2014–15 St. Louis Blues season

2014–15 St. Louis Blues
Central Division Champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	2nd Western
2014–15 record	51–24–7
Home record	27–12–2
Road record	24–12–5
Goals for	248
Goals against	201
Team information
General Manager	Doug Armstrong
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	David Backes
Alternate captains	Barret Jackman T. J. Oshie Alex Pietrangelo Alexander Steen
Arena	Scottrade Center
Average attendance	18,545 (96.8%)[1] (41 games)
Minor league affiliations	Chicago Wolves (AHL) Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Vladimir Tarasenko (37)
Assists	Alexander Steen (40)
Points	Vladimir Tarasenko (73)
Penalties in minutes	Ryan Reaves (116)
Plus/minus	(+): Vladimir Tarasenko (27) (−): Steve Ott (−8)
Wins	Brian Elliott (26)
Goals against average	Brian Elliott (2.26)
<2013–14 2015–16>

The 2014–15 St. Louis Blues season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – St. Louis Blues	82	51	24	7	42	248	201	+47	109
2	x – Nashville Predators	82	47	25	10	41	232	208	+24	104
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	48	28	6	39	229	189	+40	102
4	x – Minnesota Wild	82	46	28	8	42	231	201	+30	100
5	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	43	26	13	36	230	210	+20	99
6	Dallas Stars	82	41	31	10	37	261	260	+1	92
7	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	12	29	219	227	−8	90

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – St. Louis Blues	82	51	24	7	42	248	201	+47	109
2	x – Nashville Predators	82	47	25	10	41	232	208	+24	104
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	48	28	6	39	229	189	+40	102

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Top 3 (Pacific Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Anaheim Ducks	82	51	24	7	43	236	226	+10	109
2	x – Vancouver Canucks	82	48	29	5	42	242	222	+20	101
3	x – Calgary Flames	82	45	30	7	41	241	216	+25	97

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference.

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	46	28	8	42	231	201	+30	100
2	CE	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	43	26	13	36	230	210	+20	99
3	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	15	38	220	205	+15	95
4	CE	Dallas Stars	82	41	31	10	37	261	260	+1	92
5	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	12	29	219	227	−8	90
6	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	40	33	9	36	228	232	−4	89
7	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	24	44	14	19	198	283	−85	62
8	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	24	50	8	19	170	272	−102	56

