1987-88 Edmonton Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 44-25-11 - 99 points
in the NHL's Smythe Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Glen Sather (44-25-11)
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 in the NHL's Smythe Division.
The team scored 363 goals and conceded 288. Craig Simpson and Jari Kurri netted 43 goals for the team each, while Glenn Anderson, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier 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 League Championship.
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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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 |
| Warren Skorodenski | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Lamb | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daryl Reaugh | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Metcalfe | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 |
| Moe Lemay | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1530 | 363 | 621 | 984 | 2151 | 341 | 88 | 152 | 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 | 2061 | 1815 | .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 | 7 | 6.89 | 25 | 18 | .720 | ||
| Totals | 90 | 4866 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 283 | 3.49 | 2359 | 2076 | .880 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | 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/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Fuhr | 19 | 1136 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 2.90 | 526 | 471 | .895 |
| Totals | 19 | 1136 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 2.90 | 526 | 471 | .895 |
