The 2019–20 St. Louis Blues season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. 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. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over, with the remaining games being cancelled. 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.

Off-season 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."Blues sign Berube to 3-year contract". nhl.com. June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.

Standings

Divisional standings

Western Conference

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

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019. 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 2 September 18 St. Louis 2–3 Washington Fitzpatrick 13,415 1–1–0 3 September 20 St. Louis 4–3 Winnipeg OT Husso 15,325 2–1–0 4 September 22 Columbus 3–5 St. Louis Binnington 16,672 3–1–0 5 September 24 Dallas 2–1 St. Louis Allen 16,515 3–2–0 6 September 26 St. Louis 1–4 Detroit Binnington — 3–3–0 7 September 27 Washington 3–4 St. Louis Husso 17,101 4–3–0 8 September 29 St. Louis – Columbus Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.Notes: Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. 2019–20 game logOctober: 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 2 October 5 Dallas 2–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 1–0–1 3 3 October 7 St. Louis 3–2 Toronto Binnington 19,466 2–0–1 5 4 October 10 St. Louis 6–4 Ottawa Allen 9,204 3–0–1 7 5 October 12 St. Louis 3–6 Montreal Binnington 21,302 3–1–1 7 6 October 14 St. Louis 2–3 NY Islanders OT Binnington 10,355 3–1–2 8 7 October 17 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis SO Binnington 18,096 3–1–3 9 8 October 19 Montreal 5–2 St. Louis Allen 18,096 3–2–3 9 9 October 21 Colorado 1–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 4–2–3 11 10 October 24 Los Angeles 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 5–2–3 13 11 October 26 St. Louis 0–3 Boston Binnington 17,193 5–3–3 13 12 October 27 St. Louis 5–4 Detroit OT Binnington 18,331 6–3–3 15 13 October 30 Minnesota 1–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 7–3–3 17 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 15 November 2 St. Louis 4–3 Minnesota OT Allen 18,208 9–3–3 21 16 November 5 St. Louis 2–1 Vancouver OT Binnington 18,789 10–3–3 23 17 November 6 St. Louis 5–2 Edmonton Allen 17,068 11–3–3 25 18 November 9 St. Louis 3–2 Calgary OT Binnington 19,289 12–3–3 27 19 November 12 Arizona 3–2 St. Louis SO Binnington 18,096 12–3–4 28 20 November 15 St. Louis 2–3 Columbus OT Allen 18,505 12–3–5 29 21 November 16 Anaheim 4–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 12–4–5 29 22 November 19 Tampa Bay 1–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 13–4–5 31 23 November 21 Calgary 0–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 14–4–5 33 24 November 23 Nashville 4–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 14–5–5 33 25 November 25 St. Louis 2–3 Nashville SO Allen 17,168 14–5–6 34 26 November 27 St. Louis 4–3 Tampa Bay Binnington 19,092 15–5–6 36 27 November 29 St. Louis 3–1 Dallas Allen 18,532 16–5–6 38 28 November 30 Pittsburgh 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 17–5–6 40 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 30 December 4 St. Louis 0–3 Pittsburgh Binnington 18,411 18–6–6 42 31 December 7 Toronto 5–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 18–7–6 42 32 December 10 St. Louis 2–5 Buffalo Allen 16,521 18–8–6 42 33 December 12 Vegas 2–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 19–8–6 44 34 December 14 Chicago 3–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 20–8–6 46 35 December 16 Colorado 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 21–8–6 48 36 December 18 Edmonton 1–2 St. Louis Allen 18,096 22–8–6 50 37 December 21 St. Louis 5–2 San Jose Allen 16,065 23–8–6 52 38 December 23 St. Louis 4–1 Los Angeles Binnington 18,230 24–8–6 54 39 December 27 St. Louis 5–4 Winnipeg OT Binnington 15,325 25–8–6 56 40 December 29 Winnipeg 1–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 26–8–6 58 41 December 31 St. Louis 1–3 Arizona Allen 14,618 26–9–6 58 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 43 January 4 St. Louis 4–5 Vegas OT Allen 18,334 26–10–7 59 44 January 7 San Jose 2–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 27–10–7 61 45 January 9 Buffalo 1–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 28–10–7 63 46 January 11 NY Rangers 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 29–10–7 65 47 January 13 Anaheim 1–4 St. Louis Allen 18,096 30–10–7 67 48 January 15 Philadelphia 4–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 30–10–8 68 49 January 18 St. Louis 3–5 Colorado Binnington 18,132 30–11–8 68 50 January 27 St. Louis 1–3 Vancouver Allen 18,871 30–12–8 68 51 January 28 St. Louis 5–4 Calgary SO Binnington 19,033 31–12–8 70 52 January 31 St. Louis 2–4 Edmonton Allen 17,207 31–13–8 70 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 54 February 4 Carolina 3–6 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 32–14–8 72 55 February 6 Winnipeg 4–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 32–15–8 72 56 February 8 Dallas 3–2 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 32–15–9 73 – February 11 St. Louis Anaheim Game rescheduled to March 11 due to a medical emergency. 57 February 13 St. Louis 5–6 Vegas OT Binnington 18,252 32–15–10 74 58 February 15 Nashville 4–3 St. Louis Allen 18,096 32–16–10 74 59 February 16 St. Louis 1–2 Nashville Binnington 17,349 32–17–10 74 60 February 18 New Jersey 0–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 33–17–10 76 61 February 20 Arizona 0–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 34–17–10 78 62 February 21 St. Louis 5–1 Dallas Allen 18,532 35–17–10 80 63 February 23 St. Louis 4–1 Minnesota Binnington 17,266 36–17–10 82 64 February 25 Chicago 5–6 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 37–17–10 84 65 February 27 NY Islanders 2–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 38–17–10 86 66 February 29 Dallas 3–4 St. Louis SO Allen 18,096 39–17–10 88 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 68 March 6 St. Louis 2–4 New Jersey Binnington 14,685 40–18–10 90 69 March 8 St. Louis 2–0 Chicago Allen 21,815 41–18–10 92 70 March 9 Florida 2–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 41–19–10 92 71 March 11 St. Louis 4–2 Anaheim Allen 16,195 42–19–10 94 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 ColoradoLegend:

