1973–74 St. Louis Blues season

1973–74 St. Louis Blues
Division	6th West
1973–74 record	26–40–12
Goals for	206
Goals against	248
Team information
General manager	Charles Catto Lou Angotti
Coach	Jean-Guy Talbot Lou Angotti
Captain	Barclay Plager
Team leaders
Goals	Garry Unger (33)
Assists	Garry Unger (35)
Points	Garry Unger (68)
Penalty minutes	Steve Durbano (146)
Wins	John Davidson Wayne Stephenson (13)
Goals against average	John Davidson (3.08)

The 1973–74 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' 7th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blues finished 6th in the West Division and missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Regular Season

Bobby Orr's second goal of the game, March 21, 1974.

The Boston Bruins capped off their five game winning streak with a 7-0 blanking of St. Louis in which Bobby Orr had a hat trick, including his 30th of the season. Blues goalie Jim Watt played the last 20 minutes of the game in his only NHL appearance and gave up Orr's third goal, a hard slapshot low to the stick side.

Final Standings

West Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	78	50	16	12	273	164	112
Chicago Black Hawks	78	41	14	23	272	164	105
Los Angeles Kings	78	33	33	12	233	231	78
Atlanta Flames	78	30	34	14	214	238	74
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	28	41	9	242	273	65
St. Louis Blues	78	26	40	12	206	248	64
Minnesota North Stars	78	23	38	17	235	275	63
California Golden Seals	78	13	55	10	195	342	36

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1973	1–2	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	0–1–0
2	L	October 13, 1973	0–1	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	0–2–0
3	W	October 16, 1973	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1973	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	1–3–0
5	T	October 20, 1973	4–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	1–3–1
6	W	October 23, 1973	3–2	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	2–3–1
7	T	October 27, 1973	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	2–3–2
8	L	October 30, 1973	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	2–4–2
9	W	November 2, 1973	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	3–4–2
10	W	November 3, 1973	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	4–4–2
11	T	November 7, 1973	2–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	4–4–3
12	W	November 10, 1973	5–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	5–4–3
13	L	November 11, 1973	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	5–5–3
14	W	November 13, 1973	6–1	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	6–5–3
15	W	November 15, 1973	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	7–5–3
16	W	November 17, 1973	4–0	New York Islanders (1973–74)	8–5–3
17	L	November 21, 1973	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	8–6–3
18	W	November 22, 1973	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	9–6–3
19	L	November 24, 1973	0–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	9–7–3
20	T	November 27, 1973	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	9–7–4
21	L	November 29, 1973	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	9–8–4
22	T	December 1, 1973	4–4	New York Rangers (1973–74)	9–8–5
23	W	December 4, 1973	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	10–8–5
24	L	December 5, 1973	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	10–9–5
25	T	December 7, 1973	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	10–9–6
26	W	December 11, 1973	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	11–9–6
27	L	December 13, 1973	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	11–10–6
28	W	December 16, 1973	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	12–10–6
29	W	December 19, 1973	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	13–10–6
30	W	December 21, 1973	2–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	14–10–6
31	L	December 22, 1973	2–4	New York Islanders (1973–74)	14–11–6
32	W	December 28, 1973	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	15–11–6
33	L	December 29, 1973	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	15–12–6
34	W	January 2, 1974	8–4	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	16–12–6
35	W	January 5, 1974	4–1	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	17–12–6
36	W	January 8, 1974	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	18–12–6
37	L	January 9, 1974	6–8	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	18–13–6
38	L	January 12, 1974	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	18–14–6
39	L	January 13, 1974	0–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	18–15–6
40	L	January 15, 1974	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	18–16–6
41	W	January 17, 1974	3–2	New York Rangers (1973–74)	19–16–6
42	L	January 19, 1974	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	19–17–6
43	W	January 20, 1974	3–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	20–17–6
44	L	January 22, 1974	0–1	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	20–18–6
45	L	January 23, 1974	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	20–19–6
46	T	January 26, 1974	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	20–19–7
47	W	January 30, 1974	6–4	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	21–19–7
48	W	February 2, 1974	6–1	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	22–19–7
49	L	February 3, 1974	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	22–20–7
50	L	February 5, 1974	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	22–21–7
51	L	February 7, 1974	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	22–22–7
52	L	February 9, 1974	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	22–23–7
53	L	February 10, 1974	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	22–24–7
54	L	February 12, 1974	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	22–25–7
55	T	February 14, 1974	2–2	New York Islanders (1973–74)	22–25–8
56	L	February 16, 1974	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	22–26–8
57	W	February 19, 1974	7–1	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	23–26–8
58	T	February 20, 1974	1–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	23–26–9
59	L	February 23, 1974	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)	23–27–9
60	L	February 24, 1974	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	23–28–9
61	T	February 27, 1974	2–2	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	23–28–10
62	L	March 2, 1974	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	23–29–10
63	L	March 6, 1974	0–8	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	23–30–10
64	L	March 9, 1974	5–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	23–31–10
65	L	March 10, 1974	1–8	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	23–32–10
66	W	March 12, 1974	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	24–32–10
67	L	March 14, 1974	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	24–33–10
68	T	March 16, 1974	2–2	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	24–33–11
69	L	March 19, 1974	1–5	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	24–34–11
70	L	March 21, 1974	0–7	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	24–35–11
71	L	March 23, 1974	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	24–36–11
72	L	March 24, 1974	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	24–37–11
73	L	March 27, 1974	2–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	24–38–11
74	W	March 30, 1974	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	25–38–11
75	T	March 31, 1974	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	25–38–12
76	W	April 2, 1974	5–3	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	26–38–12
77	L	April 6, 1974	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	26–39–12
78	L	April 7, 1974	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	26–40–12

