1987–88 St. Louis Blues season

1987–88 St. Louis Blues
Division	2nd Norris
1987–88 record	34–38–8
Goals for	278
Goals against	294
Team information
General manager	Ron Caron
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Brian Sutter
Alternate captains	Bernie Federko Rob Ramage (Oct-Mar)
Arena	St. Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Tony McKegney (40)
Assists	Bernie Federko (69)
Points	Bernie Federko (89)
Penalty minutes	Herb Raglan (190)
Wins	Greg Millen (21)
Goals against average	Rick Wamsley (3.40)

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.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	80	41	28	11	322	269	93
St. Louis Blues	80	34	38	8	278	294	76
Chicago Blackhawks	80	30	41	9	284	328	69
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	21	49	10	273	345	52
Minnesota North Stars	80	19	48	13	242	349	51

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

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	79	20	69	89	52	-12	9	0	2
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	72	36	50	86	59	-13	19	2	4
McKegney, TonyTony McKegney	LW	80	40	38	78	82	10	13	3	1
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	66	32	31	63	136	-6	14	0	0
Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac	C	67	11	37	48	22	5	2	1	3
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	67	8	34	42	127	-20	5	0	0
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	76	15	22	37	147	-16	4	1	2
Benning, BrianBrian Benning	D	77	8	29	37	107	-5	5	0	5
Meagher, RickRick Meagher	C	76	18	16	34	76	0	0	5	3
Cavallini, GinoGino Cavallini	LW	64	15	17	32	62	-4	2	1	3
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras	D	68	7	22	29	18	0	3	0	0
Raglan, HerbHerb Raglan	RW	73	10	15	25	190	-10	0	0	2
Nordmark, RobertRobert Nordmark	D	67	3	18	21	60	-6	2	0	0
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	51	10	9	19	82	8	0	0	2
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	D	78	6	13	19	76	6	0	0	1
Hull, BrettBrett Hull	RW	13	6	8	14	4	4	2	0	0
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	26	5	8	13	12	6	1	0	1
Evans, DougDoug Evans	LW	41	5	7	12	49	-7	0	0	1
Cavallini, PaulPaul Cavallini	D	48	4	7	11	86	7	1	0	0
Flockhart, RonRon Flockhart	C	21	5	4	9	4	5	0	0	1
Dark, MichaelMichael Dark	D	30	3	6	9	12	6	0	0	1
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen	RW	64	4	2	6	227	-5	0	0	0
Whistle, RobRob Whistle	D	19	3	3	6	6	0	0	0	1
Roberts, GordieGordie Roberts	D	11	1	3	4	25	0	0	0	0
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	17	2	1	3	4	-14	0	0	1
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	23	1	0	1	42	-5	0	0	0
Harlow, ScottScott Harlow	LW	1	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	4	0	1	1	8	-1	0	0	0
Handy, RonRon Handy	LW	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Dirk, RobertRobert Dirk	D	7	0	1	1	16	0	0	0	0
Bourgeois, CharlieCharlie Bourgeois	D	30	0	1	1	78	-2	0	0	0
MacEachern, ShaneShane MacEachern	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trader, LarryLarry Trader	D	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Bozek, SteveSteve Bozek	LW	7	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Root, BillBill Root	D	9	0	0	0	6	-7	0	0	0
May, DarrellDarrell May	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	G	31	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
Millen, GregGreg Millen	G	48	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Millen, GregGreg Millen	2854	48	21	19	7	167	3.51	1	1396	1229	.880
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	1818	31	13	16	1	103	3.40	2	922	819	.888
May, DarrellDarrell May	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
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	10	3	14	17	18	3	1	0	0
Cavallini, GinoGino Cavallini	LW	10	5	5	10	19	3	2	0	0
Hull, BrettBrett Hull	RW	10	7	2	9	4	1	4	0	3
McKegney, TonyTony McKegney	LW	9	3	6	9	8	-3	1	0	1
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	10	2	6	8	18	-6	2	0	0
Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac	C	10	6	1	7	4	1	3	1	1
Benning, BrianBrian Benning	D	10	1	6	7	25	-7	1	0	0
Cavallini, PaulPaul Cavallini	D	10	1	6	7	26	5	0	1	0
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	5	2	3	5	24	-4	1	0	0
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras	D	10	1	3	4	4	-1	0	0	0
Raglan, HerbHerb Raglan	RW	10	1	3	4	11	-1	0	0	0
Roberts, GordieGordie Roberts	D	10	1	2	3	33	0	0	0	0
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	10	0	3	3	49	-4	0	0	0
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	3	1	1	2	2	-1	1	0	0
Bozek, SteveSteve Bozek	LW	7	1	1	2	6	-3	0	0	0
Dirk, RobertRobert Dirk	D	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	D	10	0	1	1	18	-9	0	0	0
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Whistle, RobRob Whistle	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evans, DougDoug Evans	LW	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Carlson, KentKent Carlson	D	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	5	0	0	0	15	-1	0	0	0
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen	RW	6	0	0	0	21	-1	0	0	0
Meagher, RickRick Meagher	C	10	0	0	0	8	-5	0	0	0
Millen, GregGreg Millen	G	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Millen, GregGreg Millen	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.

See Also

• 1987–88 NHL season

References

• 1987–88 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.
• Blues on Hockey Database