1987–88 Winnipeg Jets season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1987–88
Year:	1987
Team:	Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996)Winnipeg Jets
Record:	33–36–11
Divisionrank:	3rd
Goalsfor:	292
Goalsagainst:	310
Next Season:	1988–89

The 1987–88 Winnipeg Jets season was the 16th season of the Winnipeg Jets, their ninth season in the National Hockey League. The Jets placed third in the Smythe to qualify for the playoffs. The Jets lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the first round.

Offseason

On June 5, 1987, the Jets traded away Perry Turnbull to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a fifth round draft pick in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. Turnbull had an injury plagued 1986–87 season, scoring a goal and six points in 26 games. From 1984 to 1986, he had back-to-back 20+ goal seasons in his first two years with Winnipeg.

Three days later, on June 8, 1987, the Jets traded away Brian Mullen and a tenth round draft pick in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft to the New York Rangers for the Rangers fifth round pick in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft and their third round pick in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. Mullen had been with Winnipeg since the 1982–83 season, and was coming off a 19-goal and 51 point season in 1986–87.

On June 13, 1987, the Jets participated in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, and with their first round selection, 16th overall, Winnipeg selected defenseman Bryan Marchment from the Belleville Bulls of the OHL. Marchment had six goals and 44 points in 52 games with the Bulls in 1986–87.

During training camp, on September 30, 1987, the Jets made another trade with the New York Rangers, acquiring George McPhee from the Rangers for the Jets fourth round draft pick in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. One week later, the Jets sent McPhee to the New Jersey Devils for the Devils seventh round draft pick in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1987	5–1	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	1–0–0
2	W	October 12, 1987	3–2	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	2–0–0
3	W	October 17, 1987	5–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	3–0–0
4	L	October 18, 1987	4–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	3–1–0
5	L	October 20, 1987	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	3–2–0
6	W	October 23, 1987	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	4–2–0
7	L	October 25, 1987	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	4–3–0
8	L	October 28, 1987	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	4–4–0
9	W	October 30, 1987	3–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1987–88)	5–4–0
10	W	November 1, 1987	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	6–4–0
11	L	November 4, 1987	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	6–5–0
12	W	November 6, 1987	6–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	7–5–0
13	W	November 8, 1987	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	8–5–0
14	W	November 10, 1987	4–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	9–5–0
15	T	November 12, 1987	1–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	9–5–1
16	L	November 14, 1987	3–7	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	9–6–1
17	L	November 15, 1987	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	9–7–1
18	L	November 18, 1987	3–4	Boston Bruins (1987–88)	9–8–1
19	L	November 20, 1987	3–4	New York Rangers (1987–88)	9–9–1
20	W	November 22, 1987	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	10–9–1
21	L	November 25, 1987	8–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	10–10–1
22	L	November 26, 1987	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)	10–11–1
23	L	November 28, 1987	3–7	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	10–12–1
24	W	December 1, 1987	7–6 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	11–12–1
25	W	December 3, 1987	5–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	12–12–1
26	L	December 9, 1987	0–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	12–13–1
27	T	December 11, 1987	3–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	12–13–2
28	L	December 13, 1987	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	12–14–2
29	L	December 16, 1987	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	12–15–2
30	T	December 18, 1987	5–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	12–15–3
31	W	December 20, 1987	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	13–15–3
32	W	December 22, 1987	5–2	New York Islanders (1987–88)	14–15–3
33	W	December 26, 1987	5–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	15–15–3
34	W	December 28, 1987	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	16–15–3
35	L	December 30, 1987	4–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	16–16–3
36	L	December 31, 1987	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	16–17–3
37	T	January 3, 1988	4–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	16–17–4
38	L	January 6, 1988	1–6	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	16–18–4
39	T	January 8, 1988	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	16–18–5
40	W	January 10, 1988	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	17–18–5
41	W	January 12, 1988	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	18–18–5
42	L	January 13, 1988	2–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	18–19–5
43	T	January 15, 1988	4–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	18–19–6
44	L	January 17, 1988	5–6	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	18–20–6
45	W	January 19, 1988	3–0	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	19–20–6
46	W	January 22, 1988	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	20–20–6
47	L	January 24, 1988	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	20–21–6
48	W	January 26, 1988	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88)	21–21–6
49	W	January 27, 1988	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	22–21–6
50	L	January 30, 1988	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	22–22–6
51	T	January 31, 1988	4–4 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	22–22–7
52	W	February 3, 1988	9–0	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	23–22–7
53	T	February 5, 1988	1–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	23–22–8
54	T	February 6, 1988	8–8 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	23–22–9
55	W	February 12, 1988	7–5	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	24–22–9
56	W	February 14, 1988	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	25–22–9
57	W	February 16, 1988	7–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	26–22–9
58	L	February 17, 1988	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	26–23–9
59	L	February 19, 1988	0–6	Washington Capitals (1987–88)	26–24–9
60	L	February 21, 1988	3–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	26–25–9
61	W	February 23, 1988	4–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	27–25–9
62	W	February 24, 1988	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	28–25–9
63	L	February 27, 1988	0–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	28–26–9
64	L	February 28, 1988	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	28–27–9
65	W	March 1, 1988	6–3	Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	29–27–9
66	W	March 3, 1988	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	30–27–9
67	W	March 5, 1988	10–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	31–27–9
68	L	March 7, 1988	0–6	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	31–28–9
69	T	March 9, 1988	6–6 OT	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	31–28–10
70	L	March 10, 1988	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	31–29–10
71	L	March 13, 1988	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	31–30–10
72	L	March 16, 1988	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	31–31–10
73	L	March 18, 1988	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	31–32–10
74	L	March 20, 1988	0–6	New York Islanders (1987–88)	31–33–10
75	L	March 22, 1988	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	31–34–10
76	L	March 24, 1988	3–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)	31–35–10
77	L	March 26, 1988	0–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	31–36–10
78	W	March 29, 1988	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	32–36–10
79	T	April 1, 1988	6–6 OT	New York Rangers (1987–88)	32–36–11
80	W	April 3, 1988	5–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	33–36–11

