1984–85 Edmonton Oilers season

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1984–85 Edmonton Oilers
Stanley Cup Champions
Campbell Conference Champions
Smythe Division Champions
Division	1st Smythe
Conference	1st Campbell
1984–85 record	49–20–11
Home record	26–7–7
Road record	23–13–4
Goals for	401 (1st)
Goals against	298 (9th)
General Manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Glen Sather
Captain	Wayne Gretzky
Alternate captains	none
Arena	Northlands Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Wayne Gretzky (73)
Assists	Wayne Gretzky (135)
Points	Wayne Gretzky (208)
Penalties in minutes	Kevin McClelland (205)
Plus/Minus	Wayne Gretzky (+98)
Wins	Grant Fuhr (26)
Goals against average	Andy Moog (3.30)

The 1984–85 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers 6th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a Stanley Cup championship in 1983–84. Edmonton would win their 4th straight Smythe Division title, and once again score over 400 goals in a season. The Oilers also let in 298 goals, their fewest since the 1981–82 season. The Oilers would start the season with an NHL record 15 game unbeaten streak (12–0–3).

Wayne Gretzky would earn 208 points, breaking the 200 point mark for the 3rd time in his career, and win his 5th straight Art Ross Trophy, and his 6th straight Hart Trophy. Jari Kurri would score a career high 71 goals and 135 points, and win the Lady Byng Trophy. Paul Coffey had 121 points (37 goals-84 assists) en route to the first Norris Trophy of his career.

In goal, Grant Fuhr and Andy Moog would split time, with Fuhr leading the Oilers in wins with 26, while Moog led the team with a 3.30 GAA.

In the playoffs, the Oilers would sweep past the Los Angeles Kings and the Winnipeg Jets in the first 2 rounds. Edmonton would run into a bit of a problem with the Chicago Black Hawks in the Conference Finals, as the teams split the first 4 games, however, the Oilers would win the next 2 games and advance to their 3rd straight Stanley Cup Final. After dropping the opening game of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Oilers would step up their play, and win the next 4 games to win their 2nd straight Stanley Cup. Wayne Gretzky would win the Conn Smythe Trophy for the first time in his career, as he scored an NHL record 47 points (17G-30A) in the playoffs.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 Game log 3 Playoffs 3.1 Edmonton Oilers 3, Los Angeles Kings 0 3.2 Edmonton Oilers 4, Winnipeg Jets 0 3.3 Edmonton Oilers 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2 3.4 Edmonton Oilers 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1 4 Season stats 4.1 Scoring leaders 4.2 Goaltending 5 Playoff stats 5.1 Scoring leaders 5.2 Goaltending 6 Transactions 6.1 Trades 6.2 Free agents 6.3 Draft picks 7 References

[edit] Season standings

Smythe Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Edmonton Oilers	80	49	20	11	401	298	109
Winnipeg Jets	80	43	27	10	358	332	96
Calgary Flames	80	41	27	12	363	302	94
Los Angeles Kings	80	34	32	14	339	326	82
Vancouver Canucks	80	25	46	9	284	401	59

