1985–86 New York Islanders season

1985–86 New York Islanders
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	4th Wales
1985–86 record	39–29–12
Home record	22-11-7
Road record	17-18-5
Goals for	327
Goals against	284
Team information
General Manager	Bill Torrey
Coach	Al Arbour
Captain	Denis Potvin
Alternate captains	Bryan Trottier Unknown
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Bossy (61)
Assists	Mike Bossy (62)
Points	Mike Bossy (123)
Penalties in minutes	Duane Sutter (157)
Plus/minus	Denis Potvin (+34)
Wins	Billy Smith (20)
Goals against average	Kelly Hrudey (3.21)
<1984–85 1986–87>

The 1985–86 New York Islanders season was the 14th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League.

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

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 SHG GWG Bossy, MikeMike Bossy RW 3 1 2 3 4 -2 0 0 0 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier C 3 1 1 2 2 -1 0 0 0 Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies LW 3 1 0 1 6 -2 0 0 0 LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine C 3 1 0 1 0 -2 1 0 0 Bassen, BobBob Bassen C 3 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson D 3 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0 Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm LW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin D 3 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0 Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter C 3 0 1 1 2 -3 0 0 0 Bourne, BobBob Bourne C 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier D 3 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd D 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Dineen, GordGord Dineen D 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Flatley, PatPat Flatley RW 3 0 0 0 21 -2 0 0 0 Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert LW 2 0 0 0 9 -1 0 0 0 Hamway, MarkMark Hamway RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd D 3 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Morrow, KenKen Morrow D 2 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 3 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 120 2 0 2 6 3.00 0 59 53 .898 Smith, BillyBilly Smith 60 1 0 1 4 4.00 0 34 30 .882 Team: 180 3 0 3 10 3.33 0 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		Bassen, BobBob Bassen	C	L	19	1985	Calgary, Alberta
22		Bossy, MikeMike Bossy	RW	R	29	1977	Montreal, Quebec
14		Bourne, BobBob Bourne	LW	L	31	1974	Kindersley, Saskatchewan
4		Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	D	L	22	1981	Sydney, Nova Scotia
8		Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd	D	L	24	1985	Coniston, Ontario
32		Coulter, NealNeal Coulter	RW	R	23	1981	London, Ontario
32		Dalgarno, BradBrad Dalgarno	RW	R	18	1985	Vancouver, British Columbia
29		Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	D	R	21	1983	Edmonton, Alberta
2		Dineen, GordGord Dineen	D	R	23	1981	Quebec City, Quebec
26		Flatley, PatPat Flatley	RW	R	22	1982	Toronto, Ontario
17		Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	L	24	1980	Mississauga, Ontario
9		Gillies, ClarkClark Gillies	LW	L	32	1974	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
25		Haanpaa, AriAri Haanpaa	RW	R	20	1984	Nokia, Finland
28		Hamway, MarkMark Hamway	RW	R	24	1980	Detroit, Michigan
20		Henry, DaleDale Henry	LW	L	21	1983	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
33		Howson, ScottScott Howson	C	R	26	1984	Toronto, Ontario
30		Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	G	L	25	1980	Edmonton, Alberta
36		Johannesen, GlennGlenn Johannesen	D	R	24	1980	Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan
3		Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson	D	L	26	1979	Falun, Sweden
10		Kerr, AlanAlan Kerr	LW	R	22	1982	Hazelton, British Columbia
33		Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	D	L	25	1985	Scarborough, Ontario
11		Kortko, RogerRoger Kortko	C	L	23	1982	Hafford, Saskatchewan
35		Kromm, RichardRichard Kromm	LW	L	22	1985	Trail, British Columbia
16		LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	C	R	21	1983	St. Louis, Missouri
35		Leiter, KenKen Leiter	D	L	24	1980	Detroit, Michigan
24		Makela, MikkoMikko Makela	C	L	21	1983	Tampere, Finland
6		Morrow, KenKen Morrow	D	R	29	1976	Flint, Michigan
23		Nystrom, BobBob Nystrom	RW	R	33	1972	Stockholm, Sweden
7		Persson, StefanStefan Persson	D	L	31	1974	Umea, Sweden
5		Potvin, DenisDenis Potvin (C)	D	L	32	1973	Ottawa, Ontario
31		Smith, BillyBilly Smith	G	L	35	1972	Perth, Ontario
21		Sutter, BrentBrent Sutter	C	R	23	1980	Viking, Alberta
12		Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter	RW	R	26	1979	Viking, Alberta
27		Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	LW	L	29	1977	Milton, Ontario
19		Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	C	L	29	1974	Val Marie, Saskatchewan

See also

• 1985–86 NHL season

References

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 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.

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