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The 1984–85 NHL season was the 68th season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. The Edmonton Oilers won their second straight Stanley Cup by beating the Philadelphia Flyers four games to one in the final series.

This was the first year since they began broadcasting that CBC was not the lone network broadcaster in Canada. While Molson continued to present Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday nights, rival brewery Carling O'Keefe began airing Friday night games on CTV. The two networks split the playoffs and finals.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes. Teams qualifying for the playoffs shown in bold.

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Montreal Canadiens 80 41 27 12 94 309 262 1464
Quebec Nordiques 80 41 30 9 91 323 275 1643
Buffalo Sabres 80 38 28 14 90 290 237 1221
Boston Bruins 80 36 34 10 82 303 287 1825
Hartford Whalers 80 30 41 9 69 268 318 1606
Patrick Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Philadelphia Flyers 80 53 20 7 113 348 241 1540
Washington Capitals 80 46 25 9 101 322 240 1161
New York Islanders 80 40 34 6 86 345 312 1516
New York Rangers 80 26 44 10 62 295 345 1301
New Jersey Devils 80 22 48 10 54 264 346 1282
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 24 51 5 53 276 385 1493

Clarence Campbell Conference

Norris Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
St. Louis Blues 80 37 31 12 86 299 288 1301
Chicago Black Hawks 80 38 35 7 83 309 299 1432
Detroit Red Wings 80 27 41 12 66 313 357 1741
Minnesota North Stars 80 25 43 12 62 268 321 1735
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 20 52 8 48 253 358 1627
Smythe Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Edmonton Oilers 80 49 20 11 109 401 298 1567
Winnipeg Jets 80 43 27 10 96 358 332 1540
Calgary Flames 80 41 27 12 94 363 302 1400
Los Angeles Kings 80 34 32 14 82 339 326 1413
Vancouver Canucks 80 25 46 9 59 284 401 1451

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers 80 73 135 208 52
Jari Kurri Edmonton Oilers 73 71 64 135 30
Dale Hawerchuk Winnipeg Jets 80 53 77 130 74
Marcel Dionne Los Angeles Kings 80 46 80 126 46
Paul Coffey Edmonton Oilers 80 37 84 121 97
Mike Bossy New York Islanders 76 58 59 117 38
John Ogrodnick Detroit Red Wings 79 55 50 105 30
Denis Savard Chicago Black Hawks 79 38 67 105 56
Bernie Federko St. Louis Blues 76 30 73 103 27
Mike Gartner Washington Capitals 80 50 52 102 71

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

  Division Semifinals Division Finals Conference Finals Finals
                                     
A1  Montreal Canadiens 3  
A4  Boston Bruins 2  
  A1  Montreal Canadiens 3  
 
  A2  Quebec Nordiques 4  
A2  Quebec Nordiques 3
A3  Buffalo Sabres 2  
  A2  Quebec Nordiques 2  
  P1  Philadelphia Flyers 4  
P1  Philadelphia Flyers 3  
P4  New York Rangers 0  
  P1  Philadelphia Flyers 4
 
  P3  New York Islanders 1  
P2  Washington Capitals 2
P3  New York Islanders 3  
  P1  Philadelphia Flyers 1
  S1  Edmonton Oilers 4
N1  St. Louis Blues 0  
N4  Minnesota North Stars 3  
  N4  Minnesota North Stars 2
 
  N2  Chicago Black Hawks 4  
N2  Chicago Black Hawks 3
N3  Detroit Red Wings 0  
  N2  Chicago Black Hawks 2
  S1  Edmonton Oilers 4  
S1  Edmonton Oilers 3  
S4  Los Angeles Kings 0  
  S1  Edmonton Oilers 4
 
  S2  Winnipeg Jets 0  
S2  Winnipeg Jets 3
S3  Calgary Flames 1  

Finals

Edmonton won series 4–1


NHL awards

Prince of Wales Trophy: Philadelphia Flyers
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: Edmonton Oilers
Art Ross Memorial Trophy: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Anders Hedberg, New York Rangers
Calder Memorial Trophy: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
Conn Smythe Trophy: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers
Frank J. Selke Trophy: Craig Ramsay, Buffalo Sabres
Hart Memorial Trophy: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers
Jack Adams Award: Mike Keenan, Philadelphia Flyers
James Norris Memorial Trophy: Paul Coffey, Edmonton Oilers
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Jari Kurri, Edmonton Oilers
Lester B. Pearson Award: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers
NHL Plus/Minus Award: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers,
William M. Jennings Trophy: Tom Barrasso/Bob Sauve, Buffalo Sabres
Vezina Trophy: Pelle Lindbergh, Philadelphia Flyers
Lester Patrick Trophy: Jack Butterfield, Arthur M. Wirtz

All-Star teams

First Team   Position   Second Team
Pelle Lindbergh, Philadelphia Flyers G Tom Barrasso, Buffalo Sabres
Paul Coffey, Edmonton Oilers D Rod Langway, Washington Capitals
Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins D Doug Wilson, Chicago Black Hawks
Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers C Dale Hawerchuk, Winnipeg Jets
Jari Kurri, Edmonton Oilers RW Mike Bossy, New York Islanders
John Ogrodnick, Detroit Red Wings LW John Tonelli, New York Islanders

First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1984–85 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):

  • Joel Otto, Calgary Flames
  • Ed Olczyk, Chicago Black Hawks
  • Marc Bergevin, Chicago Black Hawks
  • Gerard Gallant, Detroit Red Wings
  • Esa Tikkanen*, Edmonton Oilers
  • Steve Smith, Edmonton Oilers
  • Kevin Dineen, Hartford Whalers
  • Ray Ferraro, Hartford Whalers
  • Sylvain Cote, Hartford Whalers
  • Ulf Samuelsson, Hartford Whalers
  • Garry Galley, Los Angeles Kings
  • Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens
  • Petr Svoboda, Montreal Canadiens
  • Stephane Richer, Montreal Canadiens
  • Greg Adams, New Jersey Devils
  • Kirk Muller, New Jersey Devils
  • Dave Gagner, New York Rangers
  • Grant Ledyard, New York Rangers
  • Kelly Miller, New York Rangers
  • Tomas Sandstrom, New York Rangers
  • Rick Tocchet, Philadelphia Flyers
  • Doug Bodger, Pittsburgh Penguins
  • Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
  • Steve Thomas, Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Todd Gill, Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Petri Skriko, Vancouver Canucks
  • Al Iafrate, Washington Capitals
  • Kevin Hatcher, Washington Capitals
  • Dave Ellett, Winnipeg Jets
  • Gino Cavallini, Calgary Flames

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1984–85 (listed with their last team):

  • Terry O'Reilly, Boston Bruins
  • Butch Goring, Boston Bruins
  • Craig Ramsay, Buffalo Sabres
  • Jerry Korab, Buffalo Sabres
  • Jim Schoenfeld, Buffalo Sabres
  • Real Cloutier, Buffalo Sabres
  • Bob MacMillan, Chicago Black Hawks
  • Brad Park, Detroit Red Wings
  • Colin Campbell, Detroit Red Wings
  • Darryl Sittler, Detroit Red Wings
  • Ivan Boldirev, Detroit Red Wings
  • Steve Shutt, Los Angeles Kings
  • Anders Hedberg, New York Rangers
  • Robbie Ftorek, New York Rangers
  • Rick Kehoe, Pittsburgh Penguins
  • John Garrett, Vancouver Canucks
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