Playoffs

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.

The Blues faced the Vancouver Canucks in the first round, and were eliminated in six games. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern 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 2 August 6 Vegas 6–4 St. Louis Binnington 0–2–0 0 3 August 9 Dallas 2–1 St. Louis SO Allen 0–2–1 1 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 2 August 14 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 0–2 3 August 16 St. Louis 3–2 Vancouver OT Allen 1–2 4 August 17 St. Louis 3–1 Vancouver Allen 2–2 5 August 19 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis Allen 2–3 6 August 21 St. Louis 2–6 Vancouver Binnington 2–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 71 12 49 61 11 10 71 25 35 60 2 52 71 25 33 58 3 44 71 22 35 57 3 18 70 16 36 52 11 20 66 10 32 42 9 18 58 16 14 30 13 28 67 13 16 29 0 10 64 10 18 28 8 16 69 11 15 26 4 23 57 12 11 23 5 28 71 9 14 23 15 27 55 7 10 17 7 12 69 5 11 16 −3 32 40 6 7 13 −2 20 51 7 3 10 2 33 10 3 7 10 −2 0 28 4 5 9 1 8 56 1 8 9 6 20 36 2 5 7 8 16 42 2 4 6 12 21 † 34 1 4 5 −1 6 5 1 1 2 −2 4 ‡ 9 1 0 1 −4 2 13 1 0 1 1 7 4 1 0 1 1 0 † 11 0 1 1 4 4 5 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 −1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 9 4 7 11 3 0 9 4 5 9 2 8 9 1 5 6 0 6 9 2 3 5 −2 6 9 4 0 4 −3 4 9 1 3 4 −1 17 8 1 3 4 0 12 8 1 2 3 0 2 9 0 3 3 −2 8 9 2 0 2 −4 2 8 0 2 2 −3 2 4 1 0 1 1 4 9 1 0 1 0 2 9 0 1 1 −4 2 6 0 1 1 2 6 4 0 0 0 −1 0 3 0 0 0 −3 0 5 0 0 0 −2 6 5 0 0 0 −1 0 5 0 0 0 −1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 −3 0 4 0 0 0 −1 6

Goaltenders Regular season Player 50 50 2,947:41 30 13 7 126 2.56 1,430 .912 3 0 1 4 24 21 1,339:04 12 6 3 48 2.15 655 .927 2 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 5 4 285:41 2 1 1 9 1.89 138 .935 0 0 0 2 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.

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

Trades Date Details Ref To Toronto Maple LeafsFuture considerationsTo St. Louis BluesDakota Joshua To Toronto Maple LeafsJordan SchmaltzTo St. Louis BluesAndreas Borgman To Carolina HurricanesDominik BokkJoel Edmundson7th-round pick in 2021To St. Louis BluesJustin Faulk5th-round pick in 2020 To Detroit Red WingsRobby FabbriTo St. Louis BluesJacob de la Rose To Montreal Canadiens2nd-round pick in 2020Conditional 4th-round pick in 2021To St. Louis BluesMarco Scandella

Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref Jake Dotchin from Anaheim Ducks 1-year Nick Lappin from New Jersey Devils 1-year Evan Polei from Bakersfield Condors (AHL) 2-year Derrick Pouliot from Vancouver Canucks 1-year Mike Vecchione from Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Nathan Walker from Washington Capitals 1-year Tyler Wotherspoon to Philadelphia Flyers 2-year Jani Hakanpaa to Anaheim Ducks 1-year Jared Coreau to New York Islanders 1-year Michael Del Zotto to Anaheim Ducks 1-year Patrick Maroon to Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Conner Bleackley to Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) 1-year Troy Brouwer from Florida Panthers 1-year

Waivers Date Player Team Ref from/to

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref Adam Musil Mutual termination

Retirement