1985–86 Quebec Nordiques season

The 1985–86 Quebec Nordiques season was the team's 7th season in the National Hockey League. The Nordiques finished 1st in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Hartford Whalers 3 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 10, 1985 	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 12, 1985 	4–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	2–0–0
3 	W	October 13, 1985 	5–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	3–0–0
4 	W	October 15, 1985 	4–1 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	4–0–0
5 	W	October 17, 1985 	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	5–0–0
6 	W	October 19, 1985 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	6–0–0
7 	W	October 21, 1985 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	7–0–0
8 	L	October 24, 1985 	5–6 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	7–1–0
9 	T	October 26, 1985 	4–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	7–1–1
10 	W	October 29, 1985 	6–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	8–1–1
11 	L	October 30, 1985 	4–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	8–2–1
12 	L	November 2, 1985 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	8–3–1
13 	W	November 5, 1985 	7–5 	Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	9–3–1
14 	L	November 9, 1985 	3–4 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	9–4–1
15 	L	November 13, 1985	4–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	9–5–1
16 	L	November 14, 1985	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	9–6–1
17 	W	November 16, 1985	3–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	10–6–1
18 	L	November 19, 1985	4–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	10–7–1
19 	L	November 22, 1985	5–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	10–8–1
20 	L	November 23, 1985	0–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	10–9–1
21 	L	November 26, 1985	1–3 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	10–10–1
22 	W	November 28, 1985	3–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	11–10–1
23 	W	November 30, 1985	2–0 	Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	12–10–1
24 	W	December 4, 1985 	5–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	13–10–1
25 	W	December 6, 1985 	7–3 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	14–10–1
26 	W	December 7, 1985 	4–1 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	15–10–1
27 	W	December 10, 1985	7–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	16–10–1
28 	T	December 12, 1985	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	16–10–2
29 	W	December 14, 1985	9–3 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	17–10–2
30 	L	December 15, 1985	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	17–11–2
31 	L	December 18, 1985	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	17–12–2
32 	W	December 19, 1985	5–4 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	18–12–2
33 	L	December 22, 1985	5–7 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	18–13–2
34 	L	December 26, 1985	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	18–14–2
35 	L	December 28, 1985	4–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	18–15–2
36 	W	December 31, 1985	5–1 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	19–15–2
37 	W	January 2, 1986 	3–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	20–15–2
38 	W	January 4, 1986 	7–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	21–15–2
39 	W	January 5, 1986 	5–4 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	22–15–2
40 	W	January 7, 1986 	7–4 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	23–15–2
41 	W	January 10, 1986 	5–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	24–15–2
42 	W	January 11, 1986 	5–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	25–15–2
43 	L	January 14, 1986 	4–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	25–16–2
44 	L	January 17, 1986 	6–11 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	25–17–2
45 	L	January 18, 1986 	2–5 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	25–18–2
46 	W	January 20, 1986 	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	26–18–2
47 	W	January 23, 1986 	4–0 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	27–18–2
48 	W	January 25, 1986 	4–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	28–18–2
49 	T	January 27, 1986 	6–6 OT	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	28–18–3
50 	L	January 29, 1986 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	28–19–3
51 	T	February 1, 1986 	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	28–19–4
52 	L	February 2, 1986 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	28–20–4
53 	W	February 5, 1986 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	29–20–4
54 	W	February 8, 1986 	8–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	30–20–4
55 	W	February 9, 1986 	4–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	31–20–4
56 	W	February 12, 1986	5–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	32–20–4
57 	L	February 14, 1986	2–8 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	32–21–4
58 	W	February 16, 1986	6–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	33–21–4
59 	L	February 18, 1986	4–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	33–22–4
60 	L	February 20, 1986	3–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	33–23–4
61 	L	February 21, 1986	2–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	33–24–4
62 	L	February 23, 1986	2–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	33–25–4
63 	L	February 25, 1986	4–7 	Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	33–26–4
64 	W	February 28, 1986	6–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	34–26–4
65 	L	March 1, 1986 	4–8 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	34–27–4
66 	L	March 4, 1986 	3–6 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	34–28–4
67 	W	March 6, 1986 	5–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	35–28–4
68 	W	March 8, 1986 	6–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	36–28–4
69 	T	March 11, 1986 	1–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	36–28–5
70 	W	March 14, 1986 	6–2 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	37–28–5
71 	W	March 15, 1986 	3–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	38–28–5
72 	W	March 17, 1986 	8–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	39–28–5
73 	W	March 19, 1986 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	40–28–5
74 	L	March 22, 1986 	4–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	40–29–5
75 	W	March 24, 1986 	1–0 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	41–29–5
76 	L	March 26, 1986 	6–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	41–30–5
77 	W	March 29, 1986 	5–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	42–30–5
78 	W	April 1, 1986 	4–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	43–30–5
79 	L	April 2, 1986 	5–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	43–31–5
80 	T	April 5, 1986 	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	43–31–6
==Playoffs==
===Hartford Whalers 3, Quebec Nordiques 0===
==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 	76	41	81	122	60 	2 	15 	0 	8
 	LW 	75	53	51	104	64 	6 	28 	0 	3
 	LW 	74	31	43	74 	19 	8 	8 	0 	4
 	C 	80	28	42	70 	265	6 	7 	0 	4
 	LW 	77	26	32	58 	64 	7 	5 	2 	5
 	C 	75	16	40	56 	20 	-13	13 	0 	1
 	RW 	65	21	28	49 	26 	-1 	8 	3 	5
 	C 	80	19	24	43 	203	-2 	0 	2 	2
 	LW 	78	13	21	34 	29 	-3 	0 	3 	2
 	D 	48	7 	27	34 	36 	-2 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	73	7 	19	26 	78 	14 	2 	0 	2
 	C/LW	73	11	12	23 	49 	3 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	69	5 	18	23 	141	9 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	47	10	12	22 	17 	10 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	64	2 	18	20 	51 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	44	7 	12	19 	145	0 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	27	4 	13	17 	17 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	54	3 	13	16 	82 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	1 	12	13 	42 	-10	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	15	6 	5 	11 	18 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	26	5 	4 	9 	30 	9 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1 	8 	9 	4 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	27	3 	5 	8 	18 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	2 	5 	7 	6 	-1 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1 	5 	6 	10 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	8 	3 	2 	5 	6 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	36	2 	2 	4 	85 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	31	0 	3 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	35	0 	3 	3 	148	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	46	0 	2 	2 	21 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	1 	1 	25 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	1 	1 	28 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	3 	2	1	3 	9 	-1 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	2	3 	10 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	1	2	3 	0 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	1	2 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	2	2 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	2	2 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	1	0	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	0	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	1	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	5 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	19 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	26 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	3 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	15 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	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==
*Michel Goulet, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1985–86 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Quebec Nordiques season, 1985–86
Quebec Nordiques season, 1985–86
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