Playoffs

• The Blues did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	78	33	35	68	96	-17	9	1	4
Plante, PierrePierre Plante	RW	78	26	28	54	85	-14	8	0	3
Sather, GlenGlen Sather	LW	69	15	29	44	82	-9	4	0	5
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick	C	64	20	23	43	32	-11	2	0	4
Angotti, LouLou Angotti	C/RW	51	12	23	35	9	-3	1	0	5
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	77	11	22	33	58	-19	0	0	1
Sabourin, GaryGary Sabourin	RW	54	7	23	30	27	-9	1	0	0
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager	D	72	6	20	26	99	-11	1	0	0
Giroux, LarryLarry Giroux	D	74	5	17	22	59	-14	2	0	1
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	75	5	16	21	51	-7	1	0	0
Polis, GregGreg Polis	LW	37	8	12	20	24	-7	3	0	0
Harbaruk, NickNick Harbaruk	RW	56	5	14	19	16	4	0	1	1
Kelly, BobBob Kelly	LW	37	9	8	17	45	1	2	0	0
Brooks, GordGord Brooks	RW	30	6	8	14	12	0	0	0	1
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	61	3	10	13	48	9	0	1	1
Williams, ButchButch Williams	RW	31	3	10	13	6	2	0	0	0
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	D	23	3	9	12	11	6	1	0	0
Evans, ChrisChris Evans	D	54	4	7	11	8	5	0	1	0
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	22	7	3	10	20	-1	0	0	0
Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano	D	36	4	5	9	146	-1	2	0	0
Wright, JohnJohn Wright	C	32	3	6	9	22	-1	0	0	0
Gardner, DaveDave Gardner	C	15	5	2	7	6	-6	1	0	0
Collins, BillBill Collins	RW	12	2	2	4	14	-10	0	0	0
Collyard, BobBob Collyard	C	10	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	24	0	4	4	16	-2	0	0	0
Gassoff, BobBob Gassoff	D	28	0	3	3	84	-16	0	0	0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	15	1	1	2	10	-4	0	0	0
Hamel, JeanJean Hamel	D	23	1	1	2	6	-3	0	0	0
Egers, JackJack Egers	RW	6	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0
Watson, BryanBryan Watson	D	11	0	1	1	19	0	0	0	0
Lampman, MikeMike Lampman	LW	15	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	G	40	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Patrick, GlennGlenn Patrick	D	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spring, FrankFrank Spring	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wensink, JohnJohn Wensink	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forey, ConnieConnie Forey	LW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
MacNeil, BernieBernie MacNeil	LW	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Watt, JimJim Watt	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	G	39	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	2300	39	13	19	7	118	3.08	0
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	2360	40	13	21	5	123	3.13	2
Watt, JimJim Watt	20	1	0	0	0	2	6.00	0
Team:	4680	78	26	40	12	243	3.12	2

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• The Blues did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1973–74 NHL season

References

• 1973–74 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.