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–3–2 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 0–1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	St. Louis	3–4	Columbus	OT	Allen	11,722	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 22	St. Louis	3–4	Dallas		Lundstrom	14,567	0–1–1	Recap
3	September 25	Columbus	5–4	St. Louis		Elliott	11,598	0–2–1	Recap
4^[a]	September 27	Dallas	4–2	St. Louis		Allen		0–3–1	Recap
5	September 30	Carolina	1–3	St. Louis		Elliott	10,213	1–3–1	Recap
6	October 2	Minnesota	1–4	St. Louis		Allen	12,103	2–3–1	Recap
7	October 4	St. Louis	4–5	Minnesota	OT	Elliott	17,342	2–3–2	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log
October: 5–3–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 NY Rangers 3–2 St. Louis Elliott 19,183 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 11 Calgary 1–4 St. Louis Elliott 17,120 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 16 St. Louis 0–1 Los Angeles SO Elliott 18,230 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 18 St. Louis 6–1 Arizona Allen 11,100 2–1-1 5 Recap 5 October 19 St. Louis 0–3 Anaheim Elliott 15,687 2–2-1 5 Recap 6 October 23 Vancouver 4–1 St. Louis Allen 16,099 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 October 25 Chicago 2–3 St. Louis Elliott 19,434 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 28 St. Louis 4–3 Dallas OT Elliott 16,232 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 30 Anaheim 0–2 St. Louis Allen 16,723 5–3–1 11 Recap
November: 11–3–1 (Home: 6–1–1 ; Road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Colorado 2–3 St. Louis SO Elliott 17,498 6–3–1 13 Recap 11 November 3 St. Louis 4–3 NY Rangers SO Elliott 18,006 7–3–1 15 Recap 12 November 4 St. Louis 1–0 New Jersey Allen 15,102 8–3–1 17 Recap 13 November 6 New Jersey 3–4 St. Louis Allen 16,523 9–3–1 19 Recap 14 November 8 Nashville 2–1 St. Louis Elliott 18,869 9–4–1 19 Recap 15 November 11 Buffalo 1–6 St. Louis Elliott 17,570 10–4–1 21 Recap 16 November 13 Nashville 3–4 St. Louis Allen 15,702 11–4–1 23 Recap 17 November 15 Washington 1–4 St. Louis Elliott 19,339 12–4–1 25 Recap 18 November 18 St. Louis 0–2 Boston Elliott 17,565 12–5–1 25 Recap 19 November 20 St. Louis 1–4 Montreal Allen 21,287 12–6–1 25 Recap 20 November 22 St. Louis 3–2 Ottawa Elliott 18,479 13–6–1 27 Recap 21 November 23 St. Louis 4–2 Winnipeg Allen 15,006 14–6–1 29 Recap 22 November 25 Ottawa 3–2 St. Louis SO Allen 16,680 14–6–2 30 Recap 23 November 28 Edmonton 3–4 St. Louis OT Allen 17,666 15–6–2 32 Recap 24 November 29 St. Louis 3–2 Minnesota SO Allen 19,124 16–6–2 34 Recap
December: 6–6–1 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 2–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 3 St. Louis 1–4 Chicago Allen 21,514 16–7–2 34 Recap 26 December 4 St. Louis 3–4 Nashville Brodeur 16,409 16–8–2 34 Recap 27 December 6 St. Louis 6–4 NY Islanders Brodeur 16,170 17–8–2 36 Recap 28 December 8 Florida 2–4 St. Louis Brodeur 17,330 18–8–2 38 Recap 29 December 11 NY Islanders 3–6 St. Louis Allen 18,028 19–8–2 40 Recap 30 December 13 St. Louis 3–2 Colorado OT Allen 17,806 20–8–2 42 Recap 31 December 16 Los Angeles 2–5 St. Louis Allen 17,212 21–8–2 44 Recap 32 December 18 St. Louis 4–6 Los Angeles Brodeur 18,230 21–9–2 44 Recap 33 December 20 St. Louis 2–3 San Jose OT Allen 17,562 21–9–3 45 Recap 34 December 23 St. Louis 0–5 Colorado Allen 17,634 21–10–3 45 Recap 35 December 27 Dallas 4–3 St. Louis Allen 19,683 21–11–3 45 Recap 36 December 29 Colorado 0–3 St. Louis Brodeur 19,749 22–11–3 47 Recap 37 December 30 St. Louis 2–3 Nashville Elliott 17,401 22–12–3 47 Recap
