1978–79 St. Louis Blues season

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1978–79 St. Louis Blues
Division 3rd Smythe
1978–79 record 18–50–12
Goals for 249
Goals against 348
Team information
General Manager Emile Francis
Coach Barclay Plager
Captain Barry Gibbs
Alternate captains None
Arena Checkerdome
Team leaders
<1977–78 1979–80>

The 1978–79 St. Louis Blues season was the 12th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the season with a record of just 18 wins (a franchise low), 50 losses and just 12 ties, for an all-time franchise low of 48 points. The Blues finished out of the playoffs for the second straight season, and the last time before the 2005–06 season, following the lockout.

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Offseason

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Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Chicago Black Hawks 80 29 36 15 244 277 73
Vancouver Canucks 80 25 42 13 217 291 63
St. Louis Blues 80 18 50 12 249 348 48
Colorado Rockies 80 15 53 12 210 331 42

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Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 11, 1978 5–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 1–0–0
2 L October 13, 1978 4–8 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 1–1–0
3 L October 14, 1978 2–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 1–2–0
4 W October 17, 1978 8–6 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 2–2–0
5 T October 20, 1978 5–5 @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 2–2–1
6 L October 21, 1978 3–4 Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 2–3–1
7 L October 24, 1978 2–7 Boston Bruins (1978–79) 2–4–1
8 T October 25, 1978 6–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 2–4–2
9 T October 28, 1978 7–7 Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 2–4–3
10 L October 31, 1978 2–5 Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 2–5–3
11 L November 1, 1978 1–9 @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 2–6–3
12 T November 4, 1978 5–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 2–6–4
13 L November 5, 1978 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 2–7–4
14 L November 7, 1978 0–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 2–8–4
15 W November 11, 1978 5–3 Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 3–8–4
16 L November 14, 1978 2–4 Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 3–9–4
17 L November 16, 1978 2–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 3–10–4
18 L November 18, 1978 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 3–11–4
19 L November 19, 1978 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 3–12–4
20 L November 21, 1978 3–4 Washington Capitals (1978–79) 3–13–4
21 W November 22, 1978 3–1 @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 4–13–4
22 L November 24, 1978 1–4 @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 4–14–4
23 W November 25, 1978 4–0 Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 5–14–4
24 L November 28, 1978 3–6 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 5–15–4
25 L November 30, 1978 0–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 5–16–4
26 W December 2, 1978 5–2 Washington Capitals (1978–79) 6–16–4
27 L December 6, 1978 4–7 @ New York Rangers (1978–79) 6–17–4
28 L December 7, 1978 1–7 @ New York Islanders (1978–79) 6–18–4
29 L December 9, 1978 2–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 6–19–4
30 L December 12, 1978 0–6 Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 6–20–4
31 L December 13, 1978 0–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 6–21–4
32 T December 16, 1978 2–2 New York Islanders (1978–79) 6–21–5
33 L December 17, 1978 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 6–22–5
34 W December 19, 1978 7–4 Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 7–22–5
35 L December 21, 1978 1–5 @ New York Islanders (1978–79) 7–23–5
36 L December 23, 1978 1–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 7–24–5
37 L December 26, 1978 4–6 Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 7–25–5
38 L December 27, 1978 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 7–26–5
39 W December 30, 1978 6–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 8–26–5
40 L January 2, 1979 2–4 @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 8–27–5
41 T January 3, 1979 3–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 8–27–6
42 L January 6, 1979 1–4 Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 8–28–6
43 L January 9, 1979 3–5 New York Rangers (1978–79) 8–29–6
44 L January 11, 1979 3–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 8–30–6
45 T January 13, 1979 3–3 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 8–30–7
46 W January 16, 1979 5–2 Boston Bruins (1978–79) 9–30–7
47 L January 18, 1979 0–4 @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 9–31–7
48 W January 20, 1979 3–2 New York Rangers (1978–79) 10–31–7
49 L January 23, 1979 3–6 Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 10–32–7
50 L January 26, 1979 1–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 10–33–7
51 W January 28, 1979 7–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 11–33–7
52 W January 30, 1979 7–1 Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 12–33–7
53 L January 31, 1979 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 12–34–7
54 W February 3, 1979 6–3 Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 13–34–7
55 L February 4, 1979 1–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 13–35–7
56 T February 13, 1979 3–3 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 13–35–8
57 L February 17, 1979 1–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 13–36–8
58 L February 18, 1979 4–6 Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 13–37–8
59 L February 21, 1979 3–7 @ New York Rangers (1978–79) 13–38–8
60 L February 22, 1979 1–6 @ New York Islanders (1978–79) 13–39–8
61 L February 24, 1979 4–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 13–40–8
62 W February 27, 1979 4–1 New York Rangers (1978–79) 14–40–8
63 W February 28, 1979 6–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 15–40–8
64 W March 3, 1979 8–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 16–40–8
65 T March 7, 1979 5–5 New York Islanders (1978–79) 16–40–9
66 L March 10, 1979 5–7 @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 16–41–9
67 W March 11, 1979 8–2 Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 17–41–9
68 T March 13, 1979 5–5 @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 17–41–10
69 L March 17, 1979 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 17–42–10
70 L March 18, 1979 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 17–43–10
71 T March 21, 1979 1–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 17–43–11
72 T March 22, 1979 3–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 17–43–12
73 L March 25, 1979 2–8 @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 17–44–12
74 L March 26, 1979 2–4 Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 17–45–12
75 L March 29, 1979 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 17–46–12
76 L March 31, 1979 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 17–47–12
77 L April 1, 1979 5–9 @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 17–48–12
78 L April 3, 1979 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 17–49–12
79 W April 7, 1979 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 18–49–12
80 L April 8, 1979 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 18–50–12

