1985–86 New York Islanders season

The 1985–86 New York Islanders season was the 14th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The Islanders finished 3rd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Washington Capitals 3 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 12, 1985 	5–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 14, 1985 	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	1–1–0
3 	L	October 16, 1985 	4–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	1–2–0
4 	W	October 19, 1985 	5–4 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	2–2–0
5 	T	October 22, 1985 	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	2–2–1
6 	W	October 24, 1985 	6–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	3–2–1
7 	W	October 26, 1985 	5–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	4–2–1
8 	L	October 29, 1985 	2–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	4–3–1
9 	L	November 1, 1985 	3–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	4–4–1
10 	W	November 2, 1985 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	5–4–1
11 	T	November 5, 1985 	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	5–4–2
12 	W	November 6, 1985 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	6–4–2
13 	W	November 9, 1985 	3–2 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	7–4–2
14 	L	November 12, 1985	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	7–5–2
15 	T	November 16, 1985	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	7–5–3
16 	L	November 17, 1985	4–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	7–6–3
17 	W	November 19, 1985	8–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	8–6–3
18 	T	November 21, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	8–6–4
19 	L	November 23, 1985	0–5 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	8–7–4
20 	W	November 24, 1985	4–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	9–7–4
21 	T	November 27, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	9–7–5
22 	W	November 29, 1985	4–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	10–7–5
23 	L	November 30, 1985	3–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	10–8–5
24 	T	December 3, 1985 	4–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	10–8–6
25 	L	December 6, 1985 	3–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	10–9–6
26 	L	December 7, 1985 	1–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	10–10–6
27 	W	December 10, 1985	7–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	11–10–6
28 	T	December 11, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	11–10–7
29 	T	December 14, 1985	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	11–10–8
30 	W	December 17, 1985	7–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	12–10–8
31 	T	December 20, 1985	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	12–10–9
32 	L	December 21, 1985	4–5 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	12–11–9
33 	W	December 23, 1985	6–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	13–11–9
34 	L	December 26, 1985	3–4 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	13–12–9
35 	W	December 28, 1985	4–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	14–12–9
36 	L	December 29, 1985	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	14–13–9
37 	W	December 31, 1985	5–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	15–13–9
38 	W	January 2, 1986 	7–5 	Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	16–13–9
39 	L	January 4, 1986 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	16–14–9
40 	L	January 7, 1986 	2–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	16–15–9
41 	W	January 9, 1986 	9–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	17–15–9
42 	W	January 11, 1986 	8–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	18–15–9
43 	L	January 15, 1986 	3–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	18–16–9
44 	W	January 17, 1986 	4–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	19–16–9
45 	L	January 18, 1986 	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	19–17–9
46 	W	January 21, 1986 	7–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	20–17–9
47 	W	January 24, 1986 	7–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	21–17–9
48 	T	January 25, 1986 	3–3 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	21–17–10
49 	W	January 28, 1986 	9–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	22–17–10
50 	W	January 30, 1986 	8–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	23–17–10
51 	W	February 1, 1986 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	24–17–10
52 	W	February 2, 1986 	3–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	25–17–10
53 	L	February 5, 1986 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	25–18–10
54 	W	February 8, 1986 	4–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	26–18–10
55 	W	February 11, 1986	1–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	27–18–10
56 	L	February 13, 1986	3–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	27–19–10
57 	W	February 15, 1986	6–5 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	28–19–10
58 	L	February 18, 1986	4–5 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	28–20–10
59 	L	February 21, 1986	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	28–21–10
60 	W	February 22, 1986	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	29–21–10
61 	L	February 26, 1986	2–7 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	29–22–10
62 	W	February 28, 1986	6–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	30–22–10
63 	L	March 1, 1986 	4–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	30–23–10
64 	W	March 4, 1986 	6–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	31–23–10
65 	L	March 8, 1986 	2–6 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	31–24–10
66 	L	March 9, 1986 	1–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	31–25–10
67 	W	March 11, 1986 	8–4 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	32–25–10
68 	W	March 13, 1986 	3–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	33–25–10
69 	W	March 15, 1986 	3–1 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	34–25–10
70 	L	March 16, 1986 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	34–26–10
71 	W	March 18, 1986 	6–2 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	35–26–10
72 	W	March 20, 1986 	7–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	36–26–10
73 	T	March 22, 1986 	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	36–26–11
74 	L	March 25, 1986 	0–2 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	36–27–11
75 	W	March 28, 1986 	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	37–27–11
76 	T	March 29, 1986 	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	37–27–12
77 	L	April 1, 1986 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	37–28–12
78 	W	April 2, 1986 	7–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	38–28–12
79 	W	April 5, 1986 	7–1 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	39–28–12
80 	L	April 6, 1986 	7–9 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	39–29–12
==Playoffs==
===Washington Capitals 3, New York Islanders 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
 	RW 	80	61	62	123	14 	30 	21 	1 	9
 	C 	78	37	59	96 	72 	29 	5 	1 	3
 	LW 	65	20	41	61 	50 	22 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	74	21	38	59 	78 	34 	8 	1 	4
 	C 	61	24	31	55 	74 	11 	10 	0 	2
 	C 	65	30	23	53 	43 	16 	2 	0 	4
 	RW 	80	20	33	53 	157	15 	4 	0 	1
 	RW 	73	18	34	52 	66 	20 	6 	0 	2
 	D 	77	14	30	44 	62 	16 	5 	1 	1
 	RW 	58	16	20	36 	28 	12 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	77	4 	30	34 	100	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	62	17	15	32 	36 	-7 	2 	0 	5
 	LW 	60	9 	19	28 	82 	5 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	56	1 	19	20 	40 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	49	5 	12	17 	9 	-5 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	14	7 	7 	14 	4 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	55	4 	10	14 	55 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	55	2 	12	14 	79 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	52	5 	8 	13 	19 	-11	0 	0 	1
 	D 	69	0 	12	12 	22 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	1 	8 	9 	81 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	3 	4 	7 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	0 	7 	7 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	5 	5 	16 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1 	3 	4 	15 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2 	1 	3 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1 	2 	3 	2 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	2 	3 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	3 	3 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	3 	3 	49 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	1 	1 	2 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	1 	1 	2 	16 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	16 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	3 	1	2	3 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	1	2 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	0	1 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	0	1 	0 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	9 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	21 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	16 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	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==
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Mike Bossy
*Mike Bossy, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1985–86 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Islanders season, 1985–86
New York Islanders season, 1985–86
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