1984–85 NHL season

The **1984–85 NHL season** was the 68th season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. The Edmonton Oilers won their second straight Stanley Cup by beating the Philadelphia Flyers four games to one in the final series.

This was the first year since they began broadcasting that CBC was not the lone network broadcaster in Canada.  While Molson continued to present Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday nights, rival brewery Carling O'Keefe began airing Friday night games on CTV.  The two networks split the playoffs and finals.

### Final standings

**_Note:** W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes. Teams qualifying for the playoffs shown in bold._

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Wayne Gretzky|Edmonton Oilers|80|73|135|208|52||||||||
|Jari Kurri|Edmonton Oilers|73|71|64|135|30||||||||
|Dale Hawerchuk|Winnipeg Jets|80|53|77|130|74||||||||
|Marcel Dionne|Los Angeles Kings|80|46|80|126|46||||||||
|Paul Coffey|Edmonton Oilers|80|37|84|121|97||||||||
|Mike Bossy|New York Islanders|76|58|59|117|38||||||||
|John Ogrodnick|Detroit Red Wings|79|55|50|105|30||||||||
|Denis Savard|Chicago Black Hawks|79|38|67|105|56||||||||
|Bernie Federko|St. Louis Blues|76|30|73|103|27||||||||
|Mike Gartner|Washington Capitals|80|50|52|102|71||||||||
**Source:** NHL.

### Leading goaltenders

_Note: GP = Games played; W = Won; L = Lost; T = Tied; GA = Goals allowed; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="21%"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GAA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|SO|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Buffalo Sabres|54|25|18|10|144|2.66|5||||||||||
||Washington Capitals|57|28|20|7|168|2.98|2||||||||||
||Philadelphia Flyers|65|40|17|7|194|3.02|2||||||||||
||Montreal Canadiens|54|26|18|8|167|3.08|1||||||||||
||St. Louis Blues|40|23|12|5|126|3.26|0||||||||||
||Quebec Nordiques|36|19|11|3|111|3.30|1||||||||||
||Calgary Flames|56|30|12|10|183|3.46|1||||||||||
||Boston Bruins|51|19|26|4|172|3.47|1||||||||||
||Quebec Nordiques|29|12|13|4|101|3.49|0||||||||||
||New York Islanders|41|19|17|3|141|3.62|2||||||||||

## Playoffs

The defending champion Edmonton Oilers returned to the Final, meeting the overall regular season champion Philadelphia Flyers. In the Final, Edmonton would lose the first game to the Flyers but would then take the next four to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.

## NHL awards

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="2"|1985 NHL awards|
| --- | --- |
|Prince of Wales Trophy: <small>(Wales Conference playoff champion)</small> || Philadelphia Flyers||
|Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: <small>(Campbell Conference playoff champion)</small> || Edmonton Oilers||
|Art Ross Trophy: <small>(Top scorer, regular season)</small> || Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers||
|Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: <small>(Perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication)</small> || Anders Hedberg, New York Rangers||
|Calder Memorial Trophy: <small>(Best first-year player)</small> || Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins||
|Conn Smythe Trophy: <small>(Most valuable player, playoffs)</small> || Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers||
|Frank J. Selke Trophy: <small>(Best defensive forward)</small> || Craig Ramsay, Buffalo Sabres||
|Hart Memorial Trophy: <small>(Most valuable player, regular season)</small> || Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers||
|Jack Adams Award: <small>(Best coach)</small> || Mike Keenan, Philadelphia Flyers||
|James Norris Memorial Trophy: <small>(Best defenceman)</small> || Paul Coffey, Edmonton Oilers||
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: <small>(Excellence and sportsmanship)</small> || Jari Kurri, Edmonton Oilers||
|Lester B. Pearson Award: <small>(Outstanding player, regular season)</small> || Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers||
|NHL Plus/Minus Award: <small>(Player with best plus/minus record)</small> || Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers||
|William M. Jennings Trophy: <small>(Goaltender(s) of team(s) with best goaltending record)</small> || Tom Barrasso/Bob Sauve, Buffalo Sabres||
|Vezina Trophy: <small>(Best goaltender)</small> || Pelle Lindbergh, Philadelphia Flyers||
|Lester Patrick Trophy: <small>(Service to hockey in the U.S.)</small> || Jack Butterfield, Arthur M. Wirtz||