Playoffs

The Blues failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second straight year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bernie Federko C 74 31 64 95 14 -15 7 0 1
Brian Sutter LW 77 41 39 80 165 -2 12 0 3
Wayne Babych RW 67 27 36 63 75 -11 11 0 0
Garry Unger C 80 30 26 56 44 -44 3 0 3
Larry Patey C 78 15 19 34 60 -27 0 2 2
Inge Hammarstrom LW 65 12 22 34 8 -13 0 0 1
Jack Brownschidle D 64 10 24 34 14 -21 5 0 1
Curt Bennett LW 74 14 19 33 62 -23 1 0 1
Barry Gibbs D 76 2 27 29 46 -42 0 0 0
Larry Giroux D 73 5 22 27 111 -25 0 0 1
Bob Murdoch RW 54 13 13 26 17 -6 1 0 3
Mike Zuke C 34 9 17 26 18 -8 3 0 0
Tony Currie RW 36 4 15 19 0 -9 1 0 2
Mike Walton C 22 7 11 18 6 -13 3 0 0
Bob Stewart D 78 5 13 18 47 -28 1 0 0
John Smrke LW 55 6 8 14 20 -24 0 1 0
Harvey Bennett C 52 3 9 12 63 -18 0 0 0
Mike Crombeen RW 37 3 8 11 34 -13 0 0 0
Bob Hess D 27 3 4 7 14 -20 0 0 0
Brian Ogilvie C 14 1 5 6 7 -3 0 0 0
Jamie Masters D 10 0 6 6 0 -6 0 0 0
Doug Palazzari C 20 2 3 5 4 -5 0 0 0
Bruce Affleck D 26 1 3 4 12 -13 0 0 0
Rick Bowness RW 24 1 3 4 30 -17 0 0 0
Dick Lamby D 9 0 4 4 12 5 0 0 0
Rick Shinske C 11 0 4 4 2 -3 0 0 0
Neil Komadoski D 42 1 2 3 30 0 0 0 0
Steve Durbano D 13 1 1 2 103 -7 0 0 0
Ken Richardson C 16 1 1 2 2 -5 0 0 0
Neil LaBatte C/D 22 0 2 2 13 -1 0 0 0
Bill Fairbairn RW 5 1 0 1 0 -2 0 0 0
Rod Seiling D 3 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0
Ed Staniowski G 39 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Doug Grant G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gord McTavish C 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Phil Myre G 39 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Terry Richardson G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Phil Myre 2259 39 9 22 8 163 4.33 1
Ed Staniowski 2291 39 9 25 3 146 3.82 0
Doug Grant 190 4 0 2 1 23 7.26 0
Terry Richardson 60 1 0 1 0 9 9.00 0
Team: 4800 80 18 50 12 341 4.26 1

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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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Roster

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Draft picks

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Farm teams

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See also

References

  1. ↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
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External links

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