1981–82 St. Louis Blues season

1981–82 St. Louis Blues
Division	3rd Norris
1981–82 record	32–40–8
Goals for	315
Goals against	349
Team information
General manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Red Berenson Emile Francis
Captain	Brian Sutter
Arena	Checkerdome
Team leaders
Goals	Brian Sutter (39)
Assists	Bernie Federko (62)
Points	Bernie Federko (92)
Penalty minutes	Brian Sutter (239)
Wins	Mike Liut (28)
Goals against average	Mike Liut (4.06)

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

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Minnesota North Stars	80	37	23	20	346	288	94
Winnipeg Jets	80	33	33	14	319	332	80
St. Louis Blues	80	32	40	8	315	349	72
Chicago Black Hawks	80	30	38	12	332	363	72
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	20	44	16	298	380	56
Detroit Red Wings	80	21	47	12	270	351	54

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	74	30	62	92	70	-10	11	0	6
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop	C	77	25	53	78	32	-9	10	1	1
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	74	39	36	75	239	-2	14	0	3
Pettersson, JorgenJorgen Pettersson	LW	77	38	31	69	28	-8	8	0	2
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	79	33	26	59	161	-15	2	0	2
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	RW	45	25	34	59	4	11	10	0	3
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	76	13	40	53	41	-18	1	1	2
Babych, WayneWayne Babych	RW	51	19	25	44	51	-12	4	0	3
Currie, TonyTony Currie	RW	48	18	22	40	17	-7	4	0	2
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle	D	80	5	33	38	26	-5	3	0	1
Crombeen, MikeMike Crombeen	RW	71	19	8	27	32	-10	0	1	1
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	70	14	12	26	97	-10	1	4	2
Lapointe, RickRick Lapointe	D	71	2	20	22	127	-6	0	0	0
Nill, JimJim Nill	RW	61	9	12	21	127	-13	1	2	0
Wilson, RikRik Wilson	D	48	3	18	21	24	-10	1	0	1
Chapman, BlairBlair Chapman	RW	18	6	11	17	8	1	2	0	0
Kea, EdEd Kea	D	78	2	14	16	62	19	0	0	0
Micheletti, JoeJoe Micheletti	D	20	3	11	14	28	-2	2	0	0
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	42	2	9	11	101	-14	0	0	1
Klassen, RalphRalph Klassen	C	45	3	7	10	6	-3	0	1	1
Baker, BillBill Baker	D	35	3	5	8	50	-8	1	0	0
Eloranta, KariKari Eloranta	D	12	1	7	8	6	5	1	0	1
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	8	0	6	6	4	-3	0	0	0
Stewart, BillBill Stewart	D	22	0	5	5	25	-5	0	0	0
Reeds, MarkMark Reeds	RW	9	1	3	4	0	3	0	0	0
Anderson, PerryPerry Anderson	LW	5	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
Vigneault, AlainAlain Vigneault	D	14	1	2	3	43	-1	0	0	0
Hansen, RichieRichie Hansen	C	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	64	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Lemieux, AlainAlain Lemieux	C	3	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Crawford, BobBob Crawford	RW	3	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0
Edwards, GaryGary Edwards	G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	35	0	1	1	102	-5	0	0	0
Campbell, ScottScott Campbell	D	3	0	0	0	52	-1	0	0	0
Labatte, NeilNeil Labatte	C/D	4	0	0	0	6	-3	0	0	0
Skidmore, PaulPaul Skidmore	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heinz, RickRick Heinz	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Liut, MikeMike Liut	3691	64	28	28	7	250	4.06	2
Heinz, RickRick Heinz	433	9	2	5	0	35	4.85	0
Edwards, GaryGary Edwards	480	10	1	5	1	45	5.63	0
Skidmore, PaulPaul Skidmore	120	2	1	1	0	6	3.00	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	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
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	RW	10	7	11	18	4	1	0	0
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	10	3	15	18	10	1	0	1
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	10	8	6	14	49	0	0	1
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	10	2	4	6	13	0	1	0
Babych, WayneWayne Babych	RW	7	3	2	5	8	0	0	1
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	5	3	2	5	11	1	0	0
Crombeen, MikeMike Crombeen	RW	10	3	1	4	20	0	0	1
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop	C	10	2	2	4	4	0	0	0
Klassen, RalphRalph Klassen	C	10	2	2	4	10	0	0	0
Pettersson, JorgenJorgen Pettersson	LW	7	1	2	3	0	1	0	0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	10	0	3	3	33	0	0	0
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	3	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Wilson, RikRik Wilson	D	9	0	3	3	14	0	0	0
Anderson, PerryPerry Anderson	LW	10	2	0	2	4	1	0	0
Kea, EdEd Kea	D	10	1	1	2	16	0	0	0
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle	D	8	0	2	2	14	0	0	0
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	7	1	0	1	8	1	0	1
Reeds, MarkMark Reeds	RW	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Lapointe, RickRick Lapointe	D	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Chapman, BlairBlair Chapman	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baker, BillBill Baker	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eloranta, KariKari Eloranta	D	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Liut, MikeMike Liut	494	10	5	3	27	3.28	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	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.

See Also

• 1981–82 NHL season

References

• 1981–82 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.