You Are Here > Hockey-Reference.com > Teams > Boston Bruins > 1985-86 > Schedule and Results

1985-86 Boston Bruins Schedule and Results

Franchise Index: Previous Season ▪ Next Season

37-31-12 (86 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 311 goals, Allowed 288 goals, SRS: 0.40 (8th of 21)
Coached by Butch Goring (37-31-12)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (3-0) versus Montreal Canadiens

1985-86 Boston Bruins:

Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 10, 1985 Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 12, 1985 @ Detroit Red Wings W 9 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sun, Oct 13, 1985 Montreal Canadiens W 7 2 3 0 0 W 3
4 Wed, Oct 16, 1985 @ Vancouver Canucks T OT 3 3 3 0 1 T 1
5 Fri, Oct 18, 1985 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 3 3 1 1 L 1
6 Sat, Oct 19, 1985 @ Calgary Flames W 6 3 4 1 1 W 1
7 Tue, Oct 22, 1985 @ Los Angeles Kings W 5 2 5 1 1 W 2
8 Sun, Oct 27, 1985 @ New York Rangers L 1 2 5 2 1 L 1
9 Tue, Oct 29, 1985 @ New Jersey Devils W 6 4 6 2 1 W 1
10 Thu, Oct 31, 1985 Los Angeles Kings W 7 4 7 2 1 W 2
11 Sat, Nov 2, 1985 Chicago Black Hawks W 5 4 8 2 1 W 3
12 Tue, Nov 5, 1985 @ Quebec Nordiques L 5 7 8 3 1 L 1
13 Thu, Nov 7, 1985 Hartford Whalers W 2 1 9 3 1 W 1
14 Sat, Nov 9, 1985 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 3 5 9 4 1 L 1
15 Sun, Nov 10, 1985 Minnesota North Stars W 2 1 10 4 1 W 1
16 Wed, Nov 13, 1985 @ Buffalo Sabres L 4 6 10 5 1 L 1
17 Thu, Nov 14, 1985 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T OT 6 6 10 5 2 T 1
18 Sat, Nov 16, 1985 Washington Capitals T OT 2 2 10 5 3 T 2
19 Mon, Nov 18, 1985 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 6 10 6 3 L 1
20 Thu, Nov 21, 1985 New York Islanders T OT 4 4 10 6 4 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 23, 1985 Philadelphia Flyers W 5 4 11 6 4 W 1
22 Thu, Nov 28, 1985 Quebec Nordiques L 0 3 11 7 4 L 1
23 Sat, Nov 30, 1985 @ Quebec Nordiques L 0 2 11 8 4 L 2
24 Sun, Dec 1, 1985 New Jersey Devils W 4 2 12 8 4 W 1
25 Thu, Dec 5, 1985 Montreal Canadiens W 8 6 13 8 4 W 2
26 Sat, Dec 7, 1985 @ Hartford Whalers L 2 7 13 9 4 L 1
27 Sun, Dec 8, 1985 Buffalo Sabres T OT 3 3 13 9 5 T 1
28 Tue, Dec 10, 1985 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 4 7 13 10 5 L 1
29 Thu, Dec 12, 1985 Quebec Nordiques T OT 1 1 13 10 6 T 1
30 Sat, Dec 14, 1985 New York Rangers W 4 2 14 10 6 W 1
31 Thu, Dec 19, 1985 Hartford Whalers W 2 1 15 10 6 W 2
32 Sat, Dec 21, 1985 Minnesota North Stars W 5 2 16 10 6 W 3
33 Sun, Dec 22, 1985 @ Buffalo Sabres L 3 5 16 11 6 L 1
34 Thu, Dec 26, 1985 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 4 16 12 6 L 2
35 Sat, Dec 28, 1985 @ St. Louis Blues W 5 1 17 12 6 W 1
36 Sun, Dec 29, 1985 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 3 4 17 13 6 L 1
37 Tue, Dec 31, 1985 @ Buffalo Sabres T OT 6 6 17 13 7 T 1
38 Thu, Jan 2, 1986 @ New York Islanders L 5 7 17 14 7 L 1
39 Sat, Jan 4, 1986 Buffalo Sabres W 4 0 18 14 7 W 1
