2018–19 St. Louis Blues season

2018–19 St. Louis Blues
	Stanley Cup champions
	Western Conference champions
Division	3rd Central
Conference	5th Western
2018–19 record	45–28–9
Home record	24–15–2
Road record	21–13–7
Goals for	247
Goals against	223
Team information
General Manager	Doug Armstrong
Coach	Mike Yeo (Oct. 4 – Nov. 19); Craig Berube (Nov. 19 – Jun. 12)
Captain	Alex Pietrangelo
Alternate captains	Alexander Steen; Vladimir Tarasenko
Arena	Enterprise Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	San Antonio Rampage (AHL); Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Vladimir Tarasenko (33)
Assists	Ryan O'Reilly (49)
Points	Ryan O'Reilly (77)
Penalty minutes	Joel Edmundson (68)
Plus/minus	Ryan O'Reilly (+22)
Wins	Jordan Binnington (24)
Goals against average	Jordan Binnington (1.89)

The 2018–19 St. Louis Blues season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[1] The Blues were in last place in the league in January, but rallied to make the playoffs. They advanced to the finals against the Boston Bruins and won in seven games for the first Stanley Cup in franchise history.

The Blues were the fourth St. Louis-based pro sports team to win a major championship, joining the eleven-time World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball, the 1957-58 St. Louis (now Atlanta) Hawks of the NBA, and the 1999-2000 St. Louis (now Los Angeles) Rams of the NFL. This made St. Louis the eighth city to win a championship in each of the four major U.S. sports.

Off-season

On May 30, 2018, the Blues named Mike Van Ryn as assistant coach, replacing Darryl Sydor, who stepped down to spend more time with his family. Van Ryn played the first three seasons (2000–2003) of his eight years in the NHL with the Blues, scoring 13 points in 69 games.[2]

The Blues extended their affiliation with the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL on May 31.[3]

Season summary

The Blues started the season sluggish, and head coach Mike Yeo was fired on November 19 with the team's record at 7–9–3.[4] Craig Berube, who had served as assistant coach with the Blues since 2017, was named the interim head coach.[4] St. Louis began the 2019 calendar year with the worst record in the league; 15–18–4 and 34 points recorded.[5] Soon after, rookie goaltender Jordan Binnington joined the team. On January 7, he won his first game in a shutout and took over as the team's starting goaltender. The Blues then went on a franchise-record 11-game winning streak and had a 30–10–5 run to finish the season. They clinched a playoff spot on March 29, 2019.[6][7]

In the playoffs, the Blues defeated the Winnipeg Jets, Dallas Stars, and San Jose Sharks to advance to the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals, where they faced the Boston Bruins. It was their first Finals appearance since 1970.[8] On May 29, 2019, St. Louis won a Stanley Cup Finals series' game for the first time in franchise history after getting swept in three previous series (1968–1970), as they defeated the Bruins 3–2 in overtime in game 2.[9] On June 12, 2019, they defeated the Bruins in seven games to win the first Stanley Cup title in franchise history.[10] Until then, they were the oldest franchise to have never won a Stanley Cup.[11]

Ryan O'Reilly, who had been acquired in a trade during the previous offseason, was the Blues' top regular season scorer with 77 points. He then had a franchise-record 23 playoff points and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. O'Reilly also won the Frank J. Selke Trophy for the league's best defensive forward during the regular season.[12][13]

"Gloria"

St. Louis had been in last place in the NHL on January 3. On the night of January 6, a few Blues players were in a Philadelphia bar watching the National Football League "Double Doink" wildcard game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears. The DJ played the 1982 Laura Branigan song "Gloria", and according to defenceman Joel Edmundson, "this one guy looked at the DJ and said, 'Keep playing "Gloria"!' so they kept playing it. Everyone would get up and start singing and dancing. We just sat back and watched it happen. Right there we decided we should play the song after our wins." The following day, goaltender Jordan Binnington made his first start for the Blues that season and won the game with a shutout.[14]

The team played it after every win for the rest of the regular season and playoffs, and as their hot streak continued, the song became popular in the city of St. Louis. "Gloria" was written on signs and t-shirts. The St. Louis radio station KYKY-FM played it for 24 hours straight after series victories in the playoffs.[14]

