1978–79 St. Louis Blues season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1978–79 1978 St. Louis Blues 18–50–12 14–20–6 4–30–6 Campbell 7th Smythe 3rd 249 348 Emile Francis Barclay Plager Barry Gibbs None Checkerdome Brian Sutter (41) Bernie Federko (64) Bernie Federko (95) Brian Sutter (165) Phil MyreEd Staniowski (9) Ed Staniowski (3.83) 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 for the first time in franchise history, and the last time before the 2005–06 season, following the lockout. 2 Regular season Final standings STL Record vs. opponents STL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 5px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 5px solid; 1978–79 regular season1978-79 St. Louis Blues Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1979_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 26, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 11, 1978||5–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 13, 1978||4–8 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 14, 1978||2–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 17, 1978||8–6 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||2–2–0 |- |5||T||October 20, 1978||5–5 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) ||2–2–1 |- |6||L||October 21, 1978||3–4 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1978–79) ||2–3–1 |- |7||L||October 24, 1978||2–7 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1978–79) ||2–4–1 |- |8||T||October 25, 1978||6–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) ||2–4–2 |- |9||T||October 28, 1978||7–7 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) ||2–4–3 |- |10||L||October 31, 1978||2–5 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||2–5–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||L||November 1, 1978||1–9 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) ||2–6–3 |- |12||T||November 4, 1978||5–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||2–6–4 |- |13||L||November 5, 1978||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||2–7–4 |- |14||L||November 7, 1978||0–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) ||2–8–4 |- |15||W||November 11, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1978–79) ||3–8–4 |- |16||L||November 14, 1978||2–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||3–9–4 |- |17||L||November 16, 1978||2–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) ||3–10–4 |- |18||L||November 18, 1978||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) ||3–11–4 |- |19||L||November 19, 1978||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) ||3–12–4 |- |20||L||November 21, 1978||3–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||3–13–4 |- |21||W||November 22, 1978||3–1 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||4–13–4 |- |22||L||November 24, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||4–14–4 |- |23||W||November 25, 1978||4–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) ||5–14–4 |- |24||L||November 28, 1978||3–6 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||5–15–4 |- |25||L||November 30, 1978||0–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) ||5–16–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||W||December 2, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||6–16–4 |- |27||L||December 6, 1978||4–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1978–79) ||6–17–4 |- |28||L||December 7, 1978||1–7 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1978–79) ||6–18–4 |- |29||L||December 9, 1978||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||6–19–4 |- |30||L||December 12, 1978||0–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) ||6–20–4 |- |31||L||December 13, 1978||0–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) ||6–21–4 |- |32||T||December 16, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1978–79) ||6–21–5 |- |33||L||December 17, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) ||6–22–5 |- |34||W||December 19, 1978||7–4 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||7–22–5 |- |35||L||December 21, 1978||1–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1978–79) ||7–23–5 |- |36||L||December 23, 1978||1–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) ||7–24–5 |- |37||L||December 26, 1978||4–6 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) ||7–25–5 |- |38||L||December 27, 1978||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||7–26–5 |- |39||W||December 30, 1978||6–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) ||8–26–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |40||L||January 2, 1979||2–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) ||8–27–5 |- |41||T||January 3, 1979||3–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) ||8–27–6 |- |42||L||January 6, 1979||1–4 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1978–79) ||8–28–6 |- |43||L||January 9, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1978–79) ||8–29–6 |- |44||L||January 11, 1979||3–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||8–30–6 |- |45||T||January 13, 1979||3–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||8–30–7 |- |46||W||January 16, 1979||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1978–79) ||9–30–7 |- |47||L||January 18, 1979||0–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) ||9–31–7 |- |48||W||January 20, 1979||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1978–79) ||10–31–7 |- |49||L||January 23, 1979||3–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) ||10–32–7 |- |50||L||January 26, 1979||1–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||10–33–7 |- |51||W||January 28, 1979||7–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||11–33–7 |- |52||W||January 30, 1979||7–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||12–33–7 |- |53||L||January 31, 1979||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) ||12–34–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |54||W||February 3, 1979||6–3 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1978–79) ||13–34–7 |- |55||L||February 4, 1979||1–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) ||13–35–7 |- |56||T||February 13, 1979||3–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||13–35–8 |- |57||L||February 17, 