2007–08 St. Louis Blues season


The 2007–08 St. Louis Blues season began on October 4, 2007, with a game in Glendale, Arizona, against the Phoenix Coyotes. It is the Blues' 41st season in the National Hockey League.
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
The Blues struggled on the power-play, finishing 31st in power-play goals scored and 30th overall in power-play percentage.

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

October

Record: 6–4–0; Home: 4–2–0; Road: 2–2–0
Attendance: 103,299
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
1October 4St. Louis2 – 3PhoenixLegace17,7990–1–00
2October 6St. Louis5 – 3Los AngelesToivonen18,1181–1–02
3October 10Nashville4 – 1St. LouisLegace19,1502–1–04
4October 12Colorado4 – 1St. LouisLegace19,1503–1–06
5October 17St. Louis3 – 1ChicagoLegace10,0024–1–08
6October 20Minnesota3 – 1St. LouisLegace19,1504–2–08
7October 23Anaheim2 – 4St. LouisLegace14,7645–2–010
8October 25St. Louis0 – 3ColumbusToivonen12,7865–3–010
9October 27Washington3 – 4St. LouisLegace16,8636–3–012
10October 30Phoenix1 – 2St. LouisLegace14,2226–4–012

November

Record: 8–4–1; Home: 5–1–0; Road: 3–3–1
Attendance: 105,838 Total: 209,137
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
11November 1St. Louis3 – 2MinnesotaLegace18,5687–4–014
12November 3Chicago3 – 2St. LouisLegace19,1507–5–014
13November 4St. Louis0 – 3ColumbusToivonen13,2547–6–014
14November 9St. Louis2 – 4ChicagoLegace16,1497–7–014
15November 13Detroit3 – 4St. LouisLegace18,4408–7–016
16November 16Columbus2 – 3St. LouisLegace19,1509–7–018
17November 17St. Louis3 – 2NashvilleSOToivonen15,24610–7–020
18November 19Nashville1 – 2St. LouisLegace15,23911–7–022
19November 21St. Louis0 – 3DetroitLegace19,12411–8–022
20November 23Vancouver1 – 3St. LouisToivonen18,72112–8–024
21November 25Calgary0 – 3St. LouisLegace15,13813–8–026
22November 28St. Louis4 – 3BuffaloLegace18,69014–8–028
23November 30St. Louis2 – 3MinnesotaOTLegace18,56814–8–129

December

Record: 5–6–3; Home: 2–4–2; Road: 3–2–1
Attendance: 139,681 Total: 348,818
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
24December 1Chicago1 – 3St. LouisToivonen19,15015–8–131
25December 4St. Louis1 – 3CalgaryToivonen19,28915–9–131
26December 7St. Louis4 – 3EdmontonToivonen16,83916–9–133
27December 9St. Louis5 – 9ColoradoToivonen15,47616–10–133
28December 11Edmonton5 – 4St. LouisSOToivonen14,32916–10–234
29December 13Florida1 – 0St. LouisLegace14,08816–11–234
30December 16Calgary5 – 3St. LouisLegace16,73316–12–234
31December 20Detroit2 – 3St. LouisLegace19,15017–12–236
32December 22St. Louis4 – 1BostonLegace14,20018–12–238
33December 23Atlanta3 – 2St. LouisOTLegace17,73118–12–339
34December 26Detroit5 – 0St. LouisLegace19,25018–13–339
35December 28San Jose1 – 0St. LouisLegace19,25018–14–339
36December 29St. Louis4 – 5DallasSOToivonen18,53218–14–440
37December 31St. Louis2 – 0DetroitLegace20,06619–14–442

January

Record: 4–5–3; Home: 3–1–2; Road: 1–4–1
Attendance: 101,341 Total: 450,159
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
38January 2Edmonton3 – 2St. LouisOTToivonen14,46519–14–543
39January 5Carolina0 – 1St. LouisLegace19,15020–14–545
40January 8Columbus1 – 6St. LouisLegace14,81821–14–547
41January 10Dallas2 – 4St. LouisLegace16,80522–14–549
42January 11St. Louis4 – 6ColumbusToivonen15,23322–15–549
43January 13Vancouver4 – 3St. LouisSOLegace16,82822–15–650
44January 16St. Louis1 – 6ChicagoSchwarz17,57022–16–650
45January 19Nashville5 – 2St. LouisLegace19,27522–17–650
46January 21St. Louis3 – 6NashvilleLegace13,64222–18–650
47January 23St. Louis2 – 3VancouverSOLegace18,63022–18–751
48January 24St. Louis1 – 4San JoseLegace17,14222–19–751
49January 29St. Louis3 – 2TorontoLegace19,36323–19–753

February

Record: 5–7–3; Home: 4–4–1; Road: 1–3–2

Attendance: 162,932 Total: 613,091
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
50February 1Anaheim0 – 1St. LouisSOLegace19,15024–19–755
51February 2Colorado6 – 4St. LouisLegace19,15024–20–755
52February 5Tampa Bay5 – 4St. LouisLegace17,15024–21–755
53February 9St. Louis2 – 6DallasToivonen18,58424–22–755
54February 10Minnesota2 – 1St. LouisSOLegace16,47724–22–856
55February 12Los Angeles2 – 4St. LouisLegace15,68825–22–858
56February 14St. Louis4 – 1ColoradoLegace17,13126–22–860
57February 16St. Louis1 – 2NashvilleOTLegace17,11326–22–961
58February 17Columbus1 – 5St. LouisLegace19,15027–22–963
59February 19Chicago1 – 5St. LouisLegace19,15028–22–965
60February 21St. Louis1 – 5Los AngelesLegace14,13228–23–965
61February 22St. Louis1 – 2AnaheimOTLegace17,17428–23–1066
62February 24St. Louis0 – 2PhoenixLegace14,84528–24–1066
63February 26Dallas3 – 1St. LouisLegace19,15028–25–1066
64February 28Phoenix2 – 1St. LouisLegace17,86728–26–1066

