1974–75 St. Louis Blues season

The 1974–75 St. Louis Blues season was the 8th in franchise history. The Blues finished 2nd in the Smythe Division and lost in the Preliminary Round to the Pittsburgh Penguins 2 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Pre-season==
The Blues played the first WHA-NHL exhibition game, losing to the Houston Aeros 5-3 on September 26, 1974.
==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 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
==Playoffs==
===Pittsburgh Penguins 2, St. Louis Blues 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	36	44	80 	123	-1 	10 	0 	8
 	RW 	80	34	32	66 	125	16 	4 	0 	4
 	C 	76	28	37	65 	57 	29 	2 	0 	3
 	LW 	57	23	26	49 	24 	6 	5 	2 	3
 	D 	76	20	22	42 	24 	-9 	11 	0 	1
 	LW 	49	15	26	41 	113	-4 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	76	9 	30	39 	58 	7 	4 	0 	1
 	RW 	70	22	15	37 	34 	4 	2 	2 	2
 	LW 	77	9 	27	36 	106	13 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	73	14	17	31 	19 	8 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	44	12	19	31 	12 	-7 	4 	1 	1
 	D 	76	4 	24	28 	96 	20 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	56	10	17	27 	38 	7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	60	4 	14	18 	222	11 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	43	6 	9 	15 	6 	6 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	73	1 	14	15 	53 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	21	5 	7 	12 	12 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	20	5 	5 	10 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	26	4 	5 	9 	2 	4 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	22	3 	6 	9 	8 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	8 	8 	4 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	76	2 	5 	7 	83 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	22	1 	4 	5 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1 	2 	3 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/D	7 	1 	1 	2 	16 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	2 	2 	4 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	2 	2 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	2 	2 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	2 	2 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	1 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2360	40	17	15	7 	144	3.66	0
 	1800	30	12	13	5 	93 	3.10	2
 	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
 	C 	2 	1	3	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	1	1	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	1	0	1 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	1	1 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	60 	1 	0	1	4 	4.00	0
 	60 	1 	0	1	5 	5.00	0
Team: 	120	2 	0	2	9 	4.50	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	Nationality	School/Club Team
2 	26 	Bob Hess	(D) 	 	N/A
==References==
* Blues on Hockey Database
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