# 2019–20 St. Louis Blues season

The 2019–20 St. Louis Blues season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League 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.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Central Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | 94 |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | 92 |
| 3 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | 82 |
| 4 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | 80 |
| 5 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | 78 |
| 6 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | 77 |
| 7 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | 72 |

### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | .662 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | .657 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | .606 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 4 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | .594 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 5 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | .585 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 6 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 8 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | .564 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 9 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | .563 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 10 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | .558 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 11 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | .529 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | .514 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 13 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | .472 | |
| 14 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | .457 | |
| 15 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | .450 | |

#### 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.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
2019–20 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### 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 playoffs :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 71 | 12 | 49 | 61 | 11 | 10 |
| David Perron | 71 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 2 | 52 |
| Brayden Schenn | 71 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 3 | 44 |
| Jaden Schwartz | 71 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 3 | 18 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 70 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 11 | 20 |
| Robert Thomas | 66 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 9 | 18 |
| Zach Sanford | 58 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 13 | 28 |
| Tyler Bozak | 67 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 10 |
| Colton Parayko | 64 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 16 |
| Ivan Barbashev | 69 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 23 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | 57 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 28 |
| Vince Dunn | 71 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 27 |
| Alexander Steen | 55 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 12 |
| Justin Faulk | 69 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −3 | 32 |
| Samuel Blais | 40 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −2 | 20 |
| Mackenzie MacEachern | 51 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 33 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −2 | 0 |
| Jordan Kyrou | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| Jay Bouwmeester | 56 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| Carl Gunnarsson | 36 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| Robert Bortuzzo | 42 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| Jacob de la Rose$^†$ | 34 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
| Nathan Walker | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
| Robby Fabbri$^‡$ | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
| Troy Brouwer | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Klim Kostin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marco Scandella$^†$ | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Niko Mikkola | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jake Walman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Derrick Pouliot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Austin Poganski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| David Perron | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Brayden Schenn | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 |
| Jaden Schwartz | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −3 | 4 |
| Zach Sanford | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 17 |
| Samuel Blais | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Robert Thomas | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Vince Dunn | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 8 |
| Colton Parayko | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
| Tyler Bozak | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 |
| Troy Brouwer | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Justin Faulk | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
| Carl Gunnarsson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Robert Bortuzzo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Mackenzie MacEachern | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 |
| Jordan Kyrou | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Jacob de la Rose | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Ivan Barbashev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marco Scandella | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Alexander Steen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jordan Binnington | 50 | 50 | 2,947:41 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 126 | 2.56 | 1,430 | .912 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jake Allen | 24 | 21 | 1,339:04 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 2.15 | 655 | .927 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jake Allen | 5 | 4 | 285:41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1.89 | 138 | .935 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan Binnington | 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 | Details |
| July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12) | To Toronto Maple LeafsFuture considerations | To St. Louis BluesDakota Joshua |
| July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25) | To Toronto Maple LeafsJordan Schmaltz | To St. Louis BluesAndreas Borgman |
| September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24) | To Carolina HurricanesDominik Bokk Joel Edmundson 7th-round pick in 2021 | To St. Louis BluesJustin Faulk 5th-round pick in 2020 |
| November 6, 2019 (2019-11-06) | To Detroit Red WingsRobby Fabbri | To St. Louis BluesJacob de la Rose |
| February 18, 2020 (2020-02-18) | To Montreal Canadiens2nd-round pick in 2020 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2021 | To St. Louis BluesMarco Scandella |

### Free agents

| Date | Player | Team | Contract term |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Jake Dotchin | from Anaheim Ducks | 1-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Nick Lappin | from New Jersey Devils | 1-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Evan Polei | from Bakersfield Condors (AHL) | 2-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Derrick Pouliot | from Vancouver Canucks | 1-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Mike Vecchione | from Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Nathan Walker | from Washington Capitals | 1-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Tyler Wotherspoon | to Philadelphia Flyers | 2-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Jani Hakanpaa | to Anaheim Ducks | 1-year |
| July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10) | Jared Coreau | to New York Islanders | 1-year |
| July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16) | Michael Del Zotto | to Anaheim Ducks | 1-year |
| August 24, 2019 (2019-08-24) | Patrick Maroon | to Tampa Bay Lightning | 1-year |
| September 3, 2019 (2019-09-03) | Conner Bleackley | to Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) | 1-year |
| November 20, 2019 (2019-11-20) | Troy Brouwer | from Florida Panthers | 1-year |

### Waivers

| Date | Player | Team | Ref |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | | from/to | |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Contract term |
| June 23, 2019 (2019-06-23) | Jordan Nolan | 1-year |
| June 23, 2019 (2019-06-23) | Nolan Stevens | 1-year |
| June 27, 2019 (2019-06-27) | Carl Gunnarsson | 2-year |
| July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) | Samuel Blais | 1-year |
| July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08) | Zach Sanford | 2-year |
| July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12) | Robby Fabbri | 1-year |
| July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12) | Dakota Joshua | 2-year |
| July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12) | Mitch Reinke | 1-year |
| July 13, 2019 (2019-07-13) | Jordan Binnington | 2-year |
| July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20) | Ville Husso | 1-year |
| July 21, 2019 (2019-07-21) | Oskar Sundqvist | 4-year |
| August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01) | Nikita Alexandrov | 3-year |
| August 6, 2019 (2019-08-06) | Joel Edmundson | 1-year |
| September 1, 2019 (2019-09-01) | Ivan Barbashev | 2-year |
| September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24) | Justin Faulk | 7-year |
| October 4, 2019 (2019-10-04) | Brayden Schenn | 8-year |
| October 17, 2019 (2019-10-17) | Mathis Laferriere | 3-year |

## Draft picks

Below are the St. Louis Blues' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 2 | 62 | Nikita Alexandrov | C | Russia | Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL) |
| 3 | 93 | Colten Ellis | G | Canada | Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 155 | Keean Washkurak | C | Canada | Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) |
| 7 | 208$^1$ | Vadim Zherenko | G | Russia | MHC Dynamo Moscow (MHL) |
| 7 | 217 | Jeremy Michel | LW | Canada | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
Notes:
* The Toronto Maple Leafs' seventh-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2020 to Toronto in exchange for this pick.