1985–86 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1985–86 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	5th Patrick
Conference	10th Prince of Wales
1985–86 record	34–38–8
Goals for	313
Goals against	305
Team information
General Manager	Eddie Johnston
Coach	Bob Berry
Captain	Mike Bullard
Alternate captains	Moe Mantha Terry Ruskowski
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mario Lemieux (48)
Assists	Mario Lemieux (93)
Points	Mario Lemieux (141)
Penalties in minutes	Dan Frawley (174)
Wins	Roberto Romano (21)
Goals against average	Roberto Romano (3.55)

<1984–85	1986–87>

The 1985–86 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' nineteenth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins did not qualify for the playoffs.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Final standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Regular season
4 Awards and records
5 Transactions
- 5.1 Trades
- 5.2 Additions and subtractions
6 Roster
7 Draft picks
8 Farm teams
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

Offseason

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

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	C	79	48	93	141	43	-6	17	0	4
Bullard, MikeMike Bullard	C	77	41	42	83	69	-16	16	2	5
Mantha, MoeMoe Mantha	D	78	15	52	67	102	-4	11	2	0
Shedden, DougDoug Shedden	C	67	32	34	66	32	-7	19	0	5
Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski	C	73	26	37	63	162	10	11	0	7
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	75	15	30	45	74	12	2	2	2
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot	C	77	14	31	45	6	-1	1	2	3
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger	D	79	4	33	37	63	3	1	0	1
Hannan, DaveDave Hannan	C	75	17	18	35	91	-4	0	3	1
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	RW	71	14	17	31	30	0	0	0	1
Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell	RW	66	15	14	29	36	15	0	0	0
Schmidt, NormNorm Schmidt	D	66	15	14	29	57	7	3	0	0
Johnson, JimJim Johnson	D	80	3	26	29	115	12	0	0	0
Simpson, CraigCraig Simpson	LW	76	11	17	28	49	1	2	1	0
Frawley, DanDan Frawley	RW	69	10	11	21	174	-19	4	0	1
Errey, BobBob Errey	LW	37	11	6	17	8	1	1	0	2
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	13	6	7	13	6	-14	3	0	0
Siren, VilleVille Siren	D	60	4	8	12	32	-8	1	0	0
Loney, TroyTroy Loney	LW	47	3	9	12	95	-8	0	0	1
Buskas, RodRod Buskas	D	72	2	7	9	159	-9	1	0	0
McGeough, JimJim McGeough	C	17	3	2	5	8	-4	0	0	1
Dahlquist, ChrisChris Dahlquist	D	5	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0
O'Regan, TomTom O'Regan	C/D	9	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0
Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	D	28	0	3	3	53	-3	0	0	0
Nolan, TedTed Nolan	C	18	1	1	2	34	-1	0	0	0
Mathiasen, DwightDwight Mathiasen	RW	4	1	0	1	2	-4	0	0	0
Charlesworth, ToddTodd Charlesworth	D	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Meloche, GillesGilles Meloche	G	34	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Romano, RobertoRoberto Romano	G	46	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Babych, WayneWayne Babych	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque	LW	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Herron, DenisDenis Herron	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McDonnell, JoeJoe McDonnell	D	3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Roulston, TomTom Roulston	C/RW	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Rowe, MikeMike Rowe	D	3	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Romano, RobertoRoberto Romano	2684	46	21	20	3	159	3.55	2	1394	1235	.886
Meloche, GillesGilles Meloche	1989	34	13	15	5	119	3.59	0	1003	884	.881
Herron, DenisDenis Herron	180	3	0	3	0	14	4.67	0	92	78	.848
Team:	4853	80	34	38	8	292	3.61	2	2489	2197	.883

^[2]

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

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1985–86 season:

Trades

September 12, 1985	To Pittsburgh Penguins Gilles Meloche	To Edmonton Oilers Tim Hrynewich Marty McSorley
September 16, 1985	To Pittsburgh Penguins rights to Ted Nolan	To Buffalo Sabres cash
October 4, 1985	To Pittsburgh Penguins Randy Cunneyworth Mike Moller	To Buffalo Sabres Pat Hughes
October 4, 1985	To Pittsburgh Penguins Pat Hughes	To Edmonton Oilers Mike Moller
October 20, 1985	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash	To Quebec Nordiques Wayne Babych
March 11, 1986	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ron Duguay	To Detroit Red Wings Doug Shedden

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Chris Dahlquist	Lake Superior State Lakers (CCHA)	free agency (1985-05-07)
Jim Johnson	University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)	free agency (1985-06-09)
Terry Ruskowski	Los Angeles Kings	free agency (1985-10-03)
Willy Lindstrom	Edmonton Oilers	Waiver Draft (1985-10-07)
Dan Frawley	Chicago Black Hawks	Waiver Draft (1985-10-07)
Mike Blaisdell	New York Rangers	Waiver Draft (1985-10-07)
Dwight Mathiasen	University of Denver Pioneers (WCHA)	free agency (1986-03-31)
Steve Guenette	Guelph Platers (OHL)	free agency (1986-04-06)

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
Warren Young	Detroit Red Wings	free agency (1985-07-10)
Tim Tookey	Philadelphia Flyers	free agency (1985-07-11)
Kevin McCarthy	Philadelphia Flyers	free agency (1985-07-19)
Arto Javanainen	Assat Pori (SM-liiga)	free agency
Petteri Lehto	TPS Turku (SM-liiga)	free agency
Rod Schutt	Toronto Maple Leafs	free agency (1985-10-03)
Tony Feltrin	New York Rangers	free agency (1985-10-08)

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Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

References

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1985-86 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/PIT/1986.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

"1985–86 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/PIT/1986_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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1985–86 NHL season by team

Patrick	New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington

Adams	Boston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Quebec

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

1985–86 Pittsburgh Penguins season

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Player stats

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Additions and subtractions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

External links