1975–76 St. Louis Blues season

1975–76 St. Louis Blues
Division 3rd Smythe
1975–76 record 29–37–14
Goals for 249
Goals against 290
Team information
General Manager Denis Ball
Coach Garry Young,
Lynn Patrick,
Leo Boivin
Captain Barclay Plager
Red Berenson
Alternate captains None
Team leaders
<1974–75 1976–77>

The 1975–76 St. Louis Blues season was the ninth for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 29 wins, 37 losses and 14 ties, good for 72 points. Because of their third-place finish in the Smythe Division, the Blues qualified for the playoffs for the second consecutive year, only to lose the Buffalo Sabres, 2-1 in the Preliminary Round.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Chicago Black Hawks 80 32 30 18 254 261 82
Vancouver Canucks 80 33 32 15 271 272 81
St. Louis Blues 80 29 37 14 249 290 72
Minnesota North Stars 80 20 53 7 195 303 47
Kansas City Scouts 80 12 56 12 190 351 36

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 8, 19751–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 0–0–1
2LOctober 11, 19752–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 0–1–1
3WOctober 14, 19755–1 Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 1–1–1
4LOctober 16, 19752–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 1–2–1
5LOctober 18, 19753–5 Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 1–3–1
6WOctober 21, 19756–1 Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 2–3–1
7TOctober 22, 19751–1 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 2–3–2
8WOctober 25, 19757–3 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 3–3–2
9LOctober 29, 19751–3 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 3–4–2
10LOctober 30, 19752–3 @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 3–5–2
11TNovember 1, 19753–3 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 3–5–3
12WNovember 5, 19754–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 4–5–3
13LNovember 6, 19753–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 4–6–3
14TNovember 8, 19753–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 4–6–4
15WNovember 9, 19755–3 @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 5–6–4
16WNovember 11, 19755–3 New York Rangers (1975–76) 6–6–4
17WNovember 15, 19759–2 Washington Capitals (1975–76) 7–6–4
18LNovember 18, 19751–5 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 7–7–4
19WNovember 22, 19755–1 Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 8–7–4
20TNovember 26, 19753–3 Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 8–7–5
21LNovember 27, 19752–3 @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 8–8–5
22LNovember 29, 19752–8 @ New York Islanders (1975–76) 8–9–5
23LNovember 30, 19752–5 @ New York Rangers (1975–76) 8–10–5
24LDecember 2, 19751–4 New York Islanders (1975–76) 8–11–5
25LDecember 4, 19751–4 Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 8–12–5
26WDecember 6, 19757–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 9–12–5
27LDecember 9, 19753–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 9–13–5
28LDecember 10, 19750–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 9–14–5
29LDecember 12, 19752–5 @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) 9–15–5
30WDecember 14, 19754–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 10–15–5
31LDecember 17, 19752–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 10–16–5
32LDecember 20, 19751–7 New York Islanders (1975–76) 10–17–5
33LDecember 21, 19753–8 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 10–18–5
34LDecember 23, 19751–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 10–19–5
35WDecember 27, 19754–2 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 11–19–5
36LJanuary 2, 19761–7 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 11–20–5
37WJanuary 3, 19763–2 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 12–20–5
38WJanuary 6, 19765–2 New York Rangers (1975–76) 13–20–5
39WJanuary 8, 19764–2 Washington Capitals (1975–76) 14–20–5
40LJanuary 10, 19760–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 14–21–5
41WJanuary 13, 19767–3 Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 15–21–5
42WJanuary 15, 19765–3 @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 16–21–5
43WJanuary 17, 19767–5 Boston Bruins (1975–76) 17–21–5
44WJanuary 21, 19764–2 @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 18–21–5
45LJanuary 24, 19761–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 18–22–5
46LJanuary 25, 19762–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 18–23–5
47LJanuary 27, 19762–3 Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 18–24–5
48LJanuary 29, 19763–6 New York Rangers (1975–76) 18–25–5
49TJanuary 31, 19762–2 New York Islanders (1975–76) 18–25–6
50TFebruary 3, 19764–4 California Golden Seals (1975–76) 18–25–7
51TFebruary 4, 19763–3 @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 18–25–8
52WFebruary 6, 19765–3 Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 19–25–8
53LFebruary 7, 19762–8 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 19–26–8
54LFebruary 10, 19761–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 19–27–8
55WFebruary 13, 19762–0 @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 20–27–8
56WFebruary 14, 19765–3 Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 21–27–8
57WFebruary 16, 19764–2 California Golden Seals (1975–76) 22–27–8
58TFebruary 18, 19762–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 22–27–9
59LFebruary 21, 19764–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 22–28–9
60LFebruary 24, 19762–6 Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 22–29–9
61LFebruary 26, 19762–4 @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 22–30–9
62TFebruary 28, 19762–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 22–30–10
63WFebruary 29, 19765–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 23–30–10
64LMarch 3, 19761–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 23–31–10
65WMarch 6, 19767–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 24–31–10
66TMarch 7, 19764–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 24–31–11
67LMarch 9, 19760–4 @ New York Islanders (1975–76) 24–32–11
68TMarch 10, 19762–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 24–32–12
69WMarch 13, 19765–3 Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 25–32–12
70LMarch 14, 19761–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 25–33–12
71TMarch 16, 19763–3 Boston Bruins (1975–76) 25–33–13
72LMarch 18, 19763–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 25–34–13
73WMarch 21, 19765–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 26–34–13
74LMarch 22, 19761–7 @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) 26–35–13
75WMarch 25, 19765–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 27–35–13
76WMarch 27, 19766–3 Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 28–35–13
77WMarch 30, 19765–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 29–35–13
78LMarch 31, 19761–2 Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 29–36–13
79TApril 3, 19763–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 29–36–14
80LApril 4, 19762–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 29–37–14