40 Wed, Jan 8, 1986 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 5 18 15 7 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 9, 1986 St. Louis Blues L 2 7 18 16 7 L 2
42 Sat, Jan 11, 1986 Winnipeg Jets W 8 4 19 16 7 W 1
43 Mon, Jan 13, 1986 Edmonton Oilers L 3 5 19 17 7 L 1
44 Thu, Jan 16, 1986 Calgary Flames W 3 2 20 17 7 W 1
45 Sun, Jan 19, 1986 @ Winnipeg Jets W 2 1 21 17 7 W 2
46 Wed, Jan 22, 1986 @ Detroit Red Wings L OT 5 6 21 18 7 L 1
47 Thu, Jan 23, 1986 Winnipeg Jets W 7 5 22 18 7 W 1
48 Sat, Jan 25, 1986 Detroit Red Wings W 6 3 23 18 7 W 2
49 Mon, Jan 27, 1986 Hartford Whalers W 6 3 24 18 7 W 3
50 Wed, Jan 29, 1986 @ Hartford Whalers W OT 5 4 25 18 7 W 4
51 Sat, Feb 1, 1986 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 2 25 19 7 L 1
52 Sun, Feb 2, 1986 Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 2 26 19 7 W 1
53 Thu, Feb 6, 1986 Buffalo Sabres L 6 8 26 20 7 L 1
54 Sat, Feb 8, 1986 New York Rangers L 2 3 26 21 7 L 2
55 Sun, Feb 9, 1986 Quebec Nordiques L OT 3 4 26 22 7 L 3
56 Tue, Feb 11, 1986 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 4 5 26 23 7 L 4
57 Sat, Feb 15, 1986 @ St. Louis Blues L 1 5 26 24 7 L 5
58 Sun, Feb 16, 1986 @ Minnesota North Stars W 5 3 27 24 7 W 1
59 Tue, Feb 18, 1986 @ Calgary Flames L 4 7 27 25 7 L 1
60 Sat, Feb 22, 1986 @ Edmonton Oilers W OT 6 5 28 25 7 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 23, 1986 @ Vancouver Canucks W 6 1 29 25 7 W 2
62 Tue, Feb 25, 1986 @ Quebec Nordiques W 7 4 30 25 7 W 3
63 Thu, Feb 27, 1986 Washington Capitals L 1 2 30 26 7 L 1
64 Sat, Mar 1, 1986 New Jersey Devils W 8 3 31 26 7 W 1
65 Sun, Mar 2, 1986 @ Hartford Whalers L 1 4 31 27 7 L 1
66 Thu, Mar 6, 1986 Quebec Nordiques L OT 4 5 31 28 7 L 2
67 Sat, Mar 8, 1986 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 8 31 29 7 L 3
68 Wed, Mar 12, 1986 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 2 32 29 7 W 1
69 Thu, Mar 13, 1986 Montreal Canadiens W 3 2 33 29 7 W 2
70 Sat, Mar 15, 1986 Vancouver Canucks T OT 1 1 33 29 8 T 1
71 Thu, Mar 20, 1986 Los Angeles Kings W 6 3 34 29 8 W 1
72 Sat, Mar 22, 1986 New York Islanders T OT 3 3 34 29 9 T 1
73 Sun, Mar 23, 1986 @ Hartford Whalers T OT 5 5 34 29 10 T 2
74 Tue, Mar 25, 1986 @ Washington Capitals L 3 6 34 30 10 L 1
75 Thu, Mar 27, 1986 Montreal Canadiens T OT 3 3 34 30 11 T 1
76 Sat, Mar 29, 1986 Buffalo Sabres W 2 1 35 30 11 W 1
77 Sun, Mar 30, 1986 @ Buffalo Sabres W 5 3 36 30 11 W 2
78 Thu, Apr 3, 1986 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 2 37 30 11 W 3
79 Sat, Apr 5, 1986 @ Quebec Nordiques T OT 2 2 37 30 12 T 1
80 Sun, Apr 6, 1986 Hartford Whalers L 3 4 37 31 12 L 1

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 9, 1986 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 3 0 1 0 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 10, 1986 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 3 0 2 0 L 2
3 Sat, Apr 12, 1986 Montreal Canadiens L 3 4 0 3 0 L 3