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.Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
The Blues lost to the Montreal Canadiens 4 – 0 in the quarter-finals.Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| RW | 80 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 80 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 56 | −12 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| C | 80 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| C | 80 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 8 | −28 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| RW | 80 | 29 | 19 | 48 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| LW | 71 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 12 | −15 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 76 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 77 | −4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| RW | 80 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 65 | −31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 79 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 69 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 38 | −16 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 80 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 24 | −22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 77 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 254 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| C | 31 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 15 | −6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| D | 53 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 14 | −2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 32 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 26 | −8 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| LW | 58 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| RW | 33 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | −6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 35 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 82 | −8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 54 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | −9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | −7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 47 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 26 | −13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 2111 | 38 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 108 | 3.07 | 1 |
| 1589 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 108 | 4.08 | 0 |
| 960 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 3.12 | 1 |
| 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 | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 138 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3.91 | 0 |
| 102 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5.29 | 0 |
| Team: | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 |
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
St. Louis's draft picks at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 7 | Bernie Federko | | Saskatoon Blades |
| 2 | 20 | Brian Sutter | | Lethbridge Broncos |
| 2 | 25 | John Smrke | | Toronto Marlboros |
| 3 | 43 | Jim Kirkpatrick | | Toronto Marlboros |
| 4 | 56 | Mike Liut | | Bowling Green University |
| 4 | 61 | Paul Skidmore | | Boston College |
| 6 | 97 | Nels Goddard | | Michigan Tech University |
| 7 | 113 | Mike Eaves | | University of Wisconsin |
| 8 | 121 | Jacques Soguel | | Davos |
| 9 | 124 | Dave Dornseif | | Providence College |
| 10 | 126 | Brad Wilson | | Providence College |
| 11 | 128 | Dan Hoene | | University of Michigan |
| 12 | 130 | Goran Lindblom | | Skelleftea |
| 13 | 132 | Jim Bales | | University of Denver |
| 14 | 134 | Anders Hakansson | | Solna |
| 15 | 135 | Juhani Wallenius | | Rauma |
