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1980–81 St. Louis Blues season

The 1980–81 St. Louis Blues season was the 14th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues won the Smythe Division for the first time in four seasons, with a record of 45 wins, 18 losses and 17 ties, good for 107 points, and second place overall in the entire NHL. This was the first time that the Blues had ever accumulated 100 or more points in a season. The Blues defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a five-game preliminary round, before losing the quarter-finals in six games to the New York Rangers.

1980–81 St. Louis Blues
Smythe Division champions
Division1st Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1980–81 record45–18–17
Goals for352
Goals against281
Team information
General managerEmile Francis
CoachRed Berenson
CaptainBrian Sutter
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaCheckerdome

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
GPWLTGFGAPts
St. Louis Blues80451817352281107
Chicago Black Hawks8031331630431578
Vancouver Canucks8028322028930176
Edmonton Oilers8029351632832774
Colorado Rockies8022451325834457
Winnipeg Jets809571424640032

[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

Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Patrick Division

1980–81 NHL records
TeamCGYNYINYRPHIWSHTotal
Chicago1−0−30−41−2−11−1−21−1−24−8−8
Colorado3−11−33−10−40−3−17−12−1
Edmonton1−2−10−2−21−2−12−21−2−15−10−5
St. Louis2−20−2−24−00−3−12−0−28−7−5
Vancouver1−31−31−2−12−1−11−1−26−10−4
Winnipeg0−3−10−3−11−31−30−3−12−15−3

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1980–81 NHL records
TeamDETHFDLAKMTLPITTotal
Chicago1−1−23−0−10−2−22−23−19−6−5
Colorado1−2−11−2−10−3−10−41−33−14−3
Edmonton2−1−12−1−10−2−22−22−1−18−7−5
St. Louis4−03−0−12−0−21−1−22−212−3−5
Vancouver2−1−11−1−20−40−2−23−0−16−8−6
Winnipeg0−3−10−3−10−41−30−41−17−2


