1985–86 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1985–86 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 77th season. The team won the Stanley Cup for the first time in seven seasons, and their 23rd overall.
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| LW | 80 | 43 | 67 | 110 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 7 | |
| C | 79 | 31 | 55 | 86 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| D | 78 | 19 | 63 | 82 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 77 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 3 | |
| C | 80 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 57 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| C/LW | 69 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 45 | -9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 80 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| LW | 70 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| RW | 56 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| RW | 65 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| RW | 72 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 274 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 41 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 61 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 62 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 34 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 12 | -10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 65 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| D | 73 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 93 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 24 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 46 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| D | 62 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 56 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 69 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 46 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 38 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 114 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 2651 | 47 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 148 | 3.35 | 1 | 1185 | 1037 | .875 | |
| 1215 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 2.77 | 3 | 533 | 477 | .895 | |
| 990 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 72 | 4.36 | 0 | 447 | 375 | .839 | |
| Team: | 4856 | 80 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 276 | 3.41 | 4 | 2165 | 1889 | .873 |
Playoffs
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| LW | 20 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 20 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| C | 20 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| D | 20 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 20 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| D | 20 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| LW | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| C | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C/LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 1218 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 39 | 1.92 | 1 | 506 | 467 | .923 | |
| Team: | 1218 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 39 | 1.92 | 1 | 506 | 467 | .923 |
Playoffs
Stanley Cup
Calgary Flames vs. Montreal Canadiens| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| May 16 | Montreal | 2 | Calgary | 5 | |
| May 18 | Montreal | 3 | Calgary | 2 | OT |
| May 20 | Calgary | 3 | Montreal | 5 | |
| May 22 | Calgary | 0 | Montreal | 1 | |
| May 24 | Montreal | 4 | Calgary | 3 |
Montreal wins the series 4–1.
Awards and records
- Kjell Dahlin, rookie scoring leader, 71 points
- Kjell Dahlin, NHL All-Rookie Team
- Mats Naslund, NHL Second Team All-Star
- Patrick Roy, Conn Smythe Trophy
- Patrick Roy, NHL All-Rookie Team
Transactions
1986 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions
, Doug Soetaert, Patrick Roy, Rick Green, David Maley, Ryan Walter, Serge Boisvert, Mario Tremblay, Bobby Smith, Craig Ludwig, Tom Kurvers, Kjell Dahlin, Larry Robinson, Guy Carbonneau, Chris Chelios, Petr Svoboda, Mats Naslund, Lucien DeBlois, Steve Rooney, Gaston Gingras, Mike Lalor, Chris Nilan, John Kordic, Claude Lemieux, Mike McPhee, Brian Skrudland, Stephane Richer, Serge Savard, Jean Perron, Jacques Laperriere, Eddy Palchak.Draft picks
Montreal's draft picks at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario.| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 1 | 12 | Jose Charbonneau | Drummondville Voltigeurs | |
| 1 | 16 | Tom Chorske | Minneapolis Southwest H.S. | |
| 2 | 33 | Todd Richards | Plymouth Armstrong High School | |
| 3 | 47 | Rocky Dundas | Kelowna Wings | |
| 4 | 75 | Martin Desjardins | Trois-Rivieres Draveurs | |
| 4 | 79 | Brent Gilchrist | Kelowna Wings | |
| 5 | 96 | Tom Sagissor | Hastings High School | |
| 6 | 117 | Donald Dufresne | Trois-Rivieres Draveurs | |
| 7 | 142 | Ed Cristofoli | Penticton Knights | |
| 8 | 163 | Mike Claringbull | Medicine Hat Tigers | |
| 9 | 184 | Roger Beedon | Sarnia Legionnaires | |
| 10 | 198 | Maurizio Mansi | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | |
| 10 | 205 | Chad Arthur | Stratford Cullitons | |
| 11 | 226 | Mike Bishop | Sarnia Legionnaires | |
| 12 | 247 | John Ferguson Jr. | Winnipeg South Blues |