1980–81 St. Louis Blues season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 Checkerdome NHL 1980–81 1980 St. Louis Blues 45–18–17 29–7–4 16–11–13 Campbell 2nd Smythe 1st 352 281 Emile Francis Red Berenson Brian Sutter None Wayne Babych (54) Bernie Federko (73) Bernie Federko (104) Brian Sutter (232) Mike Liut (33) Mike Liut (3.35) Yes 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. 2 Regular season Final standings STL STL Record vs. opponents STL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 5px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 5px solid; 1980–81 regular season1980-81 St. Louis Blues Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1981_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 26, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 9, 1980||8–6 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 11, 1980||1–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||1–1–0 |- |3||T||October 14, 1980||5–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1980–81) ||1–1–1 |- |4||W||October 15, 1980||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 18, 1980||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||3–1–1 |- |6||W||October 21, 1980||4–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||4–1–1 |- |7||L||October 22, 1980||3–9 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||4–2–1 |- |8||W||October 24, 1980||3–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||5–2–1 |- |9||T||October 25, 1980||3–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||5–2–2 |- |10||W||October 28, 1980||5–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||6–2–2 |- |11||T||October 29, 1980||2–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||6–2–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |12||L||November 1, 1980||2–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||6–3–3 |- |13||W||November 2, 1980||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||7–3–3 |- |14||W||November 5, 1980||6–1 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||8–3–3 |- |15||L||November 8, 1980||2–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||8–4–3 |- |16||W||November 9, 1980||6–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||9–4–3 |- |17||W||November 11, 1980||8–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||10–4–3 |- |18||L||November 14, 1980||1–5 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||10–5–3 |- |19||W||November 15, 1980||5–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||11–5–3 |- |20||L||November 18, 1980||2–7 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1980–81) ||11–6–3 |- |21||W||November 22, 1980||6–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||12–6–3 |- |22||W||November 25, 1980||5–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||13–6–3 |- |23||W||November 26, 1980||6–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||14–6–3 |- |24||T||November 28, 1980||1–1 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||14–6–4 |- |25||W||November 29, 1980||9–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||15–6–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||W||December 2, 1980||5–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||16–6–4 |- |27||W||December 6, 1980||5–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||17–6–4 |- |28||W||December 9, 1980||4–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||18–6–4 |- |29||L||December 11, 1980||2–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||18–7–4 |- |30||W||December 13, 1980||9–4 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||19–7–4 |- |31||L||December 14, 1980||4–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||19–8–4 |- |32||L||December 17, 1980||1–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||19–9–4 |- |33||W||December 18, 1980||7–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||20–9–4 |- |34||W||December 20, 1980||5–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||21–9–4 |- |35||W||December 23, 1980||6–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||22–9–4 |- |36||T||December 27, 1980||4–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||22–9–5 |- |37||W||December 28, 1980||3–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||23–9–5 |- |38||W||December 30, 1980||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||24–9–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |39||W||January 3, 1981||6–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||25–9–5 |- |40||W||January 6, 1981||6–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||26–9–5 |- |41||T||January 8, 1981||5–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||26–9–6 |- |42||T||January 10, 1981||6–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||26–9–7 |- |43||W||January 12, 1981||5–2 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||27–9–7 |- |44||L||January 14, 1981||3–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||27–10–7 |- |45||W||January 17, 1981||7–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||28–10–7 |- |46||T||January 21, 1981||6–6 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||28–10–8 |- |47||L||January 22, 1981||3–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||28–11–8 |- |48||W||January 24, 1981||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||29–11–8 |- |49||W||January 27, 1981||7–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||30–11–8 |- |50||L||January 31, 1981||2–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||30–12–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |51||W||February 1, 1981||4–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||31–12–8 |- |52||T||February 3, 1981||3–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||31–12–9 |- |53||W||February 5, 1981||8–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||32–12–9 |- |54||W||February 7, 1981||9–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||33–12–9 |- |55||T||February 8, 1981||3–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||33–12–10 |- |56||T||February 12, 1981||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||33–12–11 |- |57||T||February 14, 1981||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1980–81) ||33–12–12 |- |58||W||February 15, 1981||5–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||34–12–12 |- |59||W||February 17, 1981||5–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||35–12–12 |- |60||L||February 18, 1981||2–9 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||35–13–12 |- |61||W||February 21, 1981||4–1 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||36–13–12 |- |62||T||February 24, 1981||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||36–13–13 |- |63||W||February 25, 1981||3–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||37–13–13 |- |64||W||February 28, 1981||7–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||38–13–13 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |65||T||March 1, 1981||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||38–13–14 |- |66||W||March 3, 1981||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||39–13–14 |- |67||W||March 7, 1981||7–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||40–13–14 |- |68||W||March 8, 1981||7–0 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||41–13–14 |- |69||T||March 11, 1981||5–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||41–13–15 |- |70||L||March 12, 1981||3–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||41–14–15 |- |71||W||March 14, 1981||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||42–14–15 |- |72||L||March 18, 1981||2–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||42–15–15 |- |73||T||March 21, 1981||3–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||42–15–16 |- |74||W||March 22, 1981||6–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||43–15–16 |- |75||L||March 24, 1981||3–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1980–81) ||43–16–16 |- |76||W||March 28, 1981||7–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||44–16–16 |- |77||L||March 31, 1981||3–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||44–17–16 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |78||W||April 2, 1981||6–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||45–17–16 |- |79||L||April 4, 