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Clint Malarchuk's 1985-1986 season

Wins
26
NHL#9
Save pct
.895
NHL#7
GAA
3.21
NHL#10
Shutouts
4
NHL#2
Games
46
57%
57% of 80

Goaltender Clint Malarchuk was 24 years old when the 1985-1986 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Quebec Nordiques. He played 46 games and won 26 of them, at .895. In the playoffs he played 3 games and won 0.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1985-1986Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Clint Malarchuk plays the 1985-1986 season for Quebec Nordiques

    QUEQuebec Nordiques

    Clint was 24 years old when the 1985-1986 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Clint Malarchuk's season starts in game 15 of 80

    Quebec Nordiques have played 14 games14 of 80 without him
    • The game
      QUE4–6CHI
      L
      game 15/80
      His night
      .818SV%
      27SV33SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .818
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM5–4QUE
      L
      game 18/80
      His night
      .861SV%
      31SV36SA5GA59:53TOIL
      .861
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE0–3WSH
      L
      game 20/802
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 803 of 20 started
      0
      wins
      .857
      SV%
      4.7
      GAA
      QUE
      10-9-0W-L-OT21Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      QUE3–0BOS
      W
      game 22/802
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      27SV27SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    Milestone

    Clint Malarchuk records his first NHL shutout

    in the game against Boston Bruins · November 28

    • The game
      BOS0–2QUE
      W
      game 23/802
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      33SV33SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • December 1985
    • The game
      VAN4–5QUE
      W
      game 24/802
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .818
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE4–1NYI
      W
      game 26/803
      His night
      .971SV%
      33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE1–1BOS
      game 28/802
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA65:00TOI
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–9QUE
      W
      game 29/80
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE2–6BUF
      L
      game 30/801
      His night
      .838SV%
      31SV37SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .838
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE2–3MTL
      L
      game 31/802
      His night
      .929SV%
      39SV42SA3GA59:25TOIL
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH7–5QUE
      L
      game 33/803
      His night
      .774SV%
      24SV31SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .774
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE3–4WSH
      L
      game 34/803
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA59:34TOIL
      .867
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD1–5QUE
      W
      game 36/801
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE3–2HFD
      W
      game 37/801
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE7–2DET
      W
      game 38/80
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA59:54TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE5–4NYR
      W
      game 39/801
      His night
      .897SV%
      35SV39SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      STL4–7QUE
      W
      game 40/80
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .871
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8018 of 40 started
      10
      wins
      NHL#14
      .901
      SV%
      NHL#3
      3.1
      GAA
      NHL#3
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#1
      QUE
      23-15-0W-L-OT48Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      EDM3–5QUE
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE5–1TOR
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      .974SV%
      37SV38SA1GA59:45TOIW
      .974
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN5–4QUE
      L
      game 43/801
      His night
      .833SV%
      25SV30SA5GA59:24TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE6–11HFD
      L
      game 44/801
      His night
      .632SV%
      12SV19SA7GA42:39TOI
      .632
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3QUE
      W
      game 46/802
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA63:59TOIW
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE4–0NYR
      W
      game 47/802
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      32SV32SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–4QUE
      W
      game 48/80
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–6QUE
      game 49/802
      His night
      .813SV%
      26SV32SA6GA65:00TOI
      .813
      View the game
    • February 1986
    • The game
      PHI2–2QUE
      game 51/801
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA65:00TOI
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE3–5BUF
      L
      game 52/80
      His night
      .750SV%
      15SV20SA5GA58:58TOIL
      .750
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3QUE
      W
      game 53/801
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE4–3BOS
      W
      game 55/801
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA64:49TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE5–2LAK
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE2–8EDM
      L
      game 57/80
      His night
      .824SV%
      28SV34SA6GA43:22TOIL
      .824
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8032 of 60 started
      18
      wins
      NHL#8
      .895
      SV%
      NHL#4
      3.2
      GAA
      NHL#4
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#2
      QUE
      33-23-0W-L-OT70Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • March 1986
    • The game
      BUF8–4QUE
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      .789SV%
      30SV38SA8GA60:00TOIL
      .789
      View the game
    • The game
      STL6–3QUE
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      5SV5SA0GA20:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE5–4BOS
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA63:28TOIW
      .879
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE6–3HFD
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–1QUE
      game 69/803
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA65:00TOI
      .968
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY2–6QUE
      W
      game 70/802
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–3QUE
      W
      game 71/803
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE8–6MTL
      W
      game 72/803
      His night
      .778SV%
      21SV27SA6GA60:00TOIW
      .778
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5QUE
      W
      game 73/802
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT7–4QUE
      L
      game 74/802
      His night
      .767SV%
      23SV30SA7GA49:42TOIL
      .767
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE6–7VAN
      L
      game 76/803
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      7SV7SA0GA19:09TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE5–3LAK
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      .925SV%
      37SV40SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .925
      View the game
    • April 1986
    • The game
      DET0–4QUE
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      27SV27SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–2QUE
      game 80/802
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA51:20TOI
      .960
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Clint Malarchuk closes the 1985-1986 season with 26 wins

    QUEQuebec Nordiques
    Wins
    26
    Games
    46of 80
    57%
    Shutouts
    4
    SV%
    .895
    GAA
    3.21
    Starts
    44
    Events
    26
    career best in wins
    4
    career best in shutouts
    1
    First NHL shutout
    7 i rad
    straight wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Quebec Nordiques are in the playoffs

    First round

    Quebec Nordiques meet Hartford Whalers

    QUEvsHFD
    Swedes on Quebec Nordiques
    Swedes on Hartford Whalers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      HFD3–2QUE
      L
      2
      His night
      .919SV%
      34SV37SA3GA62:36TOIL
      .919
      View the game
    • Hartford Whalerslead1–0againstQuebec Nordiques
    • Game 2
      HFD4–1QUE
      L
      2
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .871
      View the game
    • Hartford Whalerslead2–0againstQuebec Nordiques
    • Game 3
      QUE4–9HFD
      L
      1
      His night
      .692SV%
      9SV13SA4GA19:57TOI
      .692
      View the game
    First round

    Hartford Whalers knock Quebec Nordiques out 3–0

    QUE0–3HFD
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round