1985–86 New York Islanders season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 December 2024 NHL 1985–86 1985 New York Islanders 39–29–12 Wales 4th Patrick 3rd 22–11–7 17–18–5 Bill Torrey Al Arbour Denis Potvin Brent SutterBryan Trottier 327 284 Nassau Coliseum Mike Bossy (61) Mike Bossy (62) Mike Bossy (123) Denis Potvin (+34) Duane Sutter (157) Billy Smith (20) Kelly Hrudey (3.21) The 1985–86 New York Islanders season was the 14th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). 2 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 NYI Record vs. opponents NYI Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#003087 5px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 5px solid; 1985–86 regular season1985-86 New York Islanders Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYI/1986_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 24, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#003087 2px solid; border-bottom:#FC4C02 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |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: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black 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 Mike Bossy RW 80 61 62 123 14302119 Bryan Trottier C 78 37 59 96 7229513 John Tonelli LW 65 20 41 61 5022301 Denis Potvin D 74 21 38 59 7834814 Brent Sutter C 61 24 31 55 74111002 Pat LaFontaine C 65 30 23 53 4316204 Duane Sutter RW 80 20 33 53 15715401 Pat Flatley RW 73 18 34 52 6620602 Tomas Jonsson D 77 14 30 44 6216511 Mikko Makela Mikko Mäkelä (ice hockey) RW 58 16 20 36 2812203 Paul Boutilier D 77 4 30 34 100-5000 Bob Bourne C 62 17 15 32 36-7205 Greg Gilbert LW 60 9 19 28 825102 Stefan Persson Stefan Persson (ice hockey) D 56 1 19 20 40-3100 Mark Hamway RW 49 5 12 17 9-5101 Richard Kromm LW 14 7 7 14 48000 Clark Gillies LW 55 4 10 14 55-8100 Randy Boyd Randy Boyd (ice hockey) D 55 2 12 14 799000 Roger Kortko C 52 5 8 13 19-11001 Ken Morrow D 69 0 12 12 2224000 Gord Dineen D 57 1 8 9 8115000 Neal Coulter RW 16 3 4 7 4-1000 Ari Haanpaa LW 18 0 7 7 200000 Steve Konroyd D 14 0 5 5 164000 Dale Henry LW 7 1 3 4 150000 Bob Bassen C 11 2 1 3 60000 Gerald Diduck D 10 1 2 3 25000 Scott Howson C 10 1 2 3 22000 Kelly Hrudey G 45 0 3 3 140000 Billy Smith Billy Smith (ice hockey) G 41 0 3 3 490000 Ken Leiter D 9 1 1 2 61000 Bob Nystrom RW 14 1 1 2 16-4100 Brad Dalgarno RW 2 1 0 1 01000 Alan Kerr RW 7 0 1 1 161000 Glenn Johannesen LW 2 0 0 0 0-1000Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SOSASVSV% Billy Smith Billy Smith (ice hockey) 2308 41 20 14 4 143 3.72 112041061.881 Kelly Hrudey 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 Mike Bossy RW 3 1 2 3 4-2000 Bryan Trottier C 3 1 1 2 2-1000 Clark Gillies LW 3 1 0 1 6-2000 Pat LaFontaine C 3 1 0 1 0-2100 Bob Bassen C 3 0 1 1 0-1000 Tomas Jonsson D 3 0 1 1 4-2000 Richard Kromm LW 3 0 1 1 00000 Denis Potvin D 3 0 1 1 0-2000 Brent Sutter C 3 0 1 1 2-3000 Bob Bourne C 3 0 0 0 0-2000 Paul Boutilier D 3 0 0 0 2-2000 Randy Boyd Randy Boyd (ice hockey) D 3 0 0 0 2-1000 Gord Dineen D 3 0 0 0 2-1000 Pat Flatley RW 3 0 0 0 21-2000 Greg Gilbert LW 2 0 0 0 9-1000 Mark Hamway RW 1 0 0 0 00000 Kelly Hrudey G 2 0 0 0 40000 Alan Kerr RW 1 0 0 0 00000 Steve Konroyd D 3 0 0 0 6-1000 Ken Morrow D 2 0 0 0 4-2000 Billy Smith Billy Smith (ice hockey) G 1 0 0 0 00000 Duane Sutter RW 3 0 0 0 161000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SOSASVSV% Kelly Hrudey 120 2 0 2 6 3.00 05953.898 Billy Smith Billy Smith (ice hockey) 60 1 0 1 4 4.00 03430.882 Team: 180 3 0 3 10 3.33 09383.892 hockey-reference.com 2009-07-27 1985-86 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYI/1986.html 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 DalgarnoCanadaHamilton Steelhawks (OHL)113Derek KingCanadaSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)234Brad LauerCanadaRegina Pats (WHL)355Jeff FinleyCanadaPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)476Kevin HeromCanadaMoose Jaw Warriors (WHL)589Tommy HedlundSwedenAIK IF (Sweden)597Jeff SveenCanadaBoston University (Hockey East)6118Rod DallmanCanadaPrince Albert Raiders (WHL)7139Kurt LacktenCanadaMoose Jaw Warriors (WHL)8160Hank LammensCanadaSt. Lawrence University (ECAC)9181Rich WiestCanadaLethbridge Broncos (WHL)10202Real ArsenaultCanadaPrince Andrew Secondary School (Canadian HS-NS)11223Mike VolpeCanadaHalifax Lions (MTJHL)12244Tony GrenierCanadaPrince Albert Raiders (WHL) See also 1985–86 NHL season References 1985-86 Category:1985–86 NHL season by team Category:1985 in sports in New York (state) Category:1986 in sports in New York (state)