1981||0–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||45–18–16 |- |80||T||April 5, 1981||5–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||45–18–17 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Preliminary vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins St. Louis Blues Pittsburgh Civic Arena Checkerdome April 8 2–4 2 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19810002 Greg Malone (1) – 00:15 04:48 – pp – Mike Zuke (1)15:58 – Tony Currie (1) Rod Schutt (1) – 13:21 14:44 – Jorgen Pettersson (1) No scoring 19:59 – en – Mike Crombeen (1) Greg Millen 44 saves / 47 shots Mike Liut 24 saves / 26 shots April 9 6–4 1 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19810010 No scoring 02:35 – pp – Joe Micheletti (1) Randy Carlyle (1) – 02:03Gregg Sheppard (1) – 04:58Mario Faubert (1) – pp – 06:59George Ferguson (1) – 11:13 03:11 – Tony Currie (2) Rod Schutt (2) – 00:35Randy Carlyle (2) – 03:06 10:49 – Blair Chapman (1)16:04 – pp – Bernie Federko (1) Greg Millen 19 saves / 23 shots Mike Liut 24 saves / 30 shots April 11 5–4 2 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19810018 07:04 – pp – Rod Schutt (3) Brian Sutter (1) – pp – 11:51 08:57 – Mike Bullard (1)10:31 – Mark Johnson (1) Ralph Klassen (1) – 06:36Wayne Babych (1) – 09:58Bernie Federko (2) – pp – 14:38 05:08 – pp – Gregg Sheppard (2) Bernie Federko (3) – 15:54 Greg Millen 27 saves / 32 shots Mike Liut 27 saves / 31 shots April 12 3–6 1 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19810025 14:52 – pp – Mike Bullard (2) Ralph Klassen (2) – 05:53Mike Zuke (2) – pp – 07:10 07:45 – pp – Mark Johnson (2)11:49 – sh – Randy Carlyle (3) Mike Zuke (3) – pp – 13:55 00:44 – Mike Bullard (3)09:21 – Randy Carlyle (4)14:02 – Pat Price (1) No scoring Greg Millen 21 saves / 24 shots Mike Liut 28 saves / 34 shots April 14 3–4 2 2 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19810028 Paul Gardner (1) – pp – 07:48 No scoring George Ferguson (2) – 15:06 11:17 – Brian Sutter (2)16:06 – pp – Bernie Federko (4) Greg Malone (2) – 10:36 03:34 – Rick Lapointe (1) No scoring 05:16 – Mike Crombeen (2) Greg Millen 48 saves / 52 shots Mike Liut 48 saves / 51 shots St. Louis won series 3–2 Quarterfinals vs. New York Rangers New York Rangers St. Louis Blues Madison Square Garden Checkerdome April 16 3–6 2 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19810031 Lance Nethery (2) – 07:21 11:15 – pp – Bernie Federko (5)14:55 – Brian Sutter (3)17:39 – Blair Chapman (2) Lance Nethery (3) – 01:34 08:56 – Mike Crombeen (3)16:42 – Bernie Federko (6)19:42 – Mike Zuke (4) Jere Gillis (1) – 05:39 No scoring Steve Baker 22 saves / 28 shots Mike Liut 28 saves / 31 shots April 17 6–4 1 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19810035 Barry Beck (2)– sh – 03:07 01:22 – Jorgen Pettersson (2)02:16 – Larry Patey (1)18:06 – pp – Brian Sutter (4) Dean Talafous (2) – 16:24 No scoring Jere Gillis (2) – 07:30Anders Hedberg (4) – ps – 08:29Mike Allison (2) – 10:16Ron Duguay (6) – 19:13 15:04 – Brian Sutter (5) Steve Baker 25 saves / 29 shots Mike Liut 24 saves / 30 shots April 19 3–6 1 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19810039 00:40 – Ron Greschner (2) Wayne Babych (2) – pp – 02:47 05:13 – pp – Ulf Nilsson (6)06:41 – Barry Beck (3)13:49 – pp – Mike Allison (3)17:36 – Steve Vickers (1) Bill Stewart (1) – 15:35 02:23 – Lance Nethery (4) Tony Currie (3) – 00:34 Steve Baker 14 saves / 17 shots Mike Liut 25 saves / 31 shots April 20 1–4 1 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19810043 06:14 – Anders Hedberg (4)18:37 – Ron Duguay (7) Tony Currie (4) – pp – 07:40 09:01 – pp – Steve Vickers (2) No scoring 03:24 – Steve Vickers (3) No scoring Steve Baker 33 saves / 34 shots Mike Liut 24 saves / 28 shots April 22 3–4 2 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19810047 Ron Greschner (3) – 06:35Ulf Nilsson (7) – pp – 10:06 14:17 – pp – Brian Sutter (6) Carol Vadnais (1) – 02:54 08:25 – Larry Patey (2)14:55 – Jorgen Pettersson (3) No scoring 06:09 – pp – Jorgen Pettersson (4) Steve Baker 26 saves / 30 shots Mike Liut 34 saves / 37 shots April 24 4–7 1 www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19810051 