1981–82 St. Louis Blues season explained

Arena:	Checkerdome
League:	NHL
Season:	1981–82
Year:	1981
Team:	St. Louis Blues
Record:	32–40–8
Conference:	Campbell
Division:	Norris
Divisionrank:	3rd
Generalmanager:	Emile Francis
Coach:	Red Berenson, Emile Francis
Captain:	Brian Sutter
Altcaptain:	None
Minorleague:	Salt Lake Golden Eagles (CHL)
Goalsfor:	315
Goalsagainst:	349

The 1981–82 St. Louis Blues season was the 15th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 32 wins, 40 losses and eight ties, good for 72 points, and qualified for the playoffs with their third-place finish. The Blues defeated the Jets, three games to one in the division semi-finals, before losing the Norris Division final to the Black Hawks in six games.

Offseason

Prior to the season, realignment took place in the NHL, as the Blues were assigned to the new-look James Norris Division in the Clarence Campbell Conference, along with the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota North Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Jets.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1981	6–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	1–0–0
2	L	October 10, 1981	4–6	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	1–1–0
3	L	October 15, 1981	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	1–2–0
4	W	October 17, 1981	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	2–2–0
5	L	October 18, 1981	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	2–3–0
6	L	October 20, 1981	3–4	Boston Bruins (1981–82)	2–4–0
7	T	October 22, 1981	5–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	2–4–1
8	L	October 24, 1981	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	2–5–1
9	T	October 25, 1981	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	2–5–2
10	W	October 27, 1981	7–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	3–5–2
11	L	October 28, 1981	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	3–6–2
12	W	October 31, 1981	5–4	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	4–6–2
13	L	November 4, 1981	2–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	4–7–2
14	L	November 5, 1981	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	4–8–2
15	W	November 7, 1981	4–2	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	5–8–2
16	W	November 10, 1981	7–0	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	6–8–2
17	L	November 12, 1981	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	6–9–2
18	W	November 14, 1981	4–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	7–9–2
19	L	November 17, 1981	1–5	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	7–10–2
20	L	November 18, 1981	1–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	7–11–2
21	T	November 21, 1981	1–1	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	7–11–3
22	L	November 22, 1981	4–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	7–12–3
23	T	November 24, 1981	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	7–12–4
24	L	November 26, 1981	2–9	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	7–13–4
25	W	November 28, 1981	4–2	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	8–13–4
26	W	December 1, 1981	7–5	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	9–13–4
27	W	December 5, 1981	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	10–13–4
28	L	December 6, 1981	2–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	10–14–4
29	L	December 9, 1981	1–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	10–15–4
30	W	December 10, 1981	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	11–15–4
31	W	December 12, 1981	6–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	12–15–4
32	W	December 15, 1981	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	13–15–4
33	W	December 19, 1981	5–0	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	14–15–4
34	L	December 20, 1981	4–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	14–16–4
35	W	December 22, 1981	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	15–16–4
36	L	December 26, 1981	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	15–17–4
37	W	December 27, 1981	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	16–17–4
38	W	December 29, 1981	6–1	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	17–17–4
39	W	December 30, 1981	6–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	18–17–4
40	L	January 2, 1982	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	18–18–4
41	W	January 5, 1982	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	19–18–4
42	L	January 8, 1982	1–7	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	19–19–4
43	W	January 9, 1982	7–4	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	20–19–4
44	L	January 13, 1982	2–4	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	20–20–4
45	W	January 16, 1982	8–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	21–20–4
46	W	January 19, 1982	5–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	22–20–4
47	L	January 20, 1982	6–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	22–21–4
48	W	January 23, 1982	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	23–21–4
49	L	January 26, 1982	4–6	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	23–22–4
50	W	January 28, 1982	8–3	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	24–22–4
