1985-86 New Jersey Devils Roster and Statistics

Record: 28-49-3 (59 points), Finished 6th in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Doug Carpenter (28-49-3)

Goals For: 300 (15th of 21), Goals Against: 374 (18th of 21)
SRS: -0.76 (17th of 21), SOS: 0.16 (1st of 21)

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +20000

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
New Jersey Devils	80	28	49	3	59	.369	300	374	-0.76	0.16	3.75	4.68	70	355	19.72	103	400	74.25	5	5	2334	12.9	2490	.850		1
League Average	80	36	36	8	80	.500	317	317					82	370	22.10	82	370	77.90	11	11	2484	12.8	2484	.872		2

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
New Jersey Devils
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
24	Greg Adams	ca CA	C	22	6-3	195	L/-	1	August 15, 1963
11	Perry Anderson	ca CA	LW	24	6-1	225	L/-	4	October 14, 1961
31	Craig Billington	ca CA	G	19	5-10	170	-/L	R	September 11, 1966
18	Mel Bridgman (C)	ca CA	LW	30	6-0	190	L/-	10	April 28, 1955
10	Aaron Broten	us US	LW	25	5-10	180	L/-	5	November 14, 1960
8	Murray Brumwell	ca CA	D	25	6-2	190	L/-	4	March 31, 1960
30	Alain Chevrier	ca CA	G	24	5-8	180	-/L	R	April 23, 1961
2	Joe Cirella	ca CA	D	22	6-3	210	R/-	4	May 9, 1963
14	Pat Conacher	ca CA	C	26	5-8	190	L/-	3	May 1, 1959
3	Ken Daneyko	ca CA	D	21	6-1	215	L/-	2	April 17, 1964
5	Don Dietrich	ca CA	D	24	6-1	195	L/-	1	April 5, 1961
14	Dan Dorion	us US	C	22	5-9	180	R/-	R	March 2, 1963
23	Bruce Driver	ca CA	D	23	6-0	185	L/-	2	April 29, 1962
17	Paul Gagné	ca CA	LW	23	5-10	180	L/-	5	February 6, 1962
5	Alan Hepple	gb GB	D	22	5-9	200	L/-	2	August 16, 1963
28	Uli Hiemer	de DE	D	23	6-1	190	L/-	1	September 21, 1962
20	Tim Higgins	ca CA	RW	27	6-0	185	R/-	7	February 7, 1958
12	Mark Johnson	us US	LW	28	5-9	170	L/-	6	September 22, 1957
25	Dave Lewis	ca CA	D	32	6-2	205	L/-	12	July 3, 1953
4	Bob Lorimer	ca CA	D	32	6-1	200	R/-	9	August 25, 1953
29	Jan Ludvig	cs CS	RW	24	5-10	190	R/-	3	September 17, 1961
15	John MacLean	ca CA	RW	21	6-0	200	R/-	2	November 20, 1964
34	Kirk McLean	ca CA	G	19	6-0	180	-/L	R	June 26, 1966
7	Peter McNab	ca CA	C	33	6-3	210	L/-	12	May 8, 1952
9	Kirk Muller	ca CA	C	19	6-0	205	L/-	1	February 8, 1966
8	Dave Pichette	ca CA	D	25	6-3	190	L/-	5	February 4, 1960
19	Rich Preston	ca CA	RW	33	6-0	185	R/-	6	May 22, 1952
1	Glenn Resch	ca CA	G	37	5-9	165	-/L	12	July 10, 1948
5	Phil Russell	ca CA	D	33	6-2	205	L/-	13	July 21, 1952
34	Sam St. Laurent	ca CA	G	26	5-10	190	-/L	R	February 16, 1959
14	Allan Stewart	ca CA	LW	22	6-0	195	L/-	R	January 31, 1964
22	Doug Sulliman	ca CA	RW	26	6-2	210	L/-	6	August 29, 1959
27	Randy Velischek	ca CA	D	23	6-0	200	L/-	3	February 10, 1962
16	Pat Verbeek	ca CA	C	21	5-9	192	R/-	3	May 24, 1964
6	Craig Wolanin	us US	D	18	6-4	215	L/-	R	July 27, 1967

