1985–86 New York Rangers season

1985–86 New York Rangers
Division	4th Patrick
1985–86 record	34–38–8
Home record	20–18–2
Road record	16–20–4
Goals for	280
Goals against	276
Team information
General Manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Ted Sator
Captain	Barry Beck Ron Greschner
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Tomas Sandstrom (25)
Assists	Mike Ridley (43)
Points	Mike Ridley (65)
Penalties in minutes	Bob Brooke (111)
Wins	John Vanbiesbrouck (31)
Goals against average	John Vanbiesbrouck (3.32)
<1984–85 1986–87>

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

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

• John Vanbiesbrouck, Vezina Trophy
• John Vanbiesbrouck, goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star

References

• Rangers on Hockey Database

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
2. "1985-86 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.