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1987-88 Detroit Red Wings Schedule and Results

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Record: 41-28-11 (93 points), Finished 1st in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jacques Demers (41-28-11)

Goals For: 322 (3rd of 21), Goals Against: 269 (6th of 21)
SRS: 0.43 (6th of 21), SOS: -0.23 (21st of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-1) versus Edmonton Oilers
Won Division Finals (4-1) versus St. Louis Blues
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-2) versus Toronto Maple Leafs

Regular Season

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 8, 1987 @ Calgary Flames L 1 5 0 1 0 L 1
2 Fri, Oct 9, 1987 @ Edmonton Oilers W 4 1 1 1 0 W 1
3 Mon, Oct 12, 1987 @ Vancouver Canucks W 3 2 2 1 0 W 2
4 Fri, Oct 16, 1987 Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 2 3 1 0 W 3
5 Sat, Oct 17, 1987 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 4 7 3 2 0 L 1
6 Wed, Oct 21, 1987 Chicago Blackhawks L 1 5 3 3 0 L 2
7 Fri, Oct 23, 1987 Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 2 4 3 0 W 1
8 Wed, Oct 28, 1987 @ Winnipeg Jets W 5 1 5 3 0 W 2
9 Fri, Oct 30, 1987 Montreal Canadiens L 4 5 5 4 0 L 1
10 Sat, Oct 31, 1987 @ St. Louis Blues T OT 3 3 5 4 1 T 1
11 Tue, Nov 3, 1987 Minnesota North Stars T OT 2 2 5 4 2 T 2
12 Wed, Nov 4, 1987 @ Minnesota North Stars L 4 7 5 5 2 L 1
13 Fri, Nov 6, 1987 Hartford Whalers W 3 1 6 5 2 W 1
14 Sat, Nov 7, 1987 @ New York Islanders L OT 3 4 6 6 2 L 1
15 Wed, Nov 11, 1987 @ Chicago Blackhawks L 3 6 6 7 2 L 2
16 Sat, Nov 14, 1987 @ New Jersey Devils W 6 4 7 7 2 W 1
17 Tue, Nov 17, 1987 @ Washington Capitals W 1 0 8 7 2 W 2
18 Thu, Nov 19, 1987 Vancouver Canucks L 1 4 8 8 2 L 1
19 Sun, Nov 22, 1987 Boston Bruins L 0 1 8 9 2 L 2
20 Wed, Nov 25, 1987 Winnipeg Jets W 10 8 9 9 2 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Fri, Nov 27, 1987 St. Louis Blues W 6 0 10 9 2 W 2
22 Sat, Nov 28, 1987 @ Boston Bruins W OT 3 2 11 9 2 W 3
23 Wed, Dec 2, 1987 Edmonton Oilers W 7 4 12 9 2 W 4
24 Fri, Dec 4, 1987 Chicago Blackhawks W 12 0 13 9 2 W 5
25 Mon, Dec 7, 1987 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L OT 4 5 13 10 2 L 1
26 Wed, Dec 9, 1987 St. Louis Blues T OT 4 4 13 10 3 T 1
27 Fri, Dec 11, 1987 Philadelphia Flyers T OT 3 3 13 10 4 T 2
28 Sat, Dec 12, 1987 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 5 13 11 4 L 1
29 Mon, Dec 14, 1987 @ New York Rangers L 3 4 13 12 4 L 2
30 Wed, Dec 16, 1987 Washington Capitals W 6 1 14 12 4 W 1
31 Fri, Dec 18, 1987 Minnesota North Stars W 8 3 15 12 4 W 2
32 Sun, Dec 20, 1987 @ Quebec Nordiques L 2 4 15 13 4 L 1
33 Wed, Dec 23, 1987 Buffalo Sabres L 2 5 15 14 4 L 2
34 Sat, Dec 26, 1987 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 6 15 15 4 L 3
35 Sun, Dec 27, 1987 @ Minnesota North Stars L 4 5 15 16 4 L 4
36 Wed, Dec 30, 1987 @ St. Louis Blues W 3 2 16 16 4 W 1
37 Thu, Dec 31, 1987 St. Louis Blues W 7 2 17 16 4 W 2
38 Sun, Jan 3, 1988 @ Winnipeg Jets T OT 4 4 17 16 5 T 1
39 Wed, Jan 6, 1988 St. Louis Blues W 4 2 18 16 5 W 1
40 Fri, Jan 8, 1988 Los Angeles Kings W 5 3 19 16 5 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 10, 1988 Pittsburgh Penguins W 7 5 20 16 5 W 3
42 Wed, Jan 13, 1988 @ New York Rangers W 7 4 21 16 5 W 4
43 Fri, Jan 15, 1988 Minnesota North Stars W 2 1 22 16 5 W 5
44 Sat, Jan 16, 1988 @ Minnesota North Stars L 2 4 22 17 5 L 1
45 Mon, Jan 18, 1988 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 3 23 17 5 W 1
46 Thu, Jan 21, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils W OT 3 2 24 17 5 W 2
47 Sat, Jan 23, 1988 Calgary Flames T OT 4 4 24 17 6 T 1
48 Sun, Jan 24, 1988 @ Hartford Whalers L OT 1 2 24 18 6 L 1
49 Tue, Jan 26, 1988 Chicago Blackhawks L 4 6 24 19 6 L 2
50 Fri, Jan 29, 1988 Toronto Maple Leafs T OT 3 3 24 19 7 T 1
51 Sat, Jan 30, 1988 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T OT 5 5 24 19 8 T 2
52 Wed, Feb 3, 1988 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 6 4 25 19 8 W 1
53 Fri, Feb 5, 1988 Calgary Flames W 5 1 26 19 8 W 2
54 Sat, Feb 6, 1988 @ Montreal Canadiens W 5 4 27 19 8 W 3
55 Fri, Feb 12, 1988 New Jersey Devils W 4 3 28 19 8 W 4
56 Sat, Feb 13, 1988 @ St. Louis Blues L 3 5 28 20 8 L 1
57 Mon, Feb 15, 1988 @ Los Angeles Kings W 6 1 29 20 8 W 1
58 Wed, Feb 17, 1988 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 4 3 30 20 8 W 2
59 Sat, Feb 20, 1988 Chicago Blackhawks W 6 1 31 20 8 W 3
60 Sun, Feb 21, 1988 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 3 5 31 21 8 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 23, 1988 Philadelphia Flyers L 6 11 31 22 8 L 2
62 Fri, Feb 26, 1988 Quebec Nordiques L 2 3 31 23 8 L 3
63 Sat, Feb 27, 1988 @ Quebec Nordiques L 4 5 31 24 8 L 4
64 Tue, Mar 1, 1988 Buffalo Sabres W 4 0 32 24 8 W 1
65 Thu, Mar 3, 1988 Minnesota North Stars W 6 3 33 24 8 W 2
66 Sat, Mar 5, 1988 @ St. Louis Blues T OT 4 4 33 24 9 T 1
67 Sun, Mar 6, 1988 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 4 3 34 24 9 W 1
68 Tue, Mar 8, 1988 Boston Bruins W 2 0 35 24 9 W 2
69 Thu, Mar 10, 1988 Vancouver Canucks W 5 2 36 24 9 W 3
70 Sat, Mar 12, 1988 @ New York Islanders W 4 3 37 24 9 W 4
71 Sun, Mar 13, 1988 New York Islanders W 5 1 38 24 9 W 5
72 Wed, Mar 16, 1988 @ Minnesota North Stars W 2 1 39 24 9 W 6
73 Sat, Mar 19, 1988 @ Los Angeles Kings L 4 7 39 25 9 L 1
74 Tue, Mar 22, 1988 Edmonton Oilers L 4 6 39 26 9 L 2
75 Thu, Mar 24, 1988 Hartford Whalers L 2 3 39 27 9 L 3
76 Sat, Mar 26, 1988 New York Rangers T OT 4 4 39 27 10 T 1
77 Sun, Mar 27, 1988 @ Buffalo Sabres W 5 3 40 27 10 W 1
78 Tue, Mar 29, 1988 @ Washington Capitals T OT 2 2 40 27 11 T 1
79 Fri, Apr 1, 1988 Toronto Maple Leafs W 7 3 41 27 11 W 1
80 Sat, Apr 2, 1988 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 3 5 41 28 11 L 1

