1985–86 St. Louis Blues season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1985–86
Year:	1985
Team:	St. Louis Blues
Conferencerank:	5th
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	37–34–9
Goalsfor:	302
Goalsagainst:	291
Goalsleader:	Mark Hunter (44)
Assistsleader:	Bernie Federko (68)
Pointsleader:	Bernie Federko (102)
Pimleader:	Mark Hunter and Rob Ramage (171)
Winsleader:	Rick Wamsley (22)
Gaaleader:	Rick Wamsley (3.43)

The 1985–86 St. Louis Blues season saw the Blues finish in third place in the Norris Division with a record of 37 wins, 34 losses, and 9 ties for 83 points. The Blues participated in the NHL playoffs, beating the Minnesota North Stars in the Norris Division Semi-finals, three games to two, followed by a 4–3 series win over the Toronto Maple Leafs to take the Norris Division playoff title. However, they lost to the Calgary Flames in the Campbell Conference Finals in seven games. The Blues won Game 6 of those Campbell Conference Finals in overtime, 6–5, a victory known to Blues fans as "The Monday Night Miracle".^{[1] [2]}

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 12, 1985	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	1–0–0
2	L	October 13, 1985	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	1–1–0
3	W	October 16, 1985	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	2–1–0
4	W	October 19, 1985	4–3	New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	3–1–0
5	L	October 22, 1985	4–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	3–2–0
6	T	October 23, 1985	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	3–2–1
7	L	October 26, 1985	2–5	New York Islanders (1985–86)	3–3–1
8	L	October 29, 1985	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86)	3–4–1
9	T	November 2, 1985	5–5 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	3–4–2
10	W	November 3, 1985	4–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	4–4–2
11	L	November 6, 1985	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	4–5–2
12	L	November 8, 1985	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	4–6–2
13	T	November 9, 1985	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	4–6–3
14	W	November 12, 1985	4–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	5–6–3
15	W	November 14, 1985	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	6–6–3
16	W	November 16, 1985	6–5 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	7–6–3
17	L	November 20, 1985	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	7–7–3
18	W	November 21, 1985	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	8–7–3
19	L	November 23, 1985	3–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	8–8–3
20	W	November 26, 1985	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	9–8–3
21	L	November 29, 1985	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	9–9–3
22	W	November 30, 1985	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	10–9–3
23	L	December 4, 1985	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	10–10–3
24	L	December 5, 1985	2–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86)	10–11–3
25	W	December 7, 1985	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	11–11–3
26	W	December 10, 1985	7–3	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	12–11–3
27	L	December 11, 1985	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	12–12–3
28	T	December 14, 1985	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1985–86)	12–12–4
29	W	December 15, 1985	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	13–12–4
30	W	December 17, 1985	8–6	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	14–12–4
31	W	December 20, 1985	5–2	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	15–12–4
32	W	December 26, 1985	9–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	16–12–4
33	L	December 28, 1985	1–5	Boston Bruins (1985–86)	16–13–4
34	L	December 31, 1985	4–8	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	16–14–4
35	W	January 4, 1986	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	17–14–4
36	L	January 6, 1986	2–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	17–15–4
37	L	January 7, 1986	4–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	17–16–4
38	W	January 9, 1986	7–2	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86)	18–16–4
39	T	January 11, 1986	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	18–16–5
40	T	January 12, 1986	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1985–86)	18–16–6
41	W	January 15, 1986	10–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	19–16–6
42	L	January 16, 1986	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	19–17–6
43	L	January 18, 1986	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	19–18–6
44	L	January 21, 1986	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	19–19–6
45	W	January 23, 1986	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	20–19–6
46	L	January 25, 1986	0–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	20–20–6
47	T	January 29, 1986	5–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	20–20–7
48	W	January 31, 1986	6–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	21–20–7
49	W	February 1, 1986	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	22–20–7
50	W	February 5, 1986	4–3	New York Rangers (1985–86)	23–20–7
51	L	February 6, 1986	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	23–21–7
52	L	February 8, 1986	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	23–22–7
53	T	February 11, 1986	4–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	23–22–8
54	W	February 13, 1986	5–3	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	24–22–8
55	W	February 15, 1986	5–1	Boston Bruins (1985–86)	25–22–8
56	L	February 16, 1986	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	25–23–8
57	W	February 18, 1986	5–0	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	26–23–8
58	L	February 20, 1986	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1985–86)	26–24–8
59	W	February 22, 1986	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	27–24–8
60	W	February 23, 1986	8–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	28–24–8
61	L	February 25, 1986	1–4	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	28–25–8
62	W	March 1, 1986	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	29–25–8
63	L	March 2, 1986	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	29–26–8
64	W	March 4, 1986	6–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	30–26–8
65	W	March 6, 1986	7–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	31–26–8
66	W	March 8, 1986	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	32–26–8
67	L	March 9, 1986	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	32–27–8
68	W	March 11, 1986	3–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	33–27–8
69	L	March 13, 1986	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	33–28–8
70	L	March 15, 1986	4–5	Washington Capitals (1985–86)	33–29–8
71	L	March 17, 1986	5–6 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	33–30–8
72	L	March 19, 1986	2–5	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	33–31–8
73	W	March 20, 1986	3–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	34–31–8
74	W	March 22, 1986	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	35–31–8
75	W	March 25, 1986	2–0	@ New York Islanders (1985–86)	36–31–8
76	L	March 27, 1986	0–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	36–32–8
77	L	March 29, 1986	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	36–33–8
78	T	April 1, 1986	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	36–33–9
79	W	April 5, 1986	7–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	37–33–9
80	L	April 6, 1986	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	37–34–9

