# 1982–83 St. Louis Blues season

The 1982–83 St. Louis Blues season was the 16th in franchise history. It involved the team finishing the regular-season with a 25-40-15 record, with a total of 65 points, placing them fourth in the Norris Division. It ended with a Norris Division Semifinal loss to the Chicago Black Hawks in four games.
On January 12, Ralston Purina Company attempted to sell the club to Edmonton Oilers founder Bill Hunter, who had plans to move the team to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The NHL would eventually veto the deal, resulting in the team not participating in the Entry Draft. It would pave the way for Harry Ornest to purchase the franchise prior to the following season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Norris Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 80 | 47 | 23 | 10 | 338 | 268 | 104 |
| Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 321 | 290 | 96 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 28 | 40 | 12 | 293 | 330 | 68 |
| St. Louis Blues | 80 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 285 | 316 | 65 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 21 | 44 | 15 | 263 | 344 | 57 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
Chicago
—6−23−4−16−26−1−121−9−2
Detroit
2−6—0−6−21−5−24−47−21−4
Minnesota
4−3−16−0−2—3−0−53−516−8−8
St. Louis
2−65−1−20−3−5—3−3−210−13−9
Toronto
1−6−14−45−33−3−2—13−16−3
Vs. Smythe Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
Chicago
1−21−1−12−0−10−1−22−16−5−4
Detroit
1−21−20−1−21−1−10−33−9−3
Minnesota
1−1−11−22−12−0−13−09−4−2
St. Louis
1−20−2−12−10−31−24−10−1
Toronto
1−1−10−2−11−22−10−34−9−2
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Adams Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
Chicago
0−31−1−13−03−02−19−5−1
Detroit
0−31−1−13−00−1−21−1−15−6−4
Minnesota
0−32−0−12−0−10−31−25−8−2
St. Louis
0−31−22−10−2−11−1−14−9−2
Toronto
1−22−0−12−11−0−21−1−17−4−4
Vs. Patrick Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
Chicago
3−01−1−13−01−1−13−00−2−111−4−3
Detroit
1−1−12−0−10−2−10−32−0−11−26−8−4
Minnesota
3−02−0−11−21−1−12−0−11−1−110−4−4
St. Louis
2−0−11−20−2−10−33−01−1−17−8−3
Toronto
0−1−21−20−30−2−12−11−24−11−3 :

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | October 6, 1982 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | October 7, 1982 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | L | October 9, 1982 | 3–6 | Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | L | October 13, 1982 | 4–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | L | October 14, 1982 | 2–5 | Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) | 2–3–0 |
| 6 | W | October 16, 1982 | 6–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 3–3–0 |
| 7 | L | October 18, 1982 | 3–4 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 3–4–0 |
| 8 | W | October 20, 1982 | 5–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) | 4–4–0 |
| 9 | W | October 23, 1982 | 5–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 5–4–0 |
| 10 | L | October 24, 1982 | 2–6 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) | 5–5–0 |
| 11 | L | October 27, 1982 | 4–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 5–6–0 |
| 12 | L | October 30, 1982 | 5–6 | Washington Capitals (1982–83) | 5–7–0 |
| 13 | W | November 2, 1982 | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 6–7–0 |
| 14 | W | November 5, 1982 | 4–3 | @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) | 7–7–0 |
| 15 | T | November 6, 1982 | 3–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) | 7–7–1 |
| 16 | L | November 9, 1982 | 1–4 | @ New York Islanders (1982–83) | 7–8–1 |
| 17 | L | November 10, 1982 | 4–5 | @ New York Rangers (1982–83) | 7–9–1 |
| 18 | L | November 13, 1982 | 2–5 | @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) | 7–10–1 |
| 19 | L | November 14, 1982 | 3–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) | 7–11–1 |
| 20 | W | November 16, 1982 | 7–2 | New Jersey Devils (1982–83) | 8–11–1 |
| 21 | T | November 20, 1982 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 8–11–2 |
| 22 | L | November 21, 1982 | 1–3 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) | 8–12–2 |
| 23 | T | November 23, 1982 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) | 8–12–3 |
| 24 | L | November 26, 1982 | 6–8 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) | 8–13–3 |
| 25 | W | November 27, 1982 | 5–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) | 9–13–3 |
| 26 | L | November 30, 1982 | 2–3 | New York Islanders (1982–83) | 9–14–3 |
| 27 | L | December 2, 1982 | 3–6 | Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 9–15–3 |
| 28 | L | December 4, 1982 | 3–6 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 9–16–3 |
| 29 | L | December 5, 1982 | 3–6 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 9–17–3 |
| 30 | L | December 7, 1982 | 2–3 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 9–18–3 |
| 31 | W | December 9, 1982 | 7–2 | @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 10–18–3 |
| 32 | L | December 11, 1982 | 1–3 | Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 10–19–3 |
| 33 | L | December 14, 1982 | 3–4 | Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) | 10–20–3 |
| 34 | W | December 15, 1982 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) | 11–20–3 |
| 35 | W | December 18, 1982 | 7–4 | Hartford Whalers (1982–83) | 12–20–3 |
| 36 | T | December 21, 1982 | 5–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 12–20–4 |
| 37 | W | December 23, 1982 | 7–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) | 13–20–4 |
| 38 | L | December 26, 1982 | 4–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 13–21–4 |
| 39 | L | December 28, 1982 | 0–3 | Boston Bruins (1982–83) | 13–22–4 |
| 40 | W | December 29, 1982 | 6–5 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) | 14–22–4 |
| 41 | L | January 1, 1983 | 1–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) | 14–23–4 |
| 42 | L | January 4, 1983 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 14–24–4 |
| 43 | T | January 5, 1983 | 3–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 14–24–5 |
| 44 | T | January 8, 1983 | 3–3 | Washington Capitals (1982–83) | 14–24–6 |
| 45 | L | January 11, 1983 | 5–7 | Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 14–25–6 |
| 46 | W | January 14, 1983 | 4–2 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) | 15–25–6 |
| 47 | T | January 17, 1983 | 4–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) | 15–25–7 |
| 48 | L | January 18, 1983 | 1–3 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) | 15–26–7 |
| 49 | T | January 20, 1983 | 3–3 | @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) | 15–26–8 |
| 50 | L | January 22, 1983 | 6–7 | Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 15–27–8 |
| 51 | T | January 25, 1983 | 4–4 | Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 15–27–9 |
| 52 | T | January 27, 1983 | 3–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 15–27–10 |
| 53 | W | January 29, 1983 | 4–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 16–27–10 |
| 54 | L | February 1, 1983 | 0–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 16–28–10 |
| 55 | W | February 2, 1983 | 4–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 17–28–10 |
| 56 | T | February 5, 1983 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1982–83) | 17–28–11 |
| 57 | L | February 10, 1983 | 2–5 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) | 17–29–11 |
| 58 | W | February 12, 1983 | 5–1 | New Jersey Devils (1982–83) | 18–29–11 |
| 59 | W | February 14, 1983 | 6–4 | Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) | 19–29–11 |
| 60 | L | February 16, 1983 | 3–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) | 19–30–11 |
| 61 | L | February 17, 1983 | 3–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) | 19–31–11 |
| 62 | T | February 19, 1983 | 4–4 | Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) | 19–31–12 |
| 63 | L | February 22, 1983 | 3–6 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 19–32–12 |
| 64 | T | February 25, 1983 | 5–5 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 19–32–13 |
| 65 | L | February 26, 1983 | 2–7 | @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 19–33–13 |
| 66 | W | March 1, 1983 | 7–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 20–33–13 |
| 67 | T | March 2, 1983 | 4–4 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 20–33–14 |
| 68 | L | March 5, 1983 | 5–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) | 20–34–14 |
| 69 | W | March 8, 1983 | 6–0 | New York Islanders (1982–83) | 21–34–14 |
| 70 | L | March 9, 1983 | 2–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) | 21–35–14 |
| 71 | W | March 12, 1983 | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 22–35–14 |
| 72 | W | March 15, 1983 | 5–3 | Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) | 23–35–14 |
| 73 | L | March 16, 1983 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 23–36–14 |
| 74 | T | March 19, 1983 | 3–3 | Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 23–36–15 |
| 75 | W | March 22, 1983 | 4–1 | @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) | 24–36–15 |
| 76 | L | March 24, 1983 | 6–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) | 24–37–15 |
| 77 | L | March 26, 1983 | 5–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) | 24–38–15 |
| 78 | L | March 29, 1983 | 3–4 | New York Rangers (1982–83) | 24–39–15 |
| 79 | W | April 2, 1983 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 25–39–15 |
| 80 | L | April 3, 1983 | 2–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 25–40–15 |

