2022–23 St. Louis Blues season

The 2022–23 St. Louis Blues season was the 56th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established in 1967. On April 2, 2023, the Blues lost in a shootout to the Boston Bruins, and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2017–18 season, and only the second time since 2010–11.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The Blues Preseason schedule was released on July 5th, 2022.
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# 	Date 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Decision 	Location 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 24 	St. Louis 	5–4 	Arizona 	Hofer 	Intrust Bank Arena 	8,475 	1–0–0 	
2 	September 26 	St. Louis 	4–0 	Dallas 	Greiss 	American Airlines Center 	10,023 	2–0–0 	
3 	September 27 	St. Louis 	4–1 	Chicago 	Zherenko 	United Center 	10,317 	3–0–0 	
4 	September 29 	Columbus 	2–4 	St. Louis 	Greiss 	Enterprise Center 	16,637 	4–0–0 	
5 	October 1 	Dallas 	5–2 	St. Louis 	Hofer 	Cable Dahmer Arena 	5,807 	4–1–0 	
6 	October 4 	Minnesota 	2–4 	St. Louis 	Binnington 	Enterprise Center 	16,627 	5–1–0 	
7 	October 6 	St. Louis 	0–7 	Columbus 	Greiss 	Nationwide Arena 	12,110 	5–2–0 	
8 	October 8 	Chicago 	0–6 	St. Louis 	Binnington 	Enterprise Center 	18,096 	6–2–0 	
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===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 15 	Columbus 	2–5 	St. Louis 	 	Binnington 	18,096 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 19 	St. Louis 	4–3 	Seattle 	OT 	Binnington 	17,151 	2–0–0 	4 	
3 	October 22 	St. Louis 	2–0 	Edmonton 	 	Binnington 	17,102 	3–0–0 	6 	
4 	October 24 	St. Louis 	0–4 	Winnipeg 	 	Greiss 	13,936 	3–1–0 	6 	
5 	October 26 	Edmonton 	3–1 	St. Louis 	 	Binnington 	18,096 	3–2–0 	6 	
6 	October 27 	St. Louis 	2–6 	Nashville 	 	Greiss 	17,159 	3–3–0 	6 	
7 	October 29 	Montreal 	7–4 	St. Louis 	 	Binnington 	18,096 	3–4–0 	6 	
8 	October 31 	Los Angeles 	5–1 	St. Louis 	 	Binnington 	17,220 	3–5–0 	6 	
==Player statistics==
As of April 1, 2023
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	73	34	35	69	−38	18
 	59	25	41	66	+14	34
 	70	17	46	63	−6 	22
 	76	21	38	59	−28	48
 	76	10	34	44	−9 	28
 	65	19	15	34	−9 	8
 	57	6 	24	30	−29	47
‡ 	59	10	19	29	−10	36
‡ 	38	10	19	29	−18	8
 	73	4 	23	27	−22	30
 	72	2 	19	21	+2 	20
‡ 	40	12	7 	19	−24	10
‡ 	54	10	8 	18	−6 	10
 	43	8 	10	18	+21	8
† 	25	8 	10	18	+2 	14
 	63	8 	8 	16	+2 	12
 	49	4 	12	16	0 	25
 	56	5 	9 	14	−4 	14
† 	17	7 	5 	12	+2 	4
† 	14	9 	2 	11	+5 	8
 	37	5 	4 	9 	−18	22
 	50	2 	6 	8 	+7 	25
 	28	3 	4 	7 	0 	8
 	27	2 	4 	6 	−4 	6
 	43	2 	3 	5 	+9 	29
 	24	1 	3 	4 	−8 	31
‡ 	50	0 	3 	3 	+2 	35
 	20	1 	1 	2 	+2 	6
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	0
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	56	55	3,213:27	25	25	5	182	3.40	1,674	.891	2	0	2	29
 	21	16	1,089:21	7 	10	0	66 	3.64	626 	.896	1	0	0	0
 	5 	5 	257:44 	3 	0 	1	12 	2.79	142 	.915	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.
==Roster==
==Transactions==
The Blues have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Detroit Red WingsVille Husso 	To St. Louis Blues3rd-round pick in 2022 	
 	To Edmonton OilersKlim Kostin 	To St. Louis BluesDmitri Samorukov 	
 	To New York RangersNiko MikkolaVladimir Tarasenko 	To St. Louis BluesSamuel BlaisHunter SkinnerConditional DAL 1st-round pick in 2023 or NYR 1st-round pick in 2023Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2024 or 4th-round pick in 2024	
 	To Minnesota WildRyan O'Reilly 	To St. Louis BluesJosh Pillar 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsNoel Acciari 	To St. Louis BluesMikhail AbramovAdam Gaudette1st-round pick in 2023OTT 3rd-round pick in 20232nd-round pick in 2024 	
 	To Vegas Golden KnightsIvan Barbashev 	To St. Louis BluesZach Dean 	
 	To Detroit Red WingsDylan McLauglin7th-round pick in 2025	To St. Louis BluesJakub Vrana 	
 	To Nashville PredatorsAnthony Angello 	To St. Louis BluesFuture considerations 	
Notes:
* Blues retain 50% of Tarasenko's salary
===Players acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Thomas Greiss 	Detroit Red Wings 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Noel Acciari 	Florida Panthers 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Anthony Angello 	Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year	Free agency	
 	Matthew Highmore	Vancouver Canucks 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Josh Leivo 	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency	
 	Dylan McLaughlin	Chicago Blackhawks 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Martin Frk 	Los Angeles Kings 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Tyler Pitlick 	Montreal Canadiens 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Kasperi Kapanen 	Pittsburgh Penguins	 	Waivers 	
===Players lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Dakota Joshua 	Vancouver Canucks 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Charlie Lindgren 	Washington Capitals	3-year	Free agency	
 	David Perron 	Detroit Red Wings 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Mackenzie MacEachern	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency	
 	Tanner Kaspick 	Iowa Wild (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Sam Anas 	Hershey Bears (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Term 	Ref
 	Hugh McGing 	1-year	
 	William Bitten 	2-year	
 	Nick Leddy 	4-year	
 	Robert Thomas 	8-year	
 	Scott Perunovich 	1-year	
 	Nathan Walker 	1-year	
 	Niko Mikkola 	1-year	
 	Nathan Todd 	1-year	
 	Klim Kostin 	1-year	
 	Jordan Kyrou 	8-year	
 	Marc-Andre Gaudet	3-year	
 	Michael Buchinger	3-year	
 	Samuel Blais 	1-year	
 	Anton Malmstrom 	2-year	
==Draft picks==
Below are the St. Louis Blues selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 7 to 8, 2022. It was held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 	23 	Jimmy Snuggerud 	RW 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
3 	73 	Aleksanteri Kaskimaki	C 	 	HIFK (U20 SM-sarja)
3 	88 	Michael Buchinger 	D 	 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4 	120	Arseni Koromyslov 	D 	 	SKA-Neva (VHL)
5 	152	Marc-Andre Gaudet 	D 	 	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
6 	184	Landon Sim 	C 	 	London Knights (OHL)
;Notes
# The Blues traded their second round pick (No. 55) to New York along with Sammy Blais in the trade that brought Pavel Buchnevich to St. Louis. New York then traded the pick conditionally to Winnipeg to acquire forward Andrew Copp. 
# The Blues traded their seventh-round pick (No. 216) to Montreal along with goaltender Jake Allen in exchange for two picks in the 2020 NHL Draft, used to select Dylan Peterson (No. 86) and Noah Beck (No. 194).
# The Blues acquired a third-round pick (No. 73) from Detroit in exchange for goaltender Ville Husso.
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