1979–80 St. Louis Blues season

1979–80 St. Louis Blues
Division 2nd Smythe
1979–80 record 34–34–12
Goals for 266
Goals against 278
Team information
General Manager Emile Francis
Coach Barclay Plager
Captain Brian Sutter
Alternate captains None
Arena Checkerdome
Average attendance 12,258 (69.5%)

The 1979–80 St. Louis Blues season was the 13th in franchise history. It involved the team returning to the NHL Playoffs for the first time in three seasons, following the team's 34-34-12 record during the regular-season, good for 80 points. The season started the team's run of 25 consecutive seasons of playoff appearances, a record for any non-Original Six NHL franchise.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Chicago Black Hawks8034271924125087
St. Louis Blues8034341226627880
Vancouver Canucks8027371625628170
Edmonton Oilers8028391330132269
Winnipeg Jets8020491121431451
Colorado Rockies8019481323430851

[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.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 9, 19795–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)1–0–0
2TOctober 11, 19793–3@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)1–0–1
3LOctober 13, 19793–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)1–1–1
4LOctober 17, 19791–5Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)1–2–1
5WOctober 20, 19793–2Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)2–2–1
6TOctober 23, 19795–5Boston Bruins (1979–80)2–2–2
7LOctober 24, 19792–5@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)2–3–2
8LOctober 27, 19790–3Atlanta Flames (1979–80)2–4–2
9TOctober 28, 19792–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)2–4–3
10WOctober 30, 19792–1Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)3–4–3
11LNovember 1, 19791–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)3–5–3
12WNovember 3, 19794–1Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)4–5–3
13LNovember 7, 19794–7Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)4–6–3
14WNovember 10, 19795–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)5–6–3
15LNovember 11, 19791–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)5–7–3
16LNovember 13, 19792–5Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)5–8–3
17LNovember 14, 19792–7@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)5–9–3
18TNovember 17, 19793–3Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)5–9–4
19LNovember 18, 19793–5@ New York Rangers (1979–80)5–10–4
20WNovember 20, 19796–3New York Islanders (1979–80)6–10–4
21LNovember 21, 19792–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)6–11–4
22WNovember 24, 19794–3Colorado Rockies (1979–80)7–11–4
23LNovember 25, 19793–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)7–12–4
24WNovember 27, 19794–2Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)8–12–4
25LNovember 29, 19792–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)8–13–4
26LDecember 1, 19790–2New York Rangers (1979–80)8–14–4
27LDecember 4, 19792–4Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)8–15–4
28LDecember 6, 19792–5@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)8–16–4
29WDecember 8, 19795–1Washington Capitals (1979–80)9–16–4
30TDecember 11, 19793–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)9–16–5
31LDecember 15, 19791–3Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)9–17–5
32WDecember 18, 19795–3Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)10–17–5
33WDecember 21, 19795–1@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)11–17–5
34LDecember 22, 19793–7Atlanta Flames (1979–80)11–18–5
35TDecember 26, 19793–3Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)11–18–6
36WDecember 27, 19793–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)12–18–6
37WDecember 29, 19793–0Hartford Whalers (1979–80)13–18–6
38WJanuary 3, 19806–2Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)14–18–6
39LJanuary 5, 19801–3@ New York Islanders (1979–80)14–19–6
40WJanuary 8, 19806–3Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)15–19–6
41WJanuary 10, 19807–4@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)16–19–6
42WJanuary 12, 19808–2Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)17–19–6
43TJanuary 13, 19801–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)17–19–7
44WJanuary 15, 19802–1Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)18–19–7
45LJanuary 16, 19803–7@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)18–20–7
46WJanuary 19, 19803–1@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)19–20–7
47LJanuary 22, 19801–3Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)19–21–7
48TJanuary 26, 19804–4Colorado Rockies (1979–80)19–21–8
49TJanuary 27, 19806–6@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)19–21–9
50WJanuary 29, 19803–2Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)20–21–9
51WJanuary 30, 19804–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)21–21–9
52LFebruary 2, 19800–3Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)21–22–9
53WFebruary 3, 19804–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)22–22–9
54WFebruary 6, 19806–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)23–22–9
55WFebruary 9, 19803–2Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)24–22–9
56LFebruary 11, 19802–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)24–23–9
57WFebruary 14, 19806–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)25–23–9
58TFebruary 17, 19805–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)25–23–10
59WFebruary 19, 19803–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)26–23–10
60LFebruary 23, 19802–3New York Islanders (1979–80)26–24–10
61WFebruary 26, 19805–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)27–24–10
62LFebruary 29, 19800–3@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)27–25–10
63LMarch 1, 19803–6Hartford Whalers (1979–80)27–26–10
64WMarch 3, 19805–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)28–26–10
65LMarch 5, 19805–7@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)28–27–10
66TMarch 8, 19802–2Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)28–27–11
67LMarch 9, 19804–9@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)28–28–11
68WMarch 12, 19803–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)29–28–11
69LMarch 15, 19802–6@ New York Islanders (1979–80)29–29–11
70LMarch 16, 19802–5@ New York Rangers (1979–80)29–30–11
71TMarch 18, 19803–3Boston Bruins (1979–80)29–30–12
72LMarch 20, 19804–8@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)29–31–12
73WMarch 22, 19806–2Washington Capitals (1979–80)30–31–12
74WMarch 24, 19807–5@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)31–31–12
75LMarch 26, 19802–4@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)31–32–12
76LMarch 27, 19801–7@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)31–33–12
77LMarch 29, 19803–4New York Rangers (1979–80)31–34–12
78WApril 1, 19805–2Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)32–34–12
79WApril 5, 19806–0Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)33–34–12
80WApril 6, 19805–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)34–34–12

