1987-88 Edmonton Oilers Roster and Statistics

Record: 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 Final (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

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +160

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Edmonton Oilers	80	44	25	11	99	.619	363	288	0.91	-0.03	4.54	3.60	88	402	21.89	86	447	80.76	20	11	2341	15.5	2364	.878		4
League Average	80	35	35	9	80	.500	297	297					89	437	20.29	89	437	79.71	13	13	2435	12.2	2435	.878		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Edmonton Oilers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
20-23	Keith Acton	ca CA	C	29	5-8	170	L/-	8	April 15, 1958
9	Glenn Anderson	ca CA	LW	27	6-1	190	L/-	7	October 2, 1960
6	Jeff Beukeboom	ca CA	D	22	6-5	230	R/-	1	March 28, 1965
16	Kelly Buchberger	ca CA	LW	21	6-2	210	L/-	R	December 2, 1966
15	Geoff Courtnall	ca CA	LW	25	6-1	204	L/-	4	August 18, 1962
34	Dave Donnelly	ca CA	C	25	5-11	185	L/-	4	February 2, 1962
20	Steve Dykstra	ca CA	D	25	6-2	190	L/-	2	December 1, 1962
2	Jim Ennis	ca CA	D	20	6-0	200	L/-	R	July 10, 1967
31	Grant Fuhr	ca CA	G	25	5-10	201	-/R	6	September 28, 1962
15	Steve Graves	ca CA	LW	23	5-10	175	L/-	2	April 7, 1964
21	Randy Gregg	ca CA	D	31	6-4	215	L/-	5	February 19, 1956
99	Wayne Gretzky (C)	ca CA	C	27	6-0	185	L/-	8	January 26, 1961
12	Dave Hannan	ca CA	C	26	5-10	180	L/-	6	November 26, 1961
22	Charlie Huddy	ca CA	D	28	6-0	210	L/-	7	June 2, 1959
12	Dave Hunter	ca CA	LW	30	5-11	195	L/-	8	January 1, 1958
2	Chris Joseph	ca CA	D	18	6-3	212	R/-	R	September 10, 1969
26	Mike Krushelnyski	ca CA	LW	27	6-2	200	L/-	6	April 27, 1960
17	Jari Kurri	fi FI	RW	27	6-0	194	R/-	7	May 18, 1960
19	Normand Lacombe	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	205	R/-	3	October 18, 1964
18	Mark Lamb	ca CA	C	23	5-9	180	L/-	2	August 3, 1964
23	Moe Lemay	ca CA	LW	25	5-11	185	L/-	6	February 18, 1962
4	Kevin Lowe	ca CA	D	28	6-2	200	L/-	8	April 15, 1959
14	Craig MacTavish	ca CA	C	29	6-1	195	L/-	7	August 15, 1958
20	Moe Mantha	us US	D	27	6-2	210	R/-	7	January 21, 1961
24	Kevin McClelland	ca CA	RW	25	6-2	205	R/-	6	July 4, 1962
37	Tom McMurchy	ca CA	RW	24	5-9	165	L/-	3	December 2, 1963
33	Marty McSorley	ca CA	RW	24	6-1	235	R/-	4	May 18, 1963
11	Mark Messier	ca CA	C	27	6-1	210	L/-	8	January 18, 1961
20-34	Scott Metcalfe	ca CA	LW	21	6-0	195	L/-	R	January 6, 1967
8	John Miner	ca CA	D	22	5-10	180	R/-	R	August 28, 1965
28	Craig Muni	ca CA	D	25	6-3	208	L/-	5	July 19, 1962
36	Selmar Odelein	ca CA	D	21	6-0	195	R/-	1	April 11, 1966
30	Bill Ranford	ca CA	G	21	5-11	185	-/L	2	December 14, 1966
29	Daryl Reaugh	ca CA	G	22	6-4	200	-/L	1	February 13, 1965
27	Ron Shudra	ca CA	D	20	6-2	192	L/-	R	November 28, 1967
18	Craig Simpson	ca CA	RW	20	6-2	195	R/-	2	February 15, 1967
30	Warren Skorodenski	ca CA	G	27	5-8	165	-/L	4	March 22, 1960
5	Steve Smith	gb GB	D	24	6-4	215	L/-	3	April 30, 1963
10	Esa Tikkanen	fi FI	LW	23	6-1	190	L/-	2	January 25, 1965
32	Jim Wiemer	ca CA	D	27	6-4	216	L/-	3	January 9, 1961

