Regular season and playoffsNYREDM

Larry Melnyk's 1985-1986 season

Points

NHL#363

Goals

NHL#372

Assists

NHL#341

Plus/minus

+10

NHL#104

Games

64% of 81

Defenceman Larry Melnyk was 25 years old when the 1985-1986 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Edmonton Oilers och New York Rangers. He played 52 of a possible 81 games and scored 3 goals and 11 assists for 14 points, 0.27 points per game. He moved from Edmonton Oilers to New York Rangers in December. In the playoffs he played 16 games for 3 points.

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

1985-1986Playoffs

Year 1985
41 years ago
Season opener
November 3
Larry Melnyk opens the 1985-1986 season with Edmonton Oilers
EDMEdmonton Oilers
Larry was 25 years old when the 1985-1986 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.
A late start
November 3
Larry Melnyk's season starts in game 11 of 80
Edmonton Oilers have played 10 games10 of 80 without him
- The game
  TOR1–7EDM
  W
  November 3game 11/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +3+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
Milestone
Larry Melnyk scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · November 3
- The game
  EDM6–4VAN
  W
  November 5game 12/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  EDM4–4LAK
  November 6game 13/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN0–13EDM
  W
  November 8game 14/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +4+/-0SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  EDM2–5WSH
  L
  November 12game 15/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  EDM3–5PHI
  L
  November 14game 16/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  November 14
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 806 of 20 played
  5
  points
  NHL#275
  2
  goals
  NHL#215
  3
  assists
  NHL#266
  +8
  +/-
  NHL#12
  EDM
  14-4-0W-L-OT30Points
  2nd in the whole NHL
- December 1985
- The game
  NYR5–4NYI
  W
  December 21game 34/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET2–10NYR
  W
  December 23game 35/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–6BUF
  L
  December 26game 36/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–3MNS
  L
  December 28game 37/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH5–6NYR
  W
  December 29game 38/805
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
Year 1986
40 years ago
- The game
  NYR0–3WSH
  L
  January 1game 39/804
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  QUE5–4NYR
  L
  January 5game 40/801
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 5
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8013 of 40 played
  7
  points
  NHL#343
  2
  goals
  NHL#324
  5
  assists
  NHL#325
  +5
  +/-
  NHL#41
  NYR
  17-21-0W-L-OT36Points
  14th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL4–6NYR
  W
  January 10game 41/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  STL2–2NYR
  January 12game 42/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–1VAN
  W
  January 14game 43/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–3LAK
  W
  January 15game 44/803
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR5–4EDM
  W
  January 18game 45/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD5–0NYR
  L
  January 20game 46/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–2TOR
  W
  January 22game 47/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  QUE4–0NYR
  L
  January 23game 48/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR6–6QUE
  January 27game 49/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR4–5CHI
  L
  January 29game 50/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–5BUF
  L
  January 31game 51/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- February 1986
- The game
  NYR3–1HFD
  W
  February 1game 52/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–4STL
  L
  February 5game 53/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–2BOS
  W
  February 8game 54/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN2–5NYR
  W
  February 12game 55/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR7–5DET
  W
  February 14game 56/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET1–3NYR
  W
  February 16game 57/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL2–3NYR
  W
  February 20game 58/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MNS1–5NYR
  W
  February 24game 59/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–7TOR
  L
  February 25game 60/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  February 25
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8033 of 60 played
  9
  points
  NHL#376
  2
  goals
  NHL#369
  7
  assists
  NHL#350
  +8
  +/-
  NHL#34
  NYR
  29-27-0W-L-OT62Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PIT3–8NYR
  W
  February 27game 61/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- March 1986
- The game
  NYR0–4WSH
  L
  March 1game 62/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–2NYR
  L
  March 2game 63/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–4WIN
  L
  March 5game 64/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PHI4–1NYR
  L
  March 9game 66/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR6–3NJD
  W
  March 11game 67/802
  His night
  No points
  +3+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY3–2NYR
