1985–86 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1985–86
Year:	1985
Team:	Boston Bruins
Record:	37–31–12
Divisionrank:	3rd
Goalsfor:	311
Goalsagainst:	288
Altcaptain:	Barry Pederson^[1]
Goalsleader:	Keith Crowder (38)
Assistsleader:	Ken Linseman/Ray Bourque (58)
Pointsleader:	Keith Crowder (84)
Plusminusleader:	Barry Pederson (+19)
Pimleader:	Nevin Markwart (207)
Winsleader:	Pat Riggin (17)
Gaaleader:	Bill Ranford (2.50)

The 1985–86 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 62nd season.

Offseason

Captain Terry O'Reilly retires. Forward Rick Middleton and defenceman Ray Bourque are named co-captains.Retiring as a player during the offseason, Butch Goring is named the 15th head coach in Boston Bruins history.Defenseman Mike Milbury also retires and is named assistant coach, but returns to active duty Feb. 11, 1986, due to a mounting injury list on the blueline.Despite missing over a month of the season with an MCL injury, Bruins left winger Charlie Simmer bounces back scoring 17 goals and 26 points in his first 20 games. The winger is sent to the sidelines yet again, however, after sufferings a right eye injury from a high stick by Gates Orlando of the Buffalo Sabres. The injury is so scary that it inspires several players on the team to wear visors.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1985	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	1–0–0
2	W	October 12, 1985	9–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	2–0–0
3	W	October 13, 1985	7–2	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	3–0–0
4	T	October 16, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	3–0–1
5	L	October 18, 1985	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	3–1–1
6	W	October 19, 1985	6–3	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	4–1–1
7	W	October 22, 1985	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	5–1–1
8	L	October 27, 1985	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1985–86)	5–2–1
9	W	October 29, 1985	6–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	6–2–1
10	W	October 31, 1985	7–4	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	7–2–1
11	W	November 2, 1985	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	8–2–1
12	L	November 5, 1985	5–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	8–3–1
13	W	November 7, 1985	2–1	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	9–3–1
14	L	November 9, 1985	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	9–4–1
15	W	November 10, 1985	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	10–4–1
16	L	November 13, 1985	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	10–5–1
17	T	November 14, 1985	6–6 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	10–5–2
18	T	November 16, 1985	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1985–86)	10–5–3
19	L	November 18, 1985	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	10–6–3
20	T	November 21, 1985	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (1985–86)	10–6–4
21	W	November 23, 1985	5–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	11–6–4
22	L	November 28, 1985	0–3	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	11–7–4
23	L	November 30, 1985	0–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	11–8–4
24	W	December 1, 1985	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	12–8–4
25	W	December 5, 1985	8–6	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	13–8–4
26	L	December 7, 1985	2–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	13–9–4
27	T	December 8, 1985	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	13–9–5
28	L	December 10, 1985	4–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	13–10–5
29	T	December 12, 1985	1–1 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	13–10–6
30	W	December 14, 1985	4–2	New York Rangers (1985–86)	14–10–6
31	W	December 19, 1985	2–1	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	15–10–6
32	W	December 21, 1985	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	16–10–6
33	L	December 22, 1985	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	16–11–6
34	L	December 26, 1985	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	16–12–6
35	W	December 28, 1985	5–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	17–12–6
36	L	December 29, 1985	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	17–13–6
37	T	December 31, 1985	6–6 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	17–13–7
38	L	January 2, 1986	5–7	@ New York Islanders (1985–86)	17–14–7
39	W	January 4, 1986	4–0	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	18–14–7
40	L	January 8, 1986	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	18–15–7
41	L	January 9, 1986	2–7	St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	18–16–7
42	W	January 11, 1986	8–4	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	19–16–7
43	L	January 13, 1986	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	19–17–7
44	W	January 16, 1986	3–2	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	20–17–7
45	W	January 19, 1986	2–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	21–17–7
46	L	January 22, 1986	5–6 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	21–18–7
47	W	January 23, 1986	7–5	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	22–18–7
48	W	January 25, 1986	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	23–18–7
49	W	January 27, 1986	6–3	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	24–18–7
50	W	January 29, 1986	5–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	25–18–7
51	L	February 1, 1986	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	25–19–7
52	W	February 2, 1986	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	26–19–7
53	L	February 6, 1986	6–8	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	26–20–7
54	L	February 8, 1986	2–3	New York Rangers (1985–86)	26–21–7
55	L	February 9, 1986	3–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	26–22–7
56	L	February 11, 1986	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	26–23–7
57	L	February 15, 1986	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86)	26–24–7
58	W	February 16, 1986	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	27–24–7
59	L	February 18, 1986	4–7	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	27–25–7
60	W	February 22, 1986	6–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	28–25–7
61	W	February 23, 1986	6–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	29–25–7
62	W	February 25, 1986	7–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	30–25–7
63	L	February 27, 1986	1–2	Washington Capitals (1985–86)	30–26–7
64	W	March 1, 1986	8–3	New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	31–26–7
65	L	March 2, 1986	1–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	31–27–7
66	L	March 6, 1986	4–5 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	31–28–7
67	L	March 8, 1986	3–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	31–29–7
68	W	March 12, 1986	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	32–29–7
69	W	March 13, 1986	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	33–29–7
70	T	March 15, 1986	1–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	33–29–8
71	W	March 20, 1986	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	34–29–8
72	T	March 22, 1986	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1985–86)	34–29–9
73	T	March 23, 1986	5–5 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	34–29–10
74	L	March 25, 1986	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86)	34–30–10
75	T	March 27, 1986	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	34–30–11
76	W	March 29, 1986	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	35–30–11
77	W	March 30, 1986	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	36–30–11
78	W	April 3, 1986	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	37–30–11
79	T	April 5, 1986	2–2 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	37–30–12
80	L	April 6, 1986	3–4	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		0–1
2	April 10	Boston Bruins	2–3		0–2
3	April 12		4–3	Boston Bruins	0–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	78	38	46	84	177	14	20	0	4
	C	64	23	58	81	97	15	8	0	3
	D	74	19	58	77	68	17	11	0	3
	C	79	29	47	76	60	19	12	0	6
	LW	55	36	24	60	42	12	14	0	5
	RW	49	14	30	44	10	17	4	2	0
	LW	52	17	25	42	28	17	1	0	2
	C	80	17	23	40	73	-10	1	3	1
	D	70	8	31	39	155	3	3	0	0
	LW	64	21	16	37	61	1	2	0	4
	RW	71	18	19	37	50	-1	4	0	3
	LW	70	16	14	30	37	-10	3	0	2
	D	63	8	21	29	47	-8	4	1	0
	D	60	6	20	26	48	7	1	0	0
	LW	65	7	15	22	207	-2	0	0	1
	C	39	5	16	21	15	4	1	1	1
	LW	37	10	10	20	10	2	4	0	1
	D	61	1	7	8	80	8	0	0	0
	D	13	3	4	7	8	5	1	0	0
	D	43	2	5	7	192	6	0	0	0
	D	22	2	5	7	102	1	0	0	0
	RW	13	4	2	6	20	-4	0	0	1
	D	32	0	6	6	14	5	0	0	0
	D	31	2	3	5	29	3	1	0	0
	LW	14	1	4	5	10	2	0	0	0
	LW	46	3	0	3	178	-3	0	0	0
	RW	5	0	2	2	9	1	0	0	0
	RW	20	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
	G	8	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
	D	17	1	0	1	14	-1	0	0	0
	G	30	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	8	0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0
	RW	13	0	0	0	4	-5	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	39	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2272	39	17	11	8	127	3.35	1	973	846	.869
	1757	30	14	13	3	107	3.65	0	782	675	.863
	485	8	3	4	1	31	3.84	0	245	214	.873
	240	4	3	1	0	10	2.50	0	106	96	.906
	120	2	0	2	0	10	5.00	0	63	53	.841
Team:	4874	80	37	31	12	285	3.51	1	2169	1884	.869

