1985–86 NHL season

The **1985–86 NHL season** was the 69th season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. This season saw the league's Board of Governors introduce the Presidents' Trophy, which would go to the team with the best overall record in the NHL regular season. The Edmonton Oilers would be the first winners of this award.

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Calgary Flames four games to one in the final series to win the Stanley Cup.

## Regular season 
### Final standings 
***Note:** GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalty Minutes*
#### Prince of Wales Conference 
#### Clarence Campbell Conference 
### Scoring leaders 
### Leading Goaltenders 
## Stanley Cup playoffs 
*Note: all dates in 1986*
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### Adams Division Semi-Finals 
**Hartford Whalers vs. Quebec Nordiques'*

*Hartford wins best-of-five series 3–0*

**Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens**

*Montreal wins best-of-five series 3–0*

### Patrick Division Semi-Finals 
**New York Rangers vs. Philadelphia Flyers**

*New York Rangers wins best-of-five series 3–2*

**New York Islanders vs. Washington Capitals**

*Washington wins best-of-five series 3–0*

### Norris Division Semi-Finals 
**Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Chicago Black Hawks**

*Toronto wins best-of-five series 3–0*

**St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota North Stars**

*St. Louis wins best-of-five series 3–2*

### Smythe Division Semi-Finals 
**Vancouver Canucks vs. Edmonton Oilers**

*Edmonton wins best-of-five series 3–0*

**Winnipeg Jets vs. Calgary Flames**

*Calgary wins best-of-five series 3–0*

### Divisional Finals 
**Hartford Whalers vs. Montreal Canadiens**

*Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–3*

**New York Rangers vs. Washington Capitals**

*New York Rangers wins best-of-seven series 4–2*

**Toronto Maple Leafs vs. St. Louis Blues**

*St. Louis wins best-of-seven series 4–3*

**Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers**

*Calgary wins best-of-seven series 4–3*

### Conference Finals 
**New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens**

*Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1*

**St. Louis Blues vs. Calgary Flames**

*Calgary wins best-of-seven series 4–3*

### Finals 
**Montreal Canadiens vs. Calgary Flames**

*Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1''

## NHL awards 
### All-Star teams 
## First games 
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1985–86 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
*Bill Ranford, Boston Bruins
*Daren Puppa, Buffalo Sabres
*Brian Bradley, Calgary Flames
*Gary Suter, Calgary Flames
*Brett Hull*, Calgary Flames
*Adam Oates, Detroit Red Wings
*Petr Klima, Detroit Red Wings
*Bob Probert, Detroit Red Wings
*Shayne Corson, Montreal Canadiens
*Kirk McLean, New Jersey Devils
*Scott Mellanby, Philadelphia Flyers
*Craig Simpson, Pittsburgh Penguins
*Jeff Brown, Quebec Nordiques
*Cliff Ronning*, St. Louis Blues
*Wendel Clark, Toronto Maple Leafs
*Dave Lowry, Vancouver Canucks
*Jim Sandlak, Vancouver Canucks

## Last games 
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1985–86 (listed with their last team):
*Tom Lysiak, Chicago Black Hawks
*Mike Rogers, Edmonton Oilers
*Mario Tremblay, Montreal Canadiens
*Bob Nystrom, New York Islanders
*Pelle Lindbergh, Philadelphia Flyers
*Denis Herron, Pittsburgh Penguins
*Don Edwards, Toronto Maple Leafs
*Marian Stastny, Toronto Maple Leafs
*Jiri Bubla, Vancouver Canucks
*Dan Bouchard, Winnipeg Jets

## References 
*Hockey Database
*NHL.com