51	L	January 30, 1982	4–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	24–23–4
52	W	February 2, 1982	10–6	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	25–23–4
53	L	February 3, 1982	5–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	25–24–4
54	L	February 6, 1982	2–4	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	25–25–4
55	L	February 7, 1982	5–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	25–26–4
56	T	February 10, 1982	3–3	New York Rangers (1981–82)	25–26–5
57	L	February 13, 1982	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	25–27–5
58	L	February 16, 1982	1–2	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	25–28–5
59	L	February 18, 1982	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	25–29–5
60	L	February 20, 1982	5–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	25–30–5
61	W	February 23, 1982	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	26–30–5
62	L	February 25, 1982	1–9	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	26–31–5
63	W	February 27, 1982	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	27–31–5
64	L	February 28, 1982	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	27–32–5
65	T	March 2, 1982	2–2	Boston Bruins (1981–82)	27–32–6
66	L	March 3, 1982	4–8	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	27–33–6
67	W	March 6, 1982	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	28–33–6
68	L	March 8, 1982	1–8	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	28–34–6
69	L	March 9, 1982	4–6	New York Islanders (1981–82)	28–35–6
70	L	March 13, 1982	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	28–36–6
71	L	March 16, 1982	3–7	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	28–37–6
72	W	March 18, 1982	7–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	29–37–6
73	T	March 20, 1982	3–3	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	29–37–7
74	L	March 21, 1982	5–8	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	29–38–7
75	L	March 24, 1982	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	29–39–7
76	T	March 26, 1982	4–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	29–39–8
77	W	March 28, 1982	8–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	30–39–8
78	W	March 30, 1982	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	31–39–8
79	L	April 3, 1982	4–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	31–40–8
80	W	April 4, 1982	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	32–40–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	74	30	62	92	70	-10	11	0	6
	C	77	25	53	78	32	-9	10	1	1
	LW	74	39	36	75	239	-2	14	0	3
	LW	77	38	31	69	28	-8	8	0	2
	C	79	33	26	59	161	-15	2	0	2
	RW	45	25	34	59	4	11	10	0	3
	C	76	13	40	53	41	-18	1	1	2
	RW	51	19	25	44	51	-12	4	0	3
	RW	48	18	22	40	17	-7	4	0	2
	D	80	5	33	38	26	-5	3	0	1
	RW	71	19	8	27	32	-10	0	1	1
	C	70	14	12	26	97	-10	1	4	2
	D	71	2	20	22	127	-6	0	0	0
	RW	61	9	12	21	127	-13	1	2	0
	D	48	3	18	21	24	-10	1	0	1
	RW	18	6	11	17	8	1	2	0	0
	D	78	2	14	16	62	19	0	0	0
	D	20	3	11	14	28	-2	2	0	0
	D	42	2	9	11	101	-14	0	0	1
	C	45	3	7	10	6	-3	0	1	1
	D	35	3	5	8	50	-8	1	0	0
	D	12	1	7	8	6	5	1	0	1
	D	8	0	6	6	4	-3	0	0	0
	D	22	0	5	5	25	-5	0	0	0
	RW	9	1	3	4	0	3	0	0	0
	LW	5	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
	D	14	1	2	3	43	-1	0	0	0
	C	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
	G	64	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0
	G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	D	35	0	1	1	102	-5	0	0	0
	C	3	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	52	-1	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C/D	4	0	0	0	6	-3	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3691	64	28	28	7	250	4.06	2
	433	9	2	5	0	35	4.85	0
	480	10	1	5	1	45	5.63	0
	120	2	1	1	0	6	3.00	0
	76	2	0	1	0	8	6.32	0
Team:	4800	80	32	40	8	344	4.30	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	10	7	11	18	4	1	0	0
	C	10	3	15	18	10	1	0	1
	LW	10	8	6	14	49	0	0	1
	C	10	2	4	6	13	0	1	0
	RW	7	3	2	5	8	0	0	1
	C	5	3	2	5	11	1	0	0
	RW	10	3	1	4	20	0	0	1
	C	10	2	2	4	4	0	0	0
	C	10	2	2	4	10	0	0	0
	LW	7	1	2	3	0	1	0	0
	D	10	0	3	3	33	0	0	0
	D	3	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
	D	9	0	3	3	14	0	0	0
	LW	10	2	0	2	4	1	0	0
	D	10	1	1	2	16	0	0	0
	C	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
	D	8	0	2	2	14	0	0	0
	D	7	1	0	1	8	1	0	1
	RW	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	494	10	5	3	27	3.28	0
	109	3	0	2	9	4.95	0
Team:	603	10	5	5	36	3.58	0

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Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	20	Marty Ruff		Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
2	36	Hakan Nordin		Färjestad BK (Sweden)
3	62	Gord Donnelly		Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
5	104	Mike Hickey		Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
6	125	Peter Aslin		AIK (Sweden)
7	146	Erik Holmberg		Södertälje SK (Sweden)
8	167	Alain Vigneault		Trois-Rivières Draveurs (OMJHL)
9	188	Dan Wood		Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
10	209	Richard Zemlak		Spokane Flyers (WHL)

See also

• 1981–82 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1981–82 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. 2009-05-21.

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com. 2009-06-15. 1981-82 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.