1978–79 St. Louis Blues season

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
Arena	Checkerdome
Team leaders
Goals	Brian Sutter (41)
Assists	Bernie Federko (64)
Points	Bernie Federko (95)
Penalty minutes	Brian Sutter (165)
Wins	Phil Myre Ed Staniowski (9)
Goals against average	Ed Staniowski (3.82)

The 1978–79 St. Louis Blues season was the 12th in franchise history. 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 did not qualify for the playoffs for the second straight season, the last time before the 2005–06 season.

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

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	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 did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	74	31	64	95	14	-15	7	0	1
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	77	41	39	80	165	-2	12	0	3
Babych, WayneWayne Babych	RW	67	27	36	63	75	-11	11	0	0
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	80	30	26	56	44	-44	3	0	3
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	78	15	19	34	60	-27	0	2	2
Hammarstrom, IngeInge Hammarstrom	LW	65	12	22	34	8	-13	0	0	1
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle	D	64	10	24	34	14	-21	5	0	1
Bennett, CurtCurt Bennett	LW	74	14	19	33	62	-23	1	0	1
Gibbs, BarryBarry Gibbs	D	76	2	27	29	46	-42	0	0	0
Giroux, LarryLarry Giroux	D	73	5	22	27	111	-25	0	0	1
Murdoch, BobBob Murdoch	RW	54	13	13	26	17	-6	1	0	3
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	34	9	17	26	18	-8	3	0	0
Currie, TonyTony Currie	RW	36	4	15	19	0	-9	1	0	2
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	22	7	11	18	6	-13	3	0	0
Stewart, BobBob Stewart	D	78	5	13	18	47	-28	1	0	0
Smrke, JohnJohn Smrke	LW	55	6	8	14	20	-24	0	1	0
Bennett, HarveyHarvey Bennett	C	52	3	9	12	63	-18	0	0	0
Crombeen, MikeMike Crombeen	RW	37	3	8	11	34	-13	0	0	0
Hess, BobBob Hess	D	27	3	4	7	14	-20	0	0	0
Ogilvie, BrianBrian Ogilvie	C	14	1	5	6	7	-3	0	0	0
Masters, JamieJamie Masters	D	10	0	6	6	0	-6	0	0	0
Palazzari, DougDoug Palazzari	C	20	2	3	5	4	-5	0	0	0
Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck	D	26	1	3	4	12	-13	0	0	0
Bowness, RickRick Bowness	RW	24	1	3	4	30	-17	0	0	0
Lamby, DickDick Lamby	D	9	0	4	4	12	5	0	0	0
Shinske, RickRick Shinske	C	11	0	4	4	2	-3	0	0	0
Komadoski, NeilNeil Komadoski	D	42	1	2	3	30	0	0	0	0
Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano	D	13	1	1	2	103	-7	0	0	0
Richardson, KenKen Richardson	C	16	1	1	2	2	-5	0	0	0
Labatte, NeilNeil Labatte	C/D	22	0	2	2	13	-1	0	0	0
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	3	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	RW	5	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	G	39	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
McTavish, GordGord McTavish	C	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Richardson, TerryTerry Richardson	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant, DougDoug Grant	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Myre, PhilPhil Myre	G	39	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Myre, PhilPhil Myre	2259	39	9	22	8	163	4.33	1
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	2291	39	9	25	3	146	3.82	0
Grant, DougDoug Grant	190	4	0	2	1	23	7.26	0
Richardson, TerryTerry Richardson	60	1	0	1	0	9	9.00	0
Team:	4800	80	18	50	12	341	4.26	1

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

• 1978–79 NHL season

References

• 1978–79 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.