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1991–92 St. Louis Blues season

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1991–92 St. Louis Blues
Division3rd Norris
Conference5th Campbell
1991–92 record36-33-11
Home record25-12-3
Road record11-21-8
Goals for279
Goals against266
Team information
General managerRon Caron
CoachBrian Sutter
CaptainGarth Butcher
Alternate captainsBrett Hull
Adam Oates (Oct.–Feb.)
Ron Sutter (Feb.–Apr.)
ArenaSt. Louis Arena
Team leaders
GoalsBrett Hull (70)
AssistsAdam Oates (59)
PointsBrett Hull (109)
Penalty minutesKelly Chase (264)
Plus/minusLee Norwood (+14)
WinsCurtis Joseph (27)
Goals against averageGuy Hebert (2.93)

The 1991–92 St. Louis Blues season saw the Blues finish in third place in the Norris Division with a record of 36 wins, 33 losses, and 11 ties for 83 points. They lost the Division Semi-finals in six games to the Chicago Blackhawks.

Among the highlights of the season was the trade of Adam Oates and Brett Hull's third consecutive season with 70 goals, which is an NHL record.

Off-season

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Team captain Scott Stevens is taken by the New Jersey Devils, via arbitration ruling. Defenceman Garth Butcher is named team captain.

NHL Draft

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Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
2 27 Steve Staios Defense Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
3 64 Kyle Reeves Right wing Tri-City Americans (WHL)
3 65 Nathan LaFayette Center Cornwall Royals (OHL)
4 87 Grayden Reid Center Owen Sound Platers (OHL)
5 109 Jeff Callinan Goaltender University of Minnesota (CCHA)
6 131 Bruce Gardiner Right wing Colgate University (ECAC)
7 153 Terry Hollinger Defense Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
8 175 Chris Kenady Right wing St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)
9 197 Jed Fiebelkorn Right wing Osseo High School (USHS-MN)
10 219 Chris MacKenzie Left wing Colgate University (ECAC)
11 241 Kevin Rappana Defense East High School (Duluth) (USHS-MN)
12 263 Mike Veisor Goaltender Springfield Olympics (EJHL)
S 27 Chris McGee Forward Babson College (NEWMAC)

Regular season

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Final standings

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Norris Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Detroit Red Wings 80 43 25 12 320 256 98
Chicago Blackhawks 80 36 29 15 257 236 87
St. Louis Blues 80 36 33 11 279 266 83
Minnesota North Stars 80 32 42 6 246 278 70
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 30 43 7 234 294 67
Campbell Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings NRS 80 43 25 12 320 256 98
2 Vancouver Canucks SMY 80 42 26 12 285 250 96
3 Chicago Blackhawks NRS 80 36 29 15 257 236 87
4 Los Angeles Kings SMY 80 35 31 14 287 296 84
5 St. Louis Blues NRS 80 36 33 11 279 266 83
6 Edmonton Oilers SMY 80 36 34 10 295 297 82
7 Winnipeg Jets SMY 80 33 32 15 251 244 81
8 Calgary Flames SMY 80 31 37 12 296 305 74
9 Minnesota North Stars NRS 80 32 42 6 246 278 70
10 Toronto Maple Leafs NRS 80 30 43 7 234 294 67
11 San Jose Sharks SMY 80 17 58 5 219 359 39

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe
bold – Qualified for playoffs


