1990–91 St. Louis Blues season

The 1990-91 St. Louis Blues season was the 24th in franchise history. The Blues finished 2nd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Minnesota North Stars 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
==Regular Season==
Brett Hull scored 50 goals in 50 games and finished with 86, the third-highest total in National Hockey League history.
===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
1 	W 	October 4, 1990 	3–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 6, 1990 	2–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 9, 1990 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 12, 1990 	0–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	2–2–0
5 	L 	October 14, 1990 	1–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	2–3–0
6 	W 	October 16, 1990 	5–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	3–3–0
7 	W 	October 18, 1990 	4–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	4–3–0
8 	T 	October 20, 1990 	2–2 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	4–3–1
9 	W 	October 24, 1990 	8–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	5–3–1
10 	W 	October 25, 1990 	8–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	6–3–1
11 	W 	October 27, 1990 	3–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	7–3–1
12 	W 	October 30, 1990 	5–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	8–3–1
13 	L 	November 1, 1990 	2–3 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	8–4–1
14 	W 	November 3, 1990 	4–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	9–4–1
15 	W 	November 6, 1990 	2–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	10–4–1
16 	W 	November 8, 1990 	3–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	11–4–1
17 	W 	November 10, 1990 	6–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	12–4–1
18 	W 	November 13, 1990 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	13–4–1
19 	W 	November 17, 1990 	3–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	14–4–1
20 	L 	November 18, 1990 	3–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	14–5–1
21 	W 	November 20, 1990 	4–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	15–5–1
22 	L 	November 23, 1990 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	15–6–1
23 	T 	November 24, 1990 	3–3 OT 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	15–6–2
24 	L 	November 27, 1990 	3–4 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	15–7–2
25 	T 	November 29, 1990 	4–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	15–7–3
26 	L 	December 1, 1990 	1–4 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	15–8–3
27 	L 	December 2, 1990 	2–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	15–9–3
28 	W 	December 7, 1990 	6–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	16–9–3
29 	W 	December 8, 1990 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	17–9–3
30 	T 	December 11, 1990 	3–3 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	17–9–4
31 	W 	December 13, 1990 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	18–9–4
32 	W 	December 15, 1990 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	19–9–4
33 	W 	December 16, 1990 	5–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	20–9–4
34 	T 	December 20, 1990 	3–3 OT 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	20–9–5
35 	W 	December 22, 1990 	5–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	21–9–5
36 	T 	December 26, 1990 	6–6 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	21–9–6
37 	L 	December 27, 1990 	4–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	21–10–6
38 	L 	December 29, 1990 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	21–11–6
39 	L 	December 31, 1990 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	21–12–6
40 	W 	January 3, 1991 	8–7 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	22–12–6
41 	L 	January 5, 1991 	2–3 OT 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	22–13–6
42 	W 	January 8, 1991 	5–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	23–13–6
43 	W 	January 9, 1991 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	24–13–6
44 	T 	January 12, 1991 	4–4 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	24–13–7
45 	W 	January 13, 1991 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	25–13–7
46 	W 	January 15, 1991 	7–3 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	26–13–7
47 	L 	January 17, 1991 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	26–14–7
48 	L 	January 22, 1991 	3–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	26–15–7
49 	W 	January 25, 1991 	9–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	27–15–7
50 	W 	January 26, 1991 	5–4 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	28–15–7
51 	W 	January 29, 1991 	8–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	29–15–7
52 	W 	January 31, 1991 	4–3 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	30–15–7
53 	W 	February 2, 1991 	5–4 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	31–15–7
54 	L 	February 4, 1991 	5–6 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	31–16–7
55 	W 	February 6, 1991 	5–4 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	32–16–7
56 	W 	February 9, 1991 	5–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) 	33–16–7
57 	W 	February 12, 1991 	4–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	34–16–7
58 	W 	February 14, 1991 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	35–16–7
59 	L 	February 17, 1991 	4–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	35–17–7
60 	W 	February 19, 1991 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	36–17–7
61 	W 	February 21, 1991 	7–2 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	37–17–7
62 	W 	February 23, 1991 	9–2 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	38–17–7
63 	L 	February 24, 1991 	2–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	38–18–7
64 	W 	February 26, 1991 	3–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	39–18–7
65 	T 	February 28, 1991 	4–4 OT 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	39–18–8
66 	T 	March 2, 1991 	4–4 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	39–18–9
67 	W 	March 5, 1991 	4–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	40–18–9
68 	T 	March 7, 1991 	5–5 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	40–18–10
69 	L 	March 9, 1991 	4–8 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	40–19–10
70 	L 	March 10, 1991 	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	40–20–10
71 	T 	March 14, 1991 	2–2 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	40–20–11
72 	L 	March 16, 1991 	2–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	40–21–11
73 	L 	March 17, 1991 	4–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	40–22–11
74 	W 	March 19, 1991 	2–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	41–22–11
75 	W 	March 21, 1991 	4–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	42–22–11
76 	W 	March 23, 1991 	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	43–22–11
77 	W 	March 25, 1991 	5–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	44–22–11
78 	W 	March 28, 1991 	3–0 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	45–22–11
79 	W 	March 30, 1991 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	46–22–11
80 	W 	March 31, 1991 	2–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	47–22–11
==Playoffs==
===St. Louis Blues 4, Detroit Red Wings 3===
 	 	 	