[edit] Game log

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	October 11	Edmonton Oilers	2–2	Los Angeles Kings	0–0–1	1
2	October 12	St. Louis Blues	1–5	Edmonton Oilers	1–0–1	3
3	October 14	Quebec Nordiques	2–9	Edmonton Oilers	2–0–1	5
4	October 16	Boston Bruins	2–7	Edmonton Oilers	3–0–1	7
5	October 18	Edmonton Oilers	7–5	Minnesota North Stars	4–0–1	9
6	October 19	Edmonton Oilers	7–4	Winnipeg Jets	5–0–1	11
7	October 21	Calgary Flames	4–6	Edmonton Oilers	6–0–1	13
8	October 24	Washington Capitals	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	6–0–2	14
9	October 26	Los Angeles Kings	3–8	Edmonton Oilers	7–0–2	16
10	October 30	Vancouver Canucks	0–7	Edmonton Oilers	8–0–2	18
11	November 2	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	9–0–2	20
12	November 4	Edmonton Oilers	2–1	Winnipeg Jets	10–0–2	22
13	November 6	Edmonton Oilers	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	10–0–3	23
14	November 8	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	New Jersey Devils	11–0–3	25
15	November 9	Edmonton Oilers	8–5	Washington Capitals	12–0–3	27
16	November 11	Edmonton Oilers	5–7	Philadelphia Flyers	12–1–3	27
17	November 14	Montreal Canadiens	4–2	Edmonton Oilers	12–2–3	27
18	November 15	Edmonton Oilers	2–6	Calgary Flames	12–3–3	27
19	November 17	Vancouver Canucks	0–7	Edmonton Oilers	13–3–3	29
20	November 21	Winnipeg Jets	5–7	Edmonton Oilers	14–3–3	31
21	November 24	St. Louis Blues	6–7	Edmonton Oilers	15–3–3	33
22	November 27	Edmonton Oilers	7–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	16–3–3	35
23	November 29	Edmonton Oilers	4–2	Boston Bruins	17–3–3	37
24	November 30	Edmonton Oilers	4–2	Hartford Whalers	18–3–3	39
25	December 5	New York Islanders	4–6	Edmonton Oilers	19–3–3	41
26	December 7	Minnesota North Stars	3–6	Edmonton Oilers	20–3–3	43
27	December 8	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Vancouver Canucks	20–4–3	43
28	December 13	Edmonton Oilers	2–7	Los Angeles Kings	20–5–3	43
29	December 15	Edmonton Oilers	8–2	St. Louis Blues	21–5–3	45
30	December 17	Edmonton Oilers	2–5	New Jersey Devils	21–6–3	45
31	December 19	Los Angeles Kings	3–7	Edmonton Oilers	22–6–3	47
32	December 21	Vancouver Canucks	3–1	Edmonton Oilers	22–7–3	47
33	December 22	Calgary Flames	1–7	Edmonton Oilers	23–7–3	49
34	December 26	Edmonton Oilers	6–5	Calgary Flames	24–7–3	51
35	December 29	Detroit Red Wings	3–6	Edmonton Oilers	25–7–3	53
36	December 30	Edmonton Oilers	7–7	Vancouver Canucks	25–7–4	54
37	January 2	Philadelphia Flyers	5–2	Edmonton Oilers	25–8–4	54
38	January 4	Winnipeg Jets	4–7	Edmonton Oilers	26–8–4	56
39	January 6	Edmonton Oilers	7–2	Winnipeg Jets	27–8–4	58
40	January 8	Edmonton Oilers	4–0	Quebec Nordiques	28–8–4	60
41	January 10	Edmonton Oilers	5–2	Montreal Canadiens	29–8–4	62
42	January 12	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	29–9–4	62
43	January 13	Edmonton Oilers	5–4	Buffalo Sabres	30–9–4	64
44	January 16	New York Islanders	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	30–9–5	65
45	January 18	Edmonton Oilers	4–4	Vancouver Canucks	30–9–6	66
46	January 19	Vancouver Canucks	5–7	Edmonton Oilers	31–9–6	68
47	January 21	Los Angeles Kings	7–8	Edmonton Oilers	32–9–6	70
48	January 25	New Jersey Devils	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	33–9–6	72
49	January 26	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–6	Edmonton Oilers	34–9–6	74
50	January 28	Calgary Flames	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	35–9–6	76
51	January 29	Edmonton Oilers	4–2	Calgary Flames	36–9–6	78
52	February 2	New York Rangers	1–5	Edmonton Oilers	37–9–6	80
53	February 3	Hartford Whalers	3–6	Edmonton Oilers	38–9–6	82
54	February 6	Edmonton Oilers	2–6	Winnipeg Jets	38–10–6	82
55	February 8	Edmonton Oilers	5–3	Minnesota North Stars	39–10–6	84
56	February 9	Edmonton Oilers	6–5	Detroit Red Wings	40–10–6	86
57	February 15	Edmonton Oilers	7–8	New York Rangers	40–11–6	86
58	February 16	Edmonton Oilers	4–5	Philadelphia Flyers	40–12–6	86
59	February 18	Edmonton Oilers	6–4	Buffalo Sabres	41–12–6	88
60	February 19	Edmonton Oilers	9–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	42–12–6	90
61	February 22	Quebec Nordiques	3–6	Edmonton Oilers	43–12–6	92
62	February 23	Washington Capitals	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	43–12–7	93
63	February 27	Montreal Canadiens	4–1	Edmonton Oilers	43–13–7	93
64	March 1	Los Angeles Kings	5–4	Edmonton Oilers	43–14–7	93
65	March 3	Winnipeg Jets	6–3	Edmonton Oilers	43–15–7	93
66	March 5	Edmonton Oilers	5–3	Calgary Flames	44–15–7	95
67	March 9	New York Rangers	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	44–15–8	96
68	March 10	Edmonton Oilers	3–6	Vancouver Canucks	44–16–8	96
69	March 13	Detroit Red Wings	6–7	Edmonton Oilers	45–16–8	98
70	March 15	Buffalo Sabres	4–4	Edmonton Oilers	45–16–9	99
71	March 17	Edmonton Oilers	4–5	Los Angeles Kings	45–17–9	99
72	March 20	Chicago Black Hawks	4–6	Edmonton Oilers	46–17–9	101
73	March 22	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	46–17–10	102
74	March 26	Edmonton Oilers	7–5	New York Islanders	47–17–10	104
75	March 28	Edmonton Oilers	3–6	Boston Bruins	47–18–10	104
76	March 29	Edmonton Oilers	7–8	Hartford Whalers	47–19–10	104
77	March 31	Edmonton Oilers	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks	48–19–10	106
78	April 2	Edmonton Oilers	6–4	Los Angeles Kings	49–19–10	108
79	April 5	Calgary Flames	5–5	Edmonton Oilers	49–19–11	109
80	April 6	Winnipeg Jets	6–5	Edmonton Oilers	49–20–11	109

