1972–73 St. Louis Blues season

The 1972–73 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' 6th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blues finished 4th in the West Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T 	October 7, 1972 	4–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	October 11, 1972 	2–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) 	0–1–1
3 	L 	October 14, 1972 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) 	0–2–1
4 	W 	October 15, 1972 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) 	1–2–1
5 	T 	October 18, 1972 	4–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) 	1–2–2
6 	T 	October 21, 1972 	1–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) 	1–2–3
7 	L 	October 24, 1972 	1–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) 	1–3–3
8 	L 	October 26, 1972 	0–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) 	1–4–3
9 	W 	October 28, 1972 	8–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) 	2–4–3
10 	T 	November 1, 1972 	3–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) 	2–4–4
11 	L 	November 4, 1972 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) 	2–5–4
12 	T 	November 5, 1972 	1–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) 	2–5–5
13 	L 	November 7, 1972 	2–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) 	2–6–5
14 	W 	November 11, 1972 	1–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) 	3–6–5
15 	L 	November 16, 1972 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73) 	3–7–5
16 	L 	November 18, 1972 	1–3 	New York Rangers (1972–73) 	3–8–5
17 	W 	November 21, 1972 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) 	4–8–5
18 	L 	November 22, 1972 	4–10 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) 	4–9–5
19 	L 	November 25, 1972 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) 	4–10–5
20 	W 	November 28, 1972 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) 	5–10–5
21 	W 	November 29, 1972 	2–1 	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	6–10–5
22 	W 	December 1, 1972 	6–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) 	7–10–5
23 	L 	December 2, 1972 	2–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) 	7–11–5
24 	W 	December 5, 1972 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) 	8–11–5
25 	L 	December 7, 1972 	0–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73) 	8–12–5
26 	W 	December 9, 1972 	2–1 	Atlanta Flames (1972–73) 	9–12–5
27 	W 	December 10, 1972 	5–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73) 	10–12–5
28 	T 	December 12, 1972 	4–4 	@ New York Islanders (1972–73) 	10–12–6
29 	L 	December 14, 1972 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) 	10–13–6
30 	L 	December 16, 1972 	3–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) 	10–14–6
31 	L 	December 20, 1972 	4–5 	New York Rangers (1972–73) 	10–15–6
32 	W 	December 23, 1972 	6–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) 	11–15–6
33 	L 	December 26, 1972 	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) 	11–16–6
34 	W 	December 27, 1972 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) 	12–16–6
35 	L 	December 30, 1972 	4–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) 	12–17–6
36 	L 	December 31, 1972 	1–6 	@ New York Rangers (1972–73) 	12–18–6
37 	W 	January 2, 1973 	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) 	13–18–6
38 	W 	January 4, 1973 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1972–73) 	14–18–6
39 	T 	January 6, 1973 	2–2 	Atlanta Flames (1972–73) 	14–18–7
40 	L 	January 9, 1973 	0–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) 	14–19–7
41 	L 	January 10, 1973 	5–6 	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	14–20–7
42 	L 	January 13, 1973 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1972–73) 	14–21–7
43 	W 	January 14, 1973 	2–1 	@ New York Islanders (1972–73) 	15–21–7
44 	T 	January 17, 1973 	3–3 	Atlanta Flames (1972–73) 	15–21–8
45 	W 	January 19, 1973 	2–1 	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73) 	16–21–8
46 	W 	January 20, 1973 	5–1 	New York Islanders (1972–73) 	17–21–8
47 	W 	January 24, 1973 	7–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) 	18–21–8
48 	T 	January 26, 1973 	1–1 	@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)	18–21–9
49 	W 	January 27, 1973 	3–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) 	19–21–9
50 	T 	February 1, 1973 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) 	19–21–10
51 	W 	February 3, 1973 	6–1 	California Golden Seals (1972–73) 	20–21–10
52 	L 	February 4, 1973 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) 	20–22–10
53 	W 	February 6, 1973 	5–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) 	21–22–10
54 	W 	February 8, 1973 	3–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) 	22–22–10
55 	W 	February 10, 1973 	5–2 	California Golden Seals (1972–73) 	23–22–10