Standings

Central Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	43	240	214	+26	100
2	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	47	30	5	45	272	244	+28	99
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	45	28	9	42	247	223	+24	99
4	x – Dallas Stars	82	43	32	7	42	210	202	+8	93
5	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	38	30	14	36	260	246	+14	90
6	Chicago Blackhawks	82	36	34	12	33	270	292	−22	84
7	Minnesota Wild	82	37	36	9	36	211	237	−26	83

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

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.[15]

2018 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	St. Louis	3–5	Dallas		Binnington	11,125	0–1–0	Recap
2^[a]	September 19	St. Louis	3–2	Minnesota		Husso	14,290	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 21	Columbus	0–3	St. Louis		Johnson	15,190	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 23	St. Louis	5–1	Columbus		Husso	11,758	3–1–0	Recap
5	September 25	Washington	4–0	St. Louis		Allen	15,769	3–2–0	Recap
6	September 28	Dallas	1–3	St. Louis		Allen	17,363	4–2–0	Recap
7	September 30	St. Louis	2–5	Washington		Johnson	14,894	4–3–0	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[16]

2018–19 game log

October: 3–4–3 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 4	Winnipeg	5–1	St. Louis		Allen	18,292	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 6	Chicago	5–4	St. Louis	OT	Allen	17,429	0–1–1	1	Recap
3	October 11	Calgary	3–5	St. Louis		Allen	16,403	1–1–1	3	Recap
4	October 13	St. Louis	3–4	Chicago	OT	Allen	21,634	1–1–2	4	Recap
5	October 14	Anaheim	3–2	St. Louis		Johnson	16,562	1–2–2	4	Recap
6	October 17	St. Louis	2–3	Montreal		Allen	20,137	1–3–2	4	Recap
7	October 20	St. Louis	4–1	Toronto		Allen	19,268	2–3–2	6	Recap
8	October 22	St. Louis	4–5	Winnipeg	OT	Allen	15,321	2–3–3	7	Recap
9	October 25	Columbus	7–4	St. Louis		Johnson	17,068	2–4–3	7	Recap
10	October 27	Chicago	3–7	St. Louis		Allen	17,201	3–4–3	9	Recap

November: 6–8–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
11	November 1	Vegas	3–5	St. Louis		Allen	16,813	4–4–3	11	Recap
12	November 3	Minnesota	5–1	St. Louis		Allen	17,767	4–5–3	11	Recap
13	November 6	Carolina	1–4	St. Louis		Johnson	16,210	5–5–3	13	Recap
14	November 9	San Jose	0–4	St. Louis		Johnson	17,032	6–5–3	15	Recap
15	November 11	Minnesota	3–2	St. Louis		Johnson	16,735	6–6–3	15	Recap
16	November 14	St. Louis	0–1	Chicago		Allen	21,401	6–7–3	15	Recap
17	November 16	St. Louis	4–1	Vegas		Allen	18,488	7–7–3	17	Recap
18	November 17	St. Louis	0–4	San Jose		Johnson	17,417	7–8–3	17	Recap
19	November 19	Los Angeles	2–0	St. Louis		Allen	16,860	7–9–3	17	Recap
20	November 21	St. Louis	1–4	Nashville		Allen	17,558	7–10–3	17	Recap
21	November 23	Nashville	2–6	St. Louis		Allen	16,192	8–10–3	19	Recap
22	November 24	Winnipeg	8–4	St. Louis		Johnson	17,028	8–11–3	19	Recap
23	November 28	St. Louis	3–4	Detroit		Allen	18,165	8–12–3	19	Recap
24	November 30	St. Louis	3–2	Colorado	OT	Allen	18,021	9–12–3	21	Recap

December: 6–6–1 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 3–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 1	St. Louis	1–6	Arizona		Johnson	13,451	9–13–3	21	Recap
26	December 5	Edmonton	3–2	St. Louis	SO	Allen	16,551	9–13–4	22	Recap
27	December 7	St. Louis	1–0	Winnipeg		Allen	15,321	10–13–4	24	Recap
28	December 9	Vancouver	6–1	St. Louis		Allen	16,841	10–14–4	24	Recap
29	December 11	Florida	3–4	St. Louis		Allen	16,255	11–14–4	26	Recap
30	December 14	Colorado	3–4	St. Louis	OT	Allen	16,366	12–14–4	28	Recap
31	December 16	Calgary	7–2	St. Louis		Allen	17,604	12–15–4	28	Recap
32	December 18	St. Louis	4–1	Edmonton		Allen	18,347	13–15–4	30	Recap
33	December 20	St. Louis	1–5	Vancouver		Allen	18,261	13–16–4	30	Recap
34	December 22	St. Louis	3–1	Calgary		Allen	18,683	14–16–4	32	Recap
35	December 27	Buffalo	1–4	St. Louis		Allen	17,867	15–16–4	34	Recap
36	December 29	Pittsburgh	6–1	St. Louis		Allen	17,475	15–17–4	34	Recap
37	December 31	NY Rangers	2–1	St. Louis		Allen	16,849	15–18–4	34	Recap

