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1985–86 Boston Bruins season
NHL team season
NHL team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1985–86 |
| year | 1985 |
| Team | Boston Bruins |
| Record | 37–31–12 |
| HomeRecord | 24–9–7 |
| RoadRecord | 13–22–5 |
| Conference | Wales |
| ConferenceRank | 6th |
| Division | Adams |
| DivisionRank | 3rd |
| GoalsFor | 311 |
| GoalsAgainst | 288 |
| GeneralManager | Harry Sinden |
| Coach | Butch Goring |
| Captain | Ray Bourque |
| Rick Middleton | |
| AltCaptain | Barry Pederson |
| Arena | Boston Garden |
| 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) |
Rick Middleton The 1985–86 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 62nd season.
Offseason
Captain Terry O'Reilly retires. Forward Rick Middleton and defenseman 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
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|- |1||W||October 10, 1985||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 12, 1985||9–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||2–0–0 |- |3||W||October 13, 1985||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) ||3–0–0 |- |4||T||October 16, 1985||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) ||3–0–1 |- |5||L||October 18, 1985||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) ||3–1–1 |- |6||W||October 19, 1985||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) ||4–1–1 |- |7||W||October 22, 1985||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) ||5–1–1 |- |8||L||October 27, 1985||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1985–86) ||5–2–1 |- |9||W||October 29, 1985||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||6–2–1 |- |10||W||October 31, 1985||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) ||7–2–1
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Playoffs
|- | 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
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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 |
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 | 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) |
References
References
- [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-22-sp-18282-story.html LA Times.] Retrieved 2013-Aug-18.
- "1985-86 Boston Bruins Schedule".
- "1985-86 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
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