1985–86 New York Rangers season

The 1985–86 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 60th season. The highlight of the season was participating in the Prince of Wales Conference Finals.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

| 1 || 10 || Washington Capitals || 4 – 2 || 1–0–0

| 2 || 12 || @ Hartford Whalers || 8 – 2 || 1–1–0

| 3 || 13 || New Jersey Devils || 3 – 2 OT || 1–2–0

| 4 || 16 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 4 – 3 || 1–3–0

| 5 || 19 || @ New York Islanders || 5 – 4 || 1–4–0

| 6 || 20 || Vancouver Canucks || 4 – 3 || 2–4–0

| 7 || 23 || New Jersey Devils || 5 – 1 || 3–4–0

| 8 || 25 || Los Angeles Kings || 5 – 0 || 4–4–0

| 9 || 27 || Boston Bruins || 2 – 1 || 5–4–0

| 10 || 2 || @ New Jersey Devils || 6 – 5 OT || 5–5–0

| 11 || 4 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 4 – 2 || 6–5–0

| 12 || 6 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5 – 2 || 6–6–0

| 13 || 8 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 7 – 3 || 7–6–0

| 14 || 9 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 4 – 3 OT || 7–7–0

| 15 || 11 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5 – 4 OT || 7–8–0

| 16 || 13 || Montreal Canadiens || 5 – 2 || 8–8–0

| 17 || 16 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 2 – 2 OT || 8–8–1

| 18 || 17 || Edmonton Oilers || 3 – 2 OT || 8–9–1

| 19 || 20 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 7 – 3 || 9–9–1

| 20 || 23 || @ New York Islanders || 5 – 0 || 10–9–1

| 21 || 24 || New York Islanders || 4 – 3 OT || 10–10–1

| 22 || 27 || Calgary Flames || 5 – 2 || 10–11–1

| 23 || 29 || @ Washington Capitals || 5 – 2 || 11–11–1

| 24 || 30 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5 – 4 || 11–12–1

| 25 || 2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6 – 0 || 11–13–1

| 26 || 4 || Winnipeg Jets || 7 – 4 || 12–13–1

| 27 || 7 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4 – 0 || 12–14–1

| 28 || 8 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3 – 1 || 13–14–1

| 29 || 11 || @ New Jersey Devils || 4 – 2 || 14–14–1

| 30 || 14 || @ Boston Bruins || 4 – 2 || 14–15–1

| 31 || 15 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5 – 2 || 14–16–1

| 32 || 18 || Buffalo Sabres || 5 – 4 || 14–17–1

| 33 || 20 || New York Islanders || 2 – 2 OT || 14–17–2

| 34 || 21 || @ New York Islanders || 5 – 4 || 15–17–2

| 35 || 23 || Detroit Red Wings || 10 – 2 || 16–17–2

| 36 || 26 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 6 – 1 || 16–18–2

| 37 || 28 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 3 – 1 || 16–19–2

| 38 || 29 || Washington Capitals || 6 – 5 || 17–19–2

| 39 || 1 || @ Washington Capitals || 3 – 0 || 17–20–2

| 40 || 5 || Quebec Nordiques || 5 – 4 || 17–21–2

| 41 || 10 || Montreal Canadiens || 6 – 4 || 18–21–2

| 42 || 12 || St. Louis Blues || 2 – 2 OT || 18–21–3

| 43 || 14 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 2 – 1 || 19–21–3

| 44 || 15 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 4 – 3 || 20–21–3

| 45 || 18 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 5 – 4 || 21–21–3

| 46 || 20 || Hartford Whalers || 5 – 0 || 21–22–3

| 47 || 22 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4 – 2 || 22–22–3

| 48 || 23 || Quebec Nordiques || 4 – 0 || 22–23–3

| 49 || 27 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 6 – 6 OT || 22–23–4

| 50 || 29 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 5 – 4 || 22–24–4

| 51 || 31 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 5 – 3 || 22–25–4

| 52 || 1 || @ Hartford Whalers || 3 – 1 || 23–25–4

| 53 || 5 || @ St. Louis Blues || 4 – 3 || 23–26–4

| 54 || 8 || @ Boston Bruins || 3 – 2 || 24–26–4

| 55 || 12 || Vancouver Canucks || 5 – 2 || 25–26–4

| 56 || 14 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 7 – 5 || 26–26–4

| 57 || 16 || Detroit Red Wings || 3 – 1 || 27–26–4

| 58 || 20 || St. Louis Blues || 3 – 2 || 28–26–4

| 59 || 24 || Minnesota North Stars || 5 – 1 || 29–26–4

| 60 || 25 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 7 – 3 || 29–27–4

| 61 || 27 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 8 – 3 || 30–27–4

| 62 || 1 || @ Washington Capitals || 4 – 0 || 30–28–4

| 63 || 2 || Washington Capitals || 4 – 2 || 30–29–4

| 64 || 5 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 4 – 1 || 30–30–4

| 65 || 6 || @ Calgary Flames || 5 – 2 || 31–30–4

| 66 || 9 || Philadelphia Flyers || 4 – 1 || 31–31–4

| 67 || 11 || @ New Jersey Devils || 6 – 3 || 32–31–4

| 68 || 12 || Calgary Flames || 3 – 2 || 32–32–4

| 69 || 15 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 2 – 2 OT || 32–32–5

| 70 || 16 || New York Islanders || 3 – 1 || 33–32–5

| 71 || 18 || @ New York Islanders || 6 – 2 || 33–33–5

| 72 || 22 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4 – 2 || 33–34–5

| 73 || 23 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5 – 3 || 33–35–5

| 74 || 25 || @ New Jersey Devils || 5 – 4 || 34–35–5

| 75 || 28 || Edmonton Oilers || 4 – 2 || 35–35–5

| 76 || 29 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 8 – 2 || 35–36–5

| 77 || 31 || New Jersey Devils || 9 – 0 || 36–36–5

| 78 || 2 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3 – 2 || 36–37–5

| 79 || 5 || @ Washington Capitals || 4 – 4 OT || 36–37–6

| 80 || 6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5 – 4 OT || 36–38–6

