1985–86 Boston Bruins season

1985–86 Boston Bruins
Division 3rd Adams
1985–86 record 37–31–12
Goals for 311
Goals against 288
Team information
General Manager Harry Sinden
Coach Butch Goring
Captain Ray Bourque
Rick Middleton
Alternate captains Barry Pederson [1]
Arena Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals Keith Crowder (38)
Assists Ken Linseman/Ray Bourque (58)
Points Keith Crowder (84)
Penalties in minutes Nevin Markwart (207)
Plus/minus Barry Pederson (19)
Wins Pat Riggin (17)
Goals against average Bill Ranford (2.50)
<1984–85 1986–87>

Offseason

Captain Terry O'Reilly retires. Forward Rick Middleton and defenceman Ray Bourque are named co-captains.

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

[2]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

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 10, 19853–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 1–0–0
2WOctober 12, 19859–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 2–0–0
3WOctober 13, 19857–2 Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 3–0–0
4TOctober 16, 19853–3 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 3–0–1
5LOctober 18, 19852–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 3–1–1
6WOctober 19, 19856–3 @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 4–1–1
7WOctober 22, 19855–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 5–1–1
8LOctober 27, 19851–2 @ New York Rangers (1985–86) 5–2–1
9WOctober 29, 19856–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 6–2–1
10WOctober 31, 19857–4 Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 7–2–1
11WNovember 2, 19855–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 8–2–1
12LNovember 5, 19855–7 @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 8–3–1
13WNovember 7, 19852–1 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 9–3–1
14LNovember 9, 19853–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 9–4–1
15WNovember 10, 19852–1 Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 10–4–1
16LNovember 13, 19854–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 10–5–1
17TNovember 14, 19856–6 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 10–5–2
18TNovember 16, 19852–2 OT Washington Capitals (1985–86) 10–5–3
19LNovember 18, 19852–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 10–6–3
20TNovember 21, 19854–4 OT New York Islanders (1985–86) 10–6–4
21WNovember 23, 19855–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 11–6–4
22LNovember 28, 19850–3 Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 11–7–4
23LNovember 30, 19850–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 11–8–4
24WDecember 1, 19854–2 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 12–8–4
25WDecember 5, 19858–6 Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 13–8–4
26LDecember 7, 19852–7 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 13–9–4
27TDecember 8, 19853–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 13–9–5
28LDecember 10, 19854–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 13–10–5
29TDecember 12, 19851–1 OT Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 13–10–6
30WDecember 14, 19854–2 New York Rangers (1985–86) 14–10–6
31WDecember 19, 19852–1 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 15–10–6
32WDecember 21, 19855–2 Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 16–10–6
33LDecember 22, 19853–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 16–11–6
34LDecember 26, 19853–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 16–12–6
35WDecember 28, 19855–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 17–12–6
36LDecember 29, 19853–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 17–13–6
37TDecember 31, 19856–6 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 17–13–7
38LJanuary 2, 19865–7 @ New York Islanders (1985–86) 17–14–7
39WJanuary 4, 19864–0 Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 18–14–7
40LJanuary 8, 19863–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 18–15–7
41LJanuary 9, 19862–7 St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 18–16–7
42WJanuary 11, 19868–4 Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 19–16–7
43LJanuary 13, 19863–5 Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 19–17–7
44WJanuary 16, 19863–2 Calgary Flames (1985–86) 20–17–7
45WJanuary 19, 19862–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 21–17–7
46LJanuary 22, 19865–6 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 21–18–7
47WJanuary 23, 19867–5 Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 22–18–7
48WJanuary 25, 19866–3 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 23–18–7
49WJanuary 27, 19866–3 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 24–18–7
50WJanuary 29, 19865–4 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 25–18–7
51LFebruary 1, 19861–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 25–19–7
52WFebruary 2, 19863–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 26–19–7
53LFebruary 6, 19866–8 Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 26–20–7
54LFebruary 8, 19862–3 New York Rangers (1985–86) 26–21–7
55LFebruary 9, 19863–4 OT Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 26–22–7
56LFebruary 11, 19864–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 26–23–7
57LFebruary 15, 19861–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 26–24–7
58WFebruary 16, 19865–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 27–24–7
59LFebruary 18, 19864–7 @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 27–25–7
60WFebruary 22, 19866–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 28–25–7
61WFebruary 23, 19866–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 29–25–7
62WFebruary 25, 19867–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 30–25–7
63LFebruary 27, 19861–2 Washington Capitals (1985–86) 30–26–7
64WMarch 1, 19868–3 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 31–26–7
65LMarch 2, 19861–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 31–27–7
66LMarch 6, 19864–5 OT Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 31–28–7
67LMarch 8, 19863–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 31–29–7
68WMarch 12, 19865–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 32–29–7
69WMarch 13, 19863–2 Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 33–29–7
70TMarch 15, 19861–1 OT Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 33–29–8
71WMarch 20, 19866–3 Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 34–29–8
72TMarch 22, 19863–3 OT New York Islanders (1985–86) 34–29–9
73TMarch 23, 19865–5 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 34–29–10
74LMarch 25, 19863–6 @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 34–30–10
75TMarch 27, 19863–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 34–30–11
76WMarch 29, 19862–1 Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 35–30–11
77WMarch 30, 19865–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 36–30–11
78WApril 3, 19864–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 37–30–11
79TApril 5, 19862–2 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 37–30–12
80LApril 6, 19863–4 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 37–31–12

