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
Arena	Checkerdome
Team leaders
Goals	Bernie Federko (38)
Assists	Bernie Federko (56)
Points	Bernie Federko (94)
Penalty minutes	Brian Sutter (156)
Wins	Mike Liut (32)
Goals against average	Mike Liut (3.18)

The 1979–80 St. Louis Blues season was the 13th in franchise history. The Blues finished 2nd in the Smythe Division and lost in the Preliminary round to the Chicago Black Hawks 3 games to 0.

Regular Season

The season started the team's run of 25 consecutive seasons of playoff appearances, a record for any non-Original Six NHL franchise.

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

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 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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	79	38	56	94	24	3	7	0	4
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	69	22	42	64	30	-2	6	1	1
Babych, WayneWayne Babych	RW	59	26	35	61	49	11	7	0	3
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	71	23	35	58	156	3	6	0	1
Chapman, BlairBlair Chapman	RW	63	25	26	51	28	-5	7	0	6
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop	C	72	18	27	45	28	-6	8	0	2
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle	D	77	12	32	44	8	16	3	0	2
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	80	16	19	35	124	-11	3	0	1
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	78	17	17	34	76	-18	0	3	3
Currie, TonyTony Currie	RW	40	19	14	33	4	9	2	0	3
Klassen, RalphRalph Klassen	C	80	9	16	25	10	-19	0	0	3
Lapointe, RickRick Lapointe	D	80	6	19	25	87	-24	0	0	1
Crombeen, MikeMike Crombeen	RW	71	10	12	22	20	-14	1	0	2
Kea, EdEd Kea	D	69	3	16	19	79	9	0	0	1
Micheletti, JoeJoe Micheletti	D	54	2	16	18	29	-5	2	0	0
Monahan, HartlandHartland Monahan	RW	72	5	12	17	36	-22	1	1	0
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	28	6	6	12	0	5	0	0	0
Maxwell, BryanBryan Maxwell	D	57	1	11	12	112	-13	0	0	0
Komadoski, NeilNeil Komadoski	D	49	0	12	12	52	-22	0	0	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	11	1	5	6	6	5	0	0	0
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	11	2	3	5	18	-1	0	0	0
Simpson, BobbyBobby Simpson	LW	18	2	2	4	0	-2	0	0	0
Bowness, RickRick Bowness	RW	10	1	2	3	11	-2	0	0	0
Laurence, DonDon Laurence	C	20	1	2	3	8	-7	0	0	1
Frig, LenLen Frig	D	7	0	2	2	4	-5	0	0	0
Crawford, BobBob Crawford	RW	8	1	0	1	2	-6	0	0	0
Stewart, BobBob Stewart	D	10	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Lamby, DickDick Lamby	D	12	0	1	1	10	-7	0	0	0
Giroux, LarryLarry Giroux	D	3	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Grant, DougDoug Grant	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	G	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	64	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

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	2	0	0	0
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	0
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop	C	3	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Lapointe, RickRick Lapointe	D	3	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maxwell, BryanBryan Maxwell	D	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Crombeen, MikeMike Crombeen	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Currie, TonyTony Currie	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frig, LenLen Frig	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Kea, EdEd Kea	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Klassen, RalphRalph Klassen	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monahan, HartlandHartland Monahan	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chapman, BlairBlair Chapman	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

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

• 1979–80 NHL season

References

• 1979–80 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.