1985–86 Washington Capitals season

The 1985–86 Washington Capitals season was the 12th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 2nd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Finals to the New York Rangers 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
The Washington Capitals picked Yvon Corriveau in the first round (19th overall) of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.
==Regular Season==
The fifty wins which the Washington Capitals won during the regular season placed them second in the Patrick Division, after the Philadelphia Flyers, and earned them a berth in the playoffs, which would be the fourth consecutive time it had made the playoffs since the 1982–83 NHL season.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
2 	L	October 12, 1985 	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	0–2–0
3 	L	October 13, 1985 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	0–3–0
4 	W	October 16, 1985 	6–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	1–3–0
5 	W	October 18, 1985 	4–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	2–3–0
6 	T	October 19, 1985 	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	2–3–1
7 	L	October 23, 1985 	2–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	2–4–1
8 	T	October 25, 1985 	7–7 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	2–4–2
9 	W	October 27, 1985 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	3–4–2
10 	W	October 29, 1985 	6–3 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	4–4–2
11 	W	November 1, 1985 	5–3 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	5–4–2
12 	L	November 2, 1985 	3–5 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	5–5–2
13 	W	November 5, 1985 	8–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	6–5–2
14 	W	November 6, 1985 	4–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	7–5–2
15 	L	November 9, 1985 	4–5 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	7–6–2
16 	W	November 12, 1985	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	8–6–2
17 	W	November 15, 1985	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	9–6–2
18 	T	November 16, 1985	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	9–6–3
19 	W	November 19, 1985	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	10–6–3
20 	W	November 20, 1985	3–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	11–6–3
21 	W	November 23, 1985	3–0 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	12–6–3
22 	W	November 27, 1985	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	13–6–3
23 	L	November 29, 1985	2–5 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	13–7–3
24 	W	November 30, 1985	6–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	14–7–3
25 	W	December 5, 1985 	3–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	15–7–3
26 	W	December 7, 1985 	2–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	16–7–3
27 	W	December 10, 1985	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	17–7–3
28 	W	December 14, 1985	5–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	18–7–3
29 	T	December 17, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	18–7–4
30 	W	December 18, 1985	5–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	19–7–4
31 	L	December 20, 1985	4–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	19–8–4
32 	W	December 22, 1985	7–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	20–8–4
33 	W	December 26, 1985	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	21–8–4
34 	L	December 28, 1985	4–7 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	21–9–4
35 	L	December 29, 1985	5–6 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	21–10–4
36 	W	January 1, 1986 	3–0 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	22–10–4
37 	W	January 3, 1986 	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	23–10–4
38 	W	January 4, 1986 	9–3 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	24–10–4
39 	W	January 7, 1986 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	25–10–4
40 	L	January 9, 1986 	0–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	25–11–4
41 	L	January 11, 1986 	3–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	25–12–4
42 	L	January 14, 1986 	3–4 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	25–13–4
43 	W	January 17, 1986 	4–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	26–13–4
44 	W	January 18, 1986 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	27–13–4
45 	W	January 21, 1986 	7–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	28–13–4
46 	L	January 24, 1986 	5–7 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	28–14–4
47 	W	January 25, 1986 	6–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	29–14–4
48 	L	January 28, 1986 	0–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	29–15–4
49 	L	January 29, 1986 	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	29–16–4
50 	W	February 1, 1986 	5–4 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	30–16–4
51 	W	February 2, 1986 	5–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	31–16–4
52 	W	February 7, 1986 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	32–16–4
53 	W	February 8, 1986 	5–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	33–16–4
54 	L	February 12, 1986	1–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	33–17–4
55 	W	February 15, 1986	4–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	34–17–4
56 	W	February 18, 1986	5–4 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	35–17–4
57 	T	February 19, 1986	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	35–17–5
58 	L	February 22, 1986	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	35–18–5
59 	L	February 23, 1986	1–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	35–19–5
60 	W	February 25, 1986	4–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	36–19–5
61 	W	February 27, 1986	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	37–19–5
62 	W	March 1, 1986 	4–0 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	38–19–5
63 	W	March 2, 1986 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	39–19–5
64 	W	March 4, 1986 	4–2 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	40–19–5
65 	W	March 8, 1986 	6–2 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	41–19–5
66 	W	March 9, 1986 	3–1 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	42–19–5
67 	W	March 11, 1986 	5–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	43–19–5
68 	L	March 13, 1986 	0–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	43–20–5
69 	W	March 15, 1986 	5–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	44–20–5
70 	W	March 17, 1986 	5–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	45–20–5
71 	L	March 18, 1986 	2–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	45–21–5
72 	W	March 21, 1986 	5–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	46–21–5
73 	W	March 23, 1986 	6–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	47–21–5
74 	W	March 25, 1986 	6–3 	Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	48–21–5
75 	L	March 28, 1986 	3–4 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	48–22–5
76 	T	March 29, 1986 	6–6 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	48–22–6
77 	W	April 1, 1986 	5–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	49–22–6
78 	W	April 3, 1986 	4–2 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	50–22–6
79 	T	April 5, 1986 	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	50–22–7
80 	L	April 6, 1986 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	50–23–7
==Playoffs==
The 1985–86 NHL season was the fourth time the Washington Capitals had made the playoffs and they defeated the New York Islanders in three games in a best of five series. However, the Capitals were eliminated by the New York Rangers four games to two in a best of seven series.
