| Sep 22, 1985 Sun | Preseason | Detroit | Minnesota | Probert-Rouse Kocur-Archibald Gallant-Rouse |
| Sep 28, 1985 Sat | Preseason | Detroit | Pittsburgh | Probert-Ruskowski Staszak-Bourque |
| Sep 29, 1985 Sun | Preseason | St. Louis | Detroit | Schofield-Kocur |
| Oct 2, 1985 Wed | Preseason | Detroit | NY Rangers | McRae-Huber |
| Oct 4, 1985 Fri | Preseason | Detroit | NY Rangers | Add Fight |
| Oct 5, 1985 Sat | Preseason | Detroit | Chicago | (Rough) Ladouceur-Wilson |
| Oct 6, 1985 Sun | Preseason | Detroit | Chicago | Add Fight |
| Oct 10, 1985 Thu | | Minnesota | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Oct 12, 1985 Sat | | Boston | Detroit | Donnelly-Young (2.5) Crowder-Gallant (2) |
| Oct 14, 1985 Mon | | Detroit | Buffalo | Add Fight |
| Oct 16, 1985 Wed | | Winnipeg | Detroit | Turnbull-Ladouceur |
| Oct 17, 1985 Thu | | Detroit | Minnesota | Staszak-Mandich (2) Young-Mandich (3.5) |
| Oct 19, 1985 Sat | | Chicago | Detroit | Secord-Larson (5) Bergevin-Young Olczyk-Smith (2) Wilson-Gare (5) |
| Oct 23, 1985 Wed | | Vancouver | Detroit | Lidster-Gallant |
| Oct 26, 1985 Sat | | Detroit | Calgary | Duguay-Peplinski McRae-Hunter |
| Oct 27, 1985 Sun | | Detroit | Winnipeg | Add Fight |
| Oct 30, 1985 Wed | | Pittsburgh | Detroit | Buskas-Larson Bodger-Kocur Frawley-Ladouceur Hannan-Gallant |
| Oct 31, 1985 Thu | | Detroit | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Nov 2, 1985 Sat | | Detroit | St. Louis | Young-Wilson (3) Kocur-Nattress (2) Kocur-Sutter (6) Young-Norwood (5) Gallant-Reeds (6.3) Kocur-Ramage (3.2) Ladouceur-Sutter (1.5) |
| Nov 6, 1985 Wed | | St. Louis | Detroit | Hunter-Snepsts |
| Nov 8, 1985 Fri | | Toronto | Detroit | Clark-Ladouceur (2) |
| Nov 11, 1985 Mon | | Detroit | Vancouver | Probert-Coxe (10) Kocur-Lowry (5.3) Kocur-Neely (5.4) |
| Nov 13, 1985 Wed | | Detroit | Los Angeles | Add Fight |
| Nov 16, 1985 Sat | | Detroit | Minnesota | Probert-Rouse |
| Nov 19, 1985 Tue | | Vancouver | Detroit | Cochrane-Kocur (2) Butcher-Young |
| Nov 21, 1985 Thu | | Los Angeles | Detroit | Wells-Kocur (3) Kennedy-Young Kennedy-Young |
| Nov 23, 1985 Sat | | Detroit | Toronto | Smith-Vaive (2.5) Kocur-Nylund (3) Ladouceur-Vaive (3.3) Larson-Clark (2.5) |
| Nov 27, 1985 Wed | | Buffalo | Detroit | Ramsey-Loiselle |
| Nov 29, 1985 Fri | | St. Louis | Detroit | Wilson-Lambert |
| Nov 30, 1985 Sat | | Detroit | Montreal | Kocur-McPhee (2.8) Kocur-Walter (3.7) |
| Dec 3, 1985 Tue | | Philadelphia | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Dec 4, 1985 Wed | | Detroit | Pittsburgh | (Rough) Gare-Ruskowski Kocur-Mantha (4) Lambert-Cunneyworth (7) (Cheap) Stefan-Frawley (Cheap) Stefan-Frawley |
| Dec 7, 1985 Sat | | Detroit | St. Louis | Kocur-Johnson Gare-Hunter |
