Regular season and playoffsEDM
Wayne Gretzky's 1985-1986 season
Points
215
NHL#1
Goals
52
NHL#6
Assists
163
NHL#1
Plus/minus
+71
NHL#3
Games
80
100%
Centre Wayne Gretzky was 24 years old when the 1985-1986 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Edmonton Oilers. He played all 80 games and scored 52 goals and 163 assists for 215 points, 2.69 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 19 points. He won Art Ross Trophy, the first Swede ever to do it. He also won Hart Memorial Trophy, the first Swede ever to do it.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
1985-1986Playoffs
- Year 198541 years agoSeason opener
Wayne Gretzky plays the 1985-1986 season for Edmonton Oilers
Wayne was 24 years old when the 1985-1986 season began. It was his 7th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.
- +3 pointsThe gameWIN3–4EDMWgame 1/80
1His night+3P+2G+1A+1+/-5SOG2PPP - +2 assistsThe gameSTL3–6EDMWgame 2/80His night+2P+2A+3+/-2SOG1SHP
- +1 assistThe gameNYI4–6EDMWgame 3/803His night+1P+1A-2+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameBOS2–3EDMWgame 4/801His night+2P+2A-1+/-5SOG2PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameEDM8–5LAKWgame 5/801His night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-5SOG3PPP
- +1 assistThe gameEDM3–9WINLgame 6/801His night+1P+1A-2+/-3SOG1PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameCGY3–5EDMWgame 7/80His night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-4SOG3PPP
- +5 pointsThe gameEDM6–4CGYWgame 8/80His night+5P+1G+4A+3+/-4SOG1PPP
- November 1985
- The gameBUF2–0EDMLgame 10/801His nightNo points-2+/-10SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameEDM6–4VANWgame 12/802His night+3P+2G+1A+2+/-5SOG
- +4 assistsThe gameVAN0–13EDMWgame 14/802His night+4P+4A+4+/-2SOG
- +1 goalThe gameEDM2–5WSHLgame 15/802His night+1P+1G-4+/-2SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameEDM3–5PHILgame 16/802His night+1P+1A-2+/-7SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameEDM4–4NYIgame 17/803His night+1P+1G-2+/-2SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameEDM3–2NYRWgame 18/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-7SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameEDM5–4QUEWgame 19/80His night+2P+1G+1A-1+/-5SOG
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 20 of 8045pointsNHL#115goalsNHL#430assistsNHL#1EDM14-4-0W-L-OT30Points2nd in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gameNJD2–3EDMWgame 21/80His night+1P+1A-2+/-2SOG1PPP
- +2 goalsThe gameVAN5–5EDMgame 22/802His night+2P+2G-1+/-3SOG1PPP
- +4 pointsThe gameHFD5–8EDMWgame 23/802His night+4P+1G+3A+2+/-3SOG
- December 1985
- +1 assistThe gameCGY3–5EDMWgame 24/801His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameEDM8–4LAKWgame 25/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-5SOG
- +5 assistsThe gameLAK6–6EDMgame 26/801His night+5P+5A+2+/-6SOG1SHP
- +5 pointsThe gameMNS4–8EDMWgame 27/802His night+5P+1G+4A+1+/-6SOG4PPP
MilestoneWayne Gretzky reaches 500 NHL games
in the game against Minnesota North Stars · December 7
- +1 assistThe gameCHI3–4EDMWgame 28/80His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG1SHP
- +2 assistsThe gameEDM3–7STLLgame 29/80His night+2P+2A-2+/-1SOG
- +7 assistsThe gameEDM12–9CHIWgame 30/80His night+7P+7A+3+/-6SOG
- +4 pointsThe gameEDM6–3WINWgame 31/801His night+4P+2G+2A+2+/-5SOG2PPP
MilestoneWayne Gretzky reaches 750 career assists
in the game against Winnipeg Jets · December 13
- +3 assistsThe gameVAN3–5EDMWgame 32/802His night+3P+3A+3+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameWSH5–2EDMLgame 33/803His night+1P+1A-3+/-9SOG1PPP
- +6 assistsThe gameLAK4–9EDMWgame 34/80His night+6P+6A+4+/-4SOG3SHP
- +3 pointsThe gameWIN7–5EDMLgame 35/801His night+3P+2G+1A0+/-6SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameEDM5–3VANWgame 36/802His night+2P+2A+2+/-2SOG
Year 198640 years ago- +2 pointsThe gameEDM4–3CGYWgame 38/801His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-9SOG1SHP
- +2 assistsThe gameHFD3–4EDMWgame 39/801His night+2P+2A+1+/-9SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameCGY3–6EDMWgame 40/801His night+3P+1G+2A0+/-4SOG2PPP
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 40 of 80103pointsNHL#128goalsNHL#475assistsNHL#1EDM29-7-0W-L-OT62Points1st in the whole NHL - +3 assistsThe gameEDM3–5QUELgame 42/80His night+3P+3A-2+/-3SOG2PPP
- +4 pointsThe gameEDM6–3MTLWgame 43/802His night+4P+1G+3A+2+/-1SOG1SHP
- +3 pointsThe gameEDM5–3BOSWgame 44/802His night+3P+1G+2A0+/-6SOG2PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR5–4EDMLgame 46/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-4SOG
