1985–86 Boston Bruins season

The 1985–86 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 62nd season. The Bruins finished 3rd in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 3 games to 0.
==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 	W 	October 10, 1985 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 12, 1985 	9–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	2–0–0
3 	W 	October 13, 1985 	7–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	3–0–0
4 	T 	October 16, 1985 	3–3 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	3–0–1
5 	L 	October 18, 1985 	2–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	3–1–1
6 	W 	October 19, 1985 	6–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	4–1–1
7 	W 	October 22, 1985 	5–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	5–1–1
8 	L 	October 27, 1985 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers (1985–86) 	5–2–1
9 	W 	October 29, 1985 	6–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	6–2–1
10 	W 	October 31, 1985 	7–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	7–2–1
11 	W 	November 2, 1985 	5–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	8–2–1
12 	L 	November 5, 1985 	5–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	8–3–1
13 	W 	November 7, 1985 	2–1 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	9–3–1
14 	L 	November 9, 1985 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	9–4–1
15 	W 	November 10, 1985 	2–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	10–4–1
16 	L 	November 13, 1985 	4–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	10–5–1
17 	T 	November 14, 1985 	6–6 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	10–5–2
18 	T 	November 16, 1985 	2–2 OT 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	10–5–3
19 	L 	November 18, 1985 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	10–6–3
20 	T 	November 21, 1985 	4–4 OT 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	10–6–4
21 	W 	November 23, 1985 	5–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	11–6–4
22 	L 	November 28, 1985 	0–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	11–7–4
23 	L 	November 30, 1985 	0–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	11–8–4
24 	W 	December 1, 1985 	4–2 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	12–8–4
25 	W 	December 5, 1985 	8–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	13–8–4
26 	L 	December 7, 1985 	2–7 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	13–9–4
27 	T 	December 8, 1985 	3–3 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	13–9–5
28 	L 	December 10, 1985 	4–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 	13–10–5
29 	T 	December 12, 1985 	1–1 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	13–10–6
30 	W 	December 14, 1985 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	14–10–6
31 	W 	December 19, 1985 	2–1 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	15–10–6
32 	W 	December 21, 1985 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 	16–10–6
33 	L 	December 22, 1985 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	16–11–6
34 	L 	December 26, 1985 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	16–12–6
35 	W 	December 28, 1985 	5–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	17–12–6
36 	L 	December 29, 1985 	3–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	17–13–6
37 	T 	December 31, 1985 	6–6 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	17–13–7
38 	L 	January 2, 1986 	5–7 	@ New York Islanders (1985–86) 	17–14–7
39 	W 	January 4, 1986 	4–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	18–14–7
40 	L 	January 8, 1986 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	18–15–7
41 	L 	January 9, 1986 	2–7 	St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	18–16–7
42 	W 	January 11, 1986 	8–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	19–16–7
43 	L 	January 13, 1986 	3–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	19–17–7
44 	W 	January 16, 1986 	3–2 	Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	20–17–7
45 	W 	January 19, 1986 	2–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	21–17–7
46 	L 	January 22, 1986 	5–6 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	21–18–7
47 	W 	January 23, 1986 	7–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 	22–18–7
48 	W 	January 25, 1986 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 	23–18–7
49 	W 	January 27, 1986 	6–3 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	24–18–7
50 	W 	January 29, 1986 	5–4 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	25–18–7
51 	L 	February 1, 1986 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	25–19–7
52 	W 	February 2, 1986 	3–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	26–19–7
53 	L 	February 6, 1986 	6–8 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	26–20–7
54 	L 	February 8, 1986 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1985–86) 	26–21–7
55 	L 	February 9, 1986 	3–4 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	26–22–7
56 	L 	February 11, 1986 	4–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 	26–23–7
57 	L 	February 15, 1986 	1–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 	26–24–7
