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Ron Francis's 1985-1986 season

Points
77
NHL#36
Goals
24
NHL#83
Assists
53
NHL#25
Plus/minus
+5
NHL#159
Games
53
66%
66% of 80

Centre Ron Francis was 22 years old when the 1985-1986 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Hartford Whalers. He played 53 of a possible 80 games and scored 24 goals and 53 assists for 77 points, 1.45 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 3 points.

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

1985-1986Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ron Francis plays the 1985-1986 season for Hartford Whalers

    Ron was 22 years old when the 1985-1986 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      HFD5–4BUF
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–8HFD
      W
      game 2/805
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG3PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      HFD1–4QUE
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–3NJD
      W
      game 4/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–11HFD
      W
      game 5/804
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +4+/-4SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      HFD2–9CHI
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–3PHI
      L
      game 7/805
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–5MTL
      L
      game 8/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–3PIT
      W
      game 9/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-7SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      QUE4–6HFD
      W
      game 10/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • November 1985
    • The game
      LAK8–1HFD
      L
      game 11/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL8–3HFD
      L
      game 12/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      HFD1–2BOS
      L
      game 13/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–3QUE
      W
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–5HFD
      W
      game 15/802
      His night
      +4P+4A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +4 assists
    • The game
      PHI5–2HFD
      L
      game 16/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–0HFD
      L
      game 17/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–3PHI
      L
      game 18/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–8HFD
      W
      game 19/803
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      HFD9–0LAK
      W
      game 20/803
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +5+/-2SOG
      +3 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      28
      points
      NHL#13
      11
      goals
      NHL#31
      17
      assists
      NHL#10
      HFD
      10-10-0W-L-OT20Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD5–4VAN
      W
      game 21/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD5–8EDM
      L
      game 22/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • December 1985
    • The game
      HFD5–8CGY
      L
      game 23/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–7HFD
      W
      game 24/802
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-1SOG2PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      MTL3–1HFD
      L
      game 25/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD6–4BUF
      W
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–5HFD
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–4MTL
      game 28/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY3–4HFD
      W
      game 29/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD1–2BOS
      L
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD6–7HFD
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYI6–3HFD
      L
      game 32/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD4–3NYI
      W
      game 33/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD6–3TOR
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      DET2–5HFD
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Ron Francis reaches 250 career assists

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · December 29

    • The game
      HFD1–5QUE
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–2HFD
      L
      game 37/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–4EDM
      L
      game 38/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD9–1CGY
      W
      game 39/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +4+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      HFD4–3VAN
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      54
      points
      NHL#13
      16
      goals
      NHL#48
      38
      assists
      NHL#6
      HFD
      21-18-0W-L-OT43Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD2–4CHI
      L
      game 41/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM4–1HFD
      L
      game 42/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE6–11HFD
      W
      game 43/801
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +2+/-2SOG2PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      HFD5–2QUE
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8044 of 60 played
      60
      points
      NHL#37
      19
      goals
      NHL#76
      41
      assists
      NHL#23
      HFD
      28-30-0W-L-OT58Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • March 1986
    • The game
      HFD5–2STL
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-1SOG3PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      LAK3–6HFD
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–5HFD
      game 74/802
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-2SOG3PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      MTL0–3HFD
      W
      game 75/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH6–6HFD
      game 76/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • April 1986
    • The game
      BUF3–5HFD
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      HFD2–4WSH
      L
      game 78/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR1–7HFD
      W
      game 79/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD4–3BOS
      W
      game 80/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Ron Francis closes the 1985-1986 season with 77 points

    Points
    77
    NHL#36
    Games
    53of 80
    66%
    Goals
    24
    NHL#83
    Assists
    53
    NHL#25
    P/GP
    1.45
    NHL#7
    +/-
    +5
    NHL#159
    Events
    2
    hat tricks
    250
    career assists
    11 i rad
    games with a point · 22 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+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Hartford Whalerslead1–0againstQuebec Nordiques
    • Game 2
      HFD4–1QUE
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • Hartford Whalerslead2–0againstQuebec Nordiques
    • Game 3
      QUE4–9HFD
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +4+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    First round

    Hartford Whalers knock Quebec Nordiques out 3–0

    HFD3–0QUE
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    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
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Hartford Whalerslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      HFD1–3MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Hartford Whalersare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL4–1HFD
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstHartford Whalers
    • Game 4
      MTL1–2HFD
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Hartford Whalersare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      HFD3–5MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstHartford Whalers
    • Game 6
      MTL0–1HFD
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • Hartford Whalersare3–3withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 7
      HFD1–2MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    Second round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Hartford Whalers out 4–3

    HFD3–4MTL
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Ron Francis ends the 1985-1986 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#110
    Games
    10
    Goals
    1
    NHL#101
    Assists
    2
    NHL#102
    P/GP
    0.30
    NHL#96
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#173
    Events
    1
    First playoff goal
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    2 points
    best game
    QUE3–0→MTL3–4