January: 9–1–1 (Home: 6–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 St. Louis 3–4 Anaheim Brodeur 17,174 22–13–3 47 Recap 39 January 3 St. Louis 7–2 San Jose Elliott 17,562 23–13–3 49 Recap 40 January 6 St. Louis 6–0 Arizona Elliott 10,876 24–13–3 51 Recap 41 January 8 San Jose 2–7 St. Louis Elliott 19,220 25–13–3 53 Recap 42 January 10 Carolina 4–5 St. Louis SO Allen 19,411 26–13–3 55 Recap 43 January 13 Edmonton 2–4 St. Louis Allen 18,279 27–13–3 57 Recap 44 January 15 Detroit 3–2 St. Louis OT Elliott 18,543 27–13–4 58 Recap 45 January 17 Toronto 0–3 St. Louis Elliott 19,626 28–13–4 60 Recap 46 January 19 Colorado 1–3 St. Louis Elliott 19,187 29–13–4 62 Recap 47 January 29 Nashville 4–5 St. Louis SO Elliott 19,477 30–13–4 64 Recap 48 January 30 St. Louis 3–2 Carolina SO Allen 13,287 31–13–4 66 Recap
February: 8–5–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 6–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 1 St. Louis 4–3 Washington Elliott 18,506 32–13–4 68 Recap 50 February 3 Tampa Bay 1–2 St. Louis OT Elliott 17,223 33–13–4 70 Recap 51 February 5 St. Louis 3–0 Buffalo Allen 18,912 34–13–4 72 Recap 52 February 6 St. Louis 1–7 Columbus Elliott 16,321 34–14–4 72 Recap 53 February 8 Chicago 4–2 St. Louis Elliott 19,657 34–15–4 72 Recap 54 February 10 Arizona 1–2 St. Louis Allen 17,312 35–15–4 74 Recap 55 February 12 St. Louis 6–3 Tampa Bay Elliott 18,926 36–15–4 76 Recap 56 February 15 St. Louis 2–1 Florida SO Elliott 11,859 37–15–4 78 Recap 57 February 17 Dallas 4–1 St. Louis Elliott 18,830 37–16–4 78 Recap 58 February 20 Boston 1–5 St. Louis Allen 19,172 38–16–4 80 Recap 59 February 21 Pittsburgh 4–2 St. Louis Elliott 19,621 38–17–4 80 Recap 60 February 24 Montreal 5–2 St. Louis Allen 19,383 38–18–4 80 Recap 61 February 26 St. Louis 2–1 Winnipeg SO Elliott 15,016 39–18–4 82 Recap 62 February 28 St. Louis 2–1 Edmonton Elliott 16,839 40–18–4 84 Recap
March: 6–5–3 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 4–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 1 St. Louis 5–6 Vancouver SO Allen 18,870 40–18–5 85 Recap 64 March 5 St. Louis 1–3 Philadelphia Elliott 12,531 40–19–5 85 Recap 65 March 7 St. Louis 6–1 Toronto Elliott 19,108 41–19–5 87 Recap 66 March 10 Winnipeg 4–5 St. Louis Elliott 19,297 42–19–5 89 Recap 67 March 12 Philadelphia 0–1 St. Louis SO Elliott 19,600 43–19–5 91 Recap 68 March 14 Minnesota 3–1 St. Louis Elliott 19,638 43–20–5 91 Recap 69 March 15 St. Louis 3–0 Dallas Allen 18,532 44–20–5 93 Recap 70 March 17 St. Louis 4–0 Calgary Elliott 19,289 45–20–5 95 Recap 71 March 19 St. Louis 1–2 Winnipeg SO Elliott 15,016 45–20–6 96 Recap 72 March 21 St. Louis 3–6 Minnesota Elliott 19,204 45–21–6 96 Recap 73 March 22 St. Louis 1–2 Detroit OT Allen 20,027 45–21–7 97 Recap 74 March 24 St. Louis 3–2 Pittsburgh OT Allen 18,631 46–21–7 99 Recap 75 March 28 Columbus 4–2 St. Louis Elliott 19,431 46–22–7 99 Recap 76 March 30 Vancouver 4–1 St. Louis Elliott 19,204 46–23–7 99 Recap
April: 5–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Calgary 1–4 St. Louis Allen 19,308 47–23–7 101 Recap 78 April 3 St. Louis 7–5 Dallas Elliott 18,532 48–23–7 103 Recap 79 April 5 St. Louis 2–1 Chicago Allen 22,017 49–23–7 105 Recap 80 April 7 Winnipeg 1–0 St. Louis Allen 19,616 49–24–7 105 Recap 81 April 9 Chicago 1–2 St. Louis Allen 19,751 50–24–7 107 Recap 82 April 11 Minnesota 2–4 St. Louis Elliott 19,155 51–24–7 109 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Minnesota Wild: Minnesota wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 16 Minnesota 4–2 St. Louis Allen 19,671 0–1 Recap 2 April 18 Minnesota 1–4 St. Louis Allen 19,243 1–1 Recap 3 April 20 St. Louis 0–3 Minnesota Allen 19,165 1–2 Recap 4 April 22 St. Louis 6–1 Minnesota Allen 19,390 2–2 Recap 5 April 24 Minnesota 4–1 St. Louis Allen 19,653 2–3 Recap 6 April 26 St. Louis 1–4 Minnesota Allen 19,318 2–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final Stats^[7]

