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1985–86 Boston Bruins
Division3rd Adams
1985–86 record37–31–12
Goals for311
Goals against288
Team information
General managerHarry Sinden
CoachButch Goring
CaptainRay Bourque
Rick Middleton
Alternate captainsBarry Pederson[1]
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsKeith Crowder (38)
AssistsKen Linseman/Ray Bourque (58)
PointsKeith Crowder (84)
Penalty minutesNevin Markwart (207)
Plus/minusBarry Pederson (+19)
WinsPat Riggin (17)
Goals against averageBill Ranford (2.50)

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

Offseason

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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

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Final standings

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Adams Division
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

[2]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.

Record vs. opponents

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Adams Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

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Vs. Campbell Conference

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Schedule and results

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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

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Adams Division Semifinals

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Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 0

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# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 9 Boston Bruins 1–3 Montreal Canadiens 0–1
2 April 10 Boston Bruins 2–3 Montreal Canadiens 0–2
3 April 12 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 Boston Bruins 0–3

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Keith Crowder RW 78 38 46 84 177 14 20 0 4
Ken Linseman C 64 23 58 81 97 15 8 0 3
Raymond Bourque D 74 19 58 77 68 17 11 0 3
Barry Pederson C 79 29 47 76 60 19 12 0 6
Charlie Simmer LW 55 36 24 60 42 12 14 0 5
Rick Middleton RW 49 14 30 44 10 17 4 2 0
Randy Burridge LW 52 17 25 42 28 17 1 0 2
Steve Kasper C 80 17 23 40 73 -10 1 3 1
Gord Kluzak D 70 8 31 39 155 3 3 0 0
Geoff Courtnall LW 64 21 16 37 61 1 2 0 4
Dave Pasin RW 71 18 19 37 50 -1 4 0 3
Kraig Nienhuis LW 70 16 14 30 37 -10 3 0 2
Mike O'Connell D 63 8 21 29 47 -8 4 1 0
Michael Thelvén D 60 6 20 26 48 7 1 0 0
Nevin Markwart LW 65 7 15 22 207 -2 0 0 1
Bill Derlago C 39 5 16 21 15 4 1 1 1
Dave Reid LW 37 10 10 20 10 2 4 0 1
John Blum D 61 1 7 8 80 8 0 0 0
Reed Larson D 13 3 4 7 8 5 1 0 0
Brian Curran D 43 2 5 7 192 6 0 0 0
Mike Milbury D 22 2 5 7 102 1 0 0 0
Louis Sleigher RW 13 4 2 6 20 -4 0 0 1
Alain Côté D 32 0 6 6 14 5 0 0 0
Mats Thelin D 31 2 3 5 29 3 1 0 0
Morris Lukowich LW 14 1 4 5 10 2 0 0 0
Jay Miller LW 46 3 0 3 178 -3 0 0 0
Lyndon Byers RW 5 0 2 2 9 1 0 0 0
Greg Johnston RW 20 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Pete Peeters G 8 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Frank Simonetti D 17 1 0 1 14 -1 0 0 0
Doug Keans G 30 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0
Wade Campbell D 8 0 0 0 15 1 0 0 0
John Carter LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleon Daskalakis G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Donnelly C 8 0 0 0 17 3 0 0 0
Dwight Foster RW 13 0 0 0 4 -5 0 0 0
Bill Ranford G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Riggin G 39 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Pat Riggin 2272 39 17 11 8 127 3.35 1 973 846 .869
Doug Keans 1757 30 14 13 3 107 3.65 0 782 675 .863
Pete Peeters 485 8 3 4 1 31 3.84 0 245 214 .873
Bill Ranford 240 4 3 1 0 10 2.50 0 106 96 .906
Cleon Daskalakis 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

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Randy Burridge LW 3 0 4 4 12 2 0 0 0
Keith Crowder RW 3 2 0 2 21 1 0 0 0
Gord Kluzak D 3 1 1 2 16 0 1 0 0
Dwight Foster RW 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
Steve Kasper C 3 1 0 1 4 -4 0 1 0
Reed Larson D 3 1 0 1 6 -2 1 0 0
Barry Pederson C 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Linseman C 3 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 0
Dave Pasin RW 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Blum D 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Raymond Bourque D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Geoff Courtnall LW 3 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0
Brian Curran D 2 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Mike Milbury D 1 0 0 0 17 -2 0 0 0
Jay Miller LW 2 0 0 0 17 -1 0 0 0
Kraig Nienhuis LW 2 0 0 0 14 -4 0 0 0
Bill Ranford G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Riggin G 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Charlie Simmer LW 3 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Frank Simonetti D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louis Sleigher RW 1 0 0 0 14 -1 0 0 0
Michael Thelvén D 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Bill Ranford 120 2 0 2 7 3.50 0 44 37 .841
Pat Riggin 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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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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ LA Times. Retrieved 2013-Aug-18.
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1985-86 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
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