1985–86 New Jersey Devils season

The 1985–86 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 4th season in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. The Devils finished 6th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Regular Season==
Kirk Muller making the All-Star Game was the highlight of the season for the Devils.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 10, 1985 	6–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 12, 1985 	4–1 	Washington Capitals (season) 	2–0–0
3 	W	October 13, 1985 	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (season) 	3–0–0
4 	L	October 17, 1985 	3–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (season) 	3–1–0
5 	L	October 19, 1985 	3–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (season) 	3–2–0
6 	L	October 23, 1985 	1–5 	@ New York Rangers (season) 	3–3–0
7 	L	October 24, 1985 	4–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (season) 	3–4–0
8 	W	October 26, 1985 	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings (season) 	4–4–0
9 	L	October 29, 1985 	4–6 	Boston Bruins (season) 	4–5–0
10	T	October 31, 1985 	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (season) 	4–5–1
11	W	November 2, 1985 	6–5 OT	New York Rangers (season) 	5–5–1
12	L	November 6, 1985 	2–5 	Calgary Flames (season) 	5–6–1
13	W	November 8, 1985 	5–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 	6–6–1
14	L	November 9, 1985 	2–3 	@ New York Islanders (season) 	6–7–1
15	L	November 15, 1985	3–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (season) 	6–8–1
16	L	November 16, 1985	2–7 	@ Calgary Flames (season) 	6–9–1
17	W	November 19, 1985	6–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (season) 	7–9–1
18	W	November 22, 1985	6–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (season) 	8–9–1
19	L	November 23, 1985	2–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (season) 	8–10–1
20	W	November 26, 1985	4–3 	Winnipeg Jets (season) 	9–10–1
21	L	November 30, 1985	2–6 	Washington Capitals (season) 	9–11–1
22	L	December 1, 1985 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (season) 	9–12–1
23	L	December 4, 1985 	7–10 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (season) 	9–13–1
24	W	December 6, 1985 	4–1 	Vancouver Canucks (season) 	10–13–1
25	W	December 7, 1985 	5–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 	11–13–1
26	W	December 9, 1985 	6–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (season)	12–13–1
27	L	December 11, 1985	2–4 	New York Rangers (season) 	12–14–1
28	L	December 14, 1985	3–9 	@ Quebec Nordiques (season) 	12–15–1
29	L	December 15, 1985	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (season) 	12–16–1
30	W	December 17, 1985	7–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	13–16–1
31	L	December 19, 1985	3–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	13–17–1
32	L	December 21, 1985	6–7 	@ Hartford Whalers (season) 	13–18–1
33	L	December 22, 1985	3–8 	Minnesota North Stars (season) 	13–19–1
34	L	December 27, 1985	3–7 	Montreal Canadiens (season) 	13–20–1
35	L	December 28, 1985	3–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (season) 	13–21–1
36	L	January 3, 1986 	2–3 	Washington Capitals (season) 	13–22–1
37	L	January 4, 1986 	3–9 	@ Washington Capitals (season) 	13–23–1
38	L	January 6, 1986 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 	13–24–1
39	W	January 8, 1986 	8–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (season) 	14–24–1
40	L	January 11, 1986 	4–8 	Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	14–25–1
41	L	January 14, 1986 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	14–26–1
42	W	January 15, 1986 	4–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (season) 	15–26–1
43	L	January 17, 1986 	3–4 	Washington Capitals (season) 	15–27–1
44	L	January 19, 1986 	3–6 	Buffalo Sabres (season) 	15–28–1
45	L	January 21, 1986 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (season) 	15–29–1
46	T	January 22, 1986 	6–6 OT	@ Calgary Flames (season) 	15–29–2
47	L	January 24, 1986 	6–7 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (season) 	15–30–2
48	L	January 27, 1986 	2–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (season)	15–31–2
49	L	January 29, 1986 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 	15–32–2
50	L	February 1, 1986 	4–5 	@ Washington Capitals (season) 	15–33–2
51	L	February 2, 1986 	2–3 OT	New York Islanders (season) 	15–34–2
52	L	February 6, 1986 	4–6 	Edmonton Oilers (season) 	15–35–2
53	L	February 8, 1986 	0–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 	15–36–2
54	W	February 9, 1986 	6–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (season) 	16–36–2
55	W	February 13, 1986	4–3 	Montreal Canadiens (season) 	17–36–2
56	L	February 15, 1986	5–6 	@ New York Islanders (season) 	17–37–2
57	T	February 16, 1986	5–5 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 	17–37–3
58	W	February 20, 1986	4–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (season) 	18–37–3
