National Hockey League team season
The 1970–71 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
The Blues began the 1970–71 season with high hopes after making a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in the 1969–70 season . They purchased Christian Bordeleau from the Montreal Canadiens , who led the team in scoring and finished in the top five in game winning goals[3] that season. They also sold Hall-of-Famer Jacques Plante to the Toronto Maple Leafs .[4]
During this season the Blues saw the most ties in their history (19), as well as most home ties (9), and the fewest home losses (7).[5]
Regular season [ edit ] Divisional standings [ edit ]
Record vs. opponents [ edit ] Vs. West Division [ edit ] 1970–71 NHL records[7] Team CAL CHI LAK MIN PHI PIT STL Total California — 1–5 1–5 2–4 2–3–1 1–4–1 1–4–1 8–25–3 Chicago 5–1 — 4–2 3–2–1 4–1–1 4–2 2–1–3 22–9–5 Los Angeles 5–1 2–4 — 0–5–1 1–2–3 4–2 2–4 14–18–4 Minnesota 4–2 2–3–1 5–0–1 — 1–2–3 3–1–2 3–1–2 18–9–9 Philadelphia 3–2–1 1–4–1 2–1–3 2–1–3 — 3–1–2 1–3–2 12–12–12 Pittsburgh 4–1–1 2–4 2–4 1–3–2 1–3–2 — 0–3–3 10–18–8 St. Louis 4–1–1 1–2–3 4–2 1–3–2 3–1–2 3–0–3 — 16–9–11
Vs. East Division [ edit ] 1970–71 NHL records Team BOS BUF DET MTL NYR TOR VAN Total California 1–5 3–3 2–4 1–5 2–3–1 2–3–1 1–5 12–28–2 Chicago 3–2–1 5–0–1 6–0 3–3 3–3 2–3–1 5–0–1 27–11–4 Los Angeles 1–5 1–2–3 2–1–3 2–4 0–4–2 3–3 2–3–1 11–22–9 Minnesota 0–5–1 1–5 3–2–1 1–3–2 0–6 2–2–2 3–2–1 10–25–7 Philadelphia 0–6 3–2–1 2–3–1 1–4–1 3–2–1 3–2–1 4–2 16–21–5 Pittsburgh 1–4–1 0–2–4 3–1–2 1–3–2 0–5–1 2–3–1 4–1–1 11–19–12 St. Louis 1–4–1 4–2 5–0–1 1–3–2 2–3–1 2–3–1 3–1–2 18–16–8
Schedule and results [ edit ] Game Date Opponent Result Blues points Opponent's score Record Streak Points 1 October 10 Rangers W 3 1 1–0–0 W1 2 2 October 12 Canucks W 4 1 2–0–0 W2 4 3 October 14 @Maple Leafs L 3 7 2–1–0 L1 4 4 October 17 Sabres W 4 1 3–1–0 W1 6 5 October 18 @Black Hawks T 2 2 3–1–1 T1 7 6 October 21 @Golden Seals T 2 2 3–1–2 T2 8 7 October 23 @Canucks T 1 1 3–1–3 T3 9 8 October 24 @Kings L 1 3 3–2–3 L1 9 9 October 28 Golden Seals W 3 2 4–2–3 W1 11 10 October 31 Kings W 3 0 5–2–3 W2 13 11 November 5 @Bruins W 2 0 6–2–3 W3 15 12 November 7 @North Stars T 1 1 6–2–4 T1 16 13 November 12 Red Wings W 2 1 7–2–4 W1 18 14 November 14 Canadiens T 1 1 7–2–5 T1 19 15 November 15 @Flyers W 2 1 8–2–5 W1 21 16 November 17 North Stars L 3 5 8–3–5 L1 21 17 November 19 @Penguins W 1 0 9–3–5 W1 23 18 November 21 Black Hawks T 3 3 9–3–6 T1 24 19 November 24 Bruins T 5 5 9–3–7 T2 25 20 November 26 Maple Leafs W 1 0 10–3–7 W1 27 21 November 28 Canucks W 5 1 11–3–7 W2 29 22 December 2 @Rangers L 2 4 11–4–7 L1 29 23 December 3 @Canadiens L 3 6 11–5–7 L2 29 24 December 5 Red Wings W 3 0 12–5–7 W1 31 25 December 6 @Red Wings W 4 2 13–5–7 W2 33 26 December 9 Flyers L 2 5 13–6–7 L1 33 27 December 11 Penguins W 3 2 14–6–7 W1 35 28 December 13 @Flyers T 2 2 14–6–8 T1 36 29 December 15 North Stars W 2 1 15–6–8 W1 38 30 December 16 @Black Hawks L 3 8 15–7–8 L1 38 31 December 19 Bruins L 1 7 15–8–8 L2 38 32 December 23 Canadiens T 2 2 15–8–9 T1 39 33 December 26 North Stars T 1 1 15–8–10 T2 40 34 December 27 @Rangers T 4 4 15–8–11 T3 41 35 December 30 Flyers W 5 2 16–8–11 W1 43 36 January 2 @Canucks W 3 1 17–8–11 W2 45 37 January 3 @Kings W 7 3 18–8–11 W3 47 38 January 6 @Golden Seals L 3 6 18–9–11 L3 47 39 January 9 Canucks T 2 2 18–9–12 T1 48 40 January 10 Rangers L 2 4 18–10–12 L1 48 41 January 12 Golden Seals W 8 2 19–10–12 W1 50 42 January 14 @Sabres L 1 2 19–11–12 L1 