The Pittsburgh Penguins used 47 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 39-33-8 record. Mario Lemieux led the team with 168 points (70 goals, 98 assists) in 77 games. Gilles Meloche played the most games in goal (27).
| # | 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 | Mario Lemieux 🇨🇦 C 22 | 77 | 🔥 3 | 70 | 98 | 168 | 2.18 | 22 | 382 | 0 | 0 | 92 | — |
| 2 | Dan Quinn 🇨🇦 C 22 | 70 | 🔥 3 | 40 | 39 | 79 | 1.13 | 21 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 50 | — |
| 3 | Randy Cunneyworth 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 71 | 🧊 1 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 1.04 | 14 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 141 | — |
| 4 | Paul Coffey 🇨🇦 D 26 | 46 | 🔥 3 | 15 | 52 | 67 | 1.46 | 6 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 93 | — |
| 5 | Doug Bodger 🇨🇦 D 21 | 69 | 🔥 3 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 0.65 | 13 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 103 | — |
| 6 | Rob Brown 🇨🇦 RW 19 | 51 | 🧊 5 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 0.86 | 13 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 56 | — |
| 7 | Dave Hunter 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 59 | 🔥 1 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 0.49 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 77 | — |
| 8 | Charlie Simmer 🇨🇦 LW 34 | 50 | 🧊 5 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 0.56 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 9 | Jock Callander 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 41 | 🧊 2 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 0.66 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| 10 | Craig Simpson 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 21 | 🔥 4 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 1.24 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 11 | Ville Siren 🇫🇮 D 24 | 58 | 🧊 11 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 0.36 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 12 | Dave Mcllwain 🇨🇦 C 20 | 66 | 🧊 10 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 0.29 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 13 | Troy Loney 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 65 | 🧊 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0.28 | 1 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 151 | — |
| 14 | Phil Bourque 🇺🇸 LW 25 | 21 | 🧊 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.76 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 15 | Dan Frawley 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 47 | 🧊 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0.30 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 152 | — |
| 16 | Randy Hillier 🇨🇦 D 28 | 55 | 🧊 9 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0.24 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 144 | — |
| 17 | Jim Johnson 🇺🇸 D 25 | 55 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0.24 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 87 | — |
| 18 | Rod Buskas 🇨🇦 D 27 | 76 | 🧊 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.16 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 206 | — |
| 19 | Steve Gotaas 🇨🇦 C 20 | 37 | 🧊 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| 20 | Zarley Zalapski 🇨🇦 D 19 | 15 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.73 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| 21 | Moe Mantha 🇺🇸 D 27 | 21 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.48 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 22 | Chris Dahlquist 🇺🇸 D 25 | 44 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.20 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 69 | — |
| 23 | Bob Errey 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 17 | 🔥 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.53 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 24 | Mark Kachowski 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 39 | 🧊 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 126 | — |
| 25 | Wilf Paiement 🇨🇦 RW 32 | 23 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.35 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 39 | — |
| 26 | Chris Kontos 🇨🇦 C 24 | 36 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 27 | Kevin Stevens 🇺🇸 LW 22 | 16 | 🧊 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.44 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 28 | Dave Hannan 🇨🇦 C 26 | 21 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.33 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 29 | Perry Ganchar 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 30 | 🧊 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.23 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 30 | Dwight Mathiasen 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 23 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.26 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 31 | Bryan Erickson 🇺🇸 C 28 | 11 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.45 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Wayne Van Dorp 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 27 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 75 | — |
| 33 | Chris Joseph 🇨🇦 D 18 | 17 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 34 | Norm Schmidt 🇨🇦 D 25 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 35 | Todd Charlesworth 🇨🇦 D 23 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 36 | Brad Aitken 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 6 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 37 | Lee Giffin 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 19 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — |
| 38 | Kenneth Gruhl 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 6 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 39 | Dave Goertz 🇨🇦 D 23 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 40 | Warren Young 🇨🇦 C 32 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 41 | Jimmy Mann 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 11 | 🧊 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | — |
| 42 | Patrick Mayer 🇺🇸 D 26 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 43 | Risto Kurkinen 🇫🇮 LW 25 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 43 skaters | 80 | 319 | 518 | 837 | 10.46 | 110 | 2504 | 0 | 0 | 2169 |
| # | 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 | Gilles Meloche 🇨🇦 G 37 | 27 | 10 | 3.52 | 0.000 | 0 | 95 | 51:29 | |
| 2 | Pat Riggin 🇨🇦 G 28 | 22 | 10 | 3.45 | 0.000 | 0 | 76 | 53:07 | |
| 3 | Frank Pietrangelo 🇨🇦 G 23 | 21 | 9 | 3.81 | 0.000 | 0 | 80 | 57:16 | |
| 4 | Steve Guenette 🇨🇦 G 22 | 19 | 12 | 3.21 | 0.000 | 0 | 61 | 57:25 |
81% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 90% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 38 |
|
+5 | 756 (90%) | Lemieux, Quinn, Cunneyworth, Coffey +34 |
| United States | 7 |
|
even | 60 (7%) | Bourque, Johnson, Mantha, Dahlquist +3 |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+2 | 21 (3%) | Siren, Kurkinen |
Mario Lemieux led the Pittsburgh Penguins in scoring in 1987-88 with 168 points — 70 goals and 98 assists in 77 games. Next came Dan Quinn (79) and Randy Cunneyworth (74).
Mario Lemieux scored 70 goals for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1987-88, 22 of them on the power play.
The Pittsburgh Penguins dressed 47 players in 1987-88: 43 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 319 goals.
Gilles Meloche played the most games in goal for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1987-88: 27 games, 10 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.52 goals against average. Pat Riggin was the backup, in 22 games.
The average age was 24.8 years. Chris Joseph was the youngest at 18, and Gilles Meloche the oldest at 37.
The Pittsburgh Penguins used 47 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 38 in Canada, 7 in the United States and 2 in Finland. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 81% on this roster.