1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 21st in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins finished 6th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==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
3 	W 	October 13, 1987 	8–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	1–1–1
4 	T 	October 15, 1987 	6–6 OT 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	1–1–2
5 	L 	October 17, 1987 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	1–2–2
6 	L 	October 18, 1987 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	1–3–2
7 	L 	October 21, 1987 	4–5 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	1–4–2
8 	L 	October 23, 1987 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	1–5–2
9 	W 	October 24, 1987 	5–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	2–5–2
10 	T 	October 27, 1987 	4–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	2–5–3
11 	L 	October 29, 1987 	0–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	2–6–3
12 	W 	October 31, 1987 	5–4 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	3–6–3
13 	W 	November 3, 1987 	5–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	4–6–3
14 	W 	November 5, 1987 	4–2 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	5–6–3
15 	L 	November 7, 1987 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	5–7–3
16 	W 	November 11, 1987 	3–2 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	6–7–3
17 	L 	November 12, 1987 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	6–8–3
18 	W 	November 14, 1987 	3–2 OT 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	7–8–3
19 	L 	November 17, 1987 	4–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	7–9–3
20 	L 	November 20, 1987 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	7–10–3
21 	T 	November 21, 1987 	4–4 OT 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	7–10–4
22 	W 	November 25, 1987 	6–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	8–10–4
23 	W 	November 27, 1987 	4–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	9–10–4
24 	T 	November 28, 1987 	5–5 OT 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	9–10–5
25 	L 	December 2, 1987 	1–7 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	9–11–5
26 	W 	December 5, 1987 	6–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	10–11–5
27 	W 	December 9, 1987 	5–2 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	11–11–5
28 	W 	December 11, 1987 	6–4 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	12–11–5
29 	L 	December 12, 1987 	2–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	12–12–5
30 	L 	December 15, 1987 	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	12–13–5
31 	W 	December 17, 1987 	7–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	13–13–5
32 	W 	December 19, 1987 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	14–13–5
33 	W 	December 20, 1987 	8–4 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	15–13–5
34 	L 	December 23, 1987 	2–6 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	15–14–5
35 	W 	December 26, 1987 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	16–14–5
36 	T 	December 27, 1987 	3–3 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	16–14–6
37 	T 	December 29, 1987 	4–4 OT 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	16–14–7
38 	L 	January 1, 1988 	3–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	16–15–7
39 	L 	January 2, 1988 	2–3 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	16–16–7
40 	T 	January 5, 1988 	4–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	16–16–8
41 	L 	January 7, 1988 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	16–17–8
42 	L 	January 9, 1988 	4–5 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	16–18–8
43 	L 	January 10, 1988 	5–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	16–19–8
44 	T 	January 12, 1988 	5–5 OT 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	16–19–9
45 	L 	January 15, 1988 	4–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	16–20–9
46 	W 	January 16, 1988 	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	17–20–9
47 	W 	January 19, 1988 	6–4 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	18–20–9
48 	W 	January 20, 1988 	8–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	19–20–9
49 	W 	January 23, 1988 	4–3 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	20–20–9
50 	L 	January 25, 1988 	4–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	20–21–9
51 	L 	January 27, 1988 	1–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	20–22–9
52 	L 	January 28, 1988 	3–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	20–23–9
53 	W 	January 30, 1988 	4–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	21–23–9
54 	W 	February 2, 1988 	3–2 OT 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	22–23–9
55 	W 	February 4, 1988 	1–0 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	23–23–9
56 	W 	February 6, 1988 	5–4 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	24–23–9
57 	L 	February 7, 1988 	3–6 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	24–24–9
58 	W 	February 13, 1988 	7–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	25–24–9
59 	L 	February 17, 1988 	0–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	25–25–9
60 	L 	February 19, 1988 	3–7 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	25–26–9
61 	L 	February 21, 1988 	4–5 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	25–27–9
62 	L 	February 23, 1988 	3–4 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	25–28–9
63 	L 	February 25, 1988 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	25–29–9
64 	L 	February 28, 1988 	5–7 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	25–30–9
65 	W 	March 1, 1988 	8–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	26–30–9