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 5, 1991 2–7 @ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 0–1–0
2 L October 7, 1991 0–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 0–2–0
3 W October 10, 1991 3–2 OT Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 1–2–0
4 W October 12, 1991 6–3 San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 2–2–0
5 W October 15, 1991 5–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 3–2–0
6 L October 17, 1991 3–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 3–3–0
7 T October 19, 1991 4–4 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 3–3–1
8 W October 20, 1991 4–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 4–3–1
9 W October 24, 1991 6–5 Boston Bruins (1991–92) 5–3–1
10 T October 26, 1991 2–2 OT Calgary Flames (1991–92) 5–3–2
11 T October 28, 1991 1–1 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 5–3–3
12 T October 30, 1991 2–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 5–3–4
13 W November 1, 1991 3–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 6–3–4
14 T November 3, 1991 3–3 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 6–3–5
15 L November 5, 1991 3–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 6–4–5
16 L November 7, 1991 3–10 @ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 6–5–5
17 L November 9, 1991 3–4 Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 6–6–5
18 L November 10, 1991 4–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 6–7–5
19 W November 14, 1991 2–1 OT Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 7–7–5
20 W November 16, 1991 5–3 Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 8–7–5
21 L November 17, 1991 1–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 8–8–5
22 W November 20, 1991 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 9–8–5
23 L November 23, 1991 0–3 New York Rangers (1991–92) 9–9–5
24 W November 28, 1991 5–2 Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 10–9–5
25 W November 30, 1991 7–3 Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 11–9–5
26 T December 3, 1991 3–3 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 11–9–6
27 L December 4, 1991 2–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 11–10–6
28 W December 7, 1991 6–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 12–10–6
29 T December 10, 1991 7–7 OT @ New York Islanders (1991–92) 12–10–7
30 W December 11, 1991 6–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 13–10–7
31 W December 14, 1991 4–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 14–10–7
32 L December 16, 1991 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 14–11–7
33 W December 19, 1991 4–0 San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 15–11–7
34 W December 21, 1991 6–2 New York Islanders (1991–92) 16–11–7
35 L December 22, 1991 2–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 16–12–7
36 W December 26, 1991 3–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 17–12–7
37 L December 28, 1991 2–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 17–13–7
38 L December 31, 1991 3–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 17–14–7
39 W January 2, 1992 6–1 Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 18–14–7
40 L January 4, 1992 2–6 Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 18–15–7
41 L January 6, 1992 2–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 18–16–7
42 W January 8, 1992 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1991–92) 19–16–7
43 L January 9, 1992 3–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 19–17–7
44 W January 11, 1992 6–3 @ New York Islanders (1991–92) 20–17–7
45 L January 14, 1992 1–6 Washington Capitals (1991–92) 20–18–7
46 T January 16, 1992 6–6 OT Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 20–18–8
47 W January 21, 1992 5–4 Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 21–18–8
48 L January 23, 1992 5–6 Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 21–19–8
49 L January 25, 1992 0–1 OT Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 21–20–8
50 T January 28, 1992 3–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 21–20–9
51 W January 30, 1992 4–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 22–20–9
52 L February 1, 1992 1–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 22–21–9
53 L February 2, 1992 1–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 22–22–9
54 W February 6, 1992 4–1 New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 23–22–9
55 L February 8, 1992 1–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 23–23–9
56 W February 11, 1992 3–2 Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 24–23–9
57 W February 13, 1992 4–0 Boston Bruins (1991–92) 25–23–9
58 W February 15, 1992 7–2 Calgary Flames (1991–92) 26–23–9
59 L February 17, 1992 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 26–24–9
60 W February 19, 1992 4–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 27–24–9
61 W February 22, 1992 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 28–24–9
62 L February 23, 1992 2–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 28–25–9
63 W February 25, 1992 5–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 29–25–9
64 W February 27, 1992 7–3 Washington Capitals (1991–92) 30–25–9
65 L February 29, 1992 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 30–26–9
66 W March 2, 1992 5–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 31–26–9
67 L March 6, 1992 3–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 31–27–9
68 L March 7, 1992 1–5 @ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 31–28–9
69 W March 10, 1992 5–2 Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 32–28–9
70 L March 12, 1992 4–5 Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 32–29–9
71 L March 14, 1992 0–6 New York Rangers (1991–92) 32–30–9
72 L March 17, 1992 4–6 @ Washington Capitals (1991–92) 32–31–9
73 W March 19, 1992 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1991–92) 33–31–9
74 T March 21, 1992 3–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 33–31–10
75 L March 23, 1992 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 33–32–10
76 W March 26, 1992 7–2 Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 34–32–10
77 L March 28, 1992 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 34–33–10
78 T April 12, 1992 1–1 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 34–33–11
79 W April 14, 1992 5–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 35–33–11
80 W April 16, 1992 5–3 Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 36–33–11

