1985–86 Quebec Nordiques season

1985–86 Quebec Nordiques
Adams Division Champions
Division 1st Adams
Conference 3rd Wales
1985–86 record 43-31-6
Home record 23–13–4
Road record 20–18–2
Goals for 330
Goals against 289
Team information
General Manager Maurice Filion
Coach Michel Bergeron
Captain Mario Marois (Oct-Nov)
Peter Stastny (Nov-Apr)
Arena Colisée Pepsi
Team leaders
Goals Michel Goulet (53)
Assists Peter Stastny (81)
Points Peter Stastny (122)
Penalties in minutes Dale Hunter (265)
Plus/minus David Shaw (+14)
Wins Clint Malarchuk (26)
Goals against average Clint Malarchuk (3.21)
<1984–85 1986–87>

Offseason

The Nordiques had a pretty quiet off-season, with the only trade during the summer was acquiring John Anderson from the Toronto Maple Leafs for Brad Maxwell. Anderson was second in Leafs scoring with 32 goals and 63 points in 1984-85. Quebec also made a trade late in the pre-season, as the Nordiques acquired Gilbert Delorme from the St. Louis Blues for Bruce Bell. Delorme, a stay at home defenseman, had two goals and 14 points in 74 games with the Blues.

The Nordiques signed free agent Tony Currie from the Edmonton Oilers, while they lost Blake Wesley, who signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Regular season

The Nordiques started the season with a seven-game winning streak, however, the club fell into a slump, and had a 3-10-1 record in their next fourteen games to fall to 10-10-1. Quebec returned to their winning ways, going unbeaten in their next eight games, and found themselves battling with the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens for first place in the Adams Division. The Nordiques fell into another slump, losing five of their next six games, however, the team won seven in a row to improve to 25-15-2, and had a narrow two point lead over the Canadiens for first in the division. The Nordiques and Canadiens would continue to battle for the division title for the remainder of the season, and it was the Nordiques, who finished the year 43-31-6, earning 92 points, who came out of top to win the Adams Division for the first time in team history.

Offensively, Quebec was led by Peter Stastny, who led the club with 122 points, as he scored 41 goals and added 81 assists, to finish sixth in NHL scoring. Stastny also became the Nordiques captain in November, when the club traded away former captain Mario Marois to the Winnipeg Jets. Michel Goulet had his fourth consecutive 50+ goal season, as he finished in fifth in the league with 53 goals. Goulet added 51 assists to earn 104 points, breaking the 100 point barrier for the third time in four seasons. Anton Stastny had a solid season, scoring 31 goals and 74 points, while Dale Hunter earned 28 goals and 70 points, along with a club high 265 penalty minutes.

On defense, the Nordiques were led by Robert Picard, who earned 34 points in 48 games with Quebec after being acquired in the Mario Marois trade. Twenty-one-year-old David Shaw, in his first full NHL season, had seven goals and 26 points.

In goal, Clint Malarchuk emerged as the starter, as he won 26 games, a 3.21 GAA, and four shutouts, all team highs, in his first full NHL season.

Final standings

Adams Division
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
Quebec Nordiques 80 43 31 6 330 289 92
Montreal Canadiens 80 40 33 7 330 280 87
Boston Bruins 80 37 31 12 311 288 86
Hartford Whalers 80 40 36 4 332 302 84
Buffalo Sabres 80 37 37 6 296 291 80

