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1985–86 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1985–86
year	1985
Team	Detroit Red Wings
Record	17–57–6
HomeRecord	10–26–4
RoadRecord	7–31–2
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	10th
Division	Norris
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	266
GoalsAgainst	415
GeneralManager	Jim Devellano
Coach	Harry Neale (Oct.–Dec.)
Brad Park (Dec.–Apr.)
Captain	Danny Gare
AltCaptain	Mike O'Connell
Reed Larson
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
GoalsLeader	John Ogrodnick (38)
AssistsLeader	Kelly Kisio (48)
PointsLeader	John Ogrodnick (70)
PIMLeader	Joe Kocur (377)
WinsLeader	Greg Stefan (10)
GAALeader	Greg Stefan (4.51)

Brad Park (Dec.–Apr.) Reed Larson

The 1985–86 season was the team's 60th season, their 54th season as the Red Wings. The Red Wings missed the playoffs by finishing dead last in the Norris Division, the Clarence Campbell Conference, and in the entire National Hockey League with a record of 17 wins, 57 losses and 6 ties, for a total of 40 points, the worst record in franchise history In addition, they finished the season with the fewest goals scored of all NHL teams, the most goals against, and the most penalty minutes.

Offseason

Former Vancouver Canucks head coach Harry Neale was hired as the team's new head coach on June 24, 1985. Previous head coach Nick Polano was named assistant general manager.

Regular season

After starting the season with a league worst 8–23–4 record, Detroit fired head coach Neale on December 30 and replaced him with recently retired defenseman Brad Park.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||T||October 10, 1985||6–6 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||0–0–1 |- |2||L||October 12, 1985||2–9 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1985–86) ||0–1–1 |- |3||L||October 14, 1985||1–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) ||0–2–1 |- |4||L||October 16, 1985||3–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) ||0–3–1 |- |5||L||October 17, 1985||1–10 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||0–4–1 |- |6||L||October 19, 1985||2–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||0–5–1 |- |7||L||October 23, 1985||0–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) ||0–6–1 |- |8||L||October 26, 1985||4–7 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) ||0–7–1 |- |9||L||October 27, 1985||3–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) ||0–8–1 |- |10||W||October 30, 1985||6–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) ||1–8–1 |- |11||T||October 31, 1985||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||1–8–2

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−	PPG	SHG	GWG
LW	76	38	32	70	18	−30	15	1	2
C	76	21	48	69	85	−21	7	3	0
D	67	19	41	60	109	−36	11	0	0
W	74	32	24	56	16	−39	8	0	4
C/RW	67	19	29	48	26	−30	8	0	2
C	79	22	24	46	161	−34	9	0	1
C	51	14	28	42	16	−24	3	0	3
LW	52	20	19	39	106	−10	3	1	2
D	62	5	19	24	84	−14	0	0	0
C	48	7	15	22	142	−27	2	0	1
RW	59	10	11	21	21	−8	1	1	0
LW	44	8	13	21	186	−14	3	0	0
C	38	9	11	20	10	−24	1	0	1
RW	55	6	12	18	48	−13	1	1	0
D	78	5	13	18	196	−54	0	0	1
RW	57	7	9	16	102	−19	1	0	0
RW	59	9	6	15	377	−24	2	0	0
D	65	2	12	14	125	−29	0	0	0
D	37	2	11	13	26	−23	1	0	0
D	29	0	10	10	16	−8	0	0	0
D	13	1	7	8	16	−6	0	1	0
C	21	2	4	6	11	−8	0	0	0
D	35	0	6	6	75	−7	0	0	0
RW	34	2	3	5	130	−11	0	0	0
C	11	2	3	5	2	−1	2	0	0
D	13	0	5	5	2	−9	0	0	0
D	29	1	2	3	82	−18	0	0	0
D	23	0	3	3	6	−9	0	0	0
RW	4	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
C	17	0	2	2	0	−12	0	0	0
G	37	0	2	2	23	0	0	0	0
LW/C	5	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	0
RW	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
C	4	0	1	1	0	−4	0	0	0
G	18	0	1	1	17	0	0	0	0
RW	4	0	1	1	7	−3	0	0	0
D	14	0	1	1	16	−10	0	0	0
D	6	0	0	0	4	−7	0	0	0
G	28	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0
LW	4	0	0	0	5	−4	0	0	0
D	14	0	0	0	70	−6	0	0	0
G	11	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2068	37	10	20	5	155	4.50	1	1080	925	.856
	1383	28	4	21	0	114	4.95	1	742	628	.846
	788	18	2	7	0	83	6.32	0	453	370	.817
	565	11	1	9	1	52	5.52	0	342	290	.848
	40	1	0	0	0	3	4.50	0	12	9	.750
Team:	4844	80	17	57	6	407	5.04	2	2629	2222	.845

Note: 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;

Awards and records

This team set the NHL record for most fighting majors in a season with 154. 415 goals against is also the most by a team in a single season.

Draft picks

Detroit'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	8	Brent Fedyk	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
2	29	Jeff Sharples	Canada	Kelowna Wings (WHL)
3	50	Steve Chiasson	Canada	Guelph Platers (OHL)
4	71	Mark Gowans	United States	Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)
5	92	Chris Luongo	United States	St. Clair Shores Falcons (NAHL)
6	113	Randy McKay	Canada	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
7	134	Thomas Bjuhr	Sweden	AIK IF (Sweden)
8	155	Mike Luckraft	United States	Burnsville High School (USHS-MN)
9	176	Rob Schena	United States	St. John's School (USHS-MA)
10	197	Erik Hamalainen		Lukko (Finland)
11	218	Bo Svanberg	Sweden	Färjestad BK (Sweden)
12	239	Mikael Lindman	Sweden	AIK IF (Sweden)

References

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(2011-11-03). "Top Three Worst Seasons in Red Wings History".
Jr, Dave Bartkowiak. (2020-03-02). "The 10 worst Detroit Red Wings seasons in history".
Khan, Ansar. (2008-12-29). "Red Wings were NHL's worst team in 1985-86".
Kulfan, Ted. "Red Wings are bad, but will they be worst in franchise history?".
Bultman, Max. "How does this Red Wings season stack up with the worst in NHL history?".
(June 25, 1985). "SPORTS PEOPLE; Wings Choose Neale (Published 1985)".
(April 20, 1985). "SPORTS PEOPLE; Brad Park Retires (Published 1985)".
(December 30, 1985). "The Detroit Red Wings fired Coach Harry Neale today... - UPI Archives".
"1985-86 Detroit Red Wings Schedule".
"1985-86 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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