1976–77 St. Louis Blues season

The 1976–77 St. Louis Blues season was the tenth for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues won the Smythe Division title with a record of 32 wins, 39 losses and nine ties, good for 73 points, and received a first-round bye in the 1977 NHL Playoffs. However, the Blues were no match for the eventual Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens, as the Montrealers swept the Blues in the quarter-finals.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 7, 1976||4–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||0–1–0

|2||W||October 9, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||1–1–0

|3||W||October 13, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||2–1–0

|4||W||October 16, 1976||6–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||3–1–0

|5||L||October 17, 1976||2–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||3–2–0

|6||W||October 19, 1976||6–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||4–2–0

|7||L||October 21, 1976||2–6 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||4–3–0

|8||W||October 23, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||5–3–0

|9||L||October 24, 1976||2–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||5–4–0

|10||W||October 26, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||6–4–0

|11||L||October 28, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||6–5–0

|12||W||October 30, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||7–5–0

|13||W||November 3, 1976||6–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||8–5–0

|14||W||November 6, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||9–5–0

|15||L||November 9, 1976||1–8 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||9–6–0

|16||L||November 10, 1976||0–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||9–7–0

|17||L||November 13, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||9–8–0

|18||L||November 15, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||9–9–0

|19||T||November 17, 1976||5–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||9–9–1

|20||W||November 20, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||10–9–1

|21||W||November 24, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||11–9–1

|22||L||November 26, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||11–10–1

|23||W||November 27, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||12–10–1

|24||L||November 30, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||12–11–1

|25||T||December 3, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||12–11–2

|26||L||December 4, 1976||0–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||12–12–2

|27||L||December 7, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||12–13–2

|28||T||December 8, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||12–13–3

|29||T||December 11, 1976||1–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||12–13–4

|30||L||December 12, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||12–14–4

|31||L||December 15, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||12–15–4

|32||L||December 16, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||12–16–4

|33||L||December 18, 1976||0–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||12–17–4

|34||W||December 19, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||13–17–4

|35||W||December 22, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||14–17–4

|36||W||December 23, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||15–17–4

|37||T||December 28, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||15–17–5

|38||W||January 1, 1977||3–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||16–17–5

|39||L||January 2, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||16–18–5

|40||W||January 4, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||17–18–5

|41||L||January 6, 1977||1–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||17–19–5

|42||L||January 8, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||17–20–5

|43||W||January 12, 1977||7–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||18–20–5

|44||L||January 14, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||18–21–5

|45||W||January 15, 1977||4–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||19–21–5

|46||W||January 19, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||20–21–5

|47||W||January 22, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||21–21–5

|48||L||January 23, 1977||3–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||21–22–5

|49||L||January 27, 1977||0–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||21–23–5

|50||L||January 29, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||21–24–5

|51||L||January 30, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||21–25–5

|52||T||February 1, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||21–25–6

|53||L||February 3, 1977||4–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||21–26–6

|54||W||February 5, 1977||6–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||22–26–6

|55||W||February 8, 1977||6–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||23–26–6

|56||W||February 12, 1977||3–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||24–26–6

|57||L||February 14, 1977||4–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||24–27–6

|58||W||February 15, 1977||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||25–27–6

|59||W||February 19, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||26–27–6

|60||W||February 21, 1977||4–0 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||27–27–6

|61||L||February 22, 1977||0–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||27–28–6

|62||L||February 26, 1977||1–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||27–29–6

|63||L||February 28, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||27–30–6

|64||T||March 2, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||27–30–7

|65||W||March 5, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||28–30–7

|66||L||March 6, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||28–31–7

|67||L||March 8, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||28–32–7

|68||W||March 10, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||29–32–7

|69||T||March 12, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||29–32–8

|70||L||March 15, 1977||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||29–33–8

|71||L||March 16, 1977||3–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||29–34–8

|72||T||March 19, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||29–34–9

|73||L||March 20, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||29–35–9

|74||W||March 22, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||30–35–9

|75||L||March 24, 1977||1–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||30–36–9

|76||L||March 26, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||30–37–9

|77||L||March 28, 1977||4–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||30–38–9

|78||W||March 30, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||31–38–9

|79||W||April 2, 1977||9–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||32–38–9

|80||L||April 3, 1977||3–7 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||32–39–9

Legend:

Playoffs The Blues lost to the Montreal Canadiens 4 – 0 in the quarterfinals.

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 80 19 39 58 1111001 C 80 30 27 57 56−12705 C 80 21 29 50 4111122 C 80 21 28 49 8−28403 RW 80 29 19 48 225112 LW 71 11 30 41 12−15301 RW 76 18 20 38 77−4403 RW 80 12 20 32 65−31000 D 79 3 26 29 361201 LW 69 14 14 28 38−16102 D 80 5 20 25 24−22100 D 77 6 18 24 254−2003 C 31 14 9 23 15−6603 D 53 4 18 22 14−2100 C 32 8 13 21 26−8302 LW 58 7 8 15 111012 RW 33 6 8 14 10−6201 LW 35 4 10 14 82−8000 D 54 1 9 10 23−9000 D 16 1 7 8 2−7100 D 47 3 4 7 26−13001 LW 15 1 2 3 20000 D 11 0 3 3 4−6000 C 12 1 0 1 0−3000 G 3 0 1 1 00000 D 2 0 1 1 21000 D 18 0 1 1 6−3000 G 17 0 0 0 00000 G 38 0 0 0 00000 C 3 0 0 0 0−1000 G 29 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2111 38 13 16 5 108 3.07 1 1589 29 10 16 1 108 4.08 0 960 17 7 7 3 50 3.12 1 140 3 2 0 0 7 3.00 0 Team: 4800 80 32 39 9 273 3.41 2

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 4 1 1 2 2000 RW 4 1 0 1 0000 C 4 1 0 1 0000 LW 4 1 0 1 14000 RW 4 0 1 1 0000 D 4 0 1 1 10000 LW 1 0 1 1 2000 RW 4 0 1 1 0000 C 4 0 1 1 2000 D 4 0 0 0 0000 C 4 0 0 0 4000 RW 4 0 0 0 14000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 LW 3 0 0 0 2000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 D 3 0 0 0 2000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 D 4 0 0 0 0000 RW 4 0 0 0 2000 D 4 0 0 0 2000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 LW 3 0 0 0 4000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 138 3 0 2 9 3.91 0 102 3 0 2 9 5.29 0 Team: 240 4 0 4 18 4.50 0

Draft picks St. Louis's draft picks at the 1976 NHL amateur draft held in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)17Bernie Federko Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)220Brian Sutter Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)225John Smrke Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)343Jim Kirkpatrick Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)456Mike Liut Bowling Green University (CCHA)461Paul Skidmore Boston College (ECAC)697Nels Goddard Michigan Tech University (WCHA)7113Mike Eaves University of Wisconsin (WCHA)8121Jacques Soguel Davos (Switzerland)9124Dave Dornseif Providence College (ECAC)10126Brad Wilson Providence College (ECAC)11128Dan Hoene University of Michigan (WCHA)12130Goran Lindblom Skelleftea (Sweden)13132Jim Bales University of Denver (WCHA)14134Anders Hakansson Solna (Sweden)15135Juhani Wallenius Rauma (Finland)

See also 1976–77 NHL season

References