1985–86 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1985–86 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 69th season of the franchise and its 59th season as the Maple Leafs. Despite posting the third-worst record in the league, the Leafs qualified for the last playoff spot in a very weak Norris Division; the division champion Chicago Black Hawks, whom they had little trouble against, winning six times out of eight regular season games between them, only recorded 86 points. The Leafs'.356 winning percentage is the fourth-worst in franchise history and one of the worst ever for a playoff qualifier.
Despite this, the Leafs swept the Hawks, who they defeated six times out of eight in the regular season, in three games in the Norris Semi-finals for a total of nine times out of 11 before being eliminated by the St. Louis Blues in a seven-game Norris Final.

Offseason

NHL draft

Round

Player

Nationality

College/Junior/Club team

Wendel Clark

Canada

Schedule and results

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	73	32	43	75	74	-24	7	0	3
	C	78	31	42	73	64	-24	3	2	3
	RW	61	33	31	64	85	-19	12	0	1
	RW	73	22	38	60	52	0	3	1	4
	LW	65	20	37	57	36	-15	5	0	5
	RW	70	23	30	53	21	-6	7	0	0
	LW/D	66	34	11	45	227	-27	4	0	3
	C	63	18	27	45	16	-9	5	0	1
	LW	33	12	22	34	25	6	5	0	1
	D	65	8	25	33	40	-10	2	0	2
	LW	76	10	22	32	31	-5	0	2	1
	RW	53	9	23	32	20	-1	1	1	0
	D	52	8	18	26	108	-27	4	0	0
	C	40	13	12	25	12	-5	2	0	0
	D	52	4	21	25	71	-4	2	0	0
	D	41	7	15	22	48	-7	3	1	1
	RW	42	5	17	22	84	-8	0	0	0
	C	80	7	13	20	88	-21	1	0	0
	D	79	2	16	18	180	-32	0	0	0
	D	61	6	11	17	83	-5	0	0	0
	LW	15	1	6	7	0	-11	0	0	0
	LW	21	2	4	6	27	-6	1	0	0
	D	61	1	4	5	141	-17	0	0	0
	D	15	1	2	3	28	0	0	0	0
	LW	5	1	2	3	2	3	0	0	0
	C	2	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
	G	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	1	1	4	-3	0	0	0
	D	27	0	1	1	29	-8	0	0	0
	D	27	0	1	1	21	-4	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	21	0	0	0	67	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	38	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
	LW	6	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
	G	30	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2009	38	12	23	0	160	4.78	0	1140	980	.860
	1566	30	9	13	4	113	4.33	0	901	788	.875
	1266	23	4	12	3	107	5.07	0	727	620	.853
	20	1	0	0	0	2	6.00	0	5	3	.600
Team:	4861	80	25	48	7	382	4.72	0	2773	2391	.862

Playoffs

;Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	10	6	8	14	9	3	0	0
	C	10	5	7	12	6	3	0	1
	RW	10	2	10	12	2	0	0	0
	RW	10	3	6	9	8	1	0	0
	RW	9	6	2	8	9	3	0	0
	D	10	1	6	7	14	0	0	0
	LW/D	10	5	1	6	47	1	0	1
	LW	9	4	1	5	4	0	0	3
	C	10	2	3	5	12	0	0	1
	C	10	2	2	4	19	0	0	0
	RW	10	1	3	4	10	0	0	0
	RW	6	2	1	3	20	1	0	0
	D	10	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
	LW	10	0	3	3	17	0	0	0
	D	10	0	2	2	25	0	0	0
	D	7	0	2	2	13	0	0	0
	D	10	1	0	1	14	0	0	0
	D	3	0	1	1	12	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	9	0	0	0	35	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	607	10	6	4	32	3.16	1	323	291	.901
Team:	607	10	6	4	32	3.16	1	323	291	.901

Playoffs

Norris Division semi-finals

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Chicago Black Hawks

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 9	Toronto	5	Chicago	3
April 10	Toronto	6	Chicago	4
April 12	Chicago	2	Toronto	7

''Toronto wins best-of-five series 3–0''

Norris Division Finals

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. St. Louis Blues

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 18	Toronto	1	St. Louis	6
April 20	Toronto	3	St. Louis	0
April 22	St. Louis	2	Toronto	5
April 24	St. Louis	7	Toronto	4
April 26	Toronto	3	St. Louis	4
April 28	St. Louis	3	Toronto	5
April 30	Toronto	1	St. Louis	2

''St. Louis wins best-of-seven series 4–3''

Awards and records

Wendel Clark, NHL All-Rookie Team
Wendel Clark, Runner-up for the Calder Trophy
Ken Wregget, Molson Cup

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1985–86 season.

Farm teams

The Maple Leafs were affiliated with the St. Catharines Saints of the AHL.