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1985–86 Boston Bruins
Division3rd Adams
1985–86 record37–31–12
Goals for311
Goals against288
Team information
General managerHarry Sinden
CoachButch Goring
CaptainRay Bourque
Rick Middleton
Alternate captainsBarry Pederson [1]
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsKeith Crowder (38)
AssistsKen Linseman/Ray Bourque (58)
PointsKeith Crowder (84)
Penalty minutesNevin Markwart (207)
Plus/minusBarry Pederson (19)
WinsPat Riggin (17)
Goals against averageBill Ranford (2.50)

Offseason

Captain Terry O'Reilly retires. Forward Rick Middleton and defenceman Ray Bourque are named co-captains.

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Quebec Nordiques 80 43 31 6 330 289 92
Montreal Canadiens 80 40 33 7 330 280 87
Boston Bruins 80 37 31 12 311 288 86
Hartford Whalers 80 40 36 4 332 302 84
Buffalo Sabres 80 37 37 6 296 291 80

[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
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

Adams Division Semifinals

Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 0

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 9 Boston Bruins 1–3 Montreal Canadiens 0–1
2 April 10 Boston Bruins 2–3 Montreal Canadiens 0–2
3 April 12 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 Boston Bruins 0–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Keith Crowder RW 78 38 46 84 177 14 20 0 4
Ken Linseman C 64 23 58 81 97 15 8 0 3
Raymond Bourque D 74 19 58 77 68 17 11 0 3
Barry Pederson C 79 29 47 76 60 19 12 0 6
Charlie Simmer LW 55 36 24 60 42 12 14 0 5
Rick Middleton RW 49 14 30 44 10 17 4 2 0
Randy Burridge LW 52 17 25 42 28 17 1 0 2
Steve Kasper C 80 17 23 40 73 -10 1 3 1
Gord Kluzak D 70 8 31 39 155 3 3 0 0
Geoff Courtnall LW 64 21 16 37 61 1 2 0 4
Dave Pasin RW 71 18 19 37 50 -1 4 0 3
Kraig Nienhuis LW 70 16 14 30 37 -10 3 0 2
Mike O'Connell D 63 8 21 29 47 -8 4 1 0
Michael Thelven D 60 6 20 26 48 7 1 0 0
Nevin Markwart LW 65 7 15 22 207 -2 0 0 1
Bill Derlago C 39 5 16 21 15 4 1 1 1
Dave Reid LW 37 10 10 20 10 2 4 0 1
John Blum D 61 1 7 8 80 8 0 0 0
Reed Larson D 13 3 4 7 8 5 1 0 0
Brian Curran D 43 2 5 7 192 6 0 0 0
Mike Milbury D 22 2 5 7 102 1 0 0 0
Louis Sleigher RW 13 4 2 6 20 -4 0 0 1
Alain Cote D 32 0 6 6 14 5 0 0 0
Mats Thelin D 31 2 3 5 29 3 1 0 0
Morris Lukowich LW 14 1 4 5 10 2 0 0 0
Jay Miller LW 46 3 0 3 178 -3 0 0 0
Lyndon Byers RW 5 0 2 2 9 1 0 0 0
Greg Johnston RW 20 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Pete Peeters G 8 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Frank Simonetti D 17 1 0 1 14 -1 0 0 0
Doug Keans G 30 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0
Wade Campbell D 8 0 0 0 15 1 0 0 0
John Carter LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleon Daskalakis G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Donnelly C 8 0 0 0 17 3 0 0 0
Dwight Foster RW 13 0 0 0 4 -5 0 0 0
Bill Ranford G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Riggin G 39 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Pat Riggin 2272 39 17 11 8 127 3.35 1 973 846 .869
Doug Keans 1757 30 14 13 3 107 3.65 0 782 675 .863
Pete Peeters 485 8 3 4 1 31 3.84 0 245 214 .873
Bill Ranford 240 4 3 1 0 10 2.50 0 106 96 .906
Cleon Daskalakis 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
Randy Burridge LW 3 0 4 4 12 2 0 0 0
Keith Crowder RW 3 2 0 2 21 1 0 0 0
Gord Kluzak D 3 1 1 2 16 0 1 0 0
Dwight Foster RW 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
Steve Kasper C 3 1 0 1 4 -4 0 1 0
Reed Larson D 3 1 0 1 6 -2 1 0 0
Barry Pederson C 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Linseman C 3 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 0
Dave Pasin RW 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
John Blum D 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Raymond Bourque D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Geoff Courtnall LW 3 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0
Brian Curran D 2 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Mike Milbury D 1 0 0 0 17 -2 0 0 0
Jay Miller LW 2 0 0 0 17 -1 0 0 0
Kraig Nienhuis LW 2 0 0 0 14 -4 0 0 0
Bill Ranford G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Riggin G 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Charlie Simmer LW 3 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Frank Simonetti D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louis Sleigher RW 1 0 0 0 14 -1 0 0 0
Michael Thelven D 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Bill Ranford 120 2 0 2 7 3.50 0 44 37 .841
Pat Riggin 60 1 0 1 3 3.00 0 23 20 .870
Team: 180 3 0 3 10 3.33 0 67 57 .851

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ LA Times. Retrieved 2013-Aug-18.
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. ^ "1985-86 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
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