2014–15 St. Louis Blues season
The 2014–15 St. Louis Blues season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.
Off-season
Coach Ken Hitchcock was extended through this season on May 7, 2014, as were Associate Coach Brad Shaw and Assistant Coach Ray Bennett. Assistant Coach Gary Shaw and Goaltending Coach Corey Hirsch were not retained. Kirk Muller, 48, was named assistant coach by General Manager Doug Armstrong on May 13, 2014. Muller was formerly head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes in parts of the last three seasons.Goaltender Brian Elliott re-signed for a three-year extension on May 19, 2014, for $7.5 million. He will team with Jake Allen. Ryan Miller will become an unrestricted free agent in July.
The Blues on May 27, replaced their unretained goaltending coach with Jim Corsi, formerly goaltending coach of the last 16 seasons with the Buffalo Sabres.
Playoffs
The St. Louis Blues entered the playoffs as the Central Division regular season champions. The Blues took on the wild card Minnesota Wild in the first round. The Blues were defeated in six games by the Wild.Standings
Schedule and results
Pre-season
Regular season
Playoffs
Player statistics
Final StatsSkaters
| Player | ||||||
| 77 | 37 | 36 | 73 | 27 | 31 | |
| 74 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 8 | 33 | |
| 75 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 13 | 16 | |
| 80 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 7 | 104 | |
| 72 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 17 | 51 | |
| 74 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 5 | 40 | |
| 81 | 7 | 39 | 46 | −2 | 28 | |
| 56 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 19 | 52 | |
| 75 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 21 | 48 | |
| 77 | 12 | 15 | 27 | −2 | 26 | |
| 54 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 16 | |
| 80 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 47 | |
| 72 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 24 | |
| 78 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −8 | 86 | |
| 81 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −3 | 116 | |
| 61 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
| 33 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 | |
| ‡ | 54 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 44 |
| ‡ | 45 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 16 |
| ‡ | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −8 | 8 |
| † | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| † | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| † | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 26 | |
| 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 6 | |
| † | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 25 |
| 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |
| ‡ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
‡Traded away mid-season, date in. Stats reflect time with Blues only.
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blues, acquired date in. Stats reflect time with Blues only.
Bold = leading team in category.
| Player | ||||||
| 6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | −4 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Player | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 328 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2.20 | 125 | .904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.31 | 7 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roster
Updated on April 26, 2015.Awards and honours
Awards
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| NHL First Star of the Week | November 3, 2014 | |
| NHL Third Star of the Week | November 10, 2014 | |
| NHL First Star of the Week | November 17, 2014 | |
| NHL Second Star of the Month | December 1, 2014 | |
| NHL First Star of the Week | January 5, 2015 | |
| NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2015 | |
| NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2015 | |
| NHL First Star of the Week | January 12, 2015 | |
| NHL All-Star game replacement selection | January 22, 2015 |
Milestones
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| 1st Career NHL Game | October 9, 2014 | |
| 300th Career NHL Assist | October 11, 2014 | |
| 100th Career NHL Game | October 16, 2014 | |
| 700th Career NHL Game | October 18, 2014 | |
| 200th Career NHL Assist | October 18, 2014 | |