50 43 January 16 Black Hawks W 3 2 20–11–12 W1 52 44 January 21 @North Stars L 3 5 20–12–12 L1 52 45 January 23 Sabres W 7 1 21–12–12 W1 54 46 January 27 @Canadiens L 3 5 21–13–12 L1 54 47 January 28 @Red Wings T 1 1 21–13–13 T1 55 48 January 31 @Bruins L 0 6 21–14–13 L1 55 49 February 3 @Maple Leafs L 2 6 21–15–13 L2 55 50 February 5 Penguins T 2 2 21–15–14 T1 56 51 February 7 @Flyers W 6 2 22–15–14 W1 58 52 February 9 Maple Leafs T 3 3 22–15–15 T1 59 53 February 11 Bruins L 3 5 22–16–15 L1 59 54 February 13 Rangers W 2 1 23–16–15 W1 61 55 February 14 @Rangers L 1 2 23–17–15 L1 61 56 February 16 Golden Seals W 5 1 24–17–15 W1 63 57 February 20 @Maple Leafs L 1 3 24–18–15 L1 63 58 February 21 @Sabres W 3 1 25–18–15 W1 65 59 February 24 @Penguins T 5 5 25–18–16 T1 66 60 February 25 @Red Wings W 3 1 26–18–16 W1 68 61 February 27 @Canadiens L 2 3 26–19–16 L1 68 62 March 3 Black Hawks L 1 5 26–20–16 L1 68 63 March 5 Maple Leafs W 3 1 27–20–16 W1 70 64 March 7 @Bruins L 1 4 27–21–16 L1 70 65 March 9 Kings L 0 4 27–22–16 L2 70 66 March 10 @North Stars L 0 4 27–23–16 L3 70 67 March 13 Sabres W 9 0 28–23–16 W1 72 68 March 14 @Black Hawks T 4 4 28–23–17 T1 73 69 March 16 Canadiens W 6 2 29–23–17 W1 75 70 March 18 @Sabres L 3 5 29–24–17 L1 75 71 March 20 Red Wings W 2 1 30–24–17 W1 77 72 March 23 @Canucks L 1 4 30–25–17 L1 77 73 March 26 @Golden Seals W 8 5 31–25–17 W1 79 74 March 27 @Kings W 6 3 32–25–17 W2 81 75 March 30 Kings W 4 3 33–25–17 W3 83 76 April 1 Flyers T 1 1 33–25–18 T1 84 77 April 3 Penguins W 4 3 34–25–18 W1 86 78 April 4 @Penguins T 1 1 34–25–19 T1 87
Postseason [ edit ] Date Visitors Score Home Score Series April 7 Minnesota 3 St. Louis 2 0–1 April 8 Minnesota 2 St. Louis 4 1 –1 April 10 St. Louis 3 Minnesota 0 2 –1 April 11 St. Louis 1 Minnesota 2 2–2 April 13 Minnesota 4 St. Louis 3 2–3 April 14 St. Louis 2 Minnesota 5 2–4
Minnesota wins series 4–2.
Statistics [ edit ] Skater statistics [ edit ] Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Playoffs [ edit ] (W2) St. Louis Blues vs. (W4) Minnesota North Stars [ edit ] [8]
Goalie statistics [ edit ] Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Regular season Playoffs Player # GP TOI W L T GA SO Sv% GAA GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA Ernie Wakely 31 51 2859 20 14 11 133 3 90.4 2.79 3 180 2 1 7 1 2.33 Glenn Hall 1 32 1761 13 11 8 71 3 91.6 2.42 3 180 0 3 9 0 3.00 Michel Plasse 1 60 1 0 0 3 0 91.7% 3.00
Draft picks [ edit ] St. Louis's draft picks at the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal .
Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 2 23 Murray Keogan Canada University of Minnesota Duluth (NCAA) 3 37 Ron Climie Canada Hamilton Red Wings (OHA) 4 51 Gord Brooks Canada London Knights (OHA) 5 65 Mike Stevens Canada University of Minnesota Duluth (NCAA) 6 79 Claude Moreau Canada Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA) 7 85 Jack Taggart Canada University of Denver (WCHA) 7 92 Terry Marshall Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL) 8 104 Dave Tataryn Canada Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA) 9 108 Bob Winograd Canada Colorado College (WCHA) 9 111 Mike Lampman Canada University of Denver (WCHA) 10 112 Jeff Rotsch United States University of Wisconsin (WCHA) 11 113 Al Calver Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA) 12 114 Jerry MacDonald Canada St. Francis Xavier University (CIAU) 13 115 Gerald Haines Canada Kenora Muskies (MJHL)
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