56 	W 	February 13, 1973 	4–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) 	24–22–10
57 	L 	February 14, 1973 	2–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) 	24–23–10
58 	W 	February 17, 1973 	4–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) 	25–23–10
59 	L 	February 20, 1973 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) 	25–24–10
60 	W 	February 21, 1973 	5–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) 	26–24–10
61 	L 	February 24, 1973 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) 	26–25–10
62 	L 	February 25, 1973 	0–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) 	26–26–10
63 	L 	February 28, 1973 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) 	26–27–10
64 	W 	March 1, 1973 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1972–73) 	27–27–10
65 	L 	March 3, 1973 	0–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1972–73) 	27–28–10
66 	W 	March 7, 1973 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1972–73) 	28–28–10
67 	W 	March 10, 1973 	5–4 	New York Islanders (1972–73) 	29–28–10
68 	L 	March 11, 1973 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) 	29–29–10
69 	W 	March 13, 1973 	2–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) 	30–29–10
70 	T 	March 14, 1973 	1–1 	@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73) 	30–29–11
71 	L 	March 17, 1973 	4–6 	@ New York Islanders (1972–73) 	30–30–11
72 	L 	March 18, 1973 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1972–73) 	30–31–11
73 	W 	March 21, 1973 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) 	31–31–11
74 	L 	March 24, 1973 	4–11 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73) 	31–32–11
75 	L 	March 25, 1973 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) 	31–33–11
76 	T 	March 28, 1973 	3–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1972–73) 	31–33–12
77 	W 	March 31, 1973 	7–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) 	32–33–12
78 	L 	April 1, 1973 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) 	32–34–12
==Playoffs==
===Chicago Black Hawks 4, St. Louis Blues 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	78	41	39	80 	119	7 	13 	1 	5
 	RW 	78	24	24	48 	26 	1 	4 	0 	4
 	RW 	76	21	27	48 	30 	-5 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	64	18	27	45 	48 	13 	3 	0 	3
 	RW 	77	20	22	42 	99 	-12	2 	0 	5
 	C 	75	12	26	38 	30 	-5 	0 	2 	2
 	C 	58	16	20	36 	20 	-1 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	75	14	20	34 	71 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	68	8 	25	33 	102	0 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	77	2 	31	33 	107	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	49	12	13	25 	56 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	45	7 	18	25 	8 	-6 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	50	10	11	21 	10 	-2 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	77	9 	12	21 	31 	-2 	0 	2 	3
 	D 	49	3 	18	21 	231	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	43	1 	13	14 	33 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	4 	9 	13 	2 	4 	2 	1 	1
 	D 	55	2 	7 	9 	24 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	3 	5 	8 	31 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	D 	25	1 	6 	7 	51 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	2 	3 	5 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	29	1 	4 	5 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	3 	3 	25 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	1 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	2 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	1 	0 	1 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/D	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2535	45	18	15	7 	128	3.03	1
 	1562	30	8 	14	5 	92 	3.53	1
 	583 	12	6 	5 	0 	26 	2.68	0
Team: 	4680	78	32	34	12	246	3.15	2
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	5 	2	2	4 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	1	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	2	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	0	2 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	1	2 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	160	3 	1	2	14	5.25	0
 	140	3 	0	2	8 	3.43	0
Team: 	300	5 	1	4	22	4.40	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.
==Draft Picks==
Round	Pick	Player 	Position	School/Club Team	
1 	9. 	Wayne Merrick	 	 	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
==Gallery==
Orr_goal-4Jan1973.gif|Bobby Orr scores on Jacques Caron, January 4, 1973.
==Video==
Six minutes of highlights of the Buffalo Sabres last regular season game of the 1972-73 season in which they earn their first playoff berth with a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues.
Buffalo Sabres First Trip to the Playoffs (1972-73 )
==See Also==
*1972–73 NHL season
==References==
* 
* Blues on Hockey Database
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Category:1972 in hockey
Category:1973 in hockey