2019–20 St. Louis Blues season

2019–20 St. Louis Blues
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
2019–20 record	42–19–10
Home record	23–7–5
Road record	19–12–5
Goals for	225
Goals against	193
Team information
General manager	Doug Armstrong
Coach	Craig Berube
Captain	Alex Pietrangelo
Alternate captains	Ryan O'Reilly (Nov.–Aug.) Alexander Steen Vladimir Tarasenko
Arena	Enterprise Center
Average attendance	18,096[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	San Antonio Rampage (AHL) Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	David Perron Brayden Schenn (25)
Assists	Ryan O'Reilly (49)
Points	Ryan O'Reilly (61)
Penalty minutes	David Perron (52)
Plus/minus	Vince Dunn (+15)
Wins	Jordan Binnington (30)
Goals against average	Jake Allen (2.15)
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The 2019–20 St. Louis Blues season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.^[2] The Blues entered the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions for the first time in franchise history.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[3][4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over, with the remaining games being cancelled.^[5] The Blues advanced to the playoffs and played to play in a round-robin tournament, to determine the team's seed for the playoffs. The Blues faced the Vancouver Canucks in the first round, but were defeated in six games.^[6]

On June 24, 2019, head coach Craig Berube signed a three-year contract with the Blues. Berube had been the interim head coach since November 2018 and helped the Blues win the Stanley Cup in the previous season.^[7]

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	94
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	92
3	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	82
4	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	80
5	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	78
6	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	77
7	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	72

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[9]
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	.585	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[9]
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	.450

Tiebreaking procedures

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
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 (difference between goals for and goals against).
7. Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.^[11]

2019 pre-season game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	St. Louis	2–0	Dallas		Husso	13,214	1–0–0	[12]
2	September 18	St. Louis	2–3	Washington		Fitzpatrick	13,415	1–1–0	[13]
3	September 20	St. Louis	4–3	Winnipeg	OT	Husso	15,325	2–1–0	[14]
4	September 22	Columbus	3–5	St. Louis		Binnington	16,672	3–1–0	[15]
5	September 24	Dallas	2–1	St. Louis		Allen	16,515	3–2–0	[16]
6 [a]	September 26	St. Louis	1–4	Detroit		Binnington	—	3–3–0	[17]
7	September 27	Washington	3–4	St. Louis		Husso	17,101	4–3–0	[18]
8	September 29	St. Louis	–	Columbus	Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.
Notes: a Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.^[19]

