2007–08_St._Louis_Blues

2007–08 St. Louis Blues season

2007–08 St. Louis Blues (hockey)

Division 5th Central

Conference 14th Western

2007–08 record 33–36–13 (Apr. 6)

Home record 20–15–6

Road record 13–21–7

Goals for 205

Goals against 237

General Manager Larry Pleau

Coach Andy Murray

Captain Vacant (Oct-Feb)
Eric Brewer (Feb-Apr)

Alternate captains Barret Jackman
Paul Kariya
Jamal Mayers (Oct-Jan)
Bryce Salvador (Oct-Jan)
Keith Tkachuk
Doug Weight (Oct-Dec)

Arena Scottrade Center

Average attendance 17,610 (92.0%) [41 games]

Team leaders

Goals Brad Boyes (43)

Assists Paul Kariya (49)

Points Brad Boyes, Paul Kariya (65)

Penalties in minutes D.J. King (100)

Plus/Minus David Perron (+16)

Wins Manny Legace (27)

Goals against average Manny Legace (2.41)

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 St. Louis Blues' 40th season in the National Hockey League.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio on June 22–23.
The free agency period began on July 1.

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

Regular season

Divisional standings

Central Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
p-Detroit Red Wings	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
x-Nashville Predators	82	41	32	9	230	229	91
e-Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
e-Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
e-St. Louis Blues	82	33	36	13	205	237	79

Conference standings

Western Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
p-Detroit Red Wings *	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
y-San Jose Sharks *	82	49	23	10	222	193	108
y-Minnesota Wild *	82	44	28	10	223	218	98
x-Anaheim Ducks	82	47	27	8	205	191	102
x-Dallas Stars	82	45	30	7	242	207	97
x-Colorado Avalanche	82	44	31	7	231	219	95
x-Calgary Flames	82	42	30	10	229	227	94
x-Nashville Predators	82	41	32	9	230	229	91

e-Edmonton Oilers	82	41	35	6	235	251	88
e-Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
e-Vancouver Canucks	82	39	33	10	213	215	88
e-Phoenix Coyotes	82	38	37	7	214	231	83
e-Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
e-St. Louis Blues	82	33	36	13	205	237	79
e-Los Angeles Kings	82	32	43	7	231	266	71

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, p - clinched Presidents' Trophy and best record in conference, e - eliminated from playoff contention, * - division leader

Game log

October

Record: 6–4–0; Home: 4–2–0; Road: 2–2–0
Attendance: 103,299 (6)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 4	St. Louis	2 – 3	Phoenix		Legace	17,799	0–1–0	0
2	October 6	St. Louis	5 – 3	Los Angeles		Toivonen	18,118	1–1–0	2
3	October 10	Nashville	4 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	2–1–0	4
4	October 12	Colorado	4 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	3–1–0	6
5	October 17	St. Louis	3 – 1	Chicago		Legace	10,002	4–1–0	8
6	October 20	Minnesota	3 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	4–2–0	8
7	October 23	Anaheim	2 – 4	St. Louis		Legace	14,764	5–2–0	10
8	October 25	St. Louis	0 – 3	Columbus		Toivonen	12,786	5–3–0	10
9	October 27	Washington	3 – 4	St. Louis		Legace	16,863	6–3–0	12
10	October 30	Phoenix	1 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	14,222	6–4–0	12

November

Record: 8–4–1; Home: 5–1–0; Road: 3–3–1
Attendance: 105,838 (6) Total: 209,137 (12)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
11	November 1	St. Louis	3 – 2	Minnesota		Legace	18,568	7–4–0	14
12	November 3	Chicago	3 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	7–5–0	14
13	November 4	St. Louis	0 – 3	Columbus		Toivonen	13,254	7–6–0	14
14	November 9	St. Louis	2 – 4	Chicago		Legace	16,149	7–7–0	14
15	November 13	Detroit	3 – 4	St. Louis		Legace	18,440	8–7–0	16
16	November 16	Columbus	2 – 3	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	9–7–0	18
17	November 17	St. Louis	3 – 2	Nashville	SO	Toivonen	15,246	10–7–0	20
18	November 19	Nashville	1 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	15,239	11–7–0	22
19	November 21	St. Louis	0 – 3	Detroit		Legace	19,124	11–8–0	22
20	November 23	Vancouver	1 – 3	St. Louis		Toivonen	18,721	12–8–0	24
21	November 25	Calgary	0 – 3	St. Louis		Legace	15,138	13–8–0	26
22	November 28	St. Louis	4 – 3	Buffalo		Legace	18,690	14–8–0	28
23	November 30	St. Louis	2 – 3	Minnesota	OT	Legace	18,568	14–8–1	29

