2021–22 St. Louis Blues season

The 2021–22 St. Louis Blues season was the 55th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in 1967. On April 16, 2022, the Blues clinched a playoff spot after a 6–5 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild.

The Blues set a franchise record with a 16-game point scoring streak from April 1–24. The Blues upset the Minnesota Wild in six games in the First Round, but lost to the Stanley Cup-winning Colorado Avalanche in six games in the Second Round.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021. 2021–22 game logOctober: 6–1–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 16 St. Louis 5–3 Colorado Binnington 18,022 1–0–0 2 2 October 18 St. Louis 7–4 Arizona Binnington 15,235 2–0–0 4 3 October 20 St. Louis 3–1 Vegas Binnington 17,690 3–0–0 6 4 October 23 Los Angeles 3–7 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 4–0–0 8 5 October 25 Los Angeles 0–3 St. Louis Husso 16,055 5–0–0 10 6 October 28 Colorado 4–3 St. Louis Binnington 16,558 5–1–0 10 7 October 30 Chicago 0–1 St. Louis Binnington 16,856 6–1–0 12 November: 6–6–3 (home: 4–2–1; road: 2–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 November 3 St. Louis 2–3 Los Angeles SO Binnington 11,756 6–1–1 13 9 November 4 St. Louis 5–3 San Jose Hofer 11,816 7–1–1 15 10 November 7 St. Louis 1–4 Anaheim Binnington 12,056 7–2–1 15 11 November 9 St. Louis 3–2 Winnipeg SO Binnington 14,004 8–2–1 17 12 November 11 Nashville 4–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 8–2–2 18 13 November 13 St. Louis 2–3 Carolina Hofer 18,680 8–3–2 18 14 November 14 Edmonton 5–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 8–4–2 18 15 November 16 Arizona 3–2 St. Louis Binnington 16,738 8–5–2 18 16 November 18 San Jose 1–4 St. Louis Husso 16,953 9–5–2 20 17 November 20 St. Louis 1–4 Dallas Binnington 18,532 9–6–2 20 18 November 22 Vegas 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 10–6–2 22 19 November 24 St. Louis 2–4 Detroit Husso 18,591 10–7–2 22 20 November 26 St. Louis 2–3 Chicago OT Binnington 19,681 10–7–3 23 21 November 27 Columbus 3–6 St. Louis Husso 18,096 11–7–3 25 22 November 30 Tampa Bay 3–4 St. Louis SO Binnington 16,605 12–7–3 27 December: 6–2–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 2 St. Louis 2–4 Tampa Bay Husso 19,092 12–8–3 27 24 December 4 St. Louis 3–4 Florida SO Husso 13,446 12–8–4 28 25 December 7 Florida 3–4 St. Louis OT Lindgren 16,732 13–8–4 30 26 December 9 Detroit 2–6 St. Louis Lindgren 18,096 14–8–4 32 27 December 11 Montreal 1–4 St. Louis Lindgren 16,829 15–8–4 34 28 December 12 Anaheim 3–2 St. Louis OT Gillies 17,010 15–8–5 35 29 December 14 St. Louis 4–1 Dallas Lindgren 18,012 16–8–5 37 30 December 17 Dallas 1–4 St. Louis Lindgren 16,852 17–8–5 39 31 December 19 St. Louis 2–4 Winnipeg Binnington 13,524 17–9–5 39 — December 21 St. Louis – Ottawa Postponed due to cross-border traveling. Moved to February 15. — December 23 St. Louis – Toronto Postponed due to cross-border traveling. Moved to February 19. — December 27 New Jersey – St. Louis Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 10. 32 December 29 Edmonton 2–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 18–9–5 41 January: 8–4–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 33 January 1 St. Louis 6–4 Minnesota Binnington 38,619(outdoors) 19–9–5 43 34 January 5 St. Louis 3–5 Pittsburgh Binnington 17,921 19–10–5 43 35 January 7 Washington 1–5 St. Louis Husso 18,096 20–10–5 45 36 January 9 Dallas 1–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 21–10–5 47 37 January 13 Seattle 1–2 St. Louis Husso 17,017 22–10–5 49 38 January 15 Toronto 6–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 22–11–5 49 39 January 17 Nashville 3–5 St. Louis Husso 18,096 23–11–5 51 40 January 21 St. Louis 5–0 Seattle Husso 17,151 24–11–5 53 41 January 23 St. Louis 3–1 Vancouver Husso 9,424 25–11–5 55 42 January 24 St. Louis 1–7 Calgary Binnington 9,039 25–12–5 55 43 January 27 Calgary 1–5 St. Louis Husso 18,096 26–12–5 57 44 January 29 Winnipeg 4–1 St. Louis Husso 18,096 26–13–5 57 February: 6–1–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 4–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 45 February 10 New Jersey 7–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 26–14–5 57 46 February 12 Chicago 5–1 St. Louis Husso 18,096 27–14–5 59 47 February 15 St. Louis 5–2 Ottawa Husso 500 28–14–5 61 48 February 17 St. Louis 2–3 Montreal OT Husso 500 28–14–6 62 49 February 19 St. Louis 6–3 Toronto Husso 9,098 29–14–6 64 50 February 22 St. Louis 4–1 Philadelphia Binnington 14,929 30–14–6 66 51 February 25 Buffalo 3–5 St. Louis Husso 18,096 31–14–6 68 52 February 27 St. Louis 4–0 Chicago Binnington 19,588 32–14–6 70 March: 5–6–3 (home: 2–3–2; road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 March 2 St. Louis 3–5 NY Rangers Husso 18,066 32–15–6 70 54 March 5 St. Louis 1–2 NY Islanders Binnington 17,255 32–16–6 70 55 March 6 St. Louis 2–3 New Jersey OT Husso 14,293 32–16–7 71 56 March 8 Ottawa 4–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 32–17–7 71 57 March 10 NY Rangers 2–6 St. Louis Husso 18,096 33–17–7 73 58 March 12 St. Louis 7–4 Nashville Husso 17,565 34–17–7 75 59 March 13 Winnipeg 4–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 34–17–8 76 60 March 17 Pittsburgh 3–2 St. Louis SO Husso 18,096 34–17–9 77 61 March 19 St. Louis 3–4 Columbus Husso 19,005 34–18–9 77 62 March 22 St. Louis 5–2 Washington Husso 18,573 35–18–9 79 63 March 24 Philadelphia 5–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 35–19–9 79 64 March 26 Carolina 7–2 St. Louis Husso 18,096 35–20–9 79 65 March 28 Vancouver 1–4 St. Louis Husso 18,096 36–20–9 81 66 March 30 St. Louis 4–3 Vancouver Husso 18,910 37–20–9 83 April: 12–2–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 7–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 April 1 St. Louis 5–6 Edmonton OT Husso 16,310 37–20–10 84 68 April 2 St. Louis 6–4 Calgary Husso 16,422 38–20–10 86 69 April 4 Arizona 1–5 St. Louis Husso 17,163 39–20–10 88 70 April 6 Seattle 1–4 St. Louis Husso 18,096 40–20–10 90 71 April 8 Minnesota 3–4 St. Louis OT Husso 18,096 41–20–10 92 72 April 9 NY Islanders 1–6 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 42–20–10 94 73 April 12 St. Louis 4–2 Boston Husso 17,850 43–20–10 96 74 April 14 St. Louis 6–2 Buffalo Binnington 11,565 44–20–10 98 75 April 16 Minnesota 5–6 St. Louis OT Husso 18,096 45–20–10 100 76 April 17 St. Louis 8–3 Nashville Binnington 17,277 46–20–10 102 77 April 19 Boston 3–2 St. Louis OT Husso 18,096 46–20–11 103 78 April 21 St. Louis 3–1 San Jose Binnington 12,136 47–20–11 105 79 April 23 St. Louis 5–4 Arizona OT Binnington 12,717 48–20–11 107 80 April 24 St. Louis 6–3 Anaheim Husso 17,446 49–20–11 109 81 April 26 St. Louis 3–5 Colorado Binnington 18,071 49–21–11 109 82 April 29 Vegas 7–4 St. Louis Husso 18,096 49–22–11 109 Legend:

