The 1985–86 Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 season was the team's 77th

Montreal Canadiens seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club. This list documents the records and playoff results for all seasons the Canadiens completed in both the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League .-NHA :Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins,...

 season

Season (sports)

In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...

. The team won the Stanley Cup

1986 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1986 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Calgary Flames in their first Final appearance and the Montreal Canadiens in their 32nd. The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to one, to win their twenty-third Stanley Cup, and their seventeenth in their...

 for the first time in seven seasons, and their 23rd overall.

Game log

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	Oct 10, 1985	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	1–0–0
2	W	Oct 12, 1985	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks	2–0–0
3	L	Oct 13, 1985	2–7	@ Boston Bruins	2–1–0
4	L	Oct 16, 1985	0–6	Buffalo Sabres	2–2–0
5	L	Oct 19, 1985	6–11	@ Hartford Whalers	2–3–0
6	L	Oct 21, 1985	2–3	Quebec Nordiques	2–4–0
7	W	Oct 23, 1985	5–4	@ Buffalo Sabres	3–4–0
8	W	Oct 26, 1985	5–3	Hartford Whalers	4–4–0
9	L	Oct 29, 1985	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques	4–5–0
10	L	Oct 30, 1985	4–5	Philadelphia Flyers	4–6–0
11	T	Nov 2, 1985	4–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–6–1
12	W	Nov 5, 1985	8–3	@ Hartford Whalers	5–6–1
13	T	Nov 6, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars	5–6–2
14	W	Nov 9, 1985	6–0	@ Los Angeles Kings	6–6–2
15	W	Nov 12, 1985	3–2	@ New York Islanders	7–6–2
16	L	Nov 13, 1985	2–5	@ New York Rangers	7–7–2
17	T	Nov 16, 1985	2–2 OT	New York Rangers	7–7–3
18	W	Nov 18, 1985	6–2	Boston Bruins	8–7–3
19	L	Nov 20, 1985	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers	8–8–3
20	W	Nov 23, 1985	4–3	Calgary Flames	9–8–3
21	L	Nov 27, 1985	3–5	@ Washington Capitals	9–9–3
22	W	Nov 29, 1985	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres	10–9–3
23	W	Nov 30, 1985	10–1	Detroit Red Wings	11–9–3
24	W	Dec 2, 1985	7–0	Vancouver Canucks	12–9–3
25	L	Dec 5, 1985	6–8	@ Boston Bruins	12–10–3
26	W	Dec 7, 1985	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	13–10–3
27	W	Dec 11, 1985	3–1	@ Hartford Whalers	14–10–3
28	L	Dec 12, 1985	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers	14–11–3
29	W	Dec 14, 1985	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks	15–11–3
30	T	Dec 16, 1985	4–4 OT	Hartford Whalers	15–11–4
31	W	Dec 18, 1985	3–2	Quebec Nordiques	16–11–4
32	L	Dec 19, 1985	4–5 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques	16–12–4
33	W	Dec 21, 1985	3–1	Buffalo Sabres	17–12–4
34	W	Dec 27, 1985	7–3	@ New Jersey Devils	18–12–4
35	W	Dec 28, 1985	8–3	New Jersey Devils	19–12–4
36	L	Jan 1, 1986	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	19–13–4
37	W	Jan 3, 1986	7–3	@ Winnipeg Jets	20–13–4
38	W	Jan 4, 1986	6–5	@ Calgary Flames	21–13–4
39	W	Jan 6, 1986	9–2	St. Louis Blues	22–13–4
40	W	Jan 8, 1986	5–3	Boston Bruins	23–13–4
41	L	Jan 10, 1986	4–6	@ New York Rangers	23–14–4
42	L	Jan 11, 1986	3–6	Edmonton Oilers	23–15–4
43	W	Jan 15, 1986	4–0	Winnipeg Jets	24–15–4
44	L	Jan 17, 1986	4–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	24–16–4
45	W	Jan 18, 1986	3–0	New York Islanders	25–16–4
46	L	Jan 20, 1986	2–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques	25–17–4
47	T	Jan 22, 1986	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks	25–17–5
48	W	Jan 23, 1986	5–2	@ Minnesota North Stars	26–17–5
49	W	Jan 25, 1986	3–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	27–17–5
50	W	Jan 27, 1986	4–1	Buffalo Sabres	28–17–5
51	W	Jan 29, 1986	5–3	Quebec Nordiques	29–17–5
52	W	Feb 1, 1986	2–1	Boston Bruins	30–17–5
53	L	Feb 5, 1986	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques	30–18–5
54	L	Feb 7, 1986	2–3	@ Washington Capitals	30–19–5
55	W	Feb 8, 1986	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	31–19–5
56	L	Feb 10, 1986	3–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars	31–20–5
57	L	Feb 13, 1986	3–4	@ New Jersey Devils	31–21–5
58	W	Feb 15, 1986	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers	32–21–5
59	L	Feb 17, 1986	2–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings	32–22–5
60	T	Feb 19, 1986	4–4 OT	Washington Capitals	32–22–6
61	W	Feb 22, 1986	6–3	Hartford Whalers	33–22–6
62	L	Feb 24, 1986	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers	33–23–6
63	W	Feb 26, 1986	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks	34–23–6
64	W	Mar 1, 1986	6–4	@ Los Angeles Kings	35–23–6
65	L	Mar 4, 1986	3–6	@ New York Islanders	35–24–6
66	L	Mar 6, 1986	4–7	St. Louis Blues	35–25–6
67	W	Mar 8, 1986	8–3	Boston Bruins	36–25–6
68	L	Mar 10, 1986	2–5	Hartford Whalers	36–26–6
69	W	Mar 12, 1986	3–2	Vancouver Canucks	37–26–6
70	L	Mar 13, 1986	2–3	@ Boston Bruins	37–27–6
71	L	Mar 15, 1986	3–5	Calgary Flames	37–28–6
72	L	Mar 17, 1986	6–8	Quebec Nordiques	37–29–6
73	L	Mar 19, 1986	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets	37–30–6
74	L	Mar 22, 1986	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues	37–31–6
75	L	Mar 26, 1986	0–3	@ Hartford Whalers	37–32–6
76	T	Mar 27, 1986	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins	37–32–7
77	W	Mar 29, 1986	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	38–32–7
78	W	Apr 2, 1986	6–3	Detroit Red Wings	39–32–7
79	L	Apr 4, 1986	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres	39–33–7
80	W	Apr 5, 1986	4–2	Buffalo Sabres	40–33–7

