1980–81 St. Louis Blues season

The 1980–81 St. Louis Blues season was the 14th in franchise history. The Blues finished 1st in the Smythe Division, defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Preliminary round 3 games to 2 before losing in the Quarter-finals to the New York Rangers 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
The Blues won the Smythe Division for the first time in four seasons, with a record of 45 wins, 18 losses and 17 ties, good for 107 points, and second place overall in the entire NHL. This was the first time that the Blues had ever accumulated 100 or more points in a 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, 1980 	8–6 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 11, 1980 	1–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	1–1–0
3 	T 	October 14, 1980 	5–5 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	1–1–1
4 	W 	October 15, 1980 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	2–1–1
5 	W 	October 18, 1980 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	3–1–1
6 	W 	October 21, 1980 	4–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	4–1–1
7 	L 	October 22, 1980 	3–9 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	4–2–1
8 	W 	October 24, 1980 	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	5–2–1
9 	T 	October 25, 1980 	3–3 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	5–2–2
10 	W 	October 28, 1980 	5–4 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	6–2–2
11 	T 	October 29, 1980 	2–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	6–2–3
12 	L 	November 1, 1980 	2–3 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	6–3–3
13 	W 	November 2, 1980 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	7–3–3
14 	W 	November 5, 1980 	6–1 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	8–3–3
15 	L 	November 8, 1980 	2–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	8–4–3
16 	W 	November 9, 1980 	6–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	9–4–3
17 	W 	November 11, 1980 	8–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	10–4–3
18 	L 	November 14, 1980 	1–5 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	10–5–3
19 	W 	November 15, 1980 	5–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	11–5–3
20 	L 	November 18, 1980 	2–7 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	11–6–3
21 	W 	November 22, 1980 	6–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	12–6–3
22 	W 	November 25, 1980 	5–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	13–6–3
23 	W 	November 26, 1980 	6–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	14–6–3
24 	T 	November 28, 1980 	1–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	14–6–4
25 	W 	November 29, 1980 	9–3 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	15–6–4
26 	W 	December 2, 1980 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	16–6–4
27 	W 	December 6, 1980 	5–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	17–6–4
28 	W 	December 9, 1980 	4–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	18–6–4
29 	L 	December 11, 1980 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	18–7–4
30 	W 	December 13, 1980 	9–4 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	19–7–4
31 	L 	December 14, 1980 	4–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	19–8–4
32 	L 	December 17, 1980 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	19–9–4
33 	W 	December 18, 1980 	7–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	20–9–4
34 	W 	December 20, 1980 	5–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	21–9–4
35 	W 	December 23, 1980 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	22–9–4
36 	T 	December 27, 1980 	4–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	22–9–5
37 	W 	December 28, 1980 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	23–9–5
38 	W 	December 30, 1980 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	24–9–5
39 	W 	January 3, 1981 	6–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	25–9–5
40 	W 	January 6, 1981 	6–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	26–9–5
41 	T 	January 8, 1981 	5–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	26–9–6
42 	T 	January 10, 1981 	6–6 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	26–9–7
43 	W 	January 12, 1981 	5–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	27–9–7
44 	L 	January 14, 1981 	3–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	27–10–7
45 	W 	January 17, 1981 	7–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	28–10–7
46 	T 	January 21, 1981 	6–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	28–10–8
47 	L 	January 22, 1981 	3–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	28–11–8
48 	W 	January 24, 1981 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	29–11–8
49 	W 	January 27, 1981 	7–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	30–11–8
50 	L 	January 31, 1981 	2–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	30–12–8
51 	W 	February 1, 1981 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	31–12–8
52 	T 	February 3, 1981 	3–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	31–12–9
53 	W 	February 5, 1981 	8–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	32–12–9
54 	W 	February 7, 1981 	9–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	33–12–9
