1985-86 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results

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 (11th of 21)

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

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +400

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	T	Streak
1	1985-10-10	@	New York Rangers	2	4	L		0	1	0	L 1
2	1985-10-12	@	New Jersey Devils	1	4	L		0	2	0	L 2
3	1985-10-13		Philadelphia Flyers	2	4	L		0	3	0	L 3
4	1985-10-16	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	6	5	W	OT	1	3	0	W 1
5	1985-10-18	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	1	W		2	3	0	W 2
6	1985-10-19		Buffalo Sabres	2	2	T	OT	2	3	1	T 1
7	1985-10-23	@	Calgary Flames	2	4	L		2	4	1	L 1
8	1985-10-25	@	Winnipeg Jets	7	7	T	OT	2	4	2	T 1
9	1985-10-27	@	Chicago Black Hawks	4	2	W		3	4	2	W 1
10	1985-10-29		St. Louis Blues	6	3	W		4	4	2	W 2
11	1985-11-01		New York Islanders	5	3	W		5	4	2	W 3
12	1985-11-02	@	New York Islanders	3	5	L		5	5	2	L 1
13	1985-11-05		Chicago Black Hawks	8	4	W		6	5	2	W 1
14	1985-11-06	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	1	W		7	5	2	W 2
15	1985-11-09		Calgary Flames	4	5	L		7	6	2	L 1
16	1985-11-12		Edmonton Oilers	5	2	W		8	6	2	W 1
17	1985-11-15		Vancouver Canucks	5	3	W		9	6	2	W 2
18	1985-11-16	@	Boston Bruins	2	2	T	OT	9	6	3	T 1
19	1985-11-19		Pittsburgh Penguins	4	3	W		10	6	3	W 1
20	1985-11-20	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	1	W		11	6	3	W 2
21	1985-11-23		Quebec Nordiques	3	0	W		12	6	3	W 3
22	1985-11-27		Montreal Canadiens	5	3	W		13	6	3	W 4
23	1985-11-29		New York Rangers	2	5	L		13	7	3	L 1
24	1985-11-30	@	New Jersey Devils	6	2	W		14	7	3	W 1
25	1985-12-05		St. Louis Blues	3	2	W	OT	15	7	3	W 2
26	1985-12-07		Vancouver Canucks	2	1	W		16	7	3	W 3
27	1985-12-10		Toronto Maple Leafs	3	2	W		17	7	3	W 4
28	1985-12-14	@	Los Angeles Kings	5	4	W		18	7	3	W 5
29	1985-12-17	@	Vancouver Canucks	4	4	T	OT	18	7	4	T 1
30	1985-12-18	@	Edmonton Oilers	5	2	W		19	7	4	W 1
31	1985-12-20	@	Winnipeg Jets	4	7	L		19	8	4	L 1
32	1985-12-22	@	Quebec Nordiques	7	5	W		20	8	4	W 1
33	1985-12-26		Quebec Nordiques	4	3	W		21	8	4	W 2
34	1985-12-28		Chicago Black Hawks	4	7	L		21	9	4	L 1
35	1985-12-29	@	New York Rangers	5	6	L		21	10	4	L 2
36	1986-01-01		New York Rangers	3	0	W		22	10	4	W 1
37	1986-01-03	@	New Jersey Devils	3	2	W		23	10	4	W 2
38	1986-01-04		New Jersey Devils	9	3	W		24	10	4	W 3
39	1986-01-07		Detroit Red Wings	4	3	W		25	10	4	W 4
40	1986-01-09	@	Philadelphia Flyers	0	4	L		25	11	4	L 1
41	1986-01-11	@	Minnesota North Stars	3	5	L		25	12	4	L 2
42	1986-01-14		Calgary Flames	3	4	L		25	13	4	L 3
43	1986-01-17	@	New Jersey Devils	4	3	W		26	13	4	W 1
