1973–74 St. Louis Blues season

1973–74 St. Louis Blues
Division6th West
1973–74 record26–40–12
Home record16–16–7
Road record10–24–5
Goals for206
Goals against248
Team information
General managerCharles Catto
CoachJean-Guy Talbot,
Lou Angotti
CaptainBarclay Plager
ArenaSt. Louis Arena
Team leaders
GoalsGarry Unger (33)
AssistsGarry Unger (35)
PointsGarry Unger (68)
Penalty minutesSteve Durbano (146)
WinsJohn Davidson (13)
Wayne Stephenson (13)
Goals against averageJohn Davidson (3.08)

The 1973–74 St. Louis Blues season was the seventh for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the season with a record of 26 wins, 40 losses and 12 ties for 64 points, placing them in sixth place. The Blues missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, ending a six-season playoff streak.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

West Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Philadelphia Flyers 78 50 16 12 273 164 +109 112
2 Chicago Black Hawks 78 41 14 23 272 164 +108 105
3 Los Angeles Kings 78 33 33 12 233 231 +2 78
4 Atlanta Flames 78 30 34 14 214 238 −24 74
5 Pittsburgh Penguins 78 28 41 9 242 273 −31 65
6 78 26 40 12 206 248 −42 64
7 Minnesota North Stars 78 23 38 17 235 275 −40 63
8 California Golden Seals 78 13 55 10 195 342 −147 36

Record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

1973–74 regular season[3]
October
Game Result 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
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Garry Unger C 78 33 35 68 96 −17 9 1 4
Pierre Plante RW 78 26 28 54 85 −14 8 0 3
Glen Sather LW 69 15 29 44 82 −9 4 0 5
Wayne Merrick C 64 20 23 43 32 −11 2 0 4
Lou Angotti C/RW 51 12 23 35 9 −3 1 0 5
Floyd Thomson LW 77 11 22 33 58 −19 0 0 1
Gary Sabourin RW 54 7 23 30 27 −9 1 0 0
Barclay Plager D 72 6 20 26 99 −11 1 0 0
Larry Giroux D 74 5 17 22 59 −14 2 0 1
Don Awrey D 75 5 16 21 51 −7 1 0 0
Greg Polis LW 37 8 12 20 24 −7 3 0 0
Nick Harbaruk RW 56 5 14 19 16 4 0 1 1
Bob Kelly LW 37 9 8 17 45 1 2 0 0
Gord Brooks RW 30 6 8 14 12 0 0 0 1
Bob Plager D 61 3 10 13 48 9 0 1 1
Butch Williams RW 31 3 10 13 6 2 0 0 0
Ab DeMarco Jr. D 23 3 9 12 11 6 1 0 0
Chris Evans D 54 4 7 11 8 5 0 1 0
Garnet Bailey LW 22 7 3 10 20 −1 0 0 0
Steve Durbano D 36 4 5 9 146 −1 2 0 0
John Wright C 32 3 6 9 22 −1 0 0 0
Dave Gardner C 15 5 2 7 6 −6 1 0 0
Bill Collins RW 12 2 2 4 14 −10 0 0 0
Bob Collyard C 10 1 3 4 4 1 0 0 0
Ted Harris D 24 0 4 4 16 −2 0 0 0
Bob Gassoff D 28 0 3 3 84 −16 0 0 0
Jean Hamel D 23 1 1 2 6 −3 0 0 0
Phil Roberto RW 15 1 1 2 10 −4 0 0 0
Mike Lampman LW 15 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
Jack Egers RW 6 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0
Wayne Stephenson G 40 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Bryan Watson D 11 0 1 1 19 0 0 0 0
John Davidson G 39 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Connie Forey LW 4 0 0 0 2 −1 0 0 0
Brent Hughes D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernie MacNeil LW 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Glenn Patrick D 1 0 0 0 2 −1 0 0 0
Frank Spring RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Watt G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wensink LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
John Davidson 2300 39 13 19 7 118 3.08 0
Wayne Stephenson 2360 40 13 21 5 123 3.13 2
Jim Watt 20 1 0 0 0 2 6.00 0
Team: 4680 78 26 40 12 243 3.12 2

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1973 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 5 John Davidson  Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
2 24 George Pesut  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
3 48 Bob Gassoff  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
5 72 Bill Laing  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
6 88 Randy Smith  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
7 104 John Wensink  Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
8 120 Jean Tetreault  Canada Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)

See also

References

  1. ^ "1973-1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1973-74 St. Louis Blues Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  4. ^ "1973-74 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
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