1987-88 New Jersey Devils Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-36-6 - 82 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 11-9
Lost NHL conference finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated New York Islanders 4-2
Division Finals - Defeated Washington Capitals 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-3
Coach: Doug Carpenter (21-24-5)
Coach: Jim Schoenfeld (17-12-1)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
1987-88 New Jersey Devils RosterTeam Record: 38-36-6 - 82 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 11-9
Lost NHL conference finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated New York Islanders 4-2
Division Finals - Defeated Washington Capitals 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-3
Coach: Doug Carpenter (21-24-5)
Coach: Jim Schoenfeld (17-12-1)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
1987-88 New Jersey Devils Results
The New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 38 wins and 36 losses and 6 ties for 82 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-9.
The Devils scored 295 goals and yielded 296. Pat Verbeek netted 46 goals for New Jersey, and Kirk Muller tallied 30 or more, too. Kirk Muller and Aaron Broten each recorded 57 assists. Alain Chevrier topped the squad with 18 wins, while Bob Sauve earned a 3.56 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Doug Carpenter and Jim Schoenfeld coached the team. The 1987-88 New Jersey Devils lost in the NHL conference finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Muller | C | 80 | 37 | 57 | 94 | 114 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 215 | 17.2 |
| Aaron Broten | L | 80 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 80 | 20 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 180 | 14.4 |
| Pat Verbeek | R | 73 | 46 | 31 | 77 | 227 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 179 | 25.7 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 74 | 15 | 40 | 55 | 68 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 7.9 |
| Patrik Sundstrom | C | 78 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 42 | -16 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 11.9 |
| John MacLean | R | 76 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 147 | -10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 204 | 11.3 |
| Joe Cirella | D | 80 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 191 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 5.9 |
| Claude Loiselle | C | 68 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 121 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 14.5 |
| Tom Kurvers | D | 56 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 5.7 |
| Mark Johnson | L | 54 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 14 | -10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 11.6 |
| Craig Wolanin | D | 78 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 170 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 5.3 |
| Doug Sulliman | R | 59 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 22 | -8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 18.0 |
| Jack O'Callahan | D | 50 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 97 | -3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 7.8 |
| Brendan Shanahan | L | 65 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 131 | -20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 9.7 |
| Doug Brown | R | 70 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 12.5 |
| Andy Brickley | L/C | 45 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 13.1 |
| Jim Korn | D | 52 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 140 | -22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 16.3 |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 80 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 239 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 6.1 |
| Randy Velischek | D | 51 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 66 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7.7 |
| Perry Anderson | L | 60 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 222 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 |
| Pat Conacher | L | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| David Maley | L | 44 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 65 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 9.1 |
| George McPhee | L | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 60.0 |
| Gordon Mark | D | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Anders Carlsson | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Chris Cichocki | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Sean Burke | G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alain Chevrier | G | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sauve | G | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Murray Brumwell | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Allan Stewart | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Dorion | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1532 | 295 | 484 | 779 | 2307 | -20 | 98 | 181 | 18 | 15 | 38 | 1 | 2396 | 12.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Chevrier | 45 | 2354 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 148 | 3.77 | 1117 | 969 | .868 |
| Sean Burke | 13 | 689 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 3.05 | 300 | 265 | .883 |
| Bob Sauve | 34 | 1803 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 3.56 | 823 | 716 | .870 |
| Totals | 92 | 4846 | 38 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 290 | 3.59 | 2530 | 2240 | .885 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Muller | C | 20 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 37 | -10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 | |
| Aaron Broten | L | 20 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 10.9 | |
| Pat Verbeek | R | 20 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 51 | -11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 9.1 | |
| Bruce Driver | D | 18 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | |
| Patrik Sundstrom | C | 18 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 21.2 | |
| John MacLean | R | 20 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 14.0 | |
| Joe Cirella | D | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 49 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | |
| Claude Loiselle | C | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 12.5 | |
| Tom Kurvers | D | 19 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 38 | -5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 10.9 | |
| Mark Johnson | L | 18 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 33.3 | |
| Craig Wolanin | D | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Doug Sulliman | R | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Jack O'Callahan | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Brendan Shanahan | L | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 | |
| Doug Brown | R | 19 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 16.1 | |
| Andy Brickley | L/C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Korn | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 20 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 83 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3.7 | |
| Randy Velischek | D | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Perry Anderson | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Pat Conacher | L | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| David Maley | L | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 | |
| Anders Carlsson | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Sean Burke | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sauve | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Troy Crowder | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 380 | 67 | 115 | 182 | 861 | -30 | 23 | 44 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 520 | 12.9 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Burke | 17 | 1001 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 3.42 | 515 | 458 | .889 |
| Bob Sauve | 5 | 238 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.28 | 118 | 105 | .890 |
| Totals | 22 | 1239 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 3.39 | 703 | 633 | .900 |
