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Tomas Sandström's 1985-1986 season

Points
54
Swedish flag#9NHL#120
Goals
25
Swedish flag#4NHL#76
Assists
29
Swedish flag#10NHL#140
Plus/minus
-3
NHL#369
Games
73
91%
91% of 80

Right winger Tomas Sandström was 21 years old when the 1985-1986 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 73 of a possible 80 games and scored 25 goals and 29 assists for 54 points, 0.74 points per game. That was 9th among the Swedes and 120th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 16 games for 10 points.

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

1985-1986Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Tomas Sandström plays the 1985-1986 season for New York Rangers

    Tomas was 21 years old when the 1985-1986 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH2–4NYR
      W
      game 1/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–8HFD
      L
      game 2/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–2NYR
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–4LAK
      L
      game 4/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–5NYI
      L
      game 5/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN3–4NYR
      W
      game 6/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD1–5NYR
      W
      game 7/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • November 1985
    • The game
      NYR5–6NJD
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–2PIT
      W
      game 11/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI5–2NYR
      L
      game 12/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–3WIN
      W
      game 13/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR3–4MNS
      L
      game 14/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-9SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–4NYR
      L
      game 15/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL2–5NYR
      W
      game 16/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2MTL
      game 17/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      EDM3–2NYR
      L
      game 18/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      TOR3–7NYR
      W
      game 19/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYR5–0NYI
      W
      game 20/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
      18
      points
      Swedish flag#5NHL#51
      9
      goals
      Swedish flag#3NHL#37
      9
      assists
      Swedish flag#5NHL#88
      NYR
      10-9-0W-L-OT21Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI4–3NYR
      L
      game 21/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG
    • The game
      CGY5–2NYR
      L
      game 22/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–2WSH
      W
      game 23/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR4–5PIT
      L
      game 24/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • December 1985
    • The game
      PIT6–0NYR
      L
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–7NYR
      W
      game 26/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR0–4PHI
      L
      game 27/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–2NYR
      L
      game 31/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF5–4NYR
      L
      game 32/802
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYI2–2NYR
      game 33/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–4NYI
      W
      game 34/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-7SOG
    • The game
      DET2–10NYR
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–6BUF
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–3MNS
      L
      game 37/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–6NYR
      W
      game 38/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR0–3WSH
      L
      game 39/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      QUE5–4NYR
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8035 of 40 played
      30
      points
      Swedish flag#8NHL#86
      14
      goals
      Swedish flag#3NHL#55
      16
      assists
      Swedish flag#9NHL#117
      NYR
      17-21-0W-L-OT36Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–6NYR
      W
      game 41/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL2–2NYR
      game 42/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–1VAN
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–3LAK
      W
      game 44/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–4EDM
      W
      game 45/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      HFD5–0NYR
      L
      game 46/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–2TOR
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–0NYR
      L
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–6QUE
      game 49/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5CHI
      L
      game 50/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–5BUF
      L
      game 51/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • February 1986
    • The game
      NYR3–1HFD
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–4STL
      L
      game 53/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–2BOS
      W
      game 54/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN2–5NYR
      W
      game 55/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–5DET
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      DET1–3NYR
      W
      game 57/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL2–3NYR
      W
      game 58/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-9SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–5NYR
      W
      game 59/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8054 of 60 played
      40
      points
      Swedish flag#9NHL#122
      21
      goals
      Swedish flag#3NHL#63
      19
      assists
      Swedish flag#11NHL#178
      NYR
      29-27-0W-L-OT62Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    Milestone

    Tomas Sandström reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Minnesota North Stars · February 24

    • The game
      NYR0–4WSH
      L
      game 62/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–2NYR
      L
      game 63/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–4WIN
      L
      game 64/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–2CGY
      W
      game 65/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–1NYR
      L
      game 66/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–3NJD
      W
      game 67/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Tomas Sandström reaches 100 career points

    in the game against New Jersey Devils · March 11

    • The game
      CGY3–2NYR
      L
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2PIT
      game 69/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–3NYR
      W
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–6NYI
      L
      game 71/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4PHI
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–3NYR
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–4NJD
      W
      game 74/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM2–4NYR
      W
      game 75/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–8PHI
      L
      game 76/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD0–9NYR
      W
      game 77/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • April 1986
    • The game
      PHI3–2NYR
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–4WSH
      game 79/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT5–4NYR
      L
      game 80/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Tomas Sandström closes the 1985-1986 season with 54 points

    Points
    54
    #9NHL#120
    Games
    73of 80
    91%
    Goals
    25
    #4NHL#76
    Assists
    29
    #10NHL#140
    P/GP
    0.74
    #9NHL#128
    +/-
    -3
    #19NHL#369
    Events
    100
    career points
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career assists
    50
    career goals
    8 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal
    3 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
    • Game 1
      NYR6–2PHI
      W
      1
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-1SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      NYR1–2PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI2–5NYR
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI7–1NYR
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • New York Rangersare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      NYR5–2PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    First round

    New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 3–2

    NYR3–2PHI
    Advance
    5Games3Points0Goals3Assists
    2 days later
    Second round

    New York Rangers meet Washington Capitals

    NYRvsWSH
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    • Game 1
      NYR4–3WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      NYR1–8WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangersare1–1withWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH6–3NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      WSH5–6NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Rangersare2–2withWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      NYR4–2WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH1–2NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Second round

    New York Rangers knock Washington Capitals out 4–2

    NYR4–2WSH
    Advance
    6Games4Points2Goals2Assists
    4 days later
    Conference final

    New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens

    NYRvsMTL
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    • Game 1
      NYR1–2MTL
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR2–6MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      MTL4–3NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      MTL0–2NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR1–3MTL
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    Conference final

    Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4MTL
    Eliminated
    5Games3Points2Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Tomas Sandström ends the 1985-1986 playoffs with 10 points

    Points
    10
    #3NHL#36
    Games
    16
    Goals
    4
    #2NHL#33
    Assists
    6
    #3NHL#37
    P/GP
    0.63
    #4NHL#47
    +/-
    -3
    #17NHL#278
    Events
    10
    playoff points
    1
    First playoff goal
    3 points
    best game
    PHI3–2→WSH4–2→MTL1–4