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New York Islanders, 1987-88

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Patrick Division, Prince of Wales Conference Won the Patrick Division Made the playoffs

1987-88 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
6 80 39-31-10 88 0.550 308 267 +41 24-10-6 15-21-4

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Division Semifinals New Jersey Devils Lost 2-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Pat LaFontaine C 75 47 45 92 12 52 242 0
Bryan Trottier C 77 30 52 82 10 48 176 0
Mikko Makela R 73 36 40 76 14 22 142 0
Brent Sutter C 70 29 31 60 13 55 162 0
Alan Kerr R 80 24 34 58 30 198 196 0
Denis Potvin D 72 19 32 51 26 112 188 0
Tomas Jonsson D 72 6 41 47 6 115 121 0
Greg Gilbert L 76 17 28 45 14 46 77 0
Randy Wood R 75 22 16 38 -2 80 106 0
Derek King L 55 12 24 36 7 30 94 0
Brad Lauer R 69 17 18 35 13 67 94 0
Patrick Flatley R 40 9 15 24 7 28 83 0
Bob Bassen L 77 6 16 22 8 99 65 0
Dale Henry L 48 5 15 20 8 115 53 0
Gerald Diduck D 68 7 12 19 22 113 128 0
Ken Leiter D 51 4 13 17 18 24 104 0
Steve Konroyd D 62 2 15 17 16 99 105 0
Gord Dineen D 57 4 12 16 9 62 50 0
Richard Kromm L 71 5 10 15 2 20 84 0
Brad Dalgarno R 38 2 8 10 4 58 39 0
Jeff Norton D 15 1 6 7 3 14 18 0
Jeff Finley D 10 0 5 5 5 15 9 0
Ken Morrow D 53 1 4 5 0 40 50 0
Todd McLellan C 5 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0
Brian Curran D 22 0 1 1 -9 68 12 0
Mick Vukota R 17 1 0 1 1 82 7 0
Rod Dallman L 3 1 0 1 1 6 2 0
Ari Haanpaa R 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Christopher Pryor D 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
Michael Walsh C 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Neal Coulter R 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Todd Okerlund D 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Kelly Hrudey 47 2217503 1467 1314 153 3.34 0.896
Billy Smith 38 1714502 1061 948 113 3.22 0.893

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 3, 1988 @ BOS L 2-3 25 21
Apr 2, 1988 @ NJD L 2-5 26 32
Mar 31, 1988 vs WSH W 7-3 18 38
Mar 29, 1988 vs PHI W 5-3 33 28
Mar 26, 1988 vs EDM W 5-4 31 34
Mar 23, 1988 @ LAK W 6-2 31 25
Mar 21, 1988 @ MNS W 5-1 35 35
Mar 20, 1988 @ WIN W 6-0 25 35
Mar 18, 1988 @ WSH T 3-3 (OT) 23 44
Mar 13, 1988 @ DET L 1-5 41 29
Mar 12, 1988 vs DET L 3-4 25 23
Mar 10, 1988 vs QUE L 3-4 21 34
Mar 8, 1988 vs VAN W 7-4 27 33
Mar 6, 1988 @ QUE W 2-0 27 28
Mar 5, 1988 @ PIT L 3-8 29 42
Mar 2, 1988 @ NYR L 1-3 35 40
Mar 1, 1988 vs STL W 2-0 31 30
Feb 27, 1988 vs WSH L 0-3 28 30
Feb 25, 1988 vs CHI T 1-1 (OT) 31 20
Feb 23, 1988 vs VAN W 6-1 41 31
Feb 21, 1988 @ HFD W 7-2 21 41
Feb 20, 1988 vs HFD W 3-0 28 29
Feb 18, 1988 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 24 35
Feb 16, 1988 vs CGY W 9-3 34 39
Feb 14, 1988 @ NYR T 4-4 (OT) 34 40
Feb 12, 1988 @ WSH L 2-6 26 27
Feb 11, 1988 @ TOR L 3-4 35 29
Feb 6, 1988 vs BUF W 6-4 46 32
Feb 5, 1988 @ WSH W 4-2 33 34
Feb 2, 1988 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) 34 28
Jan 30, 1988 vs MTL L 2-6 34 29
Jan 29, 1988 @ BUF W 5-2 35 44
Jan 27, 1988 @ MNS L 1-2 28 35
Jan 23, 1988 vs EDM W 3-2 27 28
Jan 21, 1988 @ HFD L 3-4 24 29
Jan 19, 1988 vs PIT L 4-6 30 39
Jan 17, 1988 @ BUF L 2-5 37 24
Jan 16, 1988 vs NJD W 4-2 33 39
Jan 14, 1988 vs QUE W 8-5 27 30
Jan 12, 1988 @ PIT T 5-5 (OT) 35 39
Jan 9, 1988 @ EDM L 1-5 28 29
Jan 8, 1988 @ CGY L 4-7 35 38
Jan 5, 1988 vs MNS T 3-3 (OT) 42 41
Jan 2, 1988 vs PIT W 3-2 21 21
Dec 29, 1987 vs NYR T 3-3 (OT) 25 28
Dec 28, 1987 @ NJD L 4-6 22 37
Dec 26, 1987 vs BOS W 2-1 25 31
Dec 23, 1987 @ CHI L 5-7 38 36
Dec 22, 1987 @ WIN L 2-5 24 38
Dec 19, 1987 vs PHI L 4-5 32 28
Dec 17, 1987 @ PHI L 3-4 26 31
Dec 15, 1987 vs STL T 2-2 (OT) 32 22
Dec 12, 1987 vs NJD W 5-3 45 28
Dec 11, 1987 @ PIT L 4-6 31 36
Dec 8, 1987 vs MTL L 2-3 28 28
Dec 4, 1987 @ WSH W 6-4 36 35
Dec 2, 1987 @ PIT W 7-1 29 30
Nov 29, 1987 @ NYR L 1-3 30 22
Nov 28, 1987 vs NYR W 5-4 42 24
Nov 24, 1987 vs TOR L 3-4 29 38
Nov 21, 1987 @ PHI W 6-4 35 26
Nov 18, 1987 @ MTL L 2-5 30 35
Nov 17, 1987 vs LAK W 4-3 24 32
Nov 14, 1987 vs WIN W 7-3 32 26
Nov 12, 1987 @ STL W 4-3 32 34
Nov 10, 1987 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 28 37
Nov 7, 1987 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 33 36
Nov 5, 1987 vs PIT L 2-4 27 27
Nov 3, 1987 vs NJD W 6-3 33 34
Nov 1, 1987 @ BOS W 6-5 (OT) 31 46
Oct 31, 1987 vs NYR W 8-2 32 37
Oct 28, 1987 @ TOR L 2-5 19 25
Oct 27, 1987 vs CHI T 4-4 (OT) 47 30
Oct 24, 1987 vs NJD W 2-1 23 28
Oct 23, 1987 @ NJD L 3-5 24 26
Oct 20, 1987 vs CGY W 5-4 29 25
Oct 17, 1987 vs PHI L 3-4 26 29
Oct 15, 1987 @ PHI W 6-0 29 31
Oct 10, 1987 @ VAN W 7-1 31 22
Oct 8, 1987 @ LAK W 4-1 24 20