1987–88 New York Rangers season

The 1987–88 New York Rangers season was the 62nd season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 5th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
Rangers General Manager Phil Esposito was part of the four man committee that selected players and coaches for Team Canada at the 1987 Canada Cup. Gretzky to Lemieux: The Story of the 1987 Canada Cup, p.8, Ed Willies, McLelland and Stewart, Toronto, Canada, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7710-8942-8
==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 	T 	October 8, 1987 	4–4 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	0–0–1
2 	W 	October 10, 1987 	6–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	1–0–1
3 	W 	October 12, 1987 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	2–0–1
4 	T 	October 15, 1987 	6–6 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	2–0–2
5 	L 	October 17, 1987 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	2–1–2
6 	L 	October 19, 1987 	2–4 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	2–2–2
7 	L 	October 21, 1987 	4–5 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	2–3–2
8 	W 	October 23, 1987 	7–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	3–3–2
9 	W 	October 24, 1987 	5–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	4–3–2
10 	T 	October 26, 1987 	2–2 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	4–3–3
11 	L 	October 28, 1987 	3–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	4–4–3
12 	L 	October 31, 1987 	2–8 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	4–5–3
13 	L 	November 1, 1987 	6–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	4–6–3
14 	L 	November 3, 1987 	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	4–7–3
15 	L 	November 4, 1987 	2–7 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	4–8–3
16 	L 	November 7, 1987 	4–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	4–9–3
17 	L 	November 10, 1987 	2–3 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	4–10–3
18 	L 	November 14, 1987 	2–3 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	4–11–3
19 	W 	November 15, 1987 	6–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	5–11–3
20 	L 	November 19, 1987 	3–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	5–12–3
21 	W 	November 20, 1987 	4–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	6–12–3
22 	W 	November 25, 1987 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	7–12–3
23 	L 	November 28, 1987 	4–5 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	7–13–3
24 	W 	November 29, 1987 	3–1 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	8–13–3
25 	L 	December 3, 1987 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	8–14–3
26 	W 	December 5, 1987 	3–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	9–14–3
27 	T 	December 9, 1987 	2–2 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	9–14–4
28 	L 	December 10, 1987 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	9–15–4
29 	L 	December 12, 1987 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	9–16–4
30 	W 	December 14, 1987 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	10–16–4
31 	W 	December 16, 1987 	9–3 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	11–16–4
32 	L 	December 19, 1987 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	11–17–4
33 	L 	December 20, 1987 	4–8 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	11–18–4
34 	L 	December 22, 1987 	4–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	11–19–4
35 	W 	December 26, 1987 	5–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	12–19–4
36 	W 	December 27, 1987 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	13–19–4
37 	T 	December 29, 1987 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	13–19–5
38 	W 	December 31, 1987 	6–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	14–19–5
39 	W 	January 2, 1988 	5–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	15–19–5
40 	W 	January 4, 1988 	6–2 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	16–19–5
41 	W 	January 6, 1988 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	17–19–5
42 	L 	January 8, 1988 	4–8 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	17–20–5
43 	L 	January 10, 1988 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	17–21–5
44 	T 	January 11, 1988 	2–2 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	17–21–6
45 	L 	January 13, 1988 	4–7 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	17–22–6
46 	L 	January 16, 1988 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	17–23–6
47 	L 	January 17, 1988 	1–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	17–24–6
48 	L 	January 19, 1988 	3–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	17–25–6
49 	W 	January 22, 1988 	6–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	18–25–6
50 	W 	January 28, 1988 	5–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	19–25–6
51 	W 	January 30, 1988 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	20–25–6
52 	T 	February 2, 1988 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	20–25–7
53 	L 	February 4, 1988 	2–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	20–26–7
54 	W 	February 6, 1988 	3–0 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	21–26–7
55 	W 	February 7, 1988 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	22–26–7
56 	L 	February 11, 1988 	3–5 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	22–27–7
57 	T 	February 14, 1988 	4–4 OT 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	22–27–8
58 	W 	February 15, 1988 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	23–27–8
59 	W 	February 17, 1988 	5–3 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	24–27–8
60 	L 	February 19, 1988 	3–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	24–28–8
61 	L 	February 21, 1988 	4–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	24–29–8
62 	W 	February 25, 1988 	2–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	25–29–8
63 	W 	February 26, 1988 	2–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	26–29–8
64 	W 	February 29, 1988 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	27–29–8
65 	W 	March 2, 1988 	3–1 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	28–29–8
66 	L 	March 4, 1988 	3–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	28–30–8
67 	L 	March 5, 1988 	1–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	28–31–8
68 	W 	March 8, 1988 	7–4 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	29–31–8
69 	W 	March 12, 1988 	4–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	30–31–8
70 	W 	March 15, 1988 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	31–31–8
71 	L 	March 16, 1988 	4–8 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	31–32–8
72 	W 	March 19, 1988 	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	32–32–8
73 	W 	March 20, 1988 	2–1 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	33–32–8
74 	L 	March 22, 1988 	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	33–33–8
75 	W 	March 24, 1988 	6–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	34–33–8
76 	T 	March 26, 1988 	4–4 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	34–33–9
77 	L 	March 27, 1988 	2–7 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	34–34–9
78 	W 	March 30, 1988 	4–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	35–34–9
79 	T 	April 1, 1988 	6–6 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	35–34–10
80 	W 	April 3, 1988 	3–0 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	36–34–10
==Playoffs==
*The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	77	38	50	88 	76 	2 	13 	0 	4
 	C 	77	23	55	78 	88 	8 	9 	1 	1
 	RW 	69	28	40	68 	95 	-6 	11 	0 	3
 	C 	67	31	34	65 	54 	-14	22 	0 	4
 	D 	70	17	45	62 	52 	16 	9 	0 	1
 	RW 	74	25	29	54 	42 	-2 	10 	0 	4
 	LW 	64	22	32	54 	16 	-3 	7 	0 	5
 	LW 	70	29	23	52 	26 	5 	11 	0 	4
 	LW 	66	12	21	33 	60 	12 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	64	9 	24	33 	223	3 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	68	7 	25	32 	100	-8 	5 	0 	1
 	C 	74	9 	21	30 	103	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	70	7 	19	26 	33 	3 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	37	9 	15	24 	14 	10 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	40	4 	13	17 	41 	-5 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	62	3 	11	14 	63 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	17	2 	12	14 	0 	5 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	10	3 	9 	12 	13 	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	C/RW	48	4 	4 	8 	23 	-9 	0 	2 	0
 	RW 	22	3 	5 	8 	96 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	51	1 	5 	6 	82 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	1 	4 	5 	17 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	56	0 	5 	5 	46 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	2 	2 	4 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	2 	2 	4 	31 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1 	3 	4 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	3 	4 	14 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	1 	3 	4 	63 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1 	2 	3 	8 	-10	0 	0 	1
 	D 	24	1 	2 	3 	50 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	2 	0 	2 	2 	-4 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	31	2 	0 	2 	78 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	1 	1 	34 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	1 	1 	48 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/D	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	0 	0 	10 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3319	56	27	22	7 	187	3.38	2 	1700	1513	.890
 	1443	25	8 	11	3 	85 	3.53	0 	697 	612 	.878
 	90 	2 	1 	1 	0 	6 	4.00	0 	41 	35 	.854
Team: 	4852	80	36	34	10	278	3.44	2 	2438	2160	.886
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 Rangers did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1987–88 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1987–88
New York Rangers season, 1987–88
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