1989–90 St. Louis Blues season explained

The 1989–90 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' 23rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

Team captain Bernie Federko is traded to the Detroit Red Wings. Forward Rick Meagher is named team captain.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 1989	8–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	1–0–0
2	L	October 7, 1989	5–8	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	1–1–0
3	L	October 12, 1989	0–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	1–2–0
4	W	October 14, 1989	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	2–2–0
5	W	October 18, 1989	9–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	3–2–0
6	L	October 19, 1989	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	3–3–0
7	L	October 21, 1989	4–6	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	3–4–0
8	L	October 24, 1989	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	3–5–0
9	W	October 26, 1989	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	4–5–0
10	W	October 28, 1989	1–0	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	5–5–0
11	T	October 31, 1989	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	5–5–1
12	W	November 1, 1989	5–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	6–5–1
13	W	November 4, 1989	5–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	7–5–1
14	T	November 6, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	7–5–2
15	T	November 9, 1989	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	7–5–3
16	W	November 11, 1989	8–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	8–5–3
17	L	November 15, 1989	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	8–6–3
18	W	November 16, 1989	7–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	9–6–3
19	L	November 18, 1989	0–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	9–7–3
20	W	November 21, 1989	7–4	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	10–7–3
21	W	November 23, 1989	5–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	11–7–3
22	T	November 25, 1989	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	11–7–4
23	L	November 28, 1989	1–5	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	11–8–4
24	L	November 30, 1989	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	11–9–4
25	W	December 2, 1989	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	12–9–4
26	L	December 3, 1989	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	12–10–4
27	T	December 5, 1989	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	12–10–5
28	L	December 7, 1989	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	12–11–5
29	W	December 9, 1989	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	13–11–5
30	L	December 11, 1989	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	13–12–5
31	W	December 13, 1989	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	14–12–5
32	T	December 16, 1989	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	14–12–6
33	L	December 18, 1989	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	14–13–6
34	L	December 20, 1989	6–9	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	14–14–6
35	L	December 23, 1989	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	14–15–6
36	W	December 26, 1989	8–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	15–15–6
37	L	December 28, 1989	2–3	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	15–16–6
38	W	December 30, 1989	3–2	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	16–16–6
39	L	December 31, 1989	1–2 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	16–17–6
40	L	January 2, 1990	4–6	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	16–18–6
41	W	January 4, 1990	5–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	17–18–6
42	W	January 6, 1990	4–3	New York Rangers (1989–90)	18–18–6
43	W	January 9, 1990	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	19–18–6
44	W	January 12, 1990	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	20–18–6
45	L	January 14, 1990	5–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	20–19–6
46	L	January 16, 1990	2–5	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	20–20–6
47	L	January 18, 1990	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	20–21–6
48	W	January 23, 1990	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	21–21–6
49	W	January 25, 1990	3–2	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	22–21–6
50	T	January 27, 1990	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	22–21–7
51	W	January 30, 1990	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	23–21–7
52	T	January 31, 1990	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	23–21–8
53	W	February 3, 1990	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	24–21–8
54	W	February 6, 1990	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	25–21–8
55	L	February 7, 1990	1–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	25–22–8
56	W	February 10, 1990	7–0	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	26–22–8
57	W	February 11, 1990	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	27–22–8
58	W	February 13, 1990	2–1 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	28–22–8
59	W	February 15, 1990	9–2	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	29–22–8
60	W	February 17, 1990	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	30–22–8
61	L	February 20, 1990	3–8	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	30–23–8
62	L	February 22, 1990	4–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	30–24–8
63	W	February 24, 1990	6–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	31–24–8
64	L	February 25, 1990	5–6 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	31–25–8
65	W	February 27, 1990	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	32–25–8
66	W	March 1, 1990	6–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	33–25–8
67	W	March 3, 1990	5–4	New York Islanders (1989–90)	34–25–8
68	L	March 6, 1990	1–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	34–26–8
69	L	March 8, 1990	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	34–27–8
70	T	March 10, 1990	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	34–27–9
71	W	March 11, 1990	6–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	35–27–9
72	W	March 13, 1990	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	36–27–9
73	L	March 15, 1990	5–6 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	36–28–9
74	L	March 17, 1990	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	36–29–9
75	L	March 19, 1990	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	36–30–9
76	L	March 21, 1990	6–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	36–31–9
77	L	March 24, 1990	3–9	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	36–32–9
78	L	March 27, 1990	0–3	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	36–33–9
79	W	March 29, 1990	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	37–33–9
80	L	March 31, 1990	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	37–34–9

