1985–86 Montreal Canadiens season

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
1	W	Oct 10, 1985	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	1–0–0
2	W	Oct 12, 1985	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks	2–0–0
3	L	Oct 13, 1985	2–7	@ Boston Bruins	2–1–0
4	L	Oct 16, 1985	0–6	Buffalo Sabres	2–2–0
5	L	Oct 19, 1985	6–11	@ Hartford Whalers	2–3–0
6	L	Oct 21, 1985	2–3	Quebec Nordiques	2–4–0
7	W	Oct 23, 1985	5–4	@ Buffalo Sabres	3–4–0
8	W	Oct 26, 1985	5–3	Hartford Whalers	4–4–0
9	L	Oct 29, 1985	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques	4–5–0
10	L	Oct 30, 1985	4–5	Philadelphia Flyers	4–6–0
11	T	Nov 2, 1985	4–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–6–1
12	W	Nov 5, 1985	8–3	@ Hartford Whalers	5–6–1
13	T	Nov 6, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars	5–6–2
14	W	Nov 9, 1985	6–0	@ Los Angeles Kings	6–6–2
15	W	Nov 12, 1985	3–2	@ New York Islanders	7–6–2
16	L	Nov 13, 1985	2–5	@ New York Rangers	7–7–2
17	T	Nov 16, 1985	2–2 OT	New York Rangers	7–7–3
18	W	Nov 18, 1985	6–2	Boston Bruins	8–7–3
19	L	Nov 20, 1985	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers	8–8–3
20	W	Nov 23, 1985	4–3	Calgary Flames	9–8–3
21	L	Nov 27, 1985	3–5	@ Washington Capitals	9–9–3
22	W	Nov 29, 1985	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres	10–9–3
23	W	Nov 30, 1985	10–1	Detroit Red Wings	11–9–3
24	W	Dec 2, 1985	7–0	Vancouver Canucks	12–9–3
25	L	Dec 5, 1985	6–8	@ Boston Bruins	12–10–3
26	W	Dec 7, 1985	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	13–10–3
27	W	Dec 11, 1985	3–1	@ Hartford Whalers	14–10–3
28	L	Dec 12, 1985	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers	14–11–3
29	W	Dec 14, 1985	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks	15–11–3
30	T	Dec 16, 1985	4–4 OT	Hartford Whalers	15–11–4
31	W	Dec 18, 1985	3–2	Quebec Nordiques	16–11–4
32	L	Dec 19, 1985	4–5 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques	16–12–4
33	W	Dec 21, 1985	3–1	Buffalo Sabres	17–12–4
34	W	Dec 27, 1985	7–3	@ New Jersey Devils	18–12–4
35	W	Dec 28, 1985	8–3	New Jersey Devils	19–12–4
36	L	Jan 1, 1986	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	19–13–4
37	W	Jan 3, 1986	7–3	@ Winnipeg Jets	20–13–4
38	W	Jan 4, 1986	6–5	@ Calgary Flames	21–13–4
39	W	Jan 6, 1986	9–2	St. Louis Blues	22–13–4
40	W	Jan 8, 1986	5–3	Boston Bruins	23–13–4
41	L	Jan 10, 1986	4–6	@ New York Rangers	23–14–4
42	L	Jan 11, 1986	3–6	Edmonton Oilers	23–15–4
43	W	Jan 15, 1986	4–0	Winnipeg Jets	24–15–4
44	L	Jan 17, 1986	4–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	24–16–4
45	W	Jan 18, 1986	3–0	New York Islanders	25–16–4
46	L	Jan 20, 1986	2–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques	25–17–4
47	T	Jan 22, 1986	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks	25–17–5
48	W	Jan 23, 1986	5–2	@ Minnesota North Stars	26–17–5
49	W	Jan 25, 1986	3–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	27–17–5
50	W	Jan 27, 1986	4–1	Buffalo Sabres	28–17–5
51	W	Jan 29, 1986	5–3	Quebec Nordiques	29–17–5
52	W	Feb 1, 1986	2–1	Boston Bruins	30–17–5
53	L	Feb 5, 1986	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques	30–18–5
54	L	Feb 7, 1986	2–3	@ Washington Capitals	30–19–5
55	W	Feb 8, 1986	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	31–19–5
56	L	Feb 10, 1986	3–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars	31–20–5
57	L	Feb 13, 1986	3–4	@ New Jersey Devils	31–21–5
58	W	Feb 15, 1986	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers	32–21–5
59	L	Feb 17, 1986	2–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings	32–22–5
60	T	Feb 19, 1986	4–4 OT	Washington Capitals	32–22–6
61	W	Feb 22, 1986	6–3	Hartford Whalers	33–22–6
62	L	Feb 24, 1986	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers	33–23–6
63	W	Feb 26, 1986	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks	34–23–6
64	W	Mar 1, 1986	6–4	@ Los Angeles Kings	35–23–6
65	L	Mar 4, 1986	3–6	@ New York Islanders	35–24–6
66	L	Mar 6, 1986	4–7	St. Louis Blues	35–25–6
67	W	Mar 8, 1986	8–3	Boston Bruins	36–25–6
68	L	Mar 10, 1986	2–5	Hartford Whalers	36–26–6
69	W	Mar 12, 1986	3–2	Vancouver Canucks	37–26–6
70	L	Mar 13, 1986	2–3	@ Boston Bruins	37–27–6
71	L	Mar 15, 1986	3–5	Calgary Flames	37–28–6
72	L	Mar 17, 1986	6–8	Quebec Nordiques	37–29–6
73	L	Mar 19, 1986	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets	37–30–6
74	L	Mar 22, 1986	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues	37–31–6
75	L	Mar 26, 1986	0–3	@ Hartford Whalers	37–32–6
76	T	Mar 27, 1986	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins	37–32–7
77	W	Mar 29, 1986	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	38–32–7
78	W	Apr 2, 1986	6–3	Detroit Red Wings	39–32–7
79	L	Apr 4, 1986	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres	39–33–7
80	W	Apr 5, 1986	4–2	Buffalo Sabres	40–33–7

