2007–08 St. Louis Blues season

2007–08 St. Louis Blues
Division	5th Central
Conference	14th Western
2007–08 record	33–36–13
Home record	20–15–6
Road record	13–21–7
Goals for	205
Goals against	237
Team information
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)
Penalty 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 Blues' 41st season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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.

Regular season

The Blues struggled on the power-play, finishing 31st in power-play goals scored (47) and 30th overall in power-play percentage (14.07%).

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.

Divisional standings

Central Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
2	Nashville Predators	82	41	32	9	230	229	91
3	Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
5	St. Louis Blues	82	33	36	13	205	237	79

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
2	y – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	49	23	10	222	193	108
3	y – Minnesota Wild	NW	82	44	28	10	223	218	98
4	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	47	27	8	205	191	102
5	Dallas Stars	PA	82	45	30	7	242	207	97
6	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	44	31	7	231	219	95
7	Calgary Flames	NW	82	42	30	10	229	227	94
8	Nashville Predators	CE	82	41	32	9	230	229	91
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	41	35	6	235	251	88
10	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
11	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	39	33	10	213	215	88
12	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	38	37	7	214	231	83
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
14	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	33	36	13	205	237	79
15	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	32	43	7	231	266	71

Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest
bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner

Schedule and results

2007–08 regular season
October: 6–4–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 2–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 4 St. Louis 2 – 3 Phoenix Legace 17,799 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 6 St. Louis 5 – 3 Los Angeles Toivonen 18,118 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 10 Nashville 4 – 1 St. Louis Legace 19,150 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 12 Colorado 4 – 1 St. Louis Legace 19,150 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 17 St. Louis 3 – 1 Chicago Legace 10,002 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 October 20 Minnesota 3 – 1 St. Louis Legace 19,150 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 October 23 Anaheim 2 – 4 St. Louis Legace 14,764 5–2–0 10 Recap 8 October 25 St. Louis 0 – 3 Columbus Toivonen 12,786 5–3–0 10 Recap 9 October 27 Washington 3 – 4 St. Louis Legace 16,863 6–3–0 12 Recap 10 October 30 Phoenix 1 – 2 St. Louis Legace 14,222 6–4–0 12 Recap
November: 8–4–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 3–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 11 November 1 St. Louis 3 – 2 Minnesota Legace 18,568 7–4–0 14 Recap 12 November 3 Chicago 3 – 2 St. Louis Legace 19,150 7–5–0 14 Recap 13 November 4 St. Louis 0 – 3 Columbus Toivonen 13,254 7–6–0 14 Recap 14 November 9 St. Louis 2 – 4 Chicago Legace 16,149 7–7–0 14 Recap 15 November 13 Detroit 3 – 4 St. Louis Legace 18,440 8–7–0 16 Recap 16 November 16 Columbus 2 – 3 St. Louis Legace 19,150 9–7–0 18 Recap 17 November 17 St. Louis 3 – 2 Nashville SO Toivonen 15,246 10–7–0 20 Recap 18 November 19 Nashville 1 – 2 St. Louis Legace 15,239 11–7–0 22 Recap 19 November 21 St. Louis 0 – 3 Detroit Legace 19,124 11–8–0 22 Recap 20 November 23 Vancouver 1 – 3 St. Louis Toivonen 18,721 12–8–0 24 Recap 21 November 25 Calgary 0 – 3 St. Louis Legace 15,138 13–8–0 26 Recap 22 November 28 St. Louis 4 – 3 Buffalo Legace 18,690 14–8–0 28 Recap 23 November 30 St. Louis 2 – 3 Minnesota OT Legace 18,568 14–8–1 29 Recap
December: 5–6–3 (home: 2–4–2; road: 3–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 24 December 1 Chicago 1 – 3 St. Louis Toivonen 19,150 15–8–1 31 Recap 25 December 4 St. Louis 1 – 3 Calgary Toivonen 19,289 15–9–1 31 Recap 26 December 7 St. Louis 4 – 3 Edmonton Toivonen 16,839 16–9–1 33 Recap 27 December 9 St. Louis 5 – 9 Colorado Toivonen 15,476 16–10–1 33 Recap 28 December 11 Edmonton 5 – 4 St. Louis SO Toivonen 14,329 16–10–2 34 Recap 29 December 13 Florida 1 – 0 St. Louis Legace 14,088 16–11–2 34 Recap 30 December 16 Calgary 5 – 3 St. Louis Legace 16,733 16–12–2 34 Recap 31 December 20 Detroit 2 – 3 St. Louis Legace 19,150 17–12–2 36 Recap 32 December 22 St. Louis 4 – 1 Boston Legace 14,200 18–12–2 38 Recap 33 December 23 Atlanta 3 – 2 St. Louis OT Legace 17,731 18–12–3 39 Recap 34 December 26 Detroit 5 – 0 St. Louis Legace 19,250 18–13–3 39 Recap 35 December 28 San Jose 1 – 0 St. Louis Legace 19,250 18–14–3 39 Recap 36 December 29 St. Louis 4 – 5 Dallas SO Toivonen 18,532 18–14–4 40 Recap 37 December 31 St. Louis 2 – 0 Detroit Legace 20,066 19–14–4 42 Recap
