# 1985–86 St. Louis Blues season

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".

## Regular season
### Final standings

Norris Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 80 | 39 | 33 | 8 | 351 | 349 | 86 |
| Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 327 | 305 | 85 |
| St. Louis Blues | 80 | 37 | 34 | 9 | 302 | 291 | 83 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 25 | 48 | 7 | 311 | 386 | 57 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 17 | 57 | 6 | 266 | 415 | 40 |
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
1985–86 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
Chicago
—6−23−3−25−32−616−14−2
Detroit
2−6—1−6−12−5−13−4−18−21−3
Minnesota
3−3−26−1−1—4−3−17−0−120−7−5
St. Louis
3−55−2−13−4−1—3−3−214−14−4
Toronto
6−24−3−10−7−13−3−2—13−15−4
Vs. Smythe Division
1985–86 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
Chicago
2−10−31−0−23−02−18−5−2
Detroit
0−2−10−32−10−30−32−12−1
Minnesota
2−0−11−21−21−21−26−8−1
St. Louis
2−11−1−11−1−13−02−19−4−2
Toronto
1−21−21−20−2−11−1−14−9−2
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Adams Division
1985–86 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
Chicago
2−12−12−10−2−11−27−7−1
Detroit
1−21−1−11−20−31−24−10−1
Minnesota
0−31−22−11−1−11−25−9−1
St. Louis
2−11−21−1−12−12−18−6−1
Toronto
0−2−12−10−31−20−33−11−1
Vs. Patrick Division
1985–86 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
Chicago
1−22−0−13−00−2−11−1−11−28−7−3
Detroit
0−2−10−30−31−21−21−23−14−1
Minnesota
2−12−0−12−10−2−10−31−27−9−2
St. Louis
2−11−1−11−1−11−21−20−36−10−2
Toronto
2−10−31−21−20−31−25−13−0 :

## 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 |
| Bernie Federko | C | 80 | 34 | 68 | 102 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Hunter | RW | 78 | 44 | 30 | 74 | 171 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| Ron Flockhart | C | 79 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Rob Ramage | D | 77 | 10 | 56 | 66 | 171 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Gilmour | C | 74 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 41 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Joe Mullen | RW | 48 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 10 | -7 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| Dave Barr | RW | 72 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Sutter | LW | 44 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 87 | -12 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin LaVallee | LW | 64 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Reeds | RW | 78 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Paslawski | RW | 56 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 18 | -12 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rick Meagher | C | 79 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 28 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Lee Norwood | D | 71 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 134 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ric Nattress | D | 78 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 52 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bruce Bell | D | 75 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wickenheiser | C | 36 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eddy Beers | LW | 24 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 24 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gino Cavallini | LW | 30 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 36 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Pavese | D | 69 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 116 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bourgeois | D | 31 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 116 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denis Cyr | RW | 31 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Carlson | D | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Johnson | D | 49 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 87 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rik Wilson | D | 32 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 48 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Normand Baron | LW | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Evans | LW | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell May | G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Millen | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Evans | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Posavad | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Raglan | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Wamsley | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Rick Wamsley | 2517 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 144 | 3.43 | 1 | 1354 | 1210 | .894 |
| Greg Millen | 2168 | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 129 | 3.57 | 1 | 1140 | 1011 | .887 |
| Darrell May | 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 |
| Doug Gilmour | C | 19 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Bernie Federko | C | 19 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Paslawski | RW | 17 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Hunter | RW | 19 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 48 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Ramage | D | 19 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gino Cavallini | LW | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lee Norwood | D | 19 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Meagher | C | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Reeds | RW | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddy Beers | LW | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Wickenheiser | C | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ric Nattress | D | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bourgeois | D | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 116 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin LaVallee | LW | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Flockhart | C | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Benning | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Sutter | LW | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Barr | RW | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Raglan | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Ronning | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Bell | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Pavese | D | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 51 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Carlson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Millen | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Wamsley | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Greg Millen | 586 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 2.97 | 0 | 330 | 301 | .912 |
| Rick Wamsley | 569 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 3.90 | 0 | 307 | 270 | .879 |
| Team: | 1155 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 66 | 3.43 | 0 | 637 | 571 | .896 |
    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 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 | Canada | Kingston Canadians (OHL) |
| 3 | 44 | Nelson Emerson | Canada | Stratford Cullitons (OPJHL) |
| 3 | 54 | Ned Desmond | United States | Hotchkiss School (USHS-CT) |
| 5 | 100 | Dan Brooks | United States | Saint Thomas Academy (USHS-MN) |
| 6 | 121 | Rick Burchill | United States | Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA) |
| 7 | 138 | Pat Jablonski | United States | Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL) |
| 8 | 159 | Scott Brickey | United States | Port Huron Flags (NAHL) |
| 9 | 180 | Jeff Urban | United States | Minnetonka High School (USHS-MN) |
| 10 | 201 | Vince Guidotti | United States | Noble and Greenough School (USHS-MA) |
| 11 | 222 | Ron Saatzer | United States | Hopkins High School (USHS-MN) |
| 12 | 243 | Dave Jecha | United States | Minnetonka High School (USHS-MN) |