January: 7–4–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 4–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
38	January 3	Washington	2–5	St. Louis		Allen	17,200	16–18–4	36	Recap
39	January 5	NY Islanders	4–3	St. Louis		Allen	16,801	16–19–4	36	Recap
40	January 7	St. Louis	3–0	Philadelphia		Binnington	19,021	17–19–4	38	Recap
41	January 8	Dallas	3–1	St. Louis		Allen	17,037	17–20–4	38	Recap
42	January 10	Montreal	1–4	St. Louis		Binnington	17,839	18–20–4	40	Recap
43	January 12	St. Louis	3–1	Dallas		Binnington	18,124	19–20–4	42	Recap
44	January 14	St. Louis	4–1	Washington		Allen	18,506	20–20–4	44	Recap
45	January 15	St. Louis	1–2	NY Islanders	OT	Binnington	10,042	20–20–5	45	Recap
46	January 17	St. Louis	2–5	Boston		Allen	17,565	20–21–5	45	Recap
47	January 19	Ottawa	2–3	St. Louis		Binnington	17,690	21–21–5	47	Recap
48	January 21	St. Louis	3–4	Los Angeles		Binnington	18,230	21–22–5	47	Recap
49	January 23	St. Louis	5–1	Anaheim		Binnington	16,795	22–22–5	49	Recap

February: 12–1–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 7–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 2	St. Louis	4–2	Columbus		Binnington	18,681	23–22–5	51	Recap
51	February 5	St. Louis	3–2	Florida		Binnington	10,243	24–22–5	53	Recap
52	February 7	St. Louis	1–0	Tampa Bay	OT	Binnington	19,092	25–22–5	55	Recap
53	February 9	Nashville	2–3	St. Louis		Binnington	18,166	26–22–5	57	Recap
54	February 10	St. Louis	5–4	Nashville	OT	Allen	17,622	27–22–5	59	Recap
55	February 12	New Jersey	3–8	St. Louis		Binnington	17,509	28–22–5	61	Recap
56	February 14	St. Louis	4–0	Arizona		Binnington	12,533	29–22–5	63	Recap
57	February 16	St. Louis	3–0	Colorado		Allen	18,076	30–22–5	65	Recap
58	February 17	St. Louis	4–0	Minnesota		Binnington	19,102	31–22–5	67	Recap
59	February 19	Toronto	2–3	St. Louis	OT	Binnington	18,598	32–22–5	69	Recap
60	February 21	St. Louis	2–5	Dallas		Binnington	17,945	32–23–5	69	Recap
61	February 23	Boston	1–2	St. Louis	SO	Binnington	18,425	33–23–5	71	Recap
62	February 24	St. Louis	1–2	Minnesota	OT	Allen	18,645	33–23–6	72	Recap
63	February 26	Nashville	0–2	St. Louis		Binnington	16,645	34–23–6	74	Recap

March: 8–5–2 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–3–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 1	St. Louis	2–5	Carolina		Allen	15,363	34–24–6	74	Recap
65	March 2	Dallas	4–1	St. Louis		Binnington	18,166	34–25–6	74	Recap
66	March 6	St. Louis	5–4	Anaheim		Binnington	16,854	35–25–6	76	Recap
67	March 7	St. Louis	4–0	Los Angeles		Allen	17,837	36–25–6	78	Recap
68	March 9	St. Louis	2–3	San Jose	OT	Allen	17,562	36–25–7	79	Recap
69	March 12	Arizona	3–1	St. Louis		Binnington	18,428	36–26–7	79	Recap
70	March 14	St. Louis	0–2	Ottawa		Allen	13,378	36–27–7	79	Recap
71	March 16	St. Louis	5–1	Pittsburgh		Binnington	18,641	37–27–7	81	Recap
72	March 17	St. Louis	3–4	Buffalo	SO	Allen	18,486	37–27–8	82	Recap
73	March 19	Edmonton	2–7	St. Louis		Binnington	17,873	38–27–8	84	Recap
74	March 21	Detroit	2–5	St. Louis		Binnington	18,272	39–27–8	86	Recap
75	March 23	Tampa Bay	3–4	St. Louis		Binnington	18,127	40–27–8	88	Recap
76	March 25	Vegas	1–3	St. Louis		Binnington	18,247	41–27–8	90	Recap
77	March 29	St. Louis	2–4	NY Rangers		Binnington	17,567	41–28–8	90	Recap
78	March 30	St. Louis	3–2	New Jersey	OT	Allen	16,514	42–28–8	92	Recap

