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Mike O'connell's 1985-1986 season

Points
37
NHL#197
Goals
9
NHL#254
Assists
28
NHL#150
Plus/minus
-12
NHL#528
Games
76
93%
93% of 81

Defenceman Mike O'connell was 29 years old when the 1985-1986 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins och Detroit Red Wings. He played 76 of a possible 81 games and scored 9 goals and 28 assists for 37 points, 0.49 points per game. He moved from Boston Bruins to Detroit Red Wings in March. Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1985-1986
  1. Season opener

    Mike O'connell opens the 1985-1986 season with Boston Bruins

    Mike was 29 years old when the 1985-1986 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      TOR1–3BOS
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS9–2DET
      W
      game 2/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–7BOS
      W
      game 3/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3VAN
      game 4/803
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3EDM
      L
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–3CGY
      W
      game 6/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–2LAK
      W
      game 7/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–2NYR
      L
      game 8/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–4NJD
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–7BOS
      W
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-6SOG
    • November 1985
    • The game
      CHI4–5BOS
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–7QUE
      L
      game 12/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD1–2BOS
      W
      game 13/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5PHI
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–2BOS
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–6BUF
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–6TOR
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2BOS
      game 18/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–6MTL
      L
      game 19/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI4–4BOS
      game 20/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      7
      points
      NHL#228
      1
      goals
      NHL#295
      6
      assists
      NHL#162
      -4
      +/-
      NHL#134
      BOS
      10-6-0W-L-OT24Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI4–5BOS
      W
      game 21/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE3–0BOS
      L
      game 22/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS0–2QUE
      L
      game 23/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • December 1985
    • The game
      NJD2–4BOS
      W
      game 24/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–8BOS
      W
      game 25/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–7HFD
      L
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3BOS
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–7PHI
      L
      game 28/805
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-10SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE1–1BOS
      game 29/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4BOS
      W
      game 30/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD1–2BOS
      W
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–5BOS
      W
      game 32/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5BUF
      L
      game 33/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–4PIT
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–1STL
      W
      game 35/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–4CHI
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–6BUF
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–7NYI
      L
      game 38/805
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -4+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF0–4BOS
      W
      game 39/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5MTL
      L
      game 40/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      13
      points
      NHL#258
      3
      goals
      NHL#288
      10
      assists
      NHL#226
      -5
      +/-
      NHL#143
      BOS
      18-15-0W-L-OT43Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL7–2BOS
      L
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–8BOS
      W
      game 42/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +4+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Mike O'connell reaches 250 career assists

    in the game against Winnipeg Jets · January 11

    • The game
      EDM5–3BOS
      L
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      CGY2–3BOS
      W
      game 44/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–1WIN
      W
      game 45/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–6DET
      L
      game 46/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN5–7BOS
      W
      game 47/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–6BOS
      W
      game 48/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–4HFD
      W
      game 50/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • February 1986
    • The game
      BOS1–2MTL
      L
      game 51/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–3BOS
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BUF8–6BOS
      L
      game 53/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–2BOS
      L
      game 54/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–3BOS
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS4–5CHI
      L
      game 56/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS6–5EDM
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8056 of 60 played
      25
      points
      NHL#215
      7
      goals
      NHL#245
      18
      assists
      NHL#189
      -2
      +/-
      NHL#119
      BOS
      28-25-0W-L-OT63Points
      Playoff spot
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS6–1VAN
      W
      game 61/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS7–4QUE
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–1BOS
      L
      game 63/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • March 1986
    • The game
      NJD3–8BOS
      W
      game 64/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS1–4HFD
      L
      game 65/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      QUE5–4BOS
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–8MTL
      L
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–0LAK
      W
      game 68/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–12EDM
      L
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET0–6WIN
      L
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD6–4DET
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–2DET
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI4–8DET
      W
      game 73/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM7–2DET
      L
      game 74/80
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–5CHI
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS5–4DET
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • April 1986
    • The game
      DET0–4QUE
      L
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET3–6MTL
      L
      game 78/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-5SOG
    • The game
      DET3–5MNS
      L
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4DET
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG1SHP
      +2 points
    The season in numbers

    Mike O'connell closes the 1985-1986 season with 37 points

    Boston Bruins did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    37
    NHL#197
    Games
    76of 80
    95%
    Goals
    9
    NHL#254
    Assists
    28
    NHL#150
    P/GP
    0.49
    NHL#236
    +/-
    -12
    NHL#528
    Events
    250
    career assists