2015–16 St. Louis Blues season

2015–16 St. Louis Blues
Division	2nd Central
Conference	2nd Western
2015–16 record	49–24–9 (107 pts.)
Home record	24–13–4
Road record	25–11–5
Goals for	224
Goals against	201
Team information
General Manager	Doug Armstrong
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	David Backes
Alternate captains	Alex Pietrangelo Alexander Steen
Arena	Scottrade Center
Average attendance	18,451 (96.3%) [1] (41 gms)
Minor league affiliations	Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Vladimir Tarasenko (40)
Assists	Paul Stastny (39)
Points	Vladimir Tarasenko (74)
Penalties in minutes	David Backes (83)
Plus/minus	(+): Colton Parayko (+28) (–): Kevin Shattenkirk (–14)
Wins	Jake Allen (26)
Goals against average	Brian Elliott (2.07) #2 NHL
<2014–15 2016–17>

The 2015–16 St. Louis Blues season is the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.^[2]

Off-season

Regular Season

March

On March 9, the NHL announced that the Winter Classic will be held in St. Louis, at Busch Stadium on January 2, 2017, against their inter-division rival Chicago Blackhawks. It will be the first time the Blues have hosted it, and the 23rd NHL team to play in an outdoor game. It will be the 9th NHL Winter Classic, with the game marking the 50th anniversary of the inaugural season of Blues hockey when it was admitted to the NHL in June 1967.^[3]

On March 25, the Blues clinched a playoff spot for the fifth consecutive season^[4] with a win over the Vancouver Canucks, 4-0, at home. Brian Elliott registered his third consecutive shutout (4th of the season, one fewer than Jake Allen) tying the franchise record with Greg Millen who did in from Dec. 1-6 in 1989, turning aside 15 shots, after missing 10 games with a lower-body injury. Elliott's previous three consecutive shutout streaks came from March 22-27 in 2012, and again from April 7-11, 2013. He shutout the Canucks earlier in the week on March 19, 3-0 at Vancouver, stopping 19 shots, and on March 22 against the San Jose Sharks, 1-0, stopping 37 shots, some on 5-3 and 6-3 penalty kills near the end of the game. Rookie defenseman Joel Edmundson ("Eddy"), scored his first NHL goal, while Kyle Brodziak got the Blues on the board first with his second short-handed goal of the season. Fellow rookie, center Robby Fabbri scored his 18th goal of the season, pushing the Blues to a 2-0 lead in the first period. Carl Gunnarsson made it 3-0 in the 2nd period before Edmundson finished off the scoring in the 3rd period.^[5]

On March 26, the Blues became only the 11th team in NHL history to post four consecutive shutouts (a new Blues' franchise record), after Jake Allen beat the league-leading Washington Capitals, 4-0, turning aside 32 shots at Washington for his sixth shutout of the season. It's the first time of a team winning with four consecutive shutouts since the Phoenix Coyotes had five December 31, 2003-January 9, 2004 to set the modern record.^[6] The Blues have not allowed a goal in 240:18, for the longest streak in their history.^[7]

On March 29, Brian Elliott's shutout streak ended at 193:12 with a goal by Mikhail Grigorenko at 18:12 in the first period at home. The team's shutout streak ended at the same time at 258:29. Elliott is 10-0-1 in his last 12 starts, and leads the NHL with a 1.92 GAA and .935 SV%. The Blues again passed 100 points with a 46-22-9 record, and fighting for first place in the Central Division and Western Conference with the Dallas Stars after a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche.^[8]

Playoffs

April

The Blues vs. Chicago Game 5 on April 21, set a Fox Sports Midwest all-time ratings record. It was the most-watched Blues game on that regional sports network in the team’s 20 seasons. The double overtime thriller, lost by the Blues 4-3, earned a 15.0 rating with 183,000 households watching in the St. Louis market, according to Nielsen Media Research. It was the most-watched program of the day in St. Louis, as were the previous four games of the series.^[9]

Robby Fabbri scored his first goal of the playoffs and added an assist giving him four points overall in the series (1g, 3a). The game marked the 11th all-time overtime playoff game between the Blues and Hawks. The Blues hold a 7-4 record in those games and a 3-1 mark in multiple overtime games. The Blues recorded 46 shots against goaltender Corey Crawford – the sixth highest total in a playoff game in club history. Alexander Steen led the team with six, which tied for his second-highest total in a postseason contest.^[10]

