1985–86 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1985–86 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 53rd season. The Wings finished 5th in the Norris 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 	T 	October 10, 1985 	6–6 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	October 12, 1985 	2–9 	Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	0–1–1
3 	L 	October 14, 1985 	1–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	0–2–1
4 	L 	October 16, 1985 	3–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	0–3–1
5 	L 	October 17, 1985 	1–10 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	0–4–1
6 	L 	October 19, 1985 	2–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	0–5–1
7 	L 	October 23, 1985 	0–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	0–6–1
8 	L 	October 26, 1985 	4–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	0–7–1
9 	L 	October 27, 1985 	3–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	0–8–1
10 	W 	October 30, 1985 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	1–8–1
11 	T 	October 31, 1985 	2–2 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	1–8–2
12 	T 	November 2, 1985 	5–5 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	1–8–3
13 	W 	November 6, 1985 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	2–8–3
14 	T 	November 8, 1985 	3–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	2–8–4
15 	L 	November 11, 1985 	0–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	2–9–4
16 	W 	November 13, 1985 	7–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	3–9–4
17 	W 	November 16, 1985 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	4–9–4
18 	L 	November 19, 1985 	5–7 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	4–10–4
19 	L 	November 21, 1985 	4–5 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	4–11–4
20 	L 	November 23, 1985 	3–9 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	4–12–4
21 	W 	November 27, 1985 	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	5–12–4
22 	W 	November 29, 1985 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	6–12–4
23 	L 	November 30, 1985 	1–10 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	6–13–4
24 	W 	December 3, 1985 	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	7–13–4
25 	L 	December 4, 1985 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	7–14–4
26 	L 	December 7, 1985 	4–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	7–15–4
27 	L 	December 11, 1985 	2–10 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	7–16–4
28 	L 	December 14, 1985 	4–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	7–17–4
29 	L 	December 15, 1985 	4–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	7–18–4
30 	L 	December 17, 1985 	3–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	7–19–4
31 	L 	December 21, 1985 	3–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	7–20–4
32 	L 	December 23, 1985 	2–10 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	7–21–4
33 	L 	December 26, 1985 	4–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	7–22–4
34 	W 	December 28, 1985 	5–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	8–22–4
35 	L 	December 29, 1985 	2–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	8–23–4
36 	L 	December 31, 1985 	4–5 OT 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	8–24–4
37 	T 	January 2, 1986 	2–2 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	8–24–5
38 	L 	January 4, 1986 	2–7 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	8–25–5
39 	W 	January 5, 1986 	6–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	9–25–5
40 	L 	January 7, 1986 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	9–26–5
41 	L 	January 10, 1986 	4–9 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	9–27–5
42 	L 	January 11, 1986 	2–8 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	9–28–5
43 	L 	January 13, 1986 	4–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	9–29–5
44 	L 	January 15, 1986 	3–4 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	9–30–5
45 	L 	January 18, 1986 	4–7 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	9–31–5
46 	L 	January 19, 1986 	4–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	9–32–5
47 	W 	January 22, 1986 	6–5 OT 	Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	10–32–5
48 	L 	January 23, 1986 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	10–33–5
49 	L 	January 25, 1986 	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	10–34–5
50 	W 	January 28, 1986 	7–0 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	11–34–5
51 	L 	January 31, 1986 	4–6 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	11–35–5
52 	L 	February 1, 1986 	3–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	11–36–5
53 	W 	February 6, 1986 	4–3 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	12–36–5
54 	L 	February 8, 1986 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	12–37–5
55 	L 	February 11, 1986 	2–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	12–38–5