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Greg Adams	22	C	78	35	42	77	-7	30	25	10	0	2	31	11	0	202	17.3			4.6	0.7	5.3
2	Kirk Muller	19	C	77	25	41	66	-21	45	19	5	1	1	34	7	0	168	14.9			3.2	0.4	3.6
3	Mel Bridgman	30	LW	78	23	40	63	-3	80	17	5	1	1	27	12	1	135	17.0			2.8	0.8	3.7
4	Mark Johnson	28	LW	80	21	41	62	-12	16	14	6	1	3	23	18	0	167	12.6			2.5	0.6	3.2
5	John MacLean	21	RW	74	21	36	57	-3	112	20	1	0	4	30	6	0	139	15.1			2.4	0.8	3.2
6	Pat Verbeek	21	C	76	25	27	52	-25	79	20	4	1	0	19	7	1	159	15.7			2.4	0.3	2.6
7	Doug Sulliman	26	RW	73	21	22	43	-11	20	14	6	1	5	17	5	0	139	15.1			1.5	0.6	2.1
8	Peter McNab	33	C	71	19	24	43	-11	14	13	6	0	0	20	4	0	93	20.4			1.5	0.6	2.0
9	Aaron Broten	25	LW	66	18	25	43	2	26	14	4	0	1	18	7	0	157	11.5			1.6	0.8	2.4
10	Rich Preston	33	RW	76	19	22	41	3	65	16	3	0	2	16	6	0	118	16.1			1.1	1.0	2.1
11	Paul Gagné	23	LW	47	19	19	38	-14	14	15	4	0	3	15	4	0	91	20.9			2.1	0.2	2.3
12	Joe Cirella	22	D	66	6	23	29	-11	147	4	2	0	0	14	9	0	89	6.7			1.1	2.3	3.3
13	Tim Higgins	27	RW	59	9	17	26	8	47	7	2	0	1	16	1	0	90	10.0			0.1	0.9	1.0
14	Uli Hiemer	23	D	50	8	16	24	0	61	2	6	0	1	9	7	0	100	8.0			1.2	2.1	3.3
15	Perry Anderson	24	LW	51	7	12	19	-7	91	6	1	0	1	12	0	0	61	11.5			-0.2	0.4	0.2
16	Dave Pichette	25	D	33	7	12	19	-11	22	3	4	0	1	3	9	0	59	11.9			1.1	0.8	2.0
17	Bruce Driver	23	D	40	3	15	18	8	32	2	1	0	1	11	4	0	64	4.7			0.6	2.1	2.8
18	Craig Wolanin	18	D	44	2	16	18	-7	74	2	0	0	1	14	2	0	45	4.4			0.5	1.5	2.0
19	Dave Lewis	32	D	69	0	15	15	0	81	0	0	0	0	12	2	1	38	0.0			-0.3	3.0	2.6
20	Jan Ludvig	24	RW	42	5	9	14	-16	63	5	0	0	0	5	4	0	72	6.9			-0.3	0.1	-0.3
21	Ken Daneyko	21	D	44	0	10	10	0	100	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	48	0.0			-0.2	1.9	1.7
22	Randy Velischek	23	D	47	2	7	9	-20	39	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	24	8.3			-0.2	1.0	0.8
23	Phil Russell	33	D	30	2	3	5	-17	51	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	22	9.1			-0.1	0.4	0.3
24	Bob Lorimer	32	D	46	2	2	4	-13	52	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	28	7.1			-0.5	1.3	0.8
25	Alain Chevrier	24	G	37	0	3	3	0	0				0	3			0		1857	50:12	0.0	0.0	3.3
26	Dan Dorion	22	C	3	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	16.7			0.1	0.0	0.1
27	Pat Conacher	26	C	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.0			0.1	0.0	0.1
28	Don Dietrich	24	D	11	0	2	2	-8	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
29	Craig Billington	19	G	18	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		899	49:55	0.0	0.0	1.4
30	Murray Brumwell	25	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
31	Alan Hepple	22	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
32	Kirk McLean	19	G	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		110	55:13	0.0	0.0	0.1
33	Sam St. Laurent	26	G	4	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		188	47:01	0.0	0.0	0.7
34	Allan Stewart	22	LW	4	0	0	0	-1	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.2	0.0	-0.1
35	Glenn Resch	37	G	31	0			0	14				0	0			0		1762	56:51	0.0	0.0	3.6
	Team Total			80	300	505	805	-199	1408	225	70	5	28	375	126	4	2334	12.9			28.3	24.8	62.1

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Alain Chevrier	24	37		11	18	2	143	951	808	.850	4.62	0	1857				119	-23.3	3.59	3.3
2	Glenn Resch	37	31		10	20	0	126	883	757	.857	4.29	0	1762				113	-14.9	3.34	3.6
3	Craig Billington	19	18		4	9	1	77	482	405	.840	5.14	0	899				127	-16.3	4.01	1.4
4	Sam St. Laurent	26	4		2	1	0	13	111	98	.883	4.15	1	188						3.19	0.7
5	Kirk McLean	19	2		1	1	0	11	59	48	.814	5.98	0	110						4.89	0.1
	Team Total				28	49	3	370	2486	2116	.851	4.61	1	4816				118	-57.1	3.59	9.0