Skaters

Regular Season   Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Tarasenko, VladimirVladimir Tarasenko 77 37 36 73 27 31 Steen, AlexanderAlexander Steen 74 24 40 64 8 33 Schwartz, JadenJaden Schwartz 75 28 35 63 13 16 Backes, DavidDavid Backes 80 26 32 58 7 104 Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie 72 19 36 55 17 51 Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny 74 16 30 46 5 40 Pietrangelo, AlexAlex Pietrangelo 81 7 39 46 −2 28 Shattenkirk, KevinKevin Shattenkirk 56 8 36 44 19 52 Lehtera, JoriJori Lehtera 75 14 30 44 21 48 Berglund, PatrikPatrik Berglund 77 12 15 27 −2 26 Jaskin, DmitrijDmitrij Jaskin 54 13 5 18 7 16 Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman 80 2 13 15 3 47 Bouwmeester, JayJay Bouwmeester 72 2 11 13 7 24 Ott, SteveSteve Ott 78 3 9 12 −8 86 Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves 81 6 6 12 −3 116 Gunnarsson, CarlCarl Gunnarsson 61 2 10 12 10 2 Butler, ChrisChris Butler 33 3 6 9 8 23 Cole, IanIan Cole^‡ (traded on 3/2/15) 54 4 5 9 16 44 Lapierre, MaximMaxim Lapierre^‡ (traded on 1/27/15) 45 2 7 9 −2 16 Lindstrom, JoakimJoakim Lindstrom^‡ (traded on 3/2/15) 34 3 3 6 −8 8 Michalek, ZbynekZbynek Michalek^† (acquired on 3/2/15) 15 2 2 4 3 6 Jokinen, OlliOlli Jokinen^† (acquired on 3/2/15) 8 1 2 3 3 0 Goc, MarcelMarcel Goc^† (acquired on 1/27/15) 31 1 2 3 −1 4 Lindbohm, PetteriPetteri Lindbohm 23 2 1 3 −1 26 Porter, ChrisChris Porter 24 1 1 2 −3 6 Bortuzzo, RobertRobert Bortuzzo^† (acquired on 3/2/15) 13 1 1 2 −3 25 Rattie, TyTy Rattie 11 0 2 2 0 2 Paajarvi, MagnusMagnus Paajarvi 10 0 1 1 −2 6 Fraser, ColinColin Fraser 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Leopold, JordanJordan Leopold^‡ (traded on 11/15/14) 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.

Playoffs   Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Shattenkirk, KevinKevin Shattenkirk 6 0 8 8 2 2 Tarasenko, VladimirVladimir Tarasenko 6 6 1 7 −4 0 Steen, AlexanderAlexander Steen 6 1 3 4 −3 2 Berglund, PatrikPatrik Berglund 6 2 2 4 4 0 Schwartz, JadenJaden Schwartz 6 1 2 3 −2 0 Backes, DavidDavid Backes 6 1 1 2 2 2 Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie 6 1 1 2 −3 0 Pietrangelo, AlexAlex Pietrangelo 6 0 2 2 1 0 Lehtera, JoriJori Lehtera 5 0 2 2 −2 0 Porter, ChrisChris Porter 3 0 1 1 1 0 Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny 6 1 0 1 −3 4 Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves 6 1 0 1 1 0 Jaskin, DmitrijDmitrij Jaskin 6 0 1 1 1 2 Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman 6 0 0 0 −1 4 Ott, SteveSteve Ott 6 0 0 0 0 26 Goc, MarcelMarcel Goc 4 0 0 0 −1 0 Michalek, ZbynekZbynek Michalek 6 0 0 0 −2 4 Bouwmeester, JayJay Bouwmeester 6 0 0 0 −1 2 Gunnarsson, CarlCarl Gunnarsson 6 0 0 0 1 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott	46	45	2546	26	14	3	96	2.26	1150	.917	5	0	3	0
Allen, JakeJake Allen	37	32	2077	22	7	4	79	2.28	909	.913	4	0	2	2
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	7	5	356	3	3	0	17	2.87	169	.899	1	0	0	0
Totals	53	49	2,981	32	13	4	117	2.35	1,346	.913	6	0	2	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Allen, JakeJake Allen	6	6	328	2	4	12	2.20	125	.904	0	0	0	0
Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott	1	0	26	0	0	1	2.31	7	.857	0	0	0	0

