2020–21 St. Louis Blues season

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

2020–21 St. Louis Blues
2020–21 record7–4–1
Home record3–3–1
Road record4–1–0
Goals for40
Goals against39
Team information
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
GoalsBrayden Schenn (6)
Assists5 tied (7)
PointsJordan Kyrou (12)
Penalty minutesDavid Perron (12)
Plus/minusJaden Schwartz (+11)
WinsJordan Binnington (6)
Goals against averageJordan Binnington (2.63)

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 will play this season in the West Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings
West Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Colorado Avalanche 11 7 3 1 6 38 24 +14 15
2 St. Louis Blues 12 7 4 1 6 40 39 +1 15
3 Vegas Golden Knights 8 6 1 1 5 28 19 +9 13
4 Anaheim Ducks 13 5 5 3 4 25 34 −9 13
5 Minnesota Wild 11 6 5 0 3 30 30 0 12
6 Arizona Coyotes 11 5 5 1 5 30 30 0 11
7 San Jose Sharks 10 4 5 1 1 28 37 −9 9
8 Los Angeles Kings 10 3 5 2 3 28 34 −6 8
Updated to game(s) played on February 6, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount 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 amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[3]

2020–21 game log
February: 1–2–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
10February 2Arizona3–4St. LouisBinnington1,4007–2–115Recap
11February 4Arizona4–3St. LouisBinnington—7–3–115Recap
—February 6Colorado–St. LouisPostponed due to COVID-19.[6]
12February 6Arizona3–1St. LouisHusso—7–4–115Recap
—February 7Colorado–St. LouisPostponed due to COVID-19.
13February 8Arizona–St. Louis
—February 9St. Louis–MinnesotaPostponed due to COVID-19.[7]
14February 11St. Louis–Minnesota
15February 13St. Louis–Arizona
16February 15St. Louis–Arizona
17February 18San Jose–St. Louis
18February 20San Jose–St. Louis
19February 22Los Angeles–St. Louis
20February 24Los Angeles–St. Louis
21February 27St. Louis–San Jose

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

Current roster

Updated January 31, 2021.[8][9]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
49 Ivan Barbashev C L 25 2014 Moscow, Russia
50 Jordan Binnington G L 27 2011 Richmond Hill, Ontario
9 Sammy Blais LW L 24 2014 Montmagny, Quebec
41 Robert Bortuzzo  D R 31 2015 Thunder Bay, Ontario
21 Tyler Bozak C R 34 2018 Regina, Saskatchewan
13 Kyle Clifford LW L 30 2020 Kitchener, Ontario
61 Jacob de la Rose LW L 25 2019 Arvika, Sweden
29 Vince Dunn D L 24 2015 Mississauga, Ontario
72 Justin Faulk D R 28 2019 South St. Paul, Minnesota
4 Carl Gunnarsson D L 34 2014 Örebro, Sweden
68 Mike Hoffman LW L 31 2021 Kitchener, Ontario
1 Joel Hofer G L 21 2018 Winnipeg, Manitoba
35 Ville Husso G L 26 2014 Helsinki, Finland
47 Torey Krug D L 29 2020 Royal Oak, Michigan
25 Jordan Kyrou C R 22 2016 Toronto, Ontario
28 Mackenzie MacEachern LW L 26 2012 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
77 Niko Mikkola D L 24 2015 Kiiminki, Finland
90 Ryan O'Reilly (C) C L 30 2018 Clinton, Ontario
55 Colton Parayko (A) D R 27 2012 St. Albert, Alberta
57 David Perron LW R 32 2018 Sherbrooke, Quebec
48 Scott Perunovich D L 22 2018 Hibbing, Minnesota
53 Austin Poganski RW R 24 2014 St. Cloud, Minnesota
12 Zach Sanford LW L 26 2017 Salem, Massachusetts
6 Marco Scandella D L 30 2020 Montreal, Quebec
10 Brayden Schenn (A) C L 29 2017 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
17 Jaden Schwartz LW L 28 2010 Melfort, Saskatchewan
70 Oskar Sundqvist C R 26 2017 Boden, Sweden
91 Vladimir Tarasenko (A)  RW L 29 2010 Yaroslavl, Soviet Union
18 Robert Thomas C R 21 2017 Aurora, Ontario
46 Jake Walman D L 24 2014 Toronto, Ontario

Roster Changes
DatePlayerTransaction
September 2, 2020Jake Allen, GTraded to Montreal Canadiens[10]
October 9, 2020Troy Brouwer, RWUnsigned Unrestricted Free Agent[11]
October 9, 2020Torey Krug, DFree Agent - Signed 7 year, $45.5 million[12]
October 11, 2020Kyle Clifford, LWFree Agent - Signed 2 year, $2 million[13]
October 13, 2020Alex Pietrangelo, DFree Agent - Signed by Las Vegas Golden Knights[14]
December 17, 2020Alexander Steen, LWRetired[15]
January 11, 2021Mike Hoffman, LWFree Agent - Signed 1 year, $4 million[16]
January 12, 2021Jay Bouwmeester, DRetired[17]

Draft picks
See also: List of St. Louis Blues 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)  CAN Edmonton Oil Kings (Western Hockey League) (WHL)
3 86 Dylan Peterson (C)  USA U.S. NTDP (United States Hockey League) (USHL)
3 88 Leo Loof (D)  SWE Farjestad Jr. (U20 Superelite)
4 119 Tanner Dickinson (C)  USA Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5 150 Matthew Kessel (D)  USA UMass Minutemen (Hockey East)
6 163 Will Carnley (G)  CAN Ottawa 67ers (OHL)
7 194 Noah Beck (D)  CAN Fargo Force (USHL)

References
  1. Whyno, Stephen (October 6, 2020). "NHL targeting Jan. 1 to begin next season". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  2. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  3. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  4. "Golden Knights-Blues game postponed due to COVID-19". NHL.com. January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  5. "NHL announces updates to 2020-21 regular-season schedule". NHL.com. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  6. "Avalanche have four more games postponed due to COVID-19 protocol". NHL.com. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  7. "Wild have four games postponed; players added to NHL COVID-19 protocol". NHL.com. February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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  9. "St. Louis Blues Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  10. https://www.nhl.com/news/montreal-canadiens-acquire-jake-allen-from-st-louis-blues/c-318858478
  11. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/blues-sign-rfas-poganski-reinke/article_56590077-9ad5-5ba8-9680-083174a7db5a.html
  12. https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/blues-agree-to-terms-with-defenseman-torey-krug-on-a-7-year-contract-worth-455-million-dollars/c-319414110
  13. https://www.foxsports.com/midwest/story/st-louis-blues-sign-kyle-clifford-two-year-deal-101120
  14. https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-signs-alex-pietrangelo-to-seven-year-contract/c-319289074
  15. https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/steen-retires-after-15-year-nhl-career/c-319806964
  16. https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2021/01/11/st-louis-blues-officially-sign-mike-hoffman-to-one-year-4-million-contract-2020-nhl-free-agency/
  17. https://www.nhl.com/news/blues-jay-bouwmeester-retirement/c-320195272
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