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Ken Morrow's 1987-1988 season

Points
5
NHL#460
Goals
1
NHL#464
Assists
4
NHL#445
Plus/minus
0
NHL#265
Games
53
66%
66% of 80

Defenceman Ken Morrow was 30 years old when the 1987-1988 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 53 of a possible 80 games and scored 1 goals and 4 assists for 5 points, 0.09 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 0 points.

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

1987-1988Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ken Morrow plays the 1987-1988 season for New York Islanders

    Ken was 30 years old when the 1987-1988 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI4–1LAK
      W
      game 1/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI7–1VAN
      W
      game 2/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI6–0PHI
      W
      game 3/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–3NYI
      L
      game 4/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGY4–5NYI
      W
      game 5/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–5NJD
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–4NYI
      game 8/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5TOR
      L
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1987
    • The game
      NJD3–6NYI
      W
      game 12/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–2NYI
      L
      game 13/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4NYI
      W
      game 14/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–4NYI
      W
      game 15/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–3STL
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN3–7NYI
      W
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5MTL
      L
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–4PHI
      W
      game 20/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8016 of 20 played
      3
      points
      NHL#334
      1
      goals
      NHL#262
      2
      assists
      NHL#309
      +3
      +/-
      NHL#42
      NYI
      14-5-0W-L-OT29Points
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–3NYI
      L
      game 21/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5NYI
      W
      game 22/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–3NYR
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • December 1987
    • The game
      NYI4–6PIT
      L
      game 27/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–4PHI
      L
      game 30/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–4NYI
      L
      game 31/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5WIN
      L
      game 32/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–7CHI
      L
      game 33/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–2NYI
      W
      game 34/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–6NJD
      L
      game 35/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3NYI
      game 36/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–3NYI
      game 38/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–5EDM
      L
      game 40/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8029 of 40 played
      3
      points
      NHL#418
      1
      goals
      NHL#362
      2
      assists
      NHL#407
      +3
      +/-
      NHL#60
      NYI
      20-16-0W-L-OT44Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI5–5PIT
      game 41/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE5–8NYI
      W
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–4NYI
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5BUF
      L
      game 44/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–4NYI
      L
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–4HFD
      L
      game 46/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2MNS
      L
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2BUF
      W
      game 49/803
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    Milestone

    Ken Morrow reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · January 29

    • The game
      MTL6–2NYI
      L
      game 50/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • February 1988
    • The game
      NYR2–2NYI
      game 51/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–2WSH
      W
      game 52/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–6NYI
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Ken Morrow reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · February 6

    • The game
      NYI3–4TOR
      L
      game 54/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–6WSH
      L
      game 55/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–4NYR
      game 56/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3PHI
      game 58/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8045 of 60 played
      4
      points
      NHL#439
      1
      goals
      NHL#420
      3
      assists
      NHL#418
      -4
      +/-
      NHL#144
      NYI
      29-23-0W-L-OT66Points
      Playoff spot
      7th in the whole NHL
    • March 1988
    • The game
      NYI6–0WIN
      W
      game 73/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–1MNS
      W
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–2LAK
      W
      game 75/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–5NYI
      W
      game 76/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–5NYI
      W
      game 77/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–7NYI
      W
      game 78/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • April 1988
    • The game
      NYI2–5NJD
      L
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3BOS
      L
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Ken Morrow closes the 1987-1988 season with 5 points

    Points
    5
    NHL#460
    Games
    53of 80
    66%
    Goals
    1
    NHL#464
    Assists
    4
    NHL#445
    P/GP
    0.09
    NHL#427
    +/-
    0
    NHL#265
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    100
    career points
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Islanders meet New Jersey Devils

    NYIvsNJD
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    • Game 1
      NJD3–4NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 2
      NJD3–2NYI
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Islandersare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 3
      NYI0–3NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      NYI5–4NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • New York Islandersare2–2withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      NJD4–2NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–2againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 6
      NYI5–6NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    First round

    New Jersey Devils knock New York Islanders out 4–2

    NYI2–4NJD
    Eliminated
    6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Ken Morrow ends the 1987-1988 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#279
    Games
    6
    Goals
    0
    NHL#209
    Assists
    0
    NHL#248
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#248
    NJD2–4