1987–88 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1987–88 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 71st season of the franchise, 61st season as the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs finished 4th in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 2.
==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 8, 1987 	7–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 10, 1987 	5–2 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 14, 1987 	3–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 16, 1987 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	October 17, 1987 	7–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	3–2–0
6 	L 	October 21, 1987 	3–10 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	3–3–0
7 	L 	October 24, 1987 	4–7 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	3–4–0
8 	W 	October 28, 1987 	5–2 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	4–4–0
9 	W 	October 29, 1987 	4–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	5–4–0
10 	W 	October 31, 1987 	6–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	6–4–0
11 	W 	November 4, 1987 	7–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	7–4–0
12 	W 	November 5, 1987 	7–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	8–4–0
13 	L 	November 7, 1987 	3–4 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	8–5–0
14 	L 	November 9, 1987 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	8–6–0
15 	L 	November 11, 1987 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	8–7–0
16 	W 	November 14, 1987 	6–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	9–7–0
17 	L 	November 15, 1987 	4–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	9–8–0
18 	L 	November 18, 1987 	3–6 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	9–9–0
19 	T 	November 19, 1987 	3–3 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	9–9–1
20 	T 	November 21, 1987 	6–6 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	9–9–2
21 	W 	November 24, 1987 	4–3 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	10–9–2
22 	L 	November 25, 1987 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	10–10–2
23 	L 	November 28, 1987 	2–4 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	10–11–2
24 	L 	December 1, 1987 	2–3 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	10–12–2
25 	L 	December 3, 1987 	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	10–13–2
26 	L 	December 5, 1987 	2–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	10–14–2
27 	W 	December 7, 1987 	5–4 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	11–14–2
28 	W 	December 12, 1987 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	12–14–2
29 	L 	December 13, 1987 	1–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	12–15–2
30 	W 	December 15, 1987 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	13–15–2
31 	L 	December 18, 1987 	2–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	13–16–2
32 	L 	December 19, 1987 	2–6 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	13–17–2
33 	T 	December 21, 1987 	0–0 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	13–17–3
34 	W 	December 23, 1987 	5–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	14–17–3
35 	L 	December 26, 1987 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	14–18–3
36 	T 	December 28, 1987 	4–4 OT 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	14–18–4
37 	L 	December 30, 1987 	1–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	14–19–4
38 	L 	January 2, 1988 	4–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	14–20–4
39 	T 	January 4, 1988 	7–7 OT 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	14–20–5
40 	T 	January 6, 1988 	5–5 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	14–20–6
41 	L 	January 8, 1988 	3–7 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	14–21–6
42 	L 	January 10, 1988 	3–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	14–22–6
43 	T 	January 13, 1988 	3–3 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	14–22–7
44 	L 	January 15, 1988 	3–7 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	14–23–7
45 	L 	January 16, 1988 	3–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	14–24–7
46 	L 	January 18, 1988 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	14–25–7
47 	L 	January 21, 1988 	4–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	14–26–7
48 	L 	January 23, 1988 	2–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	14–27–7
49 	L 	January 25, 1988 	3–11 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	14–28–7
50 	W 	January 27, 1988 	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	15–28–7
51 	T 	January 29, 1988 	3–3 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	15–28–8
52 	T 	January 30, 1988 	5–5 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	15–28–9
53 	L 	February 1, 1988 	4–5 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	15–29–9
54 	L 	February 4, 1988 	1–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	15–30–9
55 	L 	February 5, 1988 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	15–31–9
56 	L 	February 7, 1988 	2–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	15–32–9
57 	W 	February 11, 1988 	4–3 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	16–32–9
58 	W 	February 13, 1988 	7–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	17–32–9
59 	L 	February 14, 1988 	2–7 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	17–33–9
60 	T 	February 17, 1988 	4–4 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	17–33–10
61 	W 	February 19, 1988 	5–0 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	18–33–10