56 	L 	February 14, 1986 	5–7 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	12–39–5
57 	L 	February 16, 1986 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	12–40–5
58 	L 	February 18, 1986 	0–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	12–41–5
59 	L 	February 21, 1986 	3–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	12–42–5
60 	L 	February 22, 1986 	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	12–43–5
61 	L 	February 25, 1986 	3–4 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	12–44–5
62 	L 	February 28, 1986 	3–7 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	12–45–5
63 	W 	March 1, 1986 	6–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	13–45–5
64 	L 	March 3, 1986 	5–8 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	13–46–5
65 	W 	March 5, 1986 	8–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	14–46–5
66 	L 	March 6, 1986 	2–7 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	14–47–5
67 	T 	March 9, 1986 	3–3 OT 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	14–47–6
68 	W 	March 12, 1986 	3–0 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	15–47–6
69 	L 	March 14, 1986 	3–12 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	15–48–6
70 	L 	March 16, 1986 	0–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	15–49–6
71 	L 	March 18, 1986 	4–6 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	15–50–6
72 	L 	March 20, 1986 	2–3 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	15–51–6
73 	W 	March 22, 1986 	8–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	16–51–6
74 	L 	March 25, 1986 	2–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	16–52–6
75 	L 	March 26, 1986 	3–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	16–53–6
76 	L 	March 29, 1986 	4–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	16–54–6
77 	L 	April 1, 1986 	0–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	16–55–6
78 	L 	April 2, 1986 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	16–56–6
79 	L 	April 5, 1986 	3–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	16–57–6
80 	W 	April 6, 1986 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	17–57–6
==Playoffs==
*The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	76	38	32	70 	18 	-30	15 	1 	2
 	C 	76	21	48	69 	85 	-21	7 	3 	0
 	D 	67	19	41	60 	109	-36	11 	0 	0
 	W 	74	32	24	56 	16 	-39	8 	0 	4
 	C/RW	67	19	29	48 	26 	-30	8 	0 	2
 	C 	79	22	24	46 	161	-34	9 	0 	1
 	C 	51	14	28	42 	16 	-24	3 	0 	3
 	LW 	52	20	19	39 	106	-10	3 	1 	2
 	D 	62	5 	19	24 	84 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	C 	48	7 	15	22 	142	-27	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	59	10	11	21 	21 	-8 	1 	1 	0
 	LW 	44	8 	13	21 	186	-14	3 	0 	0
 	C 	38	9 	11	20 	10 	-24	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	55	6 	12	18 	48 	-13	1 	1 	0
 	D 	78	5 	13	18 	196	-54	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	57	7 	9 	16 	102	-19	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	59	9 	6 	15 	377	-24	2 	0 	0
 	D 	65	2 	12	14 	125	-29	0 	0 	0
 	D 	37	2 	11	13 	26 	-23	1 	0 	0
 	D 	29	0 	10	10 	16 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1 	7 	8 	16 	-6 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	21	2 	4 	6 	11 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	35	0 	6 	6 	75 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	34	2 	3 	5 	130	-11	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2 	3 	5 	2 	-1 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	5 	5 	2 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	29	1 	2 	3 	82 	-18	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	0 	3 	3 	6 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1 	1 	2 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	0 	2 	2 	0 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	2 	2 	23 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	5 	1 	0 	1 	4 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1 	0 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	7 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	1 	1 	16 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	1 	1 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	5 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	0 	0 	70 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	28	0 	0 	0 	23 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2068	37	10	20	5	155	4.50	1 	1080	925 	.856
 	1383	28	4 	21	0	114	4.95	1 	742 	628 	.846
 	788 	18	2 	7 	0	83 	6.32	0 	453 	370 	.817
 	565 	11	1 	9 	1	52 	5.52	0 	342 	290 	.848
 	40 	1 	0 	0 	0	3 	4.50	0 	12 	9 	.750
Team: 	4844	80	17	57	6	407	5.04	2 	2629	2222	.845
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 Red Wings did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Game Ads==
85-86NHLDetroitGameAd.jpg
==See Also==
*1985–86 NHL season
==References==
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Detroit Red Wings season, 1985–86
Detroit Red Wings season, 1985–86
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