 Quebec finished the regular season with a 31-39-10 record, earning 72 points, which was 21 fewer points than the Whalers, and the fourth and final playoff position in the Adams Division.The Whalers and Nordiques faced off against each other in the 1986 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as the fourth place Whalers swept the first place Nordiques in the first round.The series opened on April 8 at the Hartford Civic Center.