1987–88 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1987–88 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 55th season. The Wings finished 1st in the Norris Division and lost in the Conference 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 	L 	October 8, 1987 	1–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 9, 1987 	4–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 12, 1987 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 16, 1987 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	3–1–0
5 	L 	October 17, 1987 	4–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	3–2–0
6 	L 	October 21, 1987 	1–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	3–3–0
7 	W 	October 23, 1987 	5–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	4–3–0
8 	W 	October 28, 1987 	5–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	5–3–0
9 	L 	October 30, 1987 	4–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	5–4–0
10 	T 	October 31, 1987 	3–3 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	5–4–1
11 	T 	November 3, 1987 	2–2 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	5–4–2
12 	L 	November 4, 1987 	4–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	5–5–2
13 	W 	November 6, 1987 	3–1 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	6–5–2
14 	L 	November 7, 1987 	3–4 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	6–6–2
15 	L 	November 11, 1987 	3–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	6–7–2
16 	W 	November 14, 1987 	6–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	7–7–2
17 	W 	November 17, 1987 	1–0 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	8–7–2
18 	L 	November 19, 1987 	1–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	8–8–2
19 	L 	November 22, 1987 	0–1 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	8–9–2
20 	W 	November 25, 1987 	10–8 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	9–9–2
21 	W 	November 27, 1987 	6–0 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	10–9–2
22 	W 	November 28, 1987 	3–2 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	11–9–2
23 	W 	December 2, 1987 	7–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	12–9–2
24 	W 	December 4, 1987 	12–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	13–9–2
25 	L 	December 7, 1987 	4–5 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	13–10–2
26 	T 	December 9, 1987 	4–4 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	13–10–3
27 	T 	December 11, 1987 	3–3 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	13–10–4
28 	L 	December 12, 1987 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	13–11–4
29 	L 	December 14, 1987 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	13–12–4
30 	W 	December 16, 1987 	6–1 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	14–12–4
31 	W 	December 18, 1987 	8–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	15–12–4
32 	L 	December 20, 1987 	2–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	15–13–4
33 	L 	December 23, 1987 	2–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	15–14–4
34 	L 	December 26, 1987 	3–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	15–15–4
35 	L 	December 27, 1987 	4–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	15–16–4
36 	W 	December 30, 1987 	3–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	16–16–4
37 	W 	December 31, 1987 	7–2 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	17–16–4
38 	T 	January 3, 1988 	4–4 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	17–16–5
39 	W 	January 6, 1988 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	18–16–5
40 	W 	January 8, 1988 	5–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	19–16–5
41 	W 	January 10, 1988 	7–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	20–16–5
42 	W 	January 13, 1988 	7–4 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	21–16–5
43 	W 	January 15, 1988 	2–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	22–16–5
44 	L 	January 16, 1988 	2–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	22–17–5
45 	W 	January 18, 1988 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	23–17–5
46 	W 	January 21, 1988 	3–2 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	24–17–5
47 	T 	January 23, 1988 	4–4 OT 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	24–17–6
48 	L 	January 24, 1988 	1–2 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	24–18–6
49 	L 	January 26, 1988 	4–6 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	24–19–6
50 	T 	January 29, 1988 	3–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	24–19–7
51 	T 	January 30, 1988 	5–5 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	24–19–8
52 	W 	February 3, 1988 	6–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	25–19–8
53 	W 	February 5, 1988 	5–1 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	26–19–8
54 	W 	February 6, 1988 	5–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	27–19–8
55 	W 	February 12, 1988 	4–3 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	28–19–8
56 	L 	February 13, 1988 	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	28–20–8
57 	W 	February 15, 1988 	6–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	29–20–8
58 	W 	February 17, 1988 	4–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	30–20–8
59 	W 	February 20, 1988 	6–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	31–20–8
60 	L 	February 21, 1988 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	31–21–8
61 	L 	February 23, 1988 	6–11 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	31–22–8