Schedule and results

No.RDateScoreOpponentRecord
1WOctober 9, 19808–6Hartford Whalers (1980–81)1–0–0
2LOctober 11, 19801–5Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)1–1–0
3TOctober 14, 19805–5@ New York Islanders (1980–81)1–1–1
4WOctober 15, 19802–1@ New York Rangers (1980–81)2–1–1
5WOctober 18, 19803–2Boston Bruins (1980–81)3–1–1
6WOctober 21, 19804–3Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)4–1–1
7LOctober 22, 19803–9@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)4–2–1
8WOctober 24, 19803–2@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)5–2–1
9TOctober 25, 19803–3Washington Capitals (1980–81)5–2–2
10WOctober 28, 19805–4New York Rangers (1980–81)6–2–2
11TOctober 29, 19802–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)6–2–3
12LNovember 1, 19802–3Calgary Flames (1980–81)6–3–3
13WNovember 2, 19805–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)7–3–3
14WNovember 5, 19806–1Hartford Whalers (1980–81)8–3–3
15LNovember 8, 19802–4@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)8–4–3
16WNovember 9, 19806–4@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)9–4–3
17WNovember 11, 19808–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)10–4–3
18LNovember 14, 19801–5@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)10–5–3
19WNovember 15, 19805–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)11–5–3
20LNovember 18, 19802–7New York Islanders (1980–81)11–6–3
21WNovember 22, 19806–2Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)12–6–3
22WNovember 25, 19805–3Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)13–6–3
23WNovember 26, 19806–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)14–6–3
24TNovember 28, 19801–1@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)14–6–4
25WNovember 29, 19809–3Calgary Flames (1980–81)15–6–4
26WDecember 2, 19805–2Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)16–6–4
27WDecember 6, 19805–2Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)17–6–4
28WDecember 9, 19804–1Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)18–6–4
29LDecember 11, 19802–5Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)18–7–4
30WDecember 13, 19809–4Colorado Rockies (1980–81)19–7–4
31LDecember 14, 19804–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)19–8–4
32LDecember 17, 19801–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)19–9–4
33WDecember 18, 19807–3@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)20–9–4
34WDecember 20, 19805–2Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)21–9–4
35WDecember 23, 19806–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)22–9–4
36TDecember 27, 19804–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)22–9–5
37WDecember 28, 19803–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)23–9–5
38WDecember 30, 19805–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)24–9–5
39WJanuary 3, 19816–3Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)25–9–5
40WJanuary 6, 19816–3Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)26–9–5
41TJanuary 8, 19815–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)26–9–6
42TJanuary 10, 19816–6Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)26–9–7
43WJanuary 12, 19815–2@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)27–9–7
44LJanuary 14, 19813–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)27–10–7
45WJanuary 17, 19817–6Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)28–10–7
46TJanuary 21, 19816–6@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)28–10–8
47LJanuary 22, 19813–7@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)28–11–8
48WJanuary 24, 19814–2Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)29–11–8
49WJanuary 27, 19817–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)30–11–8
50LJanuary 31, 19812–3Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)30–12–8
51WFebruary 1, 19814–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)31–12–8
52TFebruary 3, 19813–3Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)31–12–9
53WFebruary 5, 19818–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)32–12–9
54WFebruary 7, 19819–2Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)33–12–9
55TFebruary 8, 19813–3@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)33–12–10
56TFebruary 12, 19813–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)33–12–11
57TFebruary 14, 19811–1@ New York Islanders (1980–81)33–12–12
58WFebruary 15, 19815–4@ New York Rangers (1980–81)34–12–12
59WFebruary 17, 19815–2@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)35–12–12
60LFebruary 18, 19812–9@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)35–13–12
61WFebruary 21, 19814–1Colorado Rockies (1980–81)36–13–12
62TFebruary 24, 19812–2Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)36–13–13
63WFebruary 25, 19813–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)37–13–13
64WFebruary 28, 19817–4Washington Capitals (1980–81)38–13–13
65TMarch 1, 19814–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)38–13–14
66WMarch 3, 19814–2Boston Bruins (1980–81)39–13–14
67WMarch 7, 19817–2New York Rangers (1980–81)40–13–14
68WMarch 8, 19817–0@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)41–13–14
69TMarch 11, 19815–5@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)41–13–15
70LMarch 12, 19813–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)41–14–15
71WMarch 14, 19815–3Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)42–14–15
72LMarch 18, 19812–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)42–15–15
73TMarch 21, 19813–3@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)42–15–16
74WMarch 22, 19816–5@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)43–15–16
75LMarch 24, 19813–5New York Islanders (1980–81)43–16–16
76WMarch 28, 19817–4Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)44–16–16
77LMarch 31, 19813–6@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)44–17–16
78WApril 2, 19816–4Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)45–17–16
79LApril 4, 19810–5Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)45–18–16
80TApril 5, 19815–5@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)45–18–17

