1978–79 St. Louis Blues season

1978–79 St. Louis Blues
Division3rd Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1978–79 record18–50–12
Goals for249
Goals against348
Team information
General managerEmile Francis
CoachBarclay Plager
CaptainBarry Gibbs
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaCheckerdome

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.

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 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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Record vs. opponents

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Smythe Division record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

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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

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

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 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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Draft picks

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St. Louis's draft picks at the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 3 Wayne Babych  Canada Portland Winterhawks (WCHL)
3 39 Steve Harrison  Canada Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
5 72 Kevin Willison  Canada Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
6 89 Jim Nill  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
7 106 Steve Stockman  Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
7 109 Paul MacLean  Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
8 123 Denis Houle  Canada Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
9 140 Tony Meagher  Canada Boston University (ECAC)
9 143 Rick Simpson  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
10 157 Jim Lockhurst  Canada Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
10 160 Bob Froese  Canada Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
10 170 Dan Lerg  United States University of Michigan (WCHA)
11 173 Risto Siltanen  Finland Ilves (Finland)
11 175 Dan Hermansson  Sweden Karlskoga (Sweden)
11 181 Jean-Francois Boutin  Canada Verdun Eperviers (QMJHL)
11 185 John Sullivan  United States Providence College (ECAC)
12 188 Serge Menard  Canada Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
12 191 Don Boyd  Canada Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
12 197 Paul Stasiuk  Canada Providence College (ECAC)
12 200 Gerd Truntschka  West Germany EV Cologne (West Germany)
13 203 Viktor Shkurdyuk  Soviet Union Leningrad (USSR)
13 205 Carl Bloomberg  United States St. Louis University (CCHA)
13 207 Terry Kitching  Canada St. Louis University (CCHA)
13 209 Brian O'Connor  United States Boston University (ECAC)
13 210 Brian Crombeen  Canada Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
13 211 Mike Pidgeon  Canada Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
14 214 John Cochrane  United States Harvard University (ECAC)
14 216 Joe Casey  United States Boston College (ECAC)
14 218 Jim Farrell  United States Princeton University (ECAC)
14 220 Frank Johnson  United States Providence College (ECAC)
14 221 Blair Wheeler  Canada Yale University (ECAC)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1978-79 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
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