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1985–86 New York Islanders season

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1985–86 New York Islanders · NHL
Division 3rd Patrick
1985–86 record 39–29–12
Goals for 327
Goals against 284
General Manager Bill Torrey
Coach Al Arbour
Captain Denis Potvin
Arena Nassau Coliseum
Team Leaders
Goals Mike Bossy (61)
Assists Mike Bossy (62)
Points Mike Bossy (123)
Penalties in minutes Duane Sutter (157)
Wins Billy Smith (20)
Goals against average Kelly Hrudey (3.21)
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1984–85 1986–87

The 1985–86 New York Islanders season was the 14th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 3rd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Washington Capitals 3 games to 0.

Off-seasonEdit

Regular SeasonEdit

Final StandingsEdit

Patrick Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
Philadelphia Flyers 80 53 23 4 335 241 110
Washington Capitals 80 50 23 7 315 272 107
New York Islanders 80 39 29 12 327 284 90
New York Rangers 80 36 38 6 280 276 78
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 34 38 8 313 305 76
New Jersey Devils 80 28 49 3 300 374 59

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 LogEdit

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 12, 19855–4 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 1–0–0
2LOctober 14, 19852–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 1–1–0
3LOctober 16, 19854–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 1–2–0
4WOctober 19, 19855–4 New York Rangers (1985–86) 2–2–0
5TOctober 22, 19852–2 OT Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 2–2–1
6WOctober 24, 19856–5 Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 3–2–1
7WOctober 26, 19855–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 4–2–1
8LOctober 29, 19852–3 Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 4–3–1
9LNovember 1, 19853–5 @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 4–4–1
10WNovember 2, 19855–3 Washington Capitals (1985–86) 5–4–1
11TNovember 5, 19854–4 OT Calgary Flames (1985–86) 5–4–2
12WNovember 6, 19855–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 6–4–2
13WNovember 9, 19853–2 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 7–4–2
14LNovember 12, 19852–3 Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 7–5–2
15TNovember 16, 19854–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 7–5–3
16LNovember 17, 19854–5 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 7–6–3
17WNovember 19, 19858–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 8–6–3
18TNovember 21, 19854–4 OT @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 8–6–4
19LNovember 23, 19850–5 New York Rangers (1985–86) 8–7–4
20WNovember 24, 19854–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1985–86) 9–7–4
21TNovember 27, 19854–4 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 9–7–5
22WNovember 29, 19854–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 10–7–5
23LNovember 30, 19853–4 @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 10–8–5
24TDecember 3, 19854–4 OT Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 10–8–6
25LDecember 6, 19853–7 @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 10–9–6
26LDecember 7, 19851–4 Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 10–10–6
27WDecember 10, 19857–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 11–10–6
28TDecember 11, 19854–4 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 11–10–7
29TDecember 14, 19852–2 OT St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 11–10–8
30WDecember 17, 19857–3 Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 12–10–8
31TDecember 20, 19852–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1985–86) 12–10–9
32LDecember 21, 19854–5 New York Rangers (1985–86) 12–11–9
33WDecember 23, 19856–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 13–11–9
34LDecember 26, 19853–4 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 13–12–9
35WDecember 28, 19854–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 14–12–9
36LDecember 29, 19853–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 14–13–9
37WDecember 31, 19855–4 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 15–13–9
38WJanuary 2, 19867–5 Boston Bruins (1985–86) 16–13–9
39LJanuary 4, 19861–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 16–14–9
40LJanuary 7, 19862–3 Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 16–15–9
41WJanuary 9, 19869–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 17–15–9
42WJanuary 11, 19868–2 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 18–15–9
43LJanuary 15, 19863–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 18–16–9
44WJanuary 17, 19864–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 19–16–9
45LJanuary 18, 19860–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 19–17–9
46WJanuary 21, 19867–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 20–17–9
47WJanuary 24, 19867–5 @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 21–17–9
48TJanuary 25, 19863–3 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 21–17–10
49WJanuary 28, 19869–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 22–17–10
50WJanuary 30, 19868–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 23–17–10
51WFebruary 1, 19864–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 24–17–10
52WFebruary 2, 19863–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 25–17–10
53LFebruary 5, 19862–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 25–18–10
54WFebruary 8, 19864–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 26–18–10
55WFebruary 11, 19861–0 Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 27–18–10
56LFebruary 13, 19863–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 27–19–10
57WFebruary 15, 19866–5 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 28–19–10
58LFebruary 18, 19864–5 Washington Capitals (1985–86) 28–20–10
59LFebruary 21, 19861–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 28–21–10
60WFebruary 22, 19865–2 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 29–21–10
61LFebruary 26, 19862–7 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 29–22–10
62WFebruary 28, 19866–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 30–22–10
63LMarch 1, 19864–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 30–23–10
64WMarch 4, 19866–3 Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 31–23–10
65LMarch 8, 19862–6 Washington Capitals (1985–86) 31–24–10
66LMarch 9, 19861–3 @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 31–25–10
67WMarch 11, 19868–4 Calgary Flames (1985–86) 32–25–10
68WMarch 13, 19863–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 33–25–10
69WMarch 15, 19863–1 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 34–25–10
70LMarch 16, 19861–3 @ New York Rangers (1985–86) 34–26–10
71WMarch 18, 19866–2 New York Rangers (1985–86) 35–26–10
72WMarch 20, 19867–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 36–26–10
73TMarch 22, 19863–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 36–26–11
74LMarch 25, 19860–2 St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 36–27–11
75WMarch 28, 19864–3 @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 37–27–11
76TMarch 29, 19864–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 37–27–12
77LApril 1, 19862–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 37–28–12
78WApril 2, 19867–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 38–28–12
79WApril 5, 19867–1 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 39–28–12
80LApril 6, 19867–9 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 39–29–12

