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GP
Games played - Number of games the team has played
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W
Wins - Games the team has won, either in regulation or in overtime
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L
Losses - Games the team has lost in regulation
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T
Ties - Games that have ended in a tie
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PTS
Points - Team points, calculated from W, L, T, OTL and SOL; used to determine standings
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GF
Goals for - Number of goals the team has scored
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GA
Goals against - Number of goals scored against the team
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Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 43 | 31 | 6 | 92 | 330 | 289 |
Montreal Canadiens | 80 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 87 | 330 | 280 |
Boston Bruins | 80 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 86 | 311 | 288 |
Hartford Whalers | 80 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 84 | 332 | 302 |
Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 80 | 296 | 291 |
Roster 34 PLAYERS
# | SKATERS |
GP
Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice
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G
Goals - Number of goals the player has scored
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A
Assists - Number of goals the player has assisted in
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PTS
Points - Scoring points, calculated as the sum of G and A
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26 | Mats Naslund | 80 | 43 | 67 | 110 |
15 | Bobby Smith | 79 | 31 | 55 | 86 |
19 | Larry Robinson | 78 | 19 | 63 | 82 |
20 | Kjell Dahlin | 77 | 32 | 39 | 71 |
21 | Guy Carbonneau | 80 | 20 | 36 | 56 |
# | #1 GOALIE |
GP
Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice
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RECORD
Record - Goalie record (W-L-T)
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SO
Shutouts - Number of games where the goaltender has not allowed a goal
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GAA
Goals against average - Mean goals-per-game scored on the goaltender
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33 | Patrick Roy | 47 | 23-18-3 | 1 | 3.35 |
DATE | AWAY | HOME |
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10/10/1985 | MTL 5 | vs | PIT 3 | |
12/10/1985 | CHI 3 | vs | MTL 6 | |
13/10/1985 | MTL 2 | vs | BOS 7 | |
16/10/1985 | BUF 6 | vs | MTL 0 | |
19/10/1985 | MTL 6 | vs | HFD 11 | |
21/10/1985 | QUE 3 | vs | MTL 2 | |
23/10/1985 | MTL 5 | vs | BUF 4 | |
26/10/1985 | HFD 3 | vs | MTL 5 | |
29/10/1985 | MTL 4 | vs | QUE 6 | |
30/10/1985 | PHI 5 | vs | MTL 4 | |
2/11/1985 | PIT 4 | vs | MTL 4 | |
5/11/1985 | MTL 8 | vs | HFD 3 | |
6/11/1985 | MTL 3 | vs | MIN 3 | |
9/11/1985 | MTL 6 | vs | LA 0 | |
12/11/1985 | MTL 3 | vs | NYI 2 | |
13/11/1985 | MTL 2 | vs | NYR 5 | |
16/11/1985 | NYR 2 | vs | MTL 2 | |
18/11/1985 | BOS 2 | vs | MTL 6 | |
20/11/1985 | EDM 5 | vs | MTL 4 | |
23/11/1985 | CGY 3 | vs | MTL 4 | |
27/11/1985 | MTL 3 | vs | WAS 5 | |
29/11/1985 | MTL 5 | vs | BUF 2 | |
30/11/1985 | DET 1 | vs | MTL 10 | |
2/12/1985 | VAN 0 | vs | MTL 7 | |
5/12/1985 | MTL 6 | vs | BOS 8 | |
7/12/1985 | MTL 6 | vs | TOR 3 | |
11/12/1985 | MTL 3 | vs | HFD 1 | |
12/12/1985 | MTL 3 | vs | PHI 6 | |
14/12/1985 | CHI 3 | vs | MTL 6 | |
16/12/1985 | HFD 4 | vs | MTL 4 | |
18/12/1985 | QUE 2 | vs | MTL 3 | |
19/12/1985 | MTL 4 | vs | QUE 5 | |
21/12/1985 | BUF 1 | vs | MTL 3 | |
