# 1975–76 St. Louis Blues season

The 1975–76 St. Louis Blues season was the ninth for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 29 wins, 37 losses and 14 ties, good for 72 points. Because of their third-place finish in the Smythe Division, the Blues qualified for the playoffs for the second consecutive year, only to lose the Buffalo Sabres, 2–1 in the preliminary round.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Smythe Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 80 | 32 | 30 | 18 | 254 | 261 | 82 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 271 | 272 | 81 |
| St. Louis Blues | 80 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 249 | 290 | 72 |
| Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 20 | 53 | 7 | 195 | 303 | 47 |
| Kansas City Scouts | 80 | 12 | 56 | 12 | 190 | 351 | 36 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

Smythe Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Smythe Division
1975–76 NHL records
Team
CHI
KCS
MIN
STL
VAN
Total
Chicago
—5–0–15–13–2–14–1–117–4–3
Kansas City
0–5–1—0–61–3–22–43–18–3
Minnesota
1–56–0—2–41–510–14–0
St. Louis
2–3–13–1–24–2—3–2–112–8–4
Vancouver
1–4–14–25–12–3–1—12–10–2
Vs. Patrick Division
1975–76 NHL records
Team
ATL
NYI
NYR
PHI
Total
Chicago
2–2–11–3–10–2–31–2–24–9–7
Kansas City
0–50–2–31–40–51–16–3
Minnesota
1–41–41–40–3–23–15–2
St. Louis
3–1–10–4–12–31–3–16–11–3
Vancouver
0–3–23–0–21–3–10–4–14–10–6
Vs. Adams Division
1975–76 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
CAL
TOR
Total
Chicago
0–3–10–2–21–2–12–1–13–8–5
Kansas City
1–2–10–3–12–1–10–3–13–9–4
Minnesota
0–3–10–41–31–32–13–1
St. Louis
1–2–11–2–11–2–10–2–23–8–5
Vancouver
1–2–12–1–11–2–12–1–16–6–4
Vs. Norris Division
1975–76 NHL records
Team
DET
LAK
MTL
PIT
WSH
Total
Chicago
1–2–12–21–2–12–1–12–28–9–3
Kansas City
1–30–41–31–2–12–1–15–13–2
Minnesota
1–31–2–10–41–2–12–0–25–11–4
St. Louis
1–2–11–2–10–42–24–08–10–2
Vancouver
4–01–31–1–21–2–14–011–6–3 :

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 8, 1975 | 1–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | L | October 11, 1975 | 2–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | W | October 14, 1975 | 5–1 | Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | L | October 16, 1975 | 2–3 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 1–2–1 |
| 5 | L | October 18, 1975 | 3–5 | Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 1–3–1 |
| 6 | W | October 21, 1975 | 6–1 | Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 2–3–1 |
| 7 | T | October 22, 1975 | 1–1 | @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) | 2–3–2 |
| 8 | W | October 25, 1975 | 7–3 | Atlanta Flames (1975–76) | 3–3–2 |
| 9 | L | October 29, 1975 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1975–76) | 3–4–2 |
| 10 | L | October 30, 1975 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) | 3–5–2 |
| 11 | T | November 1, 1975 | 3–3 | Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 3–5–3 |
| 12 | W | November 5, 1975 | 4–1 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 4–5–3 |
| 13 | L | November 6, 1975 | 3–5 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 4–6–3 |
| 14 | T | November 8, 1975 | 3–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 4–6–4 |
| 15 | W | November 9, 1975 | 5–3 | @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 5–6–4 |
| 16 | W | November 11, 1975 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1975–76) | 6–6–4 |
| 17 | W | November 15, 1975 | 9–2 | Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 7–6–4 |
| 18 | L | November 18, 1975 | 1–5 | Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 7–7–4 |
| 19 | W | November 22, 1975 | 5–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 8–7–4 |
| 20 | T | November 26, 1975 | 3–3 | Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 8–7–5 |
| 21 | L | November 27, 1975 | 2–3 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 8–8–5 |
| 22 | L | November 29, 1975 | 2–8 | @ New York Islanders (1975–76) | 8–9–5 |
| 23 | L | November 30, 1975 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1975–76) | 8–10–5 |
| 24 | L | December 2, 1975 | 1–4 | New York Islanders (1975–76) | 8–11–5 |
| 25 | L | December 4, 1975 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 8–12–5 |
| 26 | W | December 6, 1975 | 7–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 9–12–5 |
| 27 | L | December 9, 1975 | 3–5 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 9–13–5 |
| 28 | L | December 10, 1975 | 0–5 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 9–14–5 |
| 29 | L | December 12, 1975 | 2–5 | @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 9–15–5 |
| 30 | W | December 14, 1975 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 10–15–5 |
| 31 | L | December 17, 1975 | 2–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 10–16–5 |
| 32 | L | December 20, 1975 | 1–7 | New York Islanders (1975–76) | 10–17–5 |
| 33 | L | December 21, 1975 | 3–8 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 10–18–5 |
| 34 | L | December 23, 1975 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 10–19–5 |
| 35 | W | December 27, 1975 | 4–2 | Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 11–19–5 |
| 36 | L | January 2, 1976 | 1–7 | @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) | 11–20–5 |
| 37 | W | January 3, 1976 | 3–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 12–20–5 |
| 38 | W | January 6, 1976 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1975–76) | 13–20–5 |
| 39 | W | January 8, 1976 | 4–2 | Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 14–20–5 |
| 40 | L | January 10, 1976 | 0–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 14–21–5 |
| 41 | W | January 13, 1976 | 7–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 15–21–5 |
| 42 | W | January 15, 1976 | 5–3 | @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) | 16–21–5 |
| 43 | W | January 17, 1976 | 7–5 | Boston Bruins (1975–76) | 17–21–5 |
| 44 | W | January 21, 1976 | 4–2 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 18–21–5 |
| 45 | L | January 24, 1976 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 18–22–5 |
| 46 | L | January 25, 1976 | 2–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 18–23–5 |
| 47 | L | January 27, 1976 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 18–24–5 |
| 48 | L | January 29, 1976 | 3–6 | New York Rangers (1975–76) | 18–25–5 |
| 49 | T | January 31, 1976 | 2–2 | New York Islanders (1975–76) | 18–25–6 |
| 50 | T | February 3, 1976 | 4–4 | California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 18–25–7 |
| 51 | T | February 4, 1976 | 3–3 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 18–25–8 |
| 52 | W | February 6, 1976 | 5–3 | Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 19–25–8 |
| 53 | L | February 7, 1976 | 2–8 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 19–26–8 |
| 54 | L | February 10, 1976 | 1–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 19–27–8 |
| 55 | W | February 13, 1976 | 2–0 | @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 20–27–8 |
| 56 | W | February 14, 1976 | 5–3 | Atlanta Flames (1975–76) | 21–27–8 |
| 57 | W | February 16, 1976 | 4–2 | California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 22–27–8 |
| 58 | T | February 18, 1976 | 2–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 22–27–9 |
| 59 | L | February 21, 1976 | 4–5 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 22–28–9 |
| 60 | L | February 24, 1976 | 2–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 22–29–9 |
| 61 | L | February 26, 1976 | 2–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) | 22–30–9 |
| 62 | T | February 28, 1976 | 2–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 22–30–10 |
| 63 | W | February 29, 1976 | 5–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 23–30–10 |
| 64 | L | March 3, 1976 | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 23–31–10 |
| 65 | W | March 6, 1976 | 7–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 24–31–10 |
| 66 | T | March 7, 1976 | 4–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 24–31–11 |
| 67 | L | March 9, 1976 | 0–4 | @ New York Islanders (1975–76) | 24–32–11 |
| 68 | T | March 10, 1976 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 24–32–12 |
| 69 | W | March 13, 1976 | 5–3 | Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 25–32–12 |
| 70 | L | March 14, 1976 | 1–7 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 25–33–12 |
| 71 | T | March 16, 1976 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1975–76) | 25–33–13 |
| 72 | L | March 18, 1976 | 3–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 25–34–13 |
| 73 | W | March 21, 1976 | 5–2 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 26–34–13 |
| 74 | L | March 22, 1976 | 1–7 | @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 26–35–13 |
| 75 | W | March 25, 1976 | 5–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 27–35–13 |
| 76 | W | March 27, 1976 | 6–3 | Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 28–35–13 |
| 77 | W | March 30, 1976 | 5–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 29–35–13 |
| 78 | L | March 31, 1976 | 1–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 29–36–13 |
| 79 | T | April 3, 1976 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 29–36–14 |
| 80 | L | April 4, 1976 | 2–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 29–37–14 |

