1985–86 Los Angeles Kings season

1985–86 Los Angeles Kings
Division	5th Smythe
Conference	Clarence Campbell
1985–86 record	23-49-8
Goals for	284
Goals against	389
Team information
General manager	Rogatien Vachon
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Dave Taylor
Arena	The Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Bernie Nicholls Marcel Dionne (36)
Assists	Bernie Nicholls (61)
Points	Bernie Nicholls (97)
Penalty minutes	Tiger Williams (320)
Plus/minus	Jay Wells (+7)
Wins	Bob Janecyk (14)
Goals against average	Rollie Melanson (4.19)

The 1985–86 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 19th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 5th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Edmonton Oilers	80	56	17	7	426	310	119
Calgary Flames	80	40	31	9	354	315	89
Winnipeg Jets	80	26	47	7	295	372	59
Vancouver Canucks	80	23	44	13	282	333	59
Los Angeles Kings	80	23	49	8	284	389	54

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	L	October 10, 1985	5–6	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	0–1–0
2	L	October 12, 1985	4–5 OT	New York Islanders (1985–86)	0–2–0
3	L	October 13, 1985	2–9	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	0–3–0
4	W	October 16, 1985	4–3	New York Rangers (1985–86)	1–3–0
5	L	October 18, 1985	4–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	1–4–0
6	L	October 20, 1985	5–8	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	1–5–0
7	L	October 22, 1985	2–5	Boston Bruins (1985–86)	1–6–0
8	L	October 25, 1985	0–5	@ New York Rangers (1985–86)	1–7–0
9	L	October 26, 1985	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	1–8–0
10	W	October 29, 1985	3–2	@ New York Islanders (1985–86)	2–8–0
11	L	October 31, 1985	4–7	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86)	2–9–0
12	W	November 2, 1985	8–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	3–9–0
13	L	November 3, 1985	4–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	3–10–0
14	T	November 6, 1985	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	3–10–1
15	L	November 9, 1985	0–6	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	3–11–1
16	L	November 13, 1985	2–7	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	3–12–1
17	W	November 16, 1985	4–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	4–12–1
18	L	November 19, 1985	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	4–13–1
19	W	November 21, 1985	5–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	5–13–1
20	L	November 23, 1985	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	5–14–1
21	T	November 24, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	5–14–2
22	L	November 27, 1985	0–9	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	5–15–2
23	T	November 30, 1985	4–4 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	5–15–3
24	L	December 3, 1985	4–8	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	5–16–3
25	T	December 5, 1985	6–6 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	5–16–4
26	W	December 7, 1985	3–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	6–16–4
27	W	December 8, 1985	4–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	7–16–4
28	L	December 10, 1985	5–6	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	7–17–4
29	L	December 12, 1985	0–5	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	7–18–4
30	L	December 14, 1985	4–5	Washington Capitals (1985–86)	7–19–4
31	W	December 18, 1985	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	8–19–4
32	L	December 20, 1985	4–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	8–20–4
33	L	December 21, 1985	2–6	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	8–21–4
34	W	December 28, 1985	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	9–21–4
35	W	December 30, 1985	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	10–21–4
36	L	January 2, 1986	4–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	10–22–4
37	W	January 4, 1986	6–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	11–22–4
38	W	January 5, 1986	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	12–22–4
39	L	January 8, 1986	3–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	12–23–4
40	W	January 10, 1986	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	13–23–4
41	T	January 11, 1986	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	13–23–5
42	L	January 15, 1986	3–4	New York Rangers (1985–86)	13–24–5
43	W	January 17, 1986	9–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	14–24–5
44	T	January 18, 1986	4–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	14–24–6
45	W	January 21, 1986	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	15–24–6
46	L	January 23, 1986	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	15–25–6
47	L	January 25, 1986	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	15–26–6
48	L	January 27, 1986	3–6	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	15–27–6
49	W	January 29, 1986	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	16–27–6
50	W	February 1, 1986	9–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	17–27–6
51	L	February 2, 1986	3–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	17–28–6
52	L	February 6, 1986	2–7	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	17–29–6
53	L	February 8, 1986	3–4	New York Islanders (1985–86)	17–30–6
54	L	February 9, 1986	3–7	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	17–31–6
55	L	February 12, 1986	2–5	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	17–32–6
56	L	February 15, 1986	1–4	Washington Capitals (1985–86)	17–33–6
57	W	February 17, 1986	3–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	18–33–6
58	W	February 18, 1986	5–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	19–33–6
59	L	February 20, 1986	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	19–34–6
60	W	February 22, 1986	5–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	20–34–6
61	L	February 24, 1986	5–6 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	20–35–6
62	L	February 27, 1986	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	20–36–6
63	L	March 1, 1986	4–6	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	20–37–6
64	L	March 2, 1986	1–5	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	20–38–6
65	L	March 5, 1986	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	20–39–6
66	T	March 6, 1986	5–5 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	20–39–7
67	L	March 9, 1986	3–7	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	20–40–7
68	L	March 12, 1986	0–3	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	20–41–7
69	W	March 15, 1986	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	21–41–7
70	L	March 17, 1986	6–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	21–42–7
71	W	March 18, 1986	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86)	22–42–7
72	L	March 20, 1986	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86)	22–43–7
73	L	March 22, 1986	3–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	22–44–7
74	L	March 23, 1986	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	22–45–7
75	W	March 26, 1986	7–3	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	23–45–7
76	L	March 28, 1986	1–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	23–46–7
77	L	March 29, 1986	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	23–47–7
78	L	March 31, 1986	2–5	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	23–48–7
79	T	April 2, 1986	4–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	23–48–8
80	L	April 5, 1986	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	23–49–8

