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1985–86 Los Angeles Kings season
National Hockey League team season
National Hockey League team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1985–86 |
| year | 1985 |
| Team | Los Angeles Kings |
| Conference | Campbell |
| ConferenceRank | 9th |
| Division | Smythe |
| DivisionRank | 5th |
| Record | 23–49–8 |
| HomeRecord | 9–27–4 |
| RoadRecord | 14–22–4 |
| GoalsFor | 284 |
| GoalsAgainst | 389 |
| GeneralManager | Rogatien Vachon |
| Coach | Pat Quinn |
| Captain | Dave Taylor |
| AltCaptain | Marcel Dionne |
| Jay Wells | |
| Arena | The Forum |
| GoalsLeader | Bernie Nicholls (36) |
| Marcel Dionne (36) | |
| AssistsLeader | Bernie Nicholls (61) |
| PointsLeader | Bernie Nicholls (97) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Jay Wells (+7) |
| PIMLeader | Dave Tiger Williams (320) |
| WinsLeader | Bob Janecyk (14) |
| GAALeader | Rollie Melanson (4.19) |
Jay Wells Marcel Dionne (36)
The 1985–86 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 19th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kings did not qualify for the playoffs for the seventh time in franchise history.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|- |1||L||October 10, 1985||5–6 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 12, 1985||4–5 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (1985–86) ||0–2–0 |- |3||L||October 13, 1985||2–9 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1985–86) ||0–3–0 |- |4||W||October 16, 1985||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1985–86) ||1–3–0 |- |5||L||October 18, 1985||4–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) ||1–4–0 |- |6||L||October 20, 1985||5–8 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) ||1–5–0 |- |7||L||October 22, 1985||2–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1985–86) ||1–6–0 |- |8||L||October 25, 1985||0–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1985–86) ||1–7–0 |- |9||L||October 26, 1985||2–5 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||1–8–0 |- |10||W||October 29, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1985–86) ||2–8–0 |- |11||L||October 31, 1985||4–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) ||2–9–0
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Player statistics
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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| C | 80 | 36 | 61 | 97 | 78 | -5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | |
| C | 80 | 36 | 58 | 94 | 42 | -22 | 11 | 0 | 4 | |
| RW | 76 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 110 | -16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 72 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 320 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 76 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 97 | -26 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| RW | 55 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| D | 79 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 226 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| RW | 39 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 2 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 47 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 153 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 55 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 71 | -11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| D | 52 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 78 | -22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 73 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 57 | -34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 49 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 46 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 55 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 51 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 48 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 56 | -29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| D | 49 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 61 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 61 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 50 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 27 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 43 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 78 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 132 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 38 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| C | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 30 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | -15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| D | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 38 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 150 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
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| 2083 | 38 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 162 | 4.67 | 0 | 1130 | 968 | .857 | |
| 1481 | 27 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 121 | 4.90 | 0 | 801 | 680 | .849 | |
| 1246 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 87 | 4.19 | 0 | 654 | 567 | .867 | |
| 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7.06 | 0 | 35 | 29 | .829 | |
| **Team:** | 4861 | 80 | 23 | 49 | 8 | 376 | 4.64 | 0 | 2620 | 2244 | .856 |
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Transactions
The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1985–86 season.
Trades
| April 22, 1986 | To Los Angeles Kings3rd round pick in [1987](1987-nhl-entry-draft) – Ross Wilson | To Buffalo Sabres8th round pick in [1987](1987-nhl-entry-draft) – Tim Roberts |
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Free agent signings
| March 4, 1986 | From EHC Kloten (NL)Bob Mongrain |
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Free agents lost
| September 27, 1985 | To Edmonton OilersDean Hopkins |
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Waivers
| November 15, 1985 | From Boston BruinsMorris Lukowich |
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Draft picks
| Round # | Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
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| 1 | 9 | Craig Duncanson | Left wing | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 1 | 10 | Dan Gratton | Center | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
| 2 | 30 | Par Edlund | Left wing | Sweden | IF Björklöven (Sweden) |
| 4 | 72 | Perry Florio | Defense | United States | Kent High School, Connecticut |
| 5 | 93 | Petr Prajsler | Defense | LTC Pardubice (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 7 | 135 | Tim Flanagan | Center | Canada | Michigan Technological University (WCHA) |
| 8 | 156 | John Hyduke | Goaltender | Canada | Hibbing High School (USHS-MN) |
| 9 | 177 | Steve Horner | Right wing | Canada | Henry Carr Crusaders (MetJHL) |
| 11 | 219 | Trent Ciprick | Right wing | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
| 12 | 240 | Marian Horvath | Left wing | Bratislava Slovan (Czechoslovakia) |
References
References
- "1985-86 Los Angeles Kings Schedule".
- "1985-86 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
- "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
- "1985 NHL Entry Draft".
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