2020–21 St. Louis Blues season

The 2020–21 St. Louis Blues season was the 54th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in 1967. Head coach Craig Berube coached his third season with the team.

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 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 4–3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. The Blues were eliminated from the playoffs in a four-game sweep by the Colorado Avalanche, with a 5–2 loss in game four on May 23.

Standings

Divisional standings

Schedule and results

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020. 2020–21 game logJanuary: 6–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 13 St. Louis 4–1 Colorado Binnington 0 1–0–0 2 2 January 15 St. Louis 0–8 Colorado Binnington 0 1–1–0 2 3 January 18 San Jose 4–5 St. Louis Binnington 0 2–1–0 4 4 January 20 San Jose 2–1 St. Louis SO Binnington 0 2–1–1 5 5 January 23 Los Angeles 2–4 St. Louis Binnington 0 3–1–1 7 6 January 24 Los Angeles 6–3 St. Louis Husso 0 3–2–1 7 7 January 26 St. Louis 5–4 Vegas SO Binnington 0 4–2–1 9 — January 28 St. Louis – Vegas Postponed due to COVID protocol. Makeup date March 22. 8 January 30 St. Louis 6–1 Anaheim Binnington 0 5–2–1 11 9 January 31 St. Louis 4–1 Anaheim Husso 0 6–2–1 13 February: 5–6–1 (Home: 2–5–1; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 February 2 Arizona 3–4 St. Louis Binnington 1,400 7–2–1 15 11 February 4 Arizona 4–3 St. Louis Binnington — 7–3–1 15 — February 6 Colorado – St. Louis Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 14. 12 February 6 Arizona 3–1 St. Louis Husso — 7–4–1 15 — February 7 Colorado – St. Louis Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 20. 13 February 8 Arizona 4–3 St. Louis SO Binnington — 7–4–2 16 — February 9 St. Louis – Minnesota Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 12. — February 11 St. Louis – Minnesota Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 25. 14 February 12 St. Louis 4–1 Arizona Binnington 2,457 8–4–2 18 15 February 13 St. Louis 5–4 Arizona OT Husso 3,237 9–4–2 20 16 February 15 St. Louis 0–1 Arizona Binnington 2,554 9–5–2 20 17 February 18 San Jose 2–3 St. Louis OT Binnington — 10–5–2 22 18 February 20 San Jose 5–4 St. Louis Binnington — 10–6–2 22 19 February 22 Los Angeles 3–0 St. Louis Binnington — 10–7–2 22 20 February 24 Los Angeles 2–1 St. Louis Binnington — 10–8–2 22 21 February 27 St. Louis 7–6 San Jose Husso 0 11–8–2 24 March: 5–5–4 (Home: 0–2–2; Road: 5–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 March 1 St. Louis 5–4 Anaheim Husso 0 12–8–2 26 23 March 3 St. Louis 3–2 Anaheim Binnington 0 13–8–2 28 24 March 5 St. Louis 3–2 Los Angeles OT Husso 0 14–8–2 30 25 March 6 St. Louis 3–4 Los Angeles OT Binnington 0 14–8–3 31 26 March 8 St. Louis 2–3 San Jose OT Husso 0 14–8–4 32 27 March 12 Vegas 5–4 St. Louis OT Binnington — 14–8–5 33 28 March 13 Vegas 5–1 St. Louis Husso — 14–9–5 33 — March 15 St. Louis – Los Angeles Postponed due to the March 2021 North American blizzard. Rescheduled for May 10. 29 March 17 St. Louis 1–4 Los Angeles Binnington 0 14–10–5 33 30 March 19 St. Louis 2–1 San Jose SO Binnington 0 15–10–5 35 31 March 20 St. Louis 5–2 San Jose Husso 0 16–10–5 37 32 March 22 St. Louis 1–5 Vegas Binnington 3,750 16–11–5 37 33 March 25 St. Louis 0–2 Minnesota Binnington 0 16–12–5 37 34 March 26 Anaheim 4–1 St. Louis Binnington — 16–13–5 37 35 March 28 Anaheim 3–2 St. Louis OT Binnington — 16–13–6 38 April: 7–6–0 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 April 2 St. Louis 2–3 Colorado Binnington 4,039 16–14–6 38 37 April 3 St. Louis 1–2 Colorado Husso 4,035 16–15–6 38 38 April 5 Vegas 6–1 St. Louis Husso — 16–16–6 38 39 April 7 Vegas 1–3 St. Louis Binnington — 17–16–6 40 40 April 9 Minnesota 1–9 St. Louis Binnington — 18–16–6 42 41 April 10 Minnesota 2–3 St. Louis OT Husso — 19–16–6 44 — April 12 St. Louis – Minnesota Postponed due to the Brooklyn Center shooting. Rescheduled for May 12. 42 April 14 Colorado 4–3 St. Louis Binnington — 19–17–6 44 43 April 17 St. Louis 2–3 Arizona Binnington 3,981 19–18–6 44 — April 20 Colorado – St. Louis Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 26. 44 April 22 Colorado 4–2 St. Louis Binnington — 19–19–6 44 45 April 24 Colorado 3–5 St. Louis Binnington — 20–19–6 46 46 April 26 Colorado 1–4 St. Louis Binnington — 21–19–6 48 47 April 28 St. Louis 4–3 Minnesota Binnington 3,000 22–19–6 50 48 April 29 St. Louis 5–4 Minnesota OT Husso 3,000 23–19–6 52 May: 4–1–3 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 1–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 May 1 St. Louis 3–4 Minnesota OT Binnington 3,000 23–19–7 53 50 May 3 Anaheim 1–3 St. Louis Binnington — 24–19–7 55 51 May 5 Anaheim 3–2 St. Louis SO Binnington — 24–19–8 56 52 May 7 St. Louis 3–4 Vegas OT Binnington 7,567 24–19–9 57 53 May 8 St. Louis 1–4 Vegas Husso 7,567 24–20–9 57 54 May 10 St. Louis 2–1 Los Angeles OT Binnington 2,154 25–20–9 59 55 May 12 Minnesota 0–4 St. Louis Husso — 26–20–9 61 56 May 13 Minnesota 3–7 St. Louis Binnington — 27–20–9 63 Legend:

Playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffsWest Division First Round vs. (W1) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 17 St. Louis 1–4 Colorado Binnington 7,741 0–1 2 May 19 St. Louis 3–6 Colorado Binnington 7,739 0–2 3 May 21 Colorado 5–1 St. Louis Binnington 9,000 0–3 4 May 23 Colorado 5–2 St. Louis Binnington 9,000 0–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Roster Changes Date Player Transaction September 2, 2020 Jake Allen, G Traded to Montreal Canadiens October 9, 2020 Troy Brouwer, RW Unsigned Unrestricted Free Agent October 9, 2020 Torey Krug, D Free Agent - Signed 7 year, $45.5 million October 11, 2020 Kyle Clifford, LW Free Agent - Signed 2 year, $2 million October 13, 2020 Alex Pietrangelo, D Free Agent - Signed by Las Vegas Golden Knights December 17, 2020 Alexander Steen, LW Retired January 11, 2021 Mike Hoffman, LW Free Agent - Signed 1 year, $4 million January 12, 2021 Jay Bouwmeester, D Retired

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)126 Jake Neighbours (LW) Edmonton Oil Kings (Western Hockey League) (WHL)386 Dylan Peterson (C) U.S. NTDP (United States Hockey League) (USHL) 388 Leo Loof (D) Farjestad Jr. (U20 Superelite) 4119 Tanner Dickinson (C) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 5150 Matthew Kessel (D) UMass Minutemen (Hockey East) 6163 Will Carnley (G) Ottawa 67ers (OHL) 7194 Noah Beck (D) Fargo Force (USHL)

Notes

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