1981–82 St. Louis Blues season

The 1981–82 St. Louis Blues season was the 15th in franchise history. The Blues finished 3rd in the Norris Division, defeated the Winnipeg Jets in the Division Semi-finals 3 games to 1 before losing in the Division Finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
Prior to the season, realignment took place in the NHL, as the Blues were assigned to the new-look James Norris Division in the Clarence Campbell Conference, along with the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota North Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Jets.
==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 6, 1981 	6–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 10, 1981 	4–6 	Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 15, 1981 	3–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	1–2–0
4 	W 	October 17, 1981 	7–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	2–2–0
5 	L 	October 18, 1981 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1981–82) 	2–3–0
6 	L 	October 20, 1981 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	2–4–0
7 	T 	October 22, 1981 	5–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	2–4–1
8 	L 	October 24, 1981 	3–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	2–5–1
9 	T 	October 25, 1981 	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	2–5–2
10 	W 	October 27, 1981 	7–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	3–5–2
11 	L 	October 28, 1981 	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	3–6–2
12 	W 	October 31, 1981 	5–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	4–6–2
13 	L 	November 4, 1981 	2–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	4–7–2
14 	L 	November 5, 1981 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	4–8–2
15 	W 	November 7, 1981 	4–2 	Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	5–8–2
16 	W 	November 10, 1981 	7–0 	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	6–8–2
17 	L 	November 12, 1981 	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	6–9–2
18 	W 	November 14, 1981 	4–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 	7–9–2
19 	L 	November 17, 1981 	1–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	7–10–2
20 	L 	November 18, 1981 	1–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	7–11–2
21 	T 	November 21, 1981 	1–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	7–11–3
22 	L 	November 22, 1981 	4–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	7–12–3
23 	T 	November 24, 1981 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	7–12–4
24 	L 	November 26, 1981 	2–9 	@ New York Islanders (1981–82) 	7–13–4
25 	W 	November 28, 1981 	4–2 	Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 	8–13–4
26 	W 	December 1, 1981 	7–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	9–13–4
27 	W 	December 5, 1981 	3–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	10–13–4
28 	L 	December 6, 1981 	2–8 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	10–14–4
29 	L 	December 9, 1981 	1–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	10–15–4
30 	W 	December 10, 1981 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	11–15–4
31 	W 	December 12, 1981 	6–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	12–15–4
32 	W 	December 15, 1981 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 	13–15–4
33 	W 	December 19, 1981 	5–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	14–15–4
34 	L 	December 20, 1981 	4–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	14–16–4
35 	W 	December 22, 1981 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	15–16–4
36 	L 	December 26, 1981 	3–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	15–17–4
37 	W 	December 27, 1981 	4–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	16–17–4
38 	W 	December 29, 1981 	6–1 	Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	17–17–4
39 	W 	December 30, 1981 	6–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	18–17–4
40 	L 	January 2, 1982 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	18–18–4
41 	W 	January 5, 1982 	4–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 	19–18–4
42 	L 	January 8, 1982 	1–7 	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 	19–19–4
43 	W 	January 9, 1982 	7–4 	Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	20–19–4
44 	L 	January 13, 1982 	2–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	20–20–4
45 	W 	January 16, 1982 	8–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	21–20–4
46 	W 	January 19, 1982 	5–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	22–20–4
47 	L 	January 20, 1982 	6–8 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	22–21–4
48 	W 	January 23, 1982 	6–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	23–21–4
49 	L 	January 26, 1982 	4–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	23–22–4
50 	W 	January 28, 1982 	8–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 	24–22–4
51 	L 	January 30, 1982 	4–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	24–23–4
52 	W 	February 2, 1982 	10–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	25–23–4
53 	L 	February 3, 1982 	5–9 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	25–24–4
54 	L 	February 6, 1982 	2–4 	Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	25–25–4
55 	L 	February 7, 1982 	5–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	25–26–4
56 	T 	February 10, 1982 	3–3 	New York Rangers (1981–82) 	25–26–5
57 	L 	February 13, 1982 	2–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	25–27–5