Playoffs

Adams Division Semifinals

Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 0

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 9 Boston Bruins 1–3 Montreal Canadiens 0–1
2 April 10 Boston Bruins 2–3 Montreal Canadiens 0–2
3 April 12 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 Boston Bruins 0–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder RW 78 38 46 84 177142004
Linseman, KenKen Linseman C 64 23 58 81 9715803
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque D 74 19 58 77 68171103
Pederson, BarryBarry Pederson C 79 29 47 76 60191206
Simmer, CharlieCharlie Simmer LW 55 36 24 60 42121405
Middleton, RickRick Middleton RW 49 14 30 44 1017420
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge LW 52 17 25 42 2817102
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper C 80 17 23 40 73-10131
Kluzak, GordGord Kluzak D 70 8 31 39 1553300
Courtnall, GeoffGeoff Courtnall LW 64 21 16 37 611204
Pasin, DaveDave Pasin RW 71 18 19 37 50-1403
Nienhuis, KraigKraig Nienhuis LW 70 16 14 30 37-10302
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell D 63 8 21 29 47-8410
Thelven, MichaelMichael Thelven D 60 6 20 26 487100
Markwart, NevinNevin Markwart LW 65 7 15 22 207-2001
Derlago, BillBill Derlago C 39 5 16 21 154111
Reid, DaveDave Reid LW 37 10 10 20 102401
Blum, JohnJohn Blum D 61 1 7 8 808000
Larson, ReedReed Larson D 13 3 4 7 85100
Curran, BrianBrian Curran D 43 2 5 7 1926000
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury D 22 2 5 7 1021000
Sleigher, LouisLouis Sleigher RW 13 4 2 6 20-4001
Cote, AlainAlain Cote D 32 0 6 6 145000
Thelin, MatsMats Thelin D 31 2 3 5 293100
Lukowich, MorrisMorris Lukowich LW 14 1 4 5 102000
Miller, JayJay Miller LW 46 3 0 3 178-3000
Byers, LyndonLyndon Byers RW 5 0 2 2 91000
Johnston, GregGreg Johnston RW 20 0 2 2 0-1000
Peeters, PetePete Peeters G 8 0 2 2 40000
Simonetti, FrankFrank Simonetti D 17 1 0 1 14-1000
Keans, DougDoug Keans G 30 0 1 1 120000
Campbell, WadeWade Campbell D 8 0 0 0 151000
Carter, JohnJohn Carter LW 3 0 0 0 00000
Daskalakis, CleonCleon Daskalakis G 2 0 0 0 00000
Donnelly, DaveDave Donnelly C 8 0 0 0 173000
Foster, DwightDwight Foster RW 13 0 0 0 4-5000
Ranford, BillBill Ranford G 4 0 0 0 00000
Riggin, PatPat Riggin G 39 0 0 0 40000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Riggin, PatPat Riggin 2272 39 17 11 8 127 3.35 1973846.869
Keans, DougDoug Keans 1757 30 14 13 3 107 3.65 0782675.863
Peeters, PetePete Peeters 485 8 3 4 1 31 3.84 0245214.873
Ranford, BillBill Ranford 240 4 3 1 0 10 2.50 010696.906
Daskalakis, CleonCleon Daskalakis 120 2 0 2 0 10 5.00 06353.841
Team: 4874 80 37 31 12 285 3.51 121691884.869

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge LW 3 0 4 4 122000
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder RW 3 2 0 2 211000
Kluzak, GordGord Kluzak D 3 1 1 2 160100
Foster, DwightDwight Foster RW 3 0 2 2 21000
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper C 3 1 0 1 4-4010
Larson, ReedReed Larson D 3 1 0 1 6-2100
Pederson, BarryBarry Pederson C 3 1 0 1 01000
Linseman, KenKen Linseman C 3 0 1 1 170000
Pasin, DaveDave Pasin RW 3 0 1 1 01000
Blum, JohnJohn Blum D 3 0 0 0 60000
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque D 3 0 0 0 00000
Courtnall, GeoffGeoff Courtnall LW 3 0 0 0 2-4000
Curran, BrianBrian Curran D 2 0 0 0 4-1000
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury D 1 0 0 0 17-2000
Miller, JayJay Miller LW 2 0 0 0 17-1000
Nienhuis, KraigKraig Nienhuis LW 2 0 0 0 14-4000
Ranford, BillBill Ranford G 2 0 0 0 00000
Riggin, PatPat Riggin G 1 0 0 0 20000
Simmer, CharlieCharlie Simmer LW 3 0 0 0 4-1000
Simonetti, FrankFrank Simonetti D 3 0 0 0 00000
Sleigher, LouisLouis Sleigher RW 1 0 0 0 14-1000
Thelven, MichaelMichael Thelven D 3 0 0 0 0-2000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Ranford, BillBill Ranford 120 2 0 2 7 3.50 04437.841
Riggin, PatPat Riggin 60 1 0 1 3 3.00 02320.870
Team: 180 3 0 3 10 3.33 06757.851

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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;

See also

References

  1. LA Times. Retrieved 2013-Aug-18.
  2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. "1985-86 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

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