Template:1985–86 Hockey East standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Boston College† | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 158 | 123 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 188 | 154 | |
| Boston University* | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 147 | 127 | 43 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 184 | 156 | |
| Northeastern | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 38 | 165 | 158 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 185 | 185 | |
| Providence | 34 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 105 | 140 | 39 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 122 | 160 | |
| Maine | 34 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 118 | 177 | 40 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 142 | 201 | |
| Lowell | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 118 | 166 | 42 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 156 | 205 | |
| New Hampshire | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 114 | 188 | 37 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 121 | 199 | |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||