1985–86 St. Louis Blues season

The 1985–86 St. Louis Blues season saw the Blues finish in third place in the Norris Division with a record of 37 wins, 34 losses, and 9 ties for 83 points. The Blues participated in the NHL playoffs, beating the Minnesota North Stars in the Norris Division Semi-finals, three games to two, followed by a 4–3 series win over the Toronto Maple Leafs to take the Norris Division title. However, they lost to the Calgary Flames in the Campbell Conference Finals in seven games. The Blues won Game 6 of those Campbell Conference Finals in overtime, 6–5, a victory known to Blues fans as "The Monday Night Miracle".

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Chicago Black Hawks	80	39	33	8	351	349	86
Minnesota North Stars	80	38	33	9	327	305	85
St. Louis Blues	80	37	34	9	302	291	83
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	25	48	7	311	386	57
Detroit Red Wings	80	17	57	6	266	415	40

^[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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 12, 1985	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	1–0–0
2	L	October 13, 1985	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	1–1–0
3	W	October 16, 1985	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (1985–86)	2–1–0
4	W	October 19, 1985	4–3	New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	3–1–0
5	L	October 22, 1985	4–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	3–2–0
6	T	October 23, 1985	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	3–2–1
7	L	October 26, 1985	2–5	New York Islanders (1985–86)	3–3–1
8	L	October 29, 1985	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86)	3–4–1
9	T	November 2, 1985	5–5 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	3–4–2
10	W	November 3, 1985	4–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	4–4–2
11	L	November 6, 1985	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	4–5–2
12	L	November 8, 1985	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	4–6–2
13	T	November 9, 1985	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	4–6–3
14	W	November 12, 1985	4–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	5–6–3
15	W	November 14, 1985	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	6–6–3
16	W	November 16, 1985	6–5 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	7–6–3
17	L	November 20, 1985	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	7–7–3
18	W	November 21, 1985	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	8–7–3
19	L	November 23, 1985	3–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	8–8–3
20	W	November 26, 1985	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	9–8–3
21	L	November 29, 1985	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	9–9–3
22	W	November 30, 1985	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	10–9–3
23	L	December 4, 1985	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	10–10–3
24	L	December 5, 1985	2–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1985–86)	10–11–3
25	W	December 7, 1985	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	11–11–3
26	W	December 10, 1985	7–3	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	12–11–3
27	L	December 11, 1985	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	12–12–3
28	T	December 14, 1985	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1985–86)	12–12–4
29	W	December 15, 1985	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	13–12–4
30	W	December 17, 1985	8–6	Winnipeg Jets (1985–86)	14–12–4
31	W	December 20, 1985	5–2	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	15–12–4
32	W	December 26, 1985	9–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	16–12–4
33	L	December 28, 1985	1–5	Boston Bruins (1985–86)	16–13–4
34	L	December 31, 1985	4–8	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	16–14–4
35	W	January 4, 1986	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	17–14–4
36	L	January 6, 1986	2–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	17–15–4
37	L	January 7, 1986	4–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	17–16–4
38	W	January 9, 1986	7–2	@ Boston Bruins (1985–86)	18–16–4
39	T	January 11, 1986	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	18–16–5
40	T	January 12, 1986	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1985–86)	18–16–6
41	W	January 15, 1986	10–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	19–16–6
42	L	January 16, 1986	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	19–17–6
43	L	January 18, 1986	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	19–18–6
44	L	January 21, 1986	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	19–19–6
45	W	January 23, 1986	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86)	20–19–6
46	L	January 25, 1986	0–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	20–20–6
47	T	January 29, 1986	5–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1985–86)	20–20–7
48	W	January 31, 1986	6–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	21–20–7
49	W	February 1, 1986	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	22–20–7
50	W	February 5, 1986	4–3	New York Rangers (1985–86)	23–20–7
51	L	February 6, 1986	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86)	23–21–7
52	L	February 8, 1986	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	23–22–7
53	T	February 11, 1986	4–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	23–22–8
54	W	February 13, 1986	5–3	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	24–22–8
55	W	February 15, 1986	5–1	Boston Bruins (1985–86)	25–22–8
56	L	February 16, 1986	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	25–23–8
57	W	February 18, 1986	5–0	Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	26–23–8
58	L	February 20, 1986	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1985–86)	26–24–8
59	W	February 22, 1986	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86)	27–24–8
60	W	February 23, 1986	8–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	28–24–8
61	L	February 25, 1986	1–4	Calgary Flames (1985–86)	28–25–8
62	W	March 1, 1986	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	29–25–8
63	L	March 2, 1986	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	29–26–8
64	W	March 4, 1986	6–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86)	30–26–8
65	W	March 6, 1986	7–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	31–26–8
66	W	March 8, 1986	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1985–86)	32–26–8
67	L	March 9, 1986	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	32–27–8
68	W	March 11, 1986	3–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1985–86)	33–27–8
69	L	March 13, 1986	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	33–28–8
70	L	March 15, 1986	4–5	Washington Capitals (1985–86)	33–29–8
71	L	March 17, 1986	5–6 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86)	33–30–8
72	L	March 19, 1986	2–5	Hartford Whalers (1985–86)	33–31–8
73	W	March 20, 1986	3–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86)	34–31–8
74	W	March 22, 1986	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1985–86)	35–31–8
75	W	March 25, 1986	2–0	@ New York Islanders (1985–86)	36–31–8
76	L	March 27, 1986	0–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1985–86)	36–32–8
77	L	March 29, 1986	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	36–33–8
78	T	April 1, 1986	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86)	36–33–9
79	W	April 5, 1986	7–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	37–33–9
80	L	April 6, 1986	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86)	37–34–9