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	80	43	67	110	16	11	19	0	7
	C	79	31	55	86	55	10	5	0	7
	D	78	19	63	82	39	29	10	0	1
	RW	77	32	39	71	4	10	14	0	3
	C	80	20	36	56	57	18	1	2	3
	C/LW	69	15	34	49	45
9	0	1
	LW	80	20	23	43	20	10	0	2	4
	LW	70	19	21	40	69	8	0	2	3
	RW	56	19	20	39	55	4	3	0	3
	RW	65	21	16	37	50	1	5	0	2
	RW	72	19	15	34	274	10	2	0	1
	D	41	8	26	34	67	4	2	0	0
	C	61	14	17	31	48	3	2	0	1
	D	62	7	23	30	36	9	3	0	1
	D	34	8	18	26	12
7	0	0
	C	65	9	13	22	57	3	0	2	0
	D	73	1	18	19	93	24	0	0	0
	LW	24	8	7	15	46
3	0	3
	D	62	3	5	8	56
0	0	0
	C	17	4	2	6	8	5	0	0	0
	D	69	2	4	6	63	7	0	0	0
	D	46	3	2	5	20
0	0	0
	LW	38	2	3	5	114
1	0	0
	RW	9	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	0
	RW	10	1	2	3	22
1	0	0
	G	47	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0
	RW	5	0	1	1	12	1	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0
0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	2
0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	23	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2651	47	23	18	3	148	3.35	1	1185	1037	.875
	1215	23	11	7	2	56	2.77	3	533	477	.895
	990	18	6	8	2	72	4.36	0	447	375	.839
Team:	4856	80	40	33	7	276	3.41	4	2165	1889	.873

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	20	8	11	19	4	4	0	0
	RW	20	10	6	16	68	4	0	4
	C	20	7	8	15	22	3	0	3
	D	20	0	13	13	22	0	0	0
	C	20	7	5	12	35	0	2	1
	D	20	2	9	11	49	1	0	0
	LW	20	5	5	10	12	0	1	3
	LW	20	3	4	7	45	0	1	1
	C	20	2	4	6	76	0	0	1
	RW	16	4	1	5	23	3	0	1
	RW	16	2	3	5	4	0	0	0
	D	11	2	3	5	4	1	0	0
	D	18	1	4	5	8	0	0	0
	LW	7	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
	D	17	1	2	3	29	0	0	1
	RW	18	1	2	3	141	1	0	0
	RW	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	D	20	0	1	1	48	0	0	0
	C/LW	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
	RW	18	0	0	0	53	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	20	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	21	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	1218	20	15	5	39	1.92	1	506	467	.923
Team:	1218	20	15	5	39	1.92	1	506	467	.923