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Bernie Federko | C | 75 | 24 | 60 | 84 | 24 | -10 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Sutter | LW | 79 | 46 | 30 | 76 | 254 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| Jorgen Pettersson | LW | 74 | 35 | 38 | 73 | 4 | -10 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Blake Dunlop | C | 78 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 14 | -6 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Rob Ramage | D | 78 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 193 | -9 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Perry Turnbull | C | 79 | 32 | 15 | 47 | 172 | -20 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Mullen | RW | 49 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 6 | -5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Babych | RW | 71 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 62 | -24 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Alain Lemieux | C | 42 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 18 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | D | 54 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 43 | -12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Zuke | C | 43 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Brownschidle | D | 72 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 30 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Patey | C | 67 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 80 | -6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Reeds | RW | 20 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blair Chapman | RW | 39 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Crombeen | RW | 80 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andre Dore | D | 38 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 61 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Crawford | RW | 27 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rik Wilson | D | 56 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 50 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | RW | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Carlson | LW | 54 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 58 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perry Anderson | LW | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Kea | D | 46 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alain Vigneault | D | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 39 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Klassen | C | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Pavese | D | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 45 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Brackenbury | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Hanlon | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Hart | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Heinz | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Hickey | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Liut | G | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Stewart | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Tudor | RW/C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Mike Liut | 3794 | 68 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 235 | 3.72 | 1 |
| Glen Hanlon | 671 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 50 | 4.47 | 0 |
| Rick Heinz | 335 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 4.30 | 1 |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 309 | 3.86 | 2 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Bernie Federko | C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Sutter | LW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ramage | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Dunlop | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorgen Pettersson | LW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Patey | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Reeds | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perry Turnbull | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Zuke | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Crombeen | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Dore | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alain Lemieux | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alain Vigneault | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Brownschidle | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Carlson | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Crawford | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Liut | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Pavese | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Mike Liut | 240 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 |
| Team: | 240 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 |
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 3 | 50 | Mike Posavad | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 5 | 92 | Scott Machej | Canada | Calgary Wranglers (WHL) |
| 6 | 113 | Perry Ganchar | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 7 | 134 | Doug Gilmour | Canada | Cornwall Royals (OHL) |
| 8 | 155 | Chris Delaney | United States | Boston College (ECAC) |
| 9 | 176 | Matt Christensen | United States | Aurora-Hoyt Lakes High School (USHS-MN) |
| 10 | 197 | John Shumski | United States | Rennssaeler Polytechnic Institute (ECAC) |
| 11 | 218 | Brian Ahern | United States | Sibley High School (USHS-MN) |
| 12 | 239 | Peter Smith | United States | University of Maine (ECAC) |