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	80	34	68	102	34	10	16	0	2
	RW	78	44	30	74	171	15	11	2	3
	C	79	22	45	67	26	8	5	2	3
	D	77	10	56	66	171	18	7	0	2
	C	74	25	28	53	41	-3	2	1	5
	RW	48	28	24	52	10	-7	9	0	4
	RW	72	13	38	51	70	11	0	0	2
	LW	44	19	23	42	87	-12	8	0	1
	LW	64	18	20	38	8	8	7	0	2
	RW	78	10	28	38	28	11	0	0	2
	RW	56	22	11	33	18	-12	1	1	2
	C	79	11	19	30	28	-1	0	3	3
	D	71	5	24	29	134	7	2	0	1
	D	78	4	20	24	52	-8	1	0	2
	D	75	2	18	20	43	2	2	0	0
	C	36	8	11	19	16	11	0	0	2
	LW	24	7	11	18	24	-3	4	0	0
	LW	30	6	5	11	36	-2	1	0	0
	D	69	4	7	11	116	-3	1	0	0
	D	31	2	7	9	116	9	1	0	1
	RW	31	3	4	7	2	-11	0	0	0
	D	26	2	3	5	42	2	0	0	0
	D	49	0	4	4	87	-6	0	0	0
	D	32	0	4	4	48	-9	0	0	0
	LW	23	2	0	2	39	-7	0	0	0
	LW	13	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
	G	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
	G	36	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
	D	7	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	RW	7	0	0	0	5	-3	0	0	0
	G	42	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2517	42	22	16	3	144	3.43	1	1354	1210	.894
	2168	36	14	16	6	129	3.57	1	1140	1011	.887
	184	3	1	2	0	13	4.24	0	86	73	.849
Team:	4869	80	37	34	9	286	3.52	2	2580	2294	.889

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	19	9	12	21	25	3	1	2	2
	C	19	7	14	21	17	2	1	0	1
	RW	17	10	7	17	13	4	2	0	0
	RW	19	7	7	14	48	-7	2	0	1
	D	19	1	10	11	66	2	0	0	0
	LW	17	4	5	9	10	8	0	0	2
	D	19	2	7	9	64	12	0	0	0
	C	19	4	4	8	12	8	0	1	0
	RW	19	4	4	8	2	8	0	0	1
	LW	19	3	4	7	8	-4	2	0	1
	C	19	2	5	7	12	1	1	0	1
	D	18	1	4	5	24	4	0	0	0
	D	19	2	2	4	116	3	1	0	0
	LW	13	2	2	4	6	2	0	0	0
	C	8	1	3	4	6	-6	0	0	0
	D	6	1	2	3	13	1	1	0	0
	LW	9	1	2	3	22	-4	0	0	0
	RW	11	1	1	2	14	1	1	0	0
	RW	10	1	1	2	24	2	0	0	0
	C	5	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0
	D	14	0	2	2	13	-5	0	0	0
	D	19	0	2	2	51	-2	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0
	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	586	10	6	3	29	2.97	0	330	301	.912
	569	10	4	6	37	3.90	0	307	270	.879
Team:	1155	19	10	9	66	3.43	0	637	571	.896

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Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	37	Herb Raglan		Kingston Canadians (OHL)
3	44	Nelson Emerson		Stratford Cullitons (OPJHL)
3	54	Ned Desmond		Hotchkiss School (USHS-CT)
5	100	Dan Brooks		Saint Thomas Academy (USHS-MN)
6	121	Rick Burchill		Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA)
7	138	Pat Jablonski		Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL)
8	159	Scott Brickey		Port Huron Flags (NAHL)
9	180	Jeff Urban		Minnetonka High School (USHS-MN)
10	201	Vince Guidotti		Noble and Greenough School (USHS-MA)
11	222	Ron Saatzer		Hopkins High School (USHS-MN)
12	243	Dave Jecha		Minnetonka High School (USHS-MN)

References

• Blues on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Quinn . Kay . May 13, 2022 . Vintage KSDK: St. Louis Blues Monday Night Miracle . 2023-08-17 . ksdk.com . en-US.
2. Web site: 2018-05-12 . 4. The Monday Night Miracle, May 12, 1986 . 2023-08-17 . STLtoday.com . en.
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-15 . 1985-86 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.