
==Offseason==
===NHL Draft===
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	2 	Brendan Shanahan	Canadian 	London Knights (OHL)
2 	23 	Ricard Persson 	Swedish 	Östersunds IK (SWE)
4 	65 	Brian Sullivan 	American 	Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)
5 	86 	Kevin Dean 	American 	Culver Military Academy (Independent)
6 	107	Ben Hankinson 	American 	Edina High School (Minn.)
7 	128	Tom Neziol 	Canadian 	Miami University (NCAA)
8 	149	Jim Dowd 	American 	Brick Township High School (NJSIAA)
9 	170	John Blessman 	Canadian 	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
10 	191	Pete Fry 	Canadian 	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
11 	212	Alain Charland 	Canadian 	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
Patrick Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA 	PIM
New York Islanders 	80	39	31	10	88 	308	267	1732
Philadelphia Flyers	80	38	33	9 	85 	292	292	2194
Washington Capitals	80	38	33	9 	85 	281	249	1680
New Jersey Devils 	80	38	36	6 	82 	295	296	2315
New York Rangers 	80	36	34	10	82 	300	283	1775
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	36	35	9 	81 	319	316	2211
==Player stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player 	GP	G 	AST	PTS	PIM
Kirk Muller 	80	37	57 	94 	114
Aaron Broten 	80	26	57 	83 	80
Pat Verbeek 	73	46	31 	77 	227
Patrik Sundström	78	15	36 	51 	42
John MacLean 	76	23	16 	39 	145
Claude Loiselle 	68	17	18 	35 	118
Mark Johnson 	54	14	19 	33 	14
Doug Sulliman 	59	16	14 	30 	25
Brendan Shanahan	65	7 	19 	26 	131
Andy Brickley 	45	8 	14 	22 	14
Perry Anderson 	60	4 	6 	10 	222
Pat Conacher 	24	2 	5 	7 	12
David Maley 	44	4 	2 	6 	65
George McPhee 	5 	3 	0 	3 	8
Chris Cichocki 	5 	1 	0 	1 	2
Anders Carlsson 	9 	1 	0 	1 	0
Murray Brumwell 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2
Troy Crowder* 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Dan Dorion 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
Alan Stewart 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench 	80	0 	0 	0 	10
Troy Crowder missed the whole season due to injury but came back to play one playoffs game
		
===Defencemen===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player 	GP	G 	AST	PTS	PIM
Bruce Driver 	74	15	40 	55 	68
Joe Cirella 	80	8 	31 	39 	191
Tom Kurvers 	56	5 	29 	34 	46
Craig Wolanin 	78	6 	25 	31 	170
Jack O'Callahan	50	7 	19 	26 	97
Jim Korn 	52	8 	13 	21 	140
Ken Daneyko 	80	5 	7 	12 	239
Randy Velischek	51	3 	9 	12 	66
Gord Mark 	19	0 	2 	2 	27
===Goaltending===
Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against SV% = Save percentage
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T	SO	GAA 	SV% 	G	A	PTS	PIM
Sean Burke 	13	10	1 	0	1 	3.05	0.883	0	1	1 	6
Bob Sauvé 	34	10	16	3	2 	3.56	0.87 	0	1	1 	4
Alain Chevrier	45	18	19	3	1 	3.77	0.867	0	1	1 	8
==References==
*Devils on Hockey Database
Category:New Jersey Devils seasons
Category:1988 in hockey