[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.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record Attendance
1WOctober 10, 19856–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 1–0–014,635
2WOctober 12, 19854–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 2–0–015,270
3WOctober 13, 19855–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 3–0–014,374
4WOctober 15, 19854–1 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 4–0–012,666
5WOctober 17, 19852–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 5–0–017,126
6WOctober 19, 19854–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 6–0–014,050
7WOctober 21, 19853–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 7–0–016,855
8LOctober 24, 19855–6 @ New York Islanders (1985–86) 7–1–015,211
9TOctober 26, 19854–4 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 7–1–111,748
10WOctober 29, 19856–4 Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 8–1–115,370
11LOctober 30, 19854–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 8–2–111,014
12LNovember 2, 19853–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 8–3–114,678
13WNovember 5, 19857–5 Boston Bruins (1985–86) 9–3–114,835
14LNovember 9, 19853–4 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 9–4–114,552
15LNovember 13, 19854–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 9–5–116,797
16LNovember 14, 19853–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 9–6–110,161
17WNovember 16, 19853–1 Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 10–6–114,286
18LNovember 19, 19854–5 Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 10–7–115,357
19LNovember 22, 19855–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 10–8–116,433
20LNovember 23, 19850–3 @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 10–9–116,740
21LNovember 26, 19851–3 Calgary Flames (1985–86) 10–10–115,015
22WNovember 28, 19853–0 @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 11–10–114,451
23WNovember 30, 19852–0 Boston Bruins (1985–86) 12–10–115,352
24WDecember 4, 19855–4 Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 13–10–113,644
25WDecember 6, 19857–3 New York Islanders (1985–86) 14–10–114,039
26WDecember 7, 19854–1 @ New York Islanders (1985–86) 15–10–115,960
27WDecember 10, 19857–3 Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 16–10–113,792
28TDecember 12, 19851–1 OT @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 16–10–211,673
29WDecember 14, 19859–3 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 17–10–213,738
30LDecember 15, 19852–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 17–11–212,186
31LDecember 18, 19852–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 17–12–218,050
32WDecember 19, 19855–4 OT Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 18–12–215,341
33LDecember 22, 19855–7 Washington Capitals (1985–86) 18–13–215,044
34LDecember 26, 19853–4 @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 18–14–215,245
35LDecember 28, 19854–5 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 18–15–214,232
36WDecember 31, 19855–1 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 19–15–213,644
37WJanuary 2, 19863–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 20–15–211,664
38WJanuary 4, 19867–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 21–15–217,849
39WJanuary 5, 19865–4 @ New York Rangers (1985–86) 22–15–217,416
40WJanuary 7, 19867–4 St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 23–15–214,039
41WJanuary 10, 19865–3 Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 24–15–215,358
42WJanuary 11, 19865–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 25–15–216,382
43LJanuary 14, 19864–5 Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 25–16–213,848
44LJanuary 17, 19866–11 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 25–17–212,486
45LJanuary 18, 19862–5 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 25–18–215,012
46WJanuary 20, 19863–2 OT Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 26–18–215,346
47WJanuary 23, 19864–0 @ New York Rangers (1985–86) 27–18–217,412
48WJanuary 25, 19864–3 Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 28–18–215,351
49TJanuary 27, 19866–6 OT New York Rangers (1985–86) 28–18–314,308
50LJanuary 29, 19863–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 28–19–317,983
51TFebruary 1, 19862–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 28–19–415,362
52LFebruary 2, 19863–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 28–20–416,433
53WFebruary 5, 19863–2 Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 29–20–415,373
54WFebruary 8, 19868–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 30–20–415,351
55WFebruary 9, 19864–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 31–20–413,178
56WFebruary 12, 19865–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 32–20–48,811
57LFebruary 14, 19862–8 @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 32–21–417,498
58WFebruary 16, 19866–3 @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 33–21–416,764
59LFebruary 18, 19864–5 Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 33–22–415,352
60LFebruary 20, 19863–4 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 33–23–49,406
61LFebruary 21, 19862–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 33–24–412,171
62LFebruary 23, 19862–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 33–25–414,354
63LFebruary 25, 19864–7 Boston Bruins (1985–86) 33–26–415,358
64WFebruary 28, 19866–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 34–26–416,433
65LMarch 1, 19864–8 Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 34–27–415,371
66LMarch 4, 19863–6 St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 34–28–415,064
67WMarch 6, 19865–4 OT @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 35–28–413,045
68WMarch 8, 19866–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 36–28–413,616
69TMarch 11, 19861–1 OT Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 36–28–515,065
70WMarch 14, 19866–2 Calgary Flames (1985–86) 37–28–515,142
71WMarch 15, 19863–2 Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 38–28–515,357
72WMarch 17, 19868–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 39–28–518,092
73WMarch 19, 19865–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 40–28–515,139
74LMarch 22, 19864–7 Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 40–29–515,368
75WMarch 24, 19861–0 @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 41–29–515,953
76LMarch 26, 19866–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 41–30–58,458
77WMarch 29, 19865–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 42–30–510,984
78WApril 1, 19864–0 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 43–30–515,133
79LApril 2, 19865–6 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 43–31–57,813
80TApril 5, 19862–2 OT Boston Bruins (1985–86) 43–31–615,399

