1987-88 Edmonton Oilers Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 44-25-11 - 99 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 16-2-1
Won Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Winnipeg Jets 4-1
Division Finals - Defeated Calgary Flames 4-0
Conference Finals - Defeated Detroit Red Wings 4-1
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-0-1
Coach: Glen Sather (44-25-11)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1987-88 Edmonton Oilers Roster
1987-88 Edmonton Oilers Results

The Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 44 wins and 25 losses and 11 ties for 99 points, finishing second in the NHL's Smythe Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 16-2-1.

The Oilers scored 363 goals and conceded 288. Craig Simpson and Jari Kurri netted 43 goals for Edmonton each, while Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson and Wayne Gretzky each tallied 30 or more also. Wayne Gretzky contributed 109 assists. Grant Fuhr earned 40 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.43 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.

Glen Sather coached the team. The 1987-88 Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Wayne Gretzky	C	64	40	109	149	24	39	9	40	5	4	3	0	211	19.0
Mark Messier	C	77	37	74	111	103	21	12	21	3	5	7	2	182	20.3
Jari Kurri	R	80	43	53	96	30	25	10	19	3	3	5	1	207	20.8
Glenn Anderson	R	80	38	50	88	58	5	16	15	1	0	3	0	255	14.9
Esa Tikkanen	L	80	23	51	74	153	21	6	17	1	1	2	0	142	16.2
Craig Simpson	L	59	43	21	64	43	15	18	8	0	0	5	0	118	36.4
Steve Smith	D	79	12	43	55	286	40	5	8	0	0	1	0	116	10.3
Mike Krushelnyski	L	76	20	27	47	64	26	4	1	0	1	0	0	124	16.1
Charlie Huddy	D	77	13	28	41	71	23	2	13	0	1	2	1	163	8.0
Craig MacTavish	C	80	15	17	32	47	-3	0	3	3	1	5	0	90	16.7
Marty McSorley	D	60	9	17	26	223	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	66	13.6
Jeff Beukeboom	D	73	5	20	25	201	27	1	6	0	1	1	0	76	6.6
Kevin Lowe	D	70	9	15	24	89	18	2	6	1	1	2	0	82	11.0
Dave Hannan	C	51	9	11	20	43	12	0	0	2	0	2	1	62	14.5
Craig Muni	D	72	4	15	19	77	32	0	0	1	2	0	0	56	7.1
Normand Lacombe	R	53	8	9	17	36	-3	1	0	0	0	2	0	44	18.2
Kevin McClelland	R	74	10	6	16	281	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	16.4
Keith Acton	C	26	3	6	9	21	-10	1	0	0	0	1	0	26	11.5
Geoff Courtnall	L	12	4	4	8	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	32	12.5
Grant Fuhr	G	75	0	8	8	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Graves	L	21	3	4	7	10	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	14.3
Dave Hunter	L	21	3	3	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	16.7
Moe Mantha	D	25	0	6	6	26	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	50	0.0
Tom McMurchy	R	9	4	1	5	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	36.4
John Miner	D	14	2	3	5	16	-4	0	1	0	0	0	0	16	12.5
Steve Dykstra	D	15	2	3	5	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	13.3
Ron Shudra	D	10	0	5	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
Chris Joseph	D	7	0	4	4	6	-3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jim Wiemer	D	12	1	2	3	15	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	4.2
Randy Gregg	D	15	1	2	3	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0
Selmar Odelein	D	12	0	2	2	33	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	17	0.0
Bill Ranford	G	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Ennis	D	5	1	0	1	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1
Kelly Buchberger	R	19	1	0	1	81	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	10.0
Scott Metcalfe	L	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Lamb	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moe Lemay	L	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Daryl Reaugh	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Skorodenski	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Donnelly	C	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Totals		1530	363	621	984	2151	341	88	165	20	20	44	6	2341	15.5

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Grant Fuhr	75	4304	40	24	9	5	4	246	3.43	2066	1820	.881
Bill Ranford	6	325	3	0	2	0	0	16	2.95	159	143	.899
Daryl Reaugh	6	176	1	1	0	0	0	14	4.77	114	100	.877
Warren Skorodenski	3	61	0	0	0	0	0	7	6.89	25	18	.720
Totals	90	4866	44	25	11	5	4	283	3.49	2647	2364	.893

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	SOG	SG%
Wayne Gretzky	C	19	12	31	43	16	9	5	19	1	0	3	62	19.4
Mark Messier	C	19	11	23	34	29	9	7	10	1	0	0	42	26.2
Jari Kurri	R	19	14	17	31	12	15	5	7	0	1	3	57	24.6
Glenn Anderson	R	19	9	16	25	49	5	4	5	0	0	1	43	20.9
Esa Tikkanen	L	19	10	17	27	72	2	5	10	0	0	1	42	23.8
Craig Simpson	L	19	13	6	19	26	4	3	2	0	0	3	33	39.4
Steve Smith	D	19	1	11	12	55	16	1	6	0	1	0	26	3.8
Mike Krushelnyski	L	19	4	6	10	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	22.2
Charlie Huddy	D	13	4	5	9	10	2	2	2	0	0	0	33	12.1
Craig MacTavish	C	19	0	1	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0
Marty McSorley	D	16	0	3	3	67	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0
Jeff Beukeboom	D	7	0	0	0	16	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kevin Lowe	D	19	0	2	2	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
Dave Hannan	C	12	1	1	2	8	-3	0	0	0	0	1	11	9.1
Craig Muni	D	19	0	4	4	31	7	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
Normand Lacombe	R	19	3	0	3	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	17.6
Kevin McClelland	R	19	2	3	5	68	-1	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4
Keith Acton	C	7	2	0	2	16	4	0	0	0	0	2	10	20.0
Geoff Courtnall	L	19	0	3	3	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	33	0.0
Grant Fuhr	G	19	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Wiemer	D	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Randy Gregg	D	19	1	8	9	24	17	0	1	0	0	1	22	4.5
Totals		361	87	158	245	627	93	32	62	2	2	16	514	16.9

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Grant Fuhr	19	1136	16	2	0	1	0	55	2.90	471	416	.883
Totals	19	1136	16	2	0	1	0	55	2.90	526	471	.895