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44-25-11 (99 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Smythe Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
1987-88 Stanley Cup Champions
Scored 363 goals, Allowed 288 goals, SRS: 0.91 (2nd of 21)
Coached by Glen Sather (44-25-11)
Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-0) over Boston Bruins
Won Conference Finals (4-1) over Detroit Red Wings
Won Division Finals (4-0) over Calgary Flames
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-1) over Winnipeg Jets
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 99 | .619 | 363 | 288 | 0.91 | 8.14 | 88 | 402 | 21.89 | 86 | 447 | 80.76 | 20 | 11 |
| 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 | Wayne Gretzky | C | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | 64 | 40 | 109 | 149 | 2.33 | 52 | 0.81 | 172 | 55 | 99 | 21 | 39 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 211 | 3.30 | 19.0 | ||
| 2 | Mark Messier | C | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | 77 | 37 | 74 | 111 | 1.44 | 40 | 0.52 | 149 | 54 | 114 | 40 | 21 | 103 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 182 | 2.36 | 20.3 | ||
| 3 | Jari Kurri | RW | 6-0 | 194 | 27 | 80 | 43 | 53 | 96 | 1.20 | 37 | 0.46 | 137 | 39 | 85 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 207 | 2.59 | 20.8 | ||
| 4 | Glenn Anderson | RW | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 80 | 38 | 50 | 88 | 1.10 | 34 | 0.42 | 137 | 55 | 95 | 18 | 5 | 58 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 255 | 3.19 | 14.9 | ||
| 5 | Esa Tikkanen | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 80 | 23 | 51 | 74 | 0.93 | 26 | 0.33 | 113 | 39 | 60 | 7 | 21 | 153 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 142 | 1.78 | 16.2 | ||
| 6 | Craig Simpson | LW | 6-2 | 195 | 20 | 59 | 43 | 21 | 64 | 1.08 | 28 | 0.47 | 104 | 41 | 49 | 1 | 15 | 43 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 118 | 2.00 | 36.4 | ||
| 7 | Steve Smith | D | 6-4 | 215 | 24 | 79 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 0.70 | 19 | 0.24 | 140 | 37 | 97 | 34 | 40 | 286 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 1.47 | 10.3 | ||
| 8 | Mike Krushelnyski | LW/C | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | 76 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 0.62 | 18 | 0.24 | 68 | 11 | 40 | 9 | 26 | 64 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 1.63 | 16.1 | ||
| 9 | Charlie Huddy | D | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | 77 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 0.53 | 15 | 0.19 | 117 | 31 | 94 | 31 | 23 | 71 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 163 | 2.12 | 8.0 | ||
| 10 | Craig MacTavish | C | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | 80 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 0.40 | 12 | 0.16 | 51 | 6 | 75 | 27 | -3 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 90 | 1.13 | 16.7 | ||
| 11 | Marty McSorley | D | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | 60 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0.43 | 9 | 0.16 | 40 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 223 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 1.10 | 13.6 | ||
| 12 | Jeff Beukeboom | D | 6-5 | 230 | 22 | 73 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 0.34 | 8 | 0.11 | 94 | 16 | 73 | 22 | 27 | 201 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 1.04 | 6.6 | ||
| 13 | Kevin Lowe | D | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | 70 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0.34 | 9 | 0.13 | 104 | 19 | 102 | 35 | 18 | 89 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 1.17 | 11.0 | ||
| 14 | Dave Hannan | C | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | 51 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0.39 | 8 | 0.15 | 31 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 1.22 | 14.5 | ||
| 15 | Craig Muni | D | 6-3 | 208 | 25 | 72 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0.26 | 6 | 0.09 | 90 | 1 | 86 | 29 | 32 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 0.78 | 7.1 | ||
| 16 | Normand Lacombe | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | 53 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0.32 | 7 | 0.13 | 26 | 2 | 27 | 0 | -3 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 0.83 | 18.2 | ||
| 17 | Kevin McClelland | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | 74 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0.22 | 7 | 0.09 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 281 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0.82 | 16.4 | ||
| 18 | Keith Acton | C | 5-8 | 170 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.35 | 3 | 0.13 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 6 | -10 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1.00 | 11.5 | ||
| 19 | Geoff Courtnall | LW | 6-1 | 204 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.67 | 3 | 0.26 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 2.67 | 12.5 | ||
| 20 | Steve Graves | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.33 | 3 | 0.13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.00 | 14.3 | ||
| 21 | Dave Hunter | LW | 5-11 | 195 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.29 | 2 | 0.11 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.86 | 16.7 | ||
| 22 | Moe Mantha | D | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.24 | 2 | 0.07 | 36 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Steve Dykstra | D | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.33 | 2 | 0.13 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.00 | 13.3 | ||
| 24 | Ron Shudra | D | 6-2 | 192 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.80 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | John Miner | D | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.36 | 2 | 0.13 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 0 | -4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.14 | 12.5 | ||
| 26 | Tom McMurchy | RW | 5-9 | 165 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.56 | 2 | 0.25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1.22 | 36.4 | ||
