The 2018–19 St. Louis Blues season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Blues were in last place in the league in January, but rallied to make the playoffs. They advanced to the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals against the Boston Bruins and won in seven games, their first Stanley Cup in the franchise's 52-year history.

The Blues became the fourth St. Louis-based professional sports team to win a major championship, joining the 11-time World Series champions St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB), the 1957–58 St. Louis Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 1999 St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL). This made St. Louis the eighth city to win a championship in each of the four major U.S. sports.

Off-season On May 30, 2018, the Blues named Mike Van Ryn as assistant coach, replacing Darryl Sydor, who stepped down to spend more time with his family. Van Ryn played the first three seasons (2000–2003) of his eight years in the NHL with the Blues, scoring 13 points in 69 games.

The Blues extended their affiliation with the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL on May 31.

Season summary The Blues started the season sluggish, and head coach Mike Yeo was fired on November 19 with the team's record at 7–9–3. Craig Berube, who had served as assistant coach with the Blues since 2017, was named the interim head coach. St. Louis began the 2019 calendar year with the worst record in the league; 15–18–4 and 34 points recorded. Soon after, rookie goaltender Jordan Binnington joined the team. On January 7, he won his first game in a shutout and took over as the team's starting goaltender. The Blues then went on a franchise-record 11-game winning streak and had a 30–10–5 run to finish the season. They clinched a playoff spot on March 29, 2019."Rain can't dampen Blues' championship parade". espn.com. June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

In the playoffs, the Blues defeated the Winnipeg Jets, Dallas Stars, and San Jose Sharks to advance to the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals, where they faced the Boston Bruins. It was their first Finals appearance since 1970. On May 29, 2019, St. Louis won a Stanley Cup Finals game for the first time in franchise history as they defeated the Bruins 3–2 in overtime in Game 2; the team was swept in their three previous finals trips (1968, 1969, and 1970). On June 12, 2019, they defeated the Bruins in seven games to win the first Stanley Cup title in franchise history. Until then, they were the oldest franchise to have never won a Stanley Cup.

Ryan O'Reilly, who had been acquired in a trade during the previous offseason, was the Blues' top regular season scorer with 77 points. He then had a franchise-record 23 playoff points and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. O'Reilly also won the Frank J. Selke Trophy for the league's best defensive forward during the regular season.Kaplan, Emily. "Blues' O'Reilly scores again, wins Conn Smythe". espn.com. June 13, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019."Tampa duo Kucherov, Vasilevskiy win top awards". espn.com. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

"Gloria" St. Louis had been in last place in the NHL on January 3. On the night of January 6, a few Blues players were in a Philadelphia bar watching the National Football League "Double Doink" wildcard game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears. The DJ played the 1982 Laura Branigan song "Gloria", and according to defenceman Joel Edmundson, "this one guy looked at the DJ and said, 'Keep playing "Gloria"!' so they kept playing it. Everyone would get up and start singing and dancing. We just sat back and watched it happen. Right there we decided we should play the song after our wins." The following day, goaltender Jordan Binnington made his first start for the Blues that season and won the game with a shutout.Spiegel, Jackie. "How 'Play Gloria' became the rallying cry of the St. Louis Blues". sportingnews.com. June 13, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