1979||1–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||13–36–8 |- |58||L||February 18, 1979||4–6 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||13–37–8 |- |59||L||February 21, 1979||3–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1978–79) ||13–38–8 |- |60||L||February 22, 1979||1–6 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1978–79) ||13–39–8 |- |61||L||February 24, 1979||4–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) ||13–40–8 |- |62||W||February 27, 1979||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1978–79) ||14–40–8 |- |63||W||February 28, 1979||6–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) ||15–40–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |64||W||March 3, 1979||8–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) ||16–40–8 |- |65||T||March 7, 1979||5–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1978–79) ||16–40–9 |- |66||L||March 10, 1979||5–7 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||16–41–9 |- |67||W||March 11, 1979||8–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) ||17–41–9 |- |68||T||March 13, 1979||5–5 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) ||17–41–10 |- |69||L||March 17, 1979||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) ||17–42–10 |- |70||L||March 18, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) ||17–43–10 |- |71||T||March 21, 1979||1–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||17–43–11 |- |72||T||March 22, 1979||3–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||17–43–12 |- |73||L||March 25, 1979||2–8 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||17–44–12 |- |74||L||March 26, 1979||2–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) ||17–45–12 |- |75||L||March 29, 1979||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) ||17–46–12 |- |76||L||March 31, 1979||2–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) ||17–47–12 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#002F87 2px solid; border-bottom:#FCB514 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |77||L||April 1, 1979||5–9 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) ||17–48–12 |- |78||L||April 3, 1979||2–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) ||17–49–12 |- |79||W||April 7, 1979||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||18–49–12 |- |80||L||April 8, 1979||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||18–50–12 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bernie Federko C 74 31 64 95 14-15701 Brian Sutter LW 77 41 39 80 165-21203 Wayne Babych RW 67 27 36 63 75-111100 Garry Unger C 80 30 26 56 44-44303 Larry Patey C 78 15 19 34 60-27022 Inge Hammarstrom LW 65 12 22 34 8-13001 Jack Brownschidle D 64 10 24 34 14-21501 Curt Bennett LW 74 14 19 33 62-23101 Barry Gibbs D 76 2 27 29 46-42000 Larry Giroux D 73 5 22 27 111-25001 Bob Murdoch Bob Murdoch (ice hockey b. 1954) RW 54 13 13 26 17-6103 Mike Zuke C 34 9 17 26 18-8300 Tony Currie Tony Currie (ice hockey) RW 36 4 15 19 0-9102 Mike Walton C 22 7 11 18 6-13300 Bob Stewart Bob Stewart (ice hockey) D 78 5 13 18 47-28100 John Smrke LW 55 6 8 14 20-24010 Harvey Bennett Harvey Bennett Jr. C 52 3 9 12 63-18000 Mike Crombeen RW 37 3 8 11 34-13000 Bob Hess D 27 3 4 7 14-20000 Brian Ogilvie C 14 1 5 6 7-3000 Jamie Masters D 10 0 6 6 0-6000 Doug Palazzari C 20 2 3 5 4-5000 Bruce Affleck D 26 1 3 4 12-13000 Rick Bowness RW 24 1 3 4 30-17000 Dick Lamby D 9 0 4 4 125000 Rick Shinske C 11 0 4 4 2-3000 Neil Komadoski Neil George Komadoski D 42 1 2 3 300000 Steve Durbano D 13 1 1 2 103-7000 Ken Richardson Ken Richardson (ice hockey) C 16 1 1 2 2-5000 Neil LaBatte C/D 22 0 2 2 13-1000 Bill Fairbairn RW 5 1 0 1 0-2000 Rod Seiling D 3 0 1 1 4-1000 Ed Staniowski G 39 0 1 1 20000 Doug Grant Doug Grant (ice hockey) G 4 0 0 0 00000 Gord McTavish C 1 0 0 0 0-2000 Phil Myre G 39 0 0 0 60000 Terry Richardson Terry Richardson (ice hockey) G 1 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA 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 Doug Grant (ice hockey) 190 4 0 2 1 23 7.26 0 Terry Richardson Terry Richardson (ice hockey) 60 1 0 1 0 9 9.00 0 Team: 4800 80 18 50 12 341 4.26 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-15 1978-79 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/1979.html Draft picks 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)13Wayne Babych Canada Portland Winterhawks (WCHL)339Steve Harrison Canada Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)572Kevin Willison Canada Billings Bighorns (WCHL)689Jim Nill Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)7106Steve Stockman Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)7109Paul MacLean Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)8123Denis Houle Canada Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)9140Tony Meagher Canada Boston University (ECAC)9143Rick Simpson Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)10157Jim Lockhurst Canada Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)10160Bob Froese Canada Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)10170Dan Lerg United States University of Michigan (WCHA)11173Risto Siltanen Ilves (Finland)11175Dan Hermansson Sweden Karlskoga (Sweden)11181Jean-Francois Boutin Canada Verdun Eperviers (QMJHL)11185John Sullivan United States Providence College (ECAC)12188Serge Menard Canada Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)12191Don Boyd Canada Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)12197Paul Stasiuk Canada Providence College (ECAC)12200Gerd Truntschka EV Cologne (West Germany)13203Viktor Shkurdyuk USSR Leningrad (USSR)13205Carl Bloomberg United States St. Louis University (CCHA)13207Terry Kitching Canada St. Louis University (CCHA)13209Brian O'Connor United States Boston University (ECAC)13210Brian Crombeen Canada Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)13211Mike Pidgeon Canada Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)14214John Cochrane United States Harvard University (ECAC)14216Joe Casey United States Boston College (ECAC)14218Jim Farrell United States Princeton University (ECAC)14220Frank Johnson United States Providence College (ECAC)14221Blair Wheeler Canada Yale University (ECAC) See also 1978–79 NHL season References Category:St. Louis Blues seasons St. Louis St Louis St Louis