1985–86 St. Louis Blues season

The 1985–86 St. Louis Blues season was the 18th in franchise history. The Blues finished 3rd in the Norris Division, defeated the Minnesota North Stars in the Division Semi-finals 3 games to 2, defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Division Finals 4 games to 3 before losing in the Conference Finals to the Calgary Flames 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
==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
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
==Playoffs==
===St. Louis Blues 3, Minnesota North Stars 2===
===St. Louis Blues 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3===
===Calgary Flames 4, St. Louis Blues 3===
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".
==Player Stats==
===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 	32	0 	4 	4 	48 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	49	0 	4 	4 	87 	-6 	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 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-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
 	LW 	13	2 	2 	4 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	2 	2 	4 	116	3 	1 	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
 	C 	5 	1 	1 	2 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	1 	1 	2 	24 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1 	1 	2 	14 	1 	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
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==
*The Blues did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1985–86 NHL season
==References==
* Blues on Hockey Database
St. Louis Blues season, 1985–86
St. Louis Blues season, 1985–86
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