1985–86 Washington Capitals season

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1985–86 Washington Capitals
Division 2nd Patrick
1985–86 record 50–23–7
Goals for 315
Goals against 272
Team information
General Manager David Poile
Coach Bryan Murray
Captain Rod Langway
Team leaders
<1984–85 1986–87>

The Washington Capitals are a professional American ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.; in the 1985–86 season, the team finished with 107 points and won 50 games for the first time in franchise history, good enough for the third-best record in the National Hockey League (NHL). However, they were bounced out of the playoffs in the second round by the New York Rangers.

The 107 points scored by the Capitals in this season would not be surpassed until the 2008–09 season, when the team scored 108 points in the regular season.[1]

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Offseason

The Washington Capitals picked up Yvon Corriveau in the first round (19th overall) of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

Regular season

The fifty wins which the Washington Capitals won during the regular season placed them second in the Patrick Division, after the Philadelphia Flyers, and earned them a berth in the playoffs, which would be the fourth consecutive time it had made the playoffs since the 1982–83 NHL 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

[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.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
2 L October 12, 1985 1–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 0–2–0
3 L October 13, 1985 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 0–3–0
4 W October 16, 1985 6–5 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 1–3–0
5 W October 18, 1985 4–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 2–3–0
6 T October 19, 1985 2–2 OT Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 2–3–1
7 L October 23, 1985 2–4 @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 2–4–1
8 T October 25, 1985 7–7 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 2–4–2
9 W October 27, 1985 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 3–4–2
10 W October 29, 1985 6–3 St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 4–4–2
11 W November 1, 1985 5–3 New York Islanders (1985–86) 5–4–2
12 L November 2, 1985 3–5 @ New York Islanders (1985–86) 5–5–2
13 W November 5, 1985 8–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 6–5–2
14 W November 6, 1985 4–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 7–5–2
15 L November 9, 1985 4–5 Calgary Flames (1985–86) 7–6–2
16 W November 12, 1985 5–2 Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 8–6–2
17 W November 15, 1985 5–3 Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 9–6–2
18 T November 16, 1985 2–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 9–6–3
19 W November 19, 1985 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 10–6–3
20 W November 20, 1985 3–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 11–6–3
21 W November 23, 1985 3–0 Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 12–6–3
22 W November 27, 1985 5–3 Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 13–6–3
23 L November 29, 1985 2–5 New York Rangers (1985–86) 13–7–3
24 W November 30, 1985 6–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 14–7–3
25 W December 5, 1985 3–2 OT St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 15–7–3
26 W December 7, 1985 2–1 Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 16–7–3
27 W December 10, 1985 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 17–7–3
28 W December 14, 1985 5–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 18–7–3
29 T December 17, 1985 4–4 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 18–7–4
30 W December 18, 1985 5–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 19–7–4
31 L December 20, 1985 4–7 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 19–8–4
32 W December 22, 1985 7–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 20–8–4
33 W December 26, 1985 4–3 Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 21–8–4
34 L December 28, 1985 4–7 Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 21–9–4
35 L December 29, 1985 5–6 @ New York Rangers (1985–86) 21–10–4
36 W January 1, 1986 3–0 New York Rangers (1985–86) 22–10–4
37 W January 3, 1986 3–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 23–10–4
38 W January 4, 1986 9–3 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 24–10–4
39 W January 7, 1986 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 25–10–4
40 L January 9, 1986 0–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 25–11–4
41 L January 11, 1986 3–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 25–12–4
42 L January 14, 1986 3–4 Calgary Flames (1985–86) 25–13–4
43 W January 17, 1986 4–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 26–13–4
44 W January 18, 1986 5–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 27–13–4
45 W January 21, 1986 7–5 Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 28–13–4
46 L January 24, 1986 5–7 New York Islanders (1985–86) 28–14–4
47 W January 25, 1986 6–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 29–14–4
48 L January 28, 1986 0–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 29–15–4
49 L January 29, 1986 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 29–16–4
50 W February 1, 1986 5–4 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 30–16–4
51 W February 2, 1986 5–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 31–16–4
52 W February 7, 1986 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 32–16–4
53 W February 8, 1986 5–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 33–16–4
54 L February 12, 1986 1–8 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 33–17–4
55 W February 15, 1986 4–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 34–17–4
56 W February 18, 1986 5–4 @ New York Islanders (1985–86) 35–17–4
57 T February 19, 1986 4–4 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 35–17–5
58 L February 22, 1986 1–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 35–18–5
59 L February 23, 1986 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 35–19–5
60 W February 25, 1986 4–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 36–19–5
61 W February 27, 1986 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 37–19–5
62 W March 1, 1986 4–0 New York Rangers (1985–86) 38–19–5
63 W March 2, 1986 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1985–86) 39–19–5
64 W March 4, 1986 4–2 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 40–19–5
65 W March 8, 1986 6–2 @ New York Islanders (1985–86) 41–19–5
66 W March 9, 1986 3–1 New York Islanders (1985–86) 42–19–5
67 W March 11, 1986 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 43–19–5
68 L March 13, 1986 0–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 43–20–5
69 W March 15, 1986 5–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 44–20–5
70 W March 17, 1986 5–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 45–20–5
71 L March 18, 1986 2–5 Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 45–21–5
72 W March 21, 1986 5–3 Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 46–21–5
73 W March 23, 1986 6–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 47–21–5
74 W March 25, 1986 6–3 Boston Bruins (1985–86) 48–21–5
75 L March 28, 1986 3–4 New York Islanders (1985–86) 48–22–5
76 T March 29, 1986 6–6 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 48–22–6
77 W April 1, 1986 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 49–22–6
78 W April 3, 1986 4–2 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 50–22–6
79 T April 5, 1986 4–4 OT New York Rangers (1985–86) 50–22–7
80 L April 6, 1986 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 50–23–7

Playoffs

The 1985–86 NHL season was the fourth time the Washington Capitals had made the playoffs, and finally defeated the New York Islanders in a playoff series three games to none. However, the Capitals were eliminated by the New York Rangers four games to two in a best of seven series.

