1985–86 Detroit Red Wings season

1985–86 Detroit Red Wings
Division5th Norris
Conference10th Campbell
1985–86 record17–57–6
Goals for266
Goals against415
Team information
General managerJim Devellano
CoachHarry Neale
Brad Park
CaptainDanny Gare
Alternate captainsMike O'Connell
Reed Larson

The 1985–86 season was the team's 60th season, their 54th season as the Red Wings. The Red Wings missed the playoffs by finishing dead last in the Norris Division, the Clarence Campbell Conference, and in the entire National Hockey League with a record of 17 wins, 57 losses and 6 ties, for a total of 40 points, the worst record in franchise history[1][2][3][4][5][6] In addition, they finished the season with the fewest goals scored of all NHL teams, the most goals against, and the most penalty minutes.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Chicago Black Hawks 80 39 33 8 351 349 86
Minnesota North Stars 80 38 33 9 327 305 85
St. Louis Blues 80 37 34 9 302 291 83
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 25 48 7 311 386 57
Detroit Red Wings 80 17 57 6 266 415 40

[7]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.

Record vs. opponents

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Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/− PPG SHG GWG
John Ogrodnick LW 76 38 32 70 18 −30 15 1 2
Kelly Kisio C 76 21 48 69 85 −21 7 3 0
Reed Larson D 67 19 41 60 109 −36 11 0 0
Petr Klima W 74 32 24 56 16 −39 8 0 4
Ron Duguay C/RW 67 19 29 48 26 −30 8 0 2
Warren Young C 79 22 24 46 161 −34 9 0 1
Steve Yzerman C 51 14 28 42 16 −24 3 0 3
Gerard Gallant LW 52 20 19 39 106 −10 3 1 2
Greg Smith D 62 5 19 24 84 −14 0 0 0
Claude Loiselle C 48 7 15 22 142 −27 2 0 1
Chris Cichocki RW 59 10 11 21 21 −8 1 1 0
Bob Probert LW 44 8 13 21 186 −14 3 0 0
Adam Oates C 38 9 11 20 10 −24 1 0 1
Dwight Foster RW 55 6 12 18 48 −13 1 1 0
Randy Ladouceur D 78 5 13 18 196 −54 0 0 1
Danny Gare RW 57 7 9 16 102 −19 1 0 0
Joe Kocur RW 59 9 6 15 377 −24 2 0 0
John Barrett D 65 2 12 14 125 −29 0 0 0
Jim Leavins D 37 2 11 13 26 −23 1 0 0
Mike McEwen D 29 0 10 10 16 −8 0 0 0
Mike O'Connell D 13 1 7 8 16 −6 0 1 0
Billy Carroll C 21 2 4 6 11 −8 0 0 0
Harold Snepsts D 35 0 6 6 75 −7 0 0 0
Lane Lambert RW 34 2 3 5 130 −11 0 0 0
Doug Shedden C 11 2 3 5 2 −1 2 0 0
Darren Veitch D 13 0 5 5 2 −9 0 0 0
Steve Richmond D 29 1 2 3 82 −18 0 0 0
Tim Friday D 23 0 3 3 6 −9 0 0 0
Ted Speers RW 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
Glenn Merkosky C 17 0 2 2 0 −12 0 0 0
Greg Stefan G 37 0 2 2 23 0 0 0 0
Shawn Burr LW/C 5 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0
Eddie Johnstone RW 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Bruce Eakin C 4 0 1 1 0 −4 0 0 0
Eddie Mio G 18 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 0
Ray Staszak RW 4 0 1 1 7 −3 0 0 0
Rick Zombo D 14 0 1 1 16 −10 0 0 0
Doug Houda D 6 0 0 0 4 −7 0 0 0
Mark LaForest G 28 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0
Basil McRae LW 4 0 0 0 5 −4 0 0 0
Barry Melrose D 14 0 0 0 70 −6 0 0 0
Corrado Micalef G 11 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Chris Pusey G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Greg Stefan 2068 37 10 20 5 155 4.50 1 1080 925 .856
Mark LaForest 1383 28 4 21 0 114 4.95 1 742 628 .846
Eddie Mio 788 18 2 7 0 83 6.32 0 453 370 .817
Corrado Micalef 565 11 1 9 1 52 5.52 0 342 290 .848
Chris Pusey 40 1 0 0 0 3 4.50 0 12 9 .750
Team: 4844 80 17 57 6 407 5.04 2 2629 2222 .845

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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

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This team set the NHL record for most fighting majors in a season with 154.

Transactions

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Draft picks

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Detroit'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 8 Brent Fedyk  Canada Regina Pats (WHL)
2 29 Jeff Sharples  Canada Kelowna Wings (WHL)
3 50 Steve Chiasson  Canada Guelph Platers (OHL)
4 71 Mark Gowans  United States Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)
5 92 Chris Luongo  United States St. Clair Shores Falcons (NAHL)
6 113 Randy McKay  Canada Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
7 134 Thomas Bjuhr  Sweden AIK IF (Sweden)
8 155 Mike Luckraft  United States Burnsville High School (USHS-MN)
9 176 Rob Schena  United States St. John's School (USHS-MA)
10 197 Erik Hamalainen  Finland Lukko (Finland)
11 218 Bo Svanberg  Sweden Färjestad BK (Sweden)
12 239 Mikael Lindman  Sweden AIK IF (Sweden)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1985-86 Detroit Red Wings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "Top Three Worst Seasons in Red Wings History". Octopus Thrower. November 3, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  3. ^ Jr, Dave Bartkowiak (March 2, 2020). "The 10 worst Detroit Red Wings seasons in history". WDIV. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  4. ^ Khan, Ansar (December 29, 2008). "Red Wings were NHL's worst team in 1985-86". mlive. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  5. ^ Kulfan, Ted. "Red Wings are bad, but will they be worst in franchise history?". The Detroit News. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  6. ^ Bultman, Max. "How does this Red Wings season stack up with the worst in NHL history?". The Athletic. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  7. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  8. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  9. ^ "1985-86 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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