1985–86 Los Angeles Kings season

1985–86 Los Angeles Kings
Division	5th Smythe
Conference	Campbell
1985–86 record	23-49-8
Goals for	284
Goals against	389
Team information
General manager	Rogatien Vachon
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Dave Taylor
Alternate captains	Marcel Dionne Jay Wells
Arena	The Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Bernie Nicholls (36) Marcel Dionne (36)
Assists	Bernie Nicholls (61)
Points	Bernie Nicholls (97)
Penalty minutes	Dave Tiger Williams (320)
Plus/minus	Jay Wells (+7)
Wins	Bob Janecyk (14)
Goals against average	Rollie 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.

Record vs. opponents

Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Smythe Division 1985–86 NHL records[2] Team CGY EDM LAK VAN WIN Total Calgary — 1−6−1 7−1 4−2−2 6−1−1 18−10−4 Edmonton 6−1−1 — 6−0−2 7−0−1 6−2 25−3−4 Los Angeles 1−7 0−6−2 — 1−5−2 5−2−1 7−20−5 Vancouver 2−4−2 0−7−1 5−1−2 — 3−3−2 10−15−7 Winnipeg 1−6−1 2−6 2−5−1 3−3−2 — 8−20−4 Vs. Norris Division 1985–86 NHL records Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR Total Calgary 1−2 2−0−1 0−2−1 1−2 2−1 6−7−2 Edmonton 3−0 3−0 2−1 1−1−1 2−1 11−3−1 Los Angeles 0−1−2 1−2 2−1 1−1−1 2−1 6−6−3 Vancouver 0−3 3−0 2−1 0−3 2−0−1 7−7−1 Winnipeg 1−2 3−0 2−1 1−2 1−1−1 8−6−1 Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Adams Division 1985–86 NHL records Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total Calgary 1−2 1−1−1 1−2 1−2 1−2 5−9−1 Edmonton 2−1 1−2 3−0 3−0 2−1 11−4−0 Los Angeles 0−3 2−1 1−2 1−2 1−2 5−10−0 Vancouver 0−1−2 1−2 0−3 0−3 1−1−1 2−10−3 Winnipeg 0−3 1−2 1−2 1−2 2−1 5−10−0 Vs. Patrick Division 1985–86 NHL records Team NJD NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total Calgary 2−0−1 1−1−1 2−1 1−2 2−1 3−0 11−5−2 Edmonton 3−0 1−0−2 1−2 2−1 2−1 0−3 9−7−2 Los Angeles 1−2 1−2 1−2 0−3 1−2 1−2 5−13−0 Vancouver 1−2 1−1−1 0−3 1−2 1−2 0−2−1 4−12−2 Winnipeg 1−2 0−2−1 1−2 1−2 1−2 1−1−1 5−11−2

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.[4]

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 – Mark Bar
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 – Ross Wilson	To Buffalo Sabres 8th round pick in 1987 – Tim Roberts

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 Björklöven (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	Marian Horvath	Left wing	Czechoslovakia	Bratislava Slovan (Czechoslovakia)

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Farm teams

References

• Kings on Hockey Database

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1985-86 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
4. "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
5. "1985 NHL Entry Draft". hockeydb.com.