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 6, 1988 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 6 0 1 0 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 7, 1988 Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 2 1 1 0 W 1
3 Sat, Apr 9, 1988 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 3 2 1 0 W 2
4 Sun, Apr 10, 1988 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 8 0 3 1 0 W 3
5 Tue, Apr 12, 1988 Toronto Maple Leafs L OT 5 6 3 2 0 L 1
6 Thu, Apr 14, 1988 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 3 4 2 0 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
7 Tue, Apr 19, 1988 St. Louis Blues W 5 4 5 2 0 W 2
8 Thu, Apr 21, 1988 St. Louis Blues W 6 0 6 2 0 W 3
9 Sat, Apr 23, 1988 @ St. Louis Blues L 3 6 6 3 0 L 1
10 Mon, Apr 25, 1988 @ St. Louis Blues W 3 1 7 3 0 W 1
11 Wed, Apr 27, 1988 St. Louis Blues W 4 3 8 3 0 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
12 Tue, May 3, 1988 @ Edmonton Oilers L 1 4 8 4 0 L 1
13 Thu, May 5, 1988 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 5 8 5 0 L 2
14 Sat, May 7, 1988 Edmonton Oilers W 5 2 9 5 0 W 1
15 Mon, May 9, 1988 Edmonton Oilers L OT 3 4 9 6 0 L 1
16 Wed, May 11, 1988 @ Edmonton Oilers L 4 8 9 7 0 L 2