62 	L 	February 20, 1988 	0–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	18–34–10
63 	L 	February 22, 1988 	2–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	18–35–10
64 	W 	February 24, 1988 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	19–35–10
65 	L 	February 27, 1988 	2–6 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	19–36–10
66 	L 	March 2, 1988 	3–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	19–37–10
67 	L 	March 3, 1988 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	19–38–10
68 	L 	March 5, 1988 	1–10 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	19–39–10
69 	L 	March 8, 1988 	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	19–40–10
70 	L 	March 9, 1988 	3–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	19–41–10
71 	W 	March 12, 1988 	6–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	20–41–10
72 	L 	March 15, 1988 	2–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	20–42–10
73 	L 	March 16, 1988 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	20–43–10
74 	L 	March 19, 1988 	3–4 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	20–44–10
75 	L 	March 22, 1988 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	20–45–10
76 	L 	March 24, 1988 	1–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	20–46–10
77 	L 	March 26, 1988 	2–3 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	20–47–10
78 	L 	March 28, 1988 	4–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	20–48–10
79 	L 	April 1, 1988 	3–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	20–49–10
80 	W 	April 2, 1988 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	21–49–10
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	42	33	75 	55 	-22	14 	4 	3
 	RW 	80	30	31	61 	62 	-6 	6 	0 	0
 	LW 	79	23	37	60 	102	-3 	4 	2 	0
 	D 	77	22	30	52 	80 	-21	4 	3 	4
 	C 	63	19	31	50 	81 	5 	5 	0 	0
 	RW 	65	23	26	49 	47 	-16	6 	3 	1
 	C 	75	12	36	48 	40 	2 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	74	15	27	42 	221	-21	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	38	12	20	32 	41 	8 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	68	10	20	30 	41 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	75	6 	22	28 	65 	-12	3 	0 	0
 	D 	66	2 	24	26 	82 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	65	8 	17	25 	131	-20	1 	0 	3
 	D 	56	6 	18	24 	63 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	LW/D	28	12	11	23 	80 	-13	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	59	4 	16	20 	65 	-6 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	67	9 	8 	17 	57 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	40	5 	5 	10 	12 	-11	0 	0 	1
 	D 	78	4 	6 	10 	90 	-25	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	2 	5 	7 	10 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	3 	2 	5 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	70	2 	3 	5 	107	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	56	0 	5 	5 	40 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	2 	2 	4 	19 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	0 	3 	3 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	3 	3 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	1 	1 	9 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	1 	1 	19 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	1 	1 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	1 	1 	42 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	0 	0 	0 	65 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3000	56	12	35	4 	222	4.44	2 	1712	1490	.870
 	1607	30	8 	12	5 	102	3.81	2 	879 	777 	.884
 	249 	5 	1 	2 	1 	17 	4.10	0 	128 	111 	.867
Team: 	4856	80	21	49	10	341	4.21	4 	2719	2378	.875
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	6 	5	4	9 	2 	1 	1 	1
 	D 	6 	3	4	7 	6 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	2	3	5 	2 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	6 	1	3	4 	20 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	3	4 	16 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	6 	1	3	4 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	2	1	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	2	3 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	3	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	2	0	2 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	2	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	0	1 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	1	1 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	41 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	253	5 	2	3	21	4.98	0 	135	114	.844
 	108	2 	0	1	11	6.11	0 	62 	51 	.823
Team: 	361	6 	2	4	32	5.32	0 	197	165	.838
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 
==Awards and Records==
*The Maple Leafs did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1987-88 season.
===Trades===
September 3, 1987 	To Chicago BlackhawksRick VaiveSteve ThomasBob McGill 	To Toronto Maple LeafsAl SecordEd Olczyk
September 8, 1987 	To Hartford WhalersBill Root 	To Toronto Maple LeafsDave Semenko
September 17, 1987	To Calgary Flames5th round pick in 1988 - Scott Matusovich	To Toronto Maple LeafsDale DeGray
December 14, 1987 	To Los Angeles KingsMike Allison 	To Toronto Maple LeafsSean McKenna
March 8, 1988 	To New York Islanders6th round pick in 1988 - Pavel Gross 	To Toronto Maple LeafsBrian Curran
June 10, 1988 	To Detroit Red WingsMiroslav Frycer 	To Toronto Maple LeafsDarren Veitch
===Waivers===
October 5, 1987	To Buffalo SabresKevin Maguire
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Mike Blaisdell	Pittsburgh Penguins
Mark Kirton 	Vancouver Canucks
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1987–88 NHL season
==References==
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