April: 3–0–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
79	April 1	Colorado	2–3	St. Louis	SO	Binnington	17,767	43–28–8	94	Recap
80	April 3	St. Louis	3–4	Chicago	SO	Allen	21,482	43–28–9	95	Recap
81	April 4	Philadelphia	3–7	St. Louis		Binnington	18,203	44–28–9	97	Recap
82	April 6	Vancouver	2–3	St. Louis	SO	Binnington	17,970	45–28–9	99	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Blues faced the Winnipeg Jets in the First Round of the playoffs,[17] and defeated them in six games.[18]

The Blues faced the Dallas Stars in the Second Round of the playoffs,[19] defeating them in seven games.[20]

The Blues faced the San Jose Sharks in the Conference Finals of the playoffs,[21] defeating them in six games.[22]

The Blues faced the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals,[23] defeating them in seven games to win their first Stanley Cup.[10]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (C2) Winnipeg Jets: St. Louis won 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 10	St. Louis	2–1	Winnipeg		Binnington	15,321	1–0	Recap
2	April 12	St. Louis	4–3	Winnipeg		Binnington	15,321	2–0	Recap
3	April 14	Winnipeg	6–3	St. Louis		Binnington	18,486	2–1	Recap
4	April 16	Winnipeg	2–1	St. Louis	OT	Binnington	18,346	2–2	Recap
5	April 18	St. Louis	3–2	Winnipeg		Binnington	15,321	3–2	Recap
6	April 20	Winnipeg	2–3	St. Louis		Binnington	18,524	4–2	Recap

Western Conference Second Round vs. (WC1) Dallas Stars: St. Louis won 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 25	Dallas	2–3	St. Louis		Binnington	18,014	1–0	Recap
2	April 27	Dallas	4–2	St. Louis		Binnington	18,285	1–1	Recap
3	April 29	St. Louis	4–3	Dallas		Binnington	18,532	2–1	Recap
4	May 1	St. Louis	2–4	Dallas		Binnington	18,790	2–2	Recap
5	May 3	Dallas	2–1	St. Louis		Binnington	18,542	2–3	Recap
6	May 5	St. Louis	4–1	Dallas		Binnington	18,876	3–3	Recap
7	May 7	Dallas	1–2	St. Louis	2OT	Binnington	18,531	4–3	Recap

Western Conference Finals vs. (P2) San Jose Sharks: St. Louis won 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 11	St. Louis	3–6	San Jose		Binnington	17,562	0–1	Recap
2	May 13	St. Louis	4–2	San Jose		Binnington	17,562	1–1	Recap
3	May 15	San Jose	5–4	St. Louis	OT	Binnington	18,360	1–2	Recap
4	May 17	San Jose	1–2	St. Louis		Binnington	18,496	2–2	Recap
5	May 19	St. Louis	5–0	San Jose		Binnington	17,562	3–2	Recap
6	May 21	San Jose	1–5	St. Louis		Binnington	18,684	4–2	Recap

Stanley Cup Finals vs. (A2) Boston Bruins: St. Louis won 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 27	St. Louis	2–4	Boston		Binnington	17,565	0–1	Recap
2	May 29	St. Louis	3–2	Boston	OT	Binnington	17,565	1–1	Recap
3	June 1	Boston	7–2	St. Louis		Binnington	18,789	1–2	Recap
4	June 3	Boston	2–4	St. Louis		Binnington	18,805	2–2	Recap
5	June 6	St. Louis	2–1	Boston		Binnington	17,565	3–2	Recap
6	June 9	Boston	5–1	St. Louis		Binnington	18,890	3–3	Recap
7	June 12	St. Louis	4–1	Boston		Binnington	17,565	4–3	Recap

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics

As of June 12, 2019[24]