### All-Star teams

|First team|Position|Second team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Pelle Lindbergh, Philadelphia Flyers|align=center|Goaltender|Tom Barrasso, Buffalo Sabres|
|Paul Coffey, Edmonton Oilers|align=center|Defence|Rod Langway, Washington Capitals|
|Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins|align=center|Defence|Doug Wilson, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers|align=center|Centre|Dale Hawerchuk, Winnipeg Jets|
|Jari Kurri, Edmonton Oilers|align=center|Right Wing|Mike Bossy, New York Islanders|
|John Ogrodnick, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|Left Wing|John Tonelli, New York Islanders|

### First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1984–85 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):
- Gino Cavallini, Calgary Flames
- Joel Otto, Calgary Flames
- Ed Olczyk, Chicago Black Hawks
- Marc Bergevin, Chicago Black Hawks
- Gerard Gallant, Detroit Red Wings
- Esa Tikkanen*, Edmonton Oilers
- Steve Smith, Edmonton Oilers
- Kevin Dineen, Hartford Whalers
- Ray Ferraro, Hartford Whalers
- Sylvain Côté, Hartford Whalers
- Ulf Samuelsson, Hartford Whalers
- Garry Galley, Los Angeles Kings
- Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens
- Petr Svoboda, Montreal Canadiens
- Stephane Richer, Montreal Canadiens
- Greg Adams, New Jersey Devils
- Kirk Muller, New Jersey Devils
- Dave Gagner, New York Rangers
- Grant Ledyard, New York Rangers
- Kelly Miller, New York Rangers
- Tomas Sandstrom, New York Rangers
- Rick Tocchet, Philadelphia Flyers
- Doug Bodger, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Steve Thomas, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Todd Gill, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Al Iafrate, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Petri Skriko, Vancouver Canucks
- Kevin Hatcher, Washington Capitals
- Dave Ellett, Winnipeg Jets

### Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1984–85 (listed with their last team):
- Terry O'Reilly, Boston Bruins
- Butch Goring, Boston Bruins
- Craig Ramsay, Buffalo Sabres
- Jerry Korab, Buffalo Sabres
- Jim Schoenfeld, Buffalo Sabres
- Réal Cloutier, Buffalo Sabres
- Bob MacMillan, Chicago Black Hawks
- Brad Park, Detroit Red Wings
- Colin Campbell, Detroit Red Wings
- Darryl Sittler, Detroit Red Wings
- Ivan Boldirev, Detroit Red Wings
- Steve Shutt, Los Angeles Kings
- Paul Holmgren, Minnesota North Stars
- Anders Hedberg, New York Rangers
- Robbie Ftorek, New York Rangers
- Rick Kehoe, Pittsburgh Penguins
- John Garrett, Vancouver Canucks

_Note: Goring and Park were the last two players to have played in the NHL in the 1960s._

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com
- Oiler playoff highlights

## Infobox (sports season)

- **title**: 1984–85 NHL season
- **league**: National Hockey League
- **sport**: Ice hockey
- **duration**: October 11, 1984 – May 30, 1985
- **draft**: Draft
- **draft link**: 1984 NHL Draft
- **top pick link**: List of first overall NHL draft picks
- **top pick**: Mario Lemieux
- **picked by**: Pittsburgh Penguins
- **season**: Regular season
- **season champs**: Philadelphia Flyers
- **mvp**: Wayne Gretzky <small>(Edmonton Oilers, Oilers)</small>
- **mvp link**: Hart Memorial Trophy
- **top scorer**: Wayne Gretzky <small>(Oilers)</small>
- **top scorer link**: Art Ross Trophy
- **playoffs**: Playoffs
- **playoffs link**: 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs
- **finals**: Stanley Cup
- **finals link**: 1985 Stanley Cup Final
- **finals champ**: Edmonton Oilers
- **finals runner-up**: Philadelphia Flyers
- **playoffs mvp**: Wayne Gretzky <small>(Oilers)</small>
- **playoffs mvp link**: Conn Smythe Trophy
- **nextseason year**: 1985–86 NHL season, 1985–86
- **prevseason year**: 1983–84 NHL season, 1983–84
- **seasonslistnames**: List of NHL seasons, NHL
- **no of games**: 80
- **no of teams**: 21