| J. Lehtera | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | October 18, 2014 |
| 1st Career NHL Game | October 19, 2014 | |
| 200th Career NHL Game | October 23, 2014 | |
| 1st Career NHL Hat Trick | October 28, 2014 | |
| J. Lehtera | 1st Career NHL Hat Trick | November 11, 2014 |
| 300th Career NHL Game | November 18, 2014 | |
| D. Backes | 600th Career NHL Game | December 20, 2014 |
| V. Tarasenko | 200th Career NHL Point | December 27, 2014 |
| 400th Career NHL Game | December 30, 2014 | |
| T. Oshie | 100th Career NHL Goal | January 3, 2015 |
| 100th Career NHL Goal | January 3, 2015 | |
| 400th Career NHL Point | January 13, 2015 | |
| 200th Career NHL Point | January 30, 2015 | |
| A. Steen | 400th Career NHL Game | February 3, 2015 |
| D. Backes | 400th Career NHL Point | March 1, 2015 |
| 30th Career NHL Shutout | March 17, 2015 | |
| 700th Career NHL Game | March 19, 2015 | |
| P. Stastny | 500th Career NHL Point | March 21, 2015 |
| J. Schwartz | 200th Career NHL Game | March 28, 2015 |
| T. Oshie | 200th Career NHL Assist | April 3, 2015 |
| 800th Career NHL Game | April 5, 2015 |
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| 1st Career Playoff Game | April 16, 2015 | |
| 1st Career Playoff Game | April 16, 2015 | |
| 1st Career Playoff Assist | April 16, 2015 | |
| V. Tarasenko | 1st Career Playoff Hat-trick | April 18, 2015 |
| J. Lehtera | 1st Career Playoff Assist 1st Career Playoff Point | April 18, 2015 |
| 1st Career Playoff Goal 1st Career Playoff Point | April 22, 2015 | |
| D. Jaskin | 1st Career Playoff Assist 1st Career Playoff Point | April 22, 2015 |
Transactions
Following the end of the Blues' 2013–14 season, and during the 2014–15 season, this team has been involved in the following transactions:Trades
Free agents acquired
Free agents lost
Lost via waivers
Lost via retirement
Player signings
Draft picks
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 21 | Robby Fabbri | Center |  Canada | Guelph Storm |
| 2 | 33 | Ivan Barbashev | Center / Left Wing |  Russia | Moncton Wildcats |
| 2 | 52 | Maxim Letunov | Center | Russia | Youngstown Phantoms |
| 3 | 82 | Jake Walman | Defense | Canada | Toronto Jr. Canadiens |
| 4 | 94 | Ville Husso | Goaltender |  Finland | HIFK |
| 4 | 110 | Austin Poganski | Right Wing |  United States | Tri-City Storm |
| 5 | 124 | Jaedon Descheneau | Right Wing | Canada | Kootenay Ice |
| 6 | 172 | Chandler Yakimowicz | Right Wing | United States | London Knights |
| 6 | 176 | Samuel Blais | Left Wing | Canada | Victoriaville Tigres |
| 7 | 202 | Dwyer Tschantz | Right Wing | United States | Indiana Ice |
;Draft notes
- Edmonton's second-round pick will go to St. Louis, as the result of a trade on July 10, 2013 that sent David Perron to Edmonton, in exchange for Magnus Paajarvi, and this pick.
- The Calgary Flames' fourth-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent Roman Polak to Toronto in exchange for Carl Gunnarsson and this pick.
Toronto previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on September 29, 2013 that sent Joe Colborne to Calgary in exchange for this pick. The condition – If Calgary fails to qualify for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs then this pick will remain a fourth-round pick in 2014 – was converted on March 30, 2014. - Tampa Bay's fourth-round pick will go to St. Louis, as the result of a trade on July 10, 2012 that sent B. J. Crombeen and a fifth-round pick in 2014 to Tampa Bay, in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2013, and this pick.
- St. Louis's fourth-round pick will go to the Nashville Predators, as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent a fourth-round pick in 2013 to St. Louis, in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2013, and this pick.
- Calgary's fifth-round pick will go to St. Louis, as the result of a trade on July 5, 2013 that sent Kris Russell to Calgary, in exchange for this pick.
- St. Louis's fifth-round pick will go to the Tampa Bay Lightning, as the result of a trade on July 10, 2012 that sent fourth-round picks in 2013 and 2014 to St. Louis, in exchange for B. J. Crombeen and this pick.
- Boston's sixth-round pick will go to St. Louis, as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013 that sent Wade Redden to Boston, in exchange for this pick. The condition – St. Louis will receive a sixth-round pick in 2014 if Redden appears in one playoff game in the 2013 for the Bruins – was converted on May 1, 2013.