1985–86 Montreal Canadiens season

1985–86 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
Wales Conference Champions
Division 2nd Adams
Conference 5th Wales
1985–86 record 40–33–7
Goals for 330
Goals against 280
Team information
General Manager Serge Savard
Coach Jean Perron
Captain Bob Gainey
Alternate captains Mats Naslund (Mar-May)
Larry Robinson
Mario Tremblay
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Mats Naslund (43)
Assists Mats Naslund (67)
Points Mats Naslund (110)
Penalties in minutes Chris Nilan (274)
Plus/minus Larry Robinson (+29)
Wins Patrick Roy (23)
Goals against average Patrick Roy (3.35)
<1984–85 1986–87>

The 1985–86 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 77th season. The team won the Stanley Cup for the first time in seven seasons, and their 23rd overall.

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
Team 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

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

# R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOct 10, 19855–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins1–0–0
2WOct 12, 19856–3 Chicago Black Hawks2–0–0
3LOct 13, 19852–7 @ Boston Bruins2–1–0
4LOct 16, 19850–6 Buffalo Sabres2–2–0
5LOct 19, 19856–11 @ Hartford Whalers2–3–0
6LOct 21, 19852–3 Quebec Nordiques2–4–0
7WOct 23, 19855–4 @ Buffalo Sabres3–4–0
8WOct 26, 19855–3 Hartford Whalers4–4–0
9LOct 29, 19854–6 @ Quebec Nordiques4–5–0
10LOct 30, 19854–5 Philadelphia Flyers4–6–0
11TNov 2, 19854–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins4–6–1
12WNov 5, 19858–3 @ Hartford Whalers5–6–1
13TNov 6, 19853–3 OT @ Minnesota North Stars5–6–2
14WNov 9, 19856–0 @ Los Angeles Kings6–6–2
15WNov 12, 19853–2 @ New York Islanders7–6–2
16LNov 13, 19852–5 @ New York Rangers7–7–2
17TNov 16, 19852–2 OT New York Rangers7–7–3
18WNov 18, 19856–2 Boston Bruins8–7–3
19LNov 20, 19854–5 OT Edmonton Oilers8–8–3
20WNov 23, 19854–3 Calgary Flames9–8–3
21LNov 27, 19853–5 @ Washington Capitals9–9–3
22WNov 29, 19855–2 @ Buffalo Sabres10–9–3
23WNov 30, 198510–1 Detroit Red Wings11–9–3
24WDec 2, 19857–0 Vancouver Canucks12–9–3
25LDec 5, 19856–8 @ Boston Bruins12–10–3
26WDec 7, 19856–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs13–10–3
27WDec 11, 19853–1 @ Hartford Whalers14–10–3
28LDec 12, 19853–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers14–11–3
29WDec 14, 19856–3 Chicago Black Hawks15–11–3
30TDec 16, 19854–4 OT Hartford Whalers15–11–4
31WDec 18, 19853–2 Quebec Nordiques16–11–4
32LDec 19, 19854–5 OT @ Quebec Nordiques16–12–4
33WDec 21, 19853–1 Buffalo Sabres17–12–4
34WDec 27, 19857–3 @ New Jersey Devils18–12–4
35WDec 28, 19858–3 New Jersey Devils19–12–4
36LJan 1, 19862–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs19–13–4
37WJan 3, 19867–3 @ Winnipeg Jets20–13–4
38WJan 4, 19866–5 @ Calgary Flames21–13–4
39WJan 6, 19869–2 St. Louis Blues22–13–4
40WJan 8, 19865–3 Boston Bruins23–13–4
41LJan 10, 19864–6 @ New York Rangers23–14–4
42LJan 11, 19863–6 Edmonton Oilers23–15–4
43WJan 15, 19864–0 Winnipeg Jets24–15–4
44LJan 17, 19864–5 OT @ Buffalo Sabres24–16–4
45WJan 18, 19863–0 New York Islanders25–16–4
46LJan 20, 19862–3 OT @ Quebec Nordiques25–17–4
47TJan 22, 19863–3 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks25–17–5
48WJan 23, 19865–2 @ Minnesota North Stars26–17–5
49WJan 25, 19863–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs27–17–5
50WJan 27, 19864–1 Buffalo Sabres28–17–5
51WJan 29, 19865–3 Quebec Nordiques29–17–5
52WFeb 1, 19862–1 Boston Bruins30–17–5
53LFeb 5, 19862–3 @ Quebec Nordiques30–18–5
54LFeb 7, 19862–3 @ Washington Capitals30–19–5
55WFeb 8, 19865–3 @ Detroit Red Wings31–19–5
56LFeb 10, 19863–4 OT Minnesota North Stars31–20–5
57LFeb 13, 19863–4 @ New Jersey Devils31–21–5
58WFeb 15, 19865–3 Philadelphia Flyers32–21–5
59LFeb 17, 19862–3 OT Los Angeles Kings32–22–5
60TFeb 19, 19864–4 OT Washington Capitals32–22–6
61WFeb 22, 19866–3 Hartford Whalers33–22–6
62LFeb 24, 19862–3 @ Edmonton Oilers33–23–6
63WFeb 26, 19864–2 @ Vancouver Canucks34–23–6
64WMar 1, 19866–4 @ Los Angeles Kings35–23–6
65LMar 4, 19863–6 @ New York Islanders35–24–6
66LMar 6, 19864–7 St. Louis Blues35–25–6
67WMar 8, 19868–3 Boston Bruins36–25–6
68LMar 10, 19862–5 Hartford Whalers36–26–6
69WMar 12, 19863–2 Vancouver Canucks37–26–6
70LMar 13, 19862–3 @ Boston Bruins37–27–6
71LMar 15, 19863–5 Calgary Flames37–28–6
72LMar 17, 19866–8 Quebec Nordiques37–29–6
73LMar 19, 19864–6 @ Winnipeg Jets37–30–6
74LMar 22, 19862–3 @ St. Louis Blues37–31–6
75LMar 26, 19860–3 @ Hartford Whalers37–32–6
76TMar 27, 19863–3 OT @ Boston Bruins37–32–7
77WMar 29, 19864–3 Pittsburgh Penguins38–32–7
78WApr 2, 19866–3 Detroit Red Wings39–32–7
79LApr 4, 19862–4 @ Buffalo Sabres39–33–7
80WApr 5, 19864–2 Buffalo Sabres40–33–7

