# 1974–75 St. Louis Blues season

The 1974–75 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

## Offseason
### NHL Draft

Below are listed the selections in the 1974 NHL amateur draft:
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 26 | Bob Hess | Defence | Canada | New Westminster Bruins (WCHL) |
| 43 | Gordon Buynak | Defence | United States | Kingston Canadians (OMJHL) |
| 79 | Mike Zuke | Centre | Canada | Michigan Technological University (WCHA) |
| 87 | Don Wheldon | Defence | United States | London Knights (OMJHL) |
| 97 | Mike Thompson | Defence | Canada | Victoria Cougars (WCHL) |
| 115 | Terry Casey | Right Wing | Canada | St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL) |
| 132 | Rod Tordoff | Defence | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WCHL) |
| 149 | Paul Touzin | Goaltender | Canada | Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL) |
| 165 | John Ahern | Defence | United States | Brown University (ECAC) |
| 180 | Mitch Babin | Centre | Canada | North Bay Trappers (OPJHL) |
| 194 | Doug Allan | Goaltender | Canada | New Westminster Bruins (WCHL) |

## Regular season
### Final standings

Smythe Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 271 | 254 | +17 | 86 |
| 2 | St. Louis Blues | 80 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 269 | 267 | +2 | 84 |
| 3 | Chicago Blackhawks | 80 | 37 | 35 | 8 | 268 | 241 | +27 | 82 |
| 4 | Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 23 | 50 | 7 | 221 | 341 | −120 | 53 |
| 5 | Kansas City Scouts | 80 | 15 | 54 | 11 | 184 | 328 | −144 | 41 |

### Record vs. opponents

Smythe Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Smythe Division
1974–75 NHL records
Team
CHI
KCS
MIN
STL
VAN
Total
Chicago
—4–1–15–14–22–415–8–1
Kansas City
1–4–1—2–41–51–3–25–16–3
Minnesota
1–54–2—1–53–2–19–14–1
St. Louis
2–45–15–1—2–3–114–9–1
Vancouver
4–23–1–22–3–13–2–1—12–8–4
Vs. Patrick Division
1974–75 NHL records
Team
ATL
NYI
NYR
PHI
Total
Chicago
3–21–1–31–3–11–46–10–4
Kansas City
0–4–11–40–4–10–4–11–16–3
Minnesota
1–3–10–4–11–41–43–15–2
St. Louis
3–22–2–11–3–12–38–10–2
Vancouver
2–1–22–1–22–31–47–9–4
Vs. Adams Division
1974–75 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
CAL
TOR
Total
Chicago
2–21–33–12–28–8–0
Kansas City
1–2–10–42–1–11–2–14–9–3
Minnesota
0–3–11–33–11–35–10–1
St. Louis
2–1–10–2–22–1–10–2–24–6–6
Vancouver
1–32–24–03–110–6–0
Vs. Norris Division
1974–75 NHL records
Team
DET
LAK
MTL
PIT
WSH
Total
Chicago
2–1–12–20–3–11–2–13–18–9–3
Kansas City
1–31–30–40–2–23–15–13–2
Minnesota
2–0–20–40–41–33–0–16–11–3
St. Louis
3–0–10–3–12–1–11–1–24–010–5–5
Vancouver
3–11–1–20–41–34–09–9–2 :

