1986–87 St. Louis Blues season

The 1986–87 St. Louis Blues season was the 20th in franchise history. It involved the team finishing with a 32–33–15 record, good for 79 points, as they finished 1st in the Norris Division, clinching the title on the final day of the regular-season. This would be the final division title for the Blues until the 1999–2000 season.

1986–87 St. Louis Blues
Norris Division champions
Division	1st Norris
Conference	4th Campbell
1986–87 record	32–33–15
Home record	21–12–7
Road record	11–21–8
Goals for	281
Goals against	293
Team information
General manager	Ron Caron
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Brian Sutter
Alternate captains	Bernie Federko Rob Ramage
Arena	St. Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Doug Gilmour (42)
Assists	Doug Gilmour (63)
Points	Doug Gilmour (105)
Penalty minutes	Mark Hunter (167)
Wins	Rick Wamsley (17)
Goals against average	Greg Millen Rick Wamsley (3.34)
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Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division^[1]

	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: 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

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Norris Division 1986–87 NHL records[2] Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR Total Chicago — 3–4–1 2–4–2 1–3–4 4–4 10–15–7 Detroit 4–3–1 — 7–0–1 3–4–1 2–5–1 16–12–4 Minnesota 4–2–2 0–7–1 — 2–5–1 6–2 12–16–4 St. Louis 3–1–4 4–3–1 5–2–1 — 5–2–1 17–8–7 Toronto 4–4 5–2–1 2–6 2–5–1 — 13–17–2 Vs. Smythe Division 1986–87 NHL records Team CGY EDM LAK VAN WIN Total Chicago 0–3 2–1 1–1–1 1–1–1 3–0 7–6–2 Detroit 2–1 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–1–1 5–9–1 Minnesota 1–1–1 0–2–1 2–0–1 3–0 1–2 7–5–3 St. Louis 2–1 0–3 1–1–1 0–2–1 0–1–2 3–8–4 Toronto 1–2 1–2 1–1–1 1–2 2–1 6–8–1 Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Adams Division 1986–87 NHL records Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total Chicago 1–1–1 1–2 2–1 0–2–1 1–2 5–8–2 Detroit 2–0–1 0–2–1 1–1–1 1–1–1 2–1 6–5–4 Minnesota 0–3 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–2–1 6–8–1 St. Louis 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 8–7–0 Toronto 1–2 2–0–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 5–9–1 Vs. Patrick Division 1986–87 NHL records Team NJD NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total Chicago 2–1 2–1 1–1–1 0–2–1 1–2 1–1–1 7–8–3 Detroit 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–2–1 7–10–1 Minnesota 2–1 0–3 1–1–1 2–1 0–3 0–2–1 5–11–2 St. Louis 1–2 1–1–1 2–1 0–3 0–1–2 0–2–1 4–10–4 Toronto 2–1 1–2 1–1–1 1–1–1 2–1 1–2 8–8–2

Schedule and results

1986–87 regular season[3]
October Game Result 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
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

The Blues lost the Norris Division semifinal series to the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Doug Gilmour	C	80	42	63	105	58	-2	17	1	2
Bernie Federko	C	64	20	52	72	32	-25	9	0	3
Mark Hunter	RW	74	36	33	69	167	-19	12	0	4
Greg Paslawski	RW	76	29	35	64	27	1	5	1	7
Brian Benning	D	78	13	36	49	110	2	7	0	2
Gino Cavallini	LW	80	18	26	44	54	4	4	0	2
Rick Meagher	C	80	18	21	39	54	-9	2	2	1
Rob Ramage	D	59	11	28	39	108	-12	6	0	3
Ron Flockhart	C	60	16	19	35	12	-9	2	0	2
Doug Wickenheiser	C	80	13	15	28	37	-22	5	2	1
Ric Nattress	D	73	6	22	28	24	-34	2	0	0
Cliff Ronning	C	42	11	14	25	6	-1	2	0	2
Mark Reeds	RW	68	9	16	25	16	-20	1	0	0
Tim Bothwell	D	72	5	16	21	46	-14	0	0	1
Jocelyn Lemieux	RW	53	10	8	18	94	1	1	0	1
Herb Raglan	RW	62	6	10	16	159	6	0	0	0
Bruce Bell	D	45	3	13	16	18	3	1	0	0
Doug Evans	LW	53	3	13	16	91	2	0	0	0
Charlie Bourgeois	D	66	2	12	14	164	16	0	0	1
Jim Pavese	D	69	2	9	11	127	-21	0	0	0
Brian Sutter	LW	14	3	3	6	18	-5	3	0	0
Pat Hughes	RW	43	1	5	6	26	-6	0	0	0
Mike Dark	D	13	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Todd Ewen	RW	23	2	0	2	84	-1	0	0	0
Greg Millen	G	42	0	2	2	12	0	0	0	0
Dave Barr	RW	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Posavad	D	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Trader	D	5	0	0	0	8	-5	0	0	0
Rick Wamsley	G	41	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Rick Wamsley	2410	41	17	15	6	142	3.54	0	1212	1070	.883
Greg 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
Bernie Federko	C	6	3	3	6	18	0	1	0	0
Gino Cavallini	LW	6	3	1	4	2	0	1	0	1
Doug Gilmour	C	6	2	2	4	16	1	1	0	1
Rob Ramage	D	6	2	2	4	21	0	2	0	0
Brian Benning	D	6	0	4	4	9	0	0	0	0
Mark Hunter	RW	5	0	3	3	10	-1	0	0	0
Bruce Bell	D	4	1	1	2	7	-1	0	0	0
Greg Paslawski	RW	6	1	1	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Jocelyn Lemieux	RW	5	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Mark Reeds	RW	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Cliff Ronning	C	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Tim Bothwell	D	6	0	0	0	6	-5	0	0	0
Charlie Bourgeois	D	6	0	0	0	27	-3	0	0	0
Doug Evans	LW	5	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
Todd Ewen	RW	4	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0
Tony Hrkac	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Meagher	C	6	0	0	0	11	-4	0	0	0
Greg Millen	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ric Nattress	D	6	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Jim Pavese	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Herb Raglan	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Rick Wamsley	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Wickenheiser	C	6	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Greg Millen	250	4	1	3	10	2.40	0	122	112	.918
Rick Wamsley	120	2	1	1	5	2.50	0	54	49	.907
Team:	370	6	2	4	15	2.43	0	176	161	.915

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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

Transactions

Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1986 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Jocelyn Lemieux	Canada	Laval Voisins (QMJHL)
2	31	Mike Posma	United States	Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OPJHL)
3	52	Tony Hejna	United States	Nichols School (USHS-NY)
4	73	Glen Featherstone	Canada	Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)
5	87	Mike Wolak	United States	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
6	115	Mike O'Toole	Canada	Markham Waxers (OJHL)
7	136	Andy May	Canada	Bramalea Blues (MetJHL)
8	157	Randy Skarda	United States	Saint Thomas Academy (USHS-MN)
9	178	Martyn Ball	Canada	St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL)
10	199	Rod Thacker	Canada	Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
11	220	Terry MacLean	Canada	Longueuil Chevaliers (QMJHL)
12	234	Bill Butler	United States	Northwood School (USHS-NY)
12	241	David O'Brien	United States	Northeastern University (Hockey East)
S2	13	Marty Raus	United States	Northeastern University (Hockey East)

See also

• 1986–87 NHL season