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New York Rangers, 1985-86

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Patrick Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1985-86 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
14 80 36-38-6 78 0.488 280 276 +4 20-18-2 16-20-4

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Division Semifinals Philadelphia Flyers Won 3-2
Division Finals Washington Capitals Won 4-2
Eastern Conference Finals Montréal Canadiens Lost 1-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Mike Ridley C 80 22 43 65 -1 69 150 0
Reijo Ruotsalainen D 80 17 42 59 22 47 229 0
Tomas Sandstrom R 73 25 29 54 -3 109 238 0
Ron Greschner D 78 20 28 48 9 104 150 0
Bob Brooke R 79 24 20 44 6 111 178 0
James Patrick D 75 14 29 43 12 88 131 0
Mark Osborne L 62 16 24 40 5 80 134 0
Mark Pavelich C 59 20 20 40 -3 82 104 0
Raimo Helminen C 66 10 30 40 0 10 125 0
Kelly Miller L 74 13 20 33 3 52 111 0
Brian MacLellan L 51 11 21 32 -21 47 113 0
Don Maloney L 68 11 17 28 18 56 89 0
Pierre Larouche C 28 20 7 27 -6 4 85 0
Peter Sundstrom L 53 8 15 23 7 12 63 0
Jan Erixon L 31 2 17 19 11 4 33 0
Tom Laidlaw D 68 6 12 18 -2 103 49 0
Mike Allison R 28 2 13 15 4 22 26 0
Willie Huber D 70 7 8 15 -10 85 124 0
Barry Beck D 25 4 8 12 7 24 53 0
Grant Ledyard D 27 2 9 11 -4 20 57 0
Dave Gagner C 32 4 6 10 1 19 41 0
Larry Melnyk D 46 1 8 9 2 65 33 0
George McPhee L 30 4 4 8 5 63 31 0
Mike McEwen D 16 2 5 7 -5 8 36 0
Steve Patrick R 28 4 3 7 -7 37 20 0
Wilf Paiement R 8 1 6 7 2 13 14 0
Rob Whistle D 32 4 2 6 -1 10 30 0
Chris Jensen R 9 1 3 4 1 0 18 0
Mike Rogers C 9 1 3 4 2 2 20 0
Bob Crawford R 11 1 2 3 2 10 15 0
Jim Wiemer D 7 3 0 3 0 2 22 0
Steve Richmond D 17 0 2 2 2 63 8 0
Randy Heath L 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
Kjell Samuelsson D 9 0 0 0 -1 10 7 0
Tony Feltrin D 10 0 0 0 -4 21 8 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
John Vanbiesbrouck 61 3121503 1623 1439 184 3.33 0.887
Glen Hanlon 23 512100 608 543 65 3.35 0.893
Ron Scott 4 03000 56 45 11 4.24 0.804
Terry Kleisinger 4 02000 109 95 14 4.42 0.872

