1989–90 St. Louis Blues season

1989–90 St. Louis Blues
1989–90 St. Louis Blues
Division	2nd Norris
Conference	5th Campbell
1989–90 record	37–34–9
Home record	20–15–5
Road record	17–19–4
Goals for	295
Goals against	279
Team information
General manager	Ron Caron
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Rick Meagher
Arena	St. Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Brett Hull (72)
Assists	Adam Oates (79)
Points	Brett Hull (113)
Penalty minutes	Kelly Chase (244)
Wins	Vincent Riendeau (17)
Goals against average	Greg Millen (2.94)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

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

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Chicago Blackhawks	80	41	33	6	315	294	88
St. Louis Blues	80	37	34	9	295	279	83
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	38	38	4	337	358	80
Minnesota North Stars	80	36	40	4	284	291	76
Detroit Red Wings	80	28	38	14	288	323	70

^[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.

Campbell Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Calgary Flames	SMY	80	42	23	15	348	265	99
2	Edmonton Oilers	SMY	80	38	28	14	315	283	90
3	Chicago Blackhawks	NRS	80	41	33	6	316	294	88
4	Winnipeg Jets	SMY	80	37	32	11	298	290	85
5	St. Louis Blues	NRS	80	37	34	9	295	279	83
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	NRS	80	38	38	4	337	358	80
7	Minnesota North Stars	NRS	80	36	40	4	284	291	76
8	Los Angeles Kings	SMY	80	34	39	7	338	337	75
9	Detroit Red Wings	NRS	80	28	38	14	288	323	70
10	Vancouver Canucks	SMY	80	25	41	14	245	306	64

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1989–90 NHL records^[3]
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
Chicago	—	4–3–1	3–4–1	2–5–1	5–3	14–15–3
Detroit	3–4–1	—	4–4	3–4–1	4–3–1	14–15–3
Minnesota	4–3–1	4–4	—	4–4	5–3	17–14–1
St. Louis	5–2–1	4–3–1	4–4	—	1–7	14–16–2
Toronto	3–5	3–4–1	3–5	7–1	—	16–15–1

Vs. Smythe Division

1989–90 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
Chicago	0–2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	8–6–1
Detroit	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1–1	1–1–1	7–6–2
Minnesota	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	6–9–0
St. Louis	0–2–1	0–2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1–1	4–8–3
Toronto	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2–1	7–7–1

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Adams Division

1989–90 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
Chicago	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	8–7–0
Detroit	0–3	1–2	0–2–1	0–1–2	3–0	4–8–3
Minnesota	1–2	1–1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	6–8–1
St. Louis	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–1–2	3–0	8–5–2
Toronto	1–2	1–2	1–1–1	1–2	3–0	7–7–1

Vs. Patrick Division

1989–90 NHL records
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
Chicago	1–2	2–1	0–1–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	11–5–2
Detroit	1–1–1	1–1–1	0–2–1	1–0–2	0–2–1	0–3	3–9–6
Minnesota	2–1	2–1	1–1–1	1–2	1–1–1	0–3	7–9–2
St. Louis	1–2	2–1	2–0–1	1–2	3–0	2–0–1	11–5–2
Toronto	2–1	0–3	1–1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	8–9–1