| 27 | Chris Joseph | D | 6-3 | 212 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.57 | 1 | 0.17 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Randy Gregg | D | 6-4 | 215 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.07 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.33 | 5.0 | ||
| 29 | Jim Wiemer | D | 6-4 | 216 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.09 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.00 | 4.2 | ||
| 30 | Selmar Odelein | D | 6-0 | 195 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.05 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 1 | -2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.42 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Kelly Buchberger | RW | 6-2 | 210 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.03 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.53 | 10.0 | ||
| 32 | Jim Ennis | D | 6-0 | 200 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.80 | 11.1 | ||
| 33 | Scott Metcalfe | LW | 6-0 | 195 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 34 | Mark Lamb | C | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 35 | Dave Donnelly | C | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | 0.0 | ||
| 36 | Moe Lemay | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.25 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 363 | 621 | 984 | 12.30 | 363 | 4.54 | 363 | 88 | 288 | 86 | 73 | 2151 | 255 | 88 | 20 | 44 | 2341 | 29.26 | 15.5 |
| 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 | Grant Fuhr | G | 5-10 | 201 | 25 | 75 | 4304 | 40 | 24 | 9 | 89 | .610 | 4 | 246 | 3.43 | 2066 | 1820 | .881 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Bill Ranford | G | 5-11 | 185 | 21 | 6 | 325 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .800 | 0 | 16 | 2.95 | 159 | 143 | .899 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Daryl Reaugh | G | 6-4 | 200 | 22 | 6 | 176 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 14 | 4.77 | 114 | 100 | .877 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Warren Skorodenski | G | 5-8 | 165 | 27 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6.89 | 25 | 18 | .720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 80 | 4866 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 283 | 3.49 | 2364 | 2081 | .880 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | C | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 2.26 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 62 | 3.26 | 19.4 | ||
| 2 | Mark Messier | C | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 1.79 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2.21 | 26.2 | ||
| 3 | Jari Kurri | RW | 6-0 | 194 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 1.63 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 3.00 | 24.6 | ||
| 4 | Esa Tikkanen | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 1.42 | 2 | 72 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2.21 | 23.8 | ||
| 5 | Glenn Anderson | RW | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 1.32 | 5 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 2.26 | 20.9 | ||
| 6 | Craig Simpson | LW | 6-2 | 195 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 1.00 | 4 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 1.74 | 39.4 | ||
| 7 | Steve Smith | D | 6-4 | 215 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.63 | 16 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.37 | 3.8 | ||
| 8 | Mike Krushelnyski | LW/C | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.53 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.95 | 22.2 | ||
| 9 | Charlie Huddy | D | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.69 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2.54 | 12.1 | ||
| 10 | Randy Gregg | D | 6-4 | 215 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.47 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1.16 | 4.5 | ||
| 11 | Kevin McClelland | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.26 | -1 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.68 | 15.4 | ||
| 12 | Craig Muni | D | 6-3 | 208 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.21 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.58 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Geoff Courtnall | LW | 6-1 | 204 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.16 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1.74 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Marty McSorley | D | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.19 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.94 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Normand Lacombe | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.16 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0.89 | 17.6 | ||
| 16 | Kevin Lowe | D | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.11 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.47 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Dave Hannan | C | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | -3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.92 | 9.1 | ||
| 18 | Keith Acton | C | 5-8 | 170 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.29 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1.43 | 20.0 | ||
| 19 | Craig MacTavish | C | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.63 | 0.0 | ||
| 20 | Jeff Beukeboom | D | 6-5 | 230 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.29 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Jim Wiemer | D | 6-4 | 216 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.50 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 19 | 87 | 158 | 245 | 12.89 | 627 | 53 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 514 | 27.05 | 16.9 |
| 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 | Grant Fuhr | G | 5-10 | 201 | 25 | 19 | 1136 | 16 | 2 | 32 | .889 | 0 | 55 | 2.90 | 471 | 416 | .883 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Team Total | 80 | 1136 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 2.90 | 471 | 416 | .883 |