The team played it after every win for the rest of the regular season and playoffs, and as their hot streak continued, the song became popular in the city of St. Louis. "Gloria" was written on signs and t-shirts. The St. Louis radio station KYKY played it for 24 hours straight after series victories in the playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018. 2018 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 18 St. Louis 3–5 Dallas Binnington 11,125 0–1–0 2 September 19 St. Louis 3–2 Minnesota Husso 14,290 1–1–0 3 September 21 Columbus 0–3 St. Louis Johnson 15,190 2–1–0 4 September 23 St. Louis 5–1 Columbus Husso 11,758 3–1–0 5 September 25 Washington 4–0 St. Louis Allen 15,769 3–2–0 6 September 28 Dallas 1–3 St. Louis Allen 17,363 4–2–0 7 September 30 St. Louis 2–5 Washington Johnson 14,894 4–3–0 Notes: Game was played at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018. 2018–19 game logOctober: 3–4–3 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 1–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Winnipeg 5–1 St. Louis Allen 18,292 0–1–0 0 2 October 6 Chicago 5–4 St. Louis OT Allen 17,429 0–1–1 1 3 October 11 Calgary 3–5 St. Louis Allen 16,403 1–1–1 3 4 October 13 St. Louis 3–4 Chicago OT Allen 21,634 1–1–2 4 5 October 14 Anaheim 3–2 St. Louis Johnson 16,562 1–2–2 4 6 October 17 St. Louis 2–3 Montreal Allen 20,137 1–3–2 4 7 October 20 St. Louis 4–1 Toronto Allen 19,268 2–3–2 6 8 October 22 St. Louis 4–5 Winnipeg OT Allen 15,321 2–3–3 7 9 October 25 Columbus 7–4 St. Louis Johnson 17,068 2–4–3 7 10 October 27 Chicago 3–7 St. Louis Allen 17,201 3–4–3 9 November: 6–8–0 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Vegas 3–5 St. Louis Allen 16,813 4–4–3 11 12 November 3 Minnesota 5–1 St. Louis Allen 17,767 4–5–3 11 13 November 6 Carolina 1–4 St. Louis Johnson 16,210 5–5–3 13 14 November 9 San Jose 0–4 St. Louis Johnson 17,032 6–5–3 15 15 November 11 Minnesota 3–2 St. Louis Johnson 16,735 6–6–3 15 16 November 14 St. Louis 0–1 Chicago Allen 21,401 6–7–3 15 17 November 16 St. Louis 4–1 Vegas Allen 18,488 7–7–3 17 18 November 17 St. Louis 0–4 San Jose Johnson 17,417 7–8–3 17 19 November 19 Los Angeles 2–0 St. Louis Allen 16,860 7–9–3 17 20 November 21 St. Louis 1–4 Nashville Allen 17,558 7–10–3 17 21 November 23 Nashville 2–6 St. Louis Allen 16,192 8–10–3 19 22 November 24 Winnipeg 8–4 St. Louis Johnson 17,028 8–11–3 19 23 November 28 St. Louis 3–4 Detroit Allen 18,165 8–12–3 19 24 November 30 St. Louis 3–2 Colorado OT Allen 18,021 9–12–3 21 December: 6–6–1 (Home: 3–4–1; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 St. Louis 1–6 Arizona Johnson 13,451 9–13–3 21 26 December 5 Edmonton 3–2 St. Louis SO Allen 16,551 9–13–4 22 27 December 7 St. Louis 1–0 Winnipeg Allen 15,321 10–13–4 24 28 December 9 Vancouver 6–1 St. Louis Allen 16,841 10–14–4 24 29 December 11 Florida 3–4 St. Louis Allen 16,255 11–14–4 26 30 December 14 Colorado 3–4 St. Louis OT Allen 16,366 12–14–4 28 31 December 16 Calgary 7–2 St. Louis Allen 17,604 12–15–4 28 32 December 18 St. Louis 4–1 Edmonton Allen 18,347 13–15–4 30 33 December 20 St. Louis 1–5 Vancouver Allen 18,261 13–16–4 30 34 December 22 St. Louis 3–1 Calgary Allen 18,683 14–16–4 32 35 December 27 Buffalo 1–4 St. Louis Allen 17,867 15–16–4 34 36 December 29 Pittsburgh 6–1 St. Louis Allen 17,475 15–17–4 34 37 December 31 NY Rangers 2–1 St. Louis Allen 16,849 15–18–4 34 January: 7–4–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 3 Washington 2–5 St. Louis Allen 17,200 16–18–4 36 39 January 5 NY Islanders 4–3 St. Louis Allen 16,801 16–19–4 36 40 January 7 St. Louis 3–0 Philadelphia Binnington 19,021 17–19–4 38 41 January 8 Dallas 3–1 