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John Vanbiesbrouck's 1985-1986 season

Vezina Trophy
Wins
31
NHL#1
Save pct
.887
NHL#16
GAA
3.33
NHL#13
Shutouts
3
NHL#3
Games
61
76%
76% of 80

Goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck was 22 years old when the 1985-1986 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 61 games and won 31 of them, at .887. In the playoffs he played 16 games and won 8. He won Vezina Trophy.

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

1985-1986Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    John Vanbiesbrouck plays the 1985-1986 season for New York Rangers

    NYRNew York Rangers

    John was 22 years old when the 1985-1986 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH2–4NYR
      W
      game 1/805
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–8HFD
      L
      game 2/805
      His night
      .714SV%
      15SV21SA6GA48:51TOIL
      .714
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–4LAK
      L
      game 4/803
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA59:54TOIL
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–4NYR
      W
      game 6/805
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .870
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–5NYR
      W
      game 7/803
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA59:48TOIW
      .969
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK0–5NYR
      W
      game 8/804
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      27SV27SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–2NYR
      W
      game 9/804
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • November 1985
    • The game
      NYR5–6NJD
      L
      game 10/803
      His night
      .500SV%in relief
      2SV4SA2GA05:03TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–2PIT
      W
      game 11/803
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–2NYR
      L
      game 12/804
      His night
      .844SV%
      27SV32SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .844
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR7–3WIN
      W
      game 13/804
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI5–4NYR
      L
      game 15/804
      His night
      .853SV%
      29SV34SA5GA60:53TOIL
      .853
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–5NYR
      W
      game 16/804
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA59:56TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–2MTL
      game 17/804
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA65:00TOI
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–2NYR
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA62:06TOIL
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–7NYR
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA48:07TOIW
      .905
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–0NYI
      W
      game 20/804
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      17SV17SA0GA59:57TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8016 of 20 started
      10
      wins
      NHL#1
      .900
      SV%
      NHL#5
      2.7
      GAA
      NHL#3
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#1
      NYR
      10-9-0W-L-OT21Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY5–2NYR
      L
      game 22/803
      His night
      .865SV%
      32SV37SA5GA59:57TOIL
      .865
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–2WSH
      W
      game 23/804
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–5PIT
      L
      game 24/803
      His night
      .773SV%
      17SV22SA5GA58:47TOIL
      .773
      View the game
    • December 1985
    • The game
      PIT6–0NYR
      L
      game 25/803
      His night
      .800SV%in relief
      16SV20SA4GA39:57TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN4–7NYR
      W
      game 26/802
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–3NYR
      W
      game 28/804
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA59:57TOIW
      .966
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–2NJD
      W
      game 29/801
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–2NYR
      L
      game 31/803
      His night
      .800SV%
      16SV20SA4GA41:02TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2NYR
      game 33/804
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA64:49TOI
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–4NYI
      W
      game 34/804
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .886
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–10NYR
      W
      game 35/802
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–6BUF
      L
      game 36/802
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA40:00TOIL
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–6NYR
      W
      game 38/805
      His night
      .821SV%
      23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .821
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR0–3WSH
      L
      game 39/804
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE5–4NYR
      L
      game 40/801
      His night
      .636SV%
      7SV11SA4GA22:19TOI
      .636
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8030 of 40 started
      17
      wins
      NHL#1
      .886
      SV%
      NHL#7
      3.2
      GAA
      NHL#5
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#1
      NYR
      17-21-0W-L-OT36Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–6NYR
      W
      game 41/805
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–1VAN
      W
      game 43/803
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–4EDM
      W
      game 45/802
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .862
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD5–0NYR
      L
      game 46/803
      His night
      .800SV%
      20SV25SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–2TOR
      W
      game 47/802
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .949
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–6QUE
      game 49/802
      His night
      .813SV%
      26SV32SA6GA65:00TOI
      .813
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–5CHI
      L
      game 50/802
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA59:30TOIL
      .867
      View the game
    • February 1986
    • The game
      NYR3–1HFD
      W
      game 52/803
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–4STL
      L
      game 53/802
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA59:07TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–2BOS
      W
      game 54/804
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .946
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–5NYR
      W
      game 55/804
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR7–5DET
      W
      game 56/802
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .808
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–3NYR
      W
      game 58/802
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–7TOR
      L
      game 60/802
      His night
      .708SV%
      17SV24SA7GA48:00TOIL
      .708
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8044 of 60 started
      26
      wins
      NHL#1
      .883
      SV%
      NHL#12
      3.3
      GAA
      NHL#6
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#3
      NYR
      29-27-0W-L-OT62Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT3–8NYR
      W
      game 61/802
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • March 1986
    • The game
      WSH4–2NYR
      L
      game 63/804
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA59:53TOIL
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–4WIN
      L
      game 64/804
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–2CGY
      W
      game 65/803
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      3SV3SA0GA01:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–1NYR
      L
      game 66/803
      His night
      .600SV%
      6SV10SA4GA20:00TOIL
      .600
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–3NJD
      W
      game 67/802
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–2PIT
      game 69/803
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA65:00TOI
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–6NYI
      L
      game 71/803
      His night
      .783SV%
      18SV23SA5GA28:51TOIL
      .783
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–4PHI
      L
      game 72/802
      His night
      .911SV%
      41SV45SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .911
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI5–3NYR
      L
      game 73/802
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      3SV3SA0GA14:59TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–4NJD
      W
      game 74/801
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–4NYR
      W
      game 75/802
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA59:40TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD0–9NYR
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      25SV25SA0GA59:45TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • April 1986
    • The game
      PHI3–2NYR
      L
      game 78/801
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:13TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–4WSH
      game 79/802
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA63:56TOI
      .886
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    John Vanbiesbrouck closes the 1985-1986 season with 31 wins

