1985–86 Montreal Canadiens season explained

Team:	Montreal Canadiens
League:	NHL
Season:	1985–86
Year:	1985
Conferencerank:	5th
Divisionrank:	2nd
Record:	40–33–7
Goalsfor:	330
Goalsagainst:	280
Goalsleader:	Mats Naslund (43)
Assistsleader:	Mats Naslund (67)
Pointsleader:	Mats Naslund (110)
Plusminusleader:	Larry Robinson (+29)
Pimleader:	Chris Nilan (274)
Winsleader:	Patrick Roy (23)
Gaaleader:	Patrick Roy (3.35)
Conferencewin:	Yes
Stanleycup:	Yes

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

Record vs. opponents

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
	LW	80	43	67	110	16	11	19	0	7
	C	79	31	55	86	55	10	5	0	7
	D	78	19	63	82	39	29	10	0	1
	RW	77	32	39	71	4	10	14	0	3
	C	80	20	36	56	57	18	1	2	3
	C/LW	69	15	34	49	45	-9	9	0	1
	LW	80	20	23	43	20	10	0	2	4
	LW	70	19	21	40	69	8	0	2	3
	RW	56	19	20	39	55	4	3	0	3
	RW	65	21	16	37	50	1	5	0	2
	RW	72	19	15	34	274	10	2	0	1
	D	41	8	26	34	67	4	2	0	0
	C	61	14	17	31	48	3	2	0	1
	D	62	7	23	30	36	9	3	0	1
	D	34	8	18	26	12	-10	7	0	0
	C	65	9	13	22	57	3	0	2	0
	D	73	1	18	19	93	24	0	0	0
	LW	24	8	7	15	46	-4	3	0	3
	D	62	3	5	8	56	-4	0	0	0
	C	17	4	2	6	8	5	0	0	0
	D	69	2	4	6	63	7	0	0	0
	D	46	3	2	5	20	-9	0	0	0
	LW	38	2	3	5	114	-4	1	0	0
	RW	9	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	0
	RW	10	1	2	3	22	-6	1	0	0
	G	47	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0
	RW	5	0	1	1	12	1	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	23	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2651	47	23	18	3	148	3.35	1	1185	1037	.875
	1215	23	11	7	2	56	2.77	3	533	477	.895
	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
	LW	20	8	11	19	4	4	0	0
	RW	20	10	6	16	68	4	0	4
	C	20	7	8	15	22	3	0	3
	D	20	0	13	13	22	0	0	0
	C	20	7	5	12	35	0	2	1
	D	20	2	9	11	49	1	0	0
	LW	20	5	5	10	12	0	1	3
	LW	20	3	4	7	45	0	1	1
	C	20	2	4	6	76	0	0	1
	RW	16	4	1	5	23	3	0	1
	RW	16	2	3	5	4	0	0	0
	D	11	2	3	5	4	1	0	0
	D	18	1	4	5	8	0	0	0
	LW	7	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
	D	17	1	2	3	29	0	0	1
	RW	18	1	2	3	141	1	0	0
	RW	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	D	20	0	1	1	48	0	0	0
	C/LW	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
	RW	18	0	0	0	53	0	0	0
	G	20	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	21	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup

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^[2]
• 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

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

Round		Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	12	Jose Charbonneau (RW)		Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
1	16	Tom Chorske (LW)		Minneapolis Southwest H.S.
2	33	Todd Richards (D)		Plymouth Armstrong High School (USHS-MN)
3	47	Rocky Dundas (RW)		Kelowna Wings (WHL)
4	75	Martin Desjardins (C)		Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
4	79	Brent Gilchrist (C)		Kelowna Wings (WHL)
5	96	Tom Sagissor (C)		Hastings High School (USHS-MN)
6	117	Donald Dufresne (D)		Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
7	142	Ed Cristofoli (RW)		Penticton Knights (BCJHL)
8	163	Mike Claringbull (D)		Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
9	184	Roger Beedon (G)		Sarnia Legionnaires (OPJHL)
10	198	Maurizio Mansi (F)		Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
10	205	Chad Arthur (LW)		Stratford Cullitons (OPJHL)
11	226	Mike Bishop (D)		Sarnia Legionnaires (OPJHL)
12	247	John Ferguson Jr. (LW)		Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL)

See also

• 1985–86 NHL season

References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1985-86 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
2. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 237, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, .