
1985-86 New York Rangers Statistics
Team Record: 36-38-6 - 78 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 8-8
Lost NHL conference finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 3-2
Division Finals - Defeated Washington Capitals 4-2
Conference Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-1
Coach: Ted Sator (36-38-6)
Location: New York, New York
1985-86 New York Rangers Results
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 36 wins and 38 losses and 6 ties for 78 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-8.
The Rangers scored 280 goals and yielded 276. Tomas Sandstrom netted 25 goals for New York, while Mike Ridley contributed 43 assists. John Vanbiesbrouck earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.32 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Ted Sator coached the team. The 1985-86 New York Rangers lost in the NHL conference finals.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Ridley | C | 80 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 69 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 150 | 14.7 |
Reijo Ruotsalainen | D | 80 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 47 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 228 | 7.5 |
Tomas Sandstrom | R | 73 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 109 | -4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 238 | 10.5 |
Ron Greschner | D | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 104 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 150 | 13.3 |
Bob Brooke | R | 79 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 111 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 13.5 |
James Patrick | D | 75 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 10.7 |
Mark Pavelich | C | 59 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 82 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 104 | 19.2 |
Mark Osborne | L | 62 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 80 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 11.9 |
Raimo Helminen | C | 66 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 10 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 8.0 |
Kelly Miller | L | 74 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 11.6 |
Brian MacLellan | L | 51 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 47 | -20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 9.8 |
Don Maloney | L | 68 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 56 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 12.4 |
Pierre Larouche | C | 28 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 4 | -6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 23.5 |
Peter Sundstrom | L | 53 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 12.7 |
Jan Erixon | R | 31 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
Tom Laidlaw | D | 68 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 103 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12.0 |
Willie Huber | D | 70 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 85 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 124 | 5.6 |
Mike Allison | L | 28 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
Barry Beck | D | 25 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 7.5 |
Grant Ledyard | D | 27 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 3.5 |
Dave Gagner | C | 32 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 9.8 |
Larry Melnyk | D | 46 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
George McPhee | L | 30 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
Steve Patrick | R | 28 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 37 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
Mike McEwen | D | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
Wilf Paiement | R | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
Rob Whistle | D | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 |
Chris Jensen | R | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
Mike Rogers | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
Jim Wiemer | D | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
Bob Crawford | R | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 61 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Richmond | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
Randy Heath | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Glen Hanlon | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kjell Samuelsson | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
Ron Scott | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Terry Kleisinger | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Feltrin | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1532 | 280 | 461 | 741 | 1474 | 54 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 2546 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Vanbiesbrouck | 61 | 3326 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 184 | 3.32 | 1625 | 1441 | .887 |
Glen Hanlon | 23 | 1170 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3.33 | 608 | 543 | .893 |
Terry Kleisinger | 4 | 191 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.40 | 109 | 95 | .872 |
Ron Scott | 4 | 156 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.23 | 56 | 45 | .804 |
Totals | 92 | 4843 | 36 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 274 | 3.39 | 2672 | 2398 | .897 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Ridley | C | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 19.4 | |
Reijo Ruotsalainen | D | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 | |
Tomas Sandstrom | R | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 7.7 | |
Ron Greschner | D | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33.3 | |
Bob Brooke | R | 16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 19.4 | |
James Patrick | D | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
Mark Osborne | L | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6.7 | |
Raimo Helminen | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
Kelly Miller | L | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.6 | |
Brian MacLellan | L | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 6.5 | |
Don Maloney | L | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 31 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | |
Pierre Larouche | C | 16 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 20.0 | |
Peter Sundstrom | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
Jan Erixon | R | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
Tom Laidlaw | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
Willie Huber | D | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 | |
Mike Allison | L | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
Larry Melnyk | D | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 46 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
George McPhee | L | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
Wilf Paiement | R | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16.1 | |
Rob Whistle | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
Jim Wiemer | D | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6.3 | |
Bob Crawford | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Glen Hanlon | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kjell Samuelsson | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 307 | 47 | 76 | 123 | 424 | -43 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 433 | 10.9 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Vanbiesbrouck | 16 | 899 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 3.27 | 477 | 428 | .897 |
Glen Hanlon | 3 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.80 | 32 | 26 | .813 |
Totals | 19 | 974 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 3.39 | 564 | 509 | .902 |