62 	L 	February 26, 1988 	2–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	31–23–8
63 	L 	February 27, 1988 	4–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	31–24–8
64 	W 	March 1, 1988 	4–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	32–24–8
65 	W 	March 3, 1988 	6–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	33–24–8
66 	T 	March 5, 1988 	4–4 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	33–24–9
67 	W 	March 6, 1988 	4–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	34–24–9
68 	W 	March 8, 1988 	2–0 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	35–24–9
69 	W 	March 10, 1988 	5–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	36–24–9
70 	W 	March 12, 1988 	4–3 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	37–24–9
71 	W 	March 13, 1988 	5–1 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	38–24–9
72 	W 	March 16, 1988 	2–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	39–24–9
73 	L 	March 19, 1988 	4–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	39–25–9
74 	L 	March 22, 1988 	4–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	39–26–9
75 	L 	March 24, 1988 	2–3 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	39–27–9
76 	T 	March 26, 1988 	4–4 OT 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	39–27–10
77 	W 	March 27, 1988 	5–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	40–27–10
78 	T 	March 29, 1988 	2–2 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	40–27–11
79 	W 	April 1, 1988 	7–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	41–27–11
80 	L 	April 2, 1988 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	41–28–11
==Playoffs==
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	64	50	52	102	44 	30 	10 	6 	6
 	LW 	73	34	39	73 	242	24 	10 	0 	3
 	W 	78	37	25	62 	46 	4 	6 	5 	5
 	LW 	74	29	33	62 	398	16 	15 	0 	5
 	C 	78	13	44	57 	10 	12 	0 	2 	0
 	C 	63	14	40	54 	20 	16 	3 	0 	3
 	LW 	73	26	27	53 	50 	10 	7 	2 	3
 	LW/C	78	17	23	40 	97 	7 	5 	3 	3
 	RW 	51	14	26	40 	58 	20 	3 	1 	0
 	D 	63	7 	33	40 	45 	11 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	56	10	25	35 	42 	13 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	51	9 	22	31 	131	4 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	70	5 	21	26 	130	6 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	62	12	13	25 	94 	5 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	50	10	9 	19 	37 	-4 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	48	6 	13	19 	38 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	57	6 	11	17 	42 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	62	3 	14	17 	96 	24 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	63	7 	7 	14 	263	-11	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	36	3 	11	14 	55 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	29	2 	9 	11 	57 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	55	2 	8 	10 	81 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	31	1 	4 	5 	67 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	3 	3 	21 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	2 	0 	2 	5 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	11	1 	1 	2 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	1 	1 	2 	84 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	13	0 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1 	0 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	1 	1 	8 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	1 	1 	30 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	33	0 	1 	1 	36 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	18 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2623	47	22	17	5 	141	3.23	4 	1292	1151	.891
 	1854	33	17	9 	5 	96 	3.11	1 	923 	827 	.896
 	294 	6 	2 	2 	0 	16 	3.27	0 	148 	132 	.892
 	97 	3 	0 	0 	1 	9 	5.57	0 	56 	47 	.839
Team: 	4868	80	41	28	11	262	3.23	5 	2419	2157	.892
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	16	8 	13	21 	51 	5 	0 	1
 	C 	16	8 	12	20 	6 	4 	0 	1
 	C 	16	4 	15	19 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	W 	12	10	8 	18 	10 	2 	1 	4
 	LW 	16	6 	9 	15 	55 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	16	7 	5 	12 	10 	2 	1 	0
 	RW 	16	5 	7 	12 	22 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	16	2 	6 	8 	40 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	6 	1 	7 	62 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	11	1 	5 	6 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	6 	6 	55 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	4 	1 	5 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	1 	4 	5 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	9 	3 	1 	4 	14 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	9 	2 	2 	4 	31 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1 	3 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	4 	4 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	3 	3 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	3 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	1 	0 	1 	26 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	0 	1 	1 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	0 	0 	40 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	531	10	5	4	32	3.62	1 	236	204	.864
 	431	8 	4	3	22	3.06	1 	171	149	.871
 	10 	1 	0	0	1 	6.00	0 	7 	6 	.857
Team: 	972	16	9	7	55	3.40	2 	414	359	.867
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 Red Wings did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1987–88 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Detroit Red Wings season, 1987–88
Detroit Red Wings season, 1987–88
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