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41-28-11 (93 points), Finished 1st in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 322 goals, Allowed 269 goals, SRS: 0.44 (6th of 21)
Coached by Jacques Demers (41-28-11)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-1) to Edmonton Oilers
Won Division Finals (4-1) over St. Louis Blues
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-2) over Toronto Maple Leafs
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1987-88 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 93 | .581 | 322 | 269 | 0.44 | 7.39 | 72 | 383 | 18.80 | 73 | 453 | 83.89 | 20 | 8 |
| League Average | 80 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 80 | .500 | 297 | 297 | 0.00 | 7.43 | 89 | 437 | 20.29 | 89 | 437 | 79.71 | 13 | 13 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Yzerman | C | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | 64 | 50 | 52 | 102 | 1.59 | 41 | 0.64 | 132 | 42 | 75 | 15 | 30 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 242 | 3.78 | 20.7 | ||
| 2 | Gerard Gallant | LW | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | 73 | 34 | 39 | 73 | 1.00 | 29 | 0.40 | 118 | 41 | 58 | 5 | 24 | 242 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 197 | 2.70 | 17.3 | ||
| 3 | Petr Klima | W | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | 78 | 37 | 25 | 62 | 0.79 | 26 | 0.34 | 87 | 20 | 76 | 13 | 4 | 46 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 174 | 2.23 | 21.3 | ||
| 4 | Bob Probert | LW | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | 74 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 0.84 | 25 | 0.33 | 111 | 42 | 53 | 0 | 16 | 398 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 126 | 1.70 | 23.0 | ||
| 5 | John Chabot | C | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | 78 | 13 | 44 | 57 | 0.73 | 20 | 0.26 | 73 | 8 | 94 | 41 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 1.06 | 15.7 | ||
| 6 | Adam Oates | C | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | 63 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 0.86 | 19 | 0.31 | 75 | 19 | 41 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 1.76 | 12.6 | ||
| 7 | Brent Ashton | LW | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | 73 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 0.73 | 21 | 0.29 | 81 | 23 | 57 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 161 | 2.21 | 16.1 | ||
| 8 | Shawn Burr | LW/C | 6-1 | 205 | 21 | 78 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 0.51 | 16 | 0.20 | 58 | 8 | 68 | 25 | 7 | 97 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 124 | 1.59 | 13.7 | ||
| 9 | Dave Barr | RW | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | 51 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 0.78 | 15 | 0.29 | 67 | 11 | 43 | 7 | 20 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 1.25 | 21.9 | ||
| 10 | Darren Veitch | D | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | 63 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 0.63 | 14 | 0.22 | 102 | 31 | 69 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 156 | 2.48 | 4.5 | ||
| 11 | Jeff Sharples | D | 6-1 | 195 | 20 | 56 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 0.63 | 13 | 0.23 | 78 | 27 | 41 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 1.68 | 10.6 | ||
| 12 | Lee Norwood | D | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | 51 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 0.61 | 11 | 0.22 | 80 | 21 | 74 | 19 | 4 | 131 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 2.08 | 8.5 | ||
| 13 | Doug Halward | D | 6-1 | 200 | 32 | 70 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 0.37 | 9 | 0.13 | 103 | 31 | 96 | 30 | 6 | 130 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 1.26 | 5.7 | ||
| 14 | Tim Higgins | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | 62 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 0.40 | 10 | 0.16 | 35 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 94 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 1.02 | 19.0 | ||
| 15 | Mike O'Connell | D | 5-9 | 180 | 32 | 48 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0.40 | 7 | 0.15 | 71 | 15 | 53 | 21 | 24 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1.42 | 8.8 | ||
| 16 | Joe Murphy | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 20 | 50 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0.38 | 8 | 0.16 | 28 | 6 | 26 | 0 | -4 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 1.64 | 12.2 | ||
| 17 | Mel Bridgman | C | 6-0 | 190 | 32 | 57 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.30 | 6 | 0.11 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0.70 | 15.0 | ||
| 18 | Rick Zombo | D | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | 62 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0.27 | 6 | 0.09 | 74 | 3 | 69 | 22 | 24 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 0.77 | 6.3 | ||
| 19 | Jim Nill | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | 36 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.39 | 5 | 0.14 | 24 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.69 | 12.0 | ||
| 20 | Joe Kocur | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | 63 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.22 | 6 | 0.09 | 21 | 2 | 30 | 0 | -11 | 263 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0.65 | 17.1 | ||
| 21 | Steve Chiasson | D | 6-1 | 205 | 20 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.38 | 4 | 0.13 | 38 | 5 | 31 | 13 | 15 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1.55 | 4.4 | ||
| 22 | Gilbert Delorme | D | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | 55 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.18 | 3 | 0.06 | 45 | 0 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.84 | 4.3 | ||
| 23 | Harold Snepsts | D | 6-3 | 210 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.16 | 2 | 0.06 | 27 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.65 | 5.0 | ||
| 24 | Jim Pavese | D | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.43 | 1 | 0.13 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.57 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Steve Martinson | LW | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.08 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.30 | 33.3 | ||
| 26 | Doug Houda | D | 6-2 | 208 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.18 | 1 | 0.07 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.91 | 10.0 | ||