- +2 pointsThe gamePIT7–4EDMLgame 47/801His night+2P+1G+1A-2+/-4SOG1PPP
- +4 pointsThe gameNJD6–7EDMWgame 48/80His night+4P+1G+3A0+/-6SOG1PPP
MilestoneWayne Gretzky reaches 1,250 career points
in the game against New Jersey Devils · January 24
- The gameEDM4–3CHIWgame 50/80His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- +3 assistsThe gameEDM5–5STLgame 51/80His night+3P+3A-1+/-8SOG1PPP
- +4 assistsThe gameCGY4–7EDMWgame 52/801His night+4P+4A+1+/-5SOG3PPP
- February 1986
- +3 assistsThe gameEDM4–4CGYgame 53/801His night+3P+3A+2+/-3SOG2PPP
- +3 assistsThe gameEDM6–4NJDWgame 54/80His night+3P+3A0+/-2SOG2PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameEDM4–5WSHLgame 55/803His night+2P+2A-1+/-6SOG
- +1 assistThe gameEDM2–4BUFLgame 56/80His night+1P+1A-2+/-0SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameEDM3–2DETWgame 57/80His night+1P+1A+1+/-5SOG
- +7 assistsThe gameQUE2–8EDMWgame 58/80His night+7P+7A+6+/-6SOG2SHP
- +4 pointsThe gameBUF5–7EDMWgame 59/80His night+4P+1G+3A+3+/-5SOG1SHP
- +2 goalsThe gameTOR5–9EDMWgame 60/801His night+2P+2G-2+/-9SOG1SHP
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 60 of 80162pointsNHL#141goalsNHL#5121assistsNHL#1EDM41-13-0W-L-OT88PointsPlayoff spot1st in the whole NHL - +2 pointsThe gameBOS6–5EDMLgame 61/80His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-6SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameMTL2–3EDMWgame 62/802His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP
- March 1986
- +1 assistThe gamePHI1–2EDMWgame 64/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG
- +4 assistsThe gameEDM6–2VANWgame 65/801His night+4P+4A+3+/-1SOG
- +4 pointsThe gameLAK3–6EDMWgame 66/80His night+4P+2G+2A+1+/-4SOG2PPP
- +2 assistsThe gamePIT3–5EDMWgame 67/801His night+2P+2A+2+/-8SOG1SHP
- The gameEDM0–4MNSLgame 69/802His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameEDM8–5WINWgame 70/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-1SOG
- +5 pointsThe gameDET3–12EDMWgame 71/80His night+5P+1G+4A+5+/-4SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameWIN2–6EDMWgame 72/802His night+3P+1G+2A+3+/-1SOG
- +1 assistThe gameMNS4–5EDMWgame 73/80His night+1P+1A-1+/-8SOG
- +3 assistsThe gameEDM7–2DETWgame 74/80His night+3P+3A+3+/-7SOG1SHP
- +4 pointsThe gameEDM8–3PITWgame 75/801His night+4P+1G+3A+3+/-4SOG1SHP
- +1 assistThe gameEDM2–4NYRLgame 76/802His night+1P+1A0+/-5SOG
- +3 assistsThe gameEDM4–4NYIgame 77/801His night+3P+3A+1+/-4SOG2PPP
- April 1986
- +2 pointsThe gameVAN4–8EDMWgame 78/802His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-5SOG1PPP
- +3 assistsThe gameEDM3–9CGYLgame 79/801His night+3P+3A-1+/-5SOG3PPP
The season in numbersWayne Gretzky closes the 1985-1986 season with 215 points
Points215NHL#1Games80of 80100%Goals52NHL#6Assists163NHL#1P/GP2.69NHL#1+/-+71NHL#3Events215career best in points163career best in assists3hat tricks1,250career points750career assists500NHL games39 i radgames with a point · 108 pts5 i radgames with a goal3 days laterPlayoffsEdmonton Oilers are in the playoffs
First roundEdmonton Oilers meet Vancouver Canucks
EDMvsVANSwedes on Edmonton OilersSwedes on Vancouver Canucks- +1 goalGame 1VAN3–7EDMW2His night+1P+1G0+/-3SOG
- Edmonton Oilerslead1–0againstVancouver Canucks
- +2 pointsGame 2VAN1–5EDMW2His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-4SOG1PPP
- Edmonton Oilerslead2–0againstVancouver Canucks
First roundEdmonton Oilers knock Vancouver Canucks out 3–0
EDM3–0VANAdvanceHe did not play in this round6 days laterSecond roundEdmonton Oilers meet Calgary Flames
EDMvsCGYSwedes on Edmonton OilersSwedes on Calgary Flames- +1 assistGame 1CGY4–1EDML1His night+1P+1A-3+/-5SOG1PPP
- Calgary Flameslead1–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- +1 assistGame 2CGY5–6EDMW1His night+1P+1A-3+/-5SOG
- Edmonton Oilersare1–1withCalgary Flames
- +2 pointsGame 3EDM2–3CGYL1His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-2SOG1PPP
- Calgary Flameslead2–1againstEdmonton Oilers
- Edmonton Oilersare2–2withCalgary Flames
- Calgary Flameslead3–2againstEdmonton Oilers
- +2 assistsGame 6EDM5–2CGYW1His night+2P+2A+2+/-4SOG
- Edmonton Oilersare3–3withCalgary Flames
Second roundCalgary Flames knock Edmonton Oilers out 4–3
EDM3–4CGYEliminatedHe did not play in this roundThe run in numbersWayne Gretzky ends the 1985-1986 playoffs with 19 points
Points19NHL#3Games10Goals8NHL#6Assists11NHL#6P/GP1.90NHL#1+/--1NHL#173Events1hat trick10 i radgames with a point5 pointsbest gameVAN3–0→CGY3–4HonoursWayne Gretzky won Art Ross Trophy and Hart Memorial Trophy for 1985-1986