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The 1988 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Mike Modano	Centre	United States	Minnesota North Stars	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	Trevor Linden	Centre/Right wing		Vancouver Canucks	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
3	Curtis Leschyshyn	Defence		Quebec Nordiques	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4	Darrin Shannon	Left wing		Pittsburgh Penguins	Windsor Spitfires (OHL))
5	Daniel Doré	Right wing		Quebec Nordiques	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
6	Scott Pearson	Left wing		Toronto Maple Leafs	Kingston Canadians (OHL)
7	Martin Gélinas	Left wing		Los Angeles Kings	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
8	Jeremy Roenick	Centre	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	Thayer Academy (USHS)
9	Rod Brind'Amour	Centre/Right wing		St. Louis Blues	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
10	Teemu Selänne	Right wing	Finland	Winnipeg Jets	Jokerit (FIN)
11	Chris Govedaris	Left wing		Hartford Whalers	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
12	Corey Foster	Defence		New Jersey Devils	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
13	Joel Savage	Right wing		Buffalo Sabres	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
14	Claude Boivin	Left wing		Philadelphia Flyers	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
15	Reggie Savage	Right wing		Washington Capitals	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
16	Kevin Cheveldayoff	Defence		New York Islanders	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
17	Kory Kocur	Right wing		Detroit Red Wings	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
18	Robert Cimetta	Left wing		Boston Bruins	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
19	François Leroux	Defence		Edmonton Oilers	Saint-Jean Castors (QMJHL)
20	Éric Charron	Defence		Montreal Canadiens	Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
21	Jason Muzzatti	Goaltender		Calgary Flames	Michigan State University (NCAA)
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Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
22	Troy Mallette	Left wing		New York Rangers	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
23	Jeff Christian	Left wing		New Jersey Devils	London Knights (OHL)
24	Stéphane Fiset	Goaltender		Quebec Nordiques	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
25	Mark Major	Left wing		Pittsburgh Penguins	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
26	Murray Duval	Defence		New York Rangers	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
27	Tie Domi	Right wing		Toronto Maple Leafs	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
28	Paul Holden	Defence		Los Angeles Kings	London Knights (OHL)
29	Wayne Doucet	Left wing		New York Islanders	Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
30	Adrien Plavsic	Defence		St. Louis Blues	University of New Hampshire (NCAA)
31	Russ Romaniuk	Left wing		Winnipeg Jets	St. Boniface Saints (MJHL)
32	Barry Richter	Defence	United States	Hartford Whalers	Culver Military Academy
33	Leif Rohlin	--	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	VIK (Sweden)
34	Martin St. Amour	Left wing		Montreal Canadiens	Verdun Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
35	Pat Murray	Left wing		Philadelphia Flyers	Michigan State University (NCAA)
36	Tim Taylor	Centre		Washington Capitals	London Knights (OHL)
37	Sean LeBrun	Left wing		New York Islanders	New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
38	Serge Anglehart	Defence		Detroit Red Wings	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
39	Petro Koivunen	Right wing	Finland	Edmonton Oilers	Kiekko-Espoo (SM-liiga)
40	Link Gaetz	Defence		Minnesota North Stars	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
41	Wade Bartley	Defence		Washington Capitals	Dauphin Kings (MJHL)
42	Todd Harkins	Centre	United States	Calgary Flames	Miami University (NCAA)
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Subsequent rounds

• 44 Dane Jackson - VAN
• 55 Darcy Loewen - BUF
• 60 Steve Heinze - BOS
• 67 Mark Recchi - PIT (NHL All-Star)
• 68 Tony Amonte - NYR (NHL All-Star)
• 70 Rob Blake - LA (NHL All-Star)
• 76 Keith Carney - BUF
• 81 Joé Juneau - BOS
• 89 Alexander Mogilny - BUF (NHL All-Star)
• 93 Peter Popovic - MTL
• 97 Rob Ray - BUF
• 109 Micah Aivazoff - LA
• 120 Dmitri Khristich - WSH (NHL All-Star)
• 128 Dixon Ward - VAN
• 129 Valeri Kamensky - QUE (NHL All-Star)
• 141 Keith Jones - WAS
• 163 Marty McInnis - NYI
• 166 Shjon Podein - EDM
• 167 Sean Hill - MTL
• 198 Bret Hedican - STL
• 234 Claude Lapointe - QUE