1985–86 New York Islanders season

The 1985–86 New York Islanders season was the 14th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season January 28: In a 9–2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs, Denis Potvin breaks Bobby Orr's NHL career record for goals by a defenseman.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 12, 1985||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) ||1–0–0

|2||L||October 14, 1985||2–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) ||1–1–0

|3||L||October 16, 1985||4–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) ||1–2–0

|4||W||October 19, 1985||5–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1985–86) ||2–2–0

|5||T||October 22, 1985||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) ||2–2–1

|6||W||October 24, 1985||6–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) ||3–2–1

|7||W||October 26, 1985||5–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) ||4–2–1

|8||L||October 29, 1985||2–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) ||4–3–1

|9||L||November 1, 1985||3–5 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) ||4–4–1

|10||W||November 2, 1985||5–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1985–86) ||5–4–1

|11||T||November 5, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1985–86) ||5–4–2

|12||W||November 6, 1985||5–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||6–4–2

|13||W||November 9, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||7–4–2

|14||L||November 12, 1985||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) ||7–5–2

|15||T||November 16, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) ||7–5–3

|16||L||November 17, 1985||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) ||7–6–3

|17||W||November 19, 1985||8–6 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) ||8–6–3

|18||T||November 21, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) ||8–6–4

|19||L||November 23, 1985||0–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1985–86) ||8–7–4

|20||W||November 24, 1985||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1985–86) ||9–7–4

|21||T||November 27, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||9–7–5

|22||W||November 29, 1985||4–1 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) ||10–7–5

|23||L||November 30, 1985||3–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) ||10–8–5

|24||T||December 3, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) ||10–8–6

|25||L||December 6, 1985||3–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) ||10–9–6

|26||L||December 7, 1985||1–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) ||10–10–6

|27||W||December 10, 1985||7–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) ||11–10–6

|28||T||December 11, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) ||11–10–7

|29||T||December 14, 1985||2–2 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1985–86) ||11–10–8

|30||W||December 17, 1985||7–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) ||12–10–8

|31||T||December 20, 1985||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1985–86) ||12–10–9

|32||L||December 21, 1985||4–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1985–86) ||12–11–9

|33||W||December 23, 1985||6–3 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) ||13–11–9

|34||L||December 26, 1985||3–4 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1985–86) ||13–12–9

|35||W||December 28, 1985||4–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) ||14–12–9

|36||L||December 29, 1985||3–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) ||14–13–9

|37||W||December 31, 1985||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||15–13–9

|38||W||January 2, 1986||7–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1985–86) ||16–13–9

|39||L||January 4, 1986||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||16–14–9

|40||L||January 7, 1986||2–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||16–15–9

|41||W||January 9, 1986||9–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) ||17–15–9

|42||W||January 11, 1986||8–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||18–15–9

|43||L||January 15, 1986||3–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) ||18–16–9

|44||W||January 17, 1986||4–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) ||19–16–9

|45||L||January 18, 1986||0–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) ||19–17–9

|46||W||January 21, 1986||7–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) ||20–17–9

|47||W||January 24, 1986||7–5 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) ||21–17–9

|48||T||January 25, 1986||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||21–17–10

|49||W||January 28, 1986||9–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||22–17–10

|50||W||January 30, 1986||8–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) ||23–17–10

|51||W||February 1, 1986||4–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) ||24–17–10

|52||W||February 2, 1986||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||25–17–10

|53||L||February 5, 1986||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||25–18–10

|54||W||February 8, 1986||4–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) ||26–18–10

|55||W||February 11, 1986||1–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) ||27–18–10

|56||L||February 13, 1986||3–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) ||27–19–10

|57||W||February 15, 1986||6–5 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||28–19–10

|58||L||February 18, 1986||4–5 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1985–86) ||28–20–10

|59||L||February 21, 1986||1–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) ||28–21–10

|60||W||February 22, 1986||5–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||29–21–10

|61||L||February 26, 1986||2–7 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||29–22–10

|62||W||February 28, 1986||6–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) ||30–22–10

|63||L||March 1, 1986||4–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||30–23–10

|64||W||March 4, 1986||6–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) ||31–23–10

|65||L||March 8, 1986||2–6 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1985–86) ||31–24–10

|66||L||March 9, 1986||1–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) ||31–25–10

|67||W||March 11, 1986||8–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1985–86) ||32–25–10

|68||W||March 13, 1986||3–2 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) ||33–25–10