Skaters

Regular season[25]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Ryan O'Reilly	82	28	49	77	22	12
Vladimir Tarasenko	76	33	35	68	8	22
Brayden Schenn	72	17	37	54	3	40
David Perron	57	23	23	46	3	46
Alex Pietrangelo	71	13	28	41	2	22
Tyler Bozak	72	13	25	38	–3	20
Jaden Schwartz	69	11	25	36	–6	16
Vince Dunn	78	12	23	35	14	45
Robert Thomas	70	9	24	33	–2	14
Oskar Sundqvist	74	14	17	31	–1	22
Colton Parayko	80	10	18	28	20	15
Patrick Maroon	74	10	18	28	–3	64
Alexander Steen	65	10	17	27	2	14
Ivan Barbashev	80	14	12	26	–4	17
Zach Sanford	60	8	12	20	8	21
Jay Bouwmeester	78	3	14	17	–3	40
Joel Edmundson	64	2	9	11	8	68
Robert Bortuzzo	59	2	8	10	9	47
Carl Gunnarsson	25	3	4	7	8	6
Robby Fabbri	32	2	4	6	–4	6
Mackenzie MacEachern	29	3	2	5	0	10
Samuel Blais	32	2	2	4	–1	6
Jordan Kyrou	16	1	2	3	–1	4
Michael Del Zotto^†	7	0	3	3	–2	0
Chris Butler	13	1	1	2	3	0
Jordan Schmaltz	20	0	2	2	–7	2
Jordan Nolan	14	0	2	2	2	14
Nikita Soshnikov	5	0	0	0	–1	0
Jakub Jerabek	1	0	0	0	–3	2
Chris Thorburn	1	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs[26]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Ryan O'Reilly	26	8	15	23	2	4
Jaden Schwartz	26	12	8	20	9	2
Alex Pietrangelo	26	3	16	19	5	12
Vladimir Tarasenko	26	11	6	17	–5	4
David Perron	26	7	9	16	4	16
Tyler Bozak	26	5	8	13	–2	8
Brayden Schenn	26	5	7	12	–2	14
Colton Parayko	26	2	10	12	6	10
Oskar Sundqvist	25	4	5	9	5	8
Vince Dunn	20	2	6	8	–5	8
Patrick Maroon	26	3	4	7	–3	8
Joel Edmundson	22	1	6	7	–2	10
Jay Bouwmeester	26	0	7	7	9	18
Ivan Barbashev	25	3	3	6	0	4
Robert Thomas	21	1	5	6	–2	10
Alexander Steen	26	2	3	5	2	2
Zach Sanford	8	1	3	4	4	0
Carl Gunnarsson	19	1	2	3	6	4
Samuel Blais	15	1	2	3	3	10
Robert Bortuzzo	17	2	0	2	3	30
Robby Fabbri	10	1	0	1	–4	0

Goaltenders

Regular season[27]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Jordan Binnington	32	30	1,876:25	24	5	1	59	1.89	807	.927	5
Jake Allen	46	45	2,567:57	19	17	8	121	2.83	1,277	.905	3
Chad Johnson ^‡	10	7	491	2	6	0	29	3.55	250	.884	1

Playoffs[28]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jordan Binnington	26	26	1,559:30	16	10	64	2.46	742	.914	1	0	1	4
Jake Allen	1	0	24:28	0	0	1	2.45	4	.750	0	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 were involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)	To Toronto Maple Leafs WPG's 1st-round pick in 2018 3rd-round pick in 2018	To St. Louis Blues 1st-round pick in 2018	[29]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	To Buffalo Sabres Patrik Berglund Vladimir Sobotka Tage Thompson 1st-round pick in 2019 2nd-round pick in 2021	To St. Louis Blues Ryan O'Reilly	[30]
October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01)	To Edmonton Oilers Conditional 6th-round pick in 2020	To St. Louis Blues Jakub Jerabek	[31]
January 3, 2019 (2019-01-03)	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	To St. Louis Blues Jared Coreau	[32]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Anaheim Ducks 6th-round pick in 2019	To St. Louis Blues Michael Del Zotto	[33]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Tyler Bozak	from Toronto Maple Leafs	3-year	[34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Kyle Brodziak	to Edmonton Oilers	2-year	[35]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Brian Flynn	from Dallas Stars	1-year	[36]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Carter Hutton	to Buffalo Sabres	3-year	[37]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Chad Johnson	from Buffalo Sabres	1-year	[38]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Wade Megan	to Detroit Red Wings	1-year	[39]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	David Perron	from Vegas Golden Knights	4-year	[40]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Tyler Wotherspoon	from Calgary Flames	1-year	[41]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Joey LaLeggia	from Edmonton Oilers	2-year	[42]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Jordan Nolan	from Buffalo Sabres	1-year	[43]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Beau Bennett	to Dinamo Minsk (KHL)	Unknown	[44]
July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10)	Patrick Maroon	from New Jersey Devils	1-year	[45]
July 27, 2018 (2018-07-27)	Petteri Lindbohm	to Lausanne (NL)	1-year	[46]
May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04)	Jakub Jerabek	to Vityaz Podolsk (KHL)	1-year	[47][48]
June 3, 2019 (2019-06-03)	Nikita Soshnikov	to Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)	2-year	[49]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02)	Dmitrij Jaskin	to Washington Capitals	[50]
December 11, 2018 (2018-12-11)	Chad Johnson	to Anaheim Ducks	[51]

