1988–89 St. Louis Blues season

The 1988–89 St. Louis Blues season was the 22nd in franchise history. The Blues finished 2nd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Chicago Blackhawks 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
4 	T 	October 14, 1988 	8–8 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	October 15, 1988 	2–9 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 	2–2–1
6 	W 	October 20, 1988 	2–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	3–2–1
7 	L 	October 22, 1988 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	3–3–1
8 	W 	October 27, 1988 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 	4–3–1
9 	W 	October 29, 1988 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	5–3–1
10 	L 	November 2, 1988 	4–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	5–4–1
11 	L 	November 3, 1988 	1–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	5–5–1
12 	W 	November 5, 1988 	5–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	6–5–1
13 	T 	November 7, 1988 	3–3 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	6–5–2
14 	T 	November 10, 1988 	5–5 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	6–5–3
15 	W 	November 12, 1988 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	7–5–3
16 	L 	November 15, 1988 	2–4 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	7–6–3
17 	W 	November 17, 1988 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	8–6–3
18 	L 	November 19, 1988 	2–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	8–7–3
19 	L 	November 21, 1988 	0–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	8–8–3
20 	L 	November 24, 1988 	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	8–9–3
21 	T 	November 26, 1988 	4–4 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	8–9–4
22 	L 	November 29, 1988 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	8–10–4
23 	W 	December 1, 1988 	8–0 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	9–10–4
24 	W 	December 3, 1988 	3–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	10–10–4
25 	W 	December 6, 1988 	3–0 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	11–10–4
26 	L 	December 8, 1988 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	11–11–4
27 	W 	December 10, 1988 	3–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	12–11–4
28 	L 	December 11, 1988 	2–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	12–12–4
29 	L 	December 13, 1988 	3–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	12–13–4
30 	T 	December 15, 1988 	3–3 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	12–13–5
31 	W 	December 17, 1988 	4–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	13–13–5
32 	L 	December 19, 1988 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	13–14–5
33 	L 	December 20, 1988 	3–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	13–15–5
34 	T 	December 22, 1988 	4–4 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	13–15–6
35 	W 	December 26, 1988 	4–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	14–15–6
36 	L 	December 28, 1988 	2–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	14–16–6
37 	T 	December 30, 1988 	5–5 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	14–16–7
38 	L 	December 31, 1988 	2–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	14–17–7
39 	L 	January 2, 1989 	7–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	14–18–7
40 	L 	January 4, 1989 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	14–19–7
41 	W 	January 7, 1989 	7–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	15–19–7
42 	L 	January 12, 1989 	4–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	15–20–7
43 	L 	January 15, 1989 	1–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	15–21–7
44 	W 	January 17, 1989 	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	16–21–7
45 	L 	January 19, 1989 	0–5 	New York Rangers (1988–89) 	16–22–7
46 	W 	January 21, 1989 	4–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	17–22–7
47 	T 	January 25, 1989 	3–3 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	17–22–8
48 	L 	January 26, 1989 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	17–23–8
49 	T 	January 28, 1989 	4–4 OT 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	17–23–9
50 	W 	January 31, 1989 	5–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	18–23–9
51 	W 	February 2, 1989 	7–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	19–23–9
52 	T 	February 3, 1989 	3–3 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 	19–23–10
53 	W 	February 5, 1989 	5–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	20–23–10
54 	L 	February 9, 1989 	3–5 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	20–24–10
55 	W 	February 11, 1989 	5–0 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	21–24–10
56 	L 	February 12, 1989 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	21–25–10
57 	L 	February 14, 1989 	3–5 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	21–26–10
58 	L 	February 16, 1989 	3–7 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	21–27–10
59 	L 	February 18, 1989 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	21–28–10
60 	L 	February 21, 1989 	0–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	21–29–10
61 	L 	February 24, 1989 	3–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	21–30–10
62 	L 	February 25, 1989 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	21–31–10
63 	W 	February 27, 1989 	7–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	22–31–10
64 	W 	March 2, 1989 	6–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	23–31–10
65 	L 	March 4, 1989 	4–5 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	23–32–10
66 	T 	March 5, 1989 	3–3 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	23–32–11
67 	W 	March 7, 1989 	6–2 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	24–32–11
68 	W 	March 9, 1989 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	25–32–11
69 	T 	March 11, 1989 	2–2 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	25–32–12
70 	L 	March 12, 1989 	3–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	25–33–12
71 	W 	March 14, 1989 	3–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	26–33–12
72 	W 	March 16, 1989 	4–3 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	27–33–12
73 	W 	March 18, 1989 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	28–33–12
74 	L 	March 20, 1989 	4–7 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	28–34–12
75 	W 	March 22, 1989 	2–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	29–34–12
76 	L 	March 25, 1989 	0–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	29–35–12
77 	W 	March 27, 1989 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	30–35–12
78 	W 	March 30, 1989 	4–3 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	31–35–12
79 	W 	April 1, 1989 	4–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	32–35–12
80 	W 	April 2, 1989 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	33–35–12
==Playoffs==
===St. Louis Blues 4, Minnesota North Stars 1===
===Chicago Blackhawks 4, St. Louis Blues 1===
==Player Stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player 	GP	G 	AST	PTS	PIM
Brett Hull 	78	41	43 	84 	33
Bernie Federko	66	22	45 	67 	54
Cliff Ronning 	64	24	31 	55 	18
Peter Zezel 	52	17	36 	53 	27
Greg Paslawski	75	26	26 	52 	18
Tony Hrkac 	70	17	28 	45 	8
Gino Cavallini	74	20	23 	43 	79
Tony McKegney 	71	25	17 	42 	58
Rick Meagher 	78	15	14 	29 	53
Sergio Momesso	53	9 	17 	26 	139
Steve Tuttle 	53	13	12 	25 	6
Doug Evans 	53	7 	12 	19 	81
Herb Raglan 	50	7 	10 	17 	144
Mike Bullard 	20	4 	12 	16 	46
Todd Ewen 	34	4 	5 	9 	171
Craig Coxe 	41	0 	7 	7 	127
Dave Lowry 	21	3 	3 	6 	11
Jim Vesey 	5 	1 	1 	2 	7
===Defencemen===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player 	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Brian Benning 	66	8	26 	34 	102
Gordie Roberts 	77	2	24 	26 	90
Paul Cavallini 	65	4	20 	24 	128
Tom Tilley 	70	1	22 	23 	47
Mike Lalor 	36	1	14 	15 	54
Gaston Gingras 	52	3	10 	13 	6
Dave Richter 	66	1	5 	6 	99
Glen Featherstone	18	0	2 	2 	22
Robert Dirk 	9 	0	1 	1 	11
Dominic Lavoie 	1 	0	0 	0 	0
Tim Bothwell 	22	0	0 	0 	14
===Goaltending===
Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T	SO	GAA
Greg Millen 	52	22	20	7	6 	3.38
Vincent Riendeau	32	11	15	5	0 	3.52
==Awards and Records==
*Lester Patrick Trophy: Dan Kelly (sportscaster) (posthumous selection)Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.425, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1988–89 NHL season
==References==
* Blues on Hockey Database
* Blues on Hockey Reference
Category:St. Louis Blues seasons
Category:1988 in hockey
Category:1989 in hockey