December

Record: 5–6–3; Home: 2–4–2; Road: 3–2–1
Attendance: 139,681 (8) Total: 348,818 (20)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
24	December 1	Chicago	1 – 3	St. Louis		Toivonen	19,150	15–8–1	31
25	December 4	St. Louis	1 – 3	Calgary		Toivonen	19,289	15–9–1	31
26	December 7	St. Louis	4 – 3	Edmonton		Toivonen	16,839	16–9–1	33
27	December 9	St. Louis	5 – 9	Colorado		Toivonen	15,476	16–10–1	33
28	December 11	Edmonton	5 – 4	St. Louis	SO	Toivonen	14,329	16–10–2	34
29	December 13	Florida	1 – 0	St. Louis		Legace	14,088	16–11–2	34
30	December 16	Calgary	5 – 3	St. Louis		Legace	16,733	16–12–2	34
31	December 20	Detroit	2 – 3	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	17–12–2	36
32	December 22	St. Louis	4 – 1	Boston		Legace	14,200	18–12–2	38
33	December 23	Atlanta	3 – 2	St. Louis	OT	Legace	17,731	18–12–3	39
34	December 26	Detroit	5 – 0	St. Louis		Legace	19,250	18–13–3	39
35	December 28	San Jose	1 – 0	St. Louis		Legace	19,250	18–14–3	39
36	December 29	St. Louis	4 – 5	Dallas	SO	Toivonen	18,532	18–14–4	40
37	December 31	St. Louis	2 – 0	Detroit		Legace	20,066	19–14–4	42

January

Record: 4–5–3; Home: 3–1–2; Road: 1–4–1
Attendance: 101,341 (6) Total: 450,159 (26)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
38	January 2	Edmonton	3 – 2	St. Louis	OT	Toivonen	14,465	19–14–5	43
39	January 5	Carolina	0 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	20–14–5	45
40	January 8	Columbus	1 – 6	St. Louis		Legace	14,818	21–14–5	47
41	January 10	Dallas	2 – 4	St. Louis		Legace	16,805	22–14–5	49
42	January 11	St. Louis	4 – 6	Columbus		Toivonen	15,233	22–15–5	49
43	January 13	Vancouver	4 – 3	St. Louis	SO	Legace	16,828	22–15–6	50
44	January 16	St. Louis	1 – 6	Chicago		Schwarz	17,570	22–16–6	50
45	January 19	Nashville	5 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	19,275	22–17–6	50
46	January 21	St. Louis	3 – 6	Nashville		Legace	13,642	22–18–6	50
47	January 23	St. Louis	2 – 3	Vancouver	SO	Legace	18,630	22–18–7	51
48	January 24	St. Louis	1 – 4	San Jose		Legace	17,142	22–19–7	51
49	January 29	St. Louis	3 – 2	Toronto		Legace	19,363	23–19–7	53

February

Record: 5–7–3; Home: 4–4–1; Road: 1–3–2
Attendance: 162,932 (9) Total: 613,091 (35)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
50	February 1	Anaheim	0 – 1	St. Louis	SO	Legace	19,150	24–19–7	55
51	February 2	Colorado	6 – 4	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	24–20–7	55
52	February 5	Tampa Bay	5 – 4	St. Louis		Legace	17,150	24–21–7	55
53	February 9	St. Louis	2 – 6	Dallas		Toivonen	18,584	24–22–7	55
54	February 10	Minnesota	2 – 1	St. Louis	SO	Legace	16,477	24–22–8	56
55	February 12	Los Angeles	2 – 4	St. Louis		Legace	15,688	25–22–8	58
56	February 14	St. Louis	4 – 1	Colorado		Legace	17,131	26–22–8	60
57	February 16	St. Louis	1 – 2	Nashville	OT	Legace	17,113	26–22–9	61
58	February 17	Columbus	1 – 5	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	27–22–9	63
59	February 19	Chicago	1 – 5	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	28–22–9	65
60	February 21	St. Louis	1 – 5	Los Angeles		Legace	14,132	28–23–9	65
61	February 22	St. Louis	1 – 2	Anaheim	OT	Legace	17,174	28–23–10	66
62	February 24	St. Louis	0 – 2	Phoenix		Legace	14,845	28–24–10	66
63	February 26	Dallas	3 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	28–25–10	66
64	February 28	Phoenix	2 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	17,867	28–26–10	66

