1978–79 St. Louis Blues season

The 1978–79 St. Louis Blues season was the 12th in franchise history. 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 did not qualify for the playoffs for the second straight season, the last time before the 2005–06 season.
==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 	W 	October 11, 1978 	5–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 13, 1978 	4–8 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 14, 1978 	2–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	1–2–0
4 	W 	October 17, 1978 	8–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	2–2–0
5 	T 	October 20, 1978 	5–5 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	2–2–1
6 	L 	October 21, 1978 	3–4 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	2–3–1
7 	L 	October 24, 1978 	2–7 	Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	2–4–1
8 	T 	October 25, 1978 	6–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	2–4–2
9 	T 	October 28, 1978 	7–7 	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	2–4–3
10 	L 	October 31, 1978 	2–5 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	2–5–3
11 	L 	November 1, 1978 	1–9 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	2–6–3
12 	T 	November 4, 1978 	5–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	2–6–4
13 	L 	November 5, 1978 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	2–7–4
14 	L 	November 7, 1978 	0–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	2–8–4
15 	W 	November 11, 1978 	5–3 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	3–8–4
16 	L 	November 14, 1978 	2–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	3–9–4
17 	L 	November 16, 1978 	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	3–10–4
18 	L 	November 18, 1978 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	3–11–4
19 	L 	November 19, 1978 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	3–12–4
20 	L 	November 21, 1978 	3–4 	Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	3–13–4
21 	W 	November 22, 1978 	3–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	4–13–4
22 	L 	November 24, 1978 	1–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	4–14–4
23 	W 	November 25, 1978 	4–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	5–14–4
24 	L 	November 28, 1978 	3–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	5–15–4
25 	L 	November 30, 1978 	0–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	5–16–4
26 	W 	December 2, 1978 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	6–16–4
27 	L 	December 6, 1978 	4–7 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	6–17–4
28 	L 	December 7, 1978 	1–7 	@ New York Islanders (1978–79) 	6–18–4
29 	L 	December 9, 1978 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	6–19–4
30 	L 	December 12, 1978 	0–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	6–20–4
31 	L 	December 13, 1978 	0–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	6–21–4
32 	T 	December 16, 1978 	2–2 	New York Islanders (1978–79) 	6–21–5
33 	L 	December 17, 1978 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	6–22–5
34 	W 	December 19, 1978 	7–4 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	7–22–5
35 	L 	December 21, 1978 	1–5 	@ New York Islanders (1978–79) 	7–23–5
36 	L 	December 23, 1978 	1–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	7–24–5
37 	L 	December 26, 1978 	4–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 	7–25–5
38 	L 	December 27, 1978 	3–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	7–26–5
39 	W 	December 30, 1978 	6–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	8–26–5
40 	L 	January 2, 1979 	2–4 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	8–27–5
41 	T 	January 3, 1979 	3–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	8–27–6
42 	L 	January 6, 1979 	1–4 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	8–28–6
43 	L 	January 9, 1979 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	8–29–6
44 	L 	January 11, 1979 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	8–30–6
45 	T 	January 13, 1979 	3–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	8–30–7
46 	W 	January 16, 1979 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	9–30–7
47 	L 	January 18, 1979 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	9–31–7
48 	W 	January 20, 1979 	3–2 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	10–31–7
49 	L 	January 23, 1979 	3–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	10–32–7
50 	L 	January 26, 1979 	1–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	10–33–7
51 	W 	January 28, 1979 	7–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	11–33–7
52 	W 	January 30, 1979 	7–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	12–33–7
53 	L 	January 31, 1979 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	12–34–7
54 	W 	February 3, 1979 	6–3 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	13–34–7
55 	L 	February 4, 1979 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	13–35–7
56 	T 	February 13, 1979 	3–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	13–35–8
57 	L 	February 17, 1979 	1–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	13–36–8
58 	L 	February 18, 1979 	4–6 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	13–37–8
59 	L 	February 21, 1979 	3–7 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	13–38–8
60 	L 	February 22, 1979 	1–6 	@ New York Islanders (1978–79) 	13–39–8
61 	L 	February 24, 1979 	4–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	13–40–8
62 	W 	February 27, 1979 	4–1 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	14–40–8
63 	W 	February 28, 1979 	6–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	15–40–8
64 	W 	March 3, 1979 	8–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	16–40–8
65 	T 	March 7, 1979 	5–5 	New York Islanders (1978–79) 	16–40–9
66 	L 	March 10, 1979 	5–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	16–41–9
67 	W 	March 11, 1979 	8–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 	17–41–9
68 	T 	March 13, 1979 	5–5 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	17–41–10
69 	L 	March 17, 1979 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	17–42–10
70 	L 	March 18, 1979 	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	17–43–10
71 	T 	March 21, 1979 	1–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	17–43–11
72 	T 	March 22, 1979 	3–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	17–43–12
73 	L 	March 25, 1979 	2–8 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	17–44–12
74 	L 	March 26, 1979 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	17–45–12
75 	L 	March 29, 1979 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	17–46–12
76 	L 	March 31, 1979 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	17–47–12
77 	L 	April 1, 1979 	5–9 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	17–48–12
78 	L 	April 3, 1979 	2–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	17–49–12
79 	W 	April 7, 1979 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	18–49–12
80 	L 	April 8, 1979 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	18–50–12
==Playoffs==
*The Blues did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	74	31	64	95 	14 	-15	7 	0 	1
 	LW 	77	41	39	80 	165	-2 	12 	0 	3
 	RW 	67	27	36	63 	75 	-11	11 	0 	0
 	C 	80	30	26	56 	44 	-44	3 	0 	3
 	C 	78	15	19	34 	60 	-27	0 	2 	2
 	LW 	65	12	22	34 	8 	-13	0 	0 	1
 	D 	64	10	24	34 	14 	-21	5 	0 	1
 	LW 	74	14	19	33 	62 	-23	1 	0 	1
 	D 	76	2 	27	29 	46 	-42	0 	0 	0
 	D 	73	5 	22	27 	111	-25	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	54	13	13	26 	17 	-6 	1 	0 	3
 	C 	34	9 	17	26 	18 	-8 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	36	4 	15	19 	0 	-9 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	22	7 	11	18 	6 	-13	3 	0 	0
 	D 	78	5 	13	18 	47 	-28	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	55	6 	8 	14 	20 	-24	0 	1 	0
 	C 	52	3 	9 	12 	63 	-18	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	3 	8 	11 	34 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	3 	4 	7 	14 	-20	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	1 	5 	6 	7 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	6 	6 	0 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	2 	3 	5 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	1 	3 	4 	12 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	24	1 	3 	4 	30 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	4 	4 	12 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0 	4 	4 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	42	1 	2 	3 	30 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1 	1 	2 	103	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	1 	1 	2 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C/D	22	0 	2 	2 	13 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	39	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	39	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2259	39	9 	22	8 	163	4.33	1
 	2291	39	9 	25	3 	146	3.82	0
 	190 	4 	0 	2 	1 	23 	7.26	0
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0 	9 	9.00	0
Team: 	4800	80	18	50	12	341	4.26	1
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.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1978–79 NHL season
==References==
* 
St. Louis Blues season, 1978–79
St. Louis Blues season, 1978–79
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