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National Hockey League team season
The 2020β21 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]
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
CanadaβUnited 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 4β3 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 5β2 loss in game four on May 23.
[3]
Standings
Divisional standings
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]
2020β21 game log
January: 6β2β1 (Home: 2β1β1 ; Road: 4β1β0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
1
January 13
St. Louis
4β1
Colorado
Binnington
0
1β0β0
2
[6]
2
January 15
St. Louis
0β8
Colorado
Binnington
0
1β1β0
2
[7]
3
January 18
San Jose
4β5
St. Louis
Binnington
0
2β1β0
4
[8]
4
January 20
San Jose
2β1
St. Louis
SO
Binnington
0
2β1β1
5
[9]
5
January 23
Los Angeles
2β4
St. Louis
Binnington
0
3β1β1
7
[10]
6
January 24
Los Angeles
6β3
St. Louis
Husso
0
3β2β1
7
[11]
7
January 26
St. Louis
5β4
Vegas
SO
Binnington
0
4β2β1
9
[12]
β
January 28
St. Louis
β
Vegas
Postponed due to COVID protocol.
[13] Makeup date March 22.
[14]
8
January 30
St. Louis
6β1
Anaheim
Binnington
0
5β2β1
11
[15]
9
January 31
St. Louis
4β1
Anaheim
Husso
0
6β2β1
13
[16]
February: 5β6β1 (Home: 2β5β1 ; Road: 3β1β0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
10
February 2
Arizona
3β4
St. Louis
Binnington
1,400
7β2β1
15
[17]
11
February 4
Arizona
4β3
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
7β3β1
15
[18]
β
February 6
Colorado
β
St. Louis
Postponed due to COVID-19.
[19] Rescheduled for April 14.
[20]
12
[A]
February 6
Arizona
3β1
St. Louis
Husso
β
[a]
7β4β1
15
[22]
β
February 7
Colorado
β
St. Louis
Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 20.
[23]
13
[A]
February 8
Arizona
4β3
St. Louis
SO
Binnington
β
[a]
7β4β2
16
[24]
β
February 9
St. Louis
β
Minnesota
Postponed due to COVID-19.
[25] Rescheduled for April 12.
[20]
β
February 11
St. Louis
β
Minnesota
Postponed due to COVID-19.
[26] Rescheduled for March 25.
[20]
14
[B]
February 12
St. Louis
4β1
Arizona
Binnington
2,457
8β4β2
18
[28]
15
February 13
St. Louis
5β4
Arizona
OT
Husso
3,237
9β4β2
20
[29]
16
February 15
St. Louis
0β1
Arizona
Binnington
2,554
9β5β2
20
[30]
17
February 18
San Jose
2β3
St. Louis
OT
Binnington
β
[a]
10β5β2
22
[31]
18
February 20
San Jose
5β4
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
10β6β2
22
[32]
19
February 22
Los Angeles
3β0
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
10β7β2
22
[33]
20
February 24
Los Angeles
2β1
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
10β8β2
22
[34]
21
February 27
St. Louis
7β6
San Jose
Husso
0
11β8β2
24
[35]
March: 5β5β4 (Home: 0β2β2 ; Road: 5β3β2)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
22
March 1
St. Louis
5β4
Anaheim
Husso
0
12β8β2
26
[36]
23
March 3
St. Louis
3β2
Anaheim
Binnington
0
13β8β2
28
[37]
24
March 5
St. Louis
3β2
Los Angeles
OT
Husso
0
14β8β2
30
[38]
25
March 6
St. Louis
3β4
Los Angeles
OT
Binnington
0
14β8β3
31
[39]
26
[C]
March 8
St. Louis
2β3
San Jose
OT
Husso
0
14β8β4
32
[40]
27
March 12
Vegas
5β4
St. Louis
OT
Binnington
β
[a]
14β8β5
33
[41]
28
March 13
Vegas
5β1
St. Louis
Husso
β
[a]
14β9β5
33
[42]
β
March 15
St. Louis
β
Los Angeles
Postponed due to the
March 2021 North American blizzard .
[43]
[b] Rescheduled for May 10.
[44]
29
March 17
St. Louis
1β4
Los Angeles
Binnington
0
14β10β5
33
[45]
30
March 19
St. Louis
2β1
San Jose
SO
Binnington
0
15β10β5
35
[46]
31
March 20
St. Louis
5β2
San Jose
Husso
0
16β10β5
37
[47]
32
March 22
St. Louis
1β5
Vegas
Binnington
3,750
16β11β5
37
[48]
33
March 25
St. Louis
0β2
Minnesota
Binnington
0
16β12β5
37
[49]
34
March 26
Anaheim
4β1
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
16β13β5
37
[50]
35
[D]
March 28
Anaheim
3β2
St. Louis
OT
Binnington
β
[a]
16β13β6
38
[51]
April: 7β6β0 (Home: 5β3β0 ; Road: 2β3β0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
36
[E]
April 2
St. Louis
2β3
Colorado
Binnington
4,039
16β14β6
38
[52]
37
April 3
St. Louis
1β2
Colorado
Husso
4,035
16β15β6
38
[53]
38
April 5
Vegas
6β1
St. Louis
Husso
β
[a]
16β16β6
38
[54]
39
April 7
Vegas
1β3
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
17β16β6
40
[55]
40
April 9
Minnesota
1β9
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
18β16β6
42
[56]
41
[D]
April 10
Minnesota
2β3
St. Louis
OT
Husso
β
[a]
19β16β6
44
[57]
β
April 12
St. Louis
β
Minnesota
Postponed due to the
Brooklyn Center shooting .