44	1986-01-18		Philadelphia Flyers	5	2	W		27	13	4	W 2
45	1986-01-21		Minnesota North Stars	7	5	W		28	13	4	W 3
46	1986-01-24		New York Islanders	5	7	L		28	14	4	L 1
47	1986-01-25	@	Minnesota North Stars	6	3	W		29	14	4	W 1
48	1986-01-28	@	Detroit Red Wings	0	7	L		29	15	4	L 1
49	1986-01-29	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	5	L		29	16	4	L 2
50	1986-02-01		New Jersey Devils	5	4	W		30	16	4	W 1
51	1986-02-02	@	Hartford Whalers	5	4	W		31	16	4	W 2
52	1986-02-07		Montreal Canadiens	3	2	W		32	16	4	W 3
53	1986-02-08		Edmonton Oilers	5	4	W	OT	33	16	4	W 4
54	1986-02-12	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	1	8	L		33	17	4	L 1
55	1986-02-15	@	Los Angeles Kings	4	1	W		34	17	4	W 1
56	1986-02-18	@	New York Islanders	5	4	W		35	17	4	W 2
57	1986-02-19	@	Montreal Canadiens	4	4	T	OT	35	17	5	T 1
58	1986-02-22	@	Philadelphia Flyers	1	3	L		35	18	5	L 1
59	1986-02-23	@	Buffalo Sabres	1	4	L		35	19	5	L 2
60	1986-02-25		Detroit Red Wings	4	3	W	OT	36	19	5	W 1
61	1986-02-27	@	Boston Bruins	2	1	W		37	19	5	W 2
62	1986-03-01		New York Rangers	4	0	W		38	19	5	W 3
63	1986-03-02	@	New York Rangers	4	2	W		39	19	5	W 4
64	1986-03-04		New Jersey Devils	4	2	W		40	19	5	W 5
65	1986-03-08	@	New York Islanders	6	2	W		41	19	5	W 6
66	1986-03-09		New York Islanders	3	1	W		42	19	5	W 7
67	1986-03-11		Pittsburgh Penguins	5	3	W		43	19	5	W 8
68	1986-03-13	@	Philadelphia Flyers	0	2	L		43	20	5	L 1
69	1986-03-15	@	St. Louis Blues	5	4	W		44	20	5	W 1
70	1986-03-17	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	5	3	W		45	20	5	W 2
71	1986-03-18		Los Angeles Kings	2	5	L		45	21	5	L 1
72	1986-03-21		Winnipeg Jets	5	3	W		46	21	5	W 1
73	1986-03-23		Philadelphia Flyers	6	5	W		47	21	5	W 2
74	1986-03-25		Boston Bruins	6	3	W		48	21	5	W 3
75	1986-03-28		New York Islanders	3	4	L		48	22	5	L 1
76	1986-03-29	@	Hartford Whalers	6	6	T	OT	48	22	6	T 1
77	1986-04-01		Pittsburgh Penguins	5	3	W		49	22	6	W 1
78	1986-04-03		Hartford Whalers	4	2	W		50	22	6	W 2
79	1986-04-05		New York Rangers	4	4	T	OT	50	22	7	T 1
80	1986-04-06	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	5	L		50	23	7	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1986-04-09		New York Islanders	3	1	W		1	0	W 1
2	1986-04-10		New York Islanders	5	2	W		2	0	W 2
3	1986-04-12	@	New York Islanders	3	1	W		3	0	W 3
4	1986-04-17		New York Rangers	3	4	L	OT	3	1	L 1
5	1986-04-19		New York Rangers	8	1	W		4	1	W 1
6	1986-04-21	@	New York Rangers	6	3	W		5	1	W 2
7	1986-04-23	@	New York Rangers	5	6	L	OT	5	2	L 1
8	1986-04-25		New York Rangers	2	4	L		5	3	L 2
9	1986-04-27	@	New York Rangers	1	2	L		5	4	L 3

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