2019–20 St. Louis Blues season


The 2019–20 St. Louis Blues season is 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 are scheduled to play in a round-robin tournament, which will determine the team's seed for the playoffs.

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 that season.

Standings

Divisional standings

Western Conference

;Tiebreaking procedures
  1. Fewer number of games played.
  2. Greater number of regulation wins.
  3. Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime.
  4. Greater amount of total wins.
  5. 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.
  6. Greater goal differential.
  7. Greater amount of goals scored.

    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.

Playoffs

The Blues will play in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs.

Player statistics

As of March 11, 2020

Skaters

Goaltenders

†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.

Roster

Transactions

The Blues have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Free agents

Waivers

Contract terminations

Retirement

Signings

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#PlayerPosNationalityCollege/Junior/Club Team
262Nikita AlexandrovCRussiaCharlottetown Islanders
393Colten EllisGCanadaRimouski Océanic
5155Keean WashkurakCCanadaMississauga Steelheads
72081Vadim ZherenkoGRussiaMHC Dynamo Moscow
7217Jeremy MichelLWCanadaVal-d'Or Foreurs

Notes:
  1. 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.