1985–86 Winnipeg Jets season

1985–86 Winnipeg Jets
Division	3rd Smythe
1985–86 record	26–47–7
Goals for	295
Goals against	372
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson
Coach	Barry Long
Captain	Dale Hawerchuk
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Dale Hawerchuk (46)
Assists	Dale Hawerchuk (59)
Points	Dale Hawerchuk (105)
Penalty minutes	Laurie Boschman (241)
Wins	Brian Hayward (13)
Goals against average	Dan Bouchard (3.79)

The 1985–86 Winnipeg Jets season was their 14th season and 7th in the National Hockey League. The Jets finished 3rd in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Calgary Flames 3 games to 0.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	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: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	80	46	59	105	44	-27	18	2	2
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	77	27	42	69	241	-29	3	2	2
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	78	17	47	64	76	-29	2	3	1
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	RW	79	28	34	62	38	-17	13	0	3
MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	RW	69	27	29	56	74	-14	11	0	2
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	80	20	31	51	183	-18	6	0	2
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	D	68	16	33	49	93	-12	3	0	2
Neufeld, RayRay Neufeld	RW	60	20	28	48	62	-17	7	0	4
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	80	15	31	46	96	-38	2	0	1
Arniel, ScottScott Arniel	LW	80	18	25	43	40	-8	3	0	0
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	73	16	26	42	32	-10	1	3	4
Marois, MarioMario Marois	D	56	4	28	32	110	-22	0	0	0
Babych, DaveDave Babych	D	19	4	12	16	14	-1	2	0	0
Nill, JimJim Nill	RW	61	6	8	14	75	-6	0	0	1
Watters, TimTim Watters	D	56	6	8	14	97	-10	0	0	0
Wilson, RonRon Wilson	C	54	6	7	13	16	-2	0	2	0
Derlago, BillBill Derlago	C	27	5	5	10	6	-13	1	0	0
Lundholm, BengtBengt Lundholm	LW	16	3	5	8	6	-4	0	1	0
Picard, RobertRobert Picard	D	20	2	5	7	17	-2	0	0	1
McBain, AndrewAndrew McBain	RW	28	3	3	6	17	-11	0	0	0
Silk, DaveDave Silk	RW	32	2	4	6	63	4	0	0	1
Dollas, BobbyBobby Dollas	D	46	0	5	5	66	-3	0	0	0
Kyte, JimJim Kyte	D	71	1	3	4	126	-21	0	0	0
Melametsa, AnssiAnssi Melametsa	RW	27	0	3	3	2	-5	0	0	0
Hayward, BrianBrian Hayward	G	52	0	2	2	25	0	0	0	0
Stewart, RyanRyan Stewart	C	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eaves, MurrayMurray Eaves	C	4	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Berry, BradBrad Berry	D	13	1	0	1	10	1	0	0	0
Pooley, PaulPaul Pooley	C	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
McFall, DanDan McFall	D	7	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Campbell, WadeWade Campbell	D	24	0	1	1	27	-12	0	0	0
Bouchard, DanDan Bouchard	G	32	0	1	1	38	0	0	0	0
Tom Martin	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Douris, PeterPeter Douris	RW	11	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	D	18	0	0	0	48	-1	0	0	0
Behrend, MarcMarc Behrend	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hayward, BrianBrian Hayward	2721	52	13	28	5	217	4.79	0	1373	1156	.842
Bouchard, DanDan Bouchard	1696	32	11	14	2	107	3.79	2	790	683	.865
Behrend, MarcMarc Behrend	422	9	2	5	0	41	5.83	0	220	179	.814
Team:	4839	80	26	47	7	365	4.53	2	2383	2018	.847

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Marois, MarioMario Marois	D	3	1	4	5	6	-2	1	0	0
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	RW	3	1	2	3	6	-1	1	0	0
Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	C	3	0	3	3	0	-2	0	0	0
Neufeld, RayRay Neufeld	RW	3	2	0	2	10	-5	1	0	0
Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	C	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	0
Derlago, BillBill Derlago	C	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	RW	2	1	0	1	7	-2	0	0	0
Smail, DougDoug Smail	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Boschman, LaurieLaurie Boschman	C	3	0	1	1	6	-7	0	0	0
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	3	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	3	0	1	1	11	-5	0	0	0
Wilson, RonRon Wilson	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Silk, DaveDave Silk	RW	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Lundholm, BengtBengt Lundholm	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Berry, BradBrad Berry	D	3	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0
Dollas, BobbyBobby Dollas	D	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Kyte, JimJim Kyte	D	3	0	0	0	12	-2	0	0	0
Nill, JimJim Nill	RW	3	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti	D	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Arniel, ScottScott Arniel	LW	3	0	0	0	12	-2	0	0	0
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bouchard, DanDan Bouchard	G	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Behrend, MarcMarc Behrend	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hayward, BrianBrian Hayward	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Behrend, MarcMarc Behrend	12	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	7	7	1.000
Berthiaume, DanielDaniel Berthiaume	68	1	0	1	4	3.53	0	43	39	.907
Bouchard, DanDan Bouchard	40	1	0	1	5	7.50	0	22	17	.773
Hayward, BrianBrian Hayward	68	2	0	1	6	5.29	0	31	25	.806
Team:	188	3	0	3	15	4.79	0	103	88	.854

Note: Pos = Position; 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 Jets did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

Trades

October 14, 1985	To Quebec Nordiques 7th round pick in 1986 - Mark Vermette Cash	To Winnipeg Jets Dan Bouchard
November 21, 1985	To Hartford Whalers Dave Babych	To Winnipeg Jets Ray Neufeld
November 27, 1985	To Quebec Nordiques Robert Picard	To Winnipeg Jets Mario Marois
January 31, 1986	To Boston Bruins Wade Campbell	To Winnipeg Jets Bill Derlago

Free Agents

Player Former Team Pokey Reddick Undrafted Free Agent Dave Silk Detroit Red Wings Randy Gilhen Hartford Whalers

Gallery

See Also

• 1985–86 NHL season