Legend:

Playoffs

| 1 || April 9 || New York Rangers || 6 – 2 || Philadelphia Flyers || || New York Rangers lead series 1-0

| 2 || April 10 || New York Rangers || 1 – 2 || Philadelphia Flyers || || Series tied 1-1

| 3 || April 12 || Philadelphia Flyers || 2 – 5 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers lead series 2-1

| 4 || April 13 || Philadelphia Flyers || 7 – 1 || New York Rangers || || Series tied 2-2

| 5 || April 15 || New York Rangers || 5 – 2 || Philadelphia Flyers || || New York Rangers win series 3-2

| 1 || April 17 || New York Rangers || 4 – 3 || Washington Capitals || OT || New York Rangers lead series 1-0

| 2 || April 19 || New York Rangers || 1 – 8 || Washington Capitals || || Series tied 1-1

| 3 || April 21 || Washington Capitals || 6 – 3 || New York Rangers || || Washington leads series 2-1

| 4 || April 23 || Washington Capitals || 5 – 6 || New York Rangers || OT || Series tied 2-2

| 5 || April 25 || New York Rangers || 4 – 2 || Washington Capitals || || New York Rangers lead series 3-2

| 6 || April 27 || Washington Capitals || 1 – 2 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers win series 4-2

| 1 || May 1 || New York Rangers || 1 – 2 || Montreal Canadiens || || Montreal leads series 1-0

| 2 || May 3 || New York Rangers || 2 – 6 || Montreal Canadiens || || Montreal leads series 2-0

| 3 || May 5 || Montreal Canadiens || 4 – 3 || New York Rangers || OT || Montreal leads series 3-0

| 4 || May 7 || Montreal Canadiens || 0 – 2 || New York Rangers || || Montreal leads series 3-1

| 5 || May 9 || New York Rangers || 1 – 3 || Montreal Canadiens || || Montreal wins series 4-1

Legend:

Player statistics Skaters

Regular season Player 80 22 43 65 0 69 80 17 42 59 22 47 73 25 29 54 -4 109 78 20 28 48 9 104 79 24 20 44 6 111 75 14 29 43 14 88 59 20 20 40 -3 82 62 16 24 40 5 80 66 10 30 40 -1 10 74 13 20 33 3 52 † 51 11 21 32 -20 47 68 11 17 28 18 56 28 20 7 27 -6 4 53 8 15 23 7 12 31 2 17 19 12 4 68 6 12 18 -3 103 70 7 8 15 -11 85 28 2 13 15 4 22 25 4 8 12 7 24 ‡ 27 2 9 11 -7 20 32 4 6 10 1 19 † 46 1 8 9 2 65 30 4 4 8 5 63 ‡ 28 4 3 7 -7 37 ‡ 16 2 5 7 -4 8 † 8 1 6 7 2 13 32 4 2 6 -1 10 9 1 3 4 1 0 ‡ 9 1 3 4 2 2 7 3 0 3 0 2 † 11 1 2 3 2 10 ‡ 17 0 2 2 2 63 1 0 1 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 -1 10 10 0 0 0 -3 21

Playoffs Player 16 8 9 17 2 16 6 9 15 28 16 6 8 14 26 16 5 5 10 45 16 4 6 10 20 16 0 8 8 6 16 3 4 7 4 16 2 4 6 15 16 1 5 6 34 16 3 2 5 16 15 2 3 5 26 5 3 1 4 11 16 1 2 3 46 16 2 1 3 31 16 0 2 2 38 7 0 2 2 12 9 0 1 1 8 7 0 1 1 8 8 1 0 1 6 12 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 32 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 61 3326 31 21 5 184 3.32 1809 .887 3 23 1170 5 12 1 65 3.33 673 .893 0 4 191 0 2 0 14 4.40 123 .872 0 4 156 0 3 0 11 4.23 67 .804 0

Playoffs Player 16 899 8 8 49 3.27 477 .897 1 3 75 0 0 6 4.80 32 .813 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

Draft picks New York's picks at the 1985 NHL entry draft in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 7 Ulf Dahlén RW Ostersund (Sweden) 2 28 Mike Richter G Northwood School (New York) 3 49 Sam Lindstahl G Södertälje SK (Allsvenskan) 4 70 Pat Janostin D Notre Dame H.S. (Sask.) 5 91 Brad Stepan LW St. Paul Suburban H.S. (Minnesota) 6 112 Brian McReynolds C Orillia Travelways (OHA-A) 7 133 Neil Pilon D Kamloops Blazers (WHL) 8 154 Larry Bernard LW Seattle Breakers (WHL) 9 175 Stephane Brochu D Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) 10 196 Steve Nemeth RW Lethbridge Broncos (WHL) 11 217 Robert Burakovsky RW Leksands IF (Allsvenskan) 12 238 Rudy Poeschek D Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

Awards and records John Vanbiesbrouck, Vezina Trophy John Vanbiesbrouck, goaltender, NHL first team All-Star

References

External links Rangers on Hockey Database