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 9, 1974 | 4–4 | @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | W | October 12, 1974 | 5–3 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | L | October 15, 1974 | 4–6 | Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | W | October 17, 1974 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | L | October 19, 1974 | 1–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 2–2–1 |
| 6 | L | October 23, 1974 | 1–5 | @ New York Rangers (1974–75) | 2–3–1 |
| 7 | T | October 24, 1974 | 4–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) | 2–3–2 |
| 8 | L | October 26, 1974 | 0–2 | Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 2–4–2 |
| 9 | L | October 27, 1974 | 3–10 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 2–5–2 |
| 10 | T | October 31, 1974 | 1–1 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 2–5–3 |
| 11 | W | November 2, 1974 | 9–0 | Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 3–5–3 |
| 12 | L | November 5, 1974 | 3–4 | Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 3–6–3 |
| 13 | W | November 9, 1974 | 4–2 | New York Islanders (1974–75) | 4–6–3 |
| 14 | W | November 12, 1974 | 4–3 | Boston Bruins (1974–75) | 5–6–3 |
| 15 | L | November 13, 1974 | 3–5 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 5–7–3 |
| 16 | W | November 16, 1974 | 5–3 | Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 6–7–3 |
| 17 | L | November 19, 1974 | 3–6 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 6–8–3 |
| 18 | L | November 21, 1974 | 2–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 6–9–3 |
| 19 | W | November 23, 1974 | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 7–9–3 |
| 20 | T | November 25, 1974 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) | 7–9–4 |
| 21 | L | November 27, 1974 | 1–6 | Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 7–10–4 |
| 22 | L | November 30, 1974 | 1–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 7–11–4 |
| 23 | T | December 1, 1974 | 4–4 | @ New York Rangers (1974–75) | 7–11–5 |
| 24 | W | December 3, 1974 | 5–1 | California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 8–11–5 |
| 25 | W | December 7, 1974 | 8–2 | Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 9–11–5 |
| 26 | W | December 8, 1974 | 3–1 | @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 10–11–5 |
| 27 | L | December 10, 1974 | 2–3 | @ New York Islanders (1974–75) | 10–12–5 |
| 28 | W | December 12, 1974 | 4–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 11–12–5 |
| 29 | W | December 14, 1974 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1974–75) | 12–12–5 |
| 30 | L | December 15, 1974 | 2–7 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 12–13–5 |
| 31 | W | December 17, 1974 | 8–4 | New York Islanders (1974–75) | 13–13–5 |
| 32 | L | December 20, 1974 | 2–6 | @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 13–14–5 |
| 33 | W | December 21, 1974 | 6–4 | Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 14–14–5 |
| 34 | T | December 26, 1974 | 2–2 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 14–14–6 |
| 35 | W | December 28, 1974 | 4–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 15–14–6 |
| 36 | L | December 29, 1974 | 2–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 15–15–6 |
| 37 | W | January 2, 1975 | 2–1 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 16–15–6 |
| 38 | L | January 4, 1975 | 1–4 | Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 16–16–6 |
| 39 | L | January 5, 1975 | 2–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 16–17–6 |
| 40 | L | January 7, 1975 | 2–3 | California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 16–18–6 |
| 41 | L | January 11, 1975 | 3–5 | New York Rangers (1974–75) | 16–19–6 |
| 42 | W | January 12, 1975 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 17–19–6 |
| 43 | T | January 14, 1975 | 3–3 | @ New York Islanders (1974–75) | 17–19–7 |
| 44 | L | January 15, 1975 | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) | 17–20–7 |
| 45 | W | January 18, 1975 | 5–4 | Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 18–20–7 |
| 46 | L | January 23, 1975 | 2–7 | Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 18–21–7 |
| 47 | L | January 25, 1975 | 1–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 18–22–7 |
| 48 | T | January 28, 1975 | 4–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 18–22–8 |
| 49 | W | January 31, 1975 | 4–2 | @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 19–22–8 |
| 50 | T | February 1, 1975 | 4–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 19–22–9 |
| 51 | L | February 4, 1975 | 3–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) | 19–23–9 |
| 52 | W | February 7, 1975 | 5–0 | Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 20–23–9 |
| 53 | T | February 8, 1975 | 3–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) | 20–23–10 |
| 54 | W | February 11, 1975 | 3–1 | Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 21–23–10 |
| 55 | W | February 15, 1975 | 7–1 | Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 22–23–10 |
| 56 | T | February 16, 1975 | 4–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 22–23–11 |
| 57 | T | February 18, 1975 | 4–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 22–23–12 |
| 58 | L | February 22, 1975 | 2–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 22–24–12 |
| 59 | W | February 23, 1975 | 7–2 | @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 23–24–12 |
| 60 | L | February 25, 1975 | 0–3 | @ New York Islanders (1974–75) | 23–25–12 |
| 61 | L | February 26, 1975 | 1–5 | @ New York Rangers (1974–75) | 23–26–12 |
| 62 | W | March 1, 1975 | 4–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 24–26–12 |
| 63 | L | March 2, 1975 | 2–4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 24–27–12 |
| 64 | W | March 5, 1975 | 5–2 | Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 25–27–12 |
| 65 | T | March 8, 1975 | 3–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 25–27–13 |
| 66 | W | March 9, 1975 | 5–4 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 26–27–13 |
| 67 | W | March 11, 1975 | 3–0 | Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 27–27–13 |