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	80	72	41	113	24	-1	27	0	12
	C	80	23	79	102	30	9	6	2	3
	C	73	25	47	72	30	-9	7	0	3
	RW	78	34	33	67	100	2	12	0	6
	C	79	26	35	61	46	23	10	0	1
	LW	79	24	32	56	199	-15	4	0	4
	D	80	8	39	47	106	38	2	1	0
	D	48	10	28	38	37	-12	6	1	0
	LW	80	15	15	30	77	-8	1	0	4
	LW	78	19	6	25	75	1	0	2	1
	C	76	8	17	25	47	4	0	2	1
	RW	71	12	10	22	4	-6	1	1	1
	C	33	3	17	20	23	5	1	0	1
	C	28	5	12	17	8	1	1	0	0
	D	75	3	14	17	140	-12	0	0	0
	D	78	0	16	16	81	-6	0	0	0
	D	58	0	12	12	145	-1	0	0	0
	C	7	1	5	6	2	4	0	0	0
	D	25	0	5	5	11	2	0	0	0
	D	34	0	5	5	6	10	0	0	0
	RW	43	1	3	4	244	-1	0	0	0
	LW	19	1	2	3	12	-4	0	0	0
	RW	12	2	0	2	22	-2	0	0	0
	D	7	1	1	2	2	-3	0	0	0
	D	37	1	1	2	128	9	0	0	0
	D	13	1	1	2	16	-5	1	0	0
	RW	5	0	2	2	8	-2	0	0	0
	G	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0
	RW	11	0	1	1	21	-5	0	0	0
	D	7	0	1	1	10	-4	0	0	0
	C/RW	6	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	11	-2	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
	G	43	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
	LW	28	0	0	0	124	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2551	43	17	19	5	149	3.50	1	1271	1122	.883
	1245	21	11	7	3	61	2.94	1	556	495	.890
	852	15	9	5	1	48	3.38	0	435	387	.890
	208	4	0	3	0	17	4.90	0	98	81	.827
Team:	4856	80	37	34	9	275	3.40	2	2360	2085	.883

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	12	13	8	21	17	1	7	0	3
	C	12	2	12	14	4	-10	1	0	0
	C	12	5	8	13	6	0	1	0	0
	D	12	2	10	12	4	-6	1	0	1
	C	12	3	5	8	18	1	2	0	0
	C	12	1	7	8	4	3	1	0	0
	RW	12	4	3	7	20	-5	3	0	0
	LW	12	3	2	5	63	3	0	0	1
	D	12	2	3	5	20	4	0	0	0
	LW	12	1	3	4	12	-4	0	0	1
	LW	12	2	1	3	39	-7	0	0	0
	RW	12	2	1	3	39	-3	0	1	1
	D	11	0	3	3	38	-4	0	0	0
	D	12	0	2	2	47	-4	0	0	0
	D	12	0	2	2	31	-3	0	0	0
	D	10	0	2	2	26	6	0	0	0
	RW	9	1	0	1	46	-1	0	0	0
	C	8	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
	C	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
	RW	5	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	327	6	4	1	18	3.30	0	167	149	.892
	397	8	3	4	24	3.63	0	223	199	.892
Team:	724	12	7	5	42	3.48	0	390	348	.892

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Awards and records

• Frank J. Selke Trophy: || Rick Meagher
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Brett Hull
• NHL Plus/Minus Award: || Paul Cavallini, St. Louis Blues
• Brett Hull, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Brett Hull, NHL goals leader, with 72

Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft held at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	9	Jason Marshall		Vernon Lakers (BCJHL)
2	31	Rick Corriveau		London Knights (OHL)
3	55	Denny Felsner		University of Michigan (CCHA)
5	93	Daniel Laperriere		St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
6	114	David Roberts		Avon Old Farms (USHS-CT)
6	124	Derek Frenette		Ferris State University (CCHA)
7	135	Jeff Batters		University of Alaska Anchorage (NCAA Independent)
8	156	Kevin Plager		Parkway North High School (USHS-MO)
9	177	John Roderick		Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (USHS-MA)
10	198	John Valo		Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL)
11	219	Brian Lukowski		Niagara Falls Canucks (GHJHL)
S	14	Rob Tustian		Michigan Technological University (WCHA)

References

• Blues on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-15 . 1989-90 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.