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 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 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 |
| Steve Dykstra | D | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| John Miner | D | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
| 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 |
| Randy Gregg | D | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Jim Wiemer | D | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| 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 | |
| Kelly Buchberger | R | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 81 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Jim Ennis | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Moe Lemay | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Randy Gregg | D | 19 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4.5 | |
| Jim Wiemer | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| 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 |
