1985–86 New York Islanders season

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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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.

Regular Season

Final Standings

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 Log

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

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bossy, MikeMike Bossy RW 80 61 62 123 14 30 21 1 9 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 78 37 59 96 72 29 5 1 3 Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 65 20 41 61 50 22 3 0 1 Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 74 21 38 59 78 34 8 1 4 Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 61 24 31 55 74 11 10 0 2 LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine C 65 30 23 53 43 16 2 0 4 Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 80 20 33 53 157 15 4 0 1 Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 73 18 34 52 66 20 6 0 2 Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson D 77 14 30 44 62 16 5 1 1 Makela, MikkoMikko Makela RW 58 16 20 36 28 12 2 0 3 Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier D 77 4 30 34 100 -5 0 0 0 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 62 17 15 32 36 -7 2 0 5 Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert LW 60 9 19 28 82 5 1 0 2 Persson, StefanStefan Persson D 56 1 19 20 40 -3 1 0 0 Hamway, MarkMark Hamway RW 49 5 12 17 9 -5 1 0 1 Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm LW 14 7 7 14 4 8 0 0 0 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 55 4 10 14 55 -8 1 0 0 Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd D 55 2 12 14 79 9 0 0 0 Kortko, RogerRoger Kortko C 52 5 8 13 19 -11 0 0 1 Morrow, KenKen Morrow D 69 0 12 12 22 24 0 0 0 Dineen, GordGord Dineen D 57 1 8 9 81 15 0 0 0 Coulter, NealNeal Coulter RW 16 3 4 7 4 -1 0 0 0 Haanpää, AriAri Haanpää LW 18 0 7 7 20 0 0 0 0 Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd D 14 0 5 5 16 4 0 0 0 Henry, DaleDale Henry LW 7 1 3 4 15 0 0 0 0 Bassen, BobBob Bassen C 11 2 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck D 10 1 2 3 2 5 0 0 0 Howson, ScottScott Howson C 10 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 45 0 3 3 14 0 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 41 0 3 3 49 0 0 0 0 Leiter, KenKen Leiter D 9 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom RW 14 1 1 2 16 -4 1 0 0 Dalgarno, BradBrad Dalgarno RW 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr RW 7 0 1 1 16 1 0 0 0 Johannesen, GlennGlenn Johannesen LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Smith, BillyBilly Smith 2308 41 20 14 4 143 3.72 1 1204 1061 .881 Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 2563 45 19 15 8 137 3.21 1 1455 1318 .906 Team: 4871 80 39 29 12 280 3.45 2 2659 2379 .895

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bossy, MikeMike Bossy RW 3 1 2 3 4 -2 0 0 0 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 3 1 1 2 2 -1 0 0 0 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 3 1 0 1 6 -2 0 0 0 LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine C 3 1 0 1 0 -2 1 0 0 Bassen, BobBob Bassen C 3 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson D 3 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0 Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm LW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 3 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0 Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 3 0 1 1 2 -3 0 0 0 Hamway, MarkMark Hamway RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morrow, KenKen Morrow D 2 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0 Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert LW 2 0 0 0 9 -1 0 0 0 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier D 3 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd D 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Dineen, GordGord Dineen D 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 3 0 0 0 21 -2 0 0 0 Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd D 3 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 3 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 120 2 0 2 6 3.00 0 59 53 .898 Smith, BillyBilly Smith 60 1 0 1 4 4.00 0 34 30 .882 Team: 180 3 0 3 10 3.33 0 93 83 .892

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

• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Mike Bossy
• Mike Bossy, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star

See Also

• 1985–86 NHL season

References

• 1985–86 New York Islanders Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.