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	3	0	4	4	12	2	0	0	0
	RW	3	2	0	2	21	1	0	0	0
	D	3	1	1	2	16	0	1	0	0
	RW	3	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
	C	3	1	0	1	4	-4	0	1	0
	D	3	1	0	1	6	-2	1	0	0
	C	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	C	3	0	1	1	17	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	17	-2	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	17	-1	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	14	-4	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	14	-1	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	120	2	0	2	7	3.50	0	44	37	.841
	60	1	0	1	3	3.00	0	23	20	.870
Team:	180	3	0	3	10	3.33	0	67	57	.851

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Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	32	Alain Cote		Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
3	52	Bill Ranford		New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
4	73	Jamie Kelly		Scituate High School (USHS-MA)
5	94	Steve Moore		London Diamonds (OPJHL)
6	115	Gord Hynes		Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
7	136	Per Martinelle		AIK IF (Sweden)
8	157	Randy Burridge		Peterborough Petes (OHL)
9	178	Gord Cruickshank		Providence College (Hockey East)
10	199	Dave Buda		Streetsville Derbys (OPJHL)
10	210	Bob Beers		Buffalo Jr. Sabres (NAHL)
11	220	John Byce		Madison Memorial High School (USHS-WI)
12	241	Marc West		Burlington Cougars (OPJHL)

See also

• 1985–86 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1985–86 Boston Bruins Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-22-sp-18282-story.html LA Times.
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-05 . 1985-86 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.