58 	W 	February 16, 1986 	5–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	27–24–7
59 	L 	February 18, 1986 	4–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 	27–25–7
60 	W 	February 22, 1986 	6–5 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 	28–25–7
61 	W 	February 23, 1986 	6–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	29–25–7
62 	W 	February 25, 1986 	7–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	30–25–7
63 	L 	February 27, 1986 	1–2 	Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	30–26–7
64 	W 	March 1, 1986 	8–3 	New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 	31–26–7
65 	L 	March 2, 1986 	1–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	31–27–7
66 	L 	March 6, 1986 	4–5 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	31–28–7
67 	L 	March 8, 1986 	3–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	31–29–7
68 	W 	March 12, 1986 	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 	32–29–7
69 	W 	March 13, 1986 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	33–29–7
70 	T 	March 15, 1986 	1–1 OT 	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 	33–29–8
71 	W 	March 20, 1986 	6–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 	34–29–8
72 	T 	March 22, 1986 	3–3 OT 	New York Islanders (1985–86) 	34–29–9
73 	T 	March 23, 1986 	5–5 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	34–29–10
74 	L 	March 25, 1986 	3–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 	34–30–10
75 	T 	March 27, 1986 	3–3 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 	34–30–11
76 	W 	March 29, 1986 	2–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	35–30–11
77 	W 	March 30, 1986 	5–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 	36–30–11
78 	W 	April 3, 1986 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 	37–30–11
79 	T 	April 5, 1986 	2–2 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 	37–30–12
80 	L 	April 6, 1986 	3–4 	Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 	37–31–12
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	78	38	46	84 	177	14 	20 	0 	4
 	C 	64	23	58	81 	97 	15 	8 	0 	3
 	D 	74	19	58	77 	68 	17 	11 	0 	3
 	C 	79	29	47	76 	60 	19 	12 	0 	6
 	LW 	55	36	24	60 	42 	12 	14 	0 	5
 	RW 	49	14	30	44 	10 	17 	4 	2 	0
 	LW 	52	17	25	42 	28 	17 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	80	17	23	40 	73 	-10	1 	3 	1
 	D 	70	8 	31	39 	155	3 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	64	21	16	37 	61 	1 	2 	0 	4
 	RW 	71	18	19	37 	50 	-1 	4 	0 	3
 	LW 	70	16	14	30 	37 	-10	3 	0 	2
 	D 	63	8 	21	29 	47 	-8 	4 	1 	0
 	D 	60	6 	20	26 	48 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	65	7 	15	22 	207	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	39	5 	16	21 	15 	4 	1 	1 	1
 	LW 	37	10	10	20 	10 	2 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	61	1 	7 	8 	80 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	3 	4 	7 	8 	5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	43	2 	5 	7 	192	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	2 	5 	7 	102	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	4 	2 	6 	20 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	32	0 	6 	6 	14 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	31	2 	3 	5 	29 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	1 	4 	5 	10 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	46	3 	0 	3 	178	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	2 	2 	9 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	0 	2 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	1 	0 	1 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	1 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	15 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	0 	0 	17 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	0 	0 	0 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	39	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2272	39	17	11	8 	127	3.35	1 	973 	846 	.869
 	1757	30	14	13	3 	107	3.65	0 	782 	675 	.863
 	485 	8 	3 	4 	1 	31 	3.84	0 	245 	214 	.873
 	240 	4 	3 	1 	0 	10 	2.50	0 	106 	96 	.906
 	120 	2 	0 	2 	0 	10 	5.00	0 	63 	53 	.841
Team: 	4874	80	37	31	12	285	3.51	1 	2169	1884	.869
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	3 	0	4	4 	12 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	2	0	2 	21 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1	1	2 	16 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	2	2 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	0	1 	4 	-4 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	3 	1	0	1 	6 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	0	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	1	1 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	17 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	17 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	14 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA	SV	SV%
 	120	2 	0	2	7 	3.50	0 	44	37	.841
 	60 	1 	0	1	3 	3.00	0 	23	20	.870
Team: 	180	3 	0	3	10	3.33	0 	67	57	.851
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==
*Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Charlie Simmer
*Ray Bourque, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1985–86 NHL season
==References==
* 
Category:Boston Bruins seasons
Category:1985 in hockey
Category:1986 in hockey