[58] Rescheduled for May 12.
42
April 14
Colorado
4β3
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
19β17β6
44
[59]
43
April 17
St. Louis
2β3
Arizona
Binnington
3,981
19β18β6
44
[60]
β
April 20
Colorado
β
St. Louis
Postponed due to
COVID-19 .
[61] Rescheduled for April 26.
[62]
44
April 22
Colorado
4β2
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
19β19β6
44
[63]
45
April 24
Colorado
3β5
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
20β19β6
46
[64]
46
April 26
Colorado
1β4
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
21β19β6
48
[65]
47
April 28
St. Louis
4β3
Minnesota
Binnington
3,000
22β19β6
50
[66]
48
[F]
April 29
St. Louis
5β4
Minnesota
OT
Husso
3,000
23β19β6
52
[67]
May: 4β1β3 (Home: 3β0β1 ; Road: 1β1β2)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
49
[G]
May 1
St. Louis
3β4
Minnesota
OT
Binnington
3,000
23β19β7
53
[68]
50
May 3
Anaheim
1β3
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
24β19β7
55
[69]
51
May 5
Anaheim
3β2
St. Louis
SO
Binnington
β
[a]
24β19β8
56
[70]
52
May 7
St. Louis
3β4
Vegas
OT
Binnington
7,567
24β19β9
57
[71]
53
May 8
St. Louis
1β4
Vegas
Husso
7,567
24β20β9
57
[72]
54
May 10
St. Louis
2β1
Los Angeles
OT
Binnington
2,154
25β20β9
59
[73]
55
[F]
May 12
Minnesota
0β4
St. Louis
Husso
β
[a]
26β20β9
61
[74]
56
[F]
May 13
Minnesota
3β7
St. Louis
Binnington
β
[a]
27β20β9
63
[75]
Legend :
Win (2 points)
Loss (0 points)
Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Postponement
Playoffs
2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
West Division First Round vs. (W1)
Colorado Avalanche : Colorado won 4β0
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Series
Recap
1
May 17
St. Louis
1β4
Colorado
Binnington
7,741
0β1
[76]
2
May 19
St. Louis
3β6
Colorado
Binnington
7,739
0β2
[77]
3
May 21
Colorado
5β1
St. Louis
Binnington
9,000
0β3
[78]
4
May 23
Colorado
5β2
St. Louis
Binnington
9,000
0β4
[79]
Legend :
Win
Loss
Player statistics
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Skaters
Goaltenders
Roster Changes
Date
Player
Transaction
September 2, 2020
Jake Allen , G
Traded to
Montreal Canadiens
[80]
October 9, 2020
Troy Brouwer , RW
Unsigned Unrestricted Free Agent
[81]
October 9, 2020
Torey Krug , D
Free Agent - Signed 7 year, $45.5 million
[82]
October 11, 2020
Kyle Clifford , LW
Free Agent - Signed 2 year, $2 million
[83]
October 13, 2020
Alex Pietrangelo , D
Free Agent - Signed by
Las Vegas Golden Knights
[84]
December 17, 2020
Alexander Steen , LW
Retired
[85]
January 11, 2021
Mike Hoffman , LW
Free Agent - Signed 1 year, $4 million
[86]
January 12, 2021
Jay Bouwmeester , D
Retired
[87]
Draft picks
Below are the St. Louis Blues selection at the
2020 NHL Draft which was held on October 6β7 at NHL Network Studios
Notes
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.
^ 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.
^
a
b 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.
^ The following game has been rescheduled:
[27] St. Louis at
Arizona originally scheduled for April 15, is now scheduled for February 12.
^ The following game has been rescheduled:
[14] St. Louis at
San Jose originally scheduled for February 26, is now scheduled for March 8.
^
a
b 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.
^ The following game has been rescheduled:
[23] St. Louis at
Colorado originally scheduled for April 20, is now scheduled for April 2.
^
a
b
c 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.
^
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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"St. Louis Blues - Anaheim Ducks - March 3rd, 2021" . NHL.com .
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"Anaheim Ducks - St. Louis Blues - March 26th, 2021" . NHL.com .
^
"Anaheim Ducks - St. Louis Blues - March 28th, 2021" . NHL.com .
^
"St. Louis Blues - Colorado Avalanche - April 2nd, 2021" . NHL.com .
^
"St. Louis Blues - Colorado Avalanche - April 3rd, 2021" . NHL.com .
^
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^
"Vegas Golden Knights - St. Louis Blues - April 7th, 2021" . NHL.com .
^
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^
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a
b
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^
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^
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^
"Avalanche have three games postponed due to COVID-19 protocol" . NHL.com . April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021 .
^
a
b
c
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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