1973–74 St. Louis Blues season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1973–74
Year:	1973
Team:	St. Louis Blues
Record:	26–40–12
Divisionrank:	6th
Goalsfor:	206
Goalsagainst:	248
Goalsleader:	Garry Unger (33)
Assistsleader:	Garry Unger (35)
Pointsleader:	Garry Unger (68)
Pimleader:	Steve Durbano (146)
Winsleader:	John Davidson (13) Wayne Stephenson (13)
Gaaleader:	John 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.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Playoffs

The Blues failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, ending a six-season playoff streak.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	78	33	35	68	96	−17	9	1	4
	RW	78	26	28	54	85	−14	8	0	3
	LW	69	15	29	44	82	−9	4	0	5
	C	64	20	23	43	32	−11	2	0	4
	C/RW	51	12	23	35	9	−3	1	0	5
	LW	77	11	22	33	58	−19	0	0	1
	RW	54	7	23	30	27	−9	1	0	0
	D	72	6	20	26	99	−11	1	0	0
	D	74	5	17	22	59	−14	2	0	1
	D	75	5	16	21	51	−7	1	0	0
	LW	37	8	12	20	24	−7	3	0	0
	RW	56	5	14	19	16	4	0	1	1
	LW	37	9	8	17	45	1	2	0	0
	RW	30	6	8	14	12	0	0	0	1
	D	61	3	10	13	48	9	0	1	1
	RW	31	3	10	13	6	2	0	0	0
	D	23	3	9	12	11	6	1	0	0
	D	54	4	7	11	8	5	0	1	0
	LW	22	7	3	10	20	−1	0	0	0
	D	36	4	5	9	146	−1	2	0	0
	C	32	3	6	9	22	−1	0	0	0
	C	15	5	2	7	6	−6	1	0	0
	RW	12	2	2	4	14	−10	0	0	0
	C	10	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0
	D	24	0	4	4	16	−2	0	0	0
	D	28	0	3	3	84	−16	0	0	0
	D	23	1	1	2	6	−3	0	0	0
	RW	15	1	1	2	10	−4	0	0	0
	LW	15	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
	RW	6	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0
	G	40	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
	D	11	0	1	1	19	0	0	0	0
	G	39	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	2	−1	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	2	−1	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2300	39	13	19	7	118	3.08	0
	2360	40	13	21	5	123	3.13	2
	20	1	0	0	0	2	6.00	0
Team:	4680	78	26	40	12	243	3.12	2

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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			Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
2	24			Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
3	48			Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
5	72			Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
6	88	Randy Smith		Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
7	104			Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
8	120			Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)

See also

• 1973–74 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1973–74 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-15 . 1973-74 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.