1982–83 St. Louis Blues season explained

The 1982–83 St. Louis Blues season was the 16th in franchise history. It involved the team finishing the regular-season with a 25-40-15 record, with a total of 65 points, placing them fourth in the Norris Division. It ended with a Norris Division Semifinal loss to the Chicago Black Hawks in four games.

On January 12, Ralston Purina Company attempted to sell the club to Edmonton Oilers founder Bill Hunter, who had plans to move the team to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The NHL would eventually veto the deal, resulting in the team not participating in the Entry Draft. It would pave the way for Harry Ornest to purchase the franchise prior to the following season.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1982	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	1–0–0
2	W	October 7, 1982	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	2–0–0
3	L	October 9, 1982	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	2–1–0
4	L	October 13, 1982	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	2–2–0
5	L	October 14, 1982	2–5	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	2–3–0
6	W	October 16, 1982	6–0	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	3–3–0
7	L	October 18, 1982	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	3–4–0
8	W	October 20, 1982	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	4–4–0
9	W	October 23, 1982	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	5–4–0
10	L	October 24, 1982	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	5–5–0
11	L	October 27, 1982	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	5–6–0
12	L	October 30, 1982	5–6	Washington Capitals (1982–83)	5–7–0
13	W	November 2, 1982	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	6–7–0
14	W	November 5, 1982	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)	7–7–0
15	T	November 6, 1982	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	7–7–1
16	L	November 9, 1982	1–4	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	7–8–1
17	L	November 10, 1982	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	7–9–1
18	L	November 13, 1982	2–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	7–10–1
19	L	November 14, 1982	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	7–11–1
20	W	November 16, 1982	7–2	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	8–11–1
21	T	November 20, 1982	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	8–11–2
22	L	November 21, 1982	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	8–12–2
23	T	November 23, 1982	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	8–12–3
24	L	November 26, 1982	6–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	8–13–3
25	W	November 27, 1982	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	9–13–3
26	L	November 30, 1982	2–3	New York Islanders (1982–83)	9–14–3
27	L	December 2, 1982	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	9–15–3
28	L	December 4, 1982	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	9–16–3
29	L	December 5, 1982	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	9–17–3
30	L	December 7, 1982	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	9–18–3
31	W	December 9, 1982	7–2	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	10–18–3
32	L	December 11, 1982	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	10–19–3
33	L	December 14, 1982	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	10–20–3
34	W	December 15, 1982	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	11–20–3
35	W	December 18, 1982	7–4	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	12–20–3
36	T	December 21, 1982	5–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	12–20–4
37	W	December 23, 1982	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	13–20–4
38	L	December 26, 1982	4–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	13–21–4
39	L	December 28, 1982	0–3	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	13–22–4
40	W	December 29, 1982	6–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	14–22–4
41	L	January 1, 1983	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	14–23–4
42	L	January 4, 1983	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	14–24–4
43	T	January 5, 1983	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	14–24–5
44	T	January 8, 1983	3–3	Washington Capitals (1982–83)	14–24–6
45	L	January 11, 1983	5–7	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	14–25–6
46	W	January 14, 1983	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	15–25–6
47	T	January 17, 1983	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	15–25–7
48	L	January 18, 1983	1–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	15–26–7
49	T	January 20, 1983	3–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	15–26–8
50	L	January 22, 1983	6–7	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	15–27–8
51	T	January 25, 1983	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	15–27–9
52	T	January 27, 1983	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	15–27–10
53	W	January 29, 1983	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	16–27–10
54	L	February 1, 1983	0–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	16–28–10
55	W	February 2, 1983	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	17–28–10
56	T	February 5, 1983	2–2	New York Rangers (1982–83)	17–28–11
57	L	February 10, 1983	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	17–29–11
58	W	February 12, 1983	5–1	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	18–29–11
59	W	February 14, 1983	6–4	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	19–29–11
60	L	February 16, 1983	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	19–30–11
61	L	February 17, 1983	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	19–31–11
62	T	February 19, 1983	4–4	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	19–31–12
63	L	February 22, 1983	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	19–32–12
64	T	February 25, 1983	5–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	19–32–13
65	L	February 26, 1983	2–7	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	19–33–13
66	W	March 1, 1983	7–2	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	20–33–13
67	T	March 2, 1983	4–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	20–33–14
68	L	March 5, 1983	5–6	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	20–34–14
69	W	March 8, 1983	6–0	New York Islanders (1982–83)	21–34–14
70	L	March 9, 1983	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	21–35–14
71	W	March 12, 1983	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	22–35–14
72	W	March 15, 1983	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	23–35–14
73	L	March 16, 1983	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	23–36–14
74	T	March 19, 1983	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	23–36–15
75	W	March 22, 1983	4–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	24–36–15
76	L	March 24, 1983	6–7	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	24–37–15
77	L	March 26, 1983	5–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	24–38–15
78	L	March 29, 1983	3–4	New York Rangers (1982–83)	24–39–15
79	W	April 2, 1983	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	25–39–15
80	L	April 3, 1983	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	25–40–15

