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John Anderson's 1985-1986 season

Points
74
NHL#49
Goals
29
NHL#58
Assists
45
NHL#46
Plus/minus
+18
NHL#47
Games
79
97%
97% of 81

Right winger John Anderson was 28 years old when the 1985-1986 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Quebec Nordiques och Hartford Whalers. He played 79 of a possible 81 games and scored 29 goals and 45 assists for 74 points, 0.94 points per game. He moved from Quebec Nordiques to Hartford Whalers in March. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 13 points.

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

1985-1986Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    John Anderson opens the 1985-1986 season with Quebec Nordiques

    John was 28 years old when the 1985-1986 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI2–6QUE
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–0TOR
      W
      game 2/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE5–2WIN
      W
      game 3/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD1–4QUE
      W
      game 4/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE2–1PHI
      W
      game 5/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–4QUE
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE3–2MTL
      W
      game 7/802
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      QUE5–6NYI
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE4–4PIT
      game 9/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–6QUE
      W
      game 10/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE4–6HFD
      L
      game 11/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • November 1985
    • The game
      PHI5–3QUE
      L
      game 12/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–7QUE
      W
      game 13/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD4–3QUE
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE4–6CHI
      L
      game 15/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-10SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–5STL
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–3QUE
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM5–4QUE
      L
      game 18/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE5–7BUF
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      QUE0–3WSH
      L
      game 20/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      17
      points
      NHL#67
      7
      goals
      NHL#61
      10
      assists
      NHL#70
      QUE
      10-9-0W-L-OT21Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY3–1QUE
      L
      game 21/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–0BOS
      W
      game 22/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS0–2QUE
      W
      game 23/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • December 1985
    • The game
      VAN4–5QUE
      W
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–7QUE
      W
      game 25/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE4–1NYI
      W
      game 26/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–7QUE
      W
      game 27/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE1–1BOS
      game 28/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–9QUE
      W
      game 29/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE2–6BUF
      L
      game 30/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE2–3MTL
      L
      game 31/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH7–5QUE
      L
      game 33/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE3–4WSH
      L
      game 34/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–4QUE
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–5QUE
      W
      game 36/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–2HFD
      W
      game 37/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE7–2DET
      W
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE5–4NYR
      W
      game 39/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    Milestone

    John Anderson reaches 200 career goals

    in the game against New York Rangers · January 5

    • The game
      STL4–7QUE
      W
      game 40/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +3 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8039 of 40 played
      30
      points
      NHL#93
      12
      goals
      NHL#85
      18
      assists
      NHL#90
      QUE
      23-15-0W-L-OT48Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      EDM3–5QUE
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE5–1TOR
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      WIN5–4QUE
      L
      game 43/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE6–11HFD
      L
      game 44/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      -4+/-4SOG3PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      HFD5–2QUE
      L
      game 45/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3QUE
      W
      game 46/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–4QUE
      W
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–6QUE
      game 49/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE3–5MTL
      L
      game 50/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • February 1986
    • The game
      PHI2–2QUE
      game 51/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      QUE3–5BUF
      L
      game 52/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3QUE
      W
      game 53/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI5–8QUE
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      QUE4–3BOS
      W
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE5–2LAK
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–8EDM
      L
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE6–3CGY
      W
      game 58/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK5–4QUE
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE3–4NJD
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8058 of 60 played
      44
      points
      NHL#87
      20
      goals
      NHL#66
      24
      assists
      NHL#118
      QUE
      33-23-0W-L-OT70Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      QUE2–5MNS
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE2–4WIN
      L
      game 62/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS7–4QUE
      L
      game 63/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE6–2BUF
      W
      game 64/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG1SHP
      +2 assists
    • March 1986
    • The game
      BUF8–4QUE
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL6–3QUE
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE5–4BOS
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE6–3HFD
      L
      game 67/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD5–2MTL
      W
      game 68/803
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      NYI3–2HFD
      L
      game 69/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–11HFD
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +4+/-5SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      HFD6–4DET
      W
      game 71/801
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +2+/-7SOG
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      HFD5–2STL
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      LAK3–6HFD
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–5HFD
      game 74/802
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      MTL0–3HFD
      W
      game 75/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH6–6HFD
      game 76/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • April 1986
    • The game
      BUF3–5HFD
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–4WSH
      L
      game 78/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR1–7HFD
      W
      game 79/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      HFD4–3BOS
      W
      game 80/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    John Anderson closes the 1985-1986 season with 74 points

    Points
    74
    NHL#49
    Games
    79of 80
    99%
    Goals
    29
    NHL#58
    Assists
    45
    NHL#46
    P/GP
    0.94
    NHL#63
    +/-
    +18
    NHL#47
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    200
    career goals
    10 i rad
    games with a point · 20 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Hartford Whalers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Hartford Whalers meet Quebec Nordiques

    HFDvsQUE
    Swedes on Hartford Whalers
    Swedes on Quebec Nordiques
    • Game 1
      HFD3–2QUE
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Hartford Whalerslead1–0againstQuebec Nordiques
    • Game 2
      HFD4–1QUE
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Hartford Whalerslead2–0againstQuebec Nordiques
    • Game 3
      QUE4–9HFD
      W
      1
      His night
      +6P+2G+4A
      +4+/-7SOG3PPP
      +6 points
    First round

    Hartford Whalers knock Quebec Nordiques out 3–0

    HFD3–0QUE
    Advance
    3Games7Points3Goals4Assists
    5 days later
    Second round

    Hartford Whalers meet Montréal Canadiens

    HFDvsMTL
    Swedes on Hartford Whalers
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    • Game 1
      HFD4–1MTL
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Hartford Whalerslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      HFD1–3MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Hartford Whalersare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL4–1HFD
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstHartford Whalers
    • Game 4
      MTL1–2HFD
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • Hartford Whalersare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      HFD3–5MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstHartford Whalers
    • Game 6
      MTL0–1HFD
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • Hartford Whalersare3–3withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 7
      HFD1–2MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    Second round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Hartford Whalers out 4–3

    HFD3–4MTL
    Eliminated
    7Games6Points2Goals4Assists
    The run in numbers

    John Anderson ends the 1985-1986 playoffs with 13 points

    Points
    13
    NHL#23
    Games
    10
    Goals
    5
    NHL#23
    Assists
    8
    NHL#22
    P/GP
    1.30
    NHL#4
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#39
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    10
    playoff assists
    6 points
    best game
    QUE3–0→MTL3–4