2019–20 game log
October: 7–3–3 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 Washington 3–2 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 0–0–1 1 [20] 2 October 5 Dallas 2–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 1–0–1 3 [21] 3 October 7 St. Louis 3–2 Toronto Binnington 19,466 2–0–1 5 [22] 4 October 10 St. Louis 6–4 Ottawa Allen 9,204 3–0–1 7 [23] 5 October 12 St. Louis 3–6 Montreal Binnington 21,302 3–1–1 7 [24] 6 October 14 St. Louis 2–3 NY Islanders OT Binnington 10,355 3–1–2 8 [25] 7 October 17 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis SO Binnington 18,096 3–1–3 9 [26] 8 October 19 Montreal 5–2 St. Louis Allen 18,096 3–2–3 9 [27] 9 October 21 Colorado 1–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 4–2–3 11 [28] 10 October 24 Los Angeles 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 5–2–3 13 [29] 11 October 26 St. Louis 0–3 Boston Binnington 17,193 5–3–3 13 [30] 12 October 27 St. Louis 5–4 Detroit OT Binnington 18,331 6–3–3 15 [31] 13 October 30 Minnesota 1–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 7–3–3 17 [32]
November: 10–2–3 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 6–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 1 Columbus 3–4 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 8–3–3 19 [33] 15 November 2 St. Louis 4–3 Minnesota OT Allen 18,208 9–3–3 21 [34] 16 November 5 St. Louis 2–1 Vancouver OT Binnington 18,789 10–3–3 23 [35] 17 November 6 St. Louis 5–2 Edmonton Allen 17,068 11–3–3 25 [36] 18 November 9 St. Louis 3–2 Calgary OT Binnington 19,289 12–3–3 27 [37] 19 November 12 Arizona 3–2 St. Louis SO Binnington 18,096 12–3–4 28 [38] 20 November 15 St. Louis 2–3 Columbus OT Allen 18,505 12–3–5 29 [39] 21 November 16 Anaheim 4–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 12–4–5 29 [40] 22 November 19 Tampa Bay 1–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 13–4–5 31 [41] 23 November 21 Calgary 0–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 14–4–5 33 [42] 24 November 23 Nashville 4–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 14–5–5 33 [43] 25 November 25 St. Louis 2–3 Nashville SO Allen 17,168 14–5–6 34 [44] 26 November 27 St. Louis 4–3 Tampa Bay Binnington 19,092 15–5–6 36 [45] 27 November 29 St. Louis 3–1 Dallas Allen 18,532 16–5–6 38 [46] 28 November 30 Pittsburgh 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 17–5–6 40 [47]
December: 9–4–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 2 St. Louis 4–0 Chicago Allen 21,204 18–5–6 42 [48] 30 December 4 St. Louis 0–3 Pittsburgh Binnington 18,411 18–6–6 42 [49] 31 December 7 Toronto 5–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 18–7–6 42 [50] 32 December 10 St. Louis 2–5 Buffalo Allen 16,521 18–8–6 42 [51] 33 December 12 Vegas 2–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 19–8–6 44 [52] 34 December 14 Chicago 3–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 20–8–6 46 [53] 35 December 16 Colorado 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 21–8–6 48 [54] 36 December 18 Edmonton 1–2 St. Louis Allen 18,096 22–8–6 50 [55] 37 December 21 St. Louis 5–2 San Jose Allen 16,065 23–8–6 52 [56] 38 December 23 St. Louis 4–1 Los Angeles Binnington 18,230 24–8–6 54 [57] 39 December 27 St. Louis 5–4 Winnipeg OT Binnington 15,325 25–8–6 56 [58] 40 December 29 Winnipeg 1–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 26–8–6 58 [59] 41 December 31 St. Louis 1–3 Arizona Allen 14,618 26–9–6 58 [60]
January: 5–4–2 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 St. Louis 3–7 Colorado Binnington 18,135 26–10–6 58 [61] 43 January 4 St. Louis 4–5 Vegas OT Allen 18,334 26–10–7 59 [62] 44 January 7 San Jose 2–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 27–10–7 61 [63] 45 January 9 Buffalo 1–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 28–10–7 63 [64] 46 January 11 NY Rangers 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 29–10–7 65 [65] 47 January 13 Anaheim 1–4 St. Louis Allen 18,096 30–10–7 67 [66] 48 January 15 Philadelphia 4–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 30–10–8 68 [67] 49 January 18 St. Louis 3–5 Colorado Binnington 18,132 30–11–8 68 [68] 50 January 27 St. Louis 1–3 Vancouver Allen 18,871 30–12–8 68 [69] 51 January 28 St. Louis 5–4 Calgary SO Binnington 19,033 31–12–8 70 [70] 52 January 31 St. Louis 2–4 Edmonton Allen 17,207 31–13–8 70 [71]
February: 8–4–2 (Home: 6–2–1; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 St. Louis 2–5 Winnipeg Binnington 15,325 31–14–8 70 [72] 54 February 4 Carolina 3–6 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 32–14–8 72 [73] 55 February 6 Winnipeg 4–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 32–15–8 72 [74] 56 February 8 Dallas 3–2 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 32–15–9 73 [75] – February 11 St. Louis Anaheim Game rescheduled to March 11 due to a medical emergency.[76] 57 February 13 St. Louis 5–6 Vegas OT Binnington 18,252 32–15–10 74 [77] 58 February 15 Nashville 4–3 St. Louis Allen 18,096 32–16–10 74 [78] 59 February 16 St. Louis 1–2 Nashville Binnington 17,349 32–17–10 74 [79] 60 February 18 New Jersey 0–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 33–17–10 76 [80] 61 February 20 Arizona 0–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 34–17–10 78 [81] 62 February 21 St. Louis 5–1 Dallas Allen 18,532 35–17–10 80 [82] 63 February 23 St. Louis 4–1 Minnesota Binnington 17,266 36–17–10 82 [83] 64 February 25 Chicago 5–6 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 37–17–10 84 [84] 65 February 27 NY Islanders 2–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 38–17–10 86 [85] 66 February 29 Dallas 3–4 St. Louis SO Allen 18,096 39–17–10 88 [86]
March: 3–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 March 3 St. Louis 3–1 NY Rangers Binnington 16,091 40–17–10 90 [87] 68 March 6 St. Louis 2–4 New Jersey Binnington 14,685 40–18–10 90 [88] 69 March 8 St. Louis 2–0 Chicago Allen 21,815 41–18–10 92 [89] 70 March 9 Florida 2–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 41–19–10 92 [90] 71 March 11 St. Louis 4–2 Anaheim Allen 16,195 42–19–10 94 [91]
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 72 March 13 San Jose St. Louis 73 March 15 Ottawa St. Louis 74 March 17 St. Louis Philadelphia 75 March 19 St. Louis Carolina 76 March 21 St. Louis Florida 77 March 24 St. Louis Washington 78 March 27 Los Angeles St. Louis 79 March 29 Minnesota St. Louis 80 March 31 Detroit St. Louis 81 April 2 Boston St. Louis 82 April 4 St. Louis Colorado
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

