1985–86 New York Rangers season

The 1985–86 New York Rangers season was the Rangers' 60th season. The highlight of the season was participating in the Prince of Wales Conference Finals.

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

^[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

1985-86 Game Log

October: 5-4-0 (Home: 5-1-0; Road: 0-3-0)

November: 6-8-1 (Home: 2-5-0; Road: 4-3-1)

December: 6-7-1 (Home: 4-3-1; Road: 2-4-0)

January: 5-6-2 (Home: 1-3-1; Road: 4-3-1)

February: 8-2-0 (Home: 5-0-0; Road: 3-2-0)

March: 6-9-1 (Home: 3-4-0; Road: 3-5-1)

April: 0-2-1 (Home: 0-2-0; Road: 0-0-1)

Playoffs

Main article: 1986 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1986 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Division Semi-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers - New York Rangers win series 3-2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 9	New York Rangers	6 - 2	Philadelphia Flyers		New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 10	New York Rangers	1 - 2	Philadelphia Flyers		Series tied 1-1
3	April 12	Philadelphia Flyers	2 - 5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2-1
4	April 13	Philadelphia Flyers	7 - 1	New York Rangers		Series tied 2-2
5	April 15	New York Rangers	5 - 2	Philadelphia Flyers		New York Rangers win series 3-2

Division Finals: vs. Washington Capitals - New York Rangers win series 4-2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 17	New York Rangers	4 - 3	Washington Capitals	OT	New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 19	New York Rangers	1 - 8	Washington Capitals		Series tied 1-1
3	April 21	Washington Capitals	6 - 3	New York Rangers		Washington leads series 2-1
4	April 23	Washington Capitals	5 - 6	New York Rangers	OT	Series tied 2-2
5	April 25	New York Rangers	4 - 2	Washington Capitals		New York Rangers lead series 3-2
6	April 27	Washington Capitals	1 - 2	New York Rangers		New York Rangers win series 4-2

Conference Finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens - Montreal wins series 4-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	May 1	New York Rangers	1 - 2	Montreal Canadiens		Montreal leads series 1-0
2	May 3	New York Rangers	2 - 6	Montreal Canadiens		Montreal leads series 2-0
3	May 5	Montreal Canadiens	4 - 3	New York Rangers	OT	Montreal leads series 3-0
4	May 7	Montreal Canadiens	0 - 2	New York Rangers		Montreal leads series 3-1
5	May 9	New York Rangers	1 - 3	Montreal Canadiens		Montreal wins series 4-1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley	80	22	43	65	0	69
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	80	17	42	59	22	47
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	73	25	29	54	-4	109
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	78	20	28	48	9	104
Brooke, BobBob Brooke	79	24	20	44	6	111
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	75	14	29	43	14	88
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	59	20	20	40	-3	82
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	62	16	24	40	5	80
Helminen, RaimoRaimo Helminen	66	10	30	40	-1	10
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	74	13	20	33	3	52
MacLellan, BrianBrian MacLellan^†	51	11	21	32	-20	47
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	68	11	17	28	18	56
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche	28	20	7	27	-6	4
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom	53	8	15	23	7	12
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	31	2	17	19	12	4
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	68	6	12	18	-3	103
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	70	7	8	15	-11	85
Allison, MikeMike Allison	28	2	13	15	4	22
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	25	4	8	12	7	24
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard^‡	27	2	9	11	-7	20
Gagner, DaveDave Gagner	32	4	6	10	1	19
Melnyk, LarryLarry Melnyk^†	46	1	8	9	2	65
McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee	30	4	4	8	5	63
Patrick, SteveSteve Patrick^‡	28	4	3	7	-7	37
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen^‡	16	2	5	7	-4	8
Paiement, WilfWilf Paiement^†	8	1	6	7	2	13
Whistle, RobRob Whistle	32	4	2	6	-1	10
Jensen, ChrisChris Jensen	9	1	3	4	1	0
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers^‡	9	1	3	4	2	2
Wiemer, JimJim Wiemer	7	3	0	3	0	2
Crawford, BobBob Crawford^†	11	1	2	3	2	10
Richmond, SteveSteve Richmond^‡	17	0	2	2	2	63
Heath, RandyRandy Heath	1	0	1	1	1	0
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	9	0	0	0	-1	10
Feltrin, TonyTony Feltrin	10	0	0	0	-3	21

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche	16	8	9	17	2
Brooke, BobBob Brooke	16	6	9	15	28
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley	16	6	8	14	26
Paiement, WilfWilf Paiement	16	5	5	10	45
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	16	4	6	10	20
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	16	0	8	8	6
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	16	3	4	7	4
MacLellan, BrianBrian MacLellan	16	2	4	6	15
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	16	1	5	6	34
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	16	3	2	5	16
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	15	2	3	5	26
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	5	3	1	4	11
Melnyk, LarryLarry Melnyk	16	1	2	3	46
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	16	2	1	3	31
Allison, MikeMike Allison	16	0	2	2	38
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	7	0	2	2	12
Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	9	0	1	1	8
Crawford, BobBob Crawford	7	0	1	1	8
Wiemer, JimJim Wiemer	8	1	0	1	6
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	12	0	1	1	4
Whistle, RobRob Whistle	3	0	0	0	2
McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee	11	0	0	0	32
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom	1	0	0	0	2
Helminen, RaimoRaimo Helminen	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	61	3326	31	21	5	184	3.32	1809	.887	3
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	23	1170	5	12	1	65	3.33	673	.893	0
Kleisinger, TerryTerry Kleisinger	4	191	0	2	0	14	4.40	123	.872	0
Scott, RonRon Scott	4	156	0	3	0	11	4.23	67	.804	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	16	899	8	8	49	3.27	477	.897	1
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	3	75	0	0	6	4.80	32	.813	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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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;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	7	Ulf Dahlen	RW	Sweden	Ostersund (Sweden)
2	28	Mike Richter	G	United States	Northwood Prep (New York)
3	49	Sam Lindstahl	G	Sweden	Sodertalje SK (Allsvenskan)
4	70	Pat Janostin	D	Canada	Notre Dame H.S. (Sask.)
5	91	Brad Stepan	LW	Canada	St. Paul Suburban H.S. (Minnesota)
6	112	Brian McReynolds	C	Canada	Orillia Travelways (OHA-A)
7	133	Neil Pilon	D	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
8	154	Larry Bernard	LW	Canada	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
9	175	Stephane Brochu	D	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
10	196	Steve Nemeth	RW	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
11	217	Robert Burakovsky	RW	Sweden	Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)
12	238	Rudy Poeschek	D	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

Awards and records

References

Rangers on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1985-86 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

New York Rangers

Founded in 1926
Based in New York City, New York

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Owners: The Madison Square Garden Company (James Dolan, chairman)
President: Glen Sather
General manager: Jeff Gorton
Head coach: Alain Vigneault
Team captain: Ryan McDonagh
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AHL: Hartford Wolf Pack

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits

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Radio	Kenny Albert Dave Maloney

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Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1985–86 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game The Monday Night Miracle Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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