1987–88 New York Islanders season

The 1987–88 New York Islanders season was the 16th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 1st in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the New Jersey Devils 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 8, 1987 	4–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 10, 1987 	7–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	2–0–0
3 	W	October 15, 1987 	6–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	3–0–0
4 	L	October 17, 1987 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	3–1–0
5 	W	October 20, 1987 	5–4 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	4–1–0
6 	L	October 23, 1987 	3–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	4–2–0
7 	W	October 24, 1987 	2–1 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	5–2–0
8 	T	October 27, 1987 	4–4 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	5–2–1
9 	L	October 28, 1987 	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	5–3–1
10 	W	October 31, 1987 	8–2 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	6–3–1
11 	W	November 1, 1987 	6–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	7–3–1
12 	W	November 3, 1987 	6–3 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	8–3–1
13 	L	November 5, 1987 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	8–4–1
14 	W	November 7, 1987 	4–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	9–4–1
15 	W	November 10, 1987	4–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	10–4–1
16 	W	November 12, 1987	4–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	11–4–1
17 	W	November 14, 1987	7–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	12–4–1
18 	W	November 17, 1987	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	13–4–1
19 	L	November 18, 1987	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	13–5–1
20 	W	November 21, 1987	6–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	14–5–1
21 	L	November 24, 1987	3–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	14–6–1
22 	W	November 28, 1987	5–4 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	15–6–1
23 	L	November 29, 1987	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	15–7–1
24 	W	December 2, 1987 	7–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	16–7–1
25 	W	December 4, 1987 	6–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	17–7–1
26 	L	December 8, 1987 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	17–8–1
27 	L	December 11, 1987	4–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	17–9–1
28 	W	December 12, 1987	5–3 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	18–9–1
29 	T	December 15, 1987	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	18–9–2
30 	L	December 17, 1987	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	18–10–2
31 	L	December 19, 1987	4–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	18–11–2
32 	L	December 22, 1987	2–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	18–12–2
33 	L	December 23, 1987	5–7 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	18–13–2
34 	W	December 26, 1987	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	19–13–2
35 	L	December 28, 1987	4–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	19–14–2
36 	T	December 29, 1987	3–3 OT	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	19–14–3
37 	W	January 2, 1988 	3–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	20–14–3
38 	T	January 5, 1988 	3–3 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	20–14–4
39 	L	January 8, 1988 	4–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	20–15–4
40 	L	January 9, 1988 	1–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	20–16–4
41 	T	January 12, 1988 	5–5 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	20–16–5
42 	W	January 14, 1988 	8–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	21–16–5
43 	W	January 16, 1988 	4–2 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	22–16–5
44 	L	January 17, 1988 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	22–17–5
45 	L	January 19, 1988 	4–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	22–18–5
46 	L	January 21, 1988 	3–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	22–19–5
47 	W	January 23, 1988 	3–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	23–19–5
48 	L	January 27, 1988 	1–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	23–20–5
49 	W	January 29, 1988 	5–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	24–20–5
50 	L	January 30, 1988 	2–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	24–21–5
51 	T	February 2, 1988 	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	24–21–6
52 	W	February 5, 1988 	4–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	25–21–6
53 	W	February 6, 1988 	6–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	26–21–6
54 	L	February 11, 1988	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	26–22–6
55 	L	February 12, 1988	2–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	26–23–6
56 	T	February 14, 1988	4–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	26–23–7
57 	W	February 16, 1988	9–3 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	27–23–7
58 	T	February 18, 1988	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	27–23–8
59 	W	February 20, 1988	3–0 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	28–23–8
60 	W	February 21, 1988	7–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	29–23–8
61 	W	February 23, 1988	6–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	30–23–8
62 	T	February 25, 1988	1–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	30–23–9
63 	L	February 27, 1988	0–3 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	30–24–9
64 	W	March 1, 1988 	2–0 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	31–24–9
65 	L	March 2, 1988 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	31–25–9
66 	L	March 5, 1988 	3–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	31–26–9
67 	W	March 6, 1988 	2–0 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	32–26–9
68 	W	March 8, 1988 	7–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	33–26–9
69 	L	March 10, 1988 	3–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	33–27–9
70 	L	March 12, 1988 	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	33–28–9
71 	L	March 13, 1988 	1–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	33–29–9
72 	T	March 18, 1988 	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	33–29–10
73 	W	March 20, 1988 	6–0 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	34–29–10
74 	W	March 21, 1988 	5–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	35–29–10
75 	W	March 23, 1988 	6–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	36–29–10
76 	W	March 26, 1988 	5–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	37–29–10
77 	W	March 29, 1988 	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	38–29–10
78 	W	March 31, 1988 	7–3 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	39–29–10
79 	L	April 2, 1988 	2–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	39–30–10
80 	L	April 3, 1988 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	39–31–10
==Playoffs==
===New Jersey Devils 4, New York Islanders 2===
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	75	47	45	92 	52 	12 	15 	0 	7
 	C 	77	30	52	82 	48 	10 	15 	0 	3
 	RW 	73	36	40	76 	22 	14 	13 	2 	4
 	C 	70	29	31	60 	55 	13 	11 	2 	2
 	RW 	80	24	34	58 	198	30 	4 	0 	2
 	D 	72	19	32	51 	112	26 	9 	0 	3
 	D 	72	6 	41	47 	115	6 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	76	17	28	45 	46 	14 	1 	1 	0
 	LW/C	75	22	16	38 	80 	-2 	0 	1 	2
 	LW 	55	12	24	36 	30 	7 	1 	0 	4
 	LW 	69	17	18	35 	67 	13 	3 	0 	4
 	RW 	40	9 	15	24 	28 	7 	5 	1 	0
 	C 	77	6 	16	22 	99 	8 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	48	5 	15	20 	115	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	68	7 	12	19 	113	22 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	51	4 	13	17 	24 	18 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	62	2 	15	17 	99 	16 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	57	4 	12	16 	62 	9 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	71	5 	10	15 	20 	2 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	38	2 	8 	10 	58 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	15	1 	6 	7 	14 	3 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	53	1 	4 	5 	40 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	5 	5 	15 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	2 	2 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1 	0 	1 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	1 	0 	1 	82 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	0 	1 	1 	68 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
Mike Walsh 	W 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	38	0 	0 	0 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	6 	4	5	9 	8 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	6 	1	4	5 	6 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	4	5 	6 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	3	1	4 	4 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	2	2	4 	10 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	2	1	3 	18 	2 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	3 	0	2	2 	13 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	2	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	5 	1	0	1 	6 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	42 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	0	1 	17 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	0	1 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	4 	3 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	1	1 	23 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	23 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	19 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	6 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	8 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	10 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
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 Islanders did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1987–88 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Islanders season, 1987–88
New York Islanders season, 1987–88
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