| Dec 11, 1985 Wed | | Minnesota | Detroit | (Rough) Langevin-Young Maruk-Gallant (5) Langevin-Kocur (6) Hartsburg-Loiselle Graham-Gallant (7) Plett-Kocur (3) Hospodar-Gare |
| Dec 14, 1985 Sat | | Philadelphia | Detroit | Richter-Probert (6.5) Brawl at 24:51 Tocchet-Probert (7) Sutter-Barrett (1.3) Zezel-Duguay (2.3) |
| Dec 15, 1985 Sun | | Detroit | Chicago | Add Fight |
| Dec 17, 1985 Tue | | Detroit | Minnesota | Kocur-Hallin (4.8) Probert-Coulis (5.3) |
| Dec 21, 1985 Sat | | Chicago | Detroit | Secord-Zombo (2) (Cheap) Olczyk-unknown |
| Dec 23, 1985 Mon | | Detroit | NY Rangers | Lambert-Ridley (1.5) Probert-Melnyk (2.2) |
| Dec 26, 1985 Thu | | Toronto | Detroit | Wesley-Young |
| Dec 28, 1985 Sat | | Detroit | Quebec | Add Fight |
| Dec 29, 1985 Sun | | Detroit | Hartford | Ladouceur-MacDermid Young-Kleinendorst (5) Kocur-Samuelsson (3) Kocur-Bothwell (3) |
| Dec 31, 1985 Tue | | NY Islanders | Detroit | Gilbert-Lambert Gillies-Probert (1) Gilbert-Lambert |
| Jan 2, 1986 Thu | | Buffalo | Detroit | Dykstra-Kocur |
| Jan 4, 1986 Sat | | Quebec | Detroit | Paiement-Ladouceur Moller-Kocur Paiement-Ladouceur Mann-Kocur Malarchuk-Laforest (6) |
| Jan 5, 1986 Sun | | Detroit | Toronto | Foster-Nylund Probert-Nylund (8.1) |
| Jan 7, 1986 Tue | | Detroit | Washington | Melrose-Kastelic (4) Carroll-Carpenter (Hit) Stefan-Gustafsson |
| Jan 10, 1986 Fri | | Chicago | Detroit | Injury Secord-Kocur (3) Secord-Probert (3.4) Presley-Richmond Murray-Loiselle Dupont-Kocur (3) |
| Jan 11, 1986 Sat | | Detroit | NY Islanders | Smith-Sutter Melrose-Gillies (3) Young-Dineen Kocur-Boyd (4.5) (Cheap) Lambert-Sutter Kisio-Dineen |
| Jan 13, 1986 Mon | | Detroit | Toronto | Barrett-Clark (4) (Hit) Laforest-Courtnall (Rough) Loiselle-Courtnall Kocur-McGill (8) Richmond-Smith (5) Kocur-Smith (3) (Hit) Melrose-Clark Bench-Clearing Brawl at 54:51 (10) Probert-McGill (7.8) Young-Gill Smith-Nylund (5) Kocur-Gill (8) Mio-Ihnacak (7) Loiselle-Terrion Lambert-Frycer (8) |
| Jan 15, 1986 Wed | | New Jersey | Detroit | (Rough) Stewart-Young Cirella-Loiselle (3) |
| Jan 18, 1986 Sat | | Calgary | Detroit | Hunter-Ladouceur (Rough) Sheehy-Smith |
| Jan 19, 1986 Sun | | Detroit | Chicago | Injury Injury Injury |
| Jan 22, 1986 Wed | | Boston | Detroit | Crowder-Loiselle (4) Markwart-Kocur (5.7) Markwart-Melrose (3) |
| Jan 23, 1986 Thu | | Detroit | Philadelphia | Add Fight |
| Jan 25, 1986 Sat | | Detroit | Boston | Probert-Curran (3.7) Loiselle-Markwart (4) Kocur-Thelin (6.3) Melrose-Nienhuis (1) Probert-Kluzak (7.6) Melrose-Markwart (4.3) Kocur-Curran (4) Richmond-Pasin |
| Jan 28, 1986 Tue | | Washington | Detroit | Event Langway-Loiselle Langway-Loiselle Langway-Probert Franceschetti-Ladouceur |