Playoffs

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Brett Hull RW 73 70 39 109 48 -2 20 5 9
Brendan Shanahan LW 80 33 36 69 171 -3 13 0 2
Adam Oates C 54 10 59 69 12 -4 3 0 3
Nelson Emerson RW 79 23 36 59 66 -5 3 0 2
Jeff Brown D 80 20 39 59 38 8 10 0 2
Ron Sutter C 68 19 27 46 91 9 5 4 1
Dave Christian RW 78 20 24 44 41 2 1 3 3
Craig Janney C 25 6 30 36 2 5 3 0 1
Paul Cavallini D 66 10 25 35 95 7 3 1 2
Bob Bassen C 79 7 25 32 167 12 0 0 1
Ron Wilson C 64 12 17 29 46 10 5 2 2
Rich Sutter RW 77 9 16 25 107 7 0 1 3
Dave Lowry LW 75 7 13 20 77 -11 0 0 1
Garth Butcher D 68 5 15 20 189 5 0 0 0
Rick Zombo D 64 3 15 18 46 4 0 0 0
Gino Cavallini LW 48 9 7 16 40 -8 0 0 2
Michel Mongeau C 36 3 12 15 6 -2 2 0 0
Lee Norwood D 44 3 11 14 94 14 1 0 1
Murray Baron D 67 3 8 11 94 -3 0 0 0
Curtis Joseph G 60 0 9 9 12 0 0 0 0
Stephane Quintal D 26 0 6 6 32 -3 0 0 0
Philippe Bozon LW 9 1 3 4 4 5 0 0 0
Darin Kimble RW 46 1 3 4 166 -3 0 0 0
Kelly Chase RW 46 1 2 3 264 -6 0 0 0
Curt Giles D 13 1 1 2 8 -3 0 0 0
Bret Hedican D 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
David Mackey LW 19 1 0 1 49 -4 0 0 1
Jason Marshall D 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
Denny Felsner LW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Guy Hebert G 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dominic Lavoie D 6 0 1 1 10 -3 0 0 0
Mario Marois D 17 0 1 1 38 -3 0 0 0
Rob Robinson D 22 0 1 1 8 -4 0 0 0
Ron Hoover C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Jablonski G 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Vincent Riendeau G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Skarda D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Curtis Joseph 3494 60 27 20 10 175 3.01 2 1953 1778 .910
Guy Hebert 738 13 5 5 1 36 2.93 0 393 357 .908
Pat Jablonski 468 10 3 6 0 38 4.87 0 259 221 .853
Vincent Riendeau 157 3 1 2 0 11 4.20 0 96 85 .885
Team: 4857 80 36 33 11 260 3.21 2 2701 2441 .904

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Brett Hull RW 6 4 4 8 4 2 1 1 1
Nelson Emerson RW 6 3 3 6 21 0 2 0 0
Craig Janney C 6 0 6 6 0 -4 0 0 0
Brendan Shanahan LW 6 2 3 5 14 0 1 0 0
Ron Sutter C 6 1 3 4 8 -1 1 0 0
Dave Christian RW 4 3 0 3 0 -1 0 0 0
Jeff Brown D 6 2 1 3 2 -3 0 0 1
Garth Butcher D 5 1 2 3 16 3 0 0 0
Stephane Quintal D 4 1 2 3 6 0 1 0 0
Curt Giles D 3 1 1 2 0 -2 1 0 0
Bob Bassen C 6 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Rick Zombo D 6 0 2 2 12 -2 0 0 0
Philippe Bozon LW 6 1 0 1 27 -2 0 0 0
Paul Cavallini D 4 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
Curtis Joseph G 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Lowry LW 6 0 1 1 20 0 0 0 0
Lee Norwood D 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Wilson C 6 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0
Murray Baron D 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Kelly Chase RW 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Denny Felsner LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bret Hedican D 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Darin Kimble RW 5 0 0 0 7 -1 0 0 0
David Mackey LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Sutter RW 6 0 0 0 8 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Curtis Joseph 379 6 2 4 23 3.64 0 217 194 .894
Team: 379 6 2 4 23 3.64 0 217 194 .894

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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;

References

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  1. ^ "1991-1992 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  2. ^ "1991-1992 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  3. ^ "1991-92 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.