1987–88 St. Louis Blues season

The 1987–88 St. Louis Blues season was the 21st in franchise history. The Blues finished 2nd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 1.
==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 	L 	October 8, 1987 	2–8 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 10, 1987 	2–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	0–2–0
3 	L 	October 14, 1987 	3–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	0–3–0
4 	L 	October 17, 1987 	2–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	0–4–0
5 	W 	October 20, 1987 	6–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	1–4–0
6 	W 	October 24, 1987 	4–0 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	2–4–0
7 	L 	October 27, 1987 	3–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	2–5–0
8 	W 	October 29, 1987 	3–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	3–5–0
9 	T 	October 31, 1987 	3–3 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	3–5–1
10 	L 	November 2, 1987 	4–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	3–6–1
11 	L 	November 3, 1987 	3–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	3–7–1
12 	L 	November 5, 1987 	3–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	3–8–1
13 	W 	November 7, 1987 	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	4–8–1
14 	W 	November 10, 1987 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	5–8–1
15 	L 	November 12, 1987 	3–4 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	5–9–1
16 	L 	November 14, 1987 	5–6 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	5–10–1
17 	W 	November 18, 1987 	6–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	6–10–1
18 	T 	November 19, 1987 	3–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	6–10–2
19 	W 	November 21, 1987 	4–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	7–10–2
20 	W 	November 25, 1987 	4–3 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	8–10–2
21 	L 	November 27, 1987 	0–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	8–11–2
22 	L 	November 28, 1987 	4–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	8–12–2
23 	W 	December 2, 1987 	5–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	9–12–2
24 	L 	December 3, 1987 	2–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	9–13–2
25 	L 	December 5, 1987 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	9–14–2
26 	T 	December 9, 1987 	4–4 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	9–14–3
27 	W 	December 10, 1987 	5–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	10–14–3
28 	W 	December 12, 1987 	5–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	11–14–3
29 	T 	December 15, 1987 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	11–14–4
30 	W 	December 17, 1987 	2–0 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	12–14–4
31 	W 	December 19, 1987 	7–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	13–14–4
32 	T 	December 20, 1987 	1–1 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	13–14–5
33 	L 	December 23, 1987 	1–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	13–15–5
34 	W 	December 26, 1987 	5–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	14–15–5
35 	W 	December 27, 1987 	3–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	15–15–5
36 	L 	December 30, 1987 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	15–16–5
37 	L 	December 31, 1987 	2–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	15–17–5
38 	W 	January 2, 1988 	5–3 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	16–17–5
39 	L 	January 4, 1988 	2–6 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	16–18–5
40 	L 	January 6, 1988 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	16–19–5
41 	L 	January 7, 1988 	4–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	16–20–5
42 	L 	January 9, 1988 	1–2 OT 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	16–21–5
43 	L 	January 12, 1988 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	16–22–5
44 	W 	January 14, 1988 	3–2 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	17–22–5
45 	W 	January 16, 1988 	3–1 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	18–22–5
46 	L 	January 19, 1988 	0–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	18–23–5
47 	W 	January 21, 1988 	4–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	19–23–5
48 	W 	January 23, 1988 	5–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	20–23–5
49 	W 	January 26, 1988 	7–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	21–23–5
50 	W 	January 28, 1988 	9–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	22–23–5
51 	W 	January 30, 1988 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	23–23–5
52 	W 	February 1, 1988 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	24–23–5
53 	W 	February 3, 1988 	2–0 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	25–23–5
54 	L 	February 6, 1988 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	25–24–5
55 	L 	February 12, 1988 	3–4 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	25–25–5
56 	W 	February 13, 1988 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	26–25–5
57 	L 	February 16, 1988 	0–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	26–26–5
58 	W 	February 18, 1988 	7–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	27–26–5
59 	L 	February 20, 1988 	3–6 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	27–27–5
