1985–86 Montreal Canadiens season

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1985–86 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
Prince of Wales Conference Champions
Division 2nd Adams
Conference 5th Prince of Wales
1985–86 record 40–33–7
Goals for 330
Goals against 280
Coach Jean Perron
Captain Bob Gainey
Alternate captains Mats Naslund
Larry Robinson
Mario Tremblay
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Mats Naslund (43)
Assists Mats Naslund (67)
Points Mats Naslund (110)
Penalties in minutes Chris Nilan (274)
Wins Patrick Roy (23)
Goals against average Patrick Roy (3.35)

The 1985–86 Montreal Canadiens season involved winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in seven seasons, and the 23rd overall.

Contents:
Regular seasonPlayoffsPlayer statsAwards and records - Transactions
Draft picksFarm teamsSee alsoReferences


[edit] Offseason

[edit] NHL draft

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
1 12 Jose Charbonneau (RW) Flag of Canada Canada Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
1 16 Tom Chorske (LW) Flag of the United States United States Minneapolis Southwest H.S.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Adams Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Quebec Nordiques 80 43 31 6 92 330 289 1847
Montreal Canadiens 80 40 33 7 87 330 280 1372
Boston Bruins 80 37 31 12 86 311 288 1919
Hartford Whalers 80 40 36 4 84 332 302 1759
Buffalo Sabres 80 37 37 6 80 296 291 1608

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM

[edit] Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM

[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player GP MIN W L T SO GAA
Steve Penney 18 990 6 8 2 0 4.36
Patrick Roy 47 2651 23 18 3 1 3.35
Doug Soetaert 28 1606 14 9 4 0 3.40

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Stanley Cup

Calgary Flames vs. Montreal Canadiens

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.

[edit] 1986 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions

Bob Gainey, Doug Soetaert, Patrick Roy, Rick Green, David Maley, Ryan Walter, Serge Boisvert, Mario Tremblay, Bobby Smith, Craig Ludwig, Tom Kurvers, Kjell Dahlin, Larry Robinson, Guy Carbonneau, Chris Chelios, Petr Svoboda, Mats Naslund, Lucien DeBlois, Steve Rooney, Gaston Gingras, Mike Lalor, Chris Nilan, John Kordic, Claude Lemieux, Mike McPhee, Brian Skrudland, Stephane Richer, Serge Savard (general manager), Jean Perron (coach), Jacques Laperriere (assistant coach), Eddy Palchak (trainer)

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] References