The 1979–80 St. Louis Blues season was the 13th in franchise history.
It involved the team returning to the NHL playoffs for the first time in three seasons, following the team's 34-34-12 record during the regular-season, good for 80 points.
The season started the team's run of 25 consecutive seasons of playoff appearances, a record for any non-Original Six NHL franchise.
[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
[4] St. Louis's draft picks at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.