1987–88 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season

1987–88 Detroit Red Wings
Norris Division champions
Division	1st Norris
Conference	3rd Campbell
1987–88 record	41–28–11
Home record	24–10–6
Road record	17–18–5
Goals for	322
Goals against	269
Team information
General manager	Jim Devellano
Coach	Jacques Demers
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Gerard Gallant Mike O'Connell
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 56th season, the franchise's 62nd.

Coached by Jacques Demers, the team compiled a record of 41–28–11 for 93 points, to finish first place in the Norris Division at the end of the regular season for the first time since 1965. Luckily for them, the division was weak that year; they were the only team in their division to have a winning record that season. In the playoffs, they won their Norris Division Semifinal series 4–2 over the Toronto Maple Leafs, and they followed that with a 5-game win over the St. Louis Blues in the Norris Division Final. In the Campbell Conference Final, the Red Wings ran out of magic as they lost in five games to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers.

Offseason

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Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Detroit Red Wings	80	41	28	11	322	269	93
St. Louis Blues	80	34	38	8	278	294	76
Chicago Blackhawks	80	30	41	9	284	328	69
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	21	49	10	273	345	52
Minnesota North Stars	80	19	48	13	242	349	51

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1987–88 NHL records
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
Chicago	—	3–5	5–2–1	3–4–1	5–3	16–14–2
Detroit	5–3	—	4–3–1	4–1–3	3–3–2	16–10–6
Minnesota	2–5–1	3–4–1	—	2–5–1	4–1–3	11–15–6
St. Louis	4–3–1	1–4–3	5–2–1	—	6–1–1	16–10–6
Toronto	3–5	3–3–2	1–4–3	1–6–1	—	8–18–6

Vs. Smythe Division

1987–88 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
Chicago	0–2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1–1	6–7–2
Detroit	1–1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0–1	9–4–2
Minnesota	0–2–1	0–2–1	0–3	1–2	0–2–1	1–11–3
St. Louis	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	5–10–0
Toronto	0–3	0–2–1	1–1–1	1–1–1	1–2	3–9–3

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Adams Division

1987–88 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
Chicago	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–2–1	0–2–1	2–11–2
Detroit	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–3	6–9–0
Minnesota	0–3	1–1–1	0–3	1–1–1	1–2	3–10–2
St. Louis	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	7–8–0
Toronto	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–14–0

Vs. Patrick Division

1987–88 NHL records
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
Chicago	0–3	1–0–2	0–2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	6–9–3
Detroit	3–0	2–1	1–1–1	0–2–1	2–1	2–0–1	10–5–3
Minnesota	0–3	1–1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–2–1	4–12–2
St. Louis	0–3	0–2–1	0–3	1–2	3–0	2–0–1	6–10–2
Toronto	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1–1	9–8–1