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
September 16, 2018 (2018-09-16)	Dmitri Sergeev	Mutual termination	[52]
January 19, 2019 (2019-01-19)	Brian Flynn	Mutual termination	[53]

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24)	Nikita Soshnikov	1-year	[54]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Robby Fabbri	1-year	[55]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Mackenzie MacEachern	1-year	[56]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Jordan Binnington	1-year	[57]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Oskar Sundqvist	1-year	[58]
July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07)	Dmitrij Jaskin	1-year	[59]
July 11, 2018 (2018-07-11)	Dominik Bokk	3-year	[60]
July 24, 2018 (2018-07-24)	Joel Edmundson	1-year	[61]
September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13)	Jordan Schmaltz	2-year	[62]
December 13, 2018 (2018-12-13)	Alexei Toropchenko	3-year	[63]
February 9, 2019 (2019-02-09)	Mackenzie MacEachern	1-year	[64]
March 21, 2019 (2019-03-21)	Joel Hofer	3-year	[65]
April 8, 2019 (2019-04-08)	Jay Bouwmeester	1-year	[66]

Draft picks

Below are the St. Louis Blues' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	25¹	Dominik Bokk	LW	Germany	Växjö Lakers (SHL)
2	45	Scott Perunovich	D	United States	Minnesota-Duluth (NCHC)
4	107	Joel Hofer	G	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5	138	Hugh McGing	LW	United States	Western Michigan (NCHC)
6	169	Mathias Laferriere	RW	Canada	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
7	200	Tyler Tucker	D	Canada	Barrie Colts (OHL)

Notes:

The Toronto Maple Leafs' first-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 22, 2018, that sent Winnipeg's first-round pick in 2018 (29th overall) to Toronto in exchange for a third-round pick in 2018 (76th overall) and this pick.[67]

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[2] "Blues name Mike Van Ryn as assistant coach". NHL.com. May 30, 2018.

[3] "TULSA OILERS AND ST. LOUIS BLUES EXTEND AFFILIATION". Tulsa Oilers. May 31, 2018.

[Nov19-4] "Yeo fired as coach of Blues". NHL.com. November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018.

[5] Blues complete amazing comeback with 4-1 win against Bruins for first Stanley Cup title

[6] Pinkert, Chris (March 29, 2019). "Blues clinch spot in Stanley Cup Playoffs". NHL.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

[7] "Rain can't dampen Blues' championship parade". espn.com. June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

[8] Cotsonika, Nicholas J. (May 21, 2019). "Blues can end 'a lot of heartache' in Final against Bruins". NHL.com. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

[9] "Blues Beat the Bruins and Get Their First Stanley Cup Finals Victory". The New York Times. May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

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[11] Johnson, Alex (June 12, 2019). "St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins, 4-1, to win first Stanley Cup". NBC News. Retrieved June 13, 2019.

[12] Kaplan, Emily. "Blues' O'Reilly scores again, wins Conn Smythe". espn.com. June 13, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

[13] "Tampa duo Kucherov, Vasilevskiy win top awards". espn.com. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

[Spiegel-14] Spiegel, Jackie. "How 'Play Gloria' became the rallying cry of the St. Louis Blues". sportingnews.com. June 13, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

[15] "Blues release 2018 preseason schedule". NHL.com. June 15, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.

