1986–87 St. Louis Blues season

1986–87 St. Louis Blues
Division	1st Norris
1986–87 record	32–33–15
Goals for	281
Goals against	293
Team information
General manager	Ron Caron
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Brian Sutter
Arena	St. Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Hunter (44)
Assists	Bernie Federko (68)
Points	Bernie Federko (102)
Penalty minutes	Mark Hunter Rob Ramage (171)
Wins	Rick Wamsley (22)
Goals against average	Rick Wamsley (3.43)

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.

Regular Season

The Blues clinched the Norris Division title on the final day of the 1986–87 NHL season.

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	80	32	33	15	281	293	79
Detroit Red Wings	80	34	36	10	260	274	78
Chicago Blackhawks	80	29	37	14	290	310	72
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	32	42	6	286	319	70
Minnesota North Stars	80	30	40	10	296	314	70

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 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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	80	42	63	105	58	-2	17	1	2
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	64	20	52	72	32	-25	9	0	3
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	74	36	33	69	167	-19	12	0	4
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	76	29	35	64	27	1	5	1	7
Benning, BrianBrian Benning	D	78	13	36	49	110	2	7	0	2
Cavallini, GinoGino Cavallini	LW	80	18	26	44	54	4	4	0	2
Meagher, RickRick Meagher	C	80	18	21	39	54	-9	2	2	1
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	59	11	28	39	108	-12	6	0	3
Flockhart, RonRon Flockhart	C	60	16	19	35	12	-9	2	0	2
Wickenheiser, DougDoug Wickenheiser	C	80	13	15	28	37	-22	5	2	1
Nattress, RicRic Nattress	D	73	6	22	28	24	-34	2	0	0
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	42	11	14	25	6	-1	2	0	2
Reeds, MarkMark Reeds	RW	68	9	16	25	16	-20	1	0	0
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	D	72	5	16	21	46	-14	0	0	1
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	53	10	8	18	94	1	1	0	1
Raglan, HerbHerb Raglan	RW	62	6	10	16	159	6	0	0	0
Bell, BruceBruce Bell	D	45	3	13	16	18	3	1	0	0
Evans, DougDoug Evans	LW	53	3	13	16	91	2	0	0	0
Bourgeois, CharlieCharlie Bourgeois	D	66	2	12	14	164	16	0	0	1
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	69	2	9	11	127	-21	0	0	0
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	14	3	3	6	18	-5	3	0	0
Hughes, PatPat Hughes	RW	43	1	5	6	26	-6	0	0	0
Dark, MichaelMichael Dark	D	13	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen	RW	23	2	0	2	84	-1	0	0	0
Millen, GregGreg Millen	G	42	0	2	2	12	0	0	0	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Posavad, MikeMike Posavad	D	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Trader, LarryLarry Trader	D	5	0	0	0	8	-5	0	0	0
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	G	41	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	2410	41	17	15	6	142	3.54	0	1212	1070	.883
Millen, GregGreg Millen	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
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	6	3	3	6	18	0	1	0	0
Cavallini, GinoGino Cavallini	LW	6	3	1	4	2	0	1	0	1
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	6	2	2	4	16	1	1	0	1
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	6	2	2	4	21	0	2	0	0
Benning, BrianBrian Benning	D	6	0	4	4	9	0	0	0	0
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	5	0	3	3	10	-1	0	0	0
Bell, BruceBruce Bell	D	4	1	1	2	7	-1	0	0	0
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	6	1	1	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	5	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Reeds, MarkMark Reeds	RW	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raglan, HerbHerb Raglan	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen	RW	4	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0
Evans, DougDoug Evans	LW	5	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
Meagher, RickRick Meagher	C	6	0	0	0	11	-4	0	0	0
Nattress, RicRic Nattress	D	6	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Wickenheiser, DougDoug Wickenheiser	C	6	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	D	6	0	0	0	6	-5	0	0	0
Bourgeois, CharlieCharlie Bourgeois	D	6	0	0	0	27	-3	0	0	0
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Millen, GregGreg Millen	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Millen, GregGreg Millen	250	4	1	3	10	2.40	0	122	112	.918
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	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.

See Also

• 1986–87 NHL season

References

• 1986–87 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.