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 8, 1987	1–5	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	0–1–0
2	W	October 9, 1987	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	1–1–0
3	W	October 12, 1987	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	2–1–0
4	W	October 16, 1987	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	3–1–0
5	L	October 17, 1987	4–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	3–2–0
6	L	October 21, 1987	1–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	3–3–0
7	W	October 23, 1987	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	4–3–0
8	W	October 28, 1987	5–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	5–3–0
9	L	October 30, 1987	4–5	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	5–4–0
10	T	October 31, 1987	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	5–4–1
11	T	November 3, 1987	2–2 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	5–4–2
12	L	November 4, 1987	4–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	5–5–2
13	W	November 6, 1987	3–1	Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	6–5–2
14	L	November 7, 1987	3–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	6–6–2
15	L	November 11, 1987	3–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	6–7–2
16	W	November 14, 1987	6–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	7–7–2
17	W	November 17, 1987	1–0	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88)	8–7–2
18	L	November 19, 1987	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	8–8–2
19	L	November 22, 1987	0–1	Boston Bruins (1987–88)	8–9–2
20	W	November 25, 1987	10–8	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	9–9–2
21	W	November 27, 1987	6–0	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	10–9–2
22	W	November 28, 1987	3–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)	11–9–2
23	W	December 2, 1987	7–4	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	12–9–2
24	W	December 4, 1987	12–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	13–9–2
25	L	December 7, 1987	4–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	13–10–2
26	T	December 9, 1987	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	13–10–3
27	T	December 11, 1987	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	13–10–4
28	L	December 12, 1987	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	13–11–4
29	L	December 14, 1987	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	13–12–4
30	W	December 16, 1987	6–1	Washington Capitals (1987–88)	14–12–4
31	W	December 18, 1987	8–3	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	15–12–4
32	L	December 20, 1987	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	15–13–4
33	L	December 23, 1987	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	15–14–4
34	L	December 26, 1987	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	15–15–4
35	L	December 27, 1987	4–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	15–16–4
36	W	December 30, 1987	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	16–16–4
37	W	December 31, 1987	7–2	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	17–16–4
38	T	January 3, 1988	4–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	17–16–5
39	W	January 6, 1988	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	18–16–5
40	W	January 8, 1988	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	19–16–5
41	W	January 10, 1988	7–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	20–16–5
42	W	January 13, 1988	7–4	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	21–16–5
43	W	January 15, 1988	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	22–16–5
44	L	January 16, 1988	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	22–17–5
45	W	January 18, 1988	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	23–17–5
46	W	January 21, 1988	3–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	24–17–5
47	T	January 23, 1988	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	24–17–6
48	L	January 24, 1988	1–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	24–18–6
49	L	January 26, 1988	4–6	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	24–19–6
50	T	January 29, 1988	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	24–19–7
51	T	January 30, 1988	5–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	24–19–8
52	W	February 3, 1988	6–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	25–19–8
53	W	February 5, 1988	5–1	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	26–19–8
54	W	February 6, 1988	5–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	27–19–8
55	W	February 12, 1988	4–3	New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	28–19–8
56	L	February 13, 1988	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	28–20–8
57	W	February 15, 1988	6–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	29–20–8
58	W	February 17, 1988	4–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	30–20–8
59	W	February 20, 1988	6–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	31–20–8
60	L	February 21, 1988	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	31–21–8
61	L	February 23, 1988	6–11	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	31–22–8
62	L	February 26, 1988	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	31–23–8
63	L	February 27, 1988	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	31–24–8
64	W	March 1, 1988	4–0	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	32–24–8
65	W	March 3, 1988	6–3	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	33–24–8
66	T	March 5, 1988	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	33–24–9
67	W	March 6, 1988	4–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	34–24–9
68	W	March 8, 1988	2–0	Boston Bruins (1987–88)	35–24–9
69	W	March 10, 1988	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	36–24–9
70	W	March 12, 1988	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	37–24–9
71	W	March 13, 1988	5–1	New York Islanders (1987–88)	38–24–9
72	W	March 16, 1988	2–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	39–24–9
73	L	March 19, 1988	4–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	39–25–9
74	L	March 22, 1988	4–6	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	39–26–9
75	L	March 24, 1988	2–3	Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	39–27–9
76	T	March 26, 1988	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1987–88)	39–27–10
77	W	March 27, 1988	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	40–27–10
78	T	March 29, 1988	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88)	40–27–11
79	W	April 1, 1988	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	41–27–11
80	L	April 2, 1988	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	41–28–11

Playoffs

The Red Wings won the Norris Division title, their first division title since the 1964–65 season. They went up against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Norris Division semifinals, and won the series in six games. They next faced the St. Louis Blues in the Norris Division Final and won in five games. The Red Wings then faced the Edmonton Oilers in the Campbell Conference Final for the second year in a row. Just like the year before, the Oilers beat the Red Wings in five games on their way to their fourth Stanley Cup championship in five years.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Steve Yzerman	C	64	50	52	102	44	30	10	6	6
Gerard Gallant	LW	73	34	39	73	242	24	10	0	3
Petr Klima	W	78	37	25	62	46	4	6	5	5
Bob Probert	LW	74	29	33	62	398	16	15	0	5
John Chabot	C	78	13	44	57	10	12	0	2	0
Adam Oates	C	63	14	40	54	20	16	3	0	3
Brent Ashton	LW	73	26	27	53	50	10	7	2	3
Shawn Burr	LW/C	78	17	23	40	97	7	5	3	3
Dave Barr	RW	51	14	26	40	58	20	3	1	0
Darren Veitch	D	63	7	33	40	45	11	4	0	1
Jeff Sharples	D	56	10	25	35	42	13	2	0	0
Lee Norwood	D	51	9	22	31	131	4	3	0	2
Doug Halward	D	70	5	21	26	130	6	3	0	1
Tim Higgins	RW	62	12	13	25	94	5	0	1	1
Joe Murphy	RW	50	10	9	19	37	-4	1	0	2
Mike O'Connell	D	48	6	13	19	38	24	0	0	0
Mel Bridgman	C	57	6	11	17	42	4	0	0	1
Rick Zombo	D	62	3	14	17	96	24	0	0	2
Joe Kocur	RW	63	7	7	14	263	-11	0	0	1
Jim Nill	RW	36	3	11	14	55	2	0	0	0
Steve Chiasson	D	29	2	9	11	57	15	0	0	0
Gilbert Delorme	D	55	2	8	10	81	9	0	0	0
Harold Snepsts	D	31	1	4	5	67	3	0	0	0
Jim Pavese	D	7	0	3	3	21	3	0	0	0
Dale Krentz	LW	6	2	0	2	5	2	0	0	1
Doug Houda	D	11	1	1	2	10	0	0	0	0
Steve Martinson	LW	10	1	1	2	84	3	0	0	1
Mark Kumpel	RW	13	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Kris King	LW	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
Murray Eaves	C	7	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Brent Fedyk	LW	2	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Adam Graves	LW	9	0	1	1	8	-2	0	0	0
Glen Hanlon	G	47	0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0
Greg Stefan	G	33	0	1	1	36	0	0	0	0
Darren Eliot	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Lewis	D	6	0	0	0	18	-3	0	0	0
Sam St. Laurent	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Glen Hanlon	2623	47	22	17	5	141	3.23	4	1292	1151	.891
Greg Stefan	1854	33	17	9	5	96	3.11	1	923	827	.896
Sam St. Laurent	294	6	2	2	0	16	3.27	0	148	132	.892
Darren Eliot	97	3	0	0	1	9	5.57	0	56	47	.839
Team:	4868	80	41	28	11	262	3.23	5	2419	2157	.892

