1979–80 St. Louis Blues season

1979–80 St. Louis Blues
Division2nd Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1979–80 record34–34–12
Goals for266
Goals against278
Team information
General managerEmile Francis
CoachBarclay Plager
CaptainBrian Sutter
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaCheckerdome
Average attendance12,258 (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.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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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.

League standings[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – Philadelphia Flyers PTK 80 48 12 20 327 254 116
2 y – Buffalo Sabres ADM 80 47 17 16 318 201 110
3 x – Montreal Canadiens NRS 80 47 20 13 328 240 107
4 Boston Bruins ADM 80 46 21 13 310 234 105
5 New York Islanders PTK 80 39 28 13 281 247 91
6 Minnesota North Stars ADM 80 36 28 16 311 253 88
7 x – Chicago Black Hawks SMY 80 34 27 19 241 250 87
8 New York Rangers PTK 80 38 32 10 308 284 86
9 Atlanta Flames PTK 80 35 32 13 282 269 83
10 St. Louis Blues SMY 80 34 34 12 266 278 80
11 Toronto Maple Leafs ADM 80 35 40 5 304 327 75
12 Los Angeles Kings NRS 80 30 36 14 290 313 74
13 Pittsburgh Penguins NRS 80 30 37 13 251 303 73
14 Hartford Whalers NRS 80 27 34 19 303 312 73
15 Vancouver Canucks SMY 80 27 37 16 256 281 70
16 Edmonton Oilers SMY 80 28 39 13 301 322 69
17 Washington Capitals PTK 80 27 40 13 261 293 67
18 Detroit Red Wings NRS 80 26 43 11 268 306 63
19 Quebec Nordiques ADM 80 25 44 11 248 313 61
20 Winnipeg Jets SMY 80 20 49 11 214 314 51
21 Colorado Rockies SMY 80 19 48 13 234 308 51

Divisions: ADM – Adams, NRS – Norris, PTK – Patrick, SMY – Smythe

bold – The top 16 teams in the league qualified for the playoffs, regardless of division or conference.
x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and conference and division)

Record vs. opponents

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Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 9, 1979 5–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 1–0–0
2 T October 11, 1979 3–3 @ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 1–0–1
3 L October 13, 1979 3–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 1–1–1
4 L October 17, 1979 1–5 Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 1–2–1
5 W October 20, 1979 3–2 Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 2–2–1
6 T October 23, 1979 5–5 Boston Bruins (1979–80) 2–2–2
7 L October 24, 1979 2–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 2–3–2
8 L October 27, 1979 0–3 Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 2–4–2
9 T October 28, 1979 2–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 2–4–3
10 W October 30, 1979 2–1 Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 3–4–3
11 L November 1, 1979 1–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 3–5–3
12 W November 3, 1979 4–1 Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 4–5–3
13 L November 7, 1979 4–7 Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 4–6–3
14 W November 10, 1979 5–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 5–6–3
15 L November 11, 1979 1–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 5–7–3
16 L November 13, 1979 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 5–8–3
17 L November 14, 1979 2–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 5–9–3
18 T November 17, 1979 3–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 5–9–4
19 L November 18, 1979 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1979–80) 5–10–4
20 W November 20, 1979 6–3 New York Islanders (1979–80) 6–10–4
21 L November 21, 1979 2–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 6–11–4
22 W November 24, 1979 4–3 Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 7–11–4
23 L November 25, 1979 3–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 7–12–4
24 W November 27, 1979 4–2 Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 8–12–4
25 L November 29, 1979 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 8–13–4
26 L December 1, 1979 0–2 New York Rangers (1979–80) 8–14–4
27 L December 4, 1979 2–4 Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 8–15–4
28 L December 6, 1979 2–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 8–16–4
29 W December 8, 1979 5–1 Washington Capitals (1979–80) 9–16–4
30 T December 11, 1979 3–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 9–16–5
31 L December 15, 1979 1–3 Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 9–17–5
32 W December 18, 1979 5–3 Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 10–17–5
33 W December 21, 1979 5–1 @ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 11–17–5
34 L December 22, 1979 3–7 Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 11–18–5
35 T December 26, 1979 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 11–18–6
36 W December 27, 1979 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 12–18–6
37 W December 29, 1979 3–0 Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 13–18–6
38 W January 3, 1980 6–2 Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 14–18–6
39 L January 5, 1980 1–3 @ New York Islanders (1979–80) 14–19–6
40 W January 8, 1980 6–3 Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 15–19–6
41 W January 10, 1980 7–4 @ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 16–19–6
42 W January 12, 1980 8–2 Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 17–19–6
43 T January 13, 1980 1–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 17–19–7
44 W January 15, 1980 2–1 Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 18–19–7
45 L January 16, 1980 3–7 @ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 18–20–7
46 W January 19, 1980 3–1 @ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 19–20–7
47 L January 22, 1980 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 19–21–7
48 T January 26, 1980 4–4 Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 19–21–8
49 T January 27, 1980 6–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 19–21–9
50 W January 29, 1980 3–2 Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 20–21–9
51 W January 30, 1980 4–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 21–21–9
52 L February 2, 1980 0–3 Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 21–22–9
53 W February 3, 1980 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 22–22–9
54 W February 6, 1980 6–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 23–22–9
55 W February 9, 1980 3–2 Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 24–22–9
56 L February 11, 1980 2–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 24–23–9
57 W February 14, 1980 6–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 25–23–9
58 T February 17, 1980 5–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 25–23–10
59 W February 19, 1980 3–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 26–23–10
60 L February 23, 1980 2–3 New York Islanders (1979–80) 26–24–10
61 W February 26, 1980 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 27–24–10
62 L February 29, 1980 0–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 27–25–10
63 L March 1, 1980 3–6 Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 27–26–10
64 W March 3, 1980 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 28–26–10
65 L March 5, 1980 5–7 @ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 28–27–10
66 T March 8, 1980 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 28–27–11
67 L March 9, 1980 4–9 @ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 28–28–11
68 W March 12, 1980 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 29–28–11
69 L March 15, 1980 2–6 @ New York Islanders (1979–80) 29–29–11
70 L March 16, 1980 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1979–80) 29–30–11
71 T March 18, 1980 3–3 Boston Bruins (1979–80) 29–30–12
72 L March 20, 1980 4–8 @ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 29–31–12
73 W March 22, 1980 6–2 Washington Capitals (1979–80) 30–31–12
74 W March 24, 1980 7–5 @ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 31–31–12
75 L March 26, 1980 2–4 @ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 31–32–12
76 L March 27, 1980 1–7 @ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 31–33–12
77 L March 29, 1980 3–4 New York Rangers (1979–80) 31–34–12
78 W April 1, 1980 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 32–34–12
79 W April 5, 1980 6–0 Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 33–34–12
80 W April 6, 1980 5–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 34–34–12

