1985–86 Los Angeles Kings season

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1985–86 Los Angeles Kings
Division5th Smythe
1985–86 record23-49-8
Goals for284
Goals against389
Team information
General managerRogatien Vachon
CoachPat Quinn
CaptainDave Taylor
Alternate captainsMarcel Dionne
Jay Wells
ArenaThe Forum
Team leaders
GoalsBernie Nicholls (36)
Marcel Dionne (36)
AssistsBernie Nicholls (61)
PointsBernie Nicholls (97)
Penalty minutesDave Tiger Williams (320)
Plus/minusJay Wells (+7)
WinsBob Janecyk (14)
Goals against averageRollie Melanson (4.19)

The 1985–86 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 19th season in the National Hockey League.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Smythe Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Edmonton Oilers 80 56 17 7 426 310 119
Calgary Flames 80 40 31 9 354 315 89
Winnipeg Jets 80 26 47 7 295 372 59
Vancouver Canucks 80 23 44 13 282 333 59
Los Angeles Kings 80 23 49 8 284 389 54

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[]

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 10, 1985 5–6 Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 0–1–0
2 L October 12, 1985 4–5 OT New York Islanders (1985–86) 0–2–0
3 L October 13, 1985 2–9 Calgary Flames (1985–86) 0–3–0
4 W October 16, 1985 4–3 New York Rangers (1985–86) 1–3–0
5 L October 18, 1985 4–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 1–4–0
6 L October 20, 1985 5–8 Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 1–5–0
7 L October 22, 1985 2–5 Boston Bruins (1985–86) 1–6–0
8 L October 25, 1985 0–5 @ New York Rangers (1985–86) 1–7–0
9 L October 26, 1985 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 1–8–0
10 W October 29, 1985 3–2 @ New York Islanders (1985–86) 2–8–0
11 L October 31, 1985 4–7 @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 2–9–0
12 W November 2, 1985 8–1 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 3–9–0
13 L November 3, 1985 4–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 3–10–0
14 T November 6, 1985 4–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 3–10–1
15 L November 9, 1985 0–6 Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 3–11–1
16 L November 13, 1985 2–7 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 3–12–1
17 W November 16, 1985 4–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 4–12–1
18 L November 19, 1985 3–6 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 4–13–1
19 W November 21, 1985 5–4 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 5–13–1
20 L November 23, 1985 2–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 5–14–1
21 T November 24, 1985 4–4 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 5–14–2
22 L November 27, 1985 0–9 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 5–15–2
23 T November 30, 1985 4–4 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 5–15–3
24 L December 3, 1985 4–8 Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 5–16–3
25 T December 5, 1985 6–6 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 5–16–4
26 W December 7, 1985 3–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 6–16–4
27 W December 8, 1985 4–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 7–16–4
28 L December 10, 1985 5–6 @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 7–17–4
29 L December 12, 1985 0–5 @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 7–18–4
30 L December 14, 1985 4–5 Washington Capitals (1985–86) 7–19–4
31 W December 18, 1985 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 8–19–4
32 L December 20, 1985 4–9 @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 8–20–4
33 L December 21, 1985 2–6 Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 8–21–4
34 W December 28, 1985 5–4 Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 9–21–4
35 W December 30, 1985 4–2 Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 10–21–4
36 L January 2, 1986 4–7 Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 10–22–4
37 W January 4, 1986 6–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 11–22–4
38 W January 5, 1986 3–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 12–22–4
39 L January 8, 1986 3–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 12–23–4
40 W January 10, 1986 4–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 13–23–4
41 T January 11, 1986 4–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 13–23–5
42 L January 15, 1986 3–4 New York Rangers (1985–86) 13–24–5
43 W January 17, 1986 9–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 14–24–5
44 T January 18, 1986 4–4 OT Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 14–24–6
45 W January 21, 1986 6–3 St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 15–24–6
46 L January 23, 1986 3–4 St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 15–25–6
47 L January 25, 1986 2–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 15–26–6
48 L January 27, 1986 3–6 @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 15–27–6
49 W January 29, 1986 4–3 Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 16–27–6
50 W February 1, 1986 9–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 17–27–6
51 L February 2, 1986 3–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 17–28–6
52 L February 6, 1986 2–7 @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 17–29–6
53 L February 8, 1986 3–4 New York Islanders (1985–86) 17–30–6
54 L February 9, 1986 3–7 Calgary Flames (1985–86) 17–31–6
55 L February 12, 1986 2–5 Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 17–32–6
56 L February 15, 1986 1–4 Washington Capitals (1985–86) 17–33–6
57 W February 17, 1986 3–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 18–33–6
58 W February 18, 1986 5–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 19–33–6
59 L February 20, 1986 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 19–34–6
60 W February 22, 1986 5–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 20–34–6
61 L February 24, 1986 5–6 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 20–35–6
62 L February 27, 1986 3–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) 20–36–6
63 L March 1, 1986 4–6 Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 20–37–6
64 L March 2, 1986 1–5 Calgary Flames (1985–86) 20–38–6
65 L March 5, 1986 3–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 20–39–6
66 T March 6, 1986 5–5 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 20–39–7
67 L March 9, 1986 3–7 Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 20–40–7
68 L March 12, 1986 0–3 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 20–41–7
69 W March 15, 1986 5–3 Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 21–41–7
70 L March 17, 1986 6–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 21–42–7
71 W March 18, 1986 5–2 @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 22–42–7
72 L March 20, 1986 3–6 @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 22–43–7
73 L March 22, 1986 3–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 22–44–7
74 L March 23, 1986 1–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 22–45–7
75 W March 26, 1986 7–3 Calgary Flames (1985–86) 23–45–7
76 L March 28, 1986 1–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 23–46–7
77 L March 29, 1986 3–5 Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 23–47–7
78 L March 31, 1986 2–5 Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 23–48–7
79 T April 2, 1986 4–4 OT Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 23–48–8
80 L April 5, 1986 3–5 Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 23–49–8

Playoffs[]

  • The Kings did not qualify for the postseason for the seventh time in franchise history.

Player statistics[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bernie Nicholls C 80 36 61 97 78 -5 10 4 0
Marcel Dionne C 80 36 58 94 42 -22 11 0 4
Dave Taylor RW 76 33 38 71 110 -16 11 0 1
Tiger Williams LW 72 20 29 49 320 -6 5 0 1
Phil Sykes LW 76 20 24 44 97 -26 1 2 4
Bryan Erickson RW 55 20 23 43 36 1 6 0 4
Jay Wells D 79 11 31 42 226 7 4 0 2
Jim Fox RW 39 14 17 31 2 -9 2 0 0
Joe Paterson LW 47 9 18 27 153 -7 2 0 1
Mark Hardy D 55 6 21 27 71 -11 2 1 1
Grant Ledyard D 52 7 18 25 78 -22 4 0 2
Craig Redmond D 73 6 18 24 57 -34 3 0 0
Garry Galley D 49 9 13 22 46 -9 1 0 1
Morris Lukowich LW 55 11 9 20 51 -19 0 0 0
Doug Smith C 48 8 9 17 56 -29 1 1 0
Brian Engblom D 49 3 13 16 61 -13 0 0 0
John Paul Kelly LW 61 6 9 15 50 -17 0 0 0
Brian MacLellan LW 27 5 8 13 19 -13 4 0 0
Brian Wilks C 43 4 8 12 25 -7 0 0 0
Dean Kennedy D 78 2 10 12 132 -10 0 0 0
Paul Guay RW 23 3 3 6 18 -6 0 0 0
Len Hachborn C 24 4 1 5 2 -9 1 0 0
Anders Hakansson LW 38 4 1 5 8 -8 0 0 2
Bob Mongrain C 11 2 3 5 2 -3 0 0 0
Sean McKenna RW 30 4 0 4 7 -15 0 1 0
Rick Lapointe D 20 0 4 4 18 -13 0 0 0
Glen Currie C 12 1 2 3 9 0 1 0 0
Bob Janecyk G 38 0 2 2 11 0 0 0 0
Dan Brennan LW 6 0 1 1 9 -1 0 0 0
Craig Duncanson LW 2 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Darren Eliot G 27 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Ken Hammond D 3 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Roland Melanson G 22 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0
Lyle Phair LW 15 0 1 1 2 -12 0 0 0
Larry Playfair D 14 0 1 1 26 -14 0 0 0
Al Tuer D 45 0 1 1 150 -16 0 0 0
Dave Gans C 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Glenn Healy G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Bob Janecyk 2083 38 14 16 4 162 4.67 0 1130 968 .857
Darren Eliot 1481 27 5 17 3 121 4.90 0 801 680 .849
Roland Melanson 1246 22 4 16 1 87 4.19 0 654 567 .867
Glenn Healy 51 1 0 0 0 6 7.06 0 35 29 .829
Team: 4861 80 23 49 8 376 4.64 0 2620 2244 .856

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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[]

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1985–86 season. [3]

Trades[]

May 31, 1985 To Los Angeles Kings
Dean Hopkins 		To Edmonton Oilers
Future considerations
September 9, 1985 To Los Angeles Kings
Glen Currie 		To Washington Capitals
Daryl Evans
October 11, 1985 To Los Angeles Kings
Paul Guay
4th round pick in 1986 - Sylvain Couturier 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Steve Seguin
2nd round pick in 1986 - Jukka Seppo
October 31, 1985 To Los Angeles Kings
Bryan Erickson 		To Washington Capitals
Bruce Shoebottom
December 6, 1985 To Los Angeles Kings
Len Hachborn 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Cash
December 9, 1985 To Los Angeles Kings
Roland Melanson
Grant Ledyard 		To New York Rangers
Brian MacLellan
4th round pick in 1987 - Mike Sullivan
December 18, 1985 To Los Angeles Kings
Joe Paterson 		To Philadelphia Flyers
4th round pick in 1986 -
January 29, 1986 To Los Angeles Kings
Larry Playfair
Sean McKenna
Ken Baumgartner 		To Buffalo Sabres
Brian Engblom
Doug Smith
April 22, 1986 To Los Angeles Kings
3rd round pick in 1987 - 		To Buffalo Sabres
8th round pick in 1987 -

Free agent signings[]

June 7, 1985 From Michigan State University (CCHA)
Lyle Phair
March 4, 1986 From EHC Kloten (NL)
Bob Mongrain

Free agents lost[]

July 23, 1985 To Philadelphia Flyers
Carl Mokosak
September 11, 1985 To New Jersey Devils
Archie Henderson
September 27, 1985 To Edmonton Oilers
Dean Hopkins

Waivers[]

June 18, 1985 To Montreal Canadiens
Steve Shutt
November 15, 1985 From Boston Bruins
Morris Lukowich

Draft picks[]

See also: 1985 NHL Entry Draft
Round # Pick # Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team
1 9 Craig Duncanson Left Wing  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
1 10 Dan Gratton Center  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
2 30 Par Edlund Left Wing  Sweden IF Bjorkloven (Sweden)
4 72 Perry Florio Defense  United States Kent High School, Connecticut
5 93 Petr Prajsler Defense  Czechoslovakia LTC Pardubice (Czechoslovakia)
7 135 Tim Flanagan Center  Canada Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
8 156 John Hyduke Goaltender  Canada Hibbing High School (USHS-MN)
9 177 Steve Horner Right Wing  Canada Henry Carr Crusaders (MetJHL)
11 219 Trent Ciprick Right Wing  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
12 240 Left Wing  Czechoslovakia Bratislava Slovan (Czechoslovakia)

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Farm teams[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "1985-86 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  3. ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
  4. ^ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1985e.html
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