The Blues played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. St. Louis finished with a 0–2–1 record to secure the fourth seed for the playoffs.^[92]

The Blues faced the Vancouver Canucks in the first round, and were eliminated in six games.^[93]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Seeding Round-robin # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 August 2 St. Louis 1–2 Colorado Binnington 0–1–0 0 [94] 2 August 6 Vegas 6–4 St. Louis Binnington 0–2–0 0 [95] 3 August 9 Dallas 2–1 St. Louis SO Allen 0–2–1 1 [96]
Western Conference First Round vs. (5) Vancouver Canucks: Vancouver won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Vancouver 5–2 St. Louis Binnington 0–1 [97] 2 August 14 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 0–2 [98] 3 August 16 St. Louis 3–2 Vancouver OT Allen 1–2 [99] 4 August 17 St. Louis 3–1 Vancouver Allen 2–2 [100] 5 August 19 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis Allen 2–3 [101] 6 August 21 St. Louis 2–6 Vancouver Binnington 2–4 [102]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Regular season^[105]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jordan Binnington	50	50	2,947:41	30	13	7	126	2.56	1,430	.912	3	0	1	4
Jake Allen	24	21	1,339:04	12	6	3	48	2.15	655	.927	2	0	0	0

Playoffs^[106]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jake Allen	5	4	285:41	2	1	1	9	1.89	138	.935	0	0	0	2
Jordan Binnington	5	5	266:47	0	5	0	21	4.72	141	.851	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Blues. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

The Blues have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Date	Details		Ref
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Future considerations	To St. Louis Blues Dakota Joshua	[107]
July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jordan Schmaltz	To St. Louis Blues Andreas Borgman	[108]
September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24)	To Carolina Hurricanes Dominik Bokk Joel Edmundson 7th-round pick in 2021	To St. Louis Blues Justin Faulk 5th-round pick in 2020	[109]
November 6, 2019 (2019-11-06)	To Detroit Red Wings Robby Fabbri	To St. Louis Blues Jacob de la Rose	[110]
February 18, 2020 (2020-02-18)	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 2020 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2021	To St. Louis Blues Marco Scandella	[111]

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Jake Dotchin	from Anaheim Ducks	1-year	[112]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Nick Lappin	from New Jersey Devils	1-year	[112]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Evan Polei	from Bakersfield Condors (AHL)	2-year	[112][113]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Derrick Pouliot	from Vancouver Canucks	1-year	[112]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Mike Vecchione	from Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	[112]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Nathan Walker	from Washington Capitals	1-year	[112]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tyler Wotherspoon	to Philadelphia Flyers	2-year	[114]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Jani Hakanpaa	to Anaheim Ducks	1-year	[115]
July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)	Jared Coreau	to New York Islanders	1-year	[116]
July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	Michael Del Zotto	to Anaheim Ducks	1-year	[117]
August 24, 2019 (2019-08-24)	Patrick Maroon	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	[118]
September 3, 2019 (2019-09-03)	Conner Bleackley	to Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)	1-year	[119]
November 20, 2019 (2019-11-20)	Troy Brouwer	from Florida Panthers	1-year	[120]

Date	Player	Team	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)		from/to

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 23, 2019 (2019-06-23)	Jordan Nolan	1-year	[124]
June 23, 2019 (2019-06-23)	Nolan Stevens	1-year	[125]
June 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)	Carl Gunnarsson	2-year	[126]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Samuel Blais	1-year	[127]
July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	Zach Sanford	2-year	[128]
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	Robby Fabbri	1-year	[129]
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	Dakota Joshua	2-year	[107]
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	Mitch Reinke	1-year	[citation needed]
July 13, 2019 (2019-07-13)	Jordan Binnington	2-year	[130]
July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20)	Ville Husso	1-year	[131]
July 21, 2019 (2019-07-21)	Oskar Sundqvist	4-year	[132]
August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01)	Nikita Alexandrov	3-year	[133]
August 6, 2019 (2019-08-06)	Joel Edmundson	1-year	[134]
September 1, 2019 (2019-09-01)	Ivan Barbashev	2-year	[135]
September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24)	Justin Faulk	7-year	[109]
October 4, 2019 (2019-10-04)	Brayden Schenn	8-year	[136]
October 17, 2019 (2019-10-17)	Mathis Laferriere	3-year	[137]

Below are the St. Louis Blues' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	62	Nikita Alexandrov	C	Russia	Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
3	93	Colten Ellis	G	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
5	155	Keean Washkurak	C	Canada	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
7	2081	Vadim Zherenko	G	Russia	MHC Dynamo Moscow (MHL)
7	217	Jeremy Michel	LW	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)

Notes:

1. The Toronto Maple Leafs' seventh-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2020 to Toronto in exchange for this pick.^[138]