The 1985/86 NHL season was the 69th season in the National Hockey League . 21 teams played 80 games each. The Stanley Cup won the Montréal Canadiens after a 4-1 win in the final series against the Calgary Flames . In the division final, Calgary stopped the Edmonton Oilers in seven games. Previously, the Oilers had dominated the regular season again, so the NHL even changed the rules. Edmonton had often tried to have one player from both teams go to the penalty bench, the playfully strong Oilers around Gretzky were now able to use the additional space on the ice to score goals at 4 against 4. If a player from both teams had to go to the penalty bench at the same time, you continued to play with the same number of teams. This rule change was known as "Lex Gretzky". Gretzky also only managed 52 goals. His unbelievable 163 assists alone would have been enough to become top scorer and are a record that is still valid today, just like the 215 points. The same would have been thought of Bobby Orr's 46 goals as a defender. Paul Coffey added two more and scored 48 times. Orr's point record of 139 missed Coffey by one point. In addition to these highlights, there were also sad things this season. Philadelphia's goalkeeper Pelle Lindbergh celebrated their tenth win in a row with his teammates and then drove home in his Porsche. At 2.4 per mille he drove against a wall at 60 km / h and did not survive the accident.
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