27/12/1985 | MTL 7 | vs | NJ 3 | |
28/12/1985 | NJ 3 | vs | MTL 8 | |
1/01/1986 | MTL 2 | vs | TOR 3 | |
3/01/1986 | MTL 7 | vs | WPG 3 | |
4/01/1986 | MTL 6 | vs | CGY 5 | |
6/01/1986 | STL 2 | vs | MTL 9 | |
8/01/1986 | BOS 3 | vs | MTL 5 | |
10/01/1986 | MTL 4 | vs | NYR 6 | |
11/01/1986 | EDM 6 | vs | MTL 3 | |
15/01/1986 | WPG 0 | vs | MTL 4 | |
17/01/1986 | MTL 4 | vs | BUF 5 | |
18/01/1986 | NYI 0 | vs | MTL 3 | |
20/01/1986 | MTL 2 | vs | QUE 3 | |
22/01/1986 | MTL 3 | vs | CHI 3 | |
23/01/1986 | MTL 5 | vs | MIN 2 | |
25/01/1986 | TOR 2 | vs | MTL 3 | |
27/01/1986 | BUF 1 | vs | MTL 4 | |
29/01/1986 | QUE 3 | vs | MTL 5 | |
1/02/1986 | BOS 1 | vs | MTL 2 | |
5/02/1986 | MTL 2 | vs | QUE 3 | |
7/02/1986 | MTL 2 | vs | WAS 3 | |
8/02/1986 | MTL 5 | vs | DET 3 | |
10/02/1986 | MIN 4 | vs | MTL 3 | |
13/02/1986 | MTL 3 | vs | NJ 4 | |
15/02/1986 | PHI 3 | vs | MTL 5 | |
17/02/1986 | LA 3 | vs | MTL 2 | |
19/02/1986 | WAS 4 | vs | MTL 4 | |
22/02/1986 | HFD 3 | vs | MTL 6 | |
24/02/1986 | MTL 2 | vs | EDM 3 | |
26/02/1986 | MTL 4 | vs | VAN 2 | |
1/03/1986 | MTL 6 | vs | LA 4 | |
4/03/1986 | MTL 3 | vs | NYI 6 | |
6/03/1986 | STL 7 | vs | MTL 4 | |
8/03/1986 | BOS 3 | vs | MTL 8 | |
10/03/1986 | HFD 5 | vs | MTL 2 | |
12/03/1986 | VAN 2 | vs | MTL 3 | |
13/03/1986 | MTL 2 | vs | BOS 3 | |
15/03/1986 | CGY 5 | vs | MTL 3 | |
17/03/1986 | QUE 8 | vs | MTL 6 | |
19/03/1986 | MTL 4 | vs | WPG 6 | |
22/03/1986 | MTL 2 | vs | STL 3 | |
26/03/1986 | MTL 0 | vs | HFD 3 | |
27/03/1986 | MTL 3 | vs | BOS 3 | |
29/03/1986 | PIT 3 | vs | MTL 4 | |
2/04/1986 | DET 3 | vs | MTL 6 | |
4/04/1986 | MTL 2 | vs | BUF 4 | |
5/04/1986 | BUF 2 | vs | MTL 4 |

THE REGULAR SEASON
Few hockey experts can could have ever predicted the extraordinary end of the season that awaits the Canadiens this year.For one thing, Jean Perron replaces Jacques Lemaire behind the bench, despite the fact that his NHL experience consists of one year as one of the team’s assistant coaches. He puts his stamp on the team by confiding lineup spots to no less than eight rookies at the end of training camp.
As a result, Patrick Roy, Brian Skrudland, Mike Lalor and Stephane Richer, all Calder Cup champions with the Sherbrooke Canadiens the previous season, join the Habs’ lineup along with fellow newcomers Steve Rooney, Shayne Corson, Sergio Momesso and Kjell Dahlin.
After playing one period in his NHL debut the previous season, Roy claims the starting goalie’s job and is backed up by veteran Doug Soetaert.
The Habs get off to an erratic start with nine wins in their first 20 games. On October 11, Perron’s team allows 11 goals – the most allowed by the team in a single game since 1938 – in an 11-6 loss to the Hartford Whalers. The Canadiens take it to the other extreme a few weeks later as they toy with the Detroit Red Wings in a 10-1 win before embarrassing the Vancouver Canucks, 7-0.
Mats Naslund continues to improve his offensive production and finishes the regular season eighth overall in league scoring with 110 points. He remains the most recent Canadiens player to record a 100-point season.
The Habs enjoy an outstanding January with 11 wins in 16 games over the course of the month.
Playing in Winnipeg on March 19, Larry Robinson becomes the fourth player in Canadiens history – after Jean Beliveau, Claude Provost and Henri Richard – to appear in 1,000 regular season games with the team.
The historic moment is tarnished by the game’s outcome, a 6-4 loss to the Jets. It is the Canadiens’ seventh loss in their last 10 games. The untimely slump drops the team out of the Adams Division lead, which is assumed by the Nordiques, who finish the season in first place with 92 points, five ahead of Montreal.