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 6, 1986 vs PIT L 4-5 (OT) 38 29
Apr 5, 1986 @ WSH T 4-4 (OT) 27 35
Apr 2, 1986 vs PHI L 2-3 47 29
Mar 31, 1986 vs NJD W 9-0 43 25
Mar 29, 1986 @ PHI L 2-8 25 36
Mar 28, 1986 vs EDM W 4-2 32 36
Mar 25, 1986 @ NJD W 5-4 29 32
Mar 23, 1986 vs CHI L 3-5 33 23
Mar 22, 1986 @ PHI L 2-4 31 45
Mar 18, 1986 @ NYI L 2-6 21 37
Mar 16, 1986 vs NYI W 3-1 27 32
Mar 15, 1986 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 30 26
Mar 12, 1986 vs CGY L 2-3 28 33
Mar 11, 1986 @ NJD W 6-3 30 34
Mar 9, 1986 vs PHI L 1-4 31 25
Mar 6, 1986 @ CGY W 5-2 34 29
Mar 5, 1986 @ WIN L 1-4 24 36
Mar 2, 1986 vs WSH L 2-4 35 33
Mar 1, 1986 @ WSH L 0-4 20 32
Feb 27, 1986 vs PIT W 8-3 35 28
Feb 25, 1986 @ TOR L 3-7 35 29
Feb 24, 1986 vs MNS W 5-1 32 39
Feb 20, 1986 vs STL W 3-2 37 26
Feb 16, 1986 vs DET W 3-1 30 29
Feb 14, 1986 @ DET W 7-5 33 26
Feb 12, 1986 vs VAN W 5-2 50 32
Feb 8, 1986 @ BOS W 3-2 20 37
Feb 5, 1986 @ STL L 3-4 38 24
Feb 1, 1986 @ HFD W 3-1 28 26
Jan 31, 1986 @ BUF L 3-5 32 34
Jan 29, 1986 @ CHI L 4-5 38 31
Jan 27, 1986 @ QUE T 6-6 (OT) 32 32
Jan 23, 1986 vs QUE L 0-4 32 34
Jan 22, 1986 @ TOR W 4-2 38 39
Jan 20, 1986 vs HFD L 0-5 19 25
Jan 18, 1986 @ EDM W 5-4 32 29
Jan 15, 1986 @ LAK W 4-3 30 26
Jan 14, 1986 @ VAN W 2-1 31 28
Jan 12, 1986 vs STL T 2-2 (OT) 36 26
Jan 10, 1986 vs MTL W 6-4 29 27
Jan 5, 1986 vs QUE L 4-5 39 28
Jan 1, 1986 @ WSH L 0-3 30 30
Dec 29, 1985 vs WSH W 6-5 31 28
Dec 28, 1985 @ MNS L 1-3 29 42
Dec 26, 1985 @ BUF L 1-6 21 35
Dec 23, 1985 vs DET W 10-2 38 18
Dec 21, 1985 @ NYI W 5-4 38 35
Dec 20, 1985 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) 33 31
Dec 18, 1985 vs BUF L 4-5 36 33
Dec 15, 1985 vs PIT L 2-5 40 26
Dec 14, 1985 @ BOS L 2-4 26 32
Dec 11, 1985 @ NJD W 4-2 26 23
Dec 8, 1985 vs PHI W 3-1 31 29
Dec 7, 1985 @ PHI L 0-4 23 39
Dec 4, 1985 vs WIN W 7-4 27 31
Dec 2, 1985 vs PIT L 0-6 40 28
Nov 30, 1985 @ PIT L 4-5 39 22
Nov 29, 1985 @ WSH W 5-2 26 29
Nov 27, 1985 vs CGY L 2-5 32 37
Nov 24, 1985 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 32 22
Nov 23, 1985 @ NYI W 5-0 30 17
Nov 20, 1985 vs TOR W 7-3 47 25
Nov 17, 1985 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 35 33
Nov 16, 1985 @ MTL T 2-2 (OT) 21 31
Nov 13, 1985 vs MTL W 5-2 30 28
Nov 11, 1985 vs CHI L 4-5 (OT) 32 34
Nov 9, 1985 @ MNS L 3-4 (OT) 42 22
Nov 8, 1985 @ WIN W 7-3 33 29
Nov 6, 1985 vs PHI L 2-5 37 32
Nov 4, 1985 @ PIT W 4-2 36 18
Nov 2, 1985 @ NJD L 5-6 (OT) 24 44
Oct 27, 1985 vs BOS W 2-1 20 26
Oct 25, 1985 vs LAK W 5-0 26 27
Oct 23, 1985 vs NJD W 5-1 28 32
Oct 20, 1985 vs VAN W 4-3 27 23
Oct 19, 1985 @ NYI L 4-5 28 38
Oct 16, 1985 @ LAK L 3-4 46 26
Oct 13, 1985 vs NJD L 2-3 (OT) 35 23
Oct 12, 1985 @ HFD L 2-8 35 29
Oct 10, 1985 vs WSH W 4-2 25 29