1970–71 St. Louis Blues season explained

League:NHL
Season:1970–71
Year:1970
Team:St. Louis Blues
Divisionrank:2nd
Record:34–25–19
Homerecord:23–7–9
Roadrecord:11–18–10[1]
Goalsfor:223
Goalsagainst:208
Attendance:18,238[2] (102.6%)
Goalsleader:Christian Bordeleau (21)
Assistsleader:Frank St. Marseille (32)
Pointsleader:Christian Bordeleau (53)
Plusminusleader:Christian Bordeleau (14)
Pimleader:Barclay Plager (172)
Winsleader:Ernie Wakely (20)
Gaaleader:Glenn Hall (2.42)

The 1970–71 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

The Blues began the 1970–71 season with high hopes after making a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in the 1969–70 season. They purchased Christian Bordeleau from the Montreal Canadiens, who led the team in scoring and finished in the top five in game winning goals[3] that season. They also sold Hall-of-Famer Jacques Plante to the Toronto Maple Leafs.[4]

During this season the Blues saw the most ties in their history (19), as well as most home ties (9), and the fewest home losses (7).[5]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Game Date Opponent Result Blues points Opponent's score Record Streak Points
1 October 10 W 3 1 1–0–0 W1 2
2 October 12 W 4 1 2–0–0 W2 4
3 October 14 L 3 7 2–1–0 L1 4
4 October 17 W 4 1 3–1–0 W1 6
5 October 18 T 2 2 3–1–1 T1 7
6 October 21 T 2 2 3–1–2 T2 8
7 October 23 T 1 1 3–1–3 T3 9
8 October 24 L 1 3 3–2–3 L1 9
9 October 28 W 3 2 4–2–3 W1 11
10 October 31 W 3 0 5–2–3 W2 13
11 November 5 W 2 0 6–2–3 W3 15
12 November 7 T 1 1 6–2–4 T1 16
13 November 12 W 2 1 7–2–4 W1 18
14 November 14 T 1 1 7–2–5 T1 19
15 November 15 W 2 1 8–2–5 W1 21
16 November 17 L 3 5 8–3–5 L1 21
17 November 19 W 1 0 9–3–5 W1 23
18 November 21 T 3 3 9–3–6 T1 24
19 November 24 T 5 5 9–3–7 T2 25
20 November 26 W 1 0 10–3–7 W1 27
21 November 28 W 5 1 11–3–7 W2 29
22 December 2 L 2 4 11–4–7 L1 29
23 December 3 L 3 6 11–5–7 L2 29
24 December 5 W 3 0 12–5–7 W1 31
25 December 6 W 4 2 13–5–7 W2 33
26 December 9 L 2 5 13–6–7 L1 33
27 December 11 W 3 2 14–6–7 W1 35
28 December 13 T 2 2 14–6–8 T1 36
29 December 15 W 2 1 15–6–8 W1 38
30 December 16 L 3 8 15–7–8 L1 38
31 December 19 L 1 7 15–8–8 L2 38
32 December 23 T 2 2 15–8–9 T1 39
33 December 26 T 1 1 15–8–10 T2 40
34 December 27 T 4 4 15–8–11 T3 41
35 December 30 W 5 2 16–8–11 W1 43
36 January 2 W 3 1 17–8–11 W2 45
37 January 3 W 7 3 18–8–11 W3 47
38 January 6 L 3 6 18–9–11 L3 47
39 January 9 T 2 2 18–9–12 T1 48
40 January 10 L 2 4 18–10–12 L1 48
41 January 12 W 8 2 19–10–12 W1 50
42 January 14 L 1 2 19–11–12 L1 50
43 January 16 W 3 2 20–11–12 W1 52
44 January 21 L 3 5 20–12–12 L1 52
45 January 23 W 7 1 21–12–12 W1 54
46 January 27 L 3 5 21–13–12 L1 54
47 January 28 T 1 1 21–13–13 T1 55
48 January 31 L 0 6 21–14–13 L1 55
49 February 3 L 2 6 21–15–13 L2 55
50 February 5 T 2 2 21–15–14 T1 56
51 February 7 W 6 2 22–15–14 W1 58
52 February 9 T 3 3 22–15–15 T1 59
53 February 11 L 3 5 22–16–15 L1 59
54 February 13 W 2 1 23–16–15 W1 61
55 February 14 L 1 2 23–17–15 L1 61
56 February 16 W 5 1 24–17–15 W1 63
57 February 20 L 1 3 24–18–15 L1 63
58 February 21 W 3 1 25–18–15 W1 65
59 February 24 T 5 5 25–18–16 T1 66
60 February 25 W 3 1 26–18–16 W1 68
61 February 27 L 2 3 26–19–16 L1 68
62 March 3 L 1 5 26–20–16 L1 68
63 March 5 W 3 1 27–20–16 W1 70
64 March 7 L 1 4 27–21–16 L1 70
65 March 9 L 0 4 27–22–16 L2 70
66 March 10 L 0 4 27–23–16 L3 70
67 March 13 W 9 0 28–23–16 W1 72
68 March 14 T 4 4 28–23–17 T1 73
69 March 16 W 6 2 29–23–17 W1 75
70 March 18 L 3 5 29–24–17 L1 75
71 March 20 W 2 1 30–24–17 W1 77
72 March 23 L 1 4 30–25–17 L1 77
73 March 26 W 8 5 31–25–17 W1 79
74 March 27 W 6 3 32–25–17 W2 81
75 March 30 W 4 3 33–25–17 W3 83
76 April 1 T 1 1 33–25–18 T1 84
77 April 3 W 4 3 34–25–18 W1 86
78 April 4 T 1 1 34–25–19 T1 87