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	75	24	60	84	24	-10	9	0	1
	LW	79	46	30	76	254	0	11	0	4
	LW	74	35	38	73	4	-10	7	3	4
	C	78	22	44	66	14	-6	8	0	2
	D	78	16	35	51	193	-9	7	0	3
	C	79	32	15	47	172	-20	6	0	1
	RW	49	17	30	47	6	-5	5	0	0
	RW	71	16	23	39	62	-24	5	0	2
	C	42	9	25	34	18	-10	1	0	0
	D	54	3	23	26	43	-12	1	1	1
	C	43	8	16	24	14	-3	0	0	1
	D	72	1	22	23	30	-3	1	0	0
	C	67	9	12	21	80	-6	0	3	0
	RW	20	5	14	19	6	8	0	0	1
	RW	39	7	11	18	10	-8	3	0	1
	RW	80	6	11	17	20	-5	0	1	1
	D	38	2	15	17	25	9	0	0	0
	D	61	4	11	15	34	-8	0	1	1
	RW	27	5	9	14	2	-5	1	0	0
	D	56	3	11	14	50	-10	1	0	1
	RW	22	2	9	11	2	-8	1	0	0
	LW	54	6	1	7	58	-3	0	0	1
	LW	18	5	2	7	14	-6	0	0	0
	D	46	0	5	5	24	-7	0	0	0
	D	28	1	3	4	39	-4	0	0	0
	C	29	0	2	2	6	-3	0	0	0
	D	24	0	2	2	45	-11	0	0	0
	RW	6	1	0	1	6	-8	0	0	0
	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
	G	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	68	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	D	7	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0
	RW/C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3794	68	21	27	13	235	3.72	1
	671	14	3	8	1	50	4.47	0
	335	9	1	5	1	24	4.30	1
Team:	4800	80	25	40	15	309	3.86	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	4	2	3	5	0	1	0	0
	LW	4	2	1	3	10	2	0	0
	D	4	0	3	3	22	0	0	0
	C	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
	LW	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
	C	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
	RW	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
	C	4	1	0	1	14	0	0	0
	C	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	1
	RW	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
	D	4	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
	D	4	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	1	1	26	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	240	4	1	3	15	3.75	0
Team:	240	4	1	3	15	3.75	0

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Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
3	50	Mike Posavad		Peterborough Petes (OHL)
5	92	Scott Machej		Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
6	113	Perry Ganchar		Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
7	134	Doug Gilmour		Cornwall Royals (OHL)
8	155	Chris Delaney		Boston College (ECAC)
9	176	Matt Christensen		Aurora-Hoyt Lakes High School (USHS-MN)
10	197	John Shumski		Rennssaeler Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
11	218	Brian Ahern		Sibley High School (USHS-MN)
12	239	Peter Smith		University of Maine (ECAC)

See also

• 1982–83 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1982–83 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-21 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-15 . 1982-83 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.