03:27 – Steve Vickers (4)05:49 – Anders Hedberg (6)16:10 – sh – Ron Duguay (8) No scoring 01:59 – Barry Beck (4)17:03 – Lance Nethery (5) Bernie Federko (7) – 02:16Rick Lapointe (2) – 03:14 Bernie Federko (8) – 04:06 04:31 – Peter Wallin (1)14:54 – Ulf Nilsson (8) Ed Kea (1) – 06:00 Steve Baker 11 saves / 15 shots Mike Liut 13 saves / 20 shots New York won series 4–2 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bernie Federko C 78 31 73 104 479924 Wayne Babych RW 78 54 42 96 93141407 Blake Dunlop C 80 20 67 87 4016602 Jorgen Pettersson Jörgen Pettersson (ice hockey) LW 62 37 36 73 2414805 Brian Sutter LW 78 35 34 69 232121704 Mike Zuke C 74 24 44 68 57151011 Perry Turnbull C 75 34 22 56 20915505 Tony Currie Tony Currie (ice hockey) RW 61 23 32 55 3832204 Blair Chapman RW 55 20 26 46 413503 Larry Patey C 80 22 23 45 1072083 Rick Lapointe D 80 8 25 33 12436003 Joe Micheletti D 63 4 27 31 5312301 Jack Brownschidle D 71 5 23 28 125311 Mike Crombeen RW 66 9 14 23 581011 Bill Stewart Bill Stewart (ice hockey) D 60 2 21 23 11419000 Ed Kea D 74 3 18 21 6015000 Ralph Klassen C 66 6 12 18 23-5010 Craig Norwich D 23 4 12 16 141301 Gerry Hart D 63 4 11 15 1329000 Bryan Maxwell D 40 3 10 13 1377000 Hartland Monahan RW 25 4 2 6 42020 Ed Staniowski G 19 0 2 2 00000 Rick Heinz G 4 0 1 1 00000 Bob Hess D 4 0 0 0 4-3000 Dick Lamby D 1 0 0 0 0-1000 Chuck Lefley LW 2 0 0 0 00000 Mike Liut G 61 0 0 0 00000 Paul MacLean Paul MacLean (ice hockey) RW 1 0 0 0 01000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Mike Liut 3570 61 33 14 13 199 3.34 1 Ed Staniowski 1010 19 10 3 3 72 4.28 0 Rick Heinz 220 4 2 1 1 8 2.18 0 Team: 4800 80 45 18 17 279 3.49 1 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Bernie Federko C 11 8 10 18 2401 Tony Currie Tony Currie (ice hockey) RW 11 4 12 16 4100 Joe Micheletti D 11 1 11 12 10100 Brian Sutter LW 11 6 3 9 77300 Mike Zuke C 11 4 5 9 4300 Jorgen Pettersson Jörgen Pettersson (ice hockey) LW 11 4 3 7 0102 Blair Chapman RW 9 2 5 7 6000 Larry Patey C 11 2 4 6 30000 Rick Lapointe D 8 2 2 4 12000 Mike Crombeen RW 11 3 0 3 8002 Ed Kea D 11 1 2 3 12000 Jack Brownschidle D 11 0 3 3 2000 Blake Dunlop C 11 0 3 3 4000 Wayne Babych RW 11 2 0 2 8100 Ralph Klassen C 11 2 0 2 2000 Bill Stewart Bill Stewart (ice hockey) D 4 1 0 1 11000 Bryan Maxwell D 11 0 1 1 54000 Gerry Hart D 10 0 0 0 27000 Mike Liut G 11 0 0 0 0000 Paul MacLean Paul MacLean (ice hockey) RW 1 0 0 0 0000 Hartland Monahan RW 1 0 0 0 4000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Mike Liut 685 11 5 6 50 4.38 0 Team: 685 11 5 6 50 4.38 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-15 1980-81 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1981.html Transactions The Blues were involved in the following transactions during the 1980–81 season.https://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=&Team=Blues&BeginDate=1980-05-01&EndDate=1981-09-01&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&submit=Search&start=0 Hockey Transactions Search Results Trades June 19, 1980To St. Louis BluesCraig NorwichTo Winnipeg JetsRick Bowness October 30, 1980To St. Louis BluesBill StewartTo Buffalo SabresBob Hess 4th-round pick in 1981 – Anders Wikberg Waivers February 2, 1981To Colorado RockiesCraig Norwich Free agent signings May 8, 1980From Västra Frölunda IF (Sweden)Jörgen Pettersson July 14, 1980From Adirondack Red Wings (AHL)John Taft November 12, 1980From Quebec NordiquesGerry Hart Draft picks St. Louis's draft picks at the 1980 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)112Rik WilsonUnited StatesKingston Canadians (OHA)354Jim PaveseUnited StatesKitchener Rangers (OHA)475Bob BrookeUnited StatesYale University (ECAC)596Alain LemieuxCanadaChicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)6117Perry AndersonCanadaKingston Canadians (OMJHL)7138Roger HagglundSwedenUmeå (Sweden)8159Pat RabbittCanadaBillings Bighorns (WHL)9180Peter LindgrenSwedenHammarby (Sweden)10201John SmythCanadaCalgary Wranglers (WHL) See also 1980–81 NHL season References Category:St. Louis Blues seasons St. Louis St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues Category:Smythe Division champion seasons