 The St. Louis Blues finished third in the West Division with 70 points.In this year's four-game regular season series, there were three wins for Montreal and one tie.Coming into the series, most people were expecting the established Canadiens to blow the first-year Blues out of the water; after all, the Canadiens had dominated the East with 42 wins, while the Blues hadn't even finished with a winning record, with just 27 wins.