March

Record: 3–9–2; Home: 1–3–0; Road: 2–6–2
Attendance: 72,423 (4) Total: 685,514 (39)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
65	March 1	San Jose	2 – 0	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	28–27–10	66
66	March 4	Los Angeles	2 – 3	St. Louis		Legace	14,973	29–27–10	68
67	March 5	St. Louis	1 – 4	Detroit		Legace	18,064	29–28–10	68
68	March 8	St. Louis	2 – 4	Vancouver		Legace	18,630	29–29–10	68
69	March 10	St. Louis	3 – 7	Calgary		Toivonen	19,289	29–30–10	68
70	March 11	St. Louis	3 – 4	Edmonton	OT	Legace	16,839	29–30–11	69
71	March 14	St. Louis	1 – 4	San Jose		Toivonen	17,496	29–31–11	69
72	March 15	St. Louis	2 – 5	Anaheim		Legace	17,174	29–32–11	69
73	March 18	St. Louis	4 – 3	Montreal	SO	Legace	21,273	30–32–11	71
74	March 20	St. Louis	2 – 3	Ottawa		Toivonen	20,027	30–33–11	71
75	March 23	St. Louis	3 – 4	Chicago	OT	Toivonen	19,146	30–33–12	72
76	March 25	Detroit	2 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	30–34–12	72
77	March 28	St. Louis	4 – 3	Detroit	OT	Legace	20,066	31–34–12	74
78	March 29	Chicago	4 – 3	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	31–35–12	74

April

Record: 2–1–1; Home: 1–0–1; Road: 1–1–0
Attendance: 36,507 (2) Total: 722,021 (41)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
79	April 1	Nashville	4 – 3	St. Louis	OT	Toivonen	17,357	31–35–13	75
80	April 3	St. Louis	2 – 3	Nashville		Toivonen	17,113	31–36–13	75
81	April 5	Columbus	0 – 3	St. Louis		Legace	19,150	32–36–13	77
82	April 6	St. Louis	4 – 1	Columbus		Toivonen	17,739	33–36–13	79

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates regulation loss.
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Playoffs

The Blues failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third season in a row and dropped from 81 points (34–35–13) in 2006–07, but they did manage to dramatically increase their average attendance from 12,520 (59.6% of capacity) that year, to 17,610 (92.0% of capacity) in 2007–08.

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
David Backes	72	13	18	31	99
Christian Backman **	45	1	9	10	30
Brad Boyes	82	43	22	65	20
Eric Brewer	77	1	20	21	91
Micki DuPont	2	0	0	0	2
Mike Glumac	4	0	0	0	5
Dan Hinote	58	5	5	10	42
Barret Jackman	78	2	14	16	93
Cam Janssen	12	0	1	1	18
Erik Johnson	69	5	28	33	28
Mike Johnson *	21	2	3	5	8
Ryan Johnson	79	5	13	18	22
Paul Kariya	82	16	49	65	50
D. J. King	61	3	3	6	100
Manny Legace	66	0	2	2	4
Jamal Mayers	80	12	15	27	91
Jay McClement	81	9	13	22	26
Andy McDonald	48	14	22	36	30
Jay McKee	66	2	7	9	42
David Perron	62	13	14	27	38
Roman Polak	6	0	1	1	0
Martin Rucinsky	40	5	11	16	40
Bryce Salvador **	56	1	10	11	43
Yan Stastny	12	1	1	2	9
Lee Stempniak	80	13	25	38	40
Keith Tkachuk	79	27	31	58	69
Hannu Toivonen	23	0	0	0	2
Steve Wagner	24	2	6	8	8
Matt Walker	43	1	1	2	61
Doug Weight **	29	4	7	11	12
Jeff Woywitka	27	2	6	8	12