THE PLAYOFFS
In a bid to bind the team’s players together as they begin the playoffs, the Canadiens’ brass decides to sequester them on Montreal’s South Shore. In no time, the hotel where they are kept under “house arrest” is affectionately nicknamed Alcatraz by the players.The move appears to bear fruit right from the start of the playoffs as the Habs face the Boston Bruins in the first round.
The Canadiens pick up where they left off during the regular season, which saw them win five of eight games against Boston. They send the Bruins packing in short order with a three-game sweep to reach the division final. Rookie Claude Lemieux, who joined the team late in the season, scores the winning goal in Game 2 while Captain Bob Gainey scored two goals in Game 3.
Montreal faces the Hartford Whalers and their trio of talented young forwards, Ron Francis, Kevin Dineen and Ray Ferraro.
The series shapes up as a defensive struggle. After allowing four goals in the series opener in Hartford, Patrick Roy holds the Whalers to eight goals over the next four games. Meanwhile, Guy Carbonneau leads the way on offense with five goals in the first five games of the series.
Neither team takes control of the series, which goes the limit. In one of the Canadiens’ most memorable games of the 1980s, Lemieux scores his third game-winning goal of the playoffs as he beats Mike Liut in overtime, and the team advances to the conference final.
In the wake of their tense division final, the Habs quickly take care of business against the New York Rangers with a five-game series win. Once again, rookies Roy (nine goals allowed) and Lemieux (three goals, two assists) are standouts during the series. Roy will later call his performance against the Rangers in Game 3 at Madison Square Garden – a 4-3 overtime win in which he makes 44 saves – the best outing of his career.
In the Final, Perron’s team faces the Calgary Flames, who had previously knocked off Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers, the prohibitive Stanley Cup favorites, in seven games. It is the first All-Canadian Final in 19 years.
The Habs lose the opener 5-2 in Calgary. It’s the only loss the Canadiens will incur during the series. Brian Skrudland draws Montreal even in the series as he scores nine seconds into the extra frame in Game 2, the fastest goal from the start of overtime in NHL history. With the series shifted to the Forum, the Canadiens gain the upper hand in the Final with a 5-3 win.
Prior to Game 4, the team’s star rookies challenge each other: Roy will hand over his ubiquitous Walkman to Lemieux if he scores the winning goal. The sparkplug forward is up to the wager and delivers the game’s only goal, and the young goalie keeps up his end of the bargain and posts his first career playoff shutout.
Back at the Saddledome, the Habs win the fifth game and claim the 23rd Stanley Cup in team history. This title allows the Canadiens to move past the New York Yankees for the most championships won by any North American professional sports team.
Adams Division semi-finals - Boston Bruins | ||||
Date | AWAY | HOME | ||
April 9th, 1986 | BOS 1 | MTL 3 | ||
April 10th, 1986 | BOS 2 | MTL 3 | ||
April 12th, 1986 | MTL 4 | BOS 3 | ||
Canadiens won best-of-five series 3-0 |
Adams Division finals - Hartford Whalers | ||||
Date | AWAY | HOME | ||
April 17th, 1986 | HFD 4 | MTL 1 | ||
April 19th, 1986 | HFD 1 | MTL 3 | ||
April 21st, 1986 | MTL 4 | HFD 1 | ||
April 23rd, 1986 | MTL 1 | HFD 2 | ||
April 25th, 1986 | HFD 3 | MTL 5 | ||
April 27th, 1986 | MTL 0 | HFD 1 | ||
April 29th, 1986 | HFD 1 | MTL 2 | ||
Canadiens won best-of-seven series 4-3 |
Conference finals - New York Rangers | ||||
Date | AWAY | HOME | ||
May 1st, 1986 | NYR 1 | MTL 2 | ||
May 3rd, 1986 | NYR 2 | MTL 6 | ||
May 5th, 1986 | MTL 4 | NYR 3 | ||
May 7th, 1986 | MTL 0 | NYR 2 | ||
May 9th, 1986 | NYR 1 | MTL 3 | ||
Canadiens won best-of-seven series 4-1 |
Stanley Cup Finals - Calgary Flames | ||||
Date | AWAY | HOME | ||
May 16th, 1986 | MTL 2 | CGY 5 | ||
May 18th, 1986 | MTL 3 | CGY 2 | ||
May 20th, 1986 | CGY 3 | MTL 5 | ||
May 22nd, 1986 | CGY 0 | MTL 1 | ||
May 24th, 1986 | MTL 4 | CGY 3 | ||
Canadiens won best-of-seven series 4-1 |
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