The New Jersey Devils used 32 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 43-34-3 record. Kirk Muller led the team with 94 points (37 goals, 57 assists) in 80 games. Alain Chevrier 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 | Kirk Muller 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 80 | 🔥 5 | 37 | 57 | 94 | 1.18 | 17 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 114 | — |
| 2 | Aaron Broten 🇺🇸 C 27 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 1.04 | 8 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 80 | — |
| 3 | Pat Verbeek 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 73 | 🔥 5 | 46 | 31 | 77 | 1.05 | 14 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 227 | — |
| 4 | Bruce Driver 🇨🇦 D 25 | 74 | 🔥 3 | 15 | 40 | 55 | 0.74 | 7 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 68 | — |
| 5 | Patrik Sundstrom 🇸🇪 C 26 | 78 | 🔥 4 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 0.65 | 9 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 6 | John MacLean 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 76 | 🔥 1 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 0.51 | 12 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 147 | — |
| 7 | Joe Cirella 🇨🇦 D 24 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 0.49 | 2 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 191 | — |
| 8 | Claude Loiselle 🇨🇦 C 24 | 68 | 🧊 1 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 0.51 | 3 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 121 | — |
| 9 | Tom Kurvers 🇺🇸 D 25 | 56 | 🧊 2 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 0.61 | 2 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
| 10 | Mark Johnson 🇺🇸 C 30 | 54 | 🔥 2 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 0.61 | 2 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 11 | Craig Wolanin 🇺🇸 D 20 | 78 | 🔥 1 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 0.40 | 1 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 170 | — |
| 12 | Doug Sulliman 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 59 | 🧊 1 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 0.51 | 8 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 13 | Brendan Shanahan 🇨🇦 LW 19 | 65 | 🧊 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 0.40 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 131 | — |
| 14 | Jack O'Callahan 🇺🇸 D 30 | 50 | 🧊 6 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 0.52 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 97 | — |
| 15 | Doug Brown 🇺🇸 RW 23 | 70 | 🧊 1 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 0.36 | 1 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 16 | Andy Brickley 🇺🇸 LW 26 | 45 | 🧊 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 0.49 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 17 | Jim Korn 🇺🇸 D 30 | 52 | 🧊 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0.40 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 140 | — |
| 18 | Ken Daneyko 🇨🇦 D 23 | 80 | 🔥 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.15 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 239 | — |
| 19 | Randy Velischek 🇨🇦 D 26 | 51 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.24 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 66 | — |
| 20 | Perry Anderson 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 60 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.17 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 222 | — |
| 21 | Pat Conacher 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 24 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 22 | David Maley 🇺🇸 LW 24 | 44 | 🧊 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.14 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 65 | — |
| 23 | George McPhee 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 5 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 24 | Gordon Mark 🇨🇦 D 23 | 19 | 🧊 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — |
| 25 | Anders Carlsson 🇸🇪 C 27 | 9 | 🧊 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Christopher Cichocki 🇺🇸 RW 24 | 5 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 27 | Murray Brumwell 🇨🇦 D 28 | 3 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 28 | Allan Stewart 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Dan Dorion 🇺🇸 C 25 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 29 skaters | 80 | 295 | 481 | 776 | 9.70 | 100 | 2396 | 0 | 0 | 2289 |
| # | 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 | Alain Chevrier 🇨🇦 G 26 | 45 | 23 | 3.29 | 0.000 | 0 | 148 | 52:14 | |
| 2 | Bob Sauve 🇨🇦 G 32 | 34 | 14 | 3.15 | 0.000 | 0 | 107 | 52:53 | |
| 3 | Sean Burke 🇨🇦 G 21 | 13 | 10 | 2.69 | 0.000 | 0 | 35 | 52:55 |
59% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. The team leans on United States: 34% of its players, against 15% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 57% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 19 |
|
-17 | 442 (57%) | Muller, Verbeek, Driver, Cirella +15 |
| United States | 11 |
|
+19 | 282 (36%) | Broten, Kurvers, Johnson, Wolanin +7 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+3 | 52 (7%) | Sundstrom, Carlsson |
Kirk Muller led the New Jersey Devils in scoring in 1987-88 with 94 points — 37 goals and 57 assists in 80 games. Next came Aaron Broten (83) and Pat Verbeek (77).
Pat Verbeek scored 46 goals for the New Jersey Devils in 1987-88, 14 of them on the power play.
The New Jersey Devils dressed 32 players in 1987-88: 29 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 295 goals.
Alain Chevrier played the most games in goal for the New Jersey Devils in 1987-88: 45 games, 23 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.29 goals against average. Bob Sauve was the backup, in 34 games.
The average age was 25.3 years. Brendan Shanahan was the youngest at 19, and Bob Sauve the oldest at 32.
The New Jersey Devils used 32 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 19 in Canada, 11 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 59% on this roster.