Date 	Away 	Home 	
April 4 	Detroit 6 	3 St. Louis	
April 6 	Detroit 2 	4 St. Louis	
April 8 	St. Louis 2	5 Detroit 	
April 10	St. Louis 3	4 Detroit 	
April 12	Detroit 1 	6 St. Louis	
April 14	St. Louis 3	0 Detroit 	
April 16	Detroit 2 	3 St. Louis	
 	 	 	
===Minnesota North Stars 4, St. Louis Blues 2===
 	 	 	
Date 	Away 	Home 	
April 18	Minnesota 2	1 St. Louis	
April 20	Minnesota 2	5 St. Louis	
April 22	St. Louis 1	5 Minnesota	
April 24	St. Louis 4	8 Minnesota	
April 26	Minnesota 2	4 St. Louis	
April 28	St. Louis 2	3 Minnesota	
 	 	 	
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	78	86	45	131	22 	23 	29 	0 	11
 	C 	61	25	90	115	29 	15 	3 	1 	3
 	D 	67	12	47	59 	39 	4 	6 	1 	0
 	LW 	66	27	30	57 	56 	19 	9 	0 	6
 	C 	78	17	32	49 	93 	2 	4 	0 	3
 	D 	78	5 	44	49 	150	23 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	79	19	21	40 	168	19 	0 	2 	5
 	C 	73	10	27	37 	54 	-1 	1 	2 	1
 	D 	67	10	25	35 	89 	19 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	78	8 	27	35 	81 	4 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	79	16	18	34 	183	17 	0 	2 	1
 	C 	48	14	18	32 	10 	2 	5 	0 	2
 	LW 	59	10	18	28 	131	12 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	77	16	11	27 	122	6 	0 	2 	2
 	D 	68	5 	15	20 	204	19 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	37	6 	11	17 	24 	-2 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	64	2 	14	16 	81 	17 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	4 	7 	11 	20 	-5 	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	20	3 	6 	9 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	32	3 	3 	6 	52 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	22	2 	4 	6 	4 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	54	1 	4 	5 	50 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	24	3 	1 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	41	1 	3 	4 	100	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	4 	4 	32 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1 	2 	3 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	1 	2 	3 	14 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	3 	3 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1 	1 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	26	1 	1 	2 	128	2 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	44	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	1 	0 	1 	15 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2671	44	29	9 	6 	134	3.01	3 	1241	1107	.892
 	1710	30	16	10	2 	89 	3.12	0 	874 	785 	.898
 	492 	8 	2 	3 	3 	25 	3.05	0 	228 	203 	.890
Team: 	4873	80	47	22	11	248	3.05	3 	2343	2095	.894
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	13	7 	13	20 	10 	7 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	13	11	8 	19 	4 	5 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	13	3 	9 	12 	6 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	4 	7 	11 	32 	-2 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	13	2 	5 	7 	10 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	4 	2 	6 	16 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	13	2 	3 	5 	20 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	1 	4 	5 	35 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	3 	1 	4 	4 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	13	1 	3 	4 	24 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	1 	3 	4 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	2 	1 	3 	54 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	3 	3 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	3 	3 	36 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	18 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	0 	0 	28 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	37 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	31 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	0 	0 	0 	38 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	13	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	687	13	6	7	35	3.06	1 	294	259	.881
 	90 	3 	0	0	5 	3.33	0 	35 	30 	.857
Team: 	777	13	6	7	40	3.09	1 	329	289	.878
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage 
==Awards and Records==
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Brett Hull
*Lester B. Pearson Award: Brett Hull
*Jack Adams Award: Brian Sutter
*Brett Hull, NHL Leader in Goals Scored (86)
*Brett Hull, NHL Record, Most Goals by a Right Wing in One Season (86)National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 182, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
*Brett Hull, Right Wing, NHL First All-Star Team
*Adam Oates, Center, NHL Second All-Star Team
==References==
* Blues on Hockey Database
St. Louis Blues season, 1990–91
St. Louis Blues season, 1990–91
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