The Montreal Canadiens fell short 22 times in 1987-88.

	TEAM	L	SEASON	GP	W	T	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	22	1987-88	80	45	13	103	.644	298	238	60	15.9	83.8	29.96	12.4	28.78	.897
2	Maple Leafs	49	1987-88	80	21	10	52	.325	273	345	-72	15.6	77.9	30.14	11.3	33.99	.873
3	Bruins	30	1987-88	80	44	6	94	.588	300	251	49	16.6	83.5	32.41	11.6	27.20	.885
4	Rangers	34	1987-88	80	36	10	82	.513	300	283	17	22.6	80.6	31.76	11.8	30.48	.884
5	Blackhawks	41	1987-88	80	30	9	69	.431	284	328	-44	23.0	80.2	29.34	12.1	35.67	.885
6	Red Wings	28	1987-88	80	41	11	93	.581	322	269	53	18.8	83.9	28.19	14.3	30.24	.889
7	Kings	42	1987-88	80	30	8	68	.425	318	359	-41	21.7	77.4	30.75	12.9	32.11	.860
8	North Stars	48	1987-88	80	19	13	51	.319	242	349	-107	18.0	75.2	30.99	9.8	33.44	.870
9	Flyers	33	1987-88	80	38	9	85	.531	292	292	0	18.0	81.1	31.03	11.8	30.55	.881
10	Penguins	35	1987-88	80	36	9	81	.506	319	316	3	22.0	76.4	31.30	12.7	31.05	.873
11	Blues	38	1987-88	80	34	8	76	.475	278	294	-16	19.9	79.4	28.56	12.2	30.31	.879
12	Sabres	32	1987-88	80	37	11	85	.531	283	305	-22	17.2	78.1	29.88	11.8	32.21	.882
13	Canucks	46	1987-88	80	25	9	59	.369	272	320	-48	18.6	79.5	28.76	11.8	30.46	.869
14	Flames	23	1987-88	80	48	9	105	.656	397	305	92	28.5	80.4	33.33	14.9	29.65	.871
15	Islanders	31	1987-88	80	39	10	88	.550	308	267	41	22.5	77.4	30.21	12.7	31.61	.894
16	Devils	36	1987-88	80	38	6	82	.513	295	296	-1	20.4	78.4	29.95	12.3	28.00	.868
17	Capitals	33	1987-88	80	38	9	85	.531	281	249	32	20.0	81.0	30.76	11.4	27.83	.888
18	Oilers	25	1987-88	80	44	11	99	.619	363	288	75	21.9	80.8	29.26	15.5	29.55	.878
19	Whalers	38	1987-88	80	35	7	77	.481	249	267	-18	17.6	84.3	31.49	9.9	27.33	.878
20	Nordiques	43	1987-88	80	32	5	69	.431	271	306	-35	21.7	76.6	29.88	11.3	29.04	.868
21	Jets	36	1987-88	80	33	11	77	.481	292	310	-18	25.5	78.8	31.39	11.6	29.84	.870