|69||W||March 15, 1986||3–1 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||34–25–10

|70||L||March 16, 1986||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1985–86) ||34–26–10

|71||W||March 18, 1986||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1985–86) ||35–26–10

|72||W||March 20, 1986||7–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||36–26–10

|73||T||March 22, 1986||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) ||36–26–11

|74||L||March 25, 1986||0–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1985–86) ||36–27–11

|75||W||March 28, 1986||4–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) ||37–27–11

|76||T||March 29, 1986||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) ||37–27–12

|77||L||April 1, 1986||2–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) ||37–28–12

|78||W||April 2, 1986||7–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) ||38–28–12

|79||W||April 5, 1986||7–1 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||39–28–12

|80||L||April 6, 1986||7–9 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||39–29–12

Legend:

Playoffs The Islanders lost in their best-of-five series in the first round to the Washington Capitals.

Round 1: New York Islanders (3) vs. Washington Capitals (2)

Game 1- Islanders 1, Capitals 3

Game 2- Islanders 2, Capitals 5

Game 3- Capitals 3, Islanders 1

Washington wins series 3-0

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 80 61 62 123 14302119 C 78 37 59 96 7229513 LW 65 20 41 61 5022301 D 74 21 38 59 7834814 C 61 24 31 55 74111002 C 65 30 23 53 4316204 RW 80 20 33 53 15715401 RW 73 18 34 52 6620602 D 77 14 30 44 6216511 RW 58 16 20 36 2812203 D 77 4 30 34 100-5000 C 62 17 15 32 36-7205 LW 60 9 19 28 825102 D 56 1 19 20 40-3100 RW 49 5 12 17 9-5101 LW 14 7 7 14 48000 LW 55 4 10 14 55-8100 D 55 2 12 14 799000 C 52 5 8 13 19-11001 D 69 0 12 12 2224000 D 57 1 8 9 8115000 RW 16 3 4 7 4-1000 LW 18 0 7 7 200000 D 14 0 5 5 164000 LW 7 1 3 4 150000 C 11 2 1 3 60000 D 10 1 2 3 25000 C 10 1 2 3 22000 G 45 0 3 3 140000 G 41 0 3 3 490000 D 9 1 1 2 61000 RW 14 1 1 2 16-4100 RW 2 1 0 1 01000 RW 7 0 1 1 161000 LW 2 0 0 0 0-1000Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% 2308 41 20 14 4 143 3.72 112041061.881 2563 45 19 15 8 137 3.21 114551318.906 Team: 4871 80 39 29 12 280 3.45 226592379.895 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 3 1 2 3 4-2000 C 3 1 1 2 2-1000 LW 3 1 0 1 6-2000 C 3 1 0 1 0-2100 C 3 0 1 1 0-1000 D 3 0 1 1 4-2000 LW 3 0 1 1 00000 D 3 0 1 1 0-2000 C 3 0 1 1 2-3000 C 3 0 0 0 0-2000 D 3 0 0 0 2-2000 D 3 0 0 0 2-1000 D 3 0 0 0 2-1000 RW 3 0 0 0 21-2000 LW 2 0 0 0 9-1000 RW 1 0 0 0 00000 G 2 0 0 0 40000 RW 1 0 0 0 00000 D 3 0 0 0 6-1000 D 2 0 0 0 4-2000 G 1 0 0 0 00000 RW 3 0 0 0 161000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SOSASVSV% 120 2 0 2 6 3.00 05953.898 60 1 0 1 4 4.00 03430.882 Team: 180 3 0 3 10 3.33 09383.892

Note: Pos = Position; 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; Draft picks New York'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)16Brad DalgarnoHamilton Steelhawks (OHL)113Derek KingSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)234Brad LauerRegina Pats (WHL)355Jeff FinleyPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)476Kevin HeromMoose Jaw Warriors (WHL)589Tommy HedlundAIK IF (Sweden)597Jeff SveenBoston University (Hockey East)6118Rod DallmanPrince Albert Raiders (WHL)7139Kurt LacktenMoose Jaw Warriors (WHL)8160Hank LammensSt. Lawrence University (ECAC)9181Rich WiestLethbridge Broncos (WHL)10202Real ArsenaultPrince Andrew Secondary School (Canadian HS-NS)11223Mike VolpeHalifax Lions (MTJHL)12244Tony GrenierPrince Albert Raiders (WHL)

See also 1985–86 NHL season

References