1985–86 Quebec Nordiques season

1985–86 Quebec Nordiques
Division	1st Adams
1985–86 record	43–31–6
Goals for	330
Goals against	289
Team information
General manager	Maurice Filion
Coach	Michel Bergeron
Captain	Mario Marois Peter Stastny
Arena	Le Colisée
Team leaders
Goals	Michel Goulet (53)
Assists	Peter Stastny (81)
Points	Peter Stastny (122)
Penalty minutes	Dale Hunter (265)
Wins	Clint Malarchuk (26)
Goals against average	Clint Malarchuk (3.21)

The 1985–86 Quebec Nordiques season was the team's 7th season in the National Hockey League. The Nordiques finished 1st in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Hartford Whalers 3 games to 0.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Quebec Nordiques	80	43	31	6	330	289	92
Montreal Canadiens	80	40	33	7	330	280	87
Boston Bruins	80	37	31	12	311	288	86
Hartford Whalers	80	40	36	4	332	302	84
Buffalo Sabres	80	37	37	6	296	291	80

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

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny C 76 41 81 122 60 2 15 0 8 Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet LW 75 53 51 104 64 6 28 0 3 Stastny, AntonAnton Stastny LW 74 31 43 74 19 8 8 0 4 Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 80 28 42 70 265 6 7 0 4 Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton LW 77 26 32 58 64 7 5 2 5 Sauve, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Sauve C 75 16 40 56 20 -13 13 0 1 Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson RW 65 21 28 49 26 -1 8 3 5 Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis C 80 19 24 43 203 -2 0 2 2 Cote, AlainAlain Cote LW 78 13 21 34 29 -3 0 3 2 Picard, RobertRobert Picard D 48 7 27 34 36 -2 1 1 0 Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw D 73 7 19 26 78 14 2 0 2 Eagles, MikeMike Eagles C/LW 73 11 12 23 49 3 1 0 1 Moller, RandyRandy Moller D 69 5 18 23 141 9 0 0 1 Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel RW 47 10 12 22 17 10 0 0 3 Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme D 64 2 18 20 51 -1 1 0 0 Paiement, WilfWilf Paiement RW 44 7 12 19 145 0 2 0 0 Patrick, SteveSteve Patrick RW 27 4 13 17 17 1 1 0 0 Price, PatPat Price D 54 3 13 16 82 0 0 0 0 Marois, MarioMario Marois D 20 1 12 13 42 -10 1 0 1 Babych, WayneWayne Babych RW 15 6 5 11 18 0 1 0 0 Rochefort, NormandNormand Rochefort D 26 5 4 9 30 9 2 0 0 Andersson, PeterPeter Andersson D 12 1 8 9 4 8 1 0 0 Malone, GregGreg Malone C 27 3 5 8 18 -3 0 0 0 Siltanen, RistoRisto Siltanen D 13 2 5 7 6 -1 2 0 0 Poudrier, DanielDaniel Poudrier D 13 1 5 6 10 2 0 0 1 Brown, JeffJeff Brown D 8 3 2 5 6 5 0 0 0 Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly D 36 2 2 4 85 0 0 0 0 Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin G 31 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 Mann, JimmyJimmy Mann RW 35 0 3 3 148 -2 0 0 0 Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk G 46 0 2 2 21 0 0 0 0 Gaulin, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Gaulin RW 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Stienburg, TrevorTrevor Stienburg RW 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Julien, ClaudeClaude Julien D 13 0 1 1 25 2 0 0 0 Finn, StevenSteven Finn D 17 0 1 1 28 0 0 0 0 Latta, DavidDavid Latta LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lemieux, AlainAlain Lemieux C 7 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Sevigny, RichardRichard Sevigny G 11 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk 2657 46 26 12 4 142 3.21 4 1358 1216 .895 Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin 1726 31 14 14 1 111 3.86 2 796 685 .861 Sevigny, RichardRichard Sevigny 468 11 3 5 1 33 4.23 0 242 209 .864 Team: 4851 80 43 31 6 286 3.54 6 2396 2110 .881

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton LW 3 2 1 3 9 -1 0 1 0 Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet LW 3 1 2 3 10 -2 1 0 0 Lemieux, AlainAlain Lemieux C 1 1 2 3 0 -1 1 0 0 Stastny, AntonAnton Stastny LW 3 1 1 2 0 -5 0 0 0 Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis C 3 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 0 Picard, RobertRobert Picard D 3 0 2 2 2 -4 0 0 0 Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel RW 2 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 Cote, AlainAlain Cote LW 3 1 0 1 0 -2 0 0 0 Andersson, PeterPeter Andersson D 2 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 Price, PatPat Price D 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Siltanen, RistoRisto Siltanen D 3 0 1 1 2 -3 0 0 0 Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny C 3 0 1 1 2 -5 0 0 0 Malone, GregGreg Malone C 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Brown, JeffJeff Brown D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly D 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Stienburg, TrevorTrevor Stienburg RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme D 2 0 0 0 5 -2 0 0 0 Mann, JimmyJimmy Mann RW 2 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 Sauve, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Sauve C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moller, RandyRandy Moller D 3 0 0 0 26 -1 0 0 0 Patrick, SteveSteve Patrick RW 3 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Eagles, MikeMike Eagles C/LW 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 3 0 0 0 15 -1 0 0 0 Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin 40 1 0 1 5 7.50 0 22 17 .773 Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk 143 3 0 2 11 4.62 0 81 70 .864 Team: 183 3 0 3 16 5.25 0 103 87 .845

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

• Michel Goulet, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star

See Also

• 1985–86 NHL season

External Links

• 1985–86 Quebec Nordiques Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.