Patrick Division Semi-finals

New York Islanders vs. Washington Capitals

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 9 New York 1 Washington 3
April 10 New York 2 Washington 5
April 12 Washington 3 New York 1

Washington wins best-of-five series 3–0

Patrick Divisional Finals

New York Rangers vs. Washington Capitals

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 17 New York 4 Washington 3 (OT)
April 19 New York 1 Washington 8
April 21 Washington 6 New York 3
April 23 Washington 5 New York 6 (OT)
April 25 New York 4 Washington 2
April 27 Washington 1 New York 2

New York Rangers wins best-of-seven series 4–2

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Dave Christian RW 80 41 42 83 15 3 18 2 4
Mike Gartner RW 74 35 40 75 63 -5 11 2 4
Craig Laughlin RW 75 30 45 75 43 24 10 0 4
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson RW 70 23 52 75 26 9 8 4 6
Alan Haworth C 71 34 39 73 72 36 7 0 5
Larry Murphy D 78 21 44 65 50 2 8 1 2
Bobby Carpenter C 80 27 29 56 105 -12 7 0 3
Greg Adams LW 78 18 38 56 152 24 3 0 2
Scott Stevens D 73 15 38 53 165 0 3 0 2
Gaetan Duchesne LW 80 11 28 39 39 10 0 1 3
Bobby Gould RW 79 19 19 38 26 7 0 3 5
Jorgen Pettersson LW 47 8 16 24 10 -4 2 0 3
Peter Andersson D 61 6 16 22 36 -8 3 0 3
Lou Franceschetti RW 76 7 14 21 131 -4 0 0 2
Kevin Hatcher D 79 9 10 19 119 6 1 0 1
Rod Langway D 71 1 17 18 61 27 1 0 0
Darren Veitch D 62 3 9 12 27 21 0 0 0
Gary Sampson LW 19 1 4 5 2 -3 0 0 1
Mark Taylor C 30 2 1 3 4 -4 0 0 0
Doug Jarvis C 25 1 2 3 16 -5 0 0 0
Dwight Schofield D 50 1 2 3 127 5 0 0 0
John Barrett D 14 0 3 3 12 3 0 0 0
Greg Smith D 14 0 3 3 10 3 0 0 0
Stephen Leach RW 11 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
David Jensen C 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Daryl Evans LW 6 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Al Jensen G 44 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Grant Martin LW 11 0 1 1 6 -5 0 0 0
Yves Beaudoin D 4 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0
Yvon Corriveau LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Ed Kastelic W 15 0 0 0 73 0 0 0 0
Bob Mason G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Peeters G 34 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Pat Riggin G 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Al Jensen 2437 44 28 9 3 129 3.18 2 1168 1039 .890
Pete Peeters 2021 34 19 11 3 113 3.35 1 910 797 .876
Pat Riggin 369 7 2 3 1 23 3.74 0 133 110 .827
Bob Mason 16 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 5 5 1.000
Team: 4843 80 50 23 7 265 3.28 3 2216 1951 .880

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Mike Gartner RW 9 2 10 12 4 0 0 0
Scott Stevens D 9 3 8 11 12 2 0 2
Alan Haworth C 9 4 6 10 11 1 0 0
Bobby Carpenter C 9 5 4 9 12 2 0 1
Dave Christian RW 9 4 4 8 0 1 0 0
Gaetan Duchesne LW 9 4 3 7 12 0 1 0
Bobby Gould RW 9 4 3 7 11 0 0 0
Larry Murphy D 9 1 5 6 6 1 0 0
Greg Adams LW 9 1 3 4 27 0 0 0
John Barrett D 9 2 1 3 35 0 0 1
Greg Smith D 9 2 1 3 9 0 1 0
Rod Langway D 9 1 2 3 6 1 0 0
Craig Laughlin RW 9 1 2 3 10 0 0 1
Jorgen Pettersson LW 8 1 2 3 2 1 0 0
Yvon Corriveau LW 4 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Kevin Hatcher D 9 1 1 2 19 0 0 0
Stephen Leach RW 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lou Franceschetti RW 8 0 0 0 15 0 0 0
David Jensen C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Peeters G 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Dwight Schofield D 3 0 0 0 14 0 0 0
Mark Taylor C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Pete Peeters 544 9 5 4 24 2.65 0 253 229 .905
Team: 544 9 5 4 24 2.65 0 253 229 .905

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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

Transactions

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Roster

Draft picks

In the 1986 NHL Entry Draft, the Washington Capitals picked Jeff Greenlaw in the first round (19th overall).

Farm teams

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See also

References

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External links

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