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1981–82 St. Louis Blues season

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1981–82 St. Louis Blues
Division3rd Norris
ConferenceCampbell
1981–82 record32–40–8
Goals for315
Goals against349
Team information
General managerEmile Francis
CoachRed Berenson,
Emile Francis
CaptainBrian Sutter
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaCheckerdome
Minor league affiliate(s)Salt Lake Golden Eagles (CHL)

The 1981–82 St. Louis Blues season was the 15th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 32 wins, 40 losses and eight ties, good for 72 points, and qualified for the playoffs with their third-place finish. The Blues defeated the Jets, three games to one in the division semi-finals, before losing the Norris Division final to the Black Hawks in six games.

Offseason

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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

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Final standings

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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

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

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Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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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

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bernie Federko C 74 30 62 92 70 -10 11 0 6
Blake Dunlop C 77 25 53 78 32 -9 10 1 1
Brian Sutter LW 74 39 36 75 239 -2 14 0 3
Jorgen Pettersson LW 77 38 31 69 28 -8 8 0 2
Perry Turnbull C 79 33 26 59 161 -15 2 0 2
Joe Mullen RW 45 25 34 59 4 11 10 0 3
Mike Zuke C 76 13 40 53 41 -18 1 1 2
Wayne Babych RW 51 19 25 44 51 -12 4 0 3
Tony Currie RW 48 18 22 40 17 -7 4 0 2
Jack Brownschidle D 80 5 33 38 26 -5 3 0 1
Mike Crombeen RW 71 19 8 27 32 -10 0 1 1
Larry Patey C 70 14 12 26 97 -10 1 4 2
Rick Lapointe D 71 2 20 22 127 -6 0 0 0
Jim Nill RW 61 9 12 21 127 -13 1 2 0
Rik Wilson D 48 3 18 21 24 -10 1 0 1
Blair Chapman RW 18 6 11 17 8 1 2 0 0
Ed Kea D 78 2 14 16 62 19 0 0 0
Joe Micheletti D 20 3 11 14 28 -2 2 0 0
Jim Pavese D 42 2 9 11 101 -14 0 0 1
Ralph Klassen C 45 3 7 10 6 -3 0 1 1
Bill Baker D 35 3 5 8 50 -8 1 0 0
Kari Eloranta D 12 1 7 8 6 5 1 0 1
Guy Lapointe D 8 0 6 6 4 -3 0 0 0
Bill Stewart D 22 0 5 5 25 -5 0 0 0
Mark Reeds RW 9 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 0
Perry Anderson LW 5 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
Alain Vigneault D 14 1 2 3 43 -1 0 0 0
Richie Hansen C 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Liut G 64 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Crawford RW 3 0 1 1 0 -4 0 0 0
Gary Edwards G 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart D 35 0 1 1 102 -5 0 0 0
Alain Lemieux C 3 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Scott Campbell D 3 0 0 0 52 -1 0 0 0
Glen Hanlon G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Heinz G 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neil LaBatte C/D 4 0 0 0 6 -3 0 0 0
Paul Skidmore G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Mike Liut 3691 64 28 28 7 250 4.06 2
Rick Heinz 433 9 2 5 0 35 4.85 0
Gary Edwards 480 10 1 5 1 45 5.63 0
Paul Skidmore 120 2 1 1 0 6 3.00 0
Glen Hanlon 76 2 0 1 0 8 6.32 0
Team: 4800 80 32 40 8 344 4.30 2

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Joe Mullen RW 10 7 11 18 4 1 0 0
Bernie Federko C 10 3 15 18 10 1 0 1
Brian Sutter LW 10 8 6 14 49 0 0 1
Larry Patey C 10 2 4 6 13 0 1 0
Wayne Babych RW 7 3 2 5 8 0 0 1
Perry Turnbull C 5 3 2 5 11 1 0 0
Mike Crombeen RW 10 3 1 4 20 0 0 1
Blake Dunlop C 10 2 2 4 4 0 0 0
Ralph Klassen C 10 2 2 4 10 0 0 0
Jorgen Pettersson LW 7 1 2 3 0 1 0 0
Gerry Hart D 10 0 3 3 33 0 0 0
Jim Pavese D 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Rik Wilson D 9 0 3 3 14 0 0 0
Perry Anderson LW 10 2 0 2 4 1 0 0
Ed Kea D 10 1 1 2 16 0 0 0
Mike Zuke C 8 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Jack Brownschidle D 8 0 2 2 14 0 0 0
Guy Lapointe D 7 1 0 1 8 1 0 1
Mark Reeds RW 10 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Bill Baker D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blair Chapman RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kari Eloranta D 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glen Hanlon G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Lapointe D 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Mike Liut G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Mike Liut 494 10 5 3 27 3.28 0
Glen Hanlon 109 3 0 2 9 4.95 0
Team: 603 10 5 5 36 3.58 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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St. Louis's draft picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 20 Marty Ruff  Canada Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
2 36 Hakan Nordin  Canada Färjestad BK (Sweden)
3 62 Gord Donnelly  Canada Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
5 104 Mike Hickey  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
6 125 Peter Aslin  Sweden AIK (Sweden)
7 146 Erik Holmberg  Sweden Södertälje SK (Sweden)
8 167 Alain Vigneault  Canada Trois-Rivières Draveurs (OMJHL)
9 188 Dan Wood  Canada Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
10 209 Richard Zemlak  Canada Spokane Flyers (WHL)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1981-82 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
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