Roster

Updated on April 26, 2015.^[8]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
34		Allen, JakeJake Allen	G	L	24	2008	Fredericton, New Brunswick
42		Backes, DavidDavid Backes (C)	C/RW	R	30	2003	Minneapolis, Minnesota
21		Berglund, PatrikPatrik Berglund	C	L	26	2006	Västerås, Sweden
41		Bortuzzo, RobertRobert Bortuzzo	D	R	26	2015	Thunder Bay, Ontario
19		Bouwmeester, JayJay Bouwmeester	D	L	31	2013	Edmonton, Alberta
25		Butler, ChrisChris Butler	D	L	28	2014	St. Louis, Missouri
–		Cracknell, AdamAdam Cracknell	RW	R	29	2015	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
1		Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott	G	L	30	2011	Newmarket, Ontario
57		Goc, MarcelMarcel Goc	C	L	31	2015	Calw, West Germany
4		Gunnarsson, CarlCarl Gunnarsson	D	L	28	2014	Örebro, Sweden
5		Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman (A)	D	L	34	1999	Trail, British Columbia
23		Jaskin, DmitrijDmitrij Jaskin	RW	L	22	2011	Omsk, Russia
13		Jokinen, OlliOlli Jokinen	C	L	36	2015	Kuopio, Finland
12		Lehtera, JoriJori Lehtera	C	L	27	2008	Lempäälä, Finland
48		Lindbohm, PetteriPetteri Lindbohm	D	L	21	2012	Helsinki, Finland
88		Mueller, PeterPeter Mueller	RW/C	R	27	2014	Bloomington, Minnesota
74		Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie (A)	RW/C	R	28	2005	Mount Vernon, Washington
9		Ott, SteveSteve Ott	C	L	32	2014	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
56		Paajarvi, MagnusMagnus Paajarvi	LW	L	24	2013	Norrköping, Sweden
27		Pietrangelo, AlexAlex Pietrangelo (A)	D	R	25	2008	King City, Ontario
32		Porter, ChrisChris Porter	LW/C	L	30	2007	Toronto, Ontario
75		Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves	RW	R	28	2005	Winnipeg, Manitoba
17		Schwartz, JadenJaden Schwartz	LW	L	22	2010	Melfort, Saskatchewan
22		Shattenkirk, KevinKevin Shattenkirk	D	R	26	2011	Greenwich, Connecticut
26		Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny	C	L	29	2014	Quebec City, Quebec
20		Steen, AlexanderAlexander Steen (A)	LW	L	31	2008	Winnipeg, Manitoba
91		Tarasenko, VladimirVladimir Tarasenko	RW	L	23	2010	Yaroslavl, Soviet Union

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Tarasenko, V.V. Tarasenko NHL First Star of the Week[9] November 3, 2014 Tarasenko, V.V. Tarasenko NHL Third Star of the Week[10] November 10, 2014 Lehtera, J.J. Lehtera NHL First Star of the Week[11] November 17, 2014 Tarasenko, V.V. Tarasenko NHL Second Star of the Month[12] December 1, 2014 Oshie, T.T. Oshie NHL First Star of the Week[13] January 5, 2015 Tarasenko, V.V. Tarasenko NHL All-Star game selection[14] January 10, 2015 Shattenkirk, K.K. Shattenkirk NHL All-Star game selection[14] January 10, 2015 Backes, D.D. Backes NHL First Star of the Week[15] January 12, 2015 Elliott, B.B. Elliott NHL All-Star game replacement selection[16] January 22, 2015

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Lehtera, J.J. Lehtera 1st Career NHL Game October 9, 2014 Stastny, P.P. Stastny 300th Career NHL Assist October 11, 2014 Lindstrom, J.J. Lindstrom 100th Career NHL Game October 16, 2014 Ott, S.S. Ott 700th Career NHL Game October 18, 2014 Backes, D.D. Backes 200th Career NHL Assist October 18, 2014 J. Lehtera 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point October 18, 2014 Lindbohm, P.P. Lindbohm 1st Career NHL Game October 19, 2014 Reaves, R.R. Reaves 200th Career NHL Game October 23, 2014 Tarasenko, V.V. Tarasenko 1st Career NHL Hat Trick October 28, 2014 J. Lehtera 1st Career NHL Hat Trick November 11, 2014 Shattenkirk, K.K. Shattenkirk 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 Oshie, T.T. Oshie 400th Career NHL Game December 30, 2014 T. Oshie 100th Career NHL Goal January 3, 2015 Schwartz, J.J. Schwartz 100th Career NHL Goal January 3, 2015 Steen, A.A. Steen 400th Career NHL Point January 13, 2015 Pietrangelo, A.A. Pietrangelo 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 Elliott, B.B. Elliott 30th Career NHL Shutout March 17, 2015 Michalek, Z.Z. Michalek 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 Jackman, B.B. Jackman 800th Career NHL Game April 5, 2015

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Lehtera, J.J. Lehtera 1st Career Playoff Game April 16, 2015 Jaskin, D.D. Jaskin 1st Career Playoff Game April 16, 2015 Tarasenko, V.V. Tarasenko 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 Reaves, R.R. Reaves 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