St. Louis Allen 17,037 17–20–4 38 42 January 10 Montreal 1–4 St. Louis Binnington 17,839 18–20–4 40 43 January 12 St. Louis 3–1 Dallas Binnington 18,124 19–20–4 42 44 January 14 St. Louis 4–1 Washington Allen 18,506 20–20–4 44 45 January 15 St. Louis 1–2 NY Islanders OT Binnington 10,042 20–20–5 45 46 January 17 St. Louis 2–5 Boston Allen 17,565 20–21–5 45 47 January 19 Ottawa 2–3 St. Louis Binnington 17,690 21–21–5 47 48 January 21 St. Louis 3–4 Los Angeles Binnington 18,230 21–22–5 47 49 January 23 St. Louis 5–1 Anaheim Binnington 16,795 22–22–5 49 February: 12–1–1 (Home: 5–0–0; Road: 7–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 2 St. Louis 4–2 Columbus Binnington 18,681 23–22–5 51 51 February 5 St. Louis 3–2 Florida Binnington 10,243 24–22–5 53 52 February 7 St. Louis 1–0 Tampa Bay OT Binnington 19,092 25–22–5 55 53 February 9 Nashville 2–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,166 26–22–5 57 54 February 10 St. Louis 5–4 Nashville OT Allen 17,622 27–22–5 59 55 February 12 New Jersey 3–8 St. Louis Binnington 17,509 28–22–5 61 56 February 14 St. Louis 4–0 Arizona Binnington 12,533 29–22–5 63 57 February 16 St. Louis 3–0 Colorado Allen 18,076 30–22–5 65 58 February 17 St. Louis 4–0 Minnesota Binnington 19,102 31–22–5 67 59 February 19 Toronto 2–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,598 32–22–5 69 60 February 21 St. Louis 2–5 Dallas Binnington 17,945 32–23–5 69 61 February 23 Boston 1–2 St. Louis SO Binnington 18,425 33–23–5 71 62 February 24 St. Louis 1–2 Minnesota OT Allen 18,645 33–23–6 72 63 February 26 Nashville 0–2 St. Louis Binnington 16,645 34–23–6 74 March: 8–5–2 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 4–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 St. Louis 2–5 Carolina Allen 15,363 34–24–6 74 65 March 2 Dallas 4–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,166 34–25–6 74 66 March 6 St. Louis 5–4 Anaheim Binnington 16,854 35–25–6 76 67 March 7 St. Louis 4–0 Los Angeles Allen 17,837 36–25–6 78 68 March 9 St. Louis 2–3 San Jose OT Allen 17,562 36–25–7 79 69 March 12 Arizona 3–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,428 36–26–7 79 70 March 14 St. Louis 0–2 Ottawa Allen 13,378 36–27–7 79 71 March 16 St. Louis 5–1 Pittsburgh Binnington 18,641 37–27–7 81 72 March 17 St. Louis 3–4 Buffalo SO Allen 18,486 37–27–8 82 73 March 19 Edmonton 2–7 St. Louis Binnington 17,873 38–27–8 84 74 March 21 Detroit 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,272 39–27–8 86 75 March 23 Tampa Bay 3–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,127 40–27–8 88 76 March 25 Vegas 1–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,247 41–27–8 90 77 March 29 St. Louis 2–4 NY Rangers Binnington 17,567 41–28–8 90 78 March 30 St. Louis 3–2 New Jersey OT Allen 16,514 42–28–8 92 April: 3–0–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 0–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Colorado 2–3 St. Louis SO Binnington 17,767 43–28–8 94 80 April 3 St. Louis 3–4 Chicago SO Allen 21,482 43–28–9 95 81 April 4 Philadelphia 3–7 St. Louis Binnington 18,203 44–28–9 97 82 April 6 Vancouver 2–3 St. Louis SO Binnington 17,970 45–28–9 99 Legend:

Playoffs

The Blues faced the Winnipeg Jets in the First Round of the playoffs and defeated them in six games. Next up, they faced the Dallas Stars in the Second Round of the playoffs, defeating them in seven games in double overtime. Then, they faced the San Jose Sharks in the Conference Finals of the playoffs, defeating them in six games.

Finally, they faced the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals, defeating them in seven games to win their first Stanley Cup.