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 playoff 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".

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 12, 1985||4–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) ||1–0–0

|2||L||October 13, 1985||3–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) ||1–1–0

|3||W||October 16, 1985||2–1 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) ||2–1–0

|4||W||October 19, 1985||4–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||3–1–0

|5||L||October 22, 1985||4–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||3–2–0

|6||T||October 23, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||3–2–1

|7||L||October 26, 1985||2–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1985–86) ||3–3–1

|8||L||October 29, 1985||3–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) ||3–4–1

|9||T||November 2, 1985||5–5 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||3–4–2

|10||W||November 3, 1985||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) ||4–4–2

|11||L||November 6, 1985||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||4–5–2

|12||L||November 8, 1985||4–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) ||4–6–2

|13||T||November 9, 1985||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||4–6–3

|14||W||November 12, 1985||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||5–6–3

|15||W||November 14, 1985||5–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) ||6–6–3

|16||W||November 16, 1985||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) ||7–6–3

|17||L||November 20, 1985||1–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) ||7–7–3

|18||W||November 21, 1985||4–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||8–7–3

|19||L||November 23, 1985||3–7 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||8–8–3

|20||W||November 26, 1985||5–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||9–8–3

|21||L||November 29, 1985||3–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||9–9–3

|22||W||November 30, 1985||4–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||10–9–3

|23||L||December 4, 1985||3–6 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) ||10–10–3

|24||L||December 5, 1985||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) ||10–11–3

|25||W||December 7, 1985||5–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||11–11–3

|26||W||December 10, 1985||7–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) ||12–11–3

|27||L||December 11, 1985||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||12–12–3

|28||T||December 14, 1985||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1985–86) ||12–12–4

|29||W||December 15, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||13–12–4

|30||W||December 17, 1985||8–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) ||14–12–4

|31||W||December 20, 1985||5–2 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1985–86) ||15–12–4

|32||W||December 26, 1985||9–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||16–12–4

|33||L||December 28, 1985||1–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1985–86) ||16–13–4

|34||L||December 31, 1985||4–8 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) ||16–14–4

|35||W||January 4, 1986||2–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) ||17–14–4

|36||L||January 6, 1986||2–9 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) ||17–15–4

|37||L||January 7, 1986||4–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) ||17–16–4

|38||W||January 9, 1986||7–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) ||18–16–4

|39||T||January 11, 1986||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) ||18–16–5

|40||T||January 12, 1986||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1985–86) ||18–16–6

|41||W||January 15, 1986||10–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||19–16–6

|42||L||January 16, 1986||3–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||19–17–6

|43||L||January 18, 1986||2–5 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) ||19–18–6

|44||L||January 21, 1986||3–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) ||19–19–6

|45||W||January 23, 1986||4–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) ||20–19–6

|46||L||January 25, 1986||0–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) ||20–20–6

|47||T||January 29, 1986||5–5 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) ||20–20–7

|48||W||January 31, 1986||6–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||21–20–7

|49||W||February 1, 1986||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||22–20–7

|50||W||February 5, 1986||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1985–86) ||23–20–7

|51||L||February 6, 1986||3–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) ||23–21–7

|52||L||February 8, 1986||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||23–22–7

|53||T||February 11, 1986||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1985–86) ||23–22–8

|54||W||February 13, 1986||5–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||24–22–8

|55||W||February 15, 1986||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1985–86) ||25–22–8

|56||L||February 16, 1986||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||25–23–8

|57||W||February 18, 1986||5–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||26–23–8

|58||L||February 20, 1986||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1985–86) ||26–24–8

|59||W||February 22, 1986||5–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) ||27–24–8

|60||W||February 23, 1986||8–2 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) ||28–24–8

|61||L||February 25, 1986||1–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1985–86) ||28–25–8

|62||W||March 1, 1986||6–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||29–25–8

|63||L||March 2, 1986||4–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||29–26–8

|64||W||March 4, 1986||6–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) ||30–26–8

|65||W||March 6, 1986||7–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) ||31–26–8

|66||W||March 8, 1986||7–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) ||32–26–8

