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Roland Melanson's 1987-1988 season

Wins
17
NHL#17
Save pct
.860
NHL#53
GAA
4.37
NHL#51
Shutouts
2
NHL#7
Games
47
58%
58% of 80

Goaltender Roland Melanson was 27 years old when the 1987-1988 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Los Angeles Kings. He played 47 games and won 17 of them, at .860. In the playoffs he played 1 game and won 0.

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

1987-1988Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Roland Melanson plays the 1987-1988 season for Los Angeles Kings

    LAKLos Angeles Kings

    Roland was 27 years old when the 1987-1988 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI4–1LAK
      L
      game 1/801
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–4LAK
      W
      game 2/801
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM9–2LAK
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      .708SV%
      17SV24SA7GA40:00TOIL
      .708
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–2LAK
      L
      game 5/80
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .826
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–4WIN
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      .915SV%
      43SV47SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .915
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–1WIN
      W
      game 8/801
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–4PIT
      game 9/80
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA65:00TOI
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK1–5BUF
      L
      game 11/801
      His night
      .833SV%
      25SV30SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • November 1987
    • The game
      LAK1–4PHI
      L
      game 12/803
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–5LAK
      W
      game 14/802
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM4–4LAK
      game 15/80
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA65:00TOI
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK7–10CGY
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      .722SV%
      26SV36SA10GA60:00TOIL
      .722
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE7–8LAK
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      .786SV%in relief
      11SV14SA3GA30:33TOIW
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–7PHI
      L
      game 19/803
      His night
      .837SV%
      36SV43SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .837
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK6–6TOR
      game 20/801
      His night
      .864SV%
      38SV44SA6GA65:00TOI
      .864
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8014 of 20 started
      4
      wins
      NHL#19
      .848
      SV%
      NHL#28
      4.8
      GAA
      NHL#28
      LAK
      5-12-0W-L-OT13Points
      21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY8–4LAK
      L
      game 23/801
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      5SV5SA0GA09:02TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–2LAK
      game 24/802
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA65:00TOI
      .926
      View the game
    • December 1987
    • The game
      WIN7–6LAK
      L
      game 25/801
      His night
      .583SV%in relief
      7SV12SA5GA28:29TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–10WSH
      L
      game 28/802
      His night
      .615SV%
      16SV26SA10GA60:00TOIL
      .615
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK6–3CGY
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–3LAK
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN5–2LAK
      L
      game 38/801
      His night
      .844SV%
      27SV32SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .844
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8019 of 40 started
      6
      wins
      NHL#26
      .845
      SV%
      NHL#30
      4.8
      GAA
      NHL#30
      LAK
      12-24-0W-L-OT28Points
      21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK6–3NJD
      W
      game 41/801
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–5CHI
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      .821SV%
      23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .821
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD4–3LAK
      L
      game 47/801
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .882
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–6LAK
      W
      game 48/803
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      10SV10SA0GA23:21TOIW
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–4CGY
      W
      game 49/801
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA60:42TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–5WIN
      L
      game 50/802
      His night
      .839SV%
      26SV31SA5GA59:17TOIL
      .839
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS0–5LAK
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      39SV39SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • February 1988
    • The game
      LAK2–5VAN
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–7LAK
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .946
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY5–2LAK
      L
      game 58/801
      His night
      .773SV%
      17SV22SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .773
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT7–5LAK
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      .774SV%
      24SV31SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .774
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8029 of 60 started
      11
      wins
      NHL#20
      .858
      SV%
      NHL#27
      4.4
      GAA
      NHL#26
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      LAK
      21-34-0W-L-OT47Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET6–1LAK
      L
      game 61/80
      His night
      .864SV%in relief
      19SV22SA3GA48:14TOI
      in relief
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    • The game
      LAK5–4MNS
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      .902SV%
      37SV41SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .902
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR0–3LAK
      W
      game 64/80
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      21SV21SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4LAK
      W
      game 65/802
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .912
      View the game
    • March 1988
    • The game
      LAK3–5EDM
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      .839SV%
      26SV31SA5GA58:37TOIL
      .839
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL7–6LAK
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      .821SV%
      32SV39SA7GA61:51TOIL
      .821
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–3BOS
      game 71/80
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA64:27TOI
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      STL6–7LAK
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      .846SV%
      33SV39SA6GA60:00TOIW
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–3LAK
      game 73/80
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA65:00TOI
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–5VAN
      L
      game 74/80
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .867
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–7LAK
      W
      game 75/80
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .862
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI6–2LAK
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      .806SV%
      25SV31SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .806
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY7–9LAK
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      .750SV%
      21SV28SA7GA60:00TOIW
      .750
      View the game
    • April 1988
    • The game
      LAK5–5EDM
      game 80/80
      His night
      .853SV%
      29SV34SA5GA65:00TOI
      .853
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Roland Melanson closes the 1987-1988 season with 17 wins

    LAKLos Angeles Kings
    Wins
    17
    Games
    47of 80
    59%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .860
    GAA
    4.37
    Starts
    42
    Events
    2
    career best in shutouts
    250
    NHL games
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Los Angeles Kings are in the playoffs

    First round

    Los Angeles Kings meet Calgary Flames

    LAKvsCGY
    Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Calgary Flames
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      LAK2–9CGY
      L
      1
      His night
      .820SV%
      41SV50SA9GA60:00TOIL
      .820
      View the game
    First round

    Calgary Flames knock Los Angeles Kings out 4–1

    LAK1–4CGY
    Eliminated
    1Games0Wins.820SV%9.0GAA
    The run in numbers

    Roland Melanson ends the 1987-1988 playoffs with 0 wins

    LAKLos Angeles Kings
    Wins
    0
    Games
    1
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .820
    GAA
    9.00
    Starts
    1
    CGY1–4