1985–86 New Jersey Devils season

The 1985–86 New Jersey Devils season was the 12th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and fourth season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[1] 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.

1985–86 New Jersey Devils
Division6th Patrick
Conference11th Wales
1985–86 record28-49-3
Goals for300
Goals against374
Team information
General managerMax McNab
CoachDoug Carpenter
CaptainMel Bridgman
Alternate captainsUnknown
ArenaBrendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
GoalsGreg Adams (35)
AssistsGreg Adams (42)
PointsGreg Adams (77)
Penalty minutesJoe Cirella (147)
Plus/minusBruce Driver (+9)

Regular season

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Final standings

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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

[2]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.

Record vs. opponents

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Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

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Vs. Campbell Conference

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Schedule and results

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# 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

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Greg Adams LW 78 35 42 77 30 -7 10 0 2
Kirk Muller LW 77 25 41 66 45 -20 5 1 1
Mel Bridgman C 78 23 40 63 80 -1 5 1 1
Mark Johnson C 80 21 41 62 16 -13 6 1 3
John MacLean RW 74 21 36 57 112 -3 1 0 4
Pat Verbeek RW 76 25 28 53 79 -24 4 1 0
Doug Sulliman RW 73 21 22 43 20 -10 6 1 5
Peter McNab C 71 19 24 43 14 -11 6 0 0
Aaron Broten LW/C 66 18 25 43 26 2 4 0 1
Rich Preston RW 76 19 22 41 65 3 3 0 2
Paul Gagne LW 47 19 19 38 14 -15 4 0 3
Joe Cirella D 66 6 23 29 147 -12 2 0 0
Tim Higgins RW 59 9 17 26 47 7 2 0 1
Uli Hiemer D 50 8 16 24 61 -1 6 0 1
Perry Anderson LW 51 7 12 19 91 -7 1 0 1
Dave Pichette D 33 7 12 19 22 -11 4 0 1
Bruce Driver D 40 3 15 18 32 9 1 0 1
Craig Wolanin D 44 2 16 18 74 -7 0 0 1
Dave Lewis D 69 0 15 15 81 0 0 0 0
Jan Ludvig RW 42 5 9 14 63 -16 0 0 0
Ken Daneyko D 44 0 10 10 100 0 0 0 0
Randy Velischek D 47 2 7 9 39 -20 0 0 0
Phil Russell D 30 2 3 5 51 -17 0 0 0
Bob Lorimer D 46 2 2 4 52 -13 0 0 0
Alain Chevrier G 37 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Dorion C 3 1 1 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Pat Conacher LW 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Don Dietrich D 11 0 2 2 10 -8 0 0 0
Craig Billington G 18 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Murray Brumwell D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Alan Hepple D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kirk McLean G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Resch G 31 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0
Sam St. Laurent G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Allan Stewart LW 4 0 0 0 21 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Alain Chevrier 1862 37 11 18 2 143 4.61 0 951 808 .850
Glenn Resch 1769 31 10 20 0 126 4.27 0 885 759 .858
Craig Billington 901 18 4 9 1 77 5.13 0 482 405 .840
Sam St. Laurent 188 4 2 1 0 13 4.15 1 111 98 .883
Kirk 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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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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) [a]
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 [a]
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)

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1985-86 New Jersey Devils Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.