Playoffs

The Jets lost the Division semi-finals (4–1) to the Edmonton Oilers.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	80	44	77	121	59	-9	20	3	4
	RW	77	40	39	79	76	-17	22	0	2
	RW	74	32	31	63	145	-10	20	0	5
	D	78	15	44	59	210	-20	8	0	1
	D	68	13	45	58	106	-8	5	0	1
	C	76	16	38	54	53	-11	3	1	1
	D	79	7	44	51	111	5	3	0	1
	C	80	25	23	48	229	-24	10	1	3
	LW	62	19	23	42	73	-2	4	0	4
	RW	78	18	18	36	169	-29	9	0	2
	LW	71	15	16	31	34	5	0	3	5
	D	70	6	17	23	182	-13	2	0	1
	LW	63	8	11	19	35	-16	1	0	0
	RW	41	6	11	17	34	0	1	0	0
	D	38	5	10	15	18	3	2	0	2
	LW	56	7	6	13	217	2	0	0	0
	C	69	5	8	13	28	-1	0	2	0
	RW	32	4	4	8	19	4	0	0	0
	LW	19	2	5	7	15	2	0	0	1
	D	48	0	6	6	75	-11	0	0	0
	C	13	3	2	5	15	5	0	0	0
	RW	13	1	3	4	12	2	0	0	0
	D	51	1	3	4	128	1	0	0	0
	G	56	0	2	2	12	0	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
	RW	24	0	1	1	44	-7	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	28	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
	D	18	0	0	0	33	-3	0	0	0
	C	3	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
	D	36	0	0	0	106	-12	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	3010	56	22	19	7	176	3.51	2	1489	1313	.882
	1487	28	9	13	3	102	4.12	0	712	610	.857
	385	8	2	4	1	30	4.68	0	186	156	.839
Team:	4882	80	33	36	11	308	3.79	2	2387	2079	.871

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	5	3	4	7	16	2	0	0
	RW	5	2	5	7	29	0	1	0
	C	5	1	5	6	2	1	0	0
	RW	5	2	2	4	6	1	0	0
	C	5	1	3	4	9	0	0	0
	D	5	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
	D	5	1	2	3	10	1	0	0
	RW	5	2	0	2	23	2	0	0
	D	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
	D	5	1	1	2	12	0	0	0
	D	5	0	2	2	10	0	0	0
	C	4	1	0	1	10	0	1	1
	LW	5	1	0	1	33	0	0	0
	LW	5	1	0	1	22	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	15	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	300	5	1	4	25	5.00	0	154	129	.838
Team:	300	5	1	4	25	5.00	0	154	129	.838

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Transactions

Trades

September 30, 1987	To New York Islanders 4th round pick in 1989 – Jim Cummins	To Winnipeg Jets George McPhee
October 7, 1987	To New Jersey Devils George McPhee	To Winnipeg Jets 7th round pick in 1989 – Doug Evans
December 16, 1987	To New York Rangers 5th round pick in 1989 – Aaron Miller	To Winnipeg Jets Paul Boutilier
January 10, 1988	To Detroit Red Wings Jim Nill	To Winnipeg Jets Mark Kumpel
January 14, 1988	To Montreal Canadiens Future Considerations	To Winnipeg Jets Alfie Turcotte
March 7, 1988	To Minnesota North Stars John Blue	To Winnipeg Jets 7th round pick in 1988 – Markus Akerblom
June 13, 1988	To Detroit Red Wings Paul MacLean	To Winnipeg Jets Brent Ashton

Free agents

Player Former Team Undrafted Free Agent New Jersey Devils Undrafted free agent

Draft picks

The Jets selected the following players at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, on June 13, 1987.^[2]

NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	16	Bryan Marchment (D)		Belleville Bulls (OHL)
2	37	Patrik Erickson (C)		Brynäs IF (SEL)
4	79	Don McLennan (D)		University of Denver (NCAA)
5	96	Ken Gernander (RW)		Greenway (Coleraine, Minnesota) High School
5	100	Darrin Amundson (FWD)		Duluth East (MN) High School
6	121	Joe Harwell (D)		Hill-Murray (Maplewood, Minnesota) High School
7	142	Tod Hartje (C)		Harvard University (NCAA)
8	163	Markku Kyllönen (LW)		Oulun Kärpät (Fin D1)
9	184	Jim Fernholz (RW)		White Bear Lake (MN) High School
11	226	Roger Rougelot (G)		Madison Capitols (USHL)
12	247	Hans-Goran Elo (G)		Djurgardens IF (SEL)
S2	17	Rob Fowler (F)		Merrimack College (Hockey East)

See also

• 1987–88 NHL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1987-88 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
2. News: 1987 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . hockeyDB.com . November 23, 2016.