| Jan 31, 1986 Fri | | St. Louis | Detroit | (Hit) Norwood-Ogrodnick Ramage-Ladouceur Reeds-Larson Barr-Melrose Carlson-Melrose (1) Norwood-Probert (2) |
| Feb 1, 1986 Sat | | Detroit | St. Louis | Loiselle-Hunter (6) |
| Feb 6, 1986 Thu | | Hartford | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Feb 8, 1986 Sat | | Montreal | Detroit | Nilan-Probert (2.8) Rooney-Young Svoboda-Gare |
| Feb 11, 1986 Tue | | Edmonton | Detroit | Jackson-Kocur (8.4) Fogolin-Gallant Semenko-Kocur (6.4) |
| Feb 14, 1986 Fri | | NY Rangers | Detroit | Greschner-Snepsts (3.8) (Cheap) Pavelich-Laforest (Rough) MacLellan-Smith |
| Feb 16, 1986 Sun | | Detroit | NY Rangers | Lambert-McPhee Mini-Brawl at 3:52 Loiselle-Laidlaw Ladouceur-Pavelich Brawl at 25:52 Loiselle-Patrick (6) Lambert-Maloney Lambert-McPhee (8) |
| Feb 18, 1986 Tue | | Detroit | St. Louis | Kocur-Pavese Lambert-Bell Probert-Carlson |
| Feb 21, 1986 Fri | | Pittsburgh | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Feb 22, 1986 Sat | | Detroit | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Feb 25, 1986 Tue | | Detroit | Washington | Add Fight |
| Feb 28, 1986 Fri | | Toronto | Detroit | Maxwell-Kocur (5.6) Nylund-Larson (Rough) Clark-Leavins Clark-Larson (2) |
| Mar 1, 1986 Sat | | Detroit | Toronto | Snepsts-Clark (5.8) Gallant-McGill (3) Leavins-Courtnall (1.5) |
| Mar 3, 1986 Mon | | Minnesota | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Mar 5, 1986 Wed | | Detroit | Chicago | Foster-Wilson (5) |
| Mar 6, 1986 Thu | | Detroit | New Jersey | Probert-Daneyko (3) Kocur-Cirella (4) |
| Mar 9, 1986 Sun | | Calgary | Detroit | Sheehy-Kocur (2) Kromm-Young (6) Sheehy-Young (3) Macoun-Kocur (2.5) (Rough) Peplinski-Foster |
| Mar 12, 1986 Wed | | Detroit | Los Angeles | Add Fight |
| Mar 14, 1986 Fri | | Detroit | Edmonton | Kocur-McClelland (Rough) Kocur-McSorley Snepsts-McClelland (2) |
| Mar 16, 1986 Sun | | Detroit | Winnipeg | Ladouceur-MacLean Kocur-Kyte (7.2) |
| Mar 18, 1986 Tue | | Hartford | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Mar 20, 1986 Thu | | St. Louis | Detroit | Pavese-Gallant Norwood-Loiselle |
| Mar 22, 1986 Sat | | Chicago | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Mar 25, 1986 Tue | | Edmonton | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Mar 26, 1986 Wed | | Detroit | Chicago | Kocur-Dupont (6) Gallant-Dupont |
| Mar 29, 1986 Sat | | Minnesota | Detroit | (Rough) Hospodar-Young |
| Apr 1, 1986 Tue | | Detroit | Quebec | Cichocki-Eagles Loiselle-Gillis Snepsts-Mann (2) |
| Apr 2, 1986 Wed | | Detroit | Montreal | Event |
| Apr 5, 1986 Sat | | Detroit | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Apr 6, 1986 Sun | | Toronto | Detroit | Kotsopoulos-Kocur Smith-Richmond |