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Chuck Lefley | LW | 75 | 43 | 42 | 85 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| Garry Unger | C | 80 | 39 | 44 | 83 | 95 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| Derek Sanderson | C | 65 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 59 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Bob MacMillan | RW | 80 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Red Berenson | C | 72 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 47 | −11 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Jerry Butler | RW | 66 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Claude Larose | RW | 67 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Plante | RW | 74 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 77 | −22 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Hess | D | 78 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bruce Affleck | D | 80 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Irvine | LW | 69 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 80 | −12 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Floyd Thomson | LW | 58 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 25 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Merrick | C | 19 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Patey | C | 53 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Gassoff | D | 80 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 306 | −8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Plager | D | 63 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 90 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Smith | D | 24 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barclay Plager | D | 64 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 67 | −6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Wilson | D | 65 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | −10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Hrechkosy | LW | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Wilson | LW | 45 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 47 | −6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Ogilvie | C | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yves Belanger | G | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Babin | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Bourbonnais | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Cowick | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilles Gratton | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Johnston | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Masters | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Staniowski | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Yves Belanger | 1763 | 31 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 113 | 3.85 | 0 |
| Eddie Johnston | 2152 | 38 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 130 | 3.62 | 1 |
| Ed Staniowski | 620 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 3.19 | 0 |
| Gilles Gratton | 265 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2.49 | 0 |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 287 | 3.59 | 1 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Chuck Lefley | LW | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry Unger | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Berenson | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Patey | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Irvine | LW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Hrechkosy | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Sanderson | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hess | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob MacMillan | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Affleck | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gassoff | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Larose | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Masters | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barclay Plager | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Plager | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Plante | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Staniowski | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Wilson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Ed Staniowski | 206 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2.04 | 0 |
| Team: | 206 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2.04 | 0 |
    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;

## Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 2 | 27 | Ed Staniowski | Canada | Regina Pats (WCHL) |
| 2 | 36 | Jamie Masters | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OMJHL) |
| 4 | 63 | Rick Bourbonnais | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OMJHL) |
| 5 | 81 | Jim Gustafson | Canada | Victoria Cougars (WCHL) |
| 6 | 99 | Jack Brownschidle | United States | University of Notre Dame (WCHA) |
| 7 | 117 | Doug Lindskog | Canada | University of Michigan (WCHA) |
| 8 | 135 | Dick Lamby | United States | Salem State University (ECAC) |
| 9 | 151 | David McNab | United States | University of Wisconsin (WCHA) |