1973–74 St. Louis Blues season

The 1973–74 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' 7th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blues finished 6th in the West Division and missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
The Boston Bruins capped off their five game winning streak with a 7-0 blanking of St. Louis in which Bobby Orr had a hat trick, including his 30th of the season. Blues goalie Jim Watt played the last 20 minutes of the game in his only NHL appearance and gave up Orr's third goal, a hard slapshot low to the stick side.
===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 	L 	October 10, 1973 	1–2 	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 13, 1973 	0–1 	Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 16, 1973 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 17, 1973 	0–4 	@ New York Rangers (1973–74) 	1–3–0
5 	T 	October 20, 1973 	4–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	1–3–1
6 	W 	October 23, 1973 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	2–3–1
7 	T 	October 27, 1973 	4–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	2–3–2
8 	L 	October 30, 1973 	2–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	2–4–2
9 	W 	November 2, 1973 	3–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	3–4–2
10 	W 	November 3, 1973 	4–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	4–4–2
11 	T 	November 7, 1973 	2–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	4–4–3
12 	W 	November 10, 1973 	5–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	5–4–3
13 	L 	November 11, 1973 	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	5–5–3
14 	W 	November 13, 1973 	6–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	6–5–3
15 	W 	November 15, 1973 	5–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	7–5–3
16 	W 	November 17, 1973 	4–0 	New York Islanders (1973–74) 	8–5–3
17 	L 	November 21, 1973 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	8–6–3
18 	W 	November 22, 1973 	2–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	9–6–3
19 	L 	November 24, 1973 	0–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	9–7–3
20 	T 	November 27, 1973 	2–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	9–7–4
21 	L 	November 29, 1973 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	9–8–4
22 	T 	December 1, 1973 	4–4 	New York Rangers (1973–74) 	9–8–5
23 	W 	December 4, 1973 	3–1 	@ New York Islanders (1973–74) 	10–8–5
24 	L 	December 5, 1973 	1–5 	@ New York Rangers (1973–74) 	10–9–5
25 	T 	December 7, 1973 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 	10–9–6
26 	W 	December 11, 1973 	7–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	11–9–6
27 	L 	December 13, 1973 	3–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 	11–10–6
28 	W 	December 16, 1973 	5–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	12–10–6
29 	W 	December 19, 1973 	3–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	13–10–6
30 	W 	December 21, 1973 	2–1 	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	14–10–6
31 	L 	December 22, 1973 	2–4 	New York Islanders (1973–74) 	14–11–6
32 	W 	December 28, 1973 	3–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	15–11–6
33 	L 	December 29, 1973 	1–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	15–12–6
34 	W 	January 2, 1974 	8–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	16–12–6
35 	W 	January 5, 1974 	4–1 	California Golden Seals (1973–74) 	17–12–6
36 	W 	January 8, 1974 	3–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	18–12–6
37 	L 	January 9, 1974 	6–8 	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	18–13–6
38 	L 	January 12, 1974 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	18–14–6
39 	L 	January 13, 1974 	0–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	18–15–6
40 	L 	January 15, 1974 	3–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	18–16–6
41 	W 	January 17, 1974 	3–2 	New York Rangers (1973–74) 	19–16–6
42 	L 	January 19, 1974 	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 	19–17–6
43 	W 	January 20, 1974 	3–1 	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	20–17–6
44 	L 	January 22, 1974 	0–1 	Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	20–18–6
45 	L 	January 23, 1974 	1–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	20–19–6
46 	T 	January 26, 1974 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	20–19–7
47 	W 	January 30, 1974 	6–4 	California Golden Seals (1973–74) 	21–19–7
48 	W 	February 2, 1974 	6–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	22–19–7
49 	L 	February 3, 1974 	0–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	22–20–7
50 	L 	February 5, 1974 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	22–21–7
51 	L 	February 7, 1974 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	22–22–7
52 	L 	February 9, 1974 	1–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	22–23–7
53 	L 	February 10, 1974 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1973–74) 	22–24–7
54 	L 	February 12, 1974 	2–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	22–25–7
55 	T 	February 14, 1974 	2–2 	New York Islanders (1973–74) 	22–25–8
56 	L 	February 16, 1974 	2–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	22–26–8
57 	W 	February 19, 1974 	7–1 	Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	23–26–8
58 	T 	February 20, 1974 	1–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	23–26–9
59 	L 	February 23, 1974 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 	23–27–9
60 	L 	February 24, 1974 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	23–28–9
61 	T 	February 27, 1974 	2–2 	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	23–28–10
62 	L 	March 2, 1974 	2–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	23–29–10
63 	L 	March 6, 1974 	0–8 	Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	23–30–10
64 	L 	March 9, 1974 	5–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	23–31–10
65 	L 	March 10, 1974 	1–8 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	23–32–10
66 	W 	March 12, 1974 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	24–32–10
67 	L 	March 14, 1974 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	24–33–10
68 	T 	March 16, 1974 	2–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	24–33–11
69 	L 	March 19, 1974 	1–5 	@ New York Islanders (1973–74) 	24–34–11
70 	L 	March 21, 1974 	0–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	24–35–11
71 	L 	March 23, 1974 	3–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	24–36–11
72 	L 	March 24, 1974 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	24–37–11
73 	L 	March 27, 1974 	2–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	24–38–11
74 	W 	March 30, 1974 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	25–38–11
75 	T 	March 31, 1974 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	25–38–12
76 	W 	April 2, 1974 	5–3 	California Golden Seals (1973–74) 	26–38–12
77 	L 	April 6, 1974 	3–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	26–39–12
78 	L 	April 7, 1974 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	26–40–12
==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 	78	33	35	68 	96 	-17	9 	1 	4
 	RW 	78	26	28	54 	85 	-14	8 	0 	3
 	LW 	69	15	29	44 	82 	-9 	4 	0 	5
 	C 	64	20	23	43 	32 	-11	2 	0 	4
 	C/RW	51	12	23	35 	9 	-3 	1 	0 	5
 	LW 	77	11	22	33 	58 	-19	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	54	7 	23	30 	27 	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	72	6 	20	26 	99 	-11	1 	0 	0
 	D 	74	5 	17	22 	59 	-14	2 	0 	1
 	D 	75	5 	16	21 	51 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	37	8 	12	20 	24 	-7 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	56	5 	14	19 	16 	4 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	37	9 	8 	17 	45 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	30	6 	8 	14 	12 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	61	3 	10	13 	48 	9 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	31	3 	10	13 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	3 	9 	12 	11 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	54	4 	7 	11 	8 	5 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	22	7 	3 	10 	20 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	36	4 	5 	9 	146	-1 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	32	3 	6 	9 	22 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	5 	2 	7 	6 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	2 	2 	4 	14 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	3 	4 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	24	0 	4 	4 	16 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	28	0 	3 	3 	84 	-16	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	1 	1 	2 	10 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	1 	1 	2 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	1 	1 	19 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	39	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2300	39	13	19	7 	118	3.08	0
 	2360	40	13	21	5 	123	3.13	2
 	20 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	6.00	0
Team: 	4680	78	26	40	12	243	3.12	2
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==
*1973–74 NHL season
==References==
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Category:1973 in hockey
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