The New York Rangers used 45 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 41-33-6 record. Walt Poddubny led the team with 88 points (38 goals, 50 assists) in 77 games. John Vanbiesbrouck played the most games in goal (56).
| # | 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 | James Patrick 🇨🇦 D 24 | 70 | 🧊 1 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 0.89 | 9 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 52 | — |
| 2 | Michel Petit 🇨🇦 D 24 | 64 | 🔥 2 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 0.52 | 2 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 227 | — |
| 3 | David Shaw 🇨🇦 D 23 | 68 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 0.47 | 5 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — |
| 4 | Norm MacIver 🇨🇦 D 23 | 37 | 🔥 3 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0.65 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 5 | Jari Gronstrand 🇫🇮 D 25 | 62 | 🧊 8 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.23 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 63 | — |
| 6 | Brian Leetch 🇺🇸 D 20 | 17 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.82 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Ron Greschner 🇨🇦 D 33 | 52 | 🧊 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.12 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 82 | — |
| 8 | Mark Hardy 🇨🇭 D 29 | 19 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.21 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — |
| 9 | Dave Pichette 🇨🇦 D 28 | 6 | 🔥 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Willie Huber 🇩🇪 D 30 | 11 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.36 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 11 | Bruce Bell 🇨🇦 D 23 | 13 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 12 | Mark Tinordi 🇨🇦 D 21 | 26 | 🧊 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 50 | — |
| 13 | Jim Pavese 🇺🇸 D 25 | 14 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 48 | — |
| 14 | Paul Boutilier 🇨🇦 D 24 | 4 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 15 | Larry Melnyk 🇨🇦 D 28 | 14 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 16 | Scott Smith 🇺🇸 D 25 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Rudy Poeschek 🇨🇦 D 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 18 | Curt Giles 🇨🇦 D 29 | 13 | 🧊 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| Team totals · 18 skaters | 80 | 54 | 152 | 206 | 2.58 | 22 | 775 | 0 | 0 | 741 |
| # | 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 | John Vanbiesbrouck 🇺🇸 G 24 | 56 | 30 | 3.34 | 0.000 | 0 | 187 | 59:11 | |
| 2 | Bob Froese 🇨🇦 G 29 | 25 | 10 | 3.40 | 0.000 | 0 | 85 | 57:36 | |
| 3 | Ron Scott 🇨🇦 G 27 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 6 | 44:53 |
69% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 69% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 31 |
|
-7 | 568 (69%) | Poddubny, Kisio, Dionne, Patrick +27 |
| United States | 8 |
|
+3 | 83 (10%) | Mullen, Leetch, Nilan, Donnelly +4 |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+2 | 82 (10%) | Sandstrom, Gronstrand |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+1 | 78 (10%) | Dahlen, Erixon |
| Switzerland | 1 |
|
+2 | 4 (0%) | Hardy |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+1 | 4 (0%) | Huber |
Walt Poddubny led the New York Rangers in scoring in 1987-88 with 88 points — 38 goals and 50 assists in 77 games. Next came Kelly Kisio (78) and Tomas Sandstrom (68).
Walt Poddubny scored 38 goals for the New York Rangers in 1987-88, 13 of them on the power play.
The New York Rangers dressed 45 players in 1987-88: 42 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 300 goals.
John Vanbiesbrouck played the most games in goal for the New York Rangers in 1987-88: 56 games, 30 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.34 goals against average. Bob Froese was the backup, in 25 games.
The average age was 25.8 years. Mark Janssens was the youngest at 19, and Marcel Dionne the oldest at 36.
The New York Rangers used 45 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 31 in Canada, 8 in the United States and 2 in Finland. The other 4 came from Sweden, Switzerland and Germany. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 69% on this roster.