2021–22 St. Louis Blues season

The 2021–22 St. Louis Blues season was the 55th season for the National Hockey League 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. 
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021.
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October: 6–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	October: 6–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	October: 6–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	October: 6–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	October: 6–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	October: 6–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	October: 6–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	October: 6–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	October: 6–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	October: 6–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	October: 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 	
===Playoffs===
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Western Conference First Round vs. (C2) Minnesota Wild: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C2) Minnesota Wild: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C2) Minnesota Wild: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C2) Minnesota Wild: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C2) Minnesota Wild: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C2) Minnesota Wild: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C2) Minnesota Wild: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C2) Minnesota Wild: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C2) Minnesota Wild: St. Louis won 4–2	Western 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 	
==Player statistics==
As of May 12, 2022
===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	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	5	4	9	0 	4
 	6	5	3	8	+1	2
 	6	5	1	6	−2	0
 	6	3	1	4	0 	2
 	6	1	3	4	+6	4
 	6	0	4	4	0 	2
 	6	0	4	4	0 	10
 	6	1	2	3	+1	2
 	3	0	3	3	0 	0
 	6	0	3	3	0 	8
 	3	0	3	3	+1	0
 	6	0	3	3	+1	8
 	3	1	0	1	+1	2
 	6	1	0	1	+1	0
 	6	0	1	1	+3	2
 	6	0	1	1	−3	2
 	5	0	0	0	0 	2
 	6	0	0	0	+1	6
 	1	0	0	0	0 	0
 	2	0	0	0	0 	2
 	1	0	0	0	+1	0
 	2	0	0	0	−3	0
 	4	0	0	0	0 	4
===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	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	180:00	3	0	5	1.67	88	.943	0	0	0	0
 	3	3	178:47	1	2	9	3.02	96	.906	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 	Details 	Ref
 	To New York RangersSammy Blais2nd-round pick in 2022 	To St. Louis BluesPavel Buchnevich 	
 	To San Jose Sharks3rd-round pick in 2021 (Benjamin Gaudreau)6th-round pick in 2022	To St. Louis Blues3rd-round pick in 2021 (Simon Robertsson)	
 	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 BluesWill Bitten 	
 	To Detroit Red WingsOskar SundqvistJake Walman2nd-round pick in 2023 	To St. Louis BluesNick LeddyLuke Witkowski 	
 	To Boston BruinsFuture considerations 	To 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 	
===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 	
 	Alexei 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.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1 	17 	Zachary Bolduc 	C 	 	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
3 	71 	Simon Robertsson	RW 	 	Skelleftea AIK (SHL)
5 	145	Tyson Galloway 	D 	 	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
7 	198	Ivan Vorobyov 	RW 	 	Mamonty Yugry (MHL)
==References==
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