Playoffs

1980 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Preliminary Round vs. Chicago Blackhawks (7)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTSeries
1April 8St. Louis2 – 3ChicagoOT0 – 1
2April 9St. Louis1 – 5Chicago0 – 2
3April 11Chicago4 – 1St. Louis0 – 3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bernie FederkoC79385694243704
Mike ZukeC6922426430-2611
Wayne BabychRW592635614911703
Brian SutterLW712335581563601
Blair ChapmanRW6325265128-5706
Blake DunlopC7218274528-6802
Jack BrownschidleD77123244816302
Perry TurnbullC80161935124-11301
Larry PateyC7817173476-18033
Tony CurrieRW4019143349203
Ralph KlassenC809162510-19003
Rick LapointeD806192587-24001
Mike CrombeenRW7110122220-14102
Ed KeaD6931619799001
Joe MichelettiD542161829-5200
Hartland MonahanRW725121736-22110
Chuck LefleyLW28661205000
Bryan MaxwellD5711112112-13000
Neil KomadoskiD490121252-22000
Terry HarperD1115665000
Floyd ThomsonLW1123518-1000
Bobby SimpsonLW182240-2000
Rick BownessRW1012311-2000
Don LaurenceC201238-7001
Len FrigD70224-5000
Bob CrawfordRW81012-6000
Dick LambyD1201110-7000
Bob StewartD100114-1000
Larry GirouxD30004-3000
Doug GrantG100000000
Mike LiutG6400020000
Ed StaniowskiG2200020000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Mike Liut366164322391943.182
Ed Staniowski1108222113804.330
Doug Grant31100011.940
Team:4800803434122753.442

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Wayne BabychRW31232000
Perry TurnbullC31122100
Blake DunlopC30222000
Bernie FederkoC31012000
Larry PateyC31012000
Rick LapointeD30116000
Jack BrownschidleD30000000
Blair ChapmanRW30000000
Mike CrombeenRW20000000
Tony CurrieRW20000000
Len FrigD30000000
Terry HarperD30002000
Ed KeaD30002000
Ralph KlassenC30000000
Mike LiutG30000000
Bryan MaxwellD10009000
Hartland MonahanRW30000000
Joe MullenRW10000000
Brian SutterLW30004000
Mike ZukeC30002000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Mike Liut193303123.730
Team:193303123.730

[2]

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;

Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
12Perry Turnbull CanadaPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)
465Bob Crawford CanadaCornwall Royals (QMJHL)
586Mark Reeds CanadaPeterborough Petes (OMJHL)
6107Gilles Leduc CanadaVerdun Eperviers (QMJHL)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ↑ "1979-80 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  • "1979–80 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
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