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 Hawks 80 34 27 19 241 250 87
St. Louis Blues 80 34 34 12 266 278 80
Vancouver Canucks 80 27 37 16 256 281 70
Edmonton Oilers 80 28 39 13 301 322 69
Winnipeg Jets 80 20 49 11 214 314 51
Colorado Rockies 80 19 48 13 234 308 51

[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, 19791–5 Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 1–2–1
5WOctober 20, 19793–2 Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 2–2–1
6TOctober 23, 19795–5 Boston Bruins (1979–80) 2–2–2
7LOctober 24, 19792–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 2–3–2
8LOctober 27, 19790–3 Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 2–4–2
9TOctober 28, 19792–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 2–4–3
10WOctober 30, 19792–1 Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 3–4–3
11LNovember 1, 19791–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 3–5–3
12WNovember 3, 19794–1 Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 4–5–3
13LNovember 7, 19794–7 Toronto 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, 19792–5 Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 5–8–3
17LNovember 14, 19792–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 5–9–3
18TNovember 17, 19793–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 5–9–4
19LNovember 18, 19793–5 @ New York Rangers (1979–80) 5–10–4
20WNovember 20, 19796–3 New York Islanders (1979–80) 6–10–4
21LNovember 21, 19792–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 6–11–4
22WNovember 24, 19794–3 Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 7–11–4
23LNovember 25, 19793–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 7–12–4
24WNovember 27, 19794–2 Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 8–12–4
25LNovember 29, 19792–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 8–13–4
26LDecember 1, 19790–2 New York Rangers (1979–80) 8–14–4
27LDecember 4, 19792–4 Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 8–15–4
28LDecember 6, 19792–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 8–16–4
29WDecember 8, 19795–1 Washington Capitals (1979–80) 9–16–4
30TDecember 11, 19793–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 9–16–5
31LDecember 15, 19791–3 Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 9–17–5
32WDecember 18, 19795–3 Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 10–17–5
33WDecember 21, 19795–1 @ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 11–17–5
34LDecember 22, 19793–7 Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 11–18–5
35TDecember 26, 19793–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 11–18–6
36WDecember 27, 19793–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 12–18–6
37WDecember 29, 19793–0 Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 13–18–6
38WJanuary 3, 19806–2 Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 14–18–6
39LJanuary 5, 19801–3 @ New York Islanders (1979–80) 14–19–6
40WJanuary 8, 19806–3 Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 15–19–6
41WJanuary 10, 19807–4 @ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 16–19–6
42WJanuary 12, 19808–2 Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 17–19–6
43TJanuary 13, 19801–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 17–19–7
44WJanuary 15, 19802–1 Minnesota 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, 19801–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 19–21–7
48TJanuary 26, 19804–4 Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 19–21–8
49TJanuary 27, 19806–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 19–21–9
50WJanuary 29, 19803–2 Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 20–21–9
51WJanuary 30, 19804–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 21–21–9
52LFebruary 2, 19800–3 Detroit 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, 19803–2 Buffalo 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, 19802–3 New York Islanders (1979–80) 26–24–10
61WFebruary 26, 19805–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 27–24–10
62LFebruary 29, 19800–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 27–25–10
63LMarch 1, 19803–6 Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 27–26–10
64WMarch 3, 19805–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 28–26–10
65LMarch 5, 19805–7 @ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 28–27–10
66TMarch 8, 19802–2 Detroit 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, 19803–3 Boston Bruins (1979–80) 29–30–12
72LMarch 20, 19804–8 @ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 29–31–12
73WMarch 22, 19806–2 Washington 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, 19803–4 New York Rangers (1979–80) 31–34–12
78WApril 1, 19805–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 32–34–12
79WApril 5, 19806–0 Winnipeg 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)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
1 April 8 St. Louis 2 – 3 Chicago OT 0 – 1
2 April 9 St. Louis 1 – 5 Chicago 0 – 2
3 April 11 Chicago 4 – 1 St. Louis 0 – 3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Federko, BernieBernie Federko C 79 38 56 94 243704
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke C 69 22 42 64 30-2611
Babych, WayneWayne Babych RW 59 26 35 61 4911703
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter LW 71 23 35 58 1563601
Chapman, BlairBlair Chapman RW 63 25 26 51 28-5706
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop C 72 18 27 45 28-6802
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle D 77 12 32 44 816302
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull C 80 16 19 35 124-11301
Patey, LarryLarry Patey C 78 17 17 34 76-18033
Currie, TonyTony Currie RW 40 19 14 33 49203
Klassen, RalphRalph Klassen C 80 9 16 25 10-19003
Lapointe, RickRick Lapointe D 80 6 19 25 87-24001
Crombeen, MikeMike Crombeen RW 71 10 12 22 20-14102
Kea, EdEd Kea D 69 3 16 19 799001
Micheletti, JoeJoe Micheletti D 54 2 16 18 29-5200
Monahan, HartlandHartland Monahan RW 72 5 12 17 36-22110
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley LW 28 6 6 12 05000
Maxwell, BryanBryan Maxwell D 57 1 11 12 112-13000
Komadoski, NeilNeil Komadoski D 49 0 12 12 52-22000
Harper, TerryTerry Harper D 11 1 5 6 65000
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson LW 11 2 3 5 18-1000
Simpson, BobbyBobby Simpson LW 18 2 2 4 0-2000
Bowness, RickRick Bowness RW 10 1 2 3 11-2000
Laurence, DonDon Laurence C 20 1 2 3 8-7001
Frig, LenLen Frig D 7 0 2 2 4-5000
Crawford, BobBob Crawford RW 8 1 0 1 2-6000
Lamby, DickDick Lamby D 12 0 1 1 10-7000
Stewart, BobBob Stewart D 10 0 1 1 4-1000
Giroux, LarryLarry Giroux D 3 0 0 0 4-3000
Grant, DougDoug Grant G 1 0 0 0 00000
Liut, MikeMike Liut G 64 0 0 0 20000
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski G 22 0 0 0 20000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Liut, MikeMike Liut 3661 64 32 23 9 194 3.18 2
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski 1108 22 2 11 3 80 4.33 0
Grant, DougDoug Grant 31 1 0 0 0 1 1.94 0
Team: 4800 80 34 34 12 275 3.44 2

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Babych, WayneWayne Babych RW 3 1 2 3 2000
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull C 3 1 1 2 2100
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop C 3 0 2 2 2000
Federko, BernieBernie Federko C 3 1 0 1 2000
Patey, LarryLarry Patey C 3 1 0 1 2000
Lapointe, RickRick Lapointe D 3 0 1 1 6000
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle D 3 0 0 0 0000
Chapman, BlairBlair Chapman RW 3 0 0 0 0000
Crombeen, MikeMike Crombeen RW 2 0 0 0 0000
Currie, TonyTony Currie RW 2 0 0 0 0000
Frig, LenLen Frig D 3 0 0 0 0000
Harper, TerryTerry Harper D 3 0 0 0 2000
Kea, EdEd Kea D 3 0 0 0 2000
Klassen, RalphRalph Klassen C 3 0 0 0 0000
Liut, MikeMike Liut G 3 0 0 0 0000
Maxwell, BryanBryan Maxwell D 1 0 0 0 9000
Monahan, HartlandHartland Monahan RW 3 0 0 0 0000
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen RW 1 0 0 0 0000
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter LW 3 0 0 0 4000
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke C 3 0 0 0 2000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Liut, MikeMike Liut 193 3 0 3 12 3.73 0
Team: 193 3 0 3 12 3.73 0

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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;

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.
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