===Washington Capitals 3, New York Islanders 0===
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 9 	New York 	1 	Washington	3 	
April 10	New York 	2 	Washington	5 	
April 12	Washington	3 	New York 	1 	
===New York Rangers 4, Washington Capitals 2===
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 17	New York 	4 	Washington	3 	(OT)
April 19	New York 	1 	Washington	8 	
April 21	Washington	6 	New York 	3 	
April 23	Washington	5 	New York 	6 	(OT)
April 25	New York 	4 	Washington	2 	
April 27	Washington	1 	New York 	2 	
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	41	42	83 	15 	3 	18 	2 	4
 	RW 	74	35	40	75 	63 	-5 	11 	2 	4
 	RW 	75	30	45	75 	43 	24 	10 	0 	4
 	RW 	70	23	52	75 	26 	9 	8 	4 	6
 	C 	71	34	39	73 	72 	36 	7 	0 	5
 	D 	78	21	44	65 	50 	2 	8 	1 	2
 	C 	80	27	29	56 	105	-12	7 	0 	3
 	LW 	78	18	38	56 	152	24 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	73	15	38	53 	165	0 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	80	11	28	39 	39 	10 	0 	1 	3
 	RW 	79	19	19	38 	26 	7 	0 	3 	5
 	LW 	47	8 	16	24 	10 	-4 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	61	6 	16	22 	36 	-8 	3 	0 	3
 	RW 	76	7 	14	21 	131	-4 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	79	9 	10	19 	119	6 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	71	1 	17	18 	61 	27 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	62	3 	9 	12 	27 	21 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	1 	4 	5 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	30	2 	1 	3 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	25	1 	2 	3 	16 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	50	1 	2 	3 	127	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	3 	3 	12 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	3 	3 	10 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1 	1 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	0 	1 	1 	6 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	44	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	W 	15	0 	0 	0 	73 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	34	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2437	44	28	9 	3	129	3.18	2 	1168	1039	.890
 	2021	34	19	11	3	113	3.35	1 	910 	797 	.876
 	369 	7 	2 	3 	1	23 	3.74	0 	133 	110 	.827
 	16 	1 	1 	0 	0	0 	0.00	0 	5 	5 	1.000
Team: 	4843	80	50	23	7	265	3.28	3 	2216	1951	.880
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	9 	2	10	12 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	3	8 	11 	12 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	9 	4	6 	10 	11 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	5	4 	9 	12 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	9 	4	4 	8 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	4	3 	7 	12 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	9 	4	3 	7 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	1	5 	6 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	1	3 	4 	27 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	2	1 	3 	35 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	9 	2	1 	3 	9 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	8 	1	2 	3 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	1	2 	3 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	1	2 	3 	10 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	4 	0	3 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	1	1 	2 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0 	0 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0	0 	0 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	544	9 	5	4	24	2.65	0 	253	229	.905
Team: 	544	9 	5	4	24	2.65	0 	253	229	.905
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 107 points scored by the Washington Capitals in this season would not be surpassed until the 2008–09 Washington Capitals season, when the team scored 108 points in the regular season.
*Alan Haworth scored a goal in nine consecutive games, setting a Washington record.http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2009/02/15/mike-green.html
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
In the 1986 NHL Entry Draft, the Washington Capitals picked Jeff Greenlaw in the first round (19th overall).
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1985–86 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Washington Capitals season, 1985–86
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