1985–86 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1985–86 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 77th season. The team won the Stanley Cup for the first time in seven seasons, and their 23rd overall.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 10, 1985||5–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||1–0–0

|2||W||October 12, 1985||6–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||2–0–0

|3||L||October 13, 1985||2–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||2–1–0

|4||L||October 16, 1985||0–6 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||2–2–0

|5||L||October 19, 1985||6–11 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||2–3–0

|6||L||October 21, 1985||2–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||2–4–0

|7||W||October 23, 1985||5–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||3–4–0

|8||W||October 26, 1985||5–3 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||4–4–0

|9||L||October 29, 1985||4–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||4–5–0

|10||L||October 30, 1985||4–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||4–6–0

|11||T||November 2, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||4–6–1

|12||W||November 5, 1985||8–3 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||5–6–1

|13||T||November 6, 1985||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars||5–6–2

|14||W||November 9, 1985||6–0 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings||6–6–2

|15||W||November 12, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||7–6–2

|16||L||November 13, 1985||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||7–7–2

|17||T||November 16, 1985||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers||7–7–3

|18||W||November 18, 1985||6–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||8–7–3

|19||L||November 20, 1985||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers||8–8–3

|20||W||November 23, 1985||4–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames||9–8–3

|21||L||November 27, 1985||3–5 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||9–9–3

|22||W||November 29, 1985||5–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||10–9–3

|23||W||November 30, 1985||10–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||11–9–3

|24||W||December 2, 1985||7–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks||12–9–3

|25||L||December 5, 1985||6–8 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||12–10–3

|26||W||December 7, 1985||6–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||13–10–3

|27||W||December 11, 1985||3–1 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||14–10–3

|28||L||December 12, 1985||3–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||14–11–3

|29||W||December 14, 1985||6–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks||15–11–3

|30||T||December 16, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers||15–11–4

|31||W||December 18, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||16–11–4

|32||L||December 19, 1985||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||16–12–4

|33||W||December 21, 1985||3–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||17–12–4

|34||W||December 27, 1985||7–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils||18–12–4

|35||W||December 28, 1985||8–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils||19–12–4

|36||L||January 1, 1986||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||19–13–4

|37||W||January 3, 1986||7–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets||20–13–4

|38||W||January 4, 1986||6–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames||21–13–4

|39||W||January 6, 1986||9–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues||22–13–4

|40||W||January 8, 1986||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||23–13–4

|41||L||January 10, 1986||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||23–14–4

|42||L||January 11, 1986||3–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers||23–15–4

|43||W||January 15, 1986||4–0 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets||24–15–4

|44||L||January 17, 1986||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||24–16–4

|45||W||January 18, 1986||3–0 || align="left"| New York Islanders||25–16–4

|46||L||January 20, 1986||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||25–17–4

|47||T||January 22, 1986||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||25–17–5

|48||W||January 23, 1986||5–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars||26–17–5

|49||W||January 25, 1986||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||27–17–5

|50||W||January 27, 1986||4–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||28–17–5

|51||W||January 29, 1986||5–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||29–17–5

|52||W||February 1, 1986||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||30–17–5

|53||L||February 5, 1986||2–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques||30–18–5

|54||L||February 7, 1986||2–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||30–19–5

|55||W||February 8, 1986||5–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings||31–19–5

|56||L||February 10, 1986||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota North Stars||31–20–5

|57||L||February 13, 1986||3–4 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils||31–21–5

|58||W||February 15, 1986||5–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||32–21–5

|59||L||February 17, 1986||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Kings||32–22–5

|60||T||February 19, 1986||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals||32–22–6

|61||W||February 22, 1986||6–3 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||33–22–6

|62||L||February 24, 1986||2–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers||33–23–6

|63||W||February 26, 1986||4–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks||34–23–6

|64||W||March 1, 1986||6–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings||35–23–6

|65||L||March 4, 1986||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||35–24–6

|66||L||March 6, 1986||4–7 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues||35–25–6

|67||W||March 8, 1986||8–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||36–25–6

|68||L||March 10, 1986||2–5 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers||36–26–6

|69||W||March 12, 1986||3–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks||37–26–6

|70||L||March 13, 1986||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||37–27–6

|71||L||March 15, 1986||3–5 || align="left"| Calgary Flames||37–28–6

|72||L||March 17, 1986||6–8 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques||37–29–6

|73||L||March 19, 1986||4–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets||37–30–6

|74||L||March 22, 1986||2–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues||37–31–6

|75||L||March 26, 1986||0–3 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers||37–32–6

|76||T||March 27, 1986||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||37–32–7

|77||W||March 29, 1986||4–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||38–32–7

|78||W||April 2, 1986||6–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||39–32–7

|79||L||April 4, 1986||2–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||39–33–7

|80||W||April 5, 1986||4–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||40–33–7