58 	L 	February 16, 1982 	1–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	25–28–5
59 	L 	February 18, 1982 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	25–29–5
60 	L 	February 20, 1982 	5–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	25–30–5
61 	W 	February 23, 1982 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	26–30–5
62 	L 	February 25, 1982 	1–9 	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	26–31–5
63 	W 	February 27, 1982 	6–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	27–31–5
64 	L 	February 28, 1982 	2–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	27–32–5
65 	T 	March 2, 1982 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	27–32–6
66 	L 	March 3, 1982 	4–8 	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	27–33–6
67 	W 	March 6, 1982 	5–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	28–33–6
68 	L 	March 8, 1982 	1–8 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	28–34–6
69 	L 	March 9, 1982 	4–6 	New York Islanders (1981–82) 	28–35–6
70 	L 	March 13, 1982 	2–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 	28–36–6
71 	L 	March 16, 1982 	3–7 	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	28–37–6
72 	W 	March 18, 1982 	7–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	29–37–6
73 	T 	March 20, 1982 	3–3 	@ New York Islanders (1981–82) 	29–37–7
74 	L 	March 21, 1982 	5–8 	@ New York Rangers (1981–82) 	29–38–7
75 	L 	March 24, 1982 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	29–39–7
76 	T 	March 26, 1982 	4–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	29–39–8
77 	W 	March 28, 1982 	8–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	30–39–8
78 	W 	March 30, 1982 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	31–39–8
79 	L 	April 3, 1982 	4–7 	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	31–40–8
80 	W 	April 4, 1982 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	32–40–8
==Playoffs==
===St. Louis Blues 3, Winnipeg Jets 1===
===Chicago Black Hawks 4, St. Louis Blues 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	74	30	62	92 	70 	-10	11 	0 	6
 	C 	77	25	53	78 	32 	-9 	10 	1 	1
 	LW 	74	39	36	75 	239	-2 	14 	0 	3
 	LW 	77	38	31	69 	28 	-8 	8 	0 	2
 	C 	79	33	26	59 	161	-15	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	45	25	34	59 	4 	11 	10 	0 	3
 	C 	76	13	40	53 	41 	-18	1 	1 	2
 	RW 	51	19	25	44 	51 	-12	4 	0 	3
 	RW 	48	18	22	40 	17 	-7 	4 	0 	2
 	D 	80	5 	33	38 	26 	-5 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	71	19	8 	27 	32 	-10	0 	1 	1
 	C 	70	14	12	26 	97 	-10	1 	4 	2
 	D 	71	2 	20	22 	127	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	61	9 	12	21 	127	-13	1 	2 	0
 	D 	48	3 	18	21 	24 	-10	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	18	6 	11	17 	8 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	78	2 	14	16 	62 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	3 	11	14 	28 	-2 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	42	2 	9 	11 	101	-14	0 	0 	1
 	C 	45	3 	7 	10 	6 	-3 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	35	3 	5 	8 	50 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1 	7 	8 	6 	5 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	8 	0 	6 	6 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	0 	5 	5 	25 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	1 	3 	4 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1 	2 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1 	2 	3 	43 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	2 	2 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	64	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	35	0 	1 	1 	102	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	52 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C/D	4 	0 	0 	0 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3691	64	28	28	7	250	4.06	2
 	433 	9 	2 	5 	0	35 	4.85	0
 	480 	10	1 	5 	1	45 	5.63	0
 	120 	2 	1 	1 	0	6 	3.00	0
 	76 	2 	0 	1 	0	8 	6.32	0
Team: 	4800	80	32	40	8	344	4.30	2
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	10	7	11	18 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	10	3	15	18 	10 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	10	8	6 	14 	49 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	10	2	4 	6 	13 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	7 	3	2 	5 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	5 	3	2 	5 	11 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	3	1 	4 	20 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	10	2	2 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	2	2 	4 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	2 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	3 	3 	33 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	3 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	3 	3 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	2	0 	2 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	1 	2 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	1	1 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0	2 	2 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	0 	1 	8 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	10	0	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	494	10	5	3	27	3.28	0
 	109	3 	0	2	9 	4.95	0
Team: 	603	10	5	5	36	3.58	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==
*The Blues did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1981–82 NHL season
==References==
* 
St. Louis Blues season, 1981–82
St. Louis Blues season, 1981–82
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