January: 4–5–3 (home: 3–1–2; road: 1–4–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 38 January 2 Edmonton 3 – 2 St. Louis OT Toivonen 14,465 19–14–5 43 Recap 39 January 5 Carolina 0 – 1 St. Louis Legace 19,150 20–14–5 45 Recap 40 January 8 Columbus 1 – 6 St. Louis Legace 14,818 21–14–5 47 Recap 41 January 10 Dallas 2 – 4 St. Louis Legace 16,805 22–14–5 49 Recap 42 January 11 St. Louis 4 – 6 Columbus Toivonen 15,233 22–15–5 49 Recap 43 January 13 Vancouver 4 – 3 St. Louis SO Legace 16,828 22–15–6 50 Recap 44 January 16 St. Louis 1 – 6 Chicago Schwarz 17,570 22–16–6 50 Recap 45 January 19 Nashville 5 – 2 St. Louis Legace 19,275 22–17–6 50 Recap 46 January 21 St. Louis 3 – 6 Nashville Legace 13,642 22–18–6 50 Recap 47 January 23 St. Louis 2 – 3 Vancouver SO Legace 18,630 22–18–7 51 Recap 48 January 24 St. Louis 1 – 4 San Jose Legace 17,142 22–19–7 51 Recap 49 January 29 St. Louis 3 – 2 Toronto Legace 19,363 23–19–7 53 Recap
February: 5–7–3 (home: 4–4–1; road: 1–3–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 50 February 1 Anaheim 0 – 1 St. Louis SO Legace 19,150 24–19–7 55 Recap 51 February 2 Colorado 6 – 4 St. Louis Legace 19,150 24–20–7 55 Recap 52 February 5 Tampa Bay 5 – 4 St. Louis Legace 17,150 24–21–7 55 Recap 53 February 9 St. Louis 2 – 6 Dallas Toivonen 18,584 24–22–7 55 Recap 54 February 10 Minnesota 2 – 1 St. Louis SO Legace 16,477 24–22–8 56 Recap 55 February 12 Los Angeles 2 – 4 St. Louis Legace 15,688 25–22–8 58 Recap 56 February 14 St. Louis 4 – 1 Colorado Legace 17,131 26–22–8 60 Recap 57 February 16 St. Louis 1 – 2 Nashville OT Legace 17,113 26–22–9 61 Recap 58 February 17 Columbus 1 – 5 St. Louis Legace 19,150 27–22–9 63 Recap 59 February 19 Chicago 1 – 5 St. Louis Legace 19,150 28–22–9 65 Recap 60 February 21 St. Louis 1 – 5 Los Angeles Legace 14,132 28–23–9 65 Recap 61 February 22 St. Louis 1 – 2 Anaheim OT Legace 17,174 28–23–10 66 Recap 62 February 24 St. Louis 0 – 2 Phoenix Legace 14,845 28–24–10 66 Recap 63 February 26 Dallas 3 – 1 St. Louis Legace 19,150 28–25–10 66 Recap 64 February 28 Phoenix 2 – 1 St. Louis Legace 17,867 28–26–10 66 Recap
March: 3–9–2 (home: 1–3–0; road: 2–6–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 65 March 1 San Jose 2 – 0 St. Louis Legace 19,150 28–27–10 66 Recap 66 March 4 Los Angeles 2 – 3 St. Louis Legace 14,973 29–27–10 68 Recap 67 March 5 St. Louis 1 – 4 Detroit Legace 18,064 29–28–10 68 Recap 68 March 8 St. Louis 2 – 4 Vancouver Legace 18,630 29–29–10 68 Recap 69 March 10 St. Louis 3 – 7 Calgary Toivonen 19,289 29–30–10 68 Recap 70 March 11 St. Louis 3 – 4 Edmonton OT Legace 16,839 29–30–11 69 Recap 71 March 14 St. Louis 1 – 4 San Jose Toivonen 17,496 29–31–11 69 Recap 72 March 15 St. Louis 2 – 5 Anaheim Legace 17,174 29–32–11 69 Recap 73 March 18 St. Louis 4 – 3 Montreal SO Legace 21,273 30–32–11 71 Recap 74 March 20 St. Louis 2 – 3 Ottawa Toivonen 20,027 30–33–11 71 Recap 75 March 23 St. Louis 3 – 4 Chicago OT Toivonen 19,146 30–33–12 72 Recap 76 March 25 Detroit 2 – 1 St. Louis Legace 19,150 30–34–12 72 Recap 77 March 28 St. Louis 4 – 3 Detroit OT Legace 20,066 31–34–12 74 Recap 78 March 29 Chicago 4 – 3 St. Louis Legace 19,150 31–35–12 74 Recap
April: 2–1–1 (home: 1–0–1; road: 1–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 1 Nashville 4 – 3 St. Louis OT Toivonen 17,357 31–35–13 75 Recap 80 April 3 St. Louis 2 – 3 Nashville Toivonen 17,113 31–36–13 75 Recap 81 April 5 Columbus 0 – 3 St. Louis Legace 19,150 32–36–13 77 Recap 82 April 6 St. Louis 4 – 1 Columbus Toivonen 17,739 33–36–13 79 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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	49	14	22	36	32
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
TOTALS	82	205	357	562	1,137

* 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
TOTALS	82	4,945	33	36	13	223	5	2,240	.900	2.71

through April 6, 2008

Awards and 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 – Paul Karpowich
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 – Dale Weise	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 – Wade Megan
June 19, 2008	To St. Louis Blues 3rd round pick in 2008 – James Livingston	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jamal Mayers
June 20, 2008	To St. Louis Blues Chris Mason	To Nashville Predators 4th round pick in 2008 – Dale Weise

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 million
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
David Backes	3 years, $2.5 million (Jul. 1, 2008)

Signed prospects

Player	Signing Date
T. J. Oshie (C)	May 13

Draft picks

St. Louis' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	13	Lars Eller	C	Denmark	Frölunda HC (SEL)
1	18	Ian Cole	D	United States	U.S. 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	U.S. 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.

See also

• 2007–08 NHL season
• St. Louis Blues seasons

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