The Montréal Canadiens used 31 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 52-20-8 record. Bobby Smith led the team with 93 points (27 goals, 66 assists) in 78 games. Patrick Roy played the most games in goal (45).
| # | 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 | Bobby Smith 🇨🇦 C 30 | 78 | 🔥 6 | 27 | 66 | 93 | 1.19 | 8 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 78 | — |
| 2 | Mats Naslund 🇸🇪 LW 28 | 78 | 🔥 1 | 24 | 59 | 83 | 1.06 | 4 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 3 | Stephane Richer 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 72 | 🔥 2 | 50 | 28 | 78 | 1.08 | 16 | 263 | 0 | 0 | 72 | — |
| 4 | Claude Lemieux 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 78 | 🧊 1 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 0.78 | 6 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 137 | — |
| 5 | Chris Chelios 🇺🇸 D 26 | 71 | 🧊 1 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 0.86 | 10 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 172 | — |
| 6 | Mike Mcphee 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 77 | 🔥 2 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 0.56 | 0 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 53 | — |
| 7 | Larry Robinson 🇨🇦 D 36 | 53 | 🔥 7 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 0.75 | 2 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 8 | Shayne Corson 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 71 | 🔥 2 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 0.55 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 152 | — |
| 9 | Guy Carbonneau 🇨🇦 C 28 | 80 | 🧊 2 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 0.47 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 61 | — |
| 10 | Ryan Walter 🇨🇦 C 29 | 61 | 🔥 1 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 0.59 | 6 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 39 | — |
| 11 | Brian Skrudland 🇨🇦 C 24 | 79 | 🔥 1 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 0.46 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 112 | — |
| 12 | Petr Svoboda 🇨🇿 D 22 | 69 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 0.42 | 2 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 149 | — |
| 13 | Kjell Dahlin 🇸🇪 C 25 | 48 | 🧊 1 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0.52 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 14 | Bob Gainey 🇨🇦 LW 34 | 78 | 🧊 1 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0.28 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 15 | Sergio Momesso 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 53 | 🧊 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0.40 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 101 | — |
| 16 | Craig Ludwig 🇺🇸 D 27 | 74 | 🧊 9 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0.19 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 69 | — |
| 17 | Rick Green 🇨🇦 D 32 | 59 | 🔥 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.22 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — |
| 18 | Chris Nilan 🇺🇸 RW 30 | 50 | 🧊 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.24 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 209 | — |
| 19 | Gilles Thibaudeau 🇨🇦 C 25 | 17 | 🔥 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.65 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Mike Lalor 🇺🇸 D 25 | 66 | 🔥 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.17 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 113 | — |
| 21 | John Kordic 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 60 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.13 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 159 | — |
| 22 | Larry Trader 🇨🇦 D 24 | 30 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 23 | Serge Boisvert 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 5 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 24 | Jose Charbonneau 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 16 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.12 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 25 | Perry Ganchar 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Scott Sandelin 🇺🇸 D 23 | 10 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 27 | Gaston Gingras 🇨🇦 D 29 | 2 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 28 | Mathieu Schneider 🇺🇸 D 18 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 28 skaters | 80 | 298 | 489 | 787 | 9.84 | 63 | 2397 | 0 | 0 | 1806 |
| # | 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 | Brian Hayward 🇨🇦 G 27 | 39 | 27 | 2.74 | 0.000 | 0 | 107 | 57:35 | |
| 2 | Patrick Roy 🇨🇦 G 22 | 45 | 28 | 2.78 | 0.000 | 0 | 125 | 57:23 | |
| 3 | Vincent Riendeau 🇨🇦 G 21 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 5 | 36:25 |
71% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. The team leans on United States: 19% of its players, against 15% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 70% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 22 |
|
-5 | 551 (70%) | Smith, Richer, Lemieux, Mcphee +18 |
| United States | 6 |
|
+4 | 99 (13%) | Chelios, Ludwig, Nilan, Lalor +2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+3 | 108 (14%) | Naslund, Dahlin |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
+2 | 29 (4%) | Svoboda |
Bobby Smith led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in 1987-88 with 93 points — 27 goals and 66 assists in 78 games. Next came Mats Naslund (83) and Stephane Richer (78).
Stephane Richer scored 50 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 1987-88, 16 of them on the power play.
The Montréal Canadiens dressed 31 players in 1987-88: 28 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 298 goals.
Patrick Roy played the most games in goal for the Montréal Canadiens in 1987-88: 45 games, 28 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.78 goals against average. Brian Hayward was the backup, in 39 games.
The average age was 25.6 years. Mathieu Schneider was the youngest at 18, and Larry Robinson the oldest at 36.
The Montréal Canadiens used 31 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 22 in Canada, 6 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 1 came from Czechia. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 71% on this roster.