1986–87 St. Louis Blues season

The 1986–87 St. Louis Blues season was the 20th in franchise history. The Blues finished 1st in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
The Blues clinched the Norris Division title on the final day of the 1986–87 NHL 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 9, 1986 	4–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 11, 1986 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	1–1–0
3 	T 	October 14, 1986 	1–1 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	1–1–1
4 	W 	October 18, 1986 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	October 22, 1986 	3–8 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	2–2–1
6 	T 	October 24, 1986 	1–1 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	2–2–2
7 	L 	October 25, 1986 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	2–3–2
8 	W 	October 29, 1986 	7–2 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	3–3–2
9 	T 	November 1, 1986 	3–3 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	3–3–3
10 	W 	November 2, 1986 	7–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	4–3–3
11 	L 	November 5, 1986 	4–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	4–4–3
12 	L 	November 7, 1986 	0–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	4–5–3
13 	T 	November 9, 1986 	4–4 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	4–5–4
14 	W 	November 12, 1986 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	5–5–4
15 	W 	November 15, 1986 	4–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	6–5–4
16 	W 	November 18, 1986 	4–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	7–5–4
17 	W 	November 19, 1986 	7–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	8–5–4
18 	L 	November 21, 1986 	0–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	8–6–4
19 	L 	November 22, 1986 	5–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	8–7–4
20 	L 	November 26, 1986 	1–5 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	8–8–4
21 	W 	November 28, 1986 	2–1 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	9–8–4
22 	L 	November 29, 1986 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	9–9–4
23 	L 	December 2, 1986 	1–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	9–10–4
24 	L 	December 3, 1986 	3–4 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	9–11–4
25 	W 	December 5, 1986 	6–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	10–11–4
26 	W 	December 7, 1986 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	11–11–4
27 	W 	December 9, 1986 	4–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	12–11–4
28 	L 	December 10, 1986 	2–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	12–12–4
29 	T 	December 13, 1986 	4–4 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	12–12–5
30 	L 	December 16, 1986 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	12–13–5
31 	T 	December 18, 1986 	3–3 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	12–13–6
32 	L 	December 20, 1986 	3–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	12–14–6
33 	L 	December 21, 1986 	6–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	12–15–6
34 	L 	December 26, 1986 	6–8 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	12–16–6
35 	W 	December 27, 1986 	3–2 	New York Rangers (1986–87) 	13–16–6
36 	W 	December 30, 1986 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	14–16–6
37 	W 	January 3, 1987 	7–4 	Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	15–16–6
38 	L 	January 5, 1987 	4–6 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	15–17–6
39 	W 	January 7, 1987 	6–3 	Hartford Whalers (1986–87) 	16–17–6
40 	L 	January 9, 1987 	1–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	16–18–6
41 	L 	January 10, 1987 	2–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	16–19–6
42 	T 	January 12, 1987 	4–4 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	16–19–7
43 	L 	January 16, 1987 	3–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	16–20–7
44 	T 	January 17, 1987 	4–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) 	16–20–8
45 	L 	January 21, 1987 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	16–21–8
46 	L 	January 23, 1987 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	16–22–8
47 	W 	January 24, 1987 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	17–22–8
48 	W 	January 27, 1987 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) 	18–22–8
49 	W 	January 29, 1987 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	19–22–8
50 	T 	January 31, 1987 	4–4 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	19–22–9
51 	L 	February 3, 1987 	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	19–23–9
52 	W 	February 5, 1987 	2–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87) 	20–23–9
53 	T 	February 6, 1987 	2–2 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	20–23–10
54 	L 	February 8, 1987 	2–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) 	20–24–10
55 	L 	February 14, 1987 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) 	20–25–10
56 	L 	February 15, 1987 	2–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	20–26–10
57 	L 	February 17, 1987 	3–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) 	20–27–10
58 	W 	February 19, 1987 	6–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	21–27–10
59 	W 	February 21, 1987 	4–3 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) 	22–27–10
60 	W 	February 24, 1987 	3–2 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	23–27–10
61 	L 	February 26, 1987 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	23–28–10
62 	T 	February 28, 1987 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1986–87) 	23–28–11
63 	T 	March 1, 1987 	5–5 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	23–28–12
64 	W 	March 3, 1987 	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	24–28–12
65 	T 	March 5, 1987 	1–1 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) 	24–28–13
66 	W 	March 7, 1987 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	25–28–13
67 	W 	March 9, 1987 	3–2 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) 	26–28–13
68 	W 	March 11, 1987 	3–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	27–28–13
69 	L 	March 12, 1987 	4–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1986–87) 	27–29–13
70 	T 	March 14, 1987 	3–3 OT 	Washington Capitals (1986–87) 	27–29–14
71 	L 	March 18, 1987 	4–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) 	27–30–14
72 	L 	March 21, 1987 	6–7 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	27–31–14
73 	W 	March 23, 1987 	8–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	28–31–14
74 	T 	March 25, 1987 	4–4 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) 	28–31–15
75 	L 	March 27, 1987 	4–6 	@ New York Rangers (1986–87) 	28–32–15
76 	W 	March 29, 1987 	4–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) 	29–32–15
77 	L 	March 31, 1987 	3–4 	New York Islanders (1986–87) 	29–33–15
78 	W 	April 2, 1987 	5–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) 	30–33–15
79 	W 	April 4, 1987 	4–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) 	31–33–15
80 	W 	April 5, 1987 	3–2 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) 	32–33–15
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, St. Louis Blues 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	42	63	105	58 	-2 	17 	1 	2
 	C 	64	20	52	72 	32 	-25	9 	0 	3
 	RW 	74	36	33	69 	167	-19	12 	0 	4
 	RW 	76	29	35	64 	27 	1 	5 	1 	7
 	D 	78	13	36	49 	110	2 	7 	0 	2
 	LW 	80	18	26	44 	54 	4 	4 	0 	2
 	C 	80	18	21	39 	54 	-9 	2 	2 	1
 	D 	59	11	28	39 	108	-12	6 	0 	3
 	C 	60	16	19	35 	12 	-9 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	80	13	15	28 	37 	-22	5 	2 	1
 	D 	73	6 	22	28 	24 	-34	2 	0 	0
 	C 	42	11	14	25 	6 	-1 	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	68	9 	16	25 	16 	-20	1 	0 	0
 	D 	72	5 	16	21 	46 	-14	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	53	10	8 	18 	94 	1 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	62	6 	10	16 	159	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	3 	13	16 	18 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	53	3 	13	16 	91 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	66	2 	12	14 	164	16 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	69	2 	9 	11 	127	-21	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	3 	3 	6 	18 	-5 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	43	1 	5 	6 	26 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	2 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	2 	0 	2 	84 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	42	0 	2 	2 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2410	41	17	15	6 	142	3.54	0 	1212	1070	.883
 	2482	42	15	18	9 	146	3.53	0 	1152	1006	.873
Team: 	4892	80	32	33	15	288	3.53	0 	2364	2076	.878
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	6 	3	3	6 	18 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	3	1	4 	2 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	6 	2	2	4 	16 	1 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	6 	2	2	4 	21 	0 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	4	4 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	3	3 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	1	2 	7 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	1	2 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	1	1 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	23 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	11 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	6 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	27 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	250	4 	1	3	10	2.40	0 	122	112	.918
 	120	2 	1	1	5 	2.50	0 	54 	49 	.907
Team: 	370	6 	2	4	15	2.43	0 	176	161	.915
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==
*1986–87 NHL season
==References==
* 
St. Louis Blues season, 1986–87
St. Louis Blues season, 1986–87
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