Playoffs

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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

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bernie Federko C 79 38 56 94 24 3 7 0 4
Mike Zuke C 69 22 42 64 30 -2 6 1 1
Wayne Babych RW 59 26 35 61 49 11 7 0 3
Brian Sutter LW 71 23 35 58 156 3 6 0 1
Blair Chapman RW 63 25 26 51 28 -5 7 0 6
Blake Dunlop C 72 18 27 45 28 -6 8 0 2
Jack Brownschidle D 77 12 32 44 8 16 3 0 2
Perry Turnbull C 80 16 19 35 124 -11 3 0 1
Larry Patey C 78 17 17 34 76 -18 0 3 3
Tony Currie RW 40 19 14 33 4 9 2 0 3
Ralph Klassen C 80 9 16 25 10 -19 0 0 3
Rick Lapointe D 80 6 19 25 87 -24 0 0 1
Mike Crombeen RW 71 10 12 22 20 -14 1 0 2
Ed Kea D 69 3 16 19 79 9 0 0 1
Joe Micheletti D 54 2 16 18 29 -5 2 0 0
Hartland Monahan RW 72 5 12 17 36 -22 1 1 0
Chuck Lefley LW 28 6 6 12 0 5 0 0 0
Bryan Maxwell D 57 1 11 12 112 -13 0 0 0
Neil Komadoski D 49 0 12 12 52 -22 0 0 0
Terry Harper D 11 1 5 6 6 5 0 0 0
Floyd Thomson LW 11 2 3 5 18 -1 0 0 0
Bobby Simpson LW 18 2 2 4 0 -2 0 0 0
Rick Bowness RW 10 1 2 3 11 -2 0 0 0
Don Laurence C 20 1 2 3 8 -7 0 0 1
Len Frig D 7 0 2 2 4 -5 0 0 0
Bob Crawford RW 8 1 0 1 2 -6 0 0 0
Dick Lamby D 12 0 1 1 10 -7 0 0 0
Bob Stewart D 10 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0
Larry Giroux D 3 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0
Doug Grant G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Liut G 64 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Ed Staniowski G 22 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Mike Liut 3661 64 32 23 9 194 3.18 2
Ed Staniowski 1108 22 2 11 3 80 4.33 0
Doug Grant 31 1 0 0 0 1 1.94 0
Team: 4800 80 34 34 12 275 3.44 2

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Wayne Babych RW 3 1 2 3 2 0 0 0
Perry Turnbull C 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 0
Blake Dunlop C 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Bernie Federko C 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Larry Patey C 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Rick Lapointe D 3 0 1 1 6 0 0 0
Jack Brownschidle D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blair Chapman RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Crombeen RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Currie RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Len Frig D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Harper D 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Ed Kea D 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Ralph Klassen C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Liut G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Maxwell D 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
Hartland Monahan RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Mullen RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Sutter LW 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Mike Zuke C 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Mike 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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 2 Perry Turnbull  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
4 65 Bob Crawford  Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
5 86 Mark Reeds  Canada Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
6 107 Gilles Leduc  Canada Verdun Eperviers (QMJHL)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "1979–80 NHL Standings". NHL.com. National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1979-80 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
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