Playoffs

2022 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference First Round vs. (C2) Minnesota Wild: St. Louis won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 2 St. Louis 4–0 Minnesota Husso 19,053 1–0 2 May 4 St. Louis 2–6 Minnesota Husso 19,376 1–1 3 May 6 Minnesota 5–1 St. Louis Husso 18,096 1–2 4 May 8 Minnesota 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 2–2 5 May 10 St. Louis 5–2 Minnesota Binnington 19,197 3–2 6 May 12 Minnesota 1–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 4–2 Western Conference Second Round vs. (C1) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 17 St. Louis 2–3 Colorado OT Binnington 18,105 0–1 2 May 19 St. Louis 4–1 Colorado Binnington 18,117 1–1 3 May 21 Colorado 5–2 St. Louis Husso 18,096 1–2 4 May 23 Colorado 6–3 St. Louis Husso 18,096 1–3 5 May 25 St. Louis 5–4 Colorado OT Husso 18,117 2–3 6 May 27 Colorado 3–2 St. Louis Husso 18,096 2–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 75 34 48 82 +7 32 72 20 57 77 +17 16 73 30 46 76 +29 34 74 27 48 75 +10 20 81 26 34 60 +4 40 62 24 34 58 +21 33 78 21 37 58 +11 12 67 27 30 57 +8 48 78 24 25 49 +11 10 76 16 31 47 +41 43 64 9 34 43 +23 48 80 6 29 35 +16 18 ‡ 41 4 11 15 +4 12 70 3 11 14 +17 18 54 3 10 13 −6 55 30 8 4 12 +1 2 50 3 9 12 −11 14 39 4 7 11 −3 8 40 4 5 9 −3 23 30 3 5 8 +6 16 † 20 2 6 8 +3 6 18 2 5 7 −2 4 32 3 3 6 +3 6 73 1 5 6 −4 36 19 0 6 6 +2 8 19 2 2 4 −1 0 28 2 0 2 −9 15 9 1 1 2 −2 2 14 0 2 2 −1 4 ‡ 2 0 1 1 −1 0 5 0 1 1 −1 0

