# 2020–21 St. Louis Blues season

The 2020–21 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.
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

West Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | p – Colorado Avalanche | 56 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 35 | 197 | 133 | +64 | 82 |
| 2 | x – Vegas Golden Knights | 56 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 30 | 191 | 124 | +67 | 82 |
| 3 | x – Minnesota Wild | 56 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 181 | 160 | +21 | 75 |
| 4 | x – St. Louis Blues | 56 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 169 | 170 | −1 | 63 |
| 5 | e – Arizona Coyotes | 56 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 153 | 176 | −23 | 54 |
| 6 | e – Los Angeles Kings | 56 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 143 | 170 | −27 | 49 |
| 7 | e – San Jose Sharks | 56 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 151 | 199 | −48 | 49 |
| 8 | e – Anaheim Ducks | 56 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 126 | 179 | −53 | 43 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.
2020–21 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
  Postponement :

### Playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## 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) |
| 1 | 26 | Jake Neighbours | (LW) | Canada | Edmonton Oil Kings (Western Hockey League) (WHL) |
| 3 | 86 | Dylan Peterson | (C) | United States | U.S. NTDP (United States Hockey League) (USHL) |
| 3 | 88 | Leo Loof | (D) | Sweden | Farjestad Jr. (U20 Superelite) |
| 4 | 119 | Tanner Dickinson | (C) | United States | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 5 | 150 | Matthew Kessel | (D) | United States | UMass Minutemen (Hockey East) |
| 6 | 163 | Will Carnley | (G) | Canada | Ottawa 67ers (OHL) |
| 7 | 194 | Noah Beck | (D) | Canada | Fargo Force (USHL) |