Before The Game
The St. Louis Blues finished the 1985-86 season in third place in the Norris Division. The Blues defeated the Minnesota North Stars in the Norris Division semifinals three games to two, then pulled out a four games to three series win against the Toronto Maple Leafs to earn the Norris Division title. The Calgary Flames meanwhile finished the 1985-86 season in second place in the Smythe Division. The Flames swept the Winnipeg Jets in the opening round, then pulled off a shocking four games to three upset victory over the two time defending Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers to claim the Smythe Division title. Winning their first two playoff series brought the Blues to the Campbell Conference finals where they faced the Calgary Flames, with a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals for the winning team in the series. The teams split the first four games of the series, with the Flames winning Game 5 at home on May 10 to push St. Louis to the brink of elimination, which set the stage for Game 6 two days later at the St. Louis Arena.
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“My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly say “I do not play bridge” is allowed to go over in the corner and run the pianola by himself, while the poor neophyte, no matter how much he may protest that he isn’t “at all a good player, in fact I’m perfectly rotten,” is never believed, but dragged into a game where it is discovered, too late, that he spoke the truth.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)