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
Brett Hull	RW	80	72	41	113	24	-1	27	0	12
Adam Oates	C	80	23	79	102	30	9	6	2	3
Peter Zezel	C	73	25	47	72	30	-9	7	0	3
Paul MacLean	RW	78	34	33	67	100	2	12	0	6
Rod Brind'Amour	C	79	26	35	61	46	23	10	0	1
Sergio Momesso	LW	79	24	32	56	199	-15	4	0	4
Paul Cavallini	D	80	8	39	47	106	38	2	1	0
Jeff Brown	D	48	10	28	38	37	-12	6	1	0
Gino Cavallini	LW	80	15	15	30	77	-8	1	0	4
Dave Lowry	LW	78	19	6	25	75	1	0	2	1
Rick Meagher	C	76	8	17	25	47	4	0	2	1
Steve Tuttle	RW	71	12	10	22	4	-6	1	1	1
Ron Wilson	C	33	3	17	20	23	5	1	0	1
Tony Hrkac	C	28	5	12	17	8	1	1	0	0
Gordie Roberts	D	75	3	14	17	140	-12	0	0	0
Mike Lalor	D	78	0	16	16	81	-6	0	0	0
Glen Featherstone	D	58	0	12	12	145	-1	0	0	0
Michel Mongeau	C	7	1	5	6	2	4	0	0	0
Randy Skarda	D	25	0	5	5	11	2	0	0	0
Tom Tilley	D	34	0	5	5	6	10	0	0	0
Kelly Chase	RW	43	1	3	4	244	-1	0	0	0
Dave Thomlinson	LW	19	1	2	3	12	-4	0	0	0
Rich Sutter	RW	12	2	0	2	22	-2	0	0	0
Brian Benning	D	7	1	1	2	2	-3	0	0	0
Robert Dirk	D	37	1	1	2	128	9	0	0	0
Dominic Lavoie	D	13	1	1	2	16	-5	1	0	0
Keith Osborne	RW	5	0	2	2	8	-2	0	0	0
Curtis Joseph	G	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Adrien Plavsic	D	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0
Herb Raglan	RW	11	0	1	1	21	-5	0	0	0
Harold Snepsts	D	7	0	1	1	10	-4	0	0	0
Jim Vesey	C/RW	6	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Doug Evans	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Ewen	RW	3	0	0	0	11	-2	0	0	0
Pat Jablonski	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Millen	G	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Richter	D	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Vincent Riendeau	G	43	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Tony Twist	LW	28	0	0	0	124	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Vincent Riendeau	2551	43	17	19	5	149	3.50	1	1271	1122	.883
Greg Millen	1245	21	11	7	3	61	2.94	1	556	495	.890
Curtis Joseph	852	15	9	5	1	48	3.38	0	435	387	.890
Pat Jablonski	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
Brett Hull	RW	12	13	8	21	17	1	7	0	3
Adam Oates	C	12	2	12	14	4	-10	1	0	0
Rod Brind'Amour	C	12	5	8	13	6	0	1	0	0
Jeff Brown	D	12	2	10	12	4	-6	1	0	1
Ron Wilson	C	12	3	5	8	18	1	2	0	0
Peter Zezel	C	12	1	7	8	4	3	1	0	0
Paul MacLean	RW	12	4	3	7	20	-5	3	0	0
Sergio Momesso	LW	12	3	2	5	63	3	0	0	1
Paul Cavallini	D	12	2	3	5	20	4	0	0	0
Gino Cavallini	LW	12	1	3	4	12	-4	0	0	1
Dave Lowry	LW	12	2	1	3	39	-7	0	0	0
Rich Sutter	RW	12	2	1	3	39	-3	0	1	1
Harold Snepsts	D	11	0	3	3	38	-4	0	0	0
Glen Featherstone	D	12	0	2	2	47	-4	0	0	0
Mike Lalor	D	12	0	2	2	31	-3	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	D	10	0	2	2	26	6	0	0	0
Kelly Chase	RW	9	1	0	1	46	-1	0	0	0
Rick Meagher	C	8	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Michel Mongeau	C	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Steve Tuttle	RW	5	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Robert Dirk	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Curtis Joseph	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Vincent Riendeau	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

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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;

Playoffs

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

References

Blues on Hockey Database

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1989-1990 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1989-90 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.

[nhl-gd-standings-1] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.

[2] "1989-1990 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[3] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[4] "1989-90 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.

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v t e 1989–90 NHL season by team
Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec
Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto
Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg
See also	1989 NHL entry draft Waiver draft All-Star Game 1990 Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

v t e St. Louis Blues seasons
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2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
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