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	80	34	68	102	34	10	16	0	2
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	78	44	30	74	171	15	11	2	3
Flockhart, RonRon Flockhart	C	79	22	45	67	26	8	5	2	3
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	77	10	56	66	171	18	7	0	2
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	74	25	28	53	41	-3	2	1	5
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	RW	48	28	24	52	10	-7	9	0	4
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	72	13	38	51	70	11	0	0	2
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	44	19	23	42	87	-12	8	0	1
LaVallee, KevinKevin LaVallee	LW	64	18	20	38	8	8	7	0	2
Reeds, MarkMark Reeds	RW	78	10	28	38	28	11	0	0	2
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	56	22	11	33	18	-12	1	1	2
Meagher, RickRick Meagher	C	79	11	19	30	28	-1	0	3	3
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	D	71	5	24	29	134	7	2	0	1
Nattress, RicRic Nattress	D	78	4	20	24	52	-8	1	0	2
Bell, BruceBruce Bell	D	75	2	18	20	43	2	2	0	0
Wickenheiser, DougDoug Wickenheiser	C	36	8	11	19	16	11	0	0	2
Beers, EddyEddy Beers	LW	24	7	11	18	24	-3	4	0	0
Cavallini, GinoGino Cavallini	LW	30	6	5	11	36	-2	1	0	0
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	69	4	7	11	116	-3	1	0	0
Bourgeois, CharlieCharlie Bourgeois	D	31	2	7	9	116	9	1	0	1
Cyr, DenisDenis Cyr	RW	31	3	4	7	2	-11	0	0	0
Carlson, KentKent Carlson	D	26	2	3	5	42	2	0	0	0
Johnson, TerryTerry Johnson	D	49	0	4	4	87	-6	0	0	0
Wilson, RikRik Wilson	D	32	0	4	4	48	-9	0	0	0
Baron, NormandNormand Baron	LW	23	2	0	2	39	-7	0	0	0
Evans, DougDoug Evans	LW	13	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
May, DarrellDarrell May	G	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Millen, GregGreg Millen	G	36	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Evans, ShawnShawn Evans	D	7	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Posavad, MikeMike Posavad	D	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Raglan, HerbHerb Raglan	RW	7	0	0	0	5	-3	0	0	0
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	G	42	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	2517	42	22	16	3	144	3.43	1	1354	1210	.894
Millen, GregGreg Millen	2168	36	14	16	6	129	3.57	1	1140	1011	.887
May, DarrellDarrell May	184	3	1	2	0	13	4.24	0	86	73	.849
Team:	4869	80	37	34	9	286	3.52	2	2580	2294	.889

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	19	9	12	21	25	3	1	2	2
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	19	7	14	21	17	2	1	0	1
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	17	10	7	17	13	4	2	0	0
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	19	7	7	14	48	-7	2	0	1
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	19	1	10	11	66	2	0	0	0
Cavallini, GinoGino Cavallini	LW	17	4	5	9	10	8	0	0	2
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	D	19	2	7	9	64	12	0	0	0
Meagher, RickRick Meagher	C	19	4	4	8	12	8	0	1	0
Reeds, MarkMark Reeds	RW	19	4	4	8	2	8	0	0	1
Beers, EddyEddy Beers	LW	19	3	4	7	8	-4	2	0	1
Wickenheiser, DougDoug Wickenheiser	C	19	2	5	7	12	1	1	0	1
Nattress, RicRic Nattress	D	18	1	4	5	24	4	0	0	0
Bourgeois, CharlieCharlie Bourgeois	D	19	2	2	4	116	3	1	0	0
LaVallee, KevinKevin LaVallee	LW	13	2	2	4	6	2	0	0	0
Flockhart, RonRon Flockhart	C	8	1	3	4	6	-6	0	0	0
Benning, BrianBrian Benning	D	6	1	2	3	13	1	1	0	0
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	9	1	2	3	22	-4	0	0	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	11	1	1	2	14	1	1	0	0
Raglan, HerbHerb Raglan	RW	10	1	1	2	24	2	0	0	0
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	5	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0
Bell, BruceBruce Bell	D	14	0	2	2	13	-5	0	0	0
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	19	0	2	2	51	-2	0	0	0
Carlson, KentKent Carlson	D	5	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0
Millen, GregGreg Millen	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Millen, GregGreg Millen	586	10	6	3	29	2.97	330	301	.912
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	569	10	4	6	37	3.90	307	270	.879
Team:	1155	19	10	9	66	3.43	637	571	.896

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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;

References

Blues on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1985-86 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

1985–86 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game The Monday Night Miracle Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

St. Louis Blues seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

St. Louis Blues

Founded in 1967 Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1967 expansion Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner(s) SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC (Tom Stillman, chairman) General manager Doug Armstrong Head coach Ken Hitchcock Team captain Alex Pietrangelo Current roster

Arenas	St. Louis Arena Scottrade Center

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks

Affiliates	AHL Chicago Wolves

General managers	Patrick Bowman Abel Catto Ehman Ball Francis Caron Keenan Caron Pleau Armstrong

Head coaches	Patrick Bowman Arbour Bowman Abel McCreary, Sr. Arbour Talbot Angotti Patrick Young Patrick Boivin Francis Boivin Plager Berenson Francis Plager Demers Martin Sutter Plager Berry Keenan Roberts Quenneville Kitchen Murray Payne Hitchcock

Media	TV FS Midwest Radio KMOX Newsradio (1120 AM)

Culture and lore	The Monday Night Miracle Louie the Bear Saint Louis Blues (song) "When the Blues Go Marching In" Dan Kelly 2017 NHL Winter Classic

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