Playoffs

The Nordiques opened the 1986 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a best of five Adams Division quarter-final series against the Hartford Whalers. Despite finishing the season with a 40-36-4 record, earning 84 points, the Whalers finished in fourth place in the Adams Division. The series opened with two games at Le Colisee, however, the Whalers stunned the Nordiques with a 3-2 overtime victory to win the first game. Hartford then took a 2-0 series lead, as they easily defeated the favoured Nordiques 4-1 in the second game. The series moved to the Hartford Civic Center for the third game. The Whalers continued to dominate in the third game, destroying Quebec 9-4, to sweep the first place Nordiques out of the post-season.

Hartford Whalers 3, Quebec Nordiques 0

# Date Visitor Score Home Record Attendance
1 April 9 Hartford Whalers 3–2 Quebec Nordiques 0-1 14,504
2 April 10 Hartford Whalers 4–1 Quebec Nordiques 0-2 14,562
3 April 12 Quebec Nordiques 4–9 Hartford Whalers 0-3 15,126

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny C 76 41 81 122 6021508
Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet LW 75 53 51 104 6462803
Stastny, AntonAnton Stastny LW 74 31 43 74 198804
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 80 28 42 70 2656704
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton LW 77 26 32 58 647525
Sauve, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Sauve C 75 16 40 56 20-131301
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson RW 65 21 28 49 26-1835
Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis C 80 19 24 43 203-2022
Cote, AlainAlain Cote LW 78 13 21 34 29-3032
Picard, RobertRobert Picard D 48 7 27 34 36-2110
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw D 73 7 19 26 7814202
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles C/LW 73 11 12 23 493101
Moller, RandyRandy Moller D 69 5 18 23 1419001
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel RW 47 10 12 22 1710003
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme D 64 2 18 20 51-1100
Paiement, WilfWilf Paiement RW 44 7 12 19 1450200
Patrick, SteveSteve Patrick RW 27 4 13 17 171100
Price, PatPat Price D 54 3 13 16 820000
Marois, MarioMario Marois D 20 1 12 13 42-10101
Babych, WayneWayne Babych RW 15 6 5 11 180100
Rochefort, NormandNormand Rochefort D 26 5 4 9 309200
Andersson, PeterPeter Andersson D 12 1 8 9 48100
Malone, GregGreg Malone C 27 3 5 8 18-3000
Siltanen, RistoRisto Siltanen D 13 2 5 7 6-1200
Poudrier, DanielDaniel Poudrier D 13 1 5 6 102001
Brown, JeffJeff Brown D 8 3 2 5 65000
Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly D 36 2 2 4 850000
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin G 31 0 3 3 20000
Mann, JimmyJimmy Mann RW 35 0 3 3 148-2000
Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk G 46 0 2 2 210000
Gaulin, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Gaulin RW 1 1 0 1 00000
Stienburg, TrevorTrevor Stienburg RW 2 1 0 1 00000
Finn, StevenSteven Finn D 17 0 1 1 280000
Julien, ClaudeClaude Julien D 13 0 1 1 252000
Latta, DavidDavid Latta LW 1 0 0 0 00000
Lemieux, AlainAlain Lemieux C 7 0 0 0 2-1000
Sevigny, RichardRichard Sevigny G 11 0 0 0 80000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk 2657 46 26 12 4 142 3.21 413581216.895
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin 1726 31 14 14 1 111 3.86 2796685.861
Sevigny, RichardRichard Sevigny 468 11 3 5 1 33 4.23 0242209.864
Team: 4851 80 43 31 6 286 3.54 623962110.881
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton LW 3 2 1 3 9-1010
Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet LW 3 1 2 3 10-2100
Lemieux, AlainAlain Lemieux C 1 1 2 3 0-1100
Stastny, AntonAnton Stastny LW 3 1 1 2 0-5000
Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis C 3 0 2 2 140000
Picard, RobertRobert Picard D 3 0 2 2 2-4000
Cote, AlainAlain Cote LW 3 1 0 1 0-2000
Kumpel, MarkMark Kumpel RW 2 1 0 1 0-1000
Andersson, PeterPeter Andersson D 2 0 1 1 0-1000
Price, PatPat Price D 3 0 1 1 40000
Siltanen, RistoRisto Siltanen D 3 0 1 1 2-3000
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny C 3 0 1 1 2-5000
Brown, JeffJeff Brown D 1 0 0 0 00000
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme D 2 0 0 0 5-2000
Donnelly, GordGord Donnelly D 1 0 0 0 0-2000
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles C/LW 3 0 0 0 2-1000
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin G 1 0 0 0 00000
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 3 0 0 0 15-1000
Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk G 3 0 0 0 00000
Malone, GregGreg Malone C 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Mann, JimmyJimmy Mann RW 2 0 0 0 190000
Moller, RandyRandy Moller D 3 0 0 0 26-1000
Patrick, SteveSteve Patrick RW 3 0 0 0 6-1000
Sauve, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Sauve C 2 0 0 0 00000
Stienburg, TrevorTrevor Stienburg RW 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin 40 1 0 1 5 7.50 02217.773
Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk 143 3 0 2 11 4.62 08170.864
Team: 183 3 0 3 16 5.25 010387.845