[16] Pinkert, Chris (June 21, 2018). "Blues release complete 2018-19 regular season schedule". NHL.com. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

[17] Pinkert, Chris (April 7, 2019). "Round 1 Schedule: Blues vs. Jets". NHL.com. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

[18] "Blues take Game 6 to eliminate Jets from playoffs". TSN. April 20, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.

[19] "Round 2 Schedule: Blues vs. Stars". NHL.com. April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

[20] Korac, Louie (May 8, 2019). "Blues defeat Stars in Game 7 in 2OT, advance to Western Final". NHL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2019.

[21] "Western Conference Final begins May 11". NHL.com. May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

[22] Satriano, David (May 21, 2019). "Blues advance to Stanley Cup Final with Game 6 win against Sharks". NHL.com. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

[23] "Stanley Cup Final schedule". NHL.com. May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

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[25] "2018–19 Regular season – St. Louis Blues Stats – Skaters". NHL.com. Retrieved April 6, 2019.

[26] "2018–19 Playoffs – St. Louis Blues Stats – Skaters". NHL.com. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

[27] "2018–19 Regular season – St. Louis Blues Stats – Goalies". NHL.com. Retrieved April 6, 2019.

[28] "2018–19 Playoffs – St. Louis Blues Stats – Goalies". NHL.com. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

[29] "Leafs trade down in first round, but still get slick Swedish defender". NHL.com. June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2018.

[30] "Sabres acquire Thompson, Berglund, Sobotka, 2 picks from Blues". NHL.com. July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2018.

[31] "Blues acquire Jerabek from Oilers". NHL.com. October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[32] "Blues acquire Coreau from Anaheim". NHL.com. January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.

[33] Pinkert, Chris (February 26, 2019). "Blues acquire Del Zotto from Anaheim". NHL.com. Retrieved February 26, 2019.

[34] "Blues sign Bozak to three-year, $15 million deal". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[35] "TALKING POINTS: Chiarelli assesses Oilers free agency". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[36] "St. Louis Blues Sign Brian Flynn to Two-Way Deal". lastwordonhockey.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[37] "Sabres, Hutton agree to 3-year deal". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[38] "Blues sign goalie Chad Johnson to one-year deal". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[39] Wakiji, Dana (July 1, 2018). "Wings move quickly on first day of free agency". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[40] "Blues sign Perron to four-year deal". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[41] "Blues sign Tyler Wotherspoon to one-year, two-way deal". nhl.com. Retrieved July 2, 2018.

[42] "Blues building San Antonio roster". stltoday.com. Retrieved July 3, 2018.

[43] "Blues sign Nolan to one-year, two-way deal". nhl.com. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

[44] "Обладатель Кубка Стэнли — в ХК "Динамо-Минск"!". hcdinamo.by (in Russian). Retrieved July 9, 2018.

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[49] "В "Салавате Юлаеве" – Никита Сошников!". hcsalavat.ru (in Russian). June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.

[50] "Capitals Claim Dmitrij Jaskin". NHL.com. October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.

[51] "Ducks Claim Johnson off Waivers from St. Louis". NHL.com. December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.

[52] "Dmitrii Sergeev: Waived by Blues". CBSSports.com. September 15, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.

[53] "Brian Flynn: Hits unconditional waivers". CBSSports.com. January 18, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

[54] "Soshnikov agrees to one-year, one-way deal". NHL.com. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

[55] "Fabbri agrees to one-year deal with Blues". NHL.com. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

[56] "Blues sign MacEachern to one-year deal". NHL.com. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

[57] "Blues agree to one-year, two-way deal with Binnington". nhl.com. Retrieved July 10, 2018.

[58] "Blues agree to terms on new contract with Sundqvist". nhl.com. Retrieved July 10, 2018.

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[60] "Blues agree to entry-level deal with Bokk". nhl.com. Retrieved July 14, 2018.

[61] "Edmundson agrees to one-year deal". nhl.com. Retrieved August 5, 2018.

[62] Pinkert, Chris (September 12, 2018). "Schmaltz agrees to two-year deal with Blues". NHL.com. Retrieved September 13, 2018.

[63] Pinkert, Chris (December 13, 2018). "Toropchenko agrees to entry-level contract with Blues". NHL.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

[64] "Blues sign MacEachern to one-year, one-way extension". NHL.com. February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.

[65] "Blues sign Hofer to entry-level deal". NHL.com. March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.

[66] "Blues sign Bouwmeester to one-year contract extension". NHL.com. April 8, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

[67] "Leafs select D Sandin with No. 29 pick". June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.

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