The New York Islanders used 34 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 43-31-6 record. Pat LaFontaine led the team with 92 points (47 goals, 45 assists) in 75 games. Kelly Hrudey 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 | Denis Potvin 🇨🇦 D 34 | 72 | 🧊 3 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 0.71 | 9 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 112 | — |
| 2 | Tomas Jonsson 🇸🇪 D 27 | 72 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 41 | 47 | 0.65 | 1 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 115 | — |
| 3 | Gerald Diduck 🇨🇦 D 22 | 68 | 🧊 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0.28 | 4 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 113 | — |
| 4 | Ken Leiter 🇺🇸 D 26 | 51 | 🧊 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0.33 | 1 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 5 | Steve Konroyd 🇨🇦 D 27 | 62 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 0.27 | 1 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 99 | — |
| 6 | Gord Dineen 🇨🇦 D 25 | 57 | 🧊 7 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.28 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 7 | Jeff Norton 🇺🇸 D 22 | 15 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.47 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 8 | Ken Morrow 🇺🇸 D 31 | 53 | 🧊 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.09 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 9 | Jeff Finley 🇨🇦 D 20 | 10 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.50 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 10 | Brian Curran 🇨🇦 D 24 | 22 | 🧊 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 68 | — |
| 11 | Todd Okerlund 🇺🇸 D 23 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 12 | Christopher Pryor 🇺🇸 D 27 | 1 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 12 skaters | 80 | 44 | 141 | 185 | 2.31 | 18 | 789 | 0 | 0 | 666 |
| # | 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 | Billy Smith 🇨🇦 G 37 | 38 | 20 | 2.97 | 0.000 | 0 | 113 | 55:24 | |
| 2 | Kelly Hrudey 🇨🇦 G 27 | 47 | 26 | 3.26 | 0.000 | 0 | 153 | 58:29 |
68% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. The team leans on United States: 24% of its players, against 15% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 65% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 23 |
|
-8 | 520 (65%) | Trottier, Sutter, Kerr, Potvin +19 |
| United States | 8 |
|
+9 | 159 (20%) | LaFontaine, Wood, Leiter, Norton +4 |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+4 | 76 (9%) | Makela, Haanpaa |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
even | 47 (6%) | Jonsson |
Pat LaFontaine led the New York Islanders in scoring in 1987-88 with 92 points — 47 goals and 45 assists in 75 games. Next came Bryan Trottier (82) and Mikko Makela (76).
Pat LaFontaine scored 47 goals for the New York Islanders in 1987-88, 15 of them on the power play.
The New York Islanders dressed 34 players in 1987-88: 32 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 308 goals.
Kelly Hrudey played the most games in goal for the New York Islanders in 1987-88: 47 games, 26 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.26 goals against average. Billy Smith was the backup, in 38 games.
The average age was 24.6 years. Todd McLellan was the youngest at 20, and Billy Smith the oldest at 37.
The New York Islanders used 34 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 23 in Canada, 8 in the United States and 2 in Finland. The other 1 came from Sweden. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 68% on this roster.