55 	T 	February 8, 1981 	3–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	33–12–10
56 	T 	February 12, 1981 	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	33–12–11
57 	T 	February 14, 1981 	1–1 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	33–12–12
58 	W 	February 15, 1981 	5–4 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	34–12–12
59 	W 	February 17, 1981 	5–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	35–12–12
60 	L 	February 18, 1981 	2–9 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	35–13–12
61 	W 	February 21, 1981 	4–1 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	36–13–12
62 	T 	February 24, 1981 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	36–13–13
63 	W 	February 25, 1981 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	37–13–13
64 	W 	February 28, 1981 	7–4 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	38–13–13
65 	T 	March 1, 1981 	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	38–13–14
66 	W 	March 3, 1981 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	39–13–14
67 	W 	March 7, 1981 	7–2 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	40–13–14
68 	W 	March 8, 1981 	7–0 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	41–13–14
69 	T 	March 11, 1981 	5–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	41–13–15
70 	L 	March 12, 1981 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	41–14–15
71 	W 	March 14, 1981 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	42–14–15
72 	L 	March 18, 1981 	2–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	42–15–15
73 	T 	March 21, 1981 	3–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	42–15–16
74 	W 	March 22, 1981 	6–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	43–15–16
75 	L 	March 24, 1981 	3–5 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	43–16–16
76 	W 	March 28, 1981 	7–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	44–16–16
77 	L 	March 31, 1981 	3–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	44–17–16
78 	W 	April 2, 1981 	6–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	45–17–16
79 	L 	April 4, 1981 	0–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	45–18–16
80 	T 	April 5, 1981 	5–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	45–18–17
==Playoffs==
===St. Louis Blues 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2===
===New York Rangers 4, St. Louis Blues 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	78	31	73	104	47 	9 	9 	2 	4
 	RW 	78	54	42	96 	93 	14 	14 	0 	7
 	C 	80	20	67	87 	40 	16 	6 	0 	2
 	LW 	62	37	36	73 	24 	14 	8 	0 	5
 	LW 	78	35	34	69 	232	12 	17 	0 	4
 	C 	74	24	44	68 	57 	15 	10 	1 	1
 	C 	75	34	22	56 	209	15 	5 	0 	5
 	RW 	61	23	32	55 	38 	32 	2 	0 	4
 	RW 	55	20	26	46 	41 	3 	5 	0 	3
 	C 	80	22	23	45 	107	2 	0 	8 	3
 	D 	80	8 	25	33 	124	36 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	63	4 	27	31 	53 	12 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	71	5 	23	28 	12 	5 	3 	1 	1
 	RW 	66	9 	14	23 	58 	1 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	60	2 	21	23 	114	19 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	74	3 	18	21 	60 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	66	6 	12	18 	23 	-5 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	23	4 	12	16 	14 	1 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	63	4 	11	15 	132	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	40	3 	10	13 	137	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	25	4 	2 	6 	4 	2 	0 	2 	0
 	G 	19	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	61	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3570	61	33	14	13	199	3.34	1
 	1010	19	10	3 	3 	72 	4.28	0
 	220 	4 	2 	1 	1 	8 	2.18	0
Team: 	4800	80	45	18	17	279	3.49	1
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	11	8	10	18 	2 	4 	0 	1
 	RW 	11	4	12	16 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1	11	12 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	6	3 	9 	77 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	11	4	5 	9 	4 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	4	3 	7 	0 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	9 	2	5 	7 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2	4 	6 	30 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	2	2 	4 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	3	0 	3 	8 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	11	1	2 	3 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	3 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0	3 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	2	0 	2 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	0 	1 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	1 	1 	54 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0 	0 	27 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	685	11	5	6	50	4.38	0
Team: 	685	11	5	6	50	4.38	0
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 
==Awards and Records==
*Lester B. Pearson Award: Mike Liut
*Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Blake Dunlop
*Jack Adams Award: Red Berenson
*Mike Liut, Goalie, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1980–81 NHL season
==References==
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