The New York Islanders used 23 players in the 1987-88 playoffs, with a 2-4-0 record. Pat LaFontaine led the team with 9 points (4 goals, 5 assists) in 6 games. Kelly Hrudey played the most games in goal (6).
| # | 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 | Pat LaFontaine 🇺🇸 C 23 | 6 | 🔥 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.50 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 2 | Mikko Makela 🇫🇮 RW 23 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.83 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Denis Potvin 🇨🇦 D 34 | 5 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1.00 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 4 | Brad Lauer 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 5 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.80 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 5 | Tomas Jonsson 🇸🇪 D 27 | 5 | 🔥 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.80 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 6 | Brent Sutter 🇨🇦 C 25 | 6 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 7 | Derek King 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 5 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 8 | Jeff Norton 🇺🇸 D 22 | 3 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 9 | Alan Kerr 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 6 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 10 | Randy Wood 🇺🇸 RW 24 | 5 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 11 | Dale Henry 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 6 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — |
| 12 | Gerald Diduck 🇨🇦 D 22 | 6 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 13 | Steve Konroyd 🇨🇦 D 27 | 6 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 14 | Bob Bassen 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 6 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 15 | Ken Leiter 🇺🇸 D 26 | 4 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 16 | Richard Kromm 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — |
| 17 | Brad Dalgarno 🇨🇦 RW 20 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 18 | Bryan Trottier 🇨🇦 C 31 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 19 | Ken Morrow 🇺🇸 D 31 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 20 | Greg Gilbert 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 21 | Mick Vukota 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 22 | Jeff Finley 🇨🇦 D 20 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 22 skaters | 6 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 6.83 | 5 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| # | 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 | Kelly Hrudey 🇨🇦 G 27 | 6 | 2 | 3.83 | 0.000 | 0 | 23 | 63:17 |
70% of this roster was born in Canada, against 75% across the league. The team leans on United States: 22% of its players, against 15% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 46% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 16 |
|
-5 | 19 (46%) | Potvin, Lauer, Sutter, King +12 |
| United States | 5 |
|
+7 | 13 (32%) | LaFontaine, Norton, Wood, Leiter +1 |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+3 | 5 (12%) | Makela |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
even | 4 (10%) | Jonsson |
Pat LaFontaine led the New York Islanders in scoring in the 1987-88 playoffs with 9 points — 4 goals and 5 assists in 6 games. Next came Mikko Makela (5) and Denis Potvin (5).
Pat LaFontaine scored 4 goals for the New York Islanders in the 1987-88 playoffs, 1 of them on the power play.
The New York Islanders dressed 23 players in the 1987-88 playoffs: 22 skaters and 1 goalies. Together the skaters scored 18 goals.
Kelly Hrudey played the most games in goal for the New York Islanders in the 1987-88 playoffs: 6 games, 2 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.83 goals against average.
The average age was 24.5 years. Brad Dalgarno was the youngest at 20, and Denis Potvin the oldest at 34.
The New York Islanders used 23 players in the 1987-88 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 16 in Canada, 5 in the United States and 1 in Finland. The other 1 came from Sweden. League-wide that season, 75% of players were born in Canada, against 70% on this roster.