| 68 | W | March 12, 1975 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 28–27–13 |
| 69 | W | March 14, 1975 | 6–1 | Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 29–27–13 |
| 70 | L | March 16, 1975 | 2–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) | 29–28–13 |
| 71 | W | March 18, 1975 | 5–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 30–28–13 |
| 72 | L | March 20, 1975 | 2–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 30–29–13 |
| 73 | L | March 21, 1975 | 4–7 | @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 30–30–13 |
| 74 | T | March 23, 1975 | 3–3 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 30–30–14 |
| 75 | W | March 26, 1975 | 3–1 | Boston Bruins (1974–75) | 31–30–14 |
| 76 | W | March 29, 1975 | 2–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 32–30–14 |
| 77 | W | April 1, 1975 | 7–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 33–30–14 |
| 78 | L | April 2, 1975 | 2–5 | Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 33–31–14 |
| 79 | W | April 5, 1975 | 4–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 34–31–14 |
| 80 | W | April 6, 1975 | 3–2 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 35–31–14 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Garry Unger | C | 80 | 36 | 44 | 80 | 123 | −1 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| Pierre Plante | RW | 80 | 34 | 32 | 66 | 125 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Wayne Merrick | C | 76 | 28 | 37 | 65 | 57 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Chuck Lefley | LW | 57 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Larry Sacharuk | D | 76 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 24 | −9 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Garnet Bailey | LW | 49 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 113 | −4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Hess | D | 76 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 58 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Collins | RW | 70 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Floyd Thomson | LW | 77 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 106 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Palazzari | C | 73 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Red Berenson | C | 44 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 12 | −7 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Barclay Plager | D | 76 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 96 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Claude Larose | RW | 56 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Gassoff | D | 60 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 222 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Patrick | RW | 43 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Plager | D | 73 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Richardson | C | 21 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Ogilvie | C | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bernie Lukowich | RW | 26 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Denis Dupere | LW | 22 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Awrey | D | 20 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | −8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Wilson | D | 76 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Gilbertson | LW | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | −5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Kuntz | LW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Stumpf | RW/D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Affleck | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Davidson | G | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Gardner | C | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Roberto | RW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yves Belanger | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Evans | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Borotsik | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Buynak | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Johnston | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McCrimmon | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Spring | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Wheldon | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| John Davidson | 2360 | 40 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 144 | 3.66 | 0 |
| Eddie Johnston | 1800 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 93 | 3.10 | 2 |
| Yves Belanger | 640 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 2.72 | 1 |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 266 | 3.32 | 3 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Garry Unger | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Larose | RW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Merrick | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Sacharuk | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Berenson | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Collins | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Patrick | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barclay Plager | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd Thomson | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Affleck | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Davidson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gassoff | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hess | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Johnston | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Lefley | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Lukowich | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Palazzari | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Plager | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Plante | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Wilson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| John Davidson | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Eddie Johnston | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 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;