59	L	February 22, 1986	2–5 	Los Angeles Kings (season) 	18–38–3
60	W	February 26, 1986	7–2 	New York Islanders (season) 	19–38–3
61	L	March 1, 1986 	3–8 	@ Boston Bruins (season) 	19–39–3
62	W	March 2, 1986 	6–4 	Winnipeg Jets (season) 	20–39–3
63	L	March 4, 1986 	2–4 	@ Washington Capitals (season) 	20–40–3
64	W	March 6, 1986 	7–2 	Detroit Red Wings (season) 	21–40–3
65	W	March 8, 1986 	7–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	22–40–3
66	L	March 9, 1986 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (season) 	22–41–3
67	L	March 11, 1986 	3–6 	New York Rangers (season) 	22–42–3
68	L	March 13, 1986 	4–7 	Toronto Maple Leafs (season) 	22–43–3
69	L	March 15, 1986 	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (season) 	22–44–3
70	L	March 16, 1986 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	22–45–3
71	L	March 19, 1986 	3–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (season) 	22–46–3
72	W	March 21, 1986 	6–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (season) 	23–46–3
73	W	March 22, 1986 	6–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (season) 	24–46–3
74	L	March 25, 1986 	4–5 	New York Rangers (season) 	24–47–3
75	W	March 27, 1986 	1–0 	St. Louis Blues (season) 	25–47–3
76	W	March 29, 1986 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (season) 	26–47–3
77	L	March 31, 1986 	0–9 	@ New York Rangers (season) 	26–48–3
78	W	April 2, 1986 	6–5 	Quebec Nordiques (season) 	27–48–3
79	L	April 5, 1986 	1–7 	@ New York Islanders (season) 	27–49–3
80	W	April 6, 1986 	9–7 	New York Islanders (season) 	28–49–3
==Playoffs==
*The Devils did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	78	35	42	77 	30 	-7 	10 	0 	2
 	LW 	77	25	41	66 	45 	-20	5 	1 	1
 	C 	78	23	40	63 	80 	-1 	5 	1 	1
 	C 	80	21	41	62 	16 	-13	6 	1 	3
 	RW 	74	21	36	57 	112	-3 	1 	0 	4
 	RW 	76	25	28	53 	79 	-24	4 	1 	0
 	RW 	73	21	22	43 	20 	-10	6 	1 	5
 	C 	71	19	24	43 	14 	-11	6 	0 	0
 	LW/C	66	18	25	43 	26 	2 	4 	0 	1
 	RW 	76	19	22	41 	65 	3 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	47	19	19	38 	14 	-15	4 	0 	3
 	D 	66	6 	23	29 	147	-12	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	59	9 	17	26 	47 	7 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	50	8 	16	24 	61 	-1 	6 	0 	1
 	LW 	51	7 	12	19 	91 	-7 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	33	7 	12	19 	22 	-11	4 	0 	1
 	D 	40	3 	15	18 	32 	9 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	44	2 	16	18 	74 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	69	0 	15	15 	81 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	42	5 	9 	14 	63 	-16	0 	0 	0
 	D 	44	0 	10	10 	100	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	47	2 	7 	9 	39 	-20	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	2 	3 	5 	51 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	D 	46	2 	2 	4 	52 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	3 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	2 	2 	10 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	21 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	31	0 	0 	0 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1862	37	11	18	2	143	4.61	0 	951 	808 	.850
 	1769	31	10	20	0	126	4.27	0 	885 	759 	.858
 	901 	18	4 	9 	1	77 	5.13	0 	482 	405 	.840
 	188 	4 	2 	1 	0	13 	4.15	1 	111 	98 	.883
 	111 	2 	1 	1 	0	11 	5.95	0 	59 	48 	.814
Team: 	4831	80	28	49	3	370	4.60	1 	2488	2118	.851
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==
*The Devils did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
New Jersey's draft picks at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.
Rd #	Pick #	Player 	Nat 	Pos 	Team (League) 	Notes 	 	 	
1 	3 	Craig Wolanin 	 	D 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 	 	 	 	
2 	24 	Sean Burke 	 	G 	Toronto Marlboros (OHL) 	 	 	 	
2 	32 	Eric Weinrich 	 	D 	North Yarmouth Academy (Maine) 	The Devils acquired the 1985 second-round pick, along with Rich Preston and Don Dietrich, from Chicago in exchange for Bob MacMillan and their 1985 fifth-round pick (used on Rick Herbert) on June 16, 1984.	 	 	
3 	45 	Myles O'Connor 	 	D 	Notre Dame H.S. Hounds (SJHL) 	 	 	 	
4 	66 	Greg Polak 	 	LW 	Lincoln H.S. (Rhode Island) 	 	 	 	
5 	87 	No fifth-round pick	No fifth-round pick	No fifth-round pick	No fifth-round pick 	No fifth-round pick 	No fifth-round pick	No fifth-round pick	No fifth-round pick
6 	108 	Bill McMillan 	 	RW 	Peterborough Petes (OHL) 	 	 	 	
7 	129 	Kevin Schrader 	 	D 	Burnsville H.S. (Minnesota) 	 	 	 	
8 	150 	Ed Krayer 	 	LW 	St. Paul's H.S. (New Hampshire) 	 	 	 	
9 	171 	Jamie Huscroft 	 	D 	Seattle Breakers (WHL) 	 	 	 	
10 	192 	Terry Shold 	 	LW 	International Falls H.S. (Minnesota)	 	 	 	
11 	213 	Jamie McKinley 	 	RW 	Guelph Platers (OHL) 	 	 	 	
12 	234 	David Williams 	 	D 	Choate H.S. (Connecticut) 	 	 	 	
==References==
Category:New Jersey Devils seasons
New Jersey Devils season, 1985–86
New Jersey Devils season, 1985–86