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 Brent Sutter
Arena	Nassau Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Bossy (61)
Assists	Mike Bossy (62)
Points	Mike Bossy (123)
Penalty minutes	Duane Sutter (157)
Plus/minus	Denis Potvin (+34)
Wins	Billy Smith (20)
Goals against average	Kelly Hrudey (3.21)

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

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

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Patrick Division 1985–86 NHL records Team NJD NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total New Jersey — 2−5 2−5 3−4 2−4−1 1−6 10−24−1 N.Y. Islanders 5−2 — 3−3−1 4−3 5−1−1 3−4 20−13−2 N.Y. Rangers 5−2 3−3−1 — 1−6 2−4−1 3−3−1 14−18−3 Philadelphia 4−3 3−4 6−1 — 6−0−1 5−2 24−10−1 Pittsburgh 4−2−1 1−5−1 4−2−1 0–6−1 — 1−6 10−21−4 Washington 6−1 4−3 3−3−1 2–5 6−1 — 21−13−1 Vs. Adams Division 1985–86 NHL records Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total New Jersey 0−3 1−2 1−2 1−2 2−1 5−10−0 N.Y. Islanders 1−0−2 1−2 2−1 1−2 1−2 6−7−2 N.Y. Rangers 2−1 0−3 1−2 2−0−1 0−2−1 5−8−2 Philadelphia 2−1 1−2 3−0 2−1 1−1−1 9−5−1 Pittsburgh 1−2 2−0−1 1−2 0−2−1 1−1−1 5−7−3 Washington 2−0−1 1−1−1 2−0−1 2−0−1 3−0 10−1−4 Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Norris Division 1985–86 NHL records Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR Total New Jersey 2−1 2−0−1 1−2 1−2 1−2 7−7−1 N.Y. Islanders 0−2−1 3−0 0−2−1 1−1−1 3−0 7−5−3 N.Y. Rangers 0−3 3−0 1−2 1−1−1 2−1 7−7−1 Philadelphia 2−0−1 2−1 2−0−1 2−1 2−1 10−3−2 Pittsburgh 1−1−1 2−1 3−0 2−1 3−0 11−3−1 Washington 2−1 2−1 2−1 3−0 2−1 11−4−0 Vs. Smythe Division 1985–86 NHL records Team CGY EDM LAK VAN WIN Total New Jersey 0−2−1 0−3 2−1 2−1 2−1 6−8−1 N.Y. Islanders 1−1−1 0−1−2 2−1 1−1−1 2−0−1 6−4−5 N.Y. Rangers 1−2 2−1 2−1 3−0 2−1 10−5−0 Philadelphia 2−1 1−2 3−0 2−1 2−1 10−5−0 Pittsburgh 1−2 1−2 2−1 2−1 2−1 8−7−0 Washington 0−3 3−0 2−1 2−0−1 1−1−1 8−5−2

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: In a 9–2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs, Denis Potvin breaks Bobby Orr's NHL career record for goals by a defenseman.

Playoffs

The Islanders lost in their best-of-five 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 Mike Bossy RW 80 61 62 123 14 30 21 1 9 Bryan Trottier C 78 37 59 96 72 29 5 1 3 John Tonelli LW 65 20 41 61 50 22 3 0 1 Denis Potvin D 74 21 38 59 78 34 8 1 4 Brent Sutter C 61 24 31 55 74 11 10 0 2 Pat LaFontaine C 65 30 23 53 43 16 2 0 4 Duane Sutter RW 80 20 33 53 157 15 4 0 1 Pat Flatley RW 73 18 34 52 66 20 6 0 2 Tomas Jonsson D 77 14 30 44 62 16 5 1 1 Mikko Makela RW 58 16 20 36 28 12 2 0 3 Paul Boutilier D 77 4 30 34 100 -5 0 0 0 Bob Bourne C 62 17 15 32 36 -7 2 0 5 Greg Gilbert LW 60 9 19 28 82 5 1 0 2 Stefan Persson D 56 1 19 20 40 -3 1 0 0 Mark Hamway RW 49 5 12 17 9 -5 1 0 1 Richard Kromm LW 14 7 7 14 4 8 0 0 0 Clark Gillies LW 55 4 10 14 55 -8 1 0 0 Randy Boyd D 55 2 12 14 79 9 0 0 0 Roger Kortko C 52 5 8 13 19 -11 0 0 1 Ken Morrow D 69 0 12 12 22 24 0 0 0 Gord Dineen D 57 1 8 9 81 15 0 0 0 Neal Coulter RW 16 3 4 7 4 -1 0 0 0 Ari Haanpaa LW 18 0 7 7 20 0 0 0 0 Steve Konroyd D 14 0 5 5 16 4 0 0 0 Dale Henry LW 7 1 3 4 15 0 0 0 0 Bob Bassen C 11 2 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 Gerald Diduck D 10 1 2 3 2 5 0 0 0 Scott Howson C 10 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 Kelly Hrudey G 45 0 3 3 14 0 0 0 0 Billy Smith G 41 0 3 3 49 0 0 0 0 Ken Leiter D 9 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 Bob Nystrom RW 14 1 1 2 16 -4 1 0 0 Brad Dalgarno RW 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Alan Kerr RW 7 0 1 1 16 1 0 0 0 Glenn Johannesen LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Billy Smith 2308 41 20 14 4 143 3.72 1 1204 1061 .881 Kelly 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 Mike Bossy RW 3 1 2 3 4 -2 0 0 0 Bryan Trottier C 3 1 1 2 2 -1 0 0 0 Clark Gillies LW 3 1 0 1 6 -2 0 0 0 Pat LaFontaine C 3 1 0 1 0 -2 1 0 0 Bob Bassen C 3 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 Tomas Jonsson D 3 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0 Richard Kromm LW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Denis Potvin D 3 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0 Brent Sutter C 3 0 1 1 2 -3 0 0 0 Bob Bourne C 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Paul Boutilier D 3 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 Randy Boyd D 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Gord Dineen D 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Pat Flatley RW 3 0 0 0 21 -2 0 0 0 Greg Gilbert LW 2 0 0 0 9 -1 0 0 0 Mark Hamway RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelly Hrudey G 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Alan Kerr RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Konroyd D 3 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Ken Morrow D 2 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0 Billy Smith G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Duane Sutter RW 3 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Kelly Hrudey 120 2 0 2 6 3.00 0 59 53 .898 Billy Smith 60 1 0 1 4 4.00 0 34 30 .882 Team: 180 3 0 3 10 3.33 0 93 83 .892

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;

Draft picks

New York'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)
1	6	Brad Dalgarno	Canada	Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
1	13	Derek King	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2	34	Brad Lauer	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	55	Jeff Finley	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
4	76	Kevin Herom	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
5	89	Tommy Hedlund	Sweden	AIK IF (Sweden)
5	97	Jeff Sveen	Canada	Boston University (Hockey East)
6	118	Rod Dallman	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
7	139	Kurt Lackten	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
8	160	Hank Lammens	Canada	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
9	181	Rich Wiest	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
10	202	Real Arsenault	Canada	Prince Andrew Secondary School (Canadian HS-NS)
11	223	Mike Volpe	Canada	Halifax Lions (MTJHL)
12	244	Tony Grenier	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)

See also

• 1985–86 NHL season

References

• "1985–86 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.