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1985-86 season.

Trades

August 21, 1985 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Brad Maxwell		 To Quebec Nordiques
John Anderson
October 2, 1985 To St. Louis Blues
Bruce Bell		 To Quebec Nordiques
Gilbert Delorme
October 14, 1985 To Winnipeg Jets
Dan Bouchard		 To Quebec Nordiques
7th round pick in 1986 - Mark Vermette
Cash
October 20, 1985 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Future Considerations		 To Quebec Nordiques
Wayne Babych
November 15, 1985 To Minnesota North Stars
Ed Lee		 To Quebec Nordiques
6th round pick in 1986 - Scott White
November 27, 1985 To Winnipeg Jets
Mario Marois		 To Quebec Nordiques
Robert Picard
January 16, 1986 To Calgary Flames
Tom Thornbury		 To Quebec Nordiques
Tony Stiles
January 17, 1986 To Hartford Whalers
Wayne Babych		 To Quebec Nordiques
Greg Malone
February 6, 1986 To New York Rangers
Wilf Paiement		 To Quebec Nordiques
Steve Patrick
March 8, 1986 To Hartford Whalers
John Anderson		 To Quebec Nordiques
Risto Siltanen
March 10, 1986 To Washington Capitals
Peter Andersson		 To Quebec Nordiques
3rd round pick in 1986 - Shawn Simpson
June 21, 1986 To Philadelphia Flyers
2nd round pick in 1987 - Jeff Harding		 To Quebec Nordiques
2nd round pick in 1986 - Stephane Guerard

Free agents

Player Former Team
Tony Currie Edmonton Oilers
Player New Team
Blake Wesley Toronto Maple Leafs

Roster

1985-86 Quebec Nordiques
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

Draft picks

Quebec's draft picks from the 1985 NHL Entry Draft which was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
115 David Latta  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
236 Jason Lafreniere  Canada Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
357 Max Middendorf  United States Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
465 Peter Massey  United States New Hampton School (USHS)
478 David Espe  United States White Bear Lake High School (USHS)
599 Bruce Major  Canada Richmond Sockeyes (BCJHL)
6120 Andy Akervik  United States Eau Claire Memorial High School (USHS)
7141 Mike Oliverio  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
8162 Mario Brunetta  Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9183 Brit Peer  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
10204 Tom Sasso  United States Babson College (NCAA)
11225 Gary Murphy  United States Arlington Catholic High School (USHS)
12246 Jean Bois  Canada Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ↑ "1985-86 Quebec Nordiques Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

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