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Dallas Stars	82	50	23	9	48	267	230	+37	109
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	49	24	9	44	224	201	+23	107
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	47	26	9	46	235	209	+26	103
4	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	27	14	37	228	215	+13	96
5	x – Minnesota Wild	82	38	33	11	35	216	206	+10	87
6	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	39	4	35	216	240	−24	82
7	Winnipeg Jets	82	35	39	8	32	215	239	−24	78

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

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Dallas Stars	82	50	23	9	48	267	230	+37	109
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	49	24	9	44	224	201	+23	107
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	47	26	9	46	235	209	+26	103

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

Top 3 (Pacific Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	25	11	43	218	192	+26	103
2	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	48	28	6	46	225	195	+30	102
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	30	6	42	241	210	+31	98

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

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	27	14	37	228	215	+13	96
2	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	38	33	11	35	216	206	+10	87
3	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	39	4	35	216	240	−24	82
4	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	35	39	8	34	209	245	−36	78
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	35	39	8	32	215	239	−24	78
6	PA	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	33	231	260	−29	77
7	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	38	13	26	191	243	−52	75
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	31	43	8	27	203	245	−42	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)[11]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 22	St. Louis	1–3	Columbus		Binnington	10,064	0–1–0	Recap
2^[A]	September 22	Columbus	2–5	St. Louis		Copley	10,388	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 24	Dallas	0–6	St. Louis		Elliott	11,876	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 26	St. Louis	1–3	Chicago		Allen	20,813	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 29	St. Louis	4–1	Dallas		Elliott	11,544	3–2–0	Recap
6	October 1	Chicago	2–5	St. Louis		Allen	14,303	4–2–0	Recap
^A – indicates split-squad game.

