1985-86 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics

Record: 36-38-6 (78 points), Finished 4th in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ted Sator (36-38-6)

Primary Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Goals For: 280 (20th of 21), Goals Against: 276 (3rd of 21)
SRS: 0.13 (12th of 21), SOS: 0.08 (6th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-1) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Division Finals (4-2) over Washington Capitals
Won Division Semi-Finals (3-2) over Philadelphia Flyers

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +1800

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Recent Game Results

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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 York Rangers	80	36	38	6	78	.488	280	276	0.13	0.08	3.50	3.45	73	362	20.17	81	365	77.81	9	4	2546	11.0	2398	.885		3
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 York Rangers
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
14	Mike Allison	ca CA	LW	24	6-0	200	R/-	5	March 28, 1961
5	Barry Beck (C)	ca CA	D	28	6-3	216	L/-	8	June 3, 1957
13	Bob Brooke	us US	RW	25	5-11	195	R/-	2	December 18, 1960
32	Bob Crawford	ca CA	RW	26	5-11	180	R/-	5	April 6, 1959
20	Jan Erixon	se SE	RW	23	6-0	196	L/-	2	July 8, 1962
32	Tony Feltrin	ca CA	D	24	6-1	184	L/-	3	December 6, 1961
9	Dave Gagner	ca CA	C	21	5-10	188	L/-	1	December 11, 1964
4	Ron Greschner	ca CA	D	31	6-2	205	L/-	11	December 22, 1954
1	Glen Hanlon	ca CA	G	28	6-0	185	-/R	8	February 20, 1957
40	Randy Heath	ca CA	LW	21	5-8	160	L/-	1	November 11, 1964
23	Raimo Helminen	fi FI	C	21	6-0	185	L/-	R	March 11, 1964
27	Willie Huber	de DE	D	28	6-5	228	R/-	7	January 15, 1958
39	Chris Jensen	ca CA	C	22	5-11	180	R/-	R	October 28, 1963
44	Terry Kleisinger	ca CA	G	25	6-0	190	-/R	R	October 22, 1960
2	Tom Laidlaw	ca CA	D	27	6-2	215	L/-	5	April 15, 1958
24	Pierre Larouche	ca CA	RW	30	5-11	175	R/-	11	November 16, 1955
30	Grant Ledyard	ca CA	D	24	6-2	195	L/-	1	November 19, 1961
26	Brian MacLellan	ca CA	LW	27	6-3	220	L/-	3	October 27, 1958
12	Don Maloney	ca CA	LW	27	6-1	190	L/-	7	September 5, 1958
6	Mike McEwen	ca CA	D	29	6-1	185	L/-	9	August 10, 1956
21	George McPhee	ca CA	LW	27	5-9	170	L/-	2	July 2, 1958
30	Larry Melnyk	ca CA	D	25	6-0	195	L/-	4	February 21, 1960
10	Kelly Miller	us US	LW/C	22	5-11	195	L/-	1	March 3, 1963
19	Mark Osborne	ca CA	LW	24	6-2	205	L/-	4	August 13, 1961
11	Wilf Paiement	ca CA	RW	30	6-1	210	R/-	11	October 16, 1955
3	James Patrick	ca CA	D	22	6-2	202	R/-	2	June 14, 1963
11	Steve Patrick	ca CA	RW	24	6-4	206	R/-	5	February 4, 1961
16	Mark Pavelich	us US	C	27	5-8	170	R/-	4	February 28, 1958
41	Steve Richmond	us US	D	26	6-1	205	L/-	2	December 11, 1959
18	Mike Ridley	ca CA	C	22	6-0	195	L/-	R	July 8, 1963
17	Mike Rogers	ca CA	C	31	5-9	170	L/-	6	October 24, 1954
29	Reijo Ruotsalainen	fi FI	D	25	5-8	170	R/-	4	April 1, 1960
8	Kjell Samuelsson	se SE	D	27	6-6	235	R/-	R	October 18, 1958
28	Tomas Sandström	fi FI	RW	21	6-2	205	L/-	1	September 4, 1964
31	Ron Scott	ca CA	G	25	5-8	155	-/L	1	July 21, 1960
25	Peter Sundström	se SE	LW	24	6-0	180	L/-	2	December 14, 1961
34	John Vanbiesbrouck	us US	G	22	5-8	176	-/L	3	September 4, 1963
17	Rob Whistle	ca CA	D	24	6-2	195	R/-	R	April 30, 1961
6	Jim Wiemer	ca CA	D	25	6-4	216	L/-	2	January 9, 1961

