1985–86 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1985–86 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 19th in the National Hockey League. The Penguins finished 5th in the Patrick 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 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 12, 1985 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 15, 1985 	3–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	1–2–0
4 	T 	October 16, 1985 	5–5 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	1–2–1
5 	L 	October 19, 1985 	3–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	1–3–1
6 	W 	October 23, 1985 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	2–3–1
7 	W 	October 24, 1985 	6–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	3–3–1
8 	T 	October 26, 1985 	4–4 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	3–3–2
9 	L 	October 29, 1985 	3–4 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	3–4–2
10 	L 	October 30, 1985 	3–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	3–5–2
11 	T 	November 2, 1985 	4–4 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	3–5–3
12 	L 	November 4, 1985 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	3–6–3
13 	L 	November 6, 1985 	1–4 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	3–7–3
14 	L 	November 8, 1985 	3–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	3–8–3
15 	W 	November 9, 1985 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	4–8–3
16 	W 	November 13, 1985 	6–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	5–8–3
17 	L 	November 16, 1985 	3–4 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	5–9–3
18 	L 	November 19, 1985 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	5–10–3
19 	L 	November 20, 1985 	1–3 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	5–11–3
20 	W 	November 22, 1985 	8–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	6–11–3
21 	L 	November 24, 1985 	4–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	6–12–3
22 	W 	November 27, 1985 	7–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	7–12–3
23 	W 	November 30, 1985 	5–4 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	8–12–3
24 	W 	December 2, 1985 	6–0 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	9–12–3
25 	W 	December 4, 1985 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	10–12–3
26 	W 	December 6, 1985 	3–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	11–12–3
27 	L 	December 7, 1985 	1–5 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	11–13–3
28 	L 	December 10, 1985 	4–7 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	11–14–3
29 	T 	December 11, 1985 	4–4 OT 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	11–14–4
30 	L 	December 14, 1985 	4–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	11–15–4
31 	W 	December 15, 1985 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	12–15–4
32 	W 	December 17, 1985 	4–3 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	13–15–4
33 	W 	December 19, 1985 	4–3 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	14–15–4
34 	L 	December 21, 1985 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	14–16–4
35 	L 	December 22, 1985 	2–3 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	14–17–4
36 	W 	December 26, 1985 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	15–17–4
37 	L 	December 28, 1985 	2–4 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	15–18–4
38 	W 	December 31, 1985 	8–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	16–18–4
39 	L 	January 1, 1986 	4–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	16–19–4
40 	W 	January 6, 1986 	4–3 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	17–19–4
41 	W 	January 8, 1986 	7–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	18–19–4
42 	L 	January 9, 1986 	0–9 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	18–20–4
43 	T 	January 11, 1986 	3–3 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	18–20–5
44 	W 	January 15, 1986 	6–3 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	19–20–5
45 	W 	January 18, 1986 	5–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	20–20–5
46 	W 	January 19, 1986 	3–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	21–20–5
47 	W 	January 22, 1986 	7–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	22–20–5
48 	L 	January 24, 1986 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	22–21–5
49 	L 	January 25, 1986 	2–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	22–22–5
50 	T 	January 28, 1986 	2–2 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	22–22–6
51 	W 	January 29, 1986 	4–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	23–22–6
52 	L 	February 1, 1986 	3–4 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	23–23–6
53 	L 	February 2, 1986 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	23–24–6
54 	W 	February 8, 1986 	4–0 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	24–24–6
55 	W 	February 12, 1986 	8–1 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	25–24–6
56 	W 	February 15, 1986 	9–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	26–24–6
57 	T 	February 16, 1986 	5–5 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	26–24–7
58 	W 	February 19, 1986 	5–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	27–24–7
59 	W 	February 21, 1986 	7–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	28–24–7
60 	L 	February 22, 1986 	3–5 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	28–25–7
61 	W 	February 24, 1986 	6–5 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	29–25–7