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[12]
October: 8–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Edmonton 1–3 St. Louis Elliott 19,327 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 10 St. Louis 2–3 Minnesota Allen 19,096 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 13 St. Louis 4–3 Calgary Elliott 18,632 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 15 St. Louis 4–2 Edmonton Elliott 16,839 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 16 St. Louis 4–3 Vancouver Allen 18,362 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 October 18 St. Louis 4–2 Winnipeg Elliott 15,294 5–1–0 10 Recap 7 October 20 St. Louis 0–3 Montreal Allen 21,288 5–2–0 10 Recap 8 October 24 NY Islanders 3–2 St. Louis OT Elliott 19,186 5–2–1 11 Recap 9 October 27 Tampa Bay 0–2 St. Louis Allen 19,184 6–2–1 13 Recap 10 October 29 Anaheim 1–2 St. Louis Allen 16,904 7–2–1 15 Recap 11 October 31 Minnesota 2–3 St. Louis OT Allen 17,728 8–2–1 17 Recap
November: 7–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 3 Los Angeles 3–0 St. Louis Allen 17,529 8–3–1 17 Recap 13 November 4 St. Louis 6–5 Chicago OT Allen 21,676 9–3–1 19 Recap 14 November 7 St. Louis 4–0 Nashville Allen 17,143 10–3–1 21 Recap 15 November 10 St. Louis 2–0 New Jersey Allen 13,310 11–3–1 23 Recap 16 November 12 St. Louis 3–6 NY Rangers Elliott 18,006 11–4–1 23 Recap 17 November 14 Chicago 4–2 St. Louis Allen 19,808 11–5–1 23 Recap 18 November 16 Winnipeg 2–3 St. Louis Allen 18,680 12–5–1 25 Recap 19 November 17 St. Louis 1–3 Columbus Elliott 12,161 12–6–1 25 Recap 20 November 19 Buffalo 2–3 St. Louis SO Allen 17,359 13–6–1 27 Recap 21 November 21 Detroit 4–3 St. Louis OT Allen 18,098 13–6–2 28 Recap 22 November 23 St. Louis 2–1 Buffalo Allen 17,563 14–6–2 30 Recap 23 November 25 St. Louis 3–4 Pittsburgh OT Allen 18,569 14–6–3 31 Recap 24 November 28 Columbus 1–3 St. Louis Allen 19,227 15–6–3 33 Recap
December: 8–7–1 (Home: 6–5–0 ; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Florida 3–1 St. Louis Allen 15,395 15–7–3 33 Recap 26 December 4 St. Louis 1–2 NY Islanders SO Elliott 12,873 15–7–4 34 Recap 27 December 5 Toronto 4–1 St. Louis Allen 18,698 15–8–4 34 Recap 28 December 8 Arizona 1–4 St. Louis Allen 16,301 16–8–4 36 Recap 29 December 10 Philadelphia 4–2 St. Louis Elliott 14,428 16–9–4 36 Recap 30 December 12 Dallas 0–3 St. Louis Allen 15,023 17–9–4 38 Recap 31 December 13 Colorado 3–1 St. Louis Allen 17,961 17–10–4 38 Recap 32 December 15 St. Louis 4–3 Winnipeg Allen 15,294 18–10–4 40 Recap 33 December 17 Nashville 1–2 St. Louis Allen 17,882 19–10–4 42 Recap 34 December 19 Calgary 2–3 St. Louis Elliott 18,163 20–10–4 44 Recap 35 December 21 St. Louis 3–4 Philadelphia Allen 19,676 20–11–4 44 Recap 36 December 22 St. Louis 2–0 Boston Allen 17,565 21–11–4 46 Recap 37 December 26 Dallas 2–3 St. Louis SO Allen 19,185 22–11–4 48 Recap 38 December 27 St. Louis 0–3 Dallas Elliott 18,532 22–12–4 48 Recap 39 December 29 Nashville 3–4 St. Louis OT Allen 19,319 23–12–4 50 Recap 40 December 31 Minnesota 3–1 St. Louis Allen 19,194 23–13–4 50 Recap
January: 5–3–4 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 St. Louis 1–4 Toronto Allen 19,221 23–14–4 50 Recap 42 January 4 Ottawa 3–2 St. Louis OT Elliott 19,152 23–14–5 51 Recap 43 January 6 St. Louis 3–4 Colorado OT Allen 13,359 23–14–6 52 Recap 44 January 8 St. Louis 3–4 Anaheim SO Elliott 16,250 23–14–7 53 Recap 45 January 9 St. Louis 2–1 Los Angeles SO Elliott 18,413 24–14–7 55 Recap 46 January 12 New Jersey 2–5 St. Louis Elliott 17,951 25–14–7 57 Recap 47 January 14 Carolina 4–1 St. Louis Elliott 19,282 25–15–7 57 Recap 48 January 16 Montreal 3–4 St. Louis OT Elliott 19,501 26–15–7 59 Recap 49 January 18 Pittsburgh 2–5 St. Louis Elliott 19,312 27–15–7 61 Recap 50 January 20 St. Louis 2–1 Detroit Elliott 20,027 28–15–7 63 Recap 51 January 22 St. Louis 1–2 Colorado SO Elliott 16,366 28–15–8 64 Recap 52 January 24 St. Louis 0–2 Chicago Elliott 22,138 28–16–8 64 Recap
February: 8–4–1 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 5–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 2 St. Louis 1–0 Nashville Elliott 16,045 29–16–8 66 Recap 54 February 4 San Jose 3–1 St. Louis Elliott 18,803 29–17–8 66 Recap 55 February 6 Minnesota 1–4 St. Louis Elliott 19,318 30–17–8 68 Recap 56 February 9 Winnipeg 2–1 St. Louis SO Elliott 18,323 30–17–9 69 Recap 57 February 12 St. Louis 5–3 Florida Elliott 13,904 31–17–9 71 Recap 58 February 14 St. Louis 2–1 Tampa Bay Elliott 19,092 32–17–9 73 Recap 59 February 16 Dallas 1–2 St. Louis OT Elliott 18,156 33–17–9 75 Recap 60 February 18 Los Angeles 1–2 St. Louis OT Elliott 18,923 34–17–9 77 Recap 61 February 20 St. Louis 6–4 Arizona Elliott 15,839 35–17–9 79 Recap 62 February 22 San Jose 6–3 St. Louis Allen 19,371 35–18–9 79 Recap 63 February 25 NY Rangers 2–1 St. Louis Allen 17,524 35–19–9 79 Recap 64 February 27 St. Louis 0–5 Nashville Allen 17,379 35–20–9 79 Recap 65 February 28 St. Louis 5–2 Carolina Allen 15,128 36–20–9 81 Recap
March: 10–2–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 6–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 March 1 St. Louis 4–3 Ottawa SO Allen 17,207 37–20–9 83 Recap 67 March 6 St. Louis 4–2 Minnesota Allen 19,040 38–20–9 85 Recap 68 March 9 Chicago 2–3 St. Louis SO Allen 19,756 39–20–9 87 Recap 69 March 11 Anaheim 2–5 St. Louis Allen 19,412 40–20–9 89 Recap 70 March 12 St. Louis 5–4 Dallas OT Allen 18,532 41–20–9 91 Recap 71 March 14 St. Louis 4–7 Calgary Nilsson 19,107 41–21–9 91 Recap 72 March 16 St. Louis 4–6 Edmonton Allen 16,839 41–22–9 91 Recap 73 March 19 St. Louis 3–0 Vancouver Elliott 18,402 42–22–9 93 Recap 74 March 22 St. Louis 1–0 San Jose Elliott 15,411 43–22–9 95 Recap 75 March 25 Vancouver 0–4 St. Louis Elliott 19,580 44–22–9 97 Recap 76 March 26 St. Louis 4–0 Washington Allen 18,506 45–22–9 99 Recap 77 March 29 Colorado 1–3 St. Louis Elliott 19,263 46–22–9 101 Recap
April: 3–2–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Boston 6–5 St. Louis Allen 19,202 46–23–9 101 Recap 79 April 3 St. Louis 5–1 Colorado Allen 15,485 47–23–9 103 Recap 80 April 4 Arizona 2–5 St. Louis Elliott 19,465 48–23–9 105 Recap 81 April 7 St. Louis 2–1 Chicago OT Elliott 22,075 49–23–9 107 Recap 82 April 9 Washington 5–1 St. Louis Elliott 19,610 49–24–9 107 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks: St. Louis wins series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 13 Chicago 0–1 St. Louis OT Elliott 19,241 1–0 Recap 2 April 15 Chicago 3–2 St. Louis Elliott 19,846 1–1 Recap 3 April 17 St. Louis 3–2 Chicago Elliott 22,207 2–1 Recap 4 April 19 St. Louis 4–3 Chicago Elliott 22,212 3–1 Recap 5 April 21 Chicago 4–3 St. Louis 2OT Elliott 19,956 3–2 Recap 6 April 23 St. Louis 3–6 Chicago Elliott 22,260 3–3 Recap 7 April 25 Chicago 2–3 St. Louis Elliott 19,935 4–3 Recap Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: St. Louis-Dallas tied 2–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 29 St. Louis 1–2 Dallas Elliott 18,532 0–1 Recap 2 May 1 St. Louis 4–3 Dallas OT Elliott 18,889 1–1 Recap 3 May 3 Dallas 1–6 St. Louis Elliott 19,323 2–1 Recap 4 May 5 Dallas 3–2 St. Louis OT Elliott 19,770 2–2 Recap 5 May 7 St. Louis Dallas 6 May 9 Dallas St. Louis 7 May 11 St. Louis (if necessary) Dallas Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