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Edmonton Oilers 3, Los Angeles Kings 0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 10	Los Angeles Kings	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	1–0
2	April 11	Los Angeles Kings	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	2–0
3	April 13	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Los Angeles Kings	3–0

[edit] Edmonton Oilers 4, Winnipeg Jets 0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 18	Winnipeg Jets	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	1–0
2	April 20	Winnipeg Jets	2–5	Edmonton Oilers	2–0
3	April 23	Edmonton Oilers	5–4	Winnipeg Jets	3–0
4	April 25	Edmonton Oilers	8–3	Winnipeg Jets	4–0

[edit] Edmonton Oilers 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	May 4	Chicago Black Hawks	2–11	Edmonton Oilers	1–0
2	May 7	Chicago Black Hawks	3–7	Edmonton Oilers	2–0
3	May 9	Edmonton Oilers	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1
4	May 12	Edmonton Oilers	6–8	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2
5	May 14	Chicago Black Hawks	5–10	Edmonton Oilers	3–2
6	May 16	Edmonton Oilers	8–2	Chicago Black Hawks	4–2

[edit] Edmonton Oilers 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	May 21	Edmonton Oilers	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers	0–1
2	May 23	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers	1–1
3	May 25	Philadelphia Flyers	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	2–1
4	May 28	Philadelphia Flyers	3–5	Edmonton Oilers	3–1
5	May 29	Philadelphia Flyers	3–8	Edmonton Oilers	4–1

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Wayne Gretzky	80	73	135	208	52
Jari Kurri	73	71	64	135	30
Paul Coffey	80	37	84	121	97
Mike Krushelnyski	80	43	45	88	60
Glenn Anderson	80	42	39	81	69

[edit] Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Andy Moog	39	2019	22	9	3	111	1	.894	3.30
Marco Baron	1	33	0	1	0	2	0	.778	3.64
Grant Fuhr	46	2559	26	8	7	165	1	.884	3.87
Mike Zanier	3	185	1	1	1	12	0	.880	3.89
Daryl Reaugh	1	60	0	1	0	5	0	.857	5.00

[edit] Playoff stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Wayne Gretzky	18	17	30	47	4
Paul Coffey	18	12	25	37	44
Jari Kurri	18	19	12	31	6
Glenn Anderson	18	10	16	26	38
Mark Messier	18	12	13	25	12

[edit] Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Andy Moog	2	20	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Grant Fuhr	18	1064	15	3	55	0	.895	3.10

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

June 21, 1984	To Boston Bruins Ken Linseman	To Edmonton Oilers Mike Krushelnyski
October 27, 1984	To Detroit Red Wings Todd Bidner	To Edmonton Oilers Rejean Cloutier
November 27, 1984	To Los Angeles Kings Cash	To Edmonton Oilers Dean Hopkins
November 27, 1984	To New York Rangers Cash	To Edmonton Oilers Mark Morrison
January 24, 1985	To Minnesota North Stars Gord Sherven Terry Martin	To Edmonton Oilers Mark Napier
March 31, 1985	To Los Angeles Kings Dean Hopkins	To Edmonton Oilers Future considerations

[edit] Free agents

Player Former Team F Jeff Brubaker Calgary Flames F Norm Aubin Toronto Maple Leafs F Craig MacTavish Boston Bruins G Marco Baron Los Angeles Kings

Player New Team D Peter Dineen Boston Bruins F Al Hill Philadelphia Flyers D Joe McDonnell Pittsburgh Penguins F Serge Boisvert Montreal Canadiens F Tom Gorence New Jersey Devils

[edit] Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	21	Selmar Odelein	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
2	42	Daryl Reaugh	Canada	Kamloops Junior Oilers (WHL)
3	63	Todd Norman	United States	Hill-Murray High School (USHS)
4	84	Richard Novak	Canada	Richmond Sockeyes (BCJHL)
5	105	Rick Lambert	Canada	Henry Carr High School (Canada)
6	106	Emanuel Viveiros	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6	126	Ivan Dornic	Czechoslovakia	Dukla Trencin (Czech.)
7	147	Heikki Riihijarvi	Finland	Kärpät (Finland)
8	168	Todd Ewen	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
10	209	Joel Curtis	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
11	229	Simon Wheeldon	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
12	250	Darren Gani	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)

[edit] References

• SHRP Sports
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

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