| 27 | Dale Krentz | LW | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.17 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.83 | 40.0 | ||
| 28 | Mark Kumpel | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.05 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.46 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Kris King | LW | 5-11 | 208 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 33.3 | ||
| 30 | Adam Graves | LW | 6-0 | 205 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 0.03 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Murray Eaves | C | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.57 | 0.0 | ||
| 32 | Brent Fedyk | LW | 6-0 | 194 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 33 | Dave Lewis | D | 6-2 | 205 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | -3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 322 | 521 | 843 | 10.54 | 322 | 4.03 | 322 | 72 | 269 | 73 | 54 | 2369 | 230 | 72 | 20 | 41 | 2255 | 28.19 | 14.3 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glen Hanlon | G | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | 47 | 2623 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 49 | .557 | 4 | 141 | 3.23 | 1292 | 1151 | .891 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 2 | Greg Stefan | G | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | 33 | 1854 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 39 | .629 | 1 | 96 | 3.11 | 923 | 827 | .896 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| 3 | Sam St. Laurent | G | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | 6 | 294 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 16 | 3.27 | 148 | 132 | .892 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Darren Eliot | G | 6-1 | 175 | 26 | 3 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 9 | 5.57 | 56 | 47 | .839 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Total | 80 | 4868 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 262 | 3.23 | 2419 | 2157 | .892 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Probert | LW | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 1.31 | 8 | 51 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1.63 | 30.8 | ||
| 2 | Adam Oates | C | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 1.25 | -2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 2.06 | 24.2 | ||
| 3 | John Chabot | C | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 1.19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2.00 | 12.5 | ||
| 4 | Petr Klima | W | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1.50 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 3.17 | 26.3 | ||
| 5 | Gerard Gallant | LW | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.94 | -5 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 2.25 | 16.7 | ||
| 6 | Dave Barr | RW | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.75 | -2 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1.50 | 20.8 | ||
| 7 | Brent Ashton | LW | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.75 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2.00 | 21.9 | ||
| 8 | Lee Norwood | D | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.50 | -4 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2.69 | 4.7 | ||
| 9 | Jim Nill | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.44 | 7 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.56 | 66.7 | ||
| 10 | Rick Zombo | D | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.38 | 14 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.88 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Darren Veitch | D | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.55 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.73 | 5.3 | ||
| 12 | Mel Bridgman | C | 6-0 | 190 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.31 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.50 | 50.0 | ||
| 13 | Doug Halward | D | 6-1 | 200 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.63 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.13 | 11.1 | ||
| 14 | Steve Yzerman | C | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | -3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.00 | 8.3 | ||
| 15 | Mike O'Connell | D | 5-9 | 180 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.40 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.20 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Steve Chiasson | D | 6-1 | 205 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.33 | 16.7 | ||
| 17 | Shawn Burr | LW/C | 6-1 | 205 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.44 | -3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1.89 | 17.6 | ||
| 18 | Gilbert Delorme | D | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.20 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.93 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Jeff Sharples | D | 6-1 | 195 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.75 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.75 | 0.0 | ||
| 20 | Jim Pavese | D | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.25 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Joe Murphy | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.13 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.63 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Joe Kocur | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.70 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Tim Higgins | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.46 | 16.7 | ||
| 24 | Dale Krentz | LW | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 25 | Harold Snepsts | D | 6-3 | 210 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.60 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 16 | 69 | 112 | 181 | 11.31 | 534 | 45 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 433 | 27.06 | 15.9 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Stefan | G | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | 10 | 531 | 5 | 4 | 10 | .556 | 1 | 32 | 3.62 | 236 | 204 | .864 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | Glen Hanlon | G | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | 8 | 431 | 4 | 3 | 8 | .571 | 1 | 22 | 3.06 | 171 | 149 | .871 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Sam St. Laurent | G | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 7 | 6 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 972 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 3.40 | 414 | 359 | .867 |