Stanley Cup

Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...

vs. Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 16	Montreal	2	Calgary	5
May 18	Montreal	3	Calgary	2	OT
May 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
  Kjell Dahlin
  Kjell Dahlin is a retired professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL in the mid 1980s.-NHL:Dahlin was drafted by the Canadiens in 1981 in the 4th round as the 82nd pick overall...
  
  , rookie scoring leader, 71 points
• Kjell Dahlin, NHL All-Rookie Team
• Mats Naslund
  Mats Näslund
  Mats Näslund , nicknamed "Le Petit Viking", is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He played as a left wing.-NHL career:...
  
  , NHL Second Team All-Star
• Patrick Roy
  Patrick Roy
  Patrick Edward Armand Roy is a former Canadian ice hockey goaltender. Nicknamed "Saint Patrick," Roy split his professional career between the Montreal Canadiens, whom he played with for 10 years, and the Colorado Avalanche, whom he played with for 8 years, both of the National Hockey League...
  
  , Conn Smythe Trophy
  Conn Smythe Trophy
  The Conn Smythe Trophy is awarded annually to the player judged most valuable to his team during the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup playoffs. The Conn Smythe Trophy has been awarded 46 times to 40 players since the 1964–65 NHL season...
  
  
• Patrick Roy, NHL All-Rookie Team

1986 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions

Bob Gainey

Bob Gainey

Robert Michael "Le Capitaine" Gainey is the former executive vice president and general manager of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . He is also a former professional ice hockey player who played for the Canadiens from 1973 until 1989...

, Doug Soetaert

Doug Soetaert

Douglas Henry Soetaert is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He was selected by the New York Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.-Awards and achievements:...

, Patrick Roy

Patrick Roy

Patrick Edward Armand Roy is a former Canadian ice hockey goaltender. Nicknamed "Saint Patrick," Roy split his professional career between the Montreal Canadiens, whom he played with for 10 years, and the Colorado Avalanche, whom he played with for 8 years, both of the National Hockey League...

, Rick Green

Rick Green (ice hockey)

Richard Douglas Green is a former ice hockey defenceman.Green was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft, First Overall. He was also drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft, First Round, Tenth Overall...

, David Maley

David Maley

David Joseph "Dave" Maley is a former American hockey player, having played for the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, San Jose Sharks and New York Islanders; and is currently a radio and television analyst for the San Jose Sharks.As a player, Maley was a part of the...

, Ryan Walter

Ryan Walter

Ryan William Walter is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League...

, Serge Boisvert

Serge Boisvert

Pierre Serge Boisvert is a former Canadian ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens.In Sweden, Boisvert played for Västra Frölunda, and for Frisk Tigers and Vålerenga in Norway. He won the Calder Cup in 1985. He won a Stanley Cup championship in 1986 with Montreal...

, Mario Tremblay

Mario Tremblay

Mario Tremblay is a former professional ice hockey player and former coach in the National Hockey League...

, Bobby Smith, Craig Ludwig

Craig Ludwig

Craig Lee Ludwig is an American former professional hockey player. He played defense in the National Hockey League from 1983–1999 and was renowned for his shot-blocking ability...

, Tom Kurvers

Tom Kurvers

Thomas James Kurvers is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman who spent 11 seasons in the National Hockey League between 1984 and 1995. He was a member of the 1986 Stanley Cup Champion Montreal Canadiens...

, Kjell Dahlin

Kjell Dahlin

Kjell Dahlin is a retired professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL in the mid 1980s.-NHL:Dahlin was drafted by the Canadiens in 1981 in the 4th round as the 82nd pick overall...

, Larry Robinson

Larry Robinson

Larry Clark Robinson is a former ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League. Robinson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995 and is currently the defensive coach for the New Jersey Devils...

, Guy Carbonneau

Guy Carbonneau

Guy Carbonneau is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. He is also the president of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League 's Chicoutimi Saguenéens. He has two daughters Anne-Marie and Kristina, with wife Line Carbonneau. Anne-Marie married his former...