* out for season with injury
** traded away

through April 6, 2008

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	SA	Sv%	GAA
Manny Legace	66	3,666	27	25	8	147	5	1,648	.911	2.41
Hannu Toivonen	23	1,202	6	10	5	69	0	566	.878	3.44
Chris Beckford-Tseu	1	27	0	0	0	1	0	9	.889	2.22
Marek Schwarz	2	50	0	1	0	6	0	17	.647	7.20

through April 6, 2008

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Erik Johnson	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 4, 2007
Steve Wagner	1st NHL Game	October 4, 2007
Erik Johnson	1st NHL Goal	October 6, 2007
Steve Wagner	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 6, 2007
David Perron	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 12, 2007
Martin Rucinsky	600th NHL Point	October 20, 2007
Steve Wagner	1st NHL Goal	October 20, 2007
Dan Hinote	400th NHL Game	October 27, 2007
Keith Tkachuk	1,000th NHL Game	December 1, 2007
Barret Jackman	500th NHL Penalty Minute	December 20, 2007
Matt Walker	1st NHL Goal	February 17, 2008
Andy McDonald	100th NHL Goal	February 17, 2008
Ryan Johnson	100th NHL Point	March 4, 2008
Andy Murray	600th NHL Coaching Game	March 5, 2008
Keith Tkachuk	500th NHL Goal	April 6, 2008

Transactions

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

Trades

June 26, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Keith Tkachuk conditional 4th round pick in 2008	To Atlanta Thrashers conditional 1st round pick in 2008
July 23, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Hannu Toivonen	To Boston Bruins Carl Soderberg
August 1, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Francois-Pierre Guenette	To Vancouver Canucks Zack Fitzgerald
November 8, 2007	To St. Louis Blues 7th round pick in 2008 Entry Draft	To Colorado Avalanche Jason Bacashihua
December 14, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Andy McDonald	To Anaheim Ducks Doug Weight, Michael Birner, 7th round pick in 2008
February 26, 2008	To St. Louis Blues Cam Janssen	To New Jersey Devils Bryce Salvador
February 26, 2008	To St. Louis Blues 4th round pick in 2008	To New York Rangers Christian Backman
June 4, 2008	To St. Louis Blues T.J. Fast	To Los Angeles Kings 5th round draft pick in 2009
June 19, 2008	To St. Louis Blues 3rd round pick in 2008	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jamal Mayers
June 20, 2008	To St. Louis Blues Chris Mason	To Nashville Predators 4th round pick in 2008

Free Agents

Player	Former team	Contract Terms (Yrs., $Total / yr.)
Alex Brooks	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $500,000
Paul Kariya	Nashville Predators	3 years, $6 mil.
David Perron	Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL)	$875,000
Yan Stastny	Boston Bruins	$605,000

Player	New team
Radek Dvorak	Florida Panthers
Curtis Sanford	Vancouver Canucks
Jamie Rivers	Montreal Canadiens
Dallas Drake	Detroit Red Wings
Jon DiSalvatore	Phoenix Coyotes

Contract Renewals

Player	Contract Terms (yrs., $Total / yr.)
Jason Bacashihua	1 year, $643,720
D. J. King	3 years, $1.6 million
Matt Walker	1 year, $600,000
Jeff Woywitka	1 year, $689,700
Barret Jackman	4 years, $3.6 million
Brad Boyes	4 years, $4.0 million

Draft picks

St. Louis' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.^[1]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	13	Lars Eller	C	Denmark	Frolunda HC (Swedish Elite League)
1	18	Ian Cole	D	United States	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
1	26	David Perron	LW	Canada	Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL)
2	39	Simon Hjalmarsson	RW	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Swe Jr.)
2	44	Aaron Palushaj	RW	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
3	85	Brett Sonne	C/LW	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
4	96	Cade Fairchild	D	United States	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
4	100	Travis Erstad	C/RW	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
6	160	Anthony Peluso	D	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
7	190	Trevor Nill	C	United States	Detroit Compuware (Michigan midget)

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

Wingers

Centers

External links

Official website of the St. Louis Blues

References

Player stats: St. Louis Blues player stats on espn.com
Game log: St. Louis Blues game log on espn.com
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

^ 2007 NHL Entry Draft Results NHL.com

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