(through May 1, 2016)

Regular Season[13] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Tarasenko, VladimirVladimir Tarasenko 80 40 34 74 7 37 Steen, AlexanderAlexander Steen *** 67 17 35 52 3 48 Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny 64 10 39 49 3 26 Backes, DavidDavid Backes 79 21 24 45 4 83 Shattenkirk, KevinKevin Shattenkirk 72 14 30 44 −14 51 Brouwer, TroyTroy Brouwer 82 18 21 39 2 62 Pietrangelo, AlexAlex Pietrangelo ** 73 7 30 37 10 20 Fabbri, RobbyRobby Fabbri 72 18 19 37 −2 25 Lehtera, JoriJori Lehtera 79 9 25 34 12 38 Parayko, ColtonColton Parayko 79 9 24 33 28 29 Schwartz, JadenJaden Schwartz * 33 8 14 22 8 8 Bouwmeester, JayJay Bouwmeester 72 3 16 19 −4 18 Berglund, PatrikPatrik Berglund 42 10 5 15 1 16 Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall 70 6 8 14 5 44 Jaskin, DmitrijDmitrij Jaskin 65 4 9 13 3 26 Brodziak, KyleKyle Brodziak 76 7 4 11 −1 37 Gunnarsson, CarlCarl Gunnarsson 72 3 6 9 7 31 Paajarvi, MagnusMagnus Paajarvi 48 3 6 9 −9 8 Edmundson, JoelJoel Edmundson 67 1 8 9 0 63 Gomez, ScottScott Gomez^‡ 21 1 7 8 −4 4 Rattie, TyTy Rattie 13 4 2 6 1 4 Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves 64 3 1 4 −6 68 Bortuzzo, RobertRobert Bortuzzo 40 2 1 3 2 52 Ott, SteveSteve Ott **** 21 0 2 2 −3 34 Havlat, MartinMartin Havlat^‡ 2 1 0 1 0 0 Benoit, AndreAndre Benoit 2 0 0 0 1 0 Butler, ChrisChris Butler 5 0 0 0 −1 4 Caron, JordanJordan Caron 4 0 0 0 −3 0 Welsh, JeremyJeremy Welsh 2 0 0 0 0 2 Lindbohm, PetteriPetteri Lindbohm 10 0 0 0 −4 7