Postseason

Date Visitors Score Home Score Series
April 7 Minnesota 3 St. Louis 2 0–1
April 8 Minnesota 2 St. Louis 4 1–1
April 10 St. Louis 3 Minnesota 0 2–1
April 11 St. Louis 1 Minnesota 2 2–2
April 13 Minnesota 4 St. Louis 3 2–3
April 14 St. Louis 2 Minnesota 5 2–4
Minnesota wins series 4–2.

Statistics

Skater statistics

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

  Regular season Playoffs
PlayerGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
21 78 21 32 53 48 5 0 1 1 17
68 19 20 39 41 1 0 0 0 0
9 77 19 32 51 26 6 2 1 3 4
19 76 19 21 40 34 6 0 1 1 4
7 45 16 26 42 12
28 15 14 29 41 6 3 2 5 20
10 73 15 10 25 6 3 0 0 0 0
14 47 15 24 39 34
11 59 14 17 31 56
16 78 14 6 20 32 6 2 0 2 4
6 72 13 18 31 77 6 2 1 3 11
15 68 9 10 19 16 6 1 2 3 0
29 7 8 15 18 6 1 2 3 2
12 54 5 11 16 13 6 1 0 1 2
28 5 16 21 9 6 2 1 3 0
8 69 4 20 24 172 6 0 3 3 10
4 75 3 8 11 119 6 1 1 2 26
2 25 2 4 6 4
19 2 9 11 29 5 0 2 2 8
4 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
56 1 4 5 23
18 10 1 3 4 0
53 1 6 7 81 5 0 0 0 0
5 70 1 19 20 114 6 0 2 2 4
17 5 0 0 0 6
25 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
22 0 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 6
23 36 0 3 3 45 1 0 0 0 2
20 20 0 5 5 6

Playoffs

(W2) St. Louis Blues vs. (W4) Minnesota North Stars

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Goalie statistics

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

  Regular season Playoffs
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOSv%GAAGPTOIWLGASOSv%GAA
31 51 2859 20 14 11 133 3 90.4 2.79 3 180 2 1 7 1 2.33
1 32 1761 13 11 8 71 3 91.6 2.42 3 180 0 3 9 0 3.00
1 60 1 0 0 3 0 91.7% 3.00

Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

RoundPlayerNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
223University of Minnesota Duluth (NCAA)
337Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
451London Knights (OHA)
565University of Minnesota Duluth (NCAA)
679Claude Moreau Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
785University of Denver (WCHA)
792Terry Marshall Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
8104Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
9108Colorado College (WCHA)
9111University of Denver (WCHA)
10112University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
11113Al Calver Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
12114Jerry MacDonald St. Francis Xavier University (CIAU)
13115Gerald Haines Kenora Muskies (MJHL)

References

  1. http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=SLB&yr=1970 databasehockey.com
  2. http://blues.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=his_all_attendance_history blues.nhl.com
  3. https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/bordech01.html hockey-reference.com
  4. Web site: St. Louis Blues History at blues.nhl.com . 2009-01-13 . https://archive.today/20110520030621/http://blues.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=his_all_transactions . 2011-05-20 . dead .
  5. http://blues.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=his_all_team_records All-Time Team Records at blues.nhl.com
  6. Web site: 1970-71 Minnesota North Stars Schedule and Results.

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