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund	LW	80	43	67	110	16	11	19	0	7
Smith, BobbyBobby Smith	C	79	31	55	86	55	10	5	0	7
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	78	19	63	82	39	29	10	0	1
Dahlin, KjellKjell Dahlin	RW	77	32	39	71	4	10	14	0	3
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	80	20	36	56	57	18	1	2	3
Walter, RyanRyan Walter	C/LW	69	15	34	49	45	-9	9	0	1
Gainey, BobBob Gainey	LW	80	20	23	43	20	10	0	2	4
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	70	19	21	40	69	8	0	2	3
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay	RW	56	19	20	39	55	4	3	0	3
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	65	21	16	37	50	1	5	0	2
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	RW	72	19	15	34	274	10	2	0	1
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	D	41	8	26	34	67	4	2	0	0
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	C	61	14	17	31	48	3	2	0	1
Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers	D	62	7	23	30	36	9	3	0	1
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras	D	34	8	18	26	12	-10	7	0	0
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	65	9	13	22	57	3	0	2	0
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	D	73	1	18	19	93	24	0	0	0
Momesso, SergioSergio Momesso	LW	24	8	7	15	46	-4	3	0	3
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor	D	62	3	5	8	56	-4	0	0	0
Bucyk, RandyRandy Bucyk	C	17	4	2	6	8	5	0	0	0
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	69	2	4	6	63	7	0	0	0
Green, RickRick Green	D	46	3	2	5	20	-9	0	0	0
Rooney, SteveSteve Rooney	LW	38	2	3	5	114	-4	1	0	0
Boisvert, SergeSerge Boisvert	RW	9	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	0
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux	RW	10	1	2	3	22	-6	1	0	0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	47	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0
Kordic, JohnJohn Kordic	RW	5	0	1	1	12	1	0	0	0
Campedelli, DomDom Campedelli	D	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Carlson, KentKent Carlson	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Maley, DavidDavid Maley	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penney, SteveSteve Penney	G	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert	G	23	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Turcotte, AlfieAlfie Turcotte	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	2651	47	23	18	3	148	3.35	1	1185	1037	.875
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert	1215	23	11	7	2	56	2.77	3	533	477	.895
Penney, SteveSteve Penney	990	18	6	8	2	72	4.36	0	447	375	.839
Team:	4856	80	40	33	7	276	3.41	4	2165	1889	.873

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund	LW	20	8	11	19	4	4	0	0
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux	RW	20	10	6	16	68	4	0	4
Smith, BobbyBobby Smith	C	20	7	8	15	22	3	0	3
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	20	0	13	13	22	0	0	0
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	20	7	5	12	35	0	2	1
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	D	20	2	9	11	49	1	0	0
Gainey, BobBob Gainey	LW	20	5	5	10	12	0	1	3
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	20	3	4	7	45	0	1	1
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	20	2	4	6	76	0	0	1
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	16	4	1	5	23	3	0	1
Dahlin, KjellKjell Dahlin	RW	16	2	3	5	4	0	0	0
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras	D	11	2	3	5	4	1	0	0
Green, RickRick Green	D	18	1	4	5	8	0	0	0
Maley, DavidDavid Maley	LW	7	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor	D	17	1	2	3	29	0	0	1
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	RW	18	1	2	3	141	1	0	0
Boisvert, SergeSerge Boisvert	RW	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	20	0	1	1	48	0	0	0
Walter, RyanRyan Walter	C/LW	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Bucyk, RandyRandy Bucyk	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	C	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Kordic, JohnJohn Kordic	RW	18	0	0	0	53	0	0	0
Rooney, SteveSteve Rooney	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	20	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	D	8	0	0	0	21	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	1218	20	15	5	39	1.92	1	506	467	.923
Team:	1218	20	15	5	39	1.92	1	506	467	.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	2	Calgary	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

Kjell Dahlin, rookie scoring leader, 71 points
Kjell Dahlin, NHL All-Rookie Team
Mats Naslund, NHL Second Team All-Star^[3]
Patrick Roy, Conn Smythe Trophy
Patrick Roy, NHL All-Rookie Team

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.

References

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

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

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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1985–86 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Playoffs

Stanley Cup

Awards and records

Transactions

1986 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions

Draft picks

See also

References