1985–86 Detroit Red Wings season

1985–86 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th Norris
1985–86 record	17–57–6
Goals for	266
Goals against	415
Team information
General manager	Jim Devellano
Coach	Harry Neale Brad Park
Captain	Danny Gare
Team leaders
Goals	John Ogrodnick (38)
Assists	Kelly Kisio (48)
Points	John Ogrodnick (70)
Penalty minutes	Joe Kocur (377)
Wins	Greg Stefan (10)
Goals against average	Greg Stefan (4.50)

The 1985–86 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 53rd season. The Wings finished 5th in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Chicago Black Hawks	80	39	33	8	351	349	86
Minnesota North Stars	80	38	33	9	327	305	85
St. Louis Blues	80	37	34	9	302	291	83
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	25	48	7	311	386	57
Detroit Red Wings	80	17	57	6	266	415	40

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 10, 1985	6–6 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	0–0–1
2	L	October 12, 1985	2–9	Boston Bruins (1985–86)	0–1–1
3	L	October 14, 1985	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	0–2–1
4	L	October 16, 1985	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	0–3–1
5	L	October 17, 1985	1–10	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	0–4–1
6	L	October 19, 1985	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	0–5–1
7	L	October 23, 1985	0–5	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	0–6–1
8	L	October 26, 1985	4–7	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	0–7–1
9	L	October 27, 1985	3–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	0–8–1
10	W	October 30, 1985	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	1–8–1
11	T	October 31, 1985	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	1–8–2
12	T	November 2, 1985	5–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	1–8–3
13	W	November 6, 1985	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	2–8–3
14	T	November 8, 1985	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	2–8–4
15	L	November 11, 1985	0–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	2–9–4
16	W	November 13, 1985	7–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	3–9–4
17	W	November 16, 1985	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	4–9–4
18	L	November 19, 1985	5–7	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	4–10–4
19	L	November 21, 1985	4–5 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	4–11–4
20	L	November 23, 1985	3–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	4–12–4
21	W	November 27, 1985	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	5–12–4
22	W	November 29, 1985	5–3	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	6–12–4
23	L	November 30, 1985	1–10	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	6–13–4
24	W	December 3, 1985	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	7–13–4
25	L	December 4, 1985	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	7–14–4
26	L	December 7, 1985	4–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	7–15–4
27	L	December 11, 1985	2–10	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	7–16–4
28	L	December 14, 1985	4–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	7–17–4
29	L	December 15, 1985	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	7–18–4
30	L	December 17, 1985	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	7–19–4
31	L	December 21, 1985	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	7–20–4
32	L	December 23, 1985	2–10	@ New York Rangers (1985–86)	7–21–4
33	L	December 26, 1985	4–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	7–22–4
34	W	December 28, 1985	5–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	8–22–4
35	L	December 29, 1985	2–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	8–23–4
36	L	December 31, 1985	4–5 OT	New York Islanders (1985–86)	8–24–4
37	T	January 2, 1986	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	8–24–5
38	L	January 4, 1986	2–7	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	8–25–5
39	W	January 5, 1986	6–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	9–25–5
40	L	January 7, 1986	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86)	9–26–5
41	L	January 10, 1986	4–9	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	9–27–5
42	L	January 11, 1986	2–8	@ New York Islanders (1985–86)	9–28–5
43	L	January 13, 1986	4–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	9–29–5
44	L	January 15, 1986	3–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	9–30–5
45	L	January 18, 1986	4–7	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	9–31–5
46	L	January 19, 1986	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	9–32–5
47	W	January 22, 1986	6–5 OT	Boston Bruins (1985–86)	10–32–5
48	L	January 23, 1986	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	10–33–5
49	L	January 25, 1986	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86)	10–34–5
50	W	January 28, 1986	7–0	Washington Capitals (1985–86)	11–34–5
51	L	January 31, 1986	4–6	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	11–35–5
52	L	February 1, 1986	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	11–36–5
53	W	February 6, 1986	4–3 OT	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	12–36–5
54	L	February 8, 1986	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	12–37–5
55	L	February 11, 1986	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	12–38–5
56	L	February 14, 1986	5–7	New York Rangers (1985–86)	12–39–5
57	L	February 16, 1986	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1985–86)	12–40–5
58	L	February 18, 1986	0–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	12–41–5
59	L	February 21, 1986	3–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	12–42–5
60	L	February 22, 1986	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1985–86)	12–43–5
61	L	February 25, 1986	3–4 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86)	12–44–5
62	L	February 28, 1986	3–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	12–45–5
63	W	March 1, 1986	6–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	13–45–5
64	L	March 3, 1986	5–8	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	13–46–5
65	W	March 5, 1986	8–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	14–46–5
66	L	March 6, 1986	2–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	14–47–5
67	T	March 9, 1986	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	14–47–6
68	W	March 12, 1986	3–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	15–47–6
69	L	March 14, 1986	3–12	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	15–48–6
70	L	March 16, 1986	0–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	15–49–6
71	L	March 18, 1986	4–6	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	15–50–6
72	L	March 20, 1986	2–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	15–51–6
73	W	March 22, 1986	8–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	16–51–6
74	L	March 25, 1986	2–7	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	16–52–6
75	L	March 26, 1986	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	16–53–6
76	L	March 29, 1986	4–5	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	16–54–6
77	L	April 1, 1986	0–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	16–55–6
78	L	April 2, 1986	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	16–56–6
79	L	April 5, 1986	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	16–57–6
80	W	April 6, 1986	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	17–57–6

