The Detroit Red Wings used 37 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 46-25-9 record. Steve Yzerman led the team with 102 points (50 goals, 52 assists) in 64 games. Glen Hanlon played the most games in goal (47).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Yzerman 🇨🇦 C 22 | 64 | 🔥 2 | 50 | 52 | 102 | 1.59 | 10 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 44 | — |
| 2 | Gerard Gallant 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 73 | 🧊 1 | 34 | 39 | 73 | 1.00 | 10 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 242 | — |
| 3 | Petr Klima 🇨🇿 RW 23 | 78 | 🧊 2 | 37 | 25 | 62 | 0.79 | 6 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
| 4 | Bob Probert 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 74 | 🔥 2 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 0.84 | 15 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 398 | — |
| 5 | John Chabot 🇨🇦 C 25 | 78 | 🧊 2 | 13 | 44 | 57 | 0.73 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 6 | Adam Oates 🇨🇦 C 25 | 63 | 🧊 1 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 0.86 | 3 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 7 | Brent Ashton 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 73 | 🔥 2 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 0.73 | 7 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 50 | — |
| 8 | Shawn Burr 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 78 | 🔥 2 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 0.51 | 5 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 97 | — |
| 9 | Dave Barr 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 51 | 🔥 4 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 0.78 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 58 | — |
| 10 | Tim Higgins 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 62 | 🔥 1 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 0.40 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 94 | — |
| 11 | Joe Murphy 🇨🇦 RW 20 | 50 | 🔥 1 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0.38 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — |
| 12 | Mel Bridgman 🇨🇦 C 32 | 57 | 🔥 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.30 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 13 | Joey Kocur 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 64 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.22 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 263 | — |
| 14 | Jim Nill 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 36 | 🧊 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.39 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 55 | — |
| 15 | Dale Krentz 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 6 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — |
| 16 | Steve Martinson 🇺🇸 LW 30 | 10 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | — |
| 17 | Mark Kumpel 🇺🇸 RW 27 | 13 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 18 | Kris King 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 3 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 19 | Murray Eaves 🇨🇦 C 27 | 7 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 20 | Brent Fedyk 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 2 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 21 | Adam Graves 🇨🇦 LW 19 | 9 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| Team totals · 21 skaters | 80 | 276 | 366 | 642 | 8.03 | 60 | 1565 | 0 | 0 | 1563 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ▼ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glen Hanlon 🇨🇦 G 31 | 47 | 27 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 141 | 55:41 | |
| 2 | Greg Stefan 🇨🇦 G 27 | 33 | 20 | 2.91 | 0.000 | 0 | 96 | 56:07 | |
| 3 | Sam St. Laurent 🇨🇦 G 29 | 6 | 3 | 2.67 | 0.000 | 0 | 16 | 48:52 | |
| 4 | Darren Eliot 🇨🇦 G 26 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 9 | 32:35 |
81% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 84% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 30 |
|
+5 | 705 (84%) | Yzerman, Gallant, Probert, Chabot +26 |
| United States | 6 |
|
+1 | 74 (9%) | Norwood, O'connell, Zombo, Pavese +2 |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
+2 | 62 (7%) | Klima |
Steve Yzerman led the Detroit Red Wings in scoring in 1987-88 with 102 points — 50 goals and 52 assists in 64 games. Next came Gerard Gallant (73) and Petr Klima (62).
Steve Yzerman scored 50 goals for the Detroit Red Wings in 1987-88, 10 of them on the power play.
The Detroit Red Wings dressed 37 players in 1987-88: 33 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 322 goals.
Glen Hanlon played the most games in goal for the Detroit Red Wings in 1987-88: 47 games, 27 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.00 goals against average. Greg Stefan was the backup, in 33 games.
The average age was 25.8 years. Adam Graves was the youngest at 19, and Dave Lewis the oldest at 34.
The Detroit Red Wings used 37 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 30 in Canada, 6 in the United States and 1 in Czechia. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 81% on this roster.