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Wayne Gretzky*	27	C	64	40	109	149	39	24	26	9	5	3	65	40	4	211	19.0			11.3	1.6	12.8
2	Mark Messier*	27	C	77	37	74	111	21	103	22	12	3	7	48	21	5	182	20.3			7.8	1.2	9.0
3	Jari Kurri*	27	RW	80	43	53	96	25	30	30	10	3	5	31	19	3	207	20.8			7.0	1.3	8.3
4	Glenn Anderson*	27	LW	80	38	50	88	5	58	21	16	1	3	35	15	0	255	14.9			6.1	0.8	6.9
5	Esa Tikkanen	23	LW	80	23	51	74	21	153	16	6	1	2	33	17	1	142	16.2			4.0	1.2	5.2
6	Craig Simpson	20	RW	59	43	21	64	15	43	25	18	0	5	13	8	0	118	36.4			5.5	0.9	6.4
7	Steve Smith	24	D	79	12	43	55	40	286	7	5	0	1	35	8	0	116	10.3			3.2	5.0	8.2
8	Mike Krushelnyski	27	LW	76	20	27	47	26	64	16	4	0	0	25	1	1	124	16.1			2.0	1.3	3.3
9	Charlie Huddy	28	D	77	13	28	41	23	71	11	2	0	2	14	13	1	163	8.0			2.3	4.0	6.3
10	Craig MacTavish	29	C	80	15	17	32	-3	47	12	0	3	5	13	3	1	90	16.7			0.4	0.5	0.9
11	Marty McSorley	24	RW	60	9	17	26	23	223	9	0	0	1	17	0	0	66	13.6			0.3	1.1	1.4
12	Jeff Beukeboom	22	D	73	5	20	25	27	201	4	1	0	1	13	6	1	76	6.6			0.6	4.1	4.7
13	Kevin Lowe*	28	D	70	9	15	24	18	89	6	2	1	2	8	6	1	82	11.0			0.9	3.5	4.4
14	Dave Hannan	26	C	51	9	11	20	12	43	7	0	2	2	11	0	0	62	14.5			0.2	0.7	0.9
15	Craig Muni	25	D	72	4	15	19	32	77	3	0	1	0	13	0	2	56	7.1			0.2	4.3	4.4
16	Normand Lacombe	23	RW	53	8	9	17	-3	36	7	1	0	2	9	0	0	44	18.2			-0.2	0.3	0.1
17	Kevin McClelland	25	RW	74	10	6	16	1	281	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	61	16.4			-0.9	0.6	-0.3
18	Keith Acton	29	C	26	3	6	9	-10	21	2	1	0	1	6	0	0	26	11.5			-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
19	Geoff Courtnall	25	LW	12	4	4	8	1	15	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	32	12.5			0.4	0.1	0.5
20	Grant Fuhr*	25	G	75	0	8	8		16	0	0	0	0				0		4301	57:21	0.0	0.0	11.3
21	Steve Graves	23	LW	21	3	4	7	13	10	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	21	14.3			-0.1	0.5	0.4
22	Dave Hunter	30	LW	21	3	3	6	1	6	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	16.7			-0.1	0.2	0.0
23	Moe Mantha	27	D	25	0	6	6	7	26	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	50	0.0			-0.1	1.3	1.2
24	Tom McMurchy	24	RW	9	4	1	5	2	8	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	11	36.4			0.3	0.1	0.4
25	Steve Dykstra	25	D	15	2	3	5	1	39	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	13.3			0.2	0.6	0.8
26	John Miner	22	D	14	2	3	5	-4	16	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	16	12.5			0.2	0.3	0.5
27	Ron Shudra	20	D	10	0	5	5	5	6	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	0.0			0.2	0.6	0.8
28	Chris Joseph	18	D	7	0	4	4	-3	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0.0			0.1	0.1	0.2
29	Randy Gregg	31	D	15	1	2	3	4	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	5.0			0.0	0.7	0.7
30	Jim Wiemer	27	D	12	1	2	3	7	15	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	24	4.2			0.0	0.8	0.8
31	Selmar Odelein	21	D	12	0	2	2	-2	33	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	0.0			-0.1	0.3	0.2
32	Bill Ranford	21	G	6	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0				0		325	54:10	0.0	0.0	1.1
33	Kelly Buchberger	21	LW	19	1	0	1	-1	81	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0			-0.6	0.1	-0.5
34	Jim Ennis	20	D	5	1	0	1	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1			0.0	0.2	0.2
35	Dave Donnelly	25	C	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.1
36	Mark Lamb	23	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
37	Moe Lemay	25	LW	4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.1
38	Scott Metcalfe	21	LW	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
39	Daryl Reaugh	22	G	6	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0				0		175	29:13	0.0	0.0	0.6
40	Warren Skorodenski	27	G	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0				0		60	20:04	0.0	0.0	-0.2
	Team Total			80	363	621	984	341	2151	255	88	20	44	426	165	20	2341	15.5			50.4	38.2	101.4

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Grant Fuhr*	25	75		40	24	9	246	2066	1820	.881	3.43	4	4301				99	2.3	2.85	11.3
2	Bill Ranford	21	6		3	0	2	16	159	143	.899	2.95	0	325						2.40	1.1
3	Daryl Reaugh	22	6		1	1	0	14	114	100	.877	4.79	0	175						4.11	0.6
4	Warren Skorodenski	27	3		0	0	0	7	25	18	.720	6.98	0	60						5.98	-0.2
	Team Total				44	25	11	283	2364	2081	.880	3.49	4	4861				100	1.1	2.90	12.8