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bob Probert	LW	16	8	13	21	51	5	0	1
Adam Oates	C	16	8	12	20	6	4	0	1
John Chabot	C	16	4	15	19	2	1	0	0
Petr Klima	W	12	10	8	18	10	2	1	4
Gerard Gallant	LW	16	6	9	15	55	1	0	1
Brent Ashton	LW	16	7	5	12	10	2	1	0
Dave Barr	RW	16	5	7	12	22	2	0	0
Lee Norwood	D	16	2	6	8	40	2	0	0
Jim Nill	RW	16	6	1	7	62	0	1	0
Darren Veitch	D	11	1	5	6	6	1	0	0
Rick Zombo	D	16	0	6	6	55	0	0	0
Mel Bridgman	C	16	4	1	5	12	0	0	0
Doug Halward	D	8	1	4	5	18	0	0	0
Shawn Burr	LW/C	9	3	1	4	14	0	0	1
Steve Chiasson	D	9	2	2	4	31	1	0	0
Steve Yzerman	C	3	1	3	4	6	0	0	0
Mike O'Connell	D	10	0	4	4	8	0	0	0
Gilbert Delorme	D	15	0	3	3	22	0	0	0
Jeff Sharples	D	4	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Tim Higgins	RW	13	1	0	1	26	0	0	1
Joe Kocur	RW	10	0	1	1	13	0	0	0
Joe Murphy	RW	8	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Jim Pavese	D	4	0	1	1	15	0	0	0
Greg Stefan	G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Glen Hanlon	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Krentz	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harold Snepsts	D	10	0	0	0	40	0	0	0
Sam St. Laurent	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Greg Stefan	531	10	5	4	32	3.62	1	236	204	.864
Glen Hanlon	431	8	4	3	22	3.06	1	171	149	.871
Sam St. Laurent	10	1	0	0	1	6.00	0	7	6	.857
Team:	972	16	9	7	55	3.40	2	414	359	.867

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	11	Yves Racine	Canada	Longueuil Chevaliers (QMJHL)
2	32	Gord Kruppke	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	41	Bob Wilkie	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3	52	Dennis Holland	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
4	74	Mark Reimer	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
5	95	Radomir Brazda	Czechoslovakia	LTC Pardubice (Czechoslovakia)
6	116	Sean Clifford	Canada	Ohio State University (CCHA)
7	137	Mike Gober	United States	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
8	158	Kevin Scott	Canada	Vernon Lakers (BCJHL)
9	179	Mikko Haapakoski	Finland	Karpat (Finland)
10	200	Darin Banister	Canada	University of Illinois at Chicago (CCHA)
11	221	Craig Quinlan	United States	Hill-Murray School (USHS-MN)
12	242	Tomas Jansson	Sweden	Södertälje SK (Sweden)
S2	13	Mike LaMoine	United States	University of North Dakota (WCHA)

Farm teams

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References

"NHL Roundup – UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
Hafner, Dan (March 17, 1988). "NHL Roundup : Lemieux Leads Penguins to 5-2 Win Over Toronto". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
"All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
"1987-88 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

External links

"1987–88 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.

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Schedule and results

Playoffs

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Regular season

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Awards and records

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See also

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