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1985-86 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results

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Record: 50-23-7 (107 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bryan Murray (50-23-7)

Goals For: 315 (10th of 21), Goals Against: 272 (2nd of 21)
SRS: 0.58 (5th of 21), SOS: 0.04 (10th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-2) versus New York Rangers
Won Division Semi-Finals (3-0) versus New York Islanders

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 9, 1986 New York Islanders W 3 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 10, 1986 New York Islanders W 5 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sat, Apr 12, 1986 @ New York Islanders W 3 1 3 0 0 W 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
4 Thu, Apr 17, 1986 New York Rangers L OT 3 4 3 1 0 L 1
5 Sat, Apr 19, 1986 New York Rangers W 8 1 4 1 0 W 1
6 Mon, Apr 21, 1986 @ New York Rangers W 6 3 5 1 0 W 2
7 Wed, Apr 23, 1986 @ New York Rangers L OT 5 6 5 2 0 L 1
8 Fri, Apr 25, 1986 New York Rangers L 2 4 5 3 0 L 2
9 Sun, Apr 27, 1986 @ New York Rangers L 1 2 5 4 0 L 3