1983–84 St. Louis Blues season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1983–84
Year:	1983
Team:	St. Louis Blues
Divisionrank:	2nd
Record:	32-41-7
Altcaptain:	None

The 1983–84 St. Louis Blues season was the 17th in franchise history. It involved the team finishing with a 32-41-7 record, good for 71 points, while placing second place in the Norris Division. It was also the season that The Checkerdome was renamed as The Arena, going back to its original name.

Offseason

The Blues did not participate in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, shortly after the league blocked the franchise's relocation to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 4, 1983	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	1–0–0
2	L	October 5, 1983	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	1–1–0
3	W	October 8, 1983	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	2–1–0
4	W	October 11, 1983	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	3–1–0
5	W	October 13, 1983	7–4	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	4–1–0
6	W	October 15, 1983	6–5	New York Rangers (1983–84)	5–1–0
7	L	October 19, 1983	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	5–2–0
8	W	October 22, 1983	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	6–2–0
9	L	October 25, 1983	1–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	6–3–0
10	L	October 26, 1983	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	6–4–0
11	L	October 29, 1983	2–3	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	6–5–0
12	L	November 1, 1983	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	6–6–0
13	L	November 3, 1983	5–9	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	6–7–0
14	W	November 5, 1983	7–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	7–7–0
15	T	November 8, 1983	5–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	7–7–1
16	L	November 10, 1983	2–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	7–8–1
17	L	November 12, 1983	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	7–9–1
18	L	November 15, 1983	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	7–10–1
19	L	November 16, 1983	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	7–11–1
20	T	November 19, 1983	4–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	7–11–2
21	W	November 22, 1983	7–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	8–11–2
22	L	November 23, 1983	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	8–12–2
23	W	November 26, 1983	8–6	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	9–12–2
24	T	November 29, 1983	5–5 OT	New York Islanders (1983–84)	9–12–3
25	L	December 2, 1983	6–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	9–13–3
26	L	December 3, 1983	2–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	9–14–3
27	W	December 6, 1983	8–2	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	10–14–3
28	W	December 7, 1983	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	11–14–3
29	W	December 10, 1983	8–3	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	12–14–3
30	W	December 13, 1983	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	13–14–3
31	T	December 14, 1983	4–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	13–14–4
32	L	December 17, 1983	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	13–15–4
33	L	December 20, 1983	2–5	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	13–16–4
34	L	December 21, 1983	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	13–17–4
35	L	December 23, 1983	3–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	13–18–4
36	L	December 26, 1983	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	13–19–4
37	W	December 27, 1983	5–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	14–19–4
38	W	December 29, 1983	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	15–19–4
39	W	December 31, 1983	2–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	16–19–4
40	W	January 3, 1984	8–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	17–19–4
41	L	January 5, 1984	1–5	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	17–20–4
42	L	January 7, 1984	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	17–21–4
43	W	January 8, 1984	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	18–21–4
44	W	January 10, 1984	2–0	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	19–21–4
45	L	January 12, 1984	2–6	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	19–22–4
46	L	January 14, 1984	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	19–23–4
47	T	January 17, 1984	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	19–23–5
48	L	January 18, 1984	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	19–24–5
49	W	January 20, 1984	4–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	20–24–5
50	L	January 21, 1984	1–2	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	20–25–5
51	W	January 24, 1984	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	21–25–5
52	L	January 27, 1984	8–10	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	21–26–5
53	L	January 29, 1984	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	21–27–5
54	W	February 2, 1984	5–2	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	22–27–5
55	L	February 4, 1984	3–7	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	22–28–5
56	L	February 7, 1984	1–2	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	22–29–5
57	T	February 11, 1984	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	22–29–6
58	W	February 15, 1984	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	23–29–6
59	L	February 16, 1984	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	23–30–6
60	L	February 18, 1984	2–4	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	23–31–6
61	L	February 19, 1984	5–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	23–32–6
62	L	February 21, 1984	5–6	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	23–33–6
63	L	February 23, 1984	1–5	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	23–34–6
64	T	February 25, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	23–34–7
65	L	February 26, 1984	0–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	23–35–7
66	W	February 28, 1984	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	24–35–7
67	W	February 29, 1984	7–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	25–35–7
68	W	March 3, 1984	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	26–35–7
69	L	March 6, 1984	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	26–36–7
70	L	March 8, 1984	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	26–37–7
71	W	March 10, 1984	6–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	27–37–7
72	W	March 13, 1984	2–0	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	28–37–7
73	W	March 15, 1984	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	29–37–7
74	L	March 17, 1984	4–6	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	29–38–7
75	W	March 18, 1984	5–3	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	30–38–7
76	W	March 20, 1984	9–3	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	31–38–7
77	W	March 24, 1984	7–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	32–38–7
78	L	March 26, 1984	3–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	32–39–7
79	L	March 30, 1984	1–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	32–40–7
80	L	March 31, 1984	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	32–41–7

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	79	41	66	107	43	-3	14	0	4
	RW	80	41	44	85	19	-8	13	0	6
	LW	76	32	51	83	162	-6	14	2	3
	LW	77	28	34	62	29	-2	7	0	7
	D	80	15	45	60	121	-11	9	0	3
	C	80	25	28	53	57	6	3	1	1
	C	64	12	34	46	10	-15	4	0	2
	RW	70	13	29	42	52	1	3	0	0
	C	46	7	21	28	19	10	2	0	1
	RW	65	11	14	25	23	-3	3	1	0
	C	32	14	8	22	81	-2	1	0	0
	LW	69	9	11	20	24	-3	0	0	1
	D	48	7	11	18	53	4	2	0	1
	D	55	3	12	15	58	3	0	0	1
	D	62	2	13	15	65	22	1	0	0
	RW	34	8	6	14	17	4	1	0	0
	LW	58	6	8	14	95	9	0	0	0
	D	70	4	10	14	219	-3	0	0	1
	LW	50	7	5	12	195	-13	0	0	1
	C	17	1	10	11	4	-1	0	0	0
	D	23	0	11	11	6	-5	0	0	0
	C	17	4	5	9	6	0	1	0	0
	D	65	2	6	8	143	5	0	0	0
	D	51	1	7	8	19	-21	1	0	0
	D	44	0	5	5	41	-7	0	0	0
	G	58	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
	C	17	0	1	1	8	-12	0	0	0
	D	4	0	1	1	19	-1	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	G	22	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
	C	5	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0
	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3425	58	25	29	4	197	3.45	3
	1118	22	7	7	3	80	4.29	0
	300	5	0	5	0	31	6.20	0
Team:	4843	80	32	41	7	308	3.82	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	11	2	9	11	10	1	0	1
	LW	11	7	3	10	2	2	0	1
	D	11	1	8	9	32	1	0	1
	C	11	4	4	8	10	1	0	1
	RW	11	3	3	6	15	0	1	1
	LW	11	1	5	6	22	1	0	0
	RW	10	1	4	5	4	0	0	0
	RW	7	3	1	4	0	2	0	0
	C	11	2	2	4	2	0	1	1
	D	11	1	3	4	11	0	0	0
	D	9	1	2	3	18	0	0	0
	RW	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	11	1	1	2	6	0	1	0
	D	11	0	2	2	14	0	0	0
	C	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
	RW	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
	D	11	0	1	1	25	0	0	0
	LW	9	0	0	0	27	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	26	0	0	0
	D	11	0	0	0	9	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	714	11	6	5	29	2.44	1
	8	1	0	0	1	7.50	0
Team:	722	11	6	5	30	2.49	1

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See also

• 1983–84 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1983–84 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-21 .
• Blues on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-15 . 1983-84 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.