1985–86 New Jersey Devils season

1985–86 New Jersey Devils
Division	6th Patrick
Conference	11th Prince of Wales
1985–86 record	28-49-3
Goals for	300
Goals against	374
Team information
General Manager	Max McNab
Coach	Doug Carpenter
Captain	Mel Bridgman
Arena	Brendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Greg Adams (35)
Assists	Greg Adams (42)
Points	Greg Adams (77)
Penalties in minutes	Joe Cirella (147)
Plus/minus	Bruce Driver (+9)

<1984–85	1986–87>

The 1985–86 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 4th in the league since moving to New Jersey from Colorado. Kirk Muller making the All-Star Game was the highlight of the season for the Devils, as they finished in last place in their division and conference, good for the third-worst record in the league. This was the franchise's eighth consecutive season out of the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	53	23	4	335	241	110
Washington Capitals	80	50	23	7	315	272	107
New York Islanders	80	39	29	12	327	284	90
New York Rangers	80	36	38	6	280	276	78
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	34	38	8	313	305	76
New Jersey Devils	80	28	49	3	300	374	59

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

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

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	78	35	42	77	30	-7	10	0	2
Muller, KirkKirk Muller	LW	77	25	41	66	45	-20	5	1	1
Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman	C	78	23	40	63	80	-1	5	1	1
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	C	80	21	41	62	16	-13	6	1	3
MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean	RW	74	21	36	57	112	-3	1	0	4
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	76	25	28	53	79	-24	4	1	0
Sulliman, DougDoug Sulliman	RW	73	21	22	43	20	-10	6	1	5
McNab, PeterPeter McNab	C	71	19	24	43	14	-11	6	0	0
Broten, AaronAaron Broten	LW/C	66	18	25	43	26	2	4	0	1
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	76	19	22	41	65	3	3	0	2
Gagne, PaulPaul Gagne	LW	47	19	19	38	14	-15	4	0	3
Cirella, JoeJoe Cirella	D	66	6	23	29	147	-12	2	0	0
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	59	9	17	26	47	7	2	0	1
Hiemer, UliUli Hiemer	D	50	8	16	24	61	-1	6	0	1
Anderson, PerryPerry Anderson	LW	51	7	12	19	91	-7	1	0	1
Pichette, DaveDave Pichette	D	33	7	12	19	22	-11	4	0	1
Driver, BruceBruce Driver	D	40	3	15	18	32	9	1	0	1
Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin	D	44	2	16	18	74	-7	0	0	1
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	69	0	15	15	81	0	0	0	0
Ludvig, JanJan Ludvig	RW	42	5	9	14	63	-16	0	0	0
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko	D	44	0	10	10	100	0	0	0	0
Velischek, RandyRandy Velischek	D	47	2	7	9	39	-20	0	0	0
Russell, PhilPhil Russell	D	30	2	3	5	51	-17	0	0	0
Lorimer, BobBob Lorimer	D	46	2	2	4	52	-13	0	0	0
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	G	37	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dorion, DanDan Dorion	C	3	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	LW	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dietrich, DonDon Dietrich	D	11	0	2	2	10	-8	0	0	0
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	G	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brumwell, MurrayMurray Brumwell	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Hepple, AlanAlan Hepple	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McLean, KirkKirk McLean	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	31	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stewart, AllanAllan Stewart	LW	4	0	0	0	21	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier	1862	37	11	18	2	143	4.61	0	951	808	.850
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	1769	31	10	20	0	126	4.27	0	885	759	.858
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	901	18	4	9	1	77	5.13	0	482	405	.840
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent	188	4	2	1	0	13	4.15	1	111	98	.883
McLean, KirkKirk McLean	111	2	1	1	0	11	5.95	0	59	48	.814
Team:	4831	80	28	49	3	370	4.60	1	2488	2118	.851

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Note: 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;

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Draft picks

New Jersey's draft picks at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	3	Craig Wolanin	United States	D	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	24	Sean Burke	Canada	G	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
2	32	Eric Weinrich	United States	D	North Yarmouth Academy (Maine)	^[3]
3	45	Myles O'Connor	Canada	D	Notre Dame H.S. Hounds (SJHL)
4	66	Greg Polak	United States	LW	Lincoln H.S. (Rhode Island)
5	87	No fifth-round pick^[3]
6	108	Bill McMillan	Canada	RW	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
7	129	Kevin Schrader	United States	D	Burnsville H.S. (Minnesota)
8	150	Ed Krayer	United States	LW	St. Paul's H.S. (New Hampshire)
9	171	Jamie Huscroft	Canada	D	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
10	192	Terry Shold	United States	LW	International Falls H.S. (Minnesota)
11	213	Jamie McKinley	Canada	RW	Guelph Platers (OHL)
12	234	David Williams	United States	D	Choate H.S. (Connecticut)

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References

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1985-86 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
^ ^a ^b The Devils acquired the 1985 second-round pick, along with Rich Preston and Don Dietrich, from Chicago in exchange for Bob MacMillan and their 1985 fifth-round pick (used on Rick Herbert) on June 16, 1984.

v t e New Jersey Devils seasons

Pre-1982	Kansas City Scouts Colorado Rockies

1980s	1980–81 . 1981–82 . 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e New Jersey Devils

Formerly the Colorado Rockies Founded in 1976 Based in Newark, New Jersey

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Jeffrey Vanderbeek General manager Lou Lamoriello Head coach Peter DeBoer Team captain Bryce Salvador Current roster

Arenas	Continental Airlines Arena Prudential Center

Rivalries	New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers

Affiliates	AHL Albany Devils

General managers	MacMillan McNab Lamoriello

Head coaches	MacMillan McVie Carpenter Schoenfeld Cunniff Brooks Lemaire Ftorek Robinson Constantine Burns Lamoriello Julien Lamoriello Sutter Lemaire MacLean Lemaire DeBoer

Media	MSG Plus MSG 2 MSG WFAN WBBR

Stanley Cup Finals	1995 2000 2001 2003 2012

Culture/Lore	Kansas City Scouts Colorado Rockies The A Line The Crash Line EGG Line ZZ Pop Line Don Koharski Jersey Devil Mike "Doc" Emrick Hockey Night Live!

v t e 1985–86 NHL season by team

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Winnipeg Vancouver

See also	1985 NHL Entry Draft All-Star Game 1986 Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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