Playoffs

• The Kings did not qualify for the post season for the seventh time in franchise history.

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls C 80 36 61 97 78 -5 10 4 0 Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne C 80 36 58 94 42 -22 11 0 4 Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 76 33 38 71 110 -16 11 0 1 Williams, TigerTiger Williams LW 72 20 29 49 320 -6 5 0 1 Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes LW 76 20 24 44 97 -26 1 2 4 Erickson, BryanBryan Erickson RW 55 20 23 43 36 1 6 0 4 Wells, JayJay Wells D 79 11 31 42 226 7 4 0 2 Fox, JimJim Fox RW 39 14 17 31 2 -9 2 0 0 Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson LW 47 9 18 27 153 -7 2 0 1 Hardy, MarkMark Hardy D 55 6 21 27 71 -11 2 1 1 Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard D 52 7 18 25 78 -22 4 0 2 Redmond, CraigCraig Redmond D 73 6 18 24 57 -34 3 0 0 Galley, GarryGarry Galley D 49 9 13 22 46 -9 1 0 1 Lukowich, MorrisMorris Lukowich LW 55 11 9 20 51 -19 0 0 0 Smith, DougDoug Smith C 48 8 9 17 56 -29 1 1 0 Engblom, BrianBrian Engblom D 49 3 13 16 61 -13 0 0 0 Paul Kelly, JohnJohn Paul Kelly LW 61 6 9 15 50 -17 0 0 0 MacLellan, BrianBrian MacLellan LW 27 5 8 13 19 -13 4 0 0 Wilks, BrianBrian Wilks C 43 4 8 12 25 -7 0 0 0 Kennedy, DeanDean Kennedy D 78 2 10 12 132 -10 0 0 0 Guay, PaulPaul Guay RW 23 3 3 6 18 -6 0 0 0 Hachborn, LenLen Hachborn C 24 4 1 5 2 -9 1 0 0 Hakansson, AndersAnders Hakansson LW 38 4 1 5 8 -8 0 0 2 Mongrain, BobBob Mongrain C 11 2 3 5 2 -3 0 0 0 McKenna, SeanSean McKenna RW 30 4 0 4 7 -15 0 1 0 Lapointe, RickRick Lapointe D 20 0 4 4 18 -13 0 0 0 Currie, GlenGlen Currie C 12 1 2 3 9 0 1 0 0 Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk G 38 0 2 2 11 0 0 0 0 Duncanson, CraigCraig Duncanson LW 2 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 Hammond, KenKen Hammond D 3 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 Brennan, DanDan Brennan LW 6 0 1 1 9 -1 0 0 0 Playfair, LarryLarry Playfair D 14 0 1 1 26 -14 0 0 0 Phair, LyleLyle Phair LW 15 0 1 1 2 -12 0 0 0 Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson G 22 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot G 27 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Tuer, AlAl Tuer D 45 0 1 1 150 -16 0 0 0 Gans, DaveDave Gans C 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Healy, GlennGlenn Healy G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk 2083 38 14 16 4 162 4.67 0 1130 968 .857 Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot 1481 27 5 17 3 121 4.90 0 801 680 .849 Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson 1246 22 4 16 1 87 4.19 0 654 567 .867 Healy, GlennGlenn Healy 51 1 0 0 0 6 7.06 0 35 29 .829 Team: 4861 80 23 49 8 376 4.64 0 2620 2244 .856

Note: Pos = Position; 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 Kings did not win any awards this season.

Draft Picks

See also: 1985 NHL Entry Draft

Round #	Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	9	Craig Duncanson	Left Wing	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
1	10	Dan Gratton	Centre	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	72	Perry Florio	Defense	United States	Kent High School, Connecticut
5	93	Petr Prajsler	Defense	Czech Republic	Pardubice HC

References

• Kings on Hockey Database

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