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund LW 80 43 67 110 16111907
Smith, BobbyBobby Smith C 79 31 55 86 5510507
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson D 78 19 63 82 39291001
Dahlin, KjellKjell Dahlin RW 77 32 39 71 4101403
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau C 80 20 36 56 5718123
Walter, RyanRyan Walter C/LW 69 15 34 49 45-9901
Gainey, BobBob Gainey LW 80 20 23 43 2010024
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee LW 70 19 21 40 698023
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay RW 56 19 20 39 554303
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer RW 65 21 16 37 501502
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan RW 72 19 15 34 27410201
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios D 41 8 26 34 674200
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois C 61 14 17 31 483201
Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers D 62 7 23 30 369301
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras D 34 8 18 26 12-10700
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland C 65 9 13 22 573020
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda D 73 1 18 19 9324000
Momesso, SergioSergio Momesso LW 24 8 7 15 46-4303
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor D 62 3 5 8 56-4000
Bucyk, RandyRandy Bucyk C 17 4 2 6 85000
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig D 69 2 4 6 637000
Green, RickRick Green D 46 3 2 5 20-9000
Rooney, SteveSteve Rooney LW 38 2 3 5 114-4100
Boisvert, SergeSerge Boisvert RW 9 2 2 4 21000
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux RW 10 1 2 3 22-6100
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy G 47 0 3 3 40000
Kordic, JohnJohn Kordic RW 5 0 1 1 121000
Campedelli, DomDom Campedelli D 2 0 0 0 0-2000
Carlson, KentKent Carlson D 2 0 0 0 00000
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson LW 3 0 0 0 2-3000
Maley, DavidDavid Maley LW 3 0 0 0 00000
Penney, SteveSteve Penney G 18 0 0 0 00000
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert G 23 0 0 0 60000
Turcotte, AlfieAlfie Turcotte C 2 0 0 0 20000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy 2651 47 23 18 3 148 3.35 111851037.875
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert 1215 23 11 7 2 56 2.77 3533477.895
Penney, SteveSteve Penney 990 18 6 8 2 72 4.36 0447375.839
Team: 4856 80 40 33 7 276 3.41 421651889.873

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund LW 20 8 11 19 4400
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux RW 20 10 6 16 68404
Smith, BobbyBobby Smith C 20 7 8 15 22303
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson D 20 0 13 13 22000
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau C 20 7 5 12 35021
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios D 20 2 9 11 49100
Gainey, BobBob Gainey LW 20 5 5 10 12013
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee LW 20 3 4 7 45011
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland C 20 2 4 6 76001
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer RW 16 4 1 5 23301
Dahlin, KjellKjell Dahlin RW 16 2 3 5 4000
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras D 11 2 3 5 4100
Green, RickRick Green D 18 1 4 5 8000
Maley, DavidDavid Maley LW 7 1 3 4 2000
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor D 17 1 2 3 29001
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan RW 18 1 2 3 141100
Boisvert, SergeSerge Boisvert RW 8 0 1 1 0000
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig D 20 0 1 1 48000
Walter, RyanRyan Walter C/LW 5 0 1 1 2000
Bucyk, RandyRandy Bucyk C 2 0 0 0 0000
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois C 11 0 0 0 7000
Kordic, JohnJohn Kordic RW 18 0 0 0 53000
Rooney, SteveSteve Rooney LW 1 0 0 0 0000
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy G 20 0 0 0 10000
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda D 8 0 0 0 21000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy 1218 20 15 5 39 1.92 1506467.923
Team: 1218 20 15 5 39 1.92 1506467.923

[2]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

Stanley Cup

For more details on this topic, see 1986 Stanley Cup Finals.

Calgary Flames vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes
May 16 Montreal 2Calgary 5
May 18 Montreal 3 Calgary 2 OT
May 20 Calgary 3 Montreal 5
May 22 Calgary 0 Montreal 1
May 24 Montreal 4 Calgary 3

Montreal wins the series 4–1.

Awards and records

Transactions

1986 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions

Bob Gainey, Doug Soetaert, Patrick Roy, Rick Green, David Maley, Ryan Walter, Serge Boisvert, Mario Tremblay, Bobby Smith, Craig Ludwig, Tom Kurvers, Kjell Dahlin, Larry Robinson, Guy Carbonneau, Chris Chelios, Petr Svoboda, Mats Naslund, Lucien DeBlois, Steve Rooney, Gaston Gingras, Mike Lalor, Chris Nilan, John Kordic, Claude Lemieux, Mike McPhee, Brian Skrudland, Stephane Richer, Serge Savard (general manager), Jean Perron (coach), Jacques Laperriere (assistant coach), Eddy Palchak (trainer).

Draft picks

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 12 Jose Charbonneau (RW)  Canada Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
1 16 Tom Chorske (LW)  United States Minneapolis Southwest H.S.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ↑ "1985-86 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  3. ↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 237, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
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