1987-88 New York Islanders Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 39-31-10 - 88 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Terry Simpson (39-31-10)
1987-88 New York Islanders RosterTeam Record: 39-31-10 - 88 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Terry Simpson (39-31-10)
The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 39 wins and 31 losses and 10 ties for 88 points in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The team netted 308 goals and conceded 267. Pat LaFontaine scored 47 goals for the team, while Bryan Trottier and Mikko Makela tallied 30 or more, too. Bryan Trottier accounted for 52 assists. Kelly Hrudey topped the squad with 22 wins, plus Billy Smith added 15 or more wins, too. Billy Smith recorded a 3.22 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Terry Simpson coached the team. The 1987-88 New York Islanders lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 75 | 47 | 45 | 92 | 52 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 242 | 19.4 |
| Bryan Trottier | C | 77 | 30 | 52 | 82 | 48 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 176 | 17.0 |
| Mikko Makela | L | 73 | 36 | 40 | 76 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 142 | 25.4 |
| Brent Sutter | C | 70 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 55 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 162 | 17.9 |
| Alan Kerr | R | 80 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 198 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 196 | 12.2 |
| Denis Potvin | D | 72 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 112 | 26 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 188 | 10.1 |
| Tomas Jonsson | D | 72 | 6 | 41 | 47 | 115 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 5.0 |
| Greg Gilbert | L | 76 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 46 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 22.1 |
| Randy Wood | L | 75 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 80 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 20.8 |
| Derek King | L | 55 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 94 | 12.8 |
| Brad Lauer | L | 69 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 94 | 18.1 |
| Pat Flatley | R | 40 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 10.8 |
| Bob Bassen | C | 77 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 99 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 9.2 |
| Dale Henry | L | 48 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 115 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 9.4 |
| Gerald Diduck | D | 68 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 113 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 5.5 |
| Ken Leiter | D | 51 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 3.8 |
| Steve Konroyd | D | 62 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 99 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 1.9 |
| Gord Dineen | D | 57 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 8.0 |
| Richard Kromm | L | 71 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 6.0 |
| Brad Dalgarno | R | 38 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Jeff Norton | D | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Ken Morrow | D | 53 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.0 |
| Jeff Finley | D | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Todd McLellan | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mick Vukota | R | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Rod Dallman | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Brian Curran | D | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 68 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Ari Haanpaa | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Okerlund | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Neal Coulter | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Pryor | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike Walsh | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Billy Smith | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1524 | 308 | 496 | 804 | 1712 | 235 | 87 | 153 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 5 | 2417 | 12.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | 47 | 2751 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 3.34 | 1467 | 1314 | .896 |
| Billy Smith | 38 | 2107 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 113 | 3.22 | 1061 | 948 | .893 |
| Totals | 85 | 4858 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 266 | 3.29 | 2528 | 2262 | .895 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 25.0 | |
| Bryan Trottier | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Mikko Makela | L | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Brent Sutter | C | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Alan Kerr | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Denis Potvin | D | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Tomas Jonsson | D | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | |
| Greg Gilbert | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Randy Wood | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Derek King | L | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Lauer | L | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | |
| Bob Bassen | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Dale Henry | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Gerald Diduck | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Ken Leiter | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Steve Konroyd | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Richard Kromm | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Dalgarno | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Jeff Norton | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Ken Morrow | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Jeff Finley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mick Vukota | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 114 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 250 | -9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 200 | 9.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | 6 | 381 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.62 | 177 | 154 | .870 |
| Totals | 6 | 381 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.62 | 177 | 154 | .870 |
