NHL 1987/88
NHL 1987/88 | |
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league | National Hockey League |
Period | October 8, 1987 to May 26, 1988 |
Teams | 21st |
Games / team | 80 |
Draft | |
Event | NHL Entry Draft 1987 |
Top pick | Pierre Turgeon |
Elected by | Buffalo Sabers |
Regular season | |
Presidents' Trophy | Calgary Flames |
MVP | Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh) |
Top scorer | Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh) |
Playoffs | |
Stanley Cup winner | Edmonton Oilers |
finalist | Boston Bruins |
Playoff MVP | Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton) |
NHL seasons | |
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The 1987/88 NHL season was the 71st season in the National Hockey League . 21 teams played 80 games each. The Stanley Cup won the Edmonton Oilers after a 4-0 win in the final series against the Boston Bruins . It was the Oilers' fourth championship in five years in their final season with Wayne Gretzky . This missed a fifth of the season due to an injury, so that the only time he could not win the Hart Memorial Trophy in the 1980s and also did not lead the scorer rating. Both titles went to Mario Lemieux .
Regular season
Closing tables
Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Wales Conference
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Campbell Conference
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Best scorer
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh | 77 | 70 | 98 | 168 | +23 | 92 |
Wayne Gretzky | Edmonton | 64 | 40 | 109 | 149 | +39 | 24 |
Denis Savard | Chicago | 80 | 44 | 87 | 131 | +4 | 95 |
Dale Hawerchuk | Winnipeg | 80 | 44 | 77 | 121 | −9 | 59 |
Luc Robitaille | los Angeles | 80 | 53 | 58 | 111 | −9 | 82 |
Peter Šťastný | Quebec | 76 | 46 | 65 | 111 | +2 | 69 |
Mark Messier | Edmonton | 77 | 37 | 74 | 111 | +21 | 103 |
Jimmy Carson | los Angeles | 80 | 55 | 52 | 107 | −19 | 45 |
Håkan Loob | Calgary | 80 | 50 | 56 | 106 | +41 | 47 |
Michel Goulet | Quebec | 80 | 48 | 58 | 106 | −31 | 56 |
Best goalkeeper
Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = average goal conceded; Bold: Season best
player | team | GP | TOI | W. | L. | T | GA | SO | Sv% | ATM |
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Pete Peeters | Washington | 35 | 1896 | 14th | 12 | 5 | 88 | 2 | 0.898 | 2.78 |
Brian Hayward | Montreal | 39 | 2247 | 22nd | 10 | 4th | 107 | 2 | 0.896 | 2.86 |
Patrick Roy | Montreal | 45 | 2586 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 125 | 3 | 0.900 | 2.90 |
Réjean Lemelin | Boston | 49 | 2828 | 24 | 17th | 6th | 138 | 3 | 0.889 | 2.93 |
Greg Stefan | Detroit | 33 | 1854 | 17th | 9 | 5 | 96 | 1 | 0.896 | 3.11 |
Best rookie scorer
The best scorer among the rookies was Joe Nieuwendyk , who headed the rookie scorer list in all three categories with 51 goals, 41 assists and 92 points. Nieuwendyk also led the plus / minus ranking of the rookies with +20. The bad guy among the rookies was Richard Zemlak from Minnesota with 307 penalty minutes.
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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Joe Nieuwendyk | Calgary | 75 | 51 | 41 | 92 | +20 | 23 |
Ray Sheppard | Buffalo | 74 | 38 | 27 | 65 | −3 | 14th |
Brett Hull | Calgary / St. Louis | 65 | 32 | 32 | 64 | +14 | 16 |
Ulf Dahlén | NY Rangers | 70 | 29 | 23 | 52 | +5 | 26th |
Tony Hrkac | St. Louis | 67 | 11 | 37 | 48 | +5 | 22nd |
Stanley Cup playoffs
Division semi-finals | Division finals | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Final | |||||||||||||||
A1 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
A4 | Hartford Whalers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Canadiens de Montréal | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
A2 | Boston Bruins | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
A2 | Boston Bruins | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
A3 | Buffalo Sabers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
A2 | Boston Bruins | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
Prince of Wales Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
P4 | New Jersey Devils | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
P1 | New York Islanders | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
P4 | New Jersey Devils | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
P4 | New Jersey Devils | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
P2 | Washington Capitals | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
P2 | Washington Capitals | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
P3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
A2 | Boston Bruins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
S2 | Edmonton Oilers | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
N4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
N2 | St. Louis Blues | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
N2 | St. Louis Blues | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
N3 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Detroit Red Wings | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Clarence Campbell Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
S2 | Edmonton Oilers | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
S1 | Calgary Flames | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
S4 | Los Angeles Kings | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
S1 | Calgary Flames | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
S2 | Edmonton Oilers | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
S2 | Edmonton Oilers | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
S3 | Winnipeg Jets | 1 |
NHL Awards and trophies awarded
See also
Web links
- Hacx.de: All NHL final tables ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )