1985–86 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1985–86 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 19th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 5th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 10, 1985 	5–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 12, 1985 	4–5 OT 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	0–2–0
3 	L 	October 13, 1985 	2–9 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	0–3–0
4 	W 	October 16, 1985 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	1–3–0
5 	L 	October 18, 1985 	4–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	1–4–0
6 	L 	October 20, 1985 	5–8 	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	1–5–0
7 	L 	October 22, 1985 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	1–6–0
8 	L 	October 25, 1985 	0–5 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	1–7–0
9 	L 	October 26, 1985 	2–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	1–8–0
10 	W 	October 29, 1985 	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	2–8–0
11 	L 	October 31, 1985 	4–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	2–9–0
12 	W 	November 2, 1985 	8–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	3–9–0
13 	L 	November 3, 1985 	4–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	3–10–0
14 	T 	November 6, 1985 	4–4 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	3–10–1
15 	L 	November 9, 1985 	0–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	3–11–1
16 	L 	November 13, 1985 	2–7 	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	3–12–1
17 	W 	November 16, 1985 	4–3 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	4–12–1
18 	L 	November 19, 1985 	3–6 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	4–13–1
19 	W 	November 21, 1985 	5–4 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	5–13–1
20 	L 	November 23, 1985 	2–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	5–14–1
21 	T 	November 24, 1985 	4–4 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	5–14–2
22 	L 	November 27, 1985 	0–9 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	5–15–2
23 	T 	November 30, 1985 	4–4 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	5–15–3
24 	L 	December 3, 1985 	4–8 	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	5–16–3
25 	T 	December 5, 1985 	6–6 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	5–16–4
26 	W 	December 7, 1985 	3–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	6–16–4
27 	W 	December 8, 1985 	4–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	7–16–4
28 	L 	December 10, 1985 	5–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	7–17–4
29 	L 	December 12, 1985 	0–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	7–18–4
30 	L 	December 14, 1985 	4–5 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	7–19–4
31 	W 	December 18, 1985 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	8–19–4
32 	L 	December 20, 1985 	4–9 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	8–20–4
33 	L 	December 21, 1985 	2–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	8–21–4
34 	W 	December 28, 1985 	5–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	9–21–4
35 	W 	December 30, 1985 	4–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	10–21–4
36 	L 	January 2, 1986 	4–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	10–22–4
37 	W 	January 4, 1986 	6–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	11–22–4
38 	W 	January 5, 1986 	3–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	12–22–4
39 	L 	January 8, 1986 	3–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	12–23–4
40 	W 	January 10, 1986 	4–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	13–23–4
41 	T 	January 11, 1986 	4–4 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	13–23–5
42 	L 	January 15, 1986 	3–4 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	13–24–5
43 	W 	January 17, 1986 	9–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	14–24–5
44 	T 	January 18, 1986 	4–4 OT 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	14–24–6
45 	W 	January 21, 1986 	6–3 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	15–24–6
46 	L 	January 23, 1986 	3–4 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	15–25–6
47 	L 	January 25, 1986 	2–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	15–26–6
48 	L 	January 27, 1986 	3–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	15–27–6
49 	W 	January 29, 1986 	4–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	16–27–6
50 	W 	February 1, 1986 	9–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	17–27–6
51 	L 	February 2, 1986 	3–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	17–28–6
52 	L 	February 6, 1986 	2–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	17–29–6
53 	L 	February 8, 1986 	3–4 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	17–30–6
54 	L 	February 9, 1986 	3–7 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	17–31–6
55 	L 	February 12, 1986 	2–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	17–32–6
56 	L 	February 15, 1986 	1–4 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	17–33–6
57 	W 	February 17, 1986 	3–2 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	18–33–6
58 	W 	February 18, 1986 	5–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	19–33–6
59 	L 	February 20, 1986 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	19–34–6
60 	W 	February 22, 1986 	5–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	20–34–6
61 	L 	February 24, 1986 	5–6 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	20–35–6
62 	L 	February 27, 1986 	3–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	20–36–6
63 	L 	March 1, 1986 	4–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	20–37–6
64 	L 	March 2, 1986 	1–5 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	20–38–6
65 	L 	March 5, 1986 	3–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	20–39–6
66 	T 	March 6, 1986 	5–5 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	20–39–7
67 	L 	March 9, 1986 	3–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	20–40–7
68 	L 	March 12, 1986 	0–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	20–41–7
69 	W 	March 15, 1986 	5–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	21–41–7
70 	L 	March 17, 1986 	6–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	21–42–7
71 	W 	March 18, 1986 	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	22–42–7
72 	L 	March 20, 1986 	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	22–43–7
73 	L 	March 22, 1986 	3–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	22–44–7
74 	L 	March 23, 1986 	1–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	22–45–7
75 	W 	March 26, 1986 	7–3 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	23–45–7
76 	L 	March 28, 1986 	1–2 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	23–46–7
77 	L 	March 29, 1986 	3–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	23–47–7
78 	L 	March 31, 1986 	2–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	23–48–7
79 	T 	April 2, 1986 	4–4 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	23–48–8
80 	L 	April 5, 1986 	3–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	23–49–8
==Playoffs==
*The Kings did not qualify for the post season for the seventh time in franchise history.
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	36	61	97 	78 	-5 	10 	4 	0
 	C 	80	36	58	94 	42 	-22	11 	0 	4
 	RW 	76	33	38	71 	110	-16	11 	0 	1
 	LW 	72	20	29	49 	320	-6 	5 	0 	1
 	LW 	76	20	24	44 	97 	-26	1 	2 	4
 	RW 	55	20	23	43 	36 	1 	6 	0 	4
 	D 	79	11	31	42 	226	7 	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	39	14	17	31 	2 	-9 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	47	9 	18	27 	153	-7 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	55	6 	21	27 	71 	-11	2 	1 	1
 	D 	52	7 	18	25 	78 	-22	4 	0 	2
 	D 	73	6 	18	24 	57 	-34	3 	0 	0
 	D 	49	9 	13	22 	46 	-9 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	55	11	9 	20 	51 	-19	0 	0 	0
 	C 	48	8 	9 	17 	56 	-29	1 	1 	0
 	D 	49	3 	13	16 	61 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	61	6 	9 	15 	50 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	27	5 	8 	13 	19 	-13	4 	0 	0
 	C 	43	4 	8 	12 	25 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	78	2 	10	12 	132	-10	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	3 	3 	6 	18 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	24	4 	1 	5 	2 	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	38	4 	1 	5 	8 	-8 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	11	2 	3 	5 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	30	4 	0 	4 	7 	-15	0 	1 	0
 	D 	20	0 	4 	4 	18 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	1 	2 	3 	9 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	G 	38	0 	2 	2 	11 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	9 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	1 	1 	26 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	0 	1 	1 	2 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	27	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	0 	1 	1 	150	-16	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; 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 Kings did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
Round #	Pick #	Player 	Position 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	9 	Craig Duncanson	Left Wing	 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
1 	10 	Dan Gratton 	Centre 	 	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4 	72 	Perry Florio 	Defense 	 	Kent High School, Connecticut
5 	93 	Petr Prajsler 	Defense 	 	Pardubice HC
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1985e.html
==Farm Teams==
==References==
* Kings on Hockey Database
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