March

Record: 3–9–2; Home: 1–3–0; Road: 2–6–2

Attendance: 72,423 Total: 685,514
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
65March 1San Jose2 – 0St. LouisLegace19,15028–27–1066
66March 4Los Angeles2 – 3St. LouisLegace14,97329–27–1068
67March 5St. Louis1 – 4DetroitLegace18,06429–28–1068
68March 8St. Louis2 – 4VancouverLegace18,63029–29–1068
69March 10St. Louis3 – 7CalgaryToivonen19,28929–30–1068
70March 11St. Louis3 – 4EdmontonOTLegace16,83929–30–1169
71March 14St. Louis1 – 4San JoseToivonen17,49629–31–1169
72March 15St. Louis2 – 5AnaheimLegace17,17429–32–1169
73March 18St. Louis4 – 3MontrealSOLegace21,27330–32–1171
74March 20St. Louis2 – 3OttawaToivonen20,02730–33–1171
75March 23St. Louis3 – 4ChicagoOTToivonen19,14630–33–1272
76March 25Detroit2 – 1St. LouisLegace19,15030–34–1272
77March 28St. Louis4 – 3DetroitOTLegace20,06631–34–1274
78March 29Chicago4 – 3St. LouisLegace19,15031–35–1274

April

Record: 2–1–1; Home: 1–0–1; Road: 1–1–0
Attendance: 36,507 Total: 722,021
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
79April 1Nashville4 – 3St. LouisOTToivonen17,35731–35–1375
80April 3St. Louis2 – 3NashvilleToivonen17,11331–36–1375
81April 5Columbus0 – 3St. LouisLegace19,15032–36–1377
82April 6St. Louis4 – 1ColumbusToivonen17,73933–36–1379

The Blues failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third season in a row and dropped from 81 points in 2006–07, but they did manage to dramatically increase their average attendance from 12,520 that year, to 17,610 in 2007–08.

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
PlayerGPGAPtsPIM
David Backes7213183199
Christian Backman **45191030
Brad Boyes8243226520
Eric Brewer771202191
Micki DuPont20002
Mike Glumac40005
Dan Hinote58551042
Barret Jackman782141693
Cam Janssen1201118
Erik Johnson695283328
Mike Johnson *212358
Ryan Johnson795131822
Paul Kariya8216496550
D. J. King61336100
Manny Legace660224
Jamal Mayers8012152791
Jay McClement819132226
Andy McDonald4914223632
Jay McKee6627942
David Perron6213142738
Roman Polak60110
Martin Rucinsky405111640
Bryce Salvador **561101143
Yan Stastny121129
Lee Stempniak8013253840
Keith Tkachuk7927315869
Hannu Toivonen230002
Steve Wagner242688
Matt Walker4311261
Doug Weight **29471112
Jeff Woywitka2726812
TOTALS822053575621,137

* out for season with injury
** traded away
through April 6, 2008

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice ; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
PlayerGPTOIWLOTGASOSASv%GAA
Manny Legace 663,6662725 8147 51,648.9112.41
Hannu Toivonen 231,202 610 5 69 0 566.8783.44
Chris Beckford-Tseu 1 27 0 0 0 1 0 9.8892.22
Marek Schwarz 2 50 0 1 0 6 0 17.6477.20
TOTALS824,94533361322352,240.9002.71

through April 6, 2008

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Transactions

The Blues have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

Free agents

PlayerNew team
Radek DvorakFlorida Panthers
Curtis SanfordVancouver Canucks
Jamie RiversMontreal Canadiens
Dallas DrakeDetroit Red Wings
Jon DiSalvatorePhoenix Coyotes

Contract renewals

Signed prospects

PlayerSigning Date
T. J. Oshie May 13

Draft picks

St. Louis' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.
Round#PlayerPositionNationalityCollege/Junior/Club Team
113Lars EllerCFrΓΆlunda HC
118Ian ColeDU.S. National Team Development Program
126David PerronLWLewiston Maineiacs
239Simon HjalmarssonRWFrΓΆlunda HC
244Aaron PalushajRWDes Moines Buccaneers
385Brett SonneC/LWCalgary Hitmen
496Cade FairchildDU.S. National Team Development Program
4100Travis ErstadC/RWLincoln Stars
6160Anthony PelusoDErie Otters
7190Trevor NillCDetroit Compuware

Farm teams

Peoria Rivermen

The Peoria Rivermen are the Blues American Hockey League affiliate in 2007–08.

Alaska Aces

The Alaska Aces are the Blues affiliate in the ECHL.

Roster

Goaltenders
  • GM: Larry Pleau
  • Coach: Andy Murray
Defensemen
  • - C
  • - A
Wingers
  • - A
  • - A
Centers