1978–79 St. Louis Blues season
The 1978–79 St. Louis Blues season was the 12th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the season with a record of just 18 wins, 50 losses and just 12 ties, for an all-time franchise low of 48 points. The Blues finished out of the playoffs for the second straight season, and the last time before the 2005–06 season, following the lockout.
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
The Blues failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second straight year.Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 74 | 31 | 64 | 95 | 14 | -15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 77 | 41 | 39 | 80 | 165 | -2 | 12 | 0 | 3 | |
| RW | 67 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 75 | -11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 80 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 44 | -44 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| C | 78 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 60 | -27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| LW | 65 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 8 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 64 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 14 | -21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 74 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 62 | -23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 76 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 46 | -42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 73 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 111 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 54 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 17 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| C | 34 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 18 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 36 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| C | 22 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 78 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 47 | -28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 55 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| C | 52 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 63 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 37 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 34 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 30 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 42 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 103 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C/D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 2259 | 39 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 163 | 4.33 | 1 | |
| 2291 | 39 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 146 | 3.82 | 0 | |
| 190 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7.26 | 0 | |
| 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 18 | 50 | 12 | 341 | 4.26 | 1 |
Awards and records
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
St. Louis's draft picks at the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 3 | Wayne Babych | Portland Winterhawks | |
| 3 | 39 | Steve Harrison | Toronto Marlboros | |
| 5 | 72 | Kevin Willison | Billings Bighorns | |
| 6 | 89 | Jim Nill | Medicine Hat Tigers | |
| 7 | 106 | Steve Stockman | Cornwall Royals | |
| 7 | 109 | Paul MacLean | Hull Olympiques | |
| 8 | 123 | Denis Houle | Hamilton Fincups | |
| 9 | 140 | Tony Meagher | Boston University | |
| 9 | 143 | Rick Simpson | Medicine Hat Tigers | |
| 10 | 157 | Jim Lockhurst | Kingston Canadians | |
| 10 | 160 | Bob Froese | Niagara Falls Flyers | |
| 10 | 170 | Dan Lerg | University of Michigan | |
| 11 | 173 | Risto Siltanen | Ilves | |
| 11 | 175 | Dan Hermansson | Karlskoga | |
| 11 | 181 | Jean-Francois Boutin | Verdun Eperviers | |
| 11 | 185 | John Sullivan | Providence College | |
| 12 | 188 | Serge Menard | Montreal Juniors | |
| 12 | 191 | Don Boyd | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | |
| 12 | 197 | Paul Stasiuk | Providence College | |
| 12 | 200 | Gerd Truntschka | EV Cologne | |
| 13 | 203 | Viktor Shkurdyuk | Leningrad | |
| 13 | 205 | Carl Bloomberg | St. Louis University | |
| 13 | 207 | Terry Kitching | St. Louis University | |
| 13 | 209 | Brian O'Connor | Boston University | |
| 13 | 210 | Brian Crombeen | Kingston Canadians | |
| 13 | 211 | Mike Pidgeon | Oshawa Generals | |
| 14 | 214 | John Cochrane | Harvard University | |
| 14 | 216 | Joe Casey | Boston College | |
| 14 | 218 | Jim Farrell | Princeton University | |
| 14 | 220 | Frank Johnson | Providence College | |
| 14 | 221 | Blair Wheeler | Yale University |