1985–86 New York Islanders season

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

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

Season summary

January 28: Denis Potvin breaks Bobby Orr's NHL career record for goals by a defenseman.

Playoffs

The Islanders lost in their best-of-three series in the first round to the Washington Capitals.

Round 1: New York Islanders (3) vs. Washington Capitals (2)

Game 1- Islanders 1, Capitals 3

Game 2- Islanders 2, Capitals 5

Game 3- Capitals 3, Islanders 1

Washington wins series 3-0

Player statistics

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
Haanpaa, AriAri Haanpaa	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
Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	3	1	2	3	4	-2	0
Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	3	1	1	2	2	-1	0
Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	3	1	0	1	6	-2	0
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	3	1	0	1	0	-2	1
Bassen, BobBob Bassen	C	3	0	1	1	0	-1	0
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson	D	3	0	1	1	4	-2	0
Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm	LW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin	D	3	0	1	1	0	-2	0
Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter	C	3	0	1	1	2	-3	0
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	D	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0
Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd	D	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Dineen, GordGord Dineen	D	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Flatley, PatPat Flatley	RW	3	0	0	0	21	-2	0
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	2	0	0	0	9	-1	0
Hamway, MarkMark Hamway	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	G	2	0	0	0	4	0	0
Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	D	3	0	0	0	6	-1	0
Morrow, KenKen Morrow	D	2	0	0	0	4	-2	0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	3	0	0	0	16	1	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	120	2	2	6	3.00	59	53	.898
Smith, BillyBilly Smith	60	1	1	4	4.00	34	30	.882
Team:	180	3	3	10	3.33	93	83	.892

^[2]

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;

Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
28	Canada !	Bassen, BobBob Bassen	4.0 !C	L	19	1985	Calgary, Alberta
22	Canada !	Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	7.0 !RW	R	29	1977	Montreal, Quebec
14	Canada !	Bourne, BobBob Bourne	6.0 !LW	L	31	1974	Kindersley, Saskatchewan
4	Canada !	Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	2.0 !D	L	22	1981	Sydney, Nova Scotia
8	Canada !	Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd	2.0 !D	L	24	1985	Coniston, Ontario
32	Canada !	Coulter, NealNeal Coulter	7.0 !RW	R	23	1981	London, Ontario
32	Canada !	Dalgarno, BradBrad Dalgarno	7.0 !RW	R	18	1985	Vancouver, British Columbia
29	Canada !	Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	2.0 !D	R	21	1983	Edmonton, Alberta
2	Canada !	Dineen, GordGord Dineen	2.0 !D	R	23	1981	Quebec City, Quebec
26	Canada !	Flatley, PatPat Flatley	7.0 !RW	R	22	1982	Toronto, Ontario
17	Canada !	Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	6.0 !LW	L	24	1980	Mississauga, Ontario
9	Canada !	Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	6.0 !LW	L	32	1974	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
25	Finland !	Haanpaa, AriAri Haanpaa	7.0 !RW	R	20	1984	Nokia, Finland
28	United States !	Hamway, MarkMark Hamway	7.0 !RW	R	24	1980	Detroit, Michigan
20	Canada !	Henry, DaleDale Henry	6.0 !LW	L	21	1983	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
33	Canada !	Howson, ScottScott Howson	4.0 !C	R	26	1984	Toronto, Ontario
30	Canada !	Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	1.0 !G	L	25	1980	Edmonton, Alberta
36	Canada !	Johannesen, GlennGlenn Johannesen	2.0 !D	R	24	1980	Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan
3	Sweden !	Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson	2.0 !D	L	26	1979	Falun, Sweden
10	Canada !	Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr	6.0 !LW	R	22	1982	Hazelton, British Columbia
33	Canada !	Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	2.0 !D	L	25	1985	Scarborough, Ontario
11	Canada !	Kortko, RogerRoger Kortko	4.0 !C	L	23	1982	Hafford, Saskatchewan
35	Canada !	Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm	6.0 !LW	L	22	1985	Trail, British Columbia
16	United States !	LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	4.0 !C	R	21	1983	St. Louis, Missouri
35	United States !	Leiter, KenKen Leiter	2.0 !D	L	24	1980	Detroit, Michigan
24	Finland !	Makela, MikkoMikko Makela	4.0 !C	L	21	1983	Tampere, Finland
6	United States !	Morrow, KenKen Morrow	2.0 !D	R	29	1976	Flint, Michigan
23	Sweden !	Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	7.0 !RW	R	33	1972	Stockholm, Sweden
7	Sweden !	Persson, StefanStefan Persson	2.0 !D	L	31	1974	Umea, Sweden
5	Canada !	Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin (C)	2.0 !D	L	32	1973	Ottawa, Ontario
31	Canada !	Smith, BillyBilly Smith	1.0 !G	L	35	1972	Perth, Ontario
21	Canada !	Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter	4.0 !C	R	23	1980	Viking, Alberta
12	Canada !	Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	7.0 !RW	R	26	1979	Viking, Alberta
27	Canada !	Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	6.0 !LW	L	29	1977	Milton, Ontario
19	Canada !	Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	4.0 !C	L	29	1974	Val Marie, Saskatchewan

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1985-86 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

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

External links

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1985–86 New York Islanders season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Season summary

Playoffs

Player statistics

Roster

See also

References

External links