60 	W 	February 21, 1988 	5–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	28–27–5
61 	L 	February 23, 1988 	4–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	28–28–5
62 	L 	February 25, 1988 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	28–29–5
63 	W 	February 27, 1988 	6–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	29–29–5
64 	L 	February 29, 1988 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	29–30–5
65 	L 	March 1, 1988 	0–2 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	29–31–5
66 	L 	March 3, 1988 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	29–32–5
67 	T 	March 5, 1988 	4–4 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	29–32–6
68 	W 	March 8, 1988 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	30–32–6
69 	W 	March 10, 1988 	6–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	31–32–6
70 	L 	March 13, 1988 	6–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	31–33–6
71 	T 	March 15, 1988 	7–7 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	31–33–7
72 	T 	March 17, 1988 	2–2 OT 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	31–33–8
73 	L 	March 19, 1988 	3–5 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	31–34–8
74 	W 	March 20, 1988 	5–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	32–34–8
75 	W 	March 22, 1988 	5–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	33–34–8
76 	L 	March 24, 1988 	2–8 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	33–35–8
77 	W 	March 26, 1988 	3–2 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	34–35–8
78 	L 	March 28, 1988 	2–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	34–36–8
79 	L 	April 1, 1988 	2–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	34–37–8
80 	L 	April 3, 1988 	4–5 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	34–38–8
==Playoffs==
===St. Louis Blues 4, Chicago Black Hawks 1===
===Detroit Red Wings 4, St. Louis Blues 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	79	20	69	89 	52 	-12	9 	0 	2
 	C 	72	36	50	86 	59 	-13	19 	2 	4
 	LW 	80	40	38	78 	82 	10 	13 	3 	1
 	RW 	66	32	31	63 	136	-6 	14 	0 	0
 	C 	67	11	37	48 	22 	5 	2 	1 	3
 	D 	67	8 	34	42 	127	-20	5 	0 	0
 	LW 	76	15	22	37 	147	-16	4 	1 	2
 	D 	77	8 	29	37 	107	-5 	5 	0 	5
 	C 	76	18	16	34 	76 	0 	0 	5 	3
 	LW 	64	15	17	32 	62 	-4 	2 	1 	3
 	D 	68	7 	22	29 	18 	0 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	73	10	15	25 	190	-10	0 	0 	2
 	D 	67	3 	18	21 	60 	-6 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	51	10	9 	19 	82 	8 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	78	6 	13	19 	76 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	13	6 	8 	14 	4 	4 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	26	5 	8 	13 	12 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	41	5 	7 	12 	49 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	48	4 	7 	11 	86 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	21	5 	4 	9 	4 	5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	30	3 	6 	9 	12 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	64	4 	2 	6 	227	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	3 	3 	6 	6 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	11	1 	3 	4 	25 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	2 	1 	3 	4 	-14	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	23	1 	0 	1 	42 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	1 	1 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	0 	1 	1 	78 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	6 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	31	0 	0 	0 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	48	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2854	48	21	19	7	167	3.51	1 	1396	1229	.880
 	1818	31	13	16	1	103	3.40	2 	922 	819 	.888
 	180 	3 	0 	3 	0	18 	6.00	0 	107 	89 	.832
Team: 	4852	80	34	38	8	288	3.56	3 	2425	2137	.881
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	10	3	14	17 	18 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	5	5 	10 	19 	3 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	7	2 	9 	4 	1 	4 	0 	3
 	LW 	9 	3	6 	9 	8 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	10	2	6 	8 	18 	-6 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	10	6	1 	7 	4 	1 	3 	1 	1
 	D 	10	1	6 	7 	25 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	6 	7 	26 	5 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	3 	5 	24 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	3 	4 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	1	3 	4 	11 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	2 	3 	33 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0	3 	3 	49 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1	1 	2 	2 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	1 	2 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	1 	1 	18 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0 	0 	15 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	0 	0 	21 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	0	0 	0 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	600	10	5	5	38	3.80	0 	252	214	.849
Team: 	600	10	5	5	38	3.80	0 	252	214	.849
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==
*1987–88 NHL season
==References==
* 
* Blues on Hockey Database
St. Louis Blues season, 1987–88
St. Louis Blues season, 1987–88
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