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Wins
    31
    Games
    61of 80
    76%
    Shutouts
    3
    SV%
    .887
    GAA
    3.33
    Starts
    57
    Events
    31
    career best in wins
    100
    NHL games
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

    NYRvsPHI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR6–2PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA59:46TOIW
      .939
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      NYR1–2PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      .955SV%
      42SV44SA2GA58:36TOIL
      .955
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI2–5NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI7–1NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      .722SV%
      13SV18SA5GA25:17TOIL
      .722
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      NYR5–2PHI
      W
      3
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    First round

    New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 3–2

    NYR3–2PHI
    Advance
    5Games3Wins.920SV%3.0GAA
    2 days later
    Second round

    New York Rangers meet Washington Capitals

    NYRvsWSH
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR4–3WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA61:16TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      NYR1–8WSH
      L
      3
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA40:00TOIL
      .808
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH6–3NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      .786SV%
      22SV28SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .786
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      WSH5–6NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA62:40TOIW
      .828
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare2–2withWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      NYR4–2WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH1–2NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
      View the game
    Second round

    New York Rangers knock Washington Capitals out 4–2

    NYR4–2WSH
    Advance
    6Games4Wins.871SV%3.8GAA
    4 days later
    Conference final

    New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens

    NYRvsMTL
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR1–2MTL
      L
      5
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA59:36TOIL
      .933
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR2–6MTL
      L
      4
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA40:00TOIL
      .808
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      MTL4–3NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA69:41TOIL
      .862
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      MTL0–2NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      30SV30SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR1–3MTL
      L
      5
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    Conference final

    Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4MTL
    Eliminated
    5Games1Wins.903SV%2.9GAA
    The run in numbers

    John Vanbiesbrouck ends the 1985-1986 playoffs with 8 wins

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Wins
    8
    Games
    16
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .897
    GAA
    3.28
    Starts
    16
    Events
    1
    First playoff shutout
    1
    First playoff win
    PHI3–2→WSH4–2→MTL1–4
    Honour

    John Vanbiesbrouck won Vezina Trophy for 1985-1986

    Vezina Trophy
    NYRNew York Rangers