Playoffs

Preliminary vs. Pittsburgh Penguins


April 8Pittsburgh Penguins2–4St. Louis BluesCheckerdomeRecap 
Greg Malone (1) – 00:15First period04:48 – pp – Mike Zuke (1)
15:58 – Tony Currie (1)
Rod Schutt (1) – 13:21Second period14:44 – Jorgen Pettersson (1)
No scoringThird period19:59 – en – Mike Crombeen (1)
Greg Millen 44 saves / 47 shotsGoalie statsMike Liut 24 saves / 26 shots
April 9Pittsburgh Penguins6–4St. Louis BluesCheckerdomeRecap 
No scoringFirst period02:35 – pp – Joe Micheletti (1)
Randy Carlyle (1) – 02:03
Gregg Sheppard (1) – 04:58
Mario Faubert (1) – pp – 06:59
George Ferguson (1) – 11:13		Second period03:11 – Tony Currie (2)
Rod Schutt (2) – 00:35
Randy Carlyle (2) – 03:06		Third period10:49 – Blair Chapman (1)
16:04 – pp – Bernie Federko (1)
Greg Millen 19 saves / 23 shotsGoalie statsMike Liut 24 saves / 30 shots
April 11St. Louis Blues5–4Pittsburgh PenguinsPittsburgh Civic ArenaRecap 
Brian Sutter (1) – pp – 11:51First period07:04 – pp – Rod Schutt (3)
Ralph Klassen (1) – 06:36
Wayne Babych (1) – 09:58
Bernie Federko (2) – pp – 14:38		Second period08:57 – Mike Bullard (1)
10:31 – Mark Johnson (1)
Bernie Federko (3) – 15:54Third period05:08 – pp – Gregg Sheppard (2)
Mike Liut 27 saves / 31 shotsGoalie statsGreg Millen 27 saves / 32 shots
April 12St. Louis Blues3–6Pittsburgh PenguinsPittsburgh Civic ArenaRecap 
Ralph Klassen (2) – 05:53
Mike Zuke (2) – pp – 07:10		First period14:52 – pp – Mike Bullard (2)
Mike Zuke (3) – pp – 13:55Second period07:45 – pp – Mark Johnson (2)
11:49 – sh – Randy Carlyle (3)
No scoringThird period00:44 – Mike Bullard (3)
09:21 – Randy Carlyle (4)
14:02 – Pat Price (1)
Mike Liut 28 saves / 34 shotsGoalie statsGreg Millen 21 saves / 24 shots
April 14Pittsburgh Penguins3–42OTSt. Louis BluesCheckerdomeRecap 
Paul Gardner (1) – pp – 07:48First periodNo scoring
George Ferguson (2) – 15:06Second period11:17 – Brian Sutter (2)
16:06 – pp – Bernie Federko (4)
Greg Malone (2) – 10:36Third period03:34 – Rick Lapointe (1)
No scoringSecond overtime period05:16 – Mike Crombeen (2)
Greg Millen 48 saves / 52 shotsGoalie statsMike Liut 48 saves / 51 shots
St. Louis won series 3–2


Quarterfinals vs. New York Rangers


April 16New York Rangers3–6St. Louis BluesCheckerdomeRecap 
Lance Nethery (2) – 07:21First period11:15 – pp – Bernie Federko (5)
14:55 – Brian Sutter (3)
17:39 – Blair Chapman (2)
Lance Nethery (3) – 01:34Second period08:56 – Mike Crombeen (3)
16:42 – Bernie Federko (6)
19:42 – Mike Zuke (4)
Jere Gillis (1) – 05:39Third periodNo scoring
Steve Baker 22 saves / 28 shotsGoalie statsMike Liut 28 saves / 31 shots
April 17New York Rangers6–4St. Louis BluesCheckerdomeRecap 
Barry Beck (2)– sh – 03:07First period01:22 – Jorgen Pettersson (2)
02:16 – Larry Patey (1)
18:06 – pp – Brian Sutter (4)
Dean Talafous (2) – 16:24Second periodNo scoring
Jere Gillis (2) – 07:30
Anders Hedberg (4) – ps – 08:29
Mike Allison (2) – 10:16
Ron Duguay (6) – 19:13		Third period15:04 – Brian Sutter (5)
Steve Baker 25 saves / 29 shotsGoalie statsMike Liut 24 saves / 30 shots
April 19St. Louis Blues3–6New York RangersMadison Square GardenRecap 
Wayne Babych (2) – pp – 02:47First period00:40 – Ron Greschner (2)
Bill Stewart (1) – 15:35Second period05:13 – pp – Ulf Nilsson (6)
06:41 – Barry Beck (3)
13:49 – pp – Mike Allison (3)
17:36 – Steve Vickers (1)
Tony Currie (3) – 00:34Third period02:23 – Lance Nethery (4)
Mike Liut 25 saves / 31 shotsGoalie statsSteve Baker 14 saves / 17 shots
April 20St. Louis Blues1–4New York RangersMadison Square GardenRecap 
Tony Currie (4) – pp – 07:40First period06:14 – Anders Hedberg (4)
18:37 – Ron Duguay (7)
No scoringSecond period09:01 – pp – Steve Vickers (2)
No scoringThird period03:24 – Steve Vickers (3)
Mike Liut 24 saves / 28 shotsGoalie statsSteve Baker 33 saves / 34 shots
April 22New York Rangers3–4St. Louis BluesCheckerdomeRecap 
Ron Greschner (3) – 06:35
Ulf Nilsson (7) – pp – 10:06		First period14:17 – pp – Brian Sutter (6)
Carol Vadnais (1) – 02:54Second period08:25 – Larry Patey (2)
14:55 – Jorgen Pettersson (3)
No scoringThird period06:09 – pp – Jorgen Pettersson (4)
Steve Baker 26 saves / 30 shotsGoalie statsMike Liut 34 saves / 37 shots
April 24St. Louis Blues4–7New York RangersMadison Square GardenRecap 
No scoringFirst period03:27 – Steve Vickers (4)
05:49 – Anders Hedberg (6)
16:10 – sh – Ron Duguay (8)
Bernie Federko (7) – 02:16
Rick Lapointe (2) – 03:14
Bernie Federko (8) – 04:06		Second period01:59 – Barry Beck (4)
17:03 – Lance Nethery (5)
Ed Kea (1) – 06:00Third period04:31 – Peter Wallin (1)
14:54 – Ulf Nilsson (8)
Mike Liut 13 saves / 20 shotsGoalie statsSteve Baker 11 saves / 15 shots
New York won series 4–2


Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
PlayerPosGPGAPtsPIM+/-PPGSHGGWG
Bernie FederkoC783173104479924
Wayne BabychRW7854429693141407
Blake DunlopC802067874016602
Jorgen PetterssonLW623736732414805
Brian SutterLW78353469232121704
Mike ZukeC7424446857151011
Perry TurnbullC7534225620915505
Tony CurrieRW612332553832204
Blair ChapmanRW55202646413503
Larry PateyC802223451072083
Rick LapointeD808253312436003
Joe MichelettiD63427315312301
Jack BrownschidleD7152328125311
Mike CrombeenRW6691423581011
Bill StewartD602212311419000
Ed KeaD74318216015000
Ralph KlassenC666121823-5010
Craig NorwichD2341216141301
Gerry HartD63411151329000
Bryan MaxwellD40310131377000
Hartland MonahanRW2542642020
Ed StaniowskiG1902200000
Rick HeinzG401100000
Bob HessD40004-3000
Dick LambyD10000-1000
Chuck LefleyLW200000000
Mike LiutG6100000000
Paul MacLeanRW100001000
Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLTGAGAASO
Mike Liut3570613314131993.341
Ed Staniowski1010191033724.280
Rick Heinz220421182.180
Team:4800804518172793.491

Playoffs

Scoring
PlayerPosGPGAPtsPIMPPGSHGGWG
Bernie FederkoC11810182401
Tony CurrieRW11412164100
Joe MichelettiD111111210100
Brian SutterLW1163977300
Mike ZukeC114594300
Jorgen PetterssonLW114370102
Blair ChapmanRW92576000
Larry PateyC1124630000
Rick LapointeD822412000
Mike CrombeenRW113038002
Ed KeaD1112312000
Jack BrownschidleD110332000
Blake DunlopC110334000
Wayne BabychRW112028100
Ralph KlassenC112022000
Bill StewartD410111000
Bryan MaxwellD1101154000
Gerry HartD1000027000
Mike LiutG110000000
Paul MacLeanRW10000000
Hartland MonahanRW10004000
Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLGAGAASO
Mike Liut6851156504.380
Team:6851156504.380

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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 1980 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round#PlayerNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
112Rik Wilson  United StatesKingston Canadians (OHA)
354Jim Pavese  United StatesKitchener Rangers (OHA)
475Bob Brooke  United StatesYale University (ECAC)
596Alain Lemieux  CanadaChicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
6117Perry Anderson  CanadaKingston Canadians (OMJHL)
7138Roger Hagglund  SwedenUmeå (Sweden)
8159Pat Rabbitt  CanadaBillings Bighorns (WHL)
9180Peter Lindgren  SwedenHammarby (Sweden)
10201John Smyth  CanadaCalgary Wranglers (WHL)

Farm teams

See also

References

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