62 	W 	February 26, 1986 	5–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	30–25–7
63 	L 	February 27, 1986 	3–8 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	30–26–7
64 	W 	March 1, 1986 	5–1 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	31–26–7
65 	L 	March 4, 1986 	3–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	31–27–7
66 	L 	March 7, 1986 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	31–28–7
67 	L 	March 9, 1986 	3–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	31–29–7
68 	L 	March 11, 1986 	3–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	31–30–7
69 	L 	March 12, 1986 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1985–86) 	31–31–7
70 	T 	March 15, 1986 	2–2 OT 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	31–31–8
71 	L 	March 17, 1986 	3–5 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	31–32–8
72 	W 	March 19, 1986 	7–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	32–32–8
73 	L 	March 20, 1986 	1–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	32–33–8
74 	W 	March 22, 1986 	7–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	33–33–8
75 	L 	March 26, 1986 	3–8 	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	33–34–8
76 	L 	March 29, 1986 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	33–35–8
77 	L 	April 1, 1986 	3–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	33–36–8
78 	L 	April 2, 1986 	2–7 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	33–37–8
79 	L 	April 5, 1986 	3–4 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	33–38–8
80 	W 	April 6, 1986 	5–4 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	34–38–8
==Playoffs==
*The Penguins did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	79	48	93	141	43 	-6 	17 	0 	4
 	C 	77	41	42	83 	69 	-16	16 	2 	5
 	D 	78	15	52	67 	102	-4 	11 	2 	0
 	C 	67	32	34	66 	32 	-7 	19 	0 	5
 	C 	73	26	37	63 	162	10 	11 	0 	7
 	LW 	75	15	30	45 	74 	12 	2 	2 	2
 	C 	77	14	31	45 	6 	-1 	1 	2 	3
 	D 	79	4 	33	37 	63 	3 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	75	17	18	35 	91 	-4 	0 	3 	1
 	RW 	71	14	17	31 	30 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	66	15	14	29 	36 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	66	15	14	29 	57 	7 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	80	3 	26	29 	115	12 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	76	11	17	28 	49 	1 	2 	1 	0
 	RW 	69	10	11	21 	174	-19	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	37	11	6 	17 	8 	1 	1 	0 	2
 	C/RW	13	6 	7 	13 	6 	-14	3 	0 	0
 	D 	60	4 	8 	12 	32 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	47	3 	9 	12 	95 	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	72	2 	7 	9 	159	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	17	3 	2 	5 	8 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	5 	1 	2 	3 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C/D 	9 	1 	2 	3 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	28	0 	3 	3 	53 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	18	1 	1 	2 	34 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	34	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	46	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2684	46	21	20	3	159	3.55	2 	1394	1235	.886
 	1989	34	13	15	5	119	3.59	0 	1003	884 	.881
 	180 	3 	0 	3 	0	14 	4.67	0 	92 	78 	.848
Team: 	4853	80	34	38	8	292	3.61	2 	2489	2197	.883
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==
*Lester B. Pearson Award: Mario Lemieux
*Mario Lemieux, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1985–86 season:
===Trades===
September 12, 1985	To Pittsburgh PenguinsGilles Meloche 	To Edmonton OilersTim HrynewichMarty McSorley
September 16, 1985	To Pittsburgh Penguinsrights to Ted Nolan 	To Buffalo Sabrescash
October 4, 1985 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsRandy CunneyworthMike Moller	To Buffalo SabresPat Hughes
October 4, 1985 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsPat Hughes 	To Edmonton OilersMike Moller
October 20, 1985 	To Pittsburgh Penguinscash 	To Quebec NordiquesWayne Babych
March 11, 1986 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsRon Duguay 	To Detroit Red WingsDoug Shedden
===Additions and Subtractions===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"	Additions 	Additions 	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions
Player 	Former team 	Via 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Chris Dahlquist 	Lake Superior State Lakers (CCHA) 	free agency (1985-05-07) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jim Johnson 	University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)	free agency (1985-06-09) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Terry Ruskowski 	Los Angeles Kings 	free agency (1985-10-03) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Willy Lindstrom 	Edmonton Oilers 	Waiver Draft (1985-10-07)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dan Frawley 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Waiver Draft (1985-10-07)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mike Blaisdell 	New York Rangers 	Waiver Draft (1985-10-07)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dwight Mathiasen	University of Denver Pioneers (WCHA) 	free agency (1986-03-31) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Steve Guenette 	Guelph Platers (OHL) 	free agency (1986-04-06) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1985–86 NHL season
==References==
* 
Pittsburgh Penguins season, 1985–86
Pittsburgh Penguins season, 1985–86
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