1985-86 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 36-38-6 - 78 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Ted Sator (36-38-6)
1985-86 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 36-38-6 - 78 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Ted Sator (36-38-6)
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 36 wins and 38 losses and 6 ties for 78 points in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The team scored 280 goals and yielded 276. Tomas Sandstrom netted 25 goals for the team, while Mike Ridley contributed 43 assists. John Vanbiesbrouck earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.32 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Ted Sator coached the team. The 1985-86 New York Rangers lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ridley | C | 80 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 69 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 150 | 14.7 |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | D | 80 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 47 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 228 | 7.5 |
| Tomas Sandstrom | R | 73 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 109 | -4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 238 | 10.5 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 104 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 150 | 13.3 |
| Bob Brooke | R | 79 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 111 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 13.5 |
| James Patrick | D | 75 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 10.7 |
| Mark Pavelich | C | 59 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 82 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 104 | 19.2 |
| Mark Osborne | L | 62 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 80 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 11.9 |
| Raimo Helminen | C | 66 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 10 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 8.0 |
| Kelly Miller | L | 74 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 11.6 |
| Brian MacLellan | L | 51 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 47 | -20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 9.8 |
| Don Maloney | L | 68 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 56 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 12.4 |
| Pierre Larouche | C | 28 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 4 | -6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 23.5 |
| Peter Sundstrom | L | 53 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 12.7 |
| Jan Erixon | R | 31 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Tom Laidlaw | D | 68 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 103 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12.0 |
| Willie Huber | D | 70 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 85 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 124 | 5.6 |
| Mike Allison | L | 28 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Barry Beck | D | 25 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 7.5 |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 27 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 3.5 |
| Dave Gagner | C | 32 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 9.8 |
| Larry Melnyk | D | 46 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| George McPhee | L | 30 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Steve Patrick | R | 28 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 37 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
| Wilf Paiement | R | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Rob Whistle | D | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 |
| Mike Rogers | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Chris Jensen | R | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Jim Wiemer | D | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Bob Crawford | R | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 61 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Richmond | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Randy Heath | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Glen Hanlon | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kjell Samuelsson | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Ron Scott | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Kleisinger | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Feltrin | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1532 | 280 | 461 | 741 | 1474 | 54 | 73 | 9 | 36 | 4 | 2546 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hanlon | 23 | 1170 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3.33 | 608 | 543 | .893 |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 61 | 3326 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 3.32 | 1625 | 1441 | .887 |
| Terry Kleisinger | 4 | 191 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.40 | 109 | 95 | .872 |
| Ron Scott | 4 | 156 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.23 | 56 | 45 | .804 |
| Totals | 92 | 4843 | 36 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 274 | 3.39 | 2398 | 2124 | .886 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ridley | C | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 19.4 | |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | D | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 | |
| Tomas Sandstrom | R | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 7.7 | |
| Ron Greschner | D | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33.3 | |
| Bob Brooke | R | 16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 19.4 | |
| James Patrick | D | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Mark Osborne | L | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 6.7 | |
| Raimo Helminen | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Kelly Miller | L | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17.6 | |
| Brian MacLellan | L | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 6.5 | |
| Don Maloney | L | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 31 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Pierre Larouche | C | 16 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 20.0 | |
| Peter Sundstrom | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Jan Erixon | R | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Tom Laidlaw | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Willie Huber | D | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 | |
| Mike Allison | L | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Larry Melnyk | D | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 46 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| George McPhee | L | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Wilf Paiement | R | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16.1 | |
| Rob Whistle | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Wiemer | D | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Bob Crawford | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Hanlon | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kjell Samuelsson | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 307 | 47 | 76 | 123 | 424 | -43 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 433 | 10.9 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hanlon | 3 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.80 | 38 | 32 | .842 |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 16 | 899 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 3.27 | 526 | 477 | .907 |
| Totals | 19 | 974 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 3.39 | 564 | 509 | .902 |