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley LW 75 43 42 85 4115489
Unger, GarryGarry Unger C 80 39 44 83 9511303
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson C 65 24 43 67 5913661
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan RW 80 20 32 52 4113212
Berenson, RedRed Berenson C 72 20 27 47 47-11921
Butler, JerryJerry Butler RW 66 17 24 41 750103
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose RW 67 13 25 38 487300
Plante, PierrePierre Plante RW 74 14 19 33 77-22502
Hess, BobBob Hess D 78 9 23 32 583222
Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck D 80 4 26 30 203301
Irvine, TedTed Irvine LW 69 10 13 23 80-12202
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson LW 58 8 10 18 25-4001
Merrick, WayneWayne Merrick C 19 7 8 15 00100
Patey, LarryLarry Patey C 53 8 6 14 26-12210
Gassoff, BobBob Gassoff D 80 1 12 13 306-8000
Plager, BobBob Plager D 63 3 8 11 9017011
Smith, RickRick Smith D 24 1 7 8 182000
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager D 64 0 8 8 67-6000
Wilson, RickRick Wilson D 65 1 6 7 20-10100
Hrechkosy, DaveDave Hrechkosy LW 13 3 3 6 02100
Wilson, BertBert Wilson LW 45 2 3 5 47-6001
Ogilvie, BrianBrian Ogilvie C 9 2 1 3 2-1000
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger G 31 0 2 2 40000
Babin, MitchMitch Babin C 8 0 0 0 0-2000
Bourbonnais, RickRick Bourbonnais RW 7 0 0 0 8-1000
Cowick, BruceBruce Cowick LW 5 0 0 0 21000
Gratton, GillesGilles Gratton G 6 0 0 0 20000
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston G 38 0 0 0 00000
Masters, JamieJamie Masters D 7 0 0 0 04000
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski G 11 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger 1763 31 11 17 1 113 3.85 0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston 2152 38 11 17 9 130 3.62 1
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski 620 11 5 3 2 33 3.19 0
Gratton, GillesGilles Gratton 265 6 2 0 2 11 2.49 0
Team: 4800 80 29 37 14 287 3.59 1

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley LW 2 2 1 3 0010
Unger, GarryGarry Unger C 3 2 1 3 7000
Berenson, RedRed Berenson C 3 1 2 3 0000
Patey, LarryLarry Patey C 3 1 1 2 2101
Irvine, TedTed Irvine LW 3 0 2 2 2000
Hrechkosy, DaveDave Hrechkosy LW 3 1 0 1 2000
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson C 3 1 0 1 0100
Hess, BobBob Hess D 1 0 1 1 0000
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan RW 3 0 1 1 0000
Smith, RickRick Smith D 3 0 1 1 4000
Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck D 3 0 0 0 0000
Butler, JerryJerry Butler RW 3 0 0 0 0000
Gassoff, BobBob Gassoff D 3 0 0 0 6000
Larose b. 1942, ClaudeClaude Larose b. 1942 RW 3 0 0 0 0000
Masters, JamieJamie Masters D 1 0 0 0 0000
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager D 1 0 0 0 13000
Plager, BobBob Plager D 3 0 0 0 2000
Plante, PierrePierre Plante RW 3 0 0 0 6000
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski G 3 0 0 0 0000
Wilson, RickRick Wilson D 1 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski 206 3 1 2 7 2.04 0
Team: 206 3 1 2 7 2.04 0

[2]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

See also

References

  1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. "1975-76 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

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