Playoffs Player 12 9 4 13 0 10 12 7 5 12 +3 2 12 1 10 11 −3 6 12 7 2 9 −4 4 12 6 3 9 −2 0 12 1 7 8 −2 10 12 0 8 8 −1 14 12 2 4 6 −6 10 12 2 3 5 +5 6 12 2 3 5 +1 4 9 1 4 5 +4 2 7 0 4 4 −4 0 3 0 3 3 +1 0 12 2 0 2 −1 0 12 0 2 2 +2 2 12 0 2 2 −6 4 12 0 1 1 0 8 9 0 0 0 −2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 0 0 +1 0 4 0 0 0 −3 0 10 0 0 0 −1 6

Goaltenders Regular season Player 40 38 2,341:14 25 7 6 100 2.56 1,236 .919 2 0 0 0 37 37 2,144:57 18 14 4 112 3.13 1,135 .901 2 0 0 14 5 4 246:25 5 0 0 5 1.22 118 .958 0 0 0 0 2 2 117:09 1 1 0 6 3.07 50 .880 0 0 1 0 ‡ 1 1 63:46 0 0 1 3 2.82 39 .923 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 6 6 314:47 4 1 9 1.72 176 .949 0 0 0 0 7 6 409:16 2 5 25 3.67 228 .890 1 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 2021–22 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To New York RangersSamuel Blais2nd-round pick in 2022 To St. Louis BluesPavel Buchnevich To San Jose Sharks3rd-round pick in 20216th-round pick in 2022 To St. Louis Blues3rd-round pick in 2021 To Toronto Maple LeafsKyle Clifford To St. Louis BluesFuture Considerations To New Jersey DevilsJon Gillies To St. Louis BluesFuture Considerations To Minnesota WildNolan Stevens To St. Louis BluesWilliam Bitten To Detroit Red WingsOskar SundqvistJake Walman2nd-round pick in 2023 To St. Louis BluesNick LeddyLuke Witkowski To Boston BruinsFuture considerationsTo St. Louis BluesBrady Lyle

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Charlie Lindgren Montreal Canadiens 1-year Free agency Matthew Peca Ottawa Senators 1-year Free agency Brandon Saad Colorado Avalanche 5-year Free agency Nathan Todd Manitoba Moose (AHL) 1-year Free agency Tommy Cross Florida Panthers 1-year Free agency Calle Rosen Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency David Backes Anaheim Ducks 1-day Free agency James Neal Edmonton Oilers 1-year Free agency Jon Gillies Maine Mariners (ECHL) 1-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Vince Dunn Seattle Kraken Expansion draft Mike Hoffman Montreal Canadiens 3-year Free agency Austin Poganski Winnipeg Jets 1-year Free agency Evan Fitzpatrick Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 2-year Free agency Curtis McKenzie Texas Stars (AHL) 2-year Free agency Evan Polei Manitoba Moose (AHL) 2-year Free agency Mitch Reinke Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) 1-year Free agency David Backes Retirement Tommy Cross Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL) 1-year Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Contract type Ref Nolan Stevens 1-year Re-signing Nathan Walker 2-year Re-signing Pavel Buchnevich 2-year Re-signing Ivan Barbashev 2-year Re-signing Dakota Joshua 1-year Re-signing Jordan Kyrou 2-year Re-signing Zach Sanford 1-year Re-signing Zachary Bolduc 3-year Entry-level Tanner Dickinson 3-year Entry-level Colton Parayko 8-year Extension Tyler Bozak 1-year Re-signing Robert Thomas 2-year Re-signing Robert Bortuzzo 2-year Extension Logan Brown 1-year Extension Alexey Toropchenko 1-year Extension Will Cranley 3-year Entry-level Matthew Peca 2-year Extension Matt Kessel 2-year Extension Vadim Zherenko 3-year Entry-level

Draft picks

Below are the St. Louis Blues' selections at the 2021 NHL entry draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.