2020–21 St. Louis Blues season

The 2020–21 St. Louis Blues season was the 54th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established in 1967. Head coach Craig Berube coached his third season with the team.[1]

2020–21 St. Louis Blues
Division4th West
2020–21 record27–20–9
Home record12–11–5
Road record15–9–4
Goals for169
Goals against170
Team information
General managerDoug Armstrong
CoachCraig Berube
CaptainRyan O'Reilly
Alternate captainsColton Parayko
Brayden Schenn
Vladimir Tarasenko
ArenaEnterprise Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
Utica Comets (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsRyan O'Reilly (24)
AssistsDavid Perron (39)
PointsDavid Perron (58)
Penalty minutesRobert Bortuzzo (47)
Plus/minusRyan O'Reilly (+26)
WinsJordan Binnington (18)
Goals against averageJordan Binnington (2.65)

On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Blues would play this season in the West Division and would only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

On May 7, 2021, the Blues clinched a playoff berth despite a 4–3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.[2] The Blues were eliminated from the playoffs in a four-game sweep by the Colorado Avalanche, with a 5–2 loss in game four on May 23.[3]

Standings

Divisional standings

West Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 p Colorado Avalanche 56 39 13 4 35 197 133 +64 82
2 x Vegas Golden Knights 56 40 14 2 30 191 124 +67 82
3 x Minnesota Wild 56 35 16 5 27 181 160 +21 75
4 x St. Louis Blues 56 27 20 9 19 169 170 1 63
5 e Arizona Coyotes 56 24 26 6 19 153 176 23 54
6 e Los Angeles Kings 56 21 28 7 19 143 170 27 49
7 e San Jose Sharks 56 21 28 7 15 151 199 48 49
8 e Anaheim Ducks 56 17 30 9 11 126 179 53 43
Source: National Hockey League[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e Eliminated from playoff contention; p Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[5]

2020–21 game log

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement

Playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Goaltenders


Roster Changes

DatePlayerTransaction
September 2, 2020Jake Allen, GTraded to Montreal Canadiens[80]
October 9, 2020Troy Brouwer, RWUnsigned Unrestricted Free Agent[81]
October 9, 2020Torey Krug, DFree Agent - Signed 7 year, $45.5 million[82]
October 11, 2020Kyle Clifford, LWFree Agent - Signed 2 year, $2 million[83]
October 13, 2020Alex Pietrangelo, DFree Agent - Signed by Las Vegas Golden Knights[84]
December 17, 2020Alexander Steen, LWRetired[85]
January 11, 2021Mike Hoffman, LWFree Agent - Signed 1 year, $4 million[86]
January 12, 2021Jay Bouwmeester, DRetired[87]

Draft picks

Below are the St. Louis Blues selection at the 2020 NHL Draft which was held on October 6–7 at NHL Network Studios

Round # Player Pos Nationally College/junior/club team (league)
1 26 Jake Neighbours (LW)  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (Western Hockey League) (WHL)
3 86 Dylan Peterson (C)  United States U.S. NTDP (United States Hockey League) (USHL)
3 88 Leo Loof (D)  Sweden Farjestad Jr. (U20 Superelite)
4 119 Tanner Dickinson (C)  United States Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5 150 Matthew Kessel (D)  United States UMass Minutemen (Hockey East)
6 163 Will Carnley (G)  Canada Ottawa 67ers (OHL)
7 194 Noah Beck (D)  Canada Fargo Force (USHL)

Notes

  1. Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.
  2. Los Angeles was not affected by the storm. The Kings, who were coming off of a two-game series against the Avalanche, were stranded in Denver due to a blizzard generated by the storm.
  1. The following games have been rescheduled:[21]
    • Arizona at St. Louis originally scheduled for March 29, is now scheduled for February 6.
    • Arizona at St. Louis originally scheduled for March 31, is now scheduled for February 8.
  2. The following game has been rescheduled:[27]
    • St. Louis at Arizona originally scheduled for April 15, is now scheduled for February 12.
  3. The following game has been rescheduled:[14]
    • St. Louis at San Jose originally scheduled for February 26, is now scheduled for March 8.
  4. The following games have been rescheduled:[20]
    • Anaheim at St. Louis originally scheduled for March 27, is now scheduled for March 28.
    • Minnesota at St. Louis originally scheduled for April 11, is now scheduled for April 10.
  5. The following game has been rescheduled:[23]
    • St. Louis at Colorado originally scheduled for April 20, is now scheduled for April 2.
  6. The following games have been rescheduled:[62]
    • St. Louis at Minnesota originally scheduled for April 26, is now scheduled for April 29.
    • Minnesota at St. Louis originally scheduled for April 30, is now scheduled for May 12.
    • Minnesota at St. Louis originally scheduled for May 1, is now scheduled for May 13.
  7. Minnesota's home game vs. St. Louis, originally scheduled for February 9, was rescheduled three times: first to April 12,[20] then to May 12,[58] and then finally to May 1.[62] The schedule change was made due to COVID-19 protocol and the Daunte Wright shooting.

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