1979–80 St. Louis Blues season

The 1979–80 St. Louis Blues season was the 13th in franchise history. The Blues finished 2nd in the Smythe Division and lost in the Preliminary round to the Chicago Black Hawks 3 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
The season started the team's run of 25 consecutive seasons of playoff appearances, a record for any non-Original Six NHL franchise.
===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 9, 1979 	5–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	1–0–0
2 	T 	October 11, 1979 	3–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	1–0–1
3 	L 	October 13, 1979 	3–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	1–1–1
4 	L 	October 17, 1979 	1–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	1–2–1
5 	W 	October 20, 1979 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	2–2–1
6 	T 	October 23, 1979 	5–5 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	2–2–2
7 	L 	October 24, 1979 	2–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	2–3–2
8 	L 	October 27, 1979 	0–3 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	2–4–2
9 	T 	October 28, 1979 	2–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	2–4–3
10 	W 	October 30, 1979 	2–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	3–4–3
11 	L 	November 1, 1979 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	3–5–3
12 	W 	November 3, 1979 	4–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	4–5–3
13 	L 	November 7, 1979 	4–7 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	4–6–3
14 	W 	November 10, 1979 	5–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	5–6–3
15 	L 	November 11, 1979 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	5–7–3
16 	L 	November 13, 1979 	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	5–8–3
17 	L 	November 14, 1979 	2–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	5–9–3
18 	T 	November 17, 1979 	3–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	5–9–4
19 	L 	November 18, 1979 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	5–10–4
20 	W 	November 20, 1979 	6–3 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	6–10–4
21 	L 	November 21, 1979 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	6–11–4
22 	W 	November 24, 1979 	4–3 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	7–11–4
23 	L 	November 25, 1979 	3–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	7–12–4
24 	W 	November 27, 1979 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	8–12–4
25 	L 	November 29, 1979 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	8–13–4
26 	L 	December 1, 1979 	0–2 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	8–14–4
27 	L 	December 4, 1979 	2–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	8–15–4
28 	L 	December 6, 1979 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	8–16–4
29 	W 	December 8, 1979 	5–1 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	9–16–4
30 	T 	December 11, 1979 	3–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	9–16–5
31 	L 	December 15, 1979 	1–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	9–17–5
32 	W 	December 18, 1979 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	10–17–5
33 	W 	December 21, 1979 	5–1 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	11–17–5
34 	L 	December 22, 1979 	3–7 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	11–18–5
35 	T 	December 26, 1979 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	11–18–6
36 	W 	December 27, 1979 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	12–18–6
37 	W 	December 29, 1979 	3–0 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	13–18–6
38 	W 	January 3, 1980 	6–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	14–18–6
39 	L 	January 5, 1980 	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	14–19–6
40 	W 	January 8, 1980 	6–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	15–19–6
41 	W 	January 10, 1980 	7–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	16–19–6
42 	W 	January 12, 1980 	8–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	17–19–6
43 	T 	January 13, 1980 	1–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	17–19–7
44 	W 	January 15, 1980 	2–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	18–19–7
45 	L 	January 16, 1980 	3–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	18–20–7
46 	W 	January 19, 1980 	3–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	19–20–7
47 	L 	January 22, 1980 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	19–21–7
48 	T 	January 26, 1980 	4–4 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	19–21–8
49 	T 	January 27, 1980 	6–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	19–21–9
50 	W 	January 29, 1980 	3–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	20–21–9
51 	W 	January 30, 1980 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	21–21–9
52 	L 	February 2, 1980 	0–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	21–22–9
53 	W 	February 3, 1980 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	22–22–9
54 	W 	February 6, 1980 	6–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	23–22–9
55 	W 	February 9, 1980 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	24–22–9
56 	L 	February 11, 1980 	2–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	24–23–9
57 	W 	February 14, 1980 	6–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	25–23–9
58 	T 	February 17, 1980 	5–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	25–23–10
59 	W 	February 19, 1980 	3–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	26–23–10
60 	L 	February 23, 1980 	2–3 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	26–24–10
61 	W 	February 26, 1980 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	27–24–10
62 	L 	February 29, 1980 	0–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	27–25–10
63 	L 	March 1, 1980 	3–6 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	27–26–10
64 	W 	March 3, 1980 	5–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	28–26–10
65 	L 	March 5, 1980 	5–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	28–27–10
66 	T 	March 8, 1980 	2–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	28–27–11
67 	L 	March 9, 1980 	4–9 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	28–28–11
68 	W 	March 12, 1980 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	29–28–11
69 	L 	March 15, 1980 	2–6 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	29–29–11
70 	L 	March 16, 1980 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	29–30–11
71 	T 	March 18, 1980 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	29–30–12
72 	L 	March 20, 1980 	4–8 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	29–31–12
73 	W 	March 22, 1980 	6–2 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	30–31–12
74 	W 	March 24, 1980 	7–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	31–31–12
75 	L 	March 26, 1980 	2–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	31–32–12
76 	L 	March 27, 1980 	1–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	31–33–12
77 	L 	March 29, 1980 	3–4 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	31–34–12
78 	W 	April 1, 1980 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	32–34–12
79 	W 	April 5, 1980 	6–0 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	33–34–12
80 	W 	April 6, 1980 	5–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	34–34–12
==Playoffs==
===Chicago Black Hawks 3, St. Louis Blues 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	79	38	56	94 	24 	3 	7 	0 	4
 	C 	69	22	42	64 	30 	-2 	6 	1 	1
 	RW 	59	26	35	61 	49 	11 	7 	0 	3
 	LW 	71	23	35	58 	156	3 	6 	0 	1
 	RW 	63	25	26	51 	28 	-5 	7 	0 	6
 	C 	72	18	27	45 	28 	-6 	8 	0 	2
 	D 	77	12	32	44 	8 	16 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	80	16	19	35 	124	-11	3 	0 	1
 	C 	78	17	17	34 	76 	-18	0 	3 	3
 	RW 	40	19	14	33 	4 	9 	2 	0 	3
 	C 	80	9 	16	25 	10 	-19	0 	0 	3
 	D 	80	6 	19	25 	87 	-24	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	71	10	12	22 	20 	-14	1 	0 	2
 	D 	69	3 	16	19 	79 	9 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	54	2 	16	18 	29 	-5 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	72	5 	12	17 	36 	-22	1 	1 	0
 	LW 	28	6 	6 	12 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	1 	11	12 	112	-13	0 	0 	0
 	D 	49	0 	12	12 	52 	-22	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	5 	6 	6 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	2 	3 	5 	18 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	2 	2 	4 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	1 	2 	3 	11 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	1 	2 	3 	8 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	0 	2 	2 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	1 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	1 	1 	10 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	64	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3661	64	32	23	9 	194	3.18	2
 	1108	22	2 	11	3 	80 	4.33	0
 	31 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	1.94	0
Team: 	4800	80	34	34	12	275	3.44	2
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	3 	1	2	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	1	2 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	193	3 	0	3	12	3.73	0
Team: 	193	3 	0	3	12	3.73	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.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1979–80 NHL season
==References==
* 
St. Louis Blues season, 1979–80
St. Louis Blues season, 1979–80
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