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Ken Linseman's 1985-1986 season

Points
81
NHL#30
Goals
23
NHL#89
Assists
58
NHL#15
Plus/minus
+15
NHL#65
Games
64
80%
80% of 80

Centre Ken Linseman was 27 years old when the 1985-1986 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 64 of a possible 80 games and scored 23 goals and 58 assists for 81 points, 1.27 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

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

1985-1986Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ken Linseman plays the 1985-1986 season for Boston Bruins

    Ken was 27 years old when the 1985-1986 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      TOR1–3BOS
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS9–2DET
      W
      game 2/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL2–7BOS
      W
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–3VAN
      game 4/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–3EDM
      L
      game 5/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–3CGY
      W
      game 6/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS5–2LAK
      W
      game 7/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS1–2NYR
      L
      game 8/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–4NJD
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +4+/-2SOG
      +4 points
    • The game
      LAK4–7BOS
      W
      game 10/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • November 1985
    • The game
      CHI4–5BOS
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS5–7QUE
      L
      game 12/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD1–2BOS
      W
      game 13/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–5PHI
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS1–2BOS
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–6BUF
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–6TOR
      game 17/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH2–2BOS
      game 18/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–6MTL
      L
      game 19/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI4–4BOS
      game 20/804
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      29
      points
      NHL#6
      8
      goals
      NHL#44
      21
      assists
      NHL#2
      BOS
      10-6-0W-L-OT24Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • December 1985
    • The game
      HFD1–2BOS
      W
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–5BOS
      W
      game 32/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–5BUF
      L
      game 33/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–4PIT
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–1STL
      W
      game 35/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8025 of 40 played
      33
      points
      NHL#61
      10
      goals
      NHL#129
      23
      assists
      NHL#42
      BOS
      18-15-0W-L-OT43Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN4–8BOS
      W
      game 42/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      EDM5–3BOS
      L
      game 43/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-6SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CGY2–3BOS
      W
      game 44/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–1WIN
      W
      game 45/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–6DET
      L
      game 46/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN5–7BOS
      W
      game 47/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Ken Linseman reaches 500 career points

    in the game against Winnipeg Jets · January 23

    • The game
      DET3–6BOS
      W
      game 48/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–6BOS
      W
      game 49/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–4HFD
      W
      game 50/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • February 1986
    • The game
      BOS1–2MTL
      L
      game 51/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–3BOS
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF8–6BOS
      L
      game 53/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–2BOS
      L
      game 54/804
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      QUE4–3BOS
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–5CHI
      L
      game 56/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS1–5STL
      L
      game 57/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3MNS
      W
      game 58/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Ken Linseman reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Minnesota North Stars · February 16

    • The game
      BOS4–7CGY
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS6–5EDM
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-6SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8044 of 60 played
      55
      points
      NHL#51
      17
      goals
      NHL#92
      38
      assists
      NHL#33
      BOS
      28-25-0W-L-OT63Points
      Playoff spot
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS6–1VAN
      W
      game 61/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-2SOG3PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      BOS7–4QUE
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH2–1BOS
      L
      game 63/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1986
    • The game
      NJD3–8BOS
      W
      game 64/80
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +1+/-6SOG3PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      BOS1–4HFD
      L
      game 65/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE5–4BOS
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–8MTL
      L
      game 67/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS5–2PIT
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      W
      game 69/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      VAN1–1BOS
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–6BOS
      W
      game 71/801
      His night
      +5P+2G+3A
      +3+/-3SOG2PPP
      +5 points
    • The game
      NYI3–3BOS
      game 72/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–5HFD
      game 73/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–6WSH
      L
      game 74/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3BOS
      game 75/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–2BOS
      W
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3BUF
      W
      game 77/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • April 1986
    • The game
      TOR2–4BOS
      W
      game 78/802
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      BOS2–2QUE
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–3BOS
      L
      game 80/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Ken Linseman closes the 1985-1986 season with 81 points

    Points
    81
    NHL#30
    Games
    64of 80
    80%
    Goals
    23
    NHL#89
    Assists
    58
    NHL#15
    P/GP
    1.27
    NHL#17
    +/-
    +15
    NHL#65
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    500
    career points
    15 i rad
    games with a point · 24 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Boston Bruins meet Montréal Canadiens

    BOSvsMTL
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    • Game 1
      BOS1–3MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS2–3MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      MTL4–3BOS
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    First round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 3–0

    BOS0–3MTL
    Eliminated
    3Games1Points0Goals1Assists