  L
  March 12game 68/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–2PIT
  March 15game 69/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI1–3NYR
  W
  March 16game 70/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–6NYI
  L
  March 18game 71/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR2–4PHI
  L
  March 22game 72/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CHI5–3NYR
  L
  March 23game 73/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR5–4NJD
  W
  March 25game 74/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  EDM2–4NYR
  W
  March 28game 75/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–8PHI
  L
  March 29game 76/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NJD0–9NYR
  W
  March 31game 77/801
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- April 1986
- The game
  PHI3–2NYR
  L
  April 2game 78/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–4WSH
  April 5game 79/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PIT5–4NYR
  L
  April 6game 80/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 6
Larry Melnyk closes the 1985-1986 season with 14 points
EDMEdmonton Oilers NYRNew York Rangers
Points
14
NHL#363
Games
52of 80
65%
Goals
3
NHL#372
Assists
11
NHL#341
P/GP
0.27
NHL#347
+/-
+10
NHL#104
Events
3
career best in goals
1
First NHL goal
3 days later
Playoffs
April 9
New York Rangers are in the playoffs
First round
April 9
New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers
NYRvsPHI
Swedes on New York Rangers
Tomas Sandström
Jan Erixon
Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
Pelle Eklund
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- Game 1
  NYR6–2PHI
  W
  April 92
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- New York Rangerslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 2
  NYR1–2PHI
  L
  April 102
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 3
  PHI2–5NYR
  W
  April 122
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- New York Rangerslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 4
  PHI7–1NYR
  L
  April 132
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- New York Rangersare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 5
  NYR5–2PHI
  W
  April 153
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
First round
April 15
New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 3–2
NYR3–2PHI
Advance
5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
2 days later
Second round
April 17
New York Rangers meet Washington Capitals
NYRvsWSH
Swedes on New York Rangers
Tomas Sandström
Kjell Samuelsson
Jan Erixon
Peter Sundström
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Jörgen Pettersson
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- Game 1
  NYR4–3WSH
  W
  April 174
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
- Game 2
  NYR1–8WSH
  L
  April 193
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- New York Rangersare1–1withWashington Capitals
- Game 3
  WSH6–3NYR
  L
  April 214
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4
  WSH5–6NYR
  W
  April 233
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- New York Rangersare2–2withWashington Capitals
- Game 5
  NYR4–2WSH
  W
  April 254
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- New York Rangerslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
- Game 6
  WSH1–2NYR
  W
  April 274
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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Second round
April 27
New York Rangers knock Washington Capitals out 4–2
NYR4–2WSH
Advance
6Games2Points1Goals1Assists
4 days later
Conference final
May 1
New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens
NYRvsMTL
Swedes on New York Rangers
Tomas Sandström
Jan Erixon
Kjell Samuelsson
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Mats Näslund
Kjell Dahlin
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- Game 1
  NYR1–2MTL
  L
  May 15
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2
  NYR2–6MTL
  L
  May 34
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 3
  MTL4–3NYR
  L
  May 54
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4
  MTL0–2NYR
  W
  May 74
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 5
  NYR1–3MTL
  L
  May 95
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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Conference final
May 9
Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–1
NYR1–4MTL
Eliminated
5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
The run in numbers
May 9
Larry Melnyk ends the 1985-1986 playoffs with 3 points
EDMEdmonton Oilers NYRNew York Rangers
Points
3
NHL#110
Games
16
Goals
1
NHL#101
Assists
2
NHL#102
P/GP
0.19
NHL#115
+/-
-8
NHL#341
Events
50
playoff games
10
playoff assists
10
playoff points
PHI3–2→WSH4–2→MTL1–4

Larry Melnyk opens the 1985-1986 season with Edmonton Oilers

Larry Melnyk's season starts in game 11 of 80

Larry Melnyk scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Larry Melnyk closes the 1985-1986 season with 14 points

New York Rangers are in the playoffs

New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 3–2

New York Rangers meet Washington Capitals

New York Rangers knock Washington Capitals out 4–2

New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–1

Larry Melnyk ends the 1985-1986 playoffs with 3 points