, Chris Chelios

Chris Chelios

Christos Kostas Tselios is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently the Executive Advisor to Ken Holland, the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, a role that Steve Yzerman held before leaving to become general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning.Chelios played...

, Petr Svoboda

Petr Svoboda

Petr Svoboda is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning. He was the first Czech to play over 1,000 games in the NHL...

, Mats Naslund

Mats Näslund

Mats Näslund , nicknamed "Le Petit Viking", is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He played as a left wing.-NHL career:...

, Lucien DeBlois

Lucien DeBlois

Lucien DeBlois is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right wing / centre.-Career:DeBlois was selected in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers in the first round, eighth overall. He was chosen over Mike Bossy by Rangers' GM John Ferguson, Sr...

, Steve Rooney

Steve Rooney

Steven Paul Rooney is a retired American ice hockey forward. Rooney played his HS hockey at Canton HS graduating in 1981. Rooney started his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1985. He played with the Winnipeg Jets and New Jersey Devils. He retired after the 1989 season...

, Gaston Gingras

Gaston Gingras

Gaston Reginald Gingras is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League....

, Mike Lalor

Mike Lalor

John Michael Lalor is an American former professional ice hockey defenceman. Although a U.S. citizen by birth, Mike Lalor spent his growing years in Fort Erie, Ontario. Mike played in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens, St...

, Chris Nilan

Chris Nilan

Christopher John Nilan is a retired professional ice hockey player. Nilan played 688 NHL regular season games as a right-wing for the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, and New York Rangers between 1980 and 1992. He won the Stanley Cup in 1986 with Montreal...

, John Kordic

John Kordic

John "Rambo" Kordic was a Canadian hockey player in the National Hockey League.Kordic played for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, and Quebec Nordiques, for a total of seven seasons in the NHL. He won the Calder Cup with Sherbrooke Canadiens in 1985, and a Stanley...

, Claude Lemieux

Claude Lemieux

Claude Percy Lemieux is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He last played for the San Jose Sharks before announcing his retirement on July 8, 2009. He is one of only ten players in Stanley Cup history to win the Cup with three different teams. His 80 career playoff goals are the...

, Mike McPhee

Mike McPhee

Michael Joseph McPhee is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward....

, Brian Skrudland

Brian Skrudland

Brian Skrudland is a retired former professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers, New York Rangers and Dallas Stars.- Junior and minor pro :...

, Stephane Richer

Stephane Richer

Stéphane Jean-Jacques Richer is a retired professional ice hockey left winger.-Playing career:Richer was drafted 29th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. He played in 1,054 career NHL games, scoring 421 goals and 398 assists for 819 points. Richer won the Calder Cup in...

, Serge Savard

Serge Savard

Serge Aubrey "The Senator" Savard, OC, CQ is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman, most famously with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . He is also a local businessman in Montreal, and is nicknamed the Senator.-Playing career:Savard played minor league hockey with the...

 (general manager), Jean Perron

Jean Perron

Jean Perron was a head coach for the National Hockey League Montreal Canadiens and Quebec Nordiques. Perron coached the Habs for three seasons, and led them to a Stanley Cup in 1986. He was the last rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup until Dan Bylsma achieved the same feat in 2009 with the...

 (coach), Jacques Laperriere

Jacques Laperriere

Joseph Jacques Hughes Laperrière is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...

 (assistant coach), Eddy Palchak (trainer).

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	12	Jose Charbonneau José Charbonneau Jose Charbonneau is a retired professional ice hockey player who spent parts of 4 seasons in the National Hockey League between 1987 and 1995.-Playing career:...  (RW)		Drummondville Voltigeurs Drummondville Voltigeurs The Drummondville Voltigeurs are a junior ice hockey team of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The franchise was originally granted for the 1982–83 season, and are based out of Drummondville, Quebec. The team plays its home games at the Centre Marcel Dionne...  (QMJHL Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League... )
1	16	Tom Chorske Tom Chorske Thomas P. Chorske is an American retired professional ice hockey player. A forward, he played for eleven seasons in the National Hockey League . In September, 2006, he was named color commentator for New Jersey Devils radio broadcasts, a position he only held for one season before resigning...  (LW)		Minneapolis Southwest H.S. Southwest High School (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Southwest High School is a public high school in the Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota . It is part of the Minneapolis Public Schools. In 2010, Newsweek Magazine ranked the school #116 their "List of the 1,300 Top High Schools in America"...