|67||L||March 9, 1986||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||32–27–8

|68||W||March 11, 1986||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) ||33–27–8

|69||L||March 13, 1986||2–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||33–28–8

|70||L||March 15, 1986||4–5 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1985–86) ||33–29–8

|71||L||March 17, 1986||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) ||33–30–8

|72||L||March 19, 1986||2–5 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1985–86) ||33–31–8

|73||W||March 20, 1986||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) ||34–31–8

|74||W||March 22, 1986||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) ||35–31–8

|75||W||March 25, 1986||2–0 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1985–86) ||36–31–8

|76||L||March 27, 1986||0–1 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) ||36–32–8

|77||L||March 29, 1986||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||36–33–8

|78||T||April 1, 1986||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) ||36–33–9

|79||W||April 5, 1986||7–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||37–33–9

|80||L||April 6, 1986||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1985–86) ||37–34–9

Legend:

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 80 34 68 102 34101602 RW 78 44 30 74 171151123 C 79 22 45 67 268523 D 77 10 56 66 17118702 C 74 25 28 53 41-3215 RW 48 28 24 52 10-7904 RW 72 13 38 51 7011002 LW 44 19 23 42 87-12801 LW 64 18 20 38 88702 RW 78 10 28 38 2811002 RW 56 22 11 33 18-12112 C 79 11 19 30 28-1033 D 71 5 24 29 1347201 D 78 4 20 24 52-8102 D 75 2 18 20 432200 C 36 8 11 19 1611002 LW 24 7 11 18 24-3400 LW 30 6 5 11 36-2100 D 69 4 7 11 116-3100 D 31 2 7 9 1169101 RW 31 3 4 7 2-11000 D 26 2 3 5 422000 D 49 0 4 4 87-6000 D 32 0 4 4 48-9000 LW 23 2 0 2 39-7000 LW 13 1 0 1 20000 G 3 0 1 1 20000 G 36 0 1 1 80000 D 7 0 0 0 2-1000 D 6 0 0 0 0-1000 RW 7 0 0 0 5-3000 G 42 0 0 0 20000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 2517 42 22 16 3 144 3.43 113541210.894 2168 36 14 16 6 129 3.57 111401011.887 184 3 1 2 0 13 4.24 08673.849 Team: 4869 80 37 34 9 286 3.52 225802294.889

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 19 9 12 21 253122 C 19 7 14 21 172101 RW 17 10 7 17 134200 RW 19 7 7 14 48-7201 D 19 1 10 11 662000 LW 17 4 5 9 108002 D 19 2 7 9 6412000 C 19 4 4 8 128010 RW 19 4 4 8 28001 LW 19 3 4 7 8-4201 C 19 2 5 7 121101 D 18 1 4 5 244000 D 19 2 2 4 1163100 LW 13 2 2 4 62000 C 8 1 3 4 6-6000 D 6 1 2 3 131100 LW 9 1 2 3 22-4000 RW 11 1 1 2 141100 RW 10 1 1 2 242000 C 5 1 1 2 20100 D 14 0 2 2 13-5000 D 19 0 2 2 51-2000 D 5 0 0 0 110000 G 10 0 0 0 00000 G 10 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 586 10 6 3 29 2.97 0330301.912 569 10 4 6 37 3.90 0307270.879 Team: 1155 19 10 9 66 3.43 0637571.896

Awards and records

Draft picks St. Louis's draft picks at the 1985 NHL entry draft held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)237Herb RaglanKingston Canadians (OHL)344Nelson EmersonStratford Cullitons (OPJHL)354Ned DesmondHotchkiss School (USHS-CT)5100Dan BrooksSaint Thomas Academy (USHS-MN)6121Rick BurchillCatholic Memorial School (USHS-MA)7138Pat JablonskiDetroit Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL)8159Scott BrickeyPort Huron Flags (NAHL)9180Jeff UrbanMinnetonka High School (USHS-MN)10201Vince GuidottiNoble and Greenough School (USHS-MA)11222Ron SaatzerHopkins High School (USHS-MN)12243Dave JechaMinnetonka High School (USHS-MN)

References Blues on Hockey Database