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG LW 80 43 67 110 16111907 C 79 31 55 86 5510507 D 78 19 63 82 39291001 RW 77 32 39 71 4101403 C 80 20 36 56 5718123 C/LW 69 15 34 49 45-9901 LW 80 20 23 43 2010024 LW 70 19 21 40 698023 RW 56 19 20 39 554303 RW 65 21 16 37 501502 RW 72 19 15 34 27410201 D 41 8 26 34 674200 C 61 14 17 31 483201 D 62 7 23 30 369301 D 34 8 18 26 12-10700 C 65 9 13 22 573020 D 73 1 18 19 9324000 LW 24 8 7 15 46-4303 D 62 3 5 8 56-4000 C 17 4 2 6 85000 D 69 2 4 6 637000 D 46 3 2 5 20-9000 LW 38 2 3 5 114-4100 RW 9 2 2 4 21000 RW 10 1 2 3 22-6100 G 47 0 3 3 40000 RW 5 0 1 1 121000 D 2 0 0 0 0-2000 D 2 0 0 0 00000 LW 3 0 0 0 2-3000 LW 3 0 0 0 00000 G 18 0 0 0 00000 G 23 0 0 0 60000 C 2 0 0 0 20000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% 2651 47 23 18 3 148 3.35 111851037.875 1215 23 11 7 2 56 2.77 3533477.895 990 18 6 8 2 72 4.36 0447375.839 Team: 4856 80 40 33 7 276 3.41 421651889.873

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG LW 20 8 11 19 4400 RW 20 10 6 16 68404 C 20 7 8 15 22303 D 20 0 13 13 22000 C 20 7 5 12 35021 D 20 2 9 11 49100 LW 20 5 5 10 12013 LW 20 3 4 7 45011 C 20 2 4 6 76001 RW 16 4 1 5 23301 RW 16 2 3 5 4000 D 11 2 3 5 4100 D 18 1 4 5 8000 LW 7 1 3 4 2000 D 17 1 2 3 29001 RW 18 1 2 3 141100 RW 8 0 1 1 0000 D 20 0 1 1 48000 C/LW 5 0 1 1 2000 C 2 0 0 0 0000 C 11 0 0 0 7000 RW 18 0 0 0 53000 G 20 0 0 0 10000 D 8 0 0 0 21000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SOSASVSV% 1218 20 15 5 39 1.92 1506467.923 Team: 1218 20 15 5 39 1.92 1506467.923

Playoffs

Stanley Cup

Calgary Flames vs. Montreal Canadiens Date Visitors Score Home Score NotesMay 16 Montreal 2Calgary 5 May 18 Montreal 3 Calgary 2 OTMay 20 Calgary 3 Montreal 5 May 22 Calgary 0 Montreal 1 May 24 Montreal 4 Calgary 3

Montreal wins the series 4–1.

Awards and records Kjell Dahlin, rookie scoring leader, 71 points Kjell Dahlin, NHL All-Rookie Team Mats Naslund, NHL Second Team All-StarNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 237, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, . Patrick Roy, Conn Smythe Trophy Patrick Roy, NHL All-Rookie Team

Transactions

1986 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions Bob Gainey, Doug Soetaert, Patrick Roy, Rick Green, David Maley, Ryan Walter, Serge Boisvert, Mario Tremblay, Bobby Smith, Craig Ludwig, Tom Kurvers, Kjell Dahlin, Larry Robinson, Guy Carbonneau, Chris Chelios, Petr Svoboda, Mats Naslund, Lucien DeBlois, Steve Rooney, Gaston Gingras, Mike Lalor, Chris Nilan, John Kordic, Claude Lemieux, Mike McPhee, Brian Skrudland, Stephane Richer, Serge Savard (general manager), Jean Perron (coach), Jacques Laperriere (assistant coach), Eddy Palchak (trainer).

Draft picks Montreal's draft picks at the 1985 NHL entry draft held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto.

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team 1 12 Jose Charbonneau (RW) Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) 1 16 Tom Chorske (LW) Minneapolis Southwest H.S.233Todd Richards (D)Plymouth Armstrong High School (USHS-MN)347Rocky Dundas (RW)Kelowna Wings (WHL)475Martin Desjardins (C)Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)479Brent Gilchrist (C)Kelowna Wings (WHL)596Tom Sagissor (C)Hastings High School (USHS-MN)6117Donald Dufresne (D)Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)7142Ed Cristofoli (RW)Penticton Knights (BCJHL)8163Mike Claringbull (D)Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)9184Roger Beedon (G)Sarnia Legionnaires (OPJHL)10198Maurizio Mansi (F)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)10205Chad Arthur (LW)Stratford Cullitons (OPJHL)11226Mike Bishop (D)Sarnia Legionnaires (OPJHL)12247John Ferguson Jr. (LW)Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL)

See also 1985–86 NHL season

References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference