1985–86 Washington Capitals season

The Washington Capitals are a professional American ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.; in the 1985–86 season, the team finished with 107 points and won 50 games for the first time in franchise history, good enough for the third-best record in the National Hockey League (NHL). However, they were bounced out of the playoffs in the second round by the New York Rangers.

1985–86 Washington Capitals
Division	2nd Patrick
1985–86 record	50–23–7
Goals for	315
Goals against	272
Team information
General Manager	David Poile
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Rod Langway

The 107 points scored by the Capitals in this season would not be surpassed until the 2008–09 season, when the team scored 108 points in the regular season.[1]

Offseason

The Washington Capitals picked up Yvon Corriveau in the first round (19th overall) of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

Regular season

The fifty wins which the Washington Capitals won during the regular season placed them second in the Patrick Division, after the Philadelphia Flyers, and earned them a berth in the playoffs, which would be the fourth consecutive time it had made the playoffs since the 1982–83 NHL season.

Final standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	53	23	4	335	241	110
Washington Capitals	80	50	23	7	315	272	107
New York Islanders	80	39	29	12	327	284	90
New York Rangers	80	36	38	6	280	276	78
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	34	38	8	313	305	76
New Jersey Devils	80	28	49	3	300	374	59

[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

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

Playoffs

The 1985–86 NHL season was the fourth time the Washington Capitals had made the playoffs, and finally defeated the New York Islanders in a playoff series three games to none. However, the Capitals were eliminated by the New York Rangers four games to two in a best of seven series.

Patrick Division Semi-finals

New York Islanders vs. Washington Capitals

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 9	New York	1	Washington	3
April 10	New York	2	Washington	5
April 12	Washington	3	New York	1

Washington wins best-of-five series 3–0

Patrick Divisional Finals

New York Rangers vs. Washington Capitals

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 17	New York	4	Washington	3	(OT)
April 19	New York	1	Washington	8
April 21	Washington	6	New York	3
April 23	Washington	5	New York	6	(OT)
April 25	New York	4	Washington	2
April 27	Washington	1	New York	2

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dave Christian	RW	80	41	42	83	15	3	18	2	4
Mike Gartner	RW	74	35	40	75	63	-5	11	2	4
Craig Laughlin	RW	75	30	45	75	43	24	10	0	4
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	70	23	52	75	26	9	8	4	6
Alan Haworth	C	71	34	39	73	72	36	7	0	5
Larry Murphy	D	78	21	44	65	50	2	8	1	2
Bobby Carpenter	C	80	27	29	56	105	-12	7	0	3
Greg Adams	LW	78	18	38	56	152	24	3	0	2
Scott Stevens	D	73	15	38	53	165	0	3	0	2
Gaetan Duchesne	LW	80	11	28	39	39	10	0	1	3
Bobby Gould	RW	79	19	19	38	26	7	0	3	5
Jorgen Pettersson	LW	47	8	16	24	10	-4	2	0	3
Peter Andersson	D	61	6	16	22	36	-8	3	0	3
Lou Franceschetti	RW	76	7	14	21	131	-4	0	0	2
Kevin Hatcher	D	79	9	10	19	119	6	1	0	1
Rod Langway	D	71	1	17	18	61	27	1	0	0
Darren Veitch	D	62	3	9	12	27	21	0	0	0
Gary Sampson	LW	19	1	4	5	2	-3	0	0	1
Mark Taylor	C	30	2	1	3	4	-4	0	0	0
Doug Jarvis	C	25	1	2	3	16	-5	0	0	0
Dwight Schofield	D	50	1	2	3	127	5	0	0	0
John Barrett	D	14	0	3	3	12	3	0	0	0
Greg Smith	D	14	0	3	3	10	3	0	0	0
Stephen Leach	RW	11	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
David Jensen	C	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Daryl Evans	LW	6	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Al Jensen	G	44	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Grant Martin	LW	11	0	1	1	6	-5	0	0	0
Yves Beaudoin	D	4	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Yvon Corriveau	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Ed Kastelic	W	15	0	0	0	73	0	0	0	0
Bob Mason	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Peeters	G	34	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Pat Riggin	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Al Jensen	2437	44	28	9	3	129	3.18	2	1168	1039	.890
Pete Peeters	2021	34	19	11	3	113	3.35	1	910	797	.876
Pat Riggin	369	7	2	3	1	23	3.74	0	133	110	.827
Bob Mason	16	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	5	5	1.000
Team:	4843	80	50	23	7	265	3.28	3	2216	1951	.880

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mike Gartner	RW	9	2	10	12	4	0	0	0
Scott Stevens	D	9	3	8	11	12	2	0	2
Alan Haworth	C	9	4	6	10	11	1	0	0
Bobby Carpenter	C	9	5	4	9	12	2	0	1
Dave Christian	RW	9	4	4	8	0	1	0	0
Gaetan Duchesne	LW	9	4	3	7	12	0	1	0
Bobby Gould	RW	9	4	3	7	11	0	0	0
Larry Murphy	D	9	1	5	6	6	1	0	0
Greg Adams	LW	9	1	3	4	27	0	0	0
John Barrett	D	9	2	1	3	35	0	0	1
Greg Smith	D	9	2	1	3	9	0	1	0
Rod Langway	D	9	1	2	3	6	1	0	0
Craig Laughlin	RW	9	1	2	3	10	0	0	1
Jorgen Pettersson	LW	8	1	2	3	2	1	0	0
Yvon Corriveau	LW	4	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Kevin Hatcher	D	9	1	1	2	19	0	0	0
Stephen Leach	RW	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Lou Franceschetti	RW	8	0	0	0	15	0	0	0
David Jensen	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Peeters	G	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Dwight Schofield	D	3	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
Mark Taylor	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Pete Peeters	544	9	5	4	24	2.65	0	253	229	.905
Team:	544	9	5	4	24	2.65	0	253	229	.905

[3]

Note: 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

• The 107 points scored by the Washington Capitals in this season would not be surpassed until the 2008–09 Washington Capitals season, when the team scored 108 points in the regular season.[1]
• Alan Haworth scored a goal in nine consecutive games, setting Washington record.[4]

Transactions

Roster

• Rod Langway (Defense)
• Mike Gartner (Right Wing)
• Larry Murphy (Defense)
• Kevin Hatcher (Defense)

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	19	Yvon Corriveau	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
2	40	John Druce	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
3	61	Rob Murray	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4	82	Bill Houlder	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4	83	Larry Shaw	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
5	103	Claude Dumas	Canada	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
6	124	Doug Stromback	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	145	Jamie Nadjiwan	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
8	166	Mark Haarmann	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
9	187	Steve Hollett	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
10	208	Dallas Eakins	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
11	229	Steve Hrynewich	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
12	250	Frank Di Muzio	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)

Farm teams

See also

• 1985–86 NHL season

References

2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
3. "1985-86 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
4. "Mike Green's scoring streak comes to an end". CBC News. February 15, 2009.

External links

• "1985–86 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.