Playoffs   Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Shattenkirk, KevinKevin Shattenkirk 9 2 5 7 -1 4 Schwartz, JadenJaden Schwartz 9 3 4 7 -5 2 Fabbri, RobbyRobby Fabbri 9 1 6 7 2 6 Backes, DavidDavid Backes 9 3 3 6 2 0 Pietrangelo, AlexAlex Pietrangelo 9 1 5 6 -1 12 Tarasenko, VladimirVladimir Tarasenko 9 4 2 6 -2 2 Steen, AlexanderAlexander Steen 9 1 3 4 -1 18 Brouwer, TroyTroy Brouwer 9 2 2 4 -1 12 Berglund, PatrikPatrik Berglund 9 2 2 4 5 4 Lehtera, JoriJori Lehtera 9 1 3 4 -1 4 Parayko, ColtonColton Parayko 9 2 2 4 −2 2 Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall 9 1 1 2 0 4 Bouwmeester, JayJay Bouwmeester 9 0 2 2 -2 18 Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny 9 0 2 2 −4 10 Ott, SteveSteve Ott 6 0 1 1 1 2 Edmundson, JoelJoel Edmundson 7 1 0 1 0 8 Brodziak, KyleKyle Brodziak 9 0 0 0 -2 6 Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves 3 0 0 0 0 0 Gunnarsson, CarlCarl Gunnarsson 8 0 0 0 0 2 Bortuzzo, RobertRobert Bortuzzo 3 0 0 0 2 2

Bold = led team

* Missed 49 games due to ankle fracture, Oct. 23-Feb. 10^[14]

** Missed 9 games due to right knee injury Feb. 6 (Feb. 8-Feb. 27)^[15][16]

*** Missed 15 games due to upper-body injury Feb. 20 (Feb. 21-Mar. 28)^[17][18][19]

**** Missed 54 final regular-season games, on IR due to right hamstring injury Dec. 5 (Dec. 6-Apr. 9).^[20] He was diagnosed with colitis on April 6, will be re-evaluated in 14 days.^[21] He returned to play in Game 3 of the StL-Chi playoffs, April 17.^[22]

Goaltenders

FINAL statistics
(through April 9, 2016)^[23]

Regular Season^[24]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Allen, JakeJake Allen *	47	44	2,583:22	26	15	3	101	2.35	1,260	.920	6	0	0	0
Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott **	42	38	2,263:00	23	8	6	78	2.068 (#2 NHL)	1,113	.930	4	0	0	2
Nilsson, AndersAnders Nilsson^†	3	0	87:18	0	1	0	4	2.76	44	.909	0	0	0	0
Copley, PheonixPheonix Copley	1	0	24:26	0	0	0	1	2.50	6	.833	0	0	0	0
Binnington, JordanJordan Binnington	1	0	12:47	0	0	0	1	4.62	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 Team only.

* Activated on Feb. 21, after missing 17 games (Jan. 9-Feb. 20)^[25]

** Activated on Mar. 18, after missing 10 games (Feb. 23-Mar. 18)^[26]

BOLD = led NHL

Playoffs

Updated through May 5, 2016.^[27]

Playoffs^[28]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott	11	11	702:05	6	5	27	2.31	384	.930	1	0	0	2

Roster

Updated on April 21, 2016.^[29]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
34		Allen, JakeJake Allen	G	L	25	2008	Fredericton, New Brunswick
42		Backes, DavidDavid Backes (C)	C/RW	R	32	2003	Minneapolis, Minnesota
21		Berglund, PatrikPatrik Berglund	C	L	27	2006	Västerås, Sweden
41		Bortuzzo, RobertRobert Bortuzzo	D	R	27	2015	Thunder Bay, Ontario
19		Bouwmeester, JayJay Bouwmeester	D	L	32	2013	Edmonton, Alberta
28		Brodziak, KyleKyle Brodziak	C	R	31	2015	St. Paul, Alberta
36		Brouwer, TroyTroy Brouwer	RW	R	30	2015	Vancouver, British Columbia
25		Butler, ChrisChris Butler	D	L	29	2015	St. Louis, Missouri
6		Edmundson, JoelJoel Edmundson	D	L	22	2011	Brandon, Manitoba
1		Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott	G	L	31	2011	Newmarket, Ontario
15		Fabbri, RobbyRobby Fabbri	C	L	20	2014	Mississauga, Ontario
4		Gunnarsson, CarlCarl Gunnarsson	D	L	29	2014	Örebro, Sweden
23		Jaskin, DