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

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	80	32	39	9	239	276	73
Minnesota North Stars	80	23	39	18	240	310	64
Chicago Black Hawks	80	26	43	11	240	298	63
Vancouver Canucks	80	25	42	13	235	294	63
Colorado Rockies	80	20	46	14	226	307	54

^[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
1	L	October 7, 1976	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	0–1–0
2	W	October 9, 1976	2–1	New York Rangers (1976–77)	1–1–0
3	W	October 13, 1976	3–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	2–1–0
4	W	October 16, 1976	6–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	3–1–0
5	L	October 17, 1976	2–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	3–2–0
6	W	October 19, 1976	6–5	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	4–2–0
7	L	October 21, 1976	2–6	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	4–3–0
8	W	October 23, 1976	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	5–3–0
9	L	October 24, 1976	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	5–4–0
10	W	October 26, 1976	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	6–4–0
11	L	October 28, 1976	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	6–5–0
12	W	October 30, 1976	3–1	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	7–5–0
13	W	November 3, 1976	6–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	8–5–0
14	W	November 6, 1976	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	9–5–0
15	L	November 9, 1976	1–8	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	9–6–0
16	L	November 10, 1976	0–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	9–7–0
17	L	November 13, 1976	3–5	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	9–8–0
18	L	November 15, 1976	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	9–9–0
19	T	November 17, 1976	5–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	9–9–1
20	W	November 20, 1976	3–1	New York Rangers (1976–77)	10–9–1
21	W	November 24, 1976	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	11–9–1
22	L	November 26, 1976	2–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	11–10–1
23	W	November 27, 1976	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	12–10–1
24	L	November 30, 1976	3–5	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	12–11–1
25	T	December 3, 1976	2–2	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	12–11–2
26	L	December 4, 1976	0–1	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	12–12–2
27	L	December 7, 1976	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	12–13–2
28	T	December 8, 1976	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	12–13–3
29	T	December 11, 1976	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	12–13–4
30	L	December 12, 1976	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	12–14–4
31	L	December 15, 1976	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	12–15–4
32	L	December 16, 1976	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	12–16–4
33	L	December 18, 1976	0–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	12–17–4
34	W	December 19, 1976	6–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	13–17–4
35	W	December 22, 1976	2–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	14–17–4
36	W	December 23, 1976	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	15–17–4
37	T	December 28, 1976	4–4	New York Islanders (1976–77)	15–17–5
38	W	January 1, 1977	3–1	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	16–17–5
39	L	January 2, 1977	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	16–18–5
40	W	January 4, 1977	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	17–18–5
41	L	January 6, 1977	1–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	17–19–5
42	L	January 8, 1977	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	17–20–5
43	W	January 12, 1977	7–2	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	18–20–5
44	L	January 14, 1977	2–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	18–21–5
45	W	January 15, 1977	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	19–21–5
46	W	January 19, 1977	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	20–21–5
47	W	January 22, 1977	2–1	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	21–21–5
48	L	January 23, 1977	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	21–22–5
49	L	January 27, 1977	0–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	21–23–5
50	L	January 29, 1977	2–5	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	21–24–5
51	L	January 30, 1977	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	21–25–5
52	T	February 1, 1977	3–3	Boston Bruins (1976–77)	21–25–6
53	L	February 3, 1977	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77)	21–26–6
54	W	February 5, 1977	6–5	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	22–26–6
55	W	February 8, 1977	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	23–26–6
56	W	February 12, 1977	3–1	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	24–26–6
57	L	February 14, 1977	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	24–27–6
58	W	February 15, 1977	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	25–27–6
59	W	February 19, 1977	4–1	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	26–27–6
60	W	February 21, 1977	4–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	27–27–6
61	L	February 22, 1977	0–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	27–28–6
62	L	February 26, 1977	1–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	27–29–6
63	L	February 28, 1977	2–5	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	27–30–6
64	T	March 2, 1977	2–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	27–30–7
65	W	March 5, 1977	2–1	New York Islanders (1976–77)	28–30–7
66	L	March 6, 1977	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	28–31–7
67	L	March 8, 1977	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	28–32–7
68	W	March 10, 1977	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	29–32–7
69	T	March 12, 1977	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	29–32–8
70	L	March 15, 1977	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	29–33–8
71	L	March 16, 1977	3–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	29–34–8
72	T	March 19, 1977	4–4	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	29–34–9
73	L	March 20, 1977	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	29–35–9
74	W	March 22, 1977	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	30–35–9
75	L	March 24, 1977	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	30–36–9
76	L	March 26, 1977	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	30–37–9
77	L	March 28, 1977	4–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	30–38–9
78	W	March 30, 1977	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	31–38–9
79	W	April 2, 1977	9–2	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	32–38–9
80	L	April 3, 1977	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	32–39–9

Playoffs

The Blues lost to the Montreal Canadians 4 - 0 in the quarter-finals.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan	RW	80	19	39	58	11	1	10	0	1
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	80	30	27	57	56	-12	7	0	5
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	80	21	29	50	41	11	1	2	2
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	80	21	28	49	8	-28	4	0	3
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	80	29	19	48	22	5	1	1	2
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	71	11	30	41	12	-15	3	0	1
Plante, PierrePierre Plante	RW	76	18	20	38	77	-4	4	0	3
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	80	12	20	32	65	-31	0	0	0
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	79	3	26	29	36	1	2	0	1
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	LW	69	14	14	28	38	-16	1	0	2
Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck	D	80	5	20	25	24	-22	1	0	0
Gassoff, BobBob Gassoff	D	77	6	18	24	254	-2	0	0	3
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	31	14	9	23	15	-6	6	0	3
Hess, BobBob Hess	D	53	4	18	22	14	-2	1	0	0
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	32	8	13	21	26	-8	3	0	2
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	58	7	8	15	11	1	0	1	2
Bourbonnais, RickRick Bourbonnais	RW	33	6	8	14	10	-6	2	0	1
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	35	4	10	14	82	-8	0	0	0
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	54	1	9	10	23	-9	0	0	0
Masters, JamieJamie Masters	D	16	1	7	8	2	-7	1	0	0
Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte	D	47	3	4	7	26	-13	0	0	1
Hrechkosy, DaveDave Hrechkosy	LW	15	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
Zanussi, JoeJoe Zanussi	D	11	0	3	3	4	-6	0	0	0
Palazzari, DougDoug Palazzari	C	12	1	0	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger	G	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Plager, BarclayBarclay Plager	D	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	18	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0	0
Grant, DougDoug Grant	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ogilvie, BrianBrian Ogilvie	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	G	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	2111	38	13	16	5	108	3.07	1
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	1589	29	10	16	1	108	4.08	0
Grant, DougDoug Grant	960	17	7	7	3	50	3.12	1
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger	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
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	4	1	1	2	2
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	4	1	0	1	0
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	4	1	0	1	0
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	4	1	0	1	14
Bourbonnais, RickRick Bourbonnais	RW	4	0	1	1	0
Gassoff, BobBob Gassoff	D	4	0	1	1	10
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	1	0	1	1	2
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan	RW	4	0	1	1	0
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	4	0	1	1	2
Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck	D	4	0	0	0	0
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	4	0	0	0	4
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	4	0	0	0	14
Hess, BobBob Hess	D	1	0	0	0	0
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	LW	3	0	0	0	2
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	3	0	0	0	0
Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte	D	3	0	0	0	2
Masters, JamieJamie Masters	D	1	0	0	0	0
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	4	0	0	0	0
Plante, PierrePierre Plante	RW	4	0	0	0	2
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	4	0	0	0	2
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	G	3	0	0	0	0
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	3	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	138	3	2	9	3.91
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	102	3	2	9	5.29
Team:	240	4	4	18	4.50

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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;

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1976-77 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

"1976–77 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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1976–77 St. Louis Blues season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

External links