The Edmonton Oilers used 22 players in the 1987-88 playoffs, with a 16-2-0 record. Wayne Gretzky led the team with 41 points (12 goals, 29 assists) in 18 games. Grant Fuhr played the most games in goal (18).
| # | 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 | Wayne Gretzky 🇨🇦 C 27 | 18 | 🔥 16 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 2.28 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 2 | Mark Messier 🇨🇦 C 27 | 18 | 🧊 1 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 1.83 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — |
| 3 | Jari Kurri 🇫🇮 RW 27 | 18 | 🔥 1 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 1.72 | 5 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 4 | Esa Tikkanen 🇫🇮 LW 23 | 18 | 🔥 3 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 1.44 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 70 | — |
| 5 | Glenn Anderson 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 18 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 1.33 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 47 | — |
| 6 | Craig Simpson 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 18 | 🔥 2 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1.00 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 7 | Steve Smith 🇬🇧 D 24 | 18 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.61 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 53 | — |
| 8 | Mike Krushelnyski 🇨🇦 C 27 | 18 | 🔥 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.56 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 9 | Charlie Huddy 🇨🇦 D 28 | 13 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.69 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 10 | Randy Gregg 🇨🇦 D 32 | 18 | 🔥 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.50 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 11 | Kevin McClelland 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 18 | 🔥 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.28 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 68 | — |
| 12 | Normand Lacombe 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 18 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 13 | Geoff Courtnall 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 18 | 🧊 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.17 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 14 | Craig Muni 🇨🇦 D 25 | 18 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — |
| 15 | Marty McSorley 🇨🇦 D 24 | 15 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 65 | — |
| 16 | Keith Acton 🇨🇦 C 29 | 6 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 17 | Dave Hannan 🇨🇦 C 26 | 12 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 18 | Kevin Lowe 🇨🇦 D 28 | 18 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 19 | Craig MacTavish 🇨🇦 C 29 | 18 | 🧊 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — |
| 20 | Jim Wiemer 🇨🇦 D 27 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 21 | Jeff Beukeboom 🇨🇦 D 23 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| Team totals · 21 skaters | 18 | 84 | 152 | 236 | 13.11 | 30 | 494 | 0 | 0 | 605 |
| # | 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 | Grant Fuhr 🇨🇦 G 25 | 18 | 16 | 2.89 | 0.000 | 0 | 52 | 61:02 |
86% of this roster was born in Canada, against 75% across the league. The team leans on Finland: 9% of its players, against 1% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 71% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 19 |
|
+11 | 168 (71%) | Gretzky, Messier, Anderson, Simpson +15 |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+8 | 57 (24%) | Kurri, Tikkanen |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
|
+4 | 11 (5%) | Smith |
Wayne Gretzky led the Edmonton Oilers in scoring in the 1987-88 playoffs with 41 points — 12 goals and 29 assists in 18 games. Next came Mark Messier (33) and Jari Kurri (31).
Jari Kurri scored 14 goals for the Edmonton Oilers in the 1987-88 playoffs, 5 of them on the power play.
The Edmonton Oilers dressed 22 players in the 1987-88 playoffs: 21 skaters and 1 goalies. Together the skaters scored 84 goals.
Grant Fuhr played the most games in goal for the Edmonton Oilers in the 1987-88 playoffs: 18 games, 16 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.89 goals against average.
The average age was 26.0 years. Craig Simpson was the youngest at 21, and Randy Gregg the oldest at 32.
The Edmonton Oilers used 22 players in the 1987-88 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 19 in Canada, 2 in Finland and 1 in the United Kingdom. League-wide that season, 75% of players were born in Canada, against 86% on this roster.