Date	Details
June 28, 2014[17][18]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Roman Polak (D)	To St. Louis Blues Carl Gunnarsson (D) CGY's 4th round (94th) pick in 2014
November 15, 2014[19]	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jordan Leopold (D)	To St. Louis Blues 5th-round pick in 2016
January 27, 2015[20]	To Pittsburgh Penguins Maxim Lapierre (C)	To St. Louis Blues Marcel Goc (C)
February 26, 2015[21]	To Columbus Blue Jackets Future Considerations	To St. Louis Blues Adam Cracknell (RW)
March 2, 2015[22]	To Arizona Coyotes Maxim Letunov (F)	To St. Louis Blues Zbynek Michalek (D) conditional 3rd-round pick in 2015
March 2, 2015[23]	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ian Cole (D)	To St. Louis Blues Robert Bortuzzo (D) 7th-round pick in 2016
March 2, 2015[24]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Joakim Lindstrom (F) Conditional 6th-round pick in 2016	To St. Louis Blues Olli Jokinen (F)

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Paul Stastny (C) Colorado Avalanche 4 years, $28 million [25][26] July 4, 2014 John McCarthy (F) San Jose Sharks 1 year, $600,000 [27] July 16, 2014 Benn Ferriero (C) Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $600,000 [28] July 16, 2014 Chris Butler (D) Calgary Flames 1 year, $650,000 [29] July 21, 2014 Jeremy Welsh (F) Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $550,000 [30] July 21, 2014 Nate Prosser (D) Minnesota Wild 1 year, $700,000 [31] July 29, 2014 Peter Mueller (F) Kloten Flyers 1 year, $700,000 [32] September 5, 2014 Colin Fraser (C) Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $650,000 [33] September 28, 2014 Dmitrii Sergeev (D) Kitchener Rangers 3 years, $1.87 million entry-level contract [34] December 2, 2014 Martin Brodeur (G) New Jersey Devils 1 year, $700,000 [35]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Ryan Miller (G) Vancouver Canucks 3 years, $18 million [36] July 1, 2014 Adam Cracknell (RW) Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $600,000 [37] July 1, 2014 Taylor Chorney (D) Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $550,000 [38] July 1, 2014 Alexandre Bolduc (F) Arizona Coyotes 1 year, $600,000 [39] July 10, 2014 Vladimir Sobotka (F) Avangard Omsk 3 years, $12 million [40] July 11, 2014 Brenden Morrow (LW) Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, $1.55 million [41] July 15, 2014 Derek Roy (C) Nashville Predators 1 year, $1 million [42]

Lost via waivers Player New Team Date Acquired Ref Nate Prosser Minnesota Wild October 2, 2014 [43]

Lost via retirement Date Player Ref January 29, 2015 Martin Brodeur [44]

Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 26, 2014 Patrik Berglund (C) 3 years, $11.1 million contract extension [45][46] July 1, 2014 Phil McRae (C) 1 year, $600,000 [47] July 1, 2014 Brent Regner (D) 1 year, $550,000 [47] July 1, 2014 Jori Lehtera (C) 2 years, $5.5 million [48] July 5, 2014 Pat Cannone (F) 1 year, $550,000 [27] July 8, 2014 Sebastian Wannstrom (F) 1 year, $600,000 [27] July 9, 2014 David Shields (D) 1 year, $600,000 [49] July 10, 2014 Steve Ott (C) 2 years, $2.6 million [50] July 21, 2014 Ivan Barbashev (F) 3 year, $2.41 million entry-level contract [51] September 2, 2014 Robby Fabbri (C) 3 year, entry-level contract [52] September 27, 2014 Jaden Schwartz (C) 2 years, $4.7 million [53] March 10, 2015 Colton Parayko (D) 2 year, entry-level contract [54] May 28, 2015 Jordan Schmaltz (D) 3 year, entry-level contract [55]

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 (League)
1	21	Robby Fabbri	Center	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
2	33^[a]	Ivan Barbashev	Center / Left Wing	Russia	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
2	52	Maxim Letunov	Center	Russia	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
3	82	Jake Walman	Defense	Canada	Toronto Jr. Canadiens (OJHL)
4	94^[b]	Ville Husso	Goaltender	Finland	HIFK (Liiga)
4	110^[c]	Austin Poganski	Right Wing	United States	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
5	124^[d]	Jaedon Descheneau	Right Wing	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
6	172	Chandler Yakimowicz	Right Wing	United States	London Knights (OHL)
6	176^[e]	Samuel Blais	Left Wing	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
7	202	Dwyer Tschantz	Right Wing	United States	Indiana Ice (USHL)

Draft notes

• ^a 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.^[56]
• ^b 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.^[57]
       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 (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[58] 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.
• ^c 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.^[59]
• 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.^[60]
• ^d 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.^[61]
• 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.^[59]
• ^e 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 (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[62] 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.^[63]

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