66 	W 	March 5, 1988 	8–3 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	27–30–9
67 	W 	March 7, 1988 	5–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	28–30–9
68 	L 	March 10, 1988 	4–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	28–31–9
69 	L 	March 12, 1988 	3–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	28–32–9
70 	W 	March 13, 1988 	5–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	29–32–9
71 	W 	March 16, 1988 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	30–32–9
72 	W 	March 19, 1988 	7–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	31–32–9
73 	L 	March 20, 1988 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	31–33–9
74 	W 	March 23, 1988 	7–1 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	32–33–9
75 	W 	March 25, 1988 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	33–33–9
76 	W 	March 27, 1988 	6–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	34–33–9
77 	L 	March 29, 1988 	0–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	34–34–9
78 	L 	March 31, 1988 	2–7 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	34–35–9
79 	W 	April 2, 1988 	7–6 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	35–35–9
80 	W 	April 3, 1988 	4–2 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	36–35–9
==Playoffs==
*The Penguins did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	77	70	98	168	92 	23 	22 	10 	7
 	C 	70	40	39	79 	50 	-8 	21 	1 	4
 	LW 	71	35	39	74 	141	13 	14 	0 	6
 	D 	46	15	52	67 	93 	-1 	6 	2 	2
 	D 	69	14	31	45 	103	-4 	13 	0 	1
 	RW 	51	24	20	44 	56 	8 	13 	0 	1
 	LW 	59	11	18	29 	77 	8 	0 	2 	1
 	LW 	50	11	17	28 	24 	6 	5 	0 	3
 	RW 	41	11	16	27 	45 	-13	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	21	13	13	26 	34 	5 	4 	0 	3
 	D 	58	1 	20	21 	62 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	66	11	8 	19 	40 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	65	5 	13	18 	151	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	4 	12	16 	20 	3 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	47	6 	8 	14 	152	0 	1 	2 	1
 	D 	55	1 	12	13 	144	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	55	1 	12	13 	87 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	76	4 	8 	12 	206	6 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	36	5 	6 	11 	45 	-11	0 	0 	1
 	D 	15	3 	8 	11 	7 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	2 	8 	10 	23 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	44	3 	6 	9 	69 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	3 	6 	9 	18 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	38	5 	3 	8 	126	1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	23	2 	6 	8 	39 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	36	1 	7 	8 	12 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	5 	2 	7 	8 	-6 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	21	4 	3 	7 	23 	-2 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	30	2 	5 	7 	36 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	0 	6 	6 	14 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1 	4 	5 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	25	1 	3 	4 	75 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	4 	4 	12 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1 	2 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	2 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	0 	2 	2 	9 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	0 	0 	15 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0 	0 	0 	53 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	0 	0 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	27	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1092	19	12	7 	0	61 	3.35	1 	582 	521 	.895
 	1207	21	9 	11	0	80 	3.98	1 	600 	520 	.867
 	1394	27	8 	9 	5	95 	4.09	0 	722 	627 	.868
 	1169	22	7 	8 	4	76 	3.90	0 	580 	504 	.869
Team: 	4862	80	36	35	9	312	3.85	2 	2484	2172	.874
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==
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Mario Lemieux
*Art Ross Trophy: Mario Lemieux
*Ted Lindsay Award: Mario Lemieux
*Mario Lemieux, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1987–88 season:
===Trades===
November 24, 1987	To Pittsburgh PenguinsPaul CoffeyDave HunterWayne Van Dorp	To Edmonton OilersDave HannanChris JosephMoe ManthaCraig Simpson
December 17, 1987	To Pittsburgh PenguinsPerry Ganchar 	To Montreal Canadiensfuture considerations
February 5, 1988 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsBryan Erickson 	To Los Angeles KingsChris Kontos6th round pick in 1988 Draft (Micah Aivazoff)
===Additions and Subtractions===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"	Additions 	Additions 	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions
Player 	Former team 	Via 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jimmy Mann 	Quebec Nordiques 	free agency (1987-06-16) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pat Mayer 	Muskegon Lumberjacks (IHL)	free agency (1987-07-10) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jock Callander	St. Louis Blues 	free agency (1987-07-31) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mark Kachowski	Flint Spirits (IHL) 	free agency (1987-08-31) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wilf Paiement 	Buffalo Sabres 	free agency (1987-09-10) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Charlie Simmer	Boston Bruins 	Waiver Draft (1987-10-05)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scott Gruhl 	Muskegon Lumberjacks (IHL)	free agency (1987-12-14) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1987–88 NHL season
==References==
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Pittsburgh Penguins season, 1987–88
Pittsburgh Penguins season, 1987–88
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