Playoffs

• The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	LW	76	38	32	70	18	-30	15	1	2
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	C	76	21	48	69	85	-21	7	3	0
Larson, ReedReed Larson	D	67	19	41	60	109	-36	11	0	0
Klima, PetrPetr Klima	W	74	32	24	56	16	-39	8	0	4
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	67	19	29	48	26	-30	8	0	2
Young, WarrenWarren Young	C	79	22	24	46	161	-34	9	0	1
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	51	14	28	42	16	-24	3	0	3
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant	LW	52	20	19	39	106	-10	3	1	2
Smith, GregGreg Smith	D	62	5	19	24	84	-14	0	0	0
Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle	C	48	7	15	22	142	-27	2	0	1
Cichocki, ChrisChris Cichocki	RW	59	10	11	21	21	-8	1	1	0
Probert, BobBob Probert	LW	44	8	13	21	186	-14	3	0	0
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	C	38	9	11	20	10	-24	1	0	1
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	55	6	12	18	48	-13	1	1	0
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	78	5	13	18	196	-54	0	0	1
Gare, DannyDanny Gare	RW	57	7	9	16	102	-19	1	0	0
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur	RW	59	9	6	15	377	-24	2	0	0
Barrett, JohnJohn Barrett	D	65	2	12	14	125	-29	0	0	0
Leavins, JimJim Leavins	D	37	2	11	13	26	-23	1	0	0
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen	D	29	0	10	10	16	-8	0	0	0
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	13	1	7	8	16	-6	0	1	0
Carroll, BillyBilly Carroll	C	21	2	4	6	11	-8	0	0	0
Snepsts, HaroldHarold Snepsts	D	35	0	6	6	75	-7	0	0	0
Lambert, LaneLane Lambert	RW	34	2	3	5	130	-11	0	0	0
Shedden, DougDoug Shedden	C	11	2	3	5	2	-1	2	0	0
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch	D	13	0	5	5	2	-9	0	0	0
Richmond, SteveSteve Richmond	D	29	1	2	3	82	-18	0	0	0
Friday, TimTim Friday	D	23	0	3	3	6	-9	0	0	0
Speers, TedTed Speers	RW	4	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
Merkosky, GlennGlenn Merkosky	C	17	0	2	2	0	-12	0	0	0
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	G	37	0	2	2	23	0	0	0	0
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	LW/C	5	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	0
Johnstone, EddieEddie Johnstone	RW	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Eakin, BruceBruce Eakin	C	4	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0
Staszak, RayRay Staszak	RW	4	0	1	1	7	-3	0	0	0
Zombo, RickRick Zombo	D	14	0	1	1	16	-10	0	0	0
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	G	18	0	1	1	17	0	0	0	0
McRae, BasilBasil McRae	LW	4	0	0	0	5	-4	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	6	0	0	0	4	-7	0	0	0
Melrose, BarryBarry Melrose	D	14	0	0	0	70	-6	0	0	0
Pusey, ChrisChris Pusey	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	G	11	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
LaForest, MarkMark LaForest	G	28	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	2068	37	10	20	5	155	4.50	1	1080	925	.856
LaForest, MarkMark LaForest	1383	28	4	21	0	114	4.95	1	742	628	.846
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	788	18	2	7	0	83	6.32	0	453	370	.817
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	565	11	1	9	1	52	5.52	0	342	290	.848
Pusey, ChrisChris Pusey	40	1	0	0	0	3	4.50	0	12	9	.750
Team:	4844	80	17	57	6	407	5.04	2	2629	2222	.845

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage

Awards and Records

• The Red Wings did not win any awards this season.

Game Ads

See Also

• 1985–86 NHL season

References

• 1985–86 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

Detroit Red Wings
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