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	Mike Ridley	22	C	80	22	43	65	-1	69	15	7	0	6	29	14	0	150	14.7			2.9	1.1	4.0
2	Reijo Ruotsalainen	25	D	80	17	42	59	22	47	11	6	0	2	25	17	0	229	7.4			3.7	5.7	9.3
3	Tomas Sandström	21	RW	73	25	29	54	-3	109	15	8	2	1	12	17	0	238	10.5			2.6	0.9	3.5
4	Ron Greschner	31	D	78	20	28	48	9	104	13	6	1	2	15	12	1	150	13.3			3.1	4.9	8.0
5	Bob Brooke	25	RW	79	24	20	44	6	111	16	6	2	1	15	3	2	178	13.5			1.6	1.3	2.9
6	James Patrick	22	D	75	14	29	43	12	88	11	2	1	1	15	14	0	131	10.7			2.4	4.9	7.3
7	Mark Pavelich	27	C	59	20	20	40	-3	82	12	8	0	3	11	9	0	104	19.2			1.8	0.7	2.6
8	Mark Osborne	24	LW	62	16	24	40	5	80	10	5	1	1	17	6	1	134	11.9			1.4	1.0	2.4
9	Raimo Helminen	21	C	66	10	30	40	0	10	6	4	0	2	16	14	0	125	8.0			0.9	0.9	1.8
10	Kelly Miller	22	LW	74	13	20	33	3	52	12	0	1	3	20	0	0	111	11.7			0.3	1.1	1.4
11	Brian MacLellan	27	LW	51	11	21	32	-21	47	3	8	0	1	14	7	0	113	9.7			1.0	0.2	1.1
12	Don Maloney	27	LW	68	11	17	28	18	56	11	0	0	1	12	4	1	89	12.4			0.0	1.4	1.4
13	Pierre Larouche	30	RW	28	20	7	27	-6	4	13	7	0	2	5	1	1	85	23.5			2.2	0.2	2.4
14	Peter Sundström	24	LW	53	8	15	23	7	12	8	0	0	1	15	0	0	63	12.7			0.1	0.9	1.0
15	Jan Erixon	23	RW	31	2	17	19	11	4	2	0	0	0	16	0	1	33	6.1			0.2	0.7	1.0
16	Tom Laidlaw	27	D	68	6	12	18	-2	103	5	0	1	0	11	1	0	49	12.2			0.3	3.7	4.0
17	Willie Huber	28	D	70	7	8	15	-10	85	6	1	0	2	7	1	0	124	5.6			0.1	3.4	3.6
18	Mike Allison	24	LW	28	2	13	15	4	22	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	26	7.7			0.1	0.5	0.6
19	Barry Beck	28	D	25	4	8	12	7	24	1	3	0	1	3	5	0	53	7.5			0.6	1.8	2.4
20	Grant Ledyard	24	D	27	2	9	11	-4	20	2	0	0	0	3	6	0	57	3.5			0.4	1.3	1.7
21	Dave Gagner	21	C	32	4	6	10	1	19	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	41	9.8			-0.3	0.5	0.2
22	Larry Melnyk	25	D	46	1	8	9	2	65	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	33	3.0			-0.2	2.7	2.5
23	George McPhee	27	LW	30	4	4	8	5	63	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	31	12.9			-0.3	0.5	0.2
24	Steve Patrick	24	RW	28	4	3	7	-7	37	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	20.0			-0.3	0.2	-0.1
25	Mike McEwen	29	D	16	2	5	7	-5	8	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	36	5.6			0.3	0.6	1.0
26	Wilf Paiement	30	RW	8	1	6	7	2	13	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	14	7.1			0.2	0.2	0.4
27	Rob Whistle	24	D	32	4	2	6	-1	10	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	30	13.3			0.1	1.8	1.8
28	Chris Jensen	22	C	9	1	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	18	5.6			0.0	0.2	0.1
29	Mike Rogers	31	C	9	1	3	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	20	5.0			0.0	0.2	0.2
30	Jim Wiemer	25	D	7	3	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	13.6			0.3	0.4	0.7
31	Bob Crawford	26	RW	11	1	2	3	2	10	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	6.7			-0.2	0.2	0.1
32	John Vanbiesbrouck	22	G	61	0	3	3	0	16				0	3			0		3320	54:26	0.0	0.0	10.0
33	Steve Richmond	26	D	17	0	2	2	2	63	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0.0			-0.2	1.1	0.9
34	Glen Hanlon	28	G	23	0	1	1	0	4				0	1			0		1164	50:38	0.0	0.0	4.0
35	Randy Heath	21	LW	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.1
36	Tony Feltrin	24	D	10	0	0	0	-4	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0			-0.2	0.4	0.2
37	Terry Kleisinger	25	G	4	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		190	47:33	0.0	0.0	0.6
38	Kjell Samuelsson	27	D	9	0	0	0	-1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0			-0.2	0.5	0.3
39	Ron Scott	25	G	4	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		156	38:53	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Total			80	280	461	741	54	1474	198	73	9	36	317	137	7	2546	11.0			24.7	46.0	85.4

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	John Vanbiesbrouck	22	61		31	21	5	184	1623	1439	.887	3.33	3	3320				90	20.3	2.57	10.0
2	Glen Hanlon	28	23		5	12	1	65	608	543	.893	3.35	0	1164				85	11.5	2.58	4.0
3	Terry Kleisinger	25	4		0	2	0	14	109	95	.872	4.42	0	190						3.47	0.6
4	Ron Scott	25	4		0	3	0	11	56	45	.804	4.24	0	156						3.47	0.0
	Team Total				36	38	6	274	2396	2122	.886	3.40	3	4830				91	27.5	2.63	14.6