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Regular season and playoffsWIN

Dave Ellett's 1987-1988 season

Points
58
NHL#86
Goals
13
NHL#161
Assists
45
NHL#38
Plus/minus
-8
NHL#532
Games
68
85%
85% of 80

Defenceman Dave Ellett was 23 years old when the 1987-1988 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Winnipeg Jets. He played 68 of a possible 80 games and scored 13 goals and 45 assists for 58 points, 0.85 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 3 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1987-1988Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dave Ellett plays the 1987-1988 season for Winnipeg Jets

    Dave was 23 years old when the 1987-1988 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WIN5–1CGY
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY2–3WIN
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN5–2MNS
      W
      game 3/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WIN4–6CHI
      L
      game 4/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -3+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN2–6STL
      L
      game 5/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–4WIN
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–1WIN
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET5–1WIN
      L
      game 8/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-7SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3WIN
      W
      game 9/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • November 1987
    • The game
      VAN3–7WIN
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-5SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN3–7TOR
      L
      game 11/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI3–6WIN
      W
      game 12/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      VAN1–3WIN
      W
      game 13/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Dave Ellett reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Vancouver Canucks · November 8

    • The game
      CGY3–4WIN
      W
      game 14/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WIN1–1NJD
      game 15/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN3–7NYI
      L
      game 16/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      WIN4–6NYR
      L
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3WIN
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–3WIN
      L
      game 19/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      EDM3–4WIN
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      21
      points
      NHL#42
      4
      goals
      NHL#130
      17
      assists
      NHL#16
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#159
      WIN
      10-9-0W-L-OT21Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN8–10DET
      L
      game 21/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN3–5BOS
      L
      game 22/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL7–3WIN
      L
      game 23/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1987
    • The game
      WIN7–6LAK
      W
      game 24/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-7SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN5–4LAK
      W
      game 25/801
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-4SOG3PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      WIN0–2EDM
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-8SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–3WIN
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–3WIN
      L
      game 28/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WIN4–5CGY
      L
      game 29/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WIN5–5EDM
      game 30/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–4WIN
      W
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5WIN
      W
      game 32/801
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      MNS4–5WIN
      W
      game 33/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN5–2LAK
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–6LAK
      L
      game 35/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN1–2VAN
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–4WIN
      game 37/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-5SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–6CGY
      L
      game 38/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–4WIN
      game 39/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–4WIN
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      36
      points
      NHL#63
      6
      goals
      NHL#174
      30
      assists
      NHL#18
      -19
      +/-
      NHL#201
      WIN
      17-18-0W-L-OT39Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN5–3VAN
      W
      game 41/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN2–8VAN
      L
      game 42/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–4EDM
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN6–5WIN
      L
      game 44/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      STL0–3WIN
      W
      game 45/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–5WIN
      W
      game 46/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–1WIN
      L
      game 47/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–2WSH
      W
      game 48/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–1PIT
      W
      game 49/802
      His night
      No points
      +4+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–4PHI
      L
      game 50/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–4BUF
      game 51/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • February 1988
    • The game
      CGY0–9WIN
      W
      game 52/803
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +5+/-1SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      CHI1–1WIN
      game 53/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WIN8–8MNS
      game 54/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF5–7WIN
      W
      game 55/803
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      QUE2–3WIN
      W
      game 56/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP
      +2 points
    • The game
      WIN7–3QUE
      W
      game 57/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      WIN3–4HFD
      L
      game 58/803
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH6–0WIN
      L
      game 59/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–3WIN
      L
      game 60/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -2+/-6SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 80
      55
      points
      NHL#52
      12
      goals
      NHL#135
      43
      assists
      NHL#19
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#169
      WIN
      26-25-0W-L-OT61Points
      Playoff spot
      10th in the whole NHL
    Milestone

    Dave Ellett reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Edmonton Oilers · February 21

    • The game
      WIN4–3PIT
      W
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–1NJD
      W
      game 62/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WIN0–6MTL
      L
      game 63/804
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • March 1988
    • The game
      VAN3–4WIN
      W
      game 66/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN10–1TOR
      W
      game 67/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN3–2VAN
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-5SOG
    • April 1988
    • The game
      NYR6–6WIN
      game 79/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL4–5WIN
      W
      game 80/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Dave Ellett closes the 1987-1988 season with 58 points

    Points
    58
    NHL#86
    Games
    68of 80
    85%
    Goals
    13
    NHL#161
    Assists
    45
    NHL#38
    P/GP
    0.85
    NHL#79
    +/-
    -8
    NHL#532
    Events
    58
    career best in points
    45
    career best in assists
    250
    NHL games
    100
    career assists
    50
    career goals
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 11 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Winnipeg Jets are in the playoffs

    First round

    Winnipeg Jets meet Edmonton Oilers

    WINvsEDM
    Swedes on Winnipeg Jets
    Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      WIN4–7EDM
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • Edmonton Oilerslead1–0againstWinnipeg Jets
    • Game 2
      WIN2–3EDM
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Edmonton Oilerslead2–0againstWinnipeg Jets
    • Game 3
      EDM4–6WIN
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • Edmonton Oilerslead2–1againstWinnipeg Jets
    • Game 4
      EDM5–3WIN
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Edmonton Oilerslead3–1againstWinnipeg Jets
    • Game 5
      WIN2–6EDM
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    First round

    Edmonton Oilers knock Winnipeg Jets out 4–1

    WIN1–4EDM
    Eliminated
    5Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Dave Ellett ends the 1987-1988 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#162
    Games
    5
    Goals
    1
    NHL#134
    Assists
    2
    NHL#145
    P/GP
    0.60
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#327
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    EDM1–4