PlayoffsEdit

Washington Capitals 3, New York Islanders 0Edit

Player StatsEdit

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy RW 80 61 62 123 14302119
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 78 37 59 96 7229513
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 65 20 41 61 5022301
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 74 21 38 59 7834814
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 61 24 31 55 74111002
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine C 65 30 23 53 4316204
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 80 20 33 53 15715401
Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 73 18 34 52 6620602
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson D 77 14 30 44 6216511
Makela, MikkoMikko Makela RW 58 16 20 36 2812203
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier D 77 4 30 34 100 -5000
Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 62 17 15 32 36 -7205
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert LW 60 9 19 28 825102
Persson, StefanStefan Persson D 56 1 19 20 40 -3100
Hamway, MarkMark Hamway RW 49 5 12 17 9 -5101
Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm LW 14 7 7 14 48000
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 55 4 10 14 55 -8100
Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd D 55 2 12 14 799000
Kortko, RogerRoger Kortko C 52 5 8 13 19 -11001
Morrow, KenKen Morrow D 69 0 12 12 2224000
Dineen, GordGord Dineen D 57 1 8 9 8115000
Coulter, NealNeal Coulter RW 16 3 4 7 4 -1000
Haanpää, AriAri Haanpää LW 18 0 7 7 200000
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd D 14 0 5 5 164000
Henry, DaleDale Henry LW 7 1 3 4 150000
Bassen, BobBob Bassen C 11 2 1 3 60000
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck D 10 1 2 3 25000
Howson, ScottScott Howson C 10 1 2 3 22000
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 45 0 3 3 140000
Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 41 0 3 3 490000
Leiter, KenKen Leiter D 9 1 1 2 61000
Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 14 1 1 2 16 -4100
Dalgarno, BradBrad Dalgarno RW 2 1 0 1 01000
Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr RW 7 0 1 1 161000
Johannesen, GlennGlenn Johannesen LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Smith, BillyBilly Smith 2308 41 20 14 4 143 3.72 112041061.881
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 2563 45 19 15 8 137 3.21 114551318.906
Team: 4871 80 39 29 12 280 3.45 226592379.895
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy RW 3 1 2 3 4 -2000
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 3 1 1 2 2 -1000
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 3 1 0 1 6 -2000
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine C 3 1 0 1 0 -2100
Bassen, BobBob Bassen C 3 0 1 1 0 -1000
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson D 3 0 1 1 4 -2000
Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm LW 3 0 1 1 00000
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 3 0 1 1 0 -2000
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 3 0 1 1 2 -3000
Hamway, MarkMark Hamway RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Morrow, KenKen Morrow D 2 0 0 0 4 -2000
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert LW 2 0 0 0 9 -1000
Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 3 0 0 0 0 -2000
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier D 3 0 0 0 2 -2000
Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd D 3 0 0 0 2 -1000
Dineen, GordGord Dineen D 3 0 0 0 2 -1000
Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 3 0 0 0 21 -2000
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd D 3 0 0 0 6 -1000
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 3 0 0 0 161000
Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 1 0 0 0 00000
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 2 0 0 0 40000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 120 2 0 2 6 3.00 05953.898
Smith, BillyBilly Smith 60 1 0 1 4 4.00 03430.882
Team: 180 3 0 3 10 3.33 09383.892

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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 RecordsEdit

TransactionsEdit

Draft PicksEdit

Farm TeamsEdit

See AlsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1985-86 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-27.
New York Islanders Seasons
1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11 • 2011–12 • 2012–13 • 2013–14 • 2014–15 • 2015–16 • 2016–17 • 2017–18 • 2018–19
Bold indicates Stanley Cup victory
New York Islanders
The FranchiseFranchise • Expansion Draft • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • GMs • Award Winners • Head Coaches
ArenasNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum • Barclays Center
Retired Numbers5 • 9 • 19 • 22 • 23 • 27 • 31 • 91
AffiliatesBridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) • Worcester Railers (ECHL)
RivalsNew York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • New Jersey Devils
Stanley Cup Finals (5)Won: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • Lost: 1984
1985–86 NHL season by team
PatrickNew Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington
AdamsBoston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Quebec
NorrisChicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto
SmytheCalgary • Edmonton • Los Angeles • Winnipeg • Vancouver
See also1985 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1986 Stanley Cup Finals
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