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1987-88 Edmonton Oilers Schedule and Results

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44-25-11 (99 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Smythe Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Glen Sather (44-25-11)

1987-88 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 363 (2nd of 21), Goals Against: 288 (8th of 21)
SRS: 0.91 (2nd of 21), SOS: -0.03 (14th of 21)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-0) versus Boston Bruins
Won Conference Finals (4-1) versus Detroit Red Wings
Won Division Finals (4-0) versus Calgary Flames
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-1) versus Winnipeg Jets

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 6, 1988 Winnipeg Jets W 7 4 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 7, 1988 Winnipeg Jets W 3 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sat, Apr 9, 1988 @ Winnipeg Jets L 4 6 2 1 0 L 1
4 Sun, Apr 10, 1988 @ Winnipeg Jets W 5 3 3 1 0 W 1
5 Tue, Apr 12, 1988 Winnipeg Jets W 6 2 4 1 0 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
6 Tue, Apr 19, 1988 @ Calgary Flames W 3 1 5 1 0 W 3
7 Thu, Apr 21, 1988 @ Calgary Flames W OT 5 4 6 1 0 W 4
8 Sat, Apr 23, 1988 Calgary Flames W 4 2 7 1 0 W 5
9 Mon, Apr 25, 1988 Calgary Flames W 6 4 8 1 0 W 6
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
10 Tue, May 3, 1988 Detroit Red Wings W 4 1 9 1 0 W 7
11 Thu, May 5, 1988 Detroit Red Wings W 5 3 10 1 0 W 8
12 Sat, May 7, 1988 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 5 10 2 0 L 1
13 Mon, May 9, 1988 @ Detroit Red Wings W OT 4 3 11 2 0 W 1
14 Wed, May 11, 1988 Detroit Red Wings W 8 4 12 2 0 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
15 Wed, May 18, 1988 Boston Bruins W 2 1 13 2 0 W 3
16 Fri, May 20, 1988 Boston Bruins W 4 2 14 2 0 W 4
17 Sun, May 22, 1988 @ Boston Bruins W 6 3 15 2 0 W 5
18 Tue, May 24, 1988 @ Boston Bruins T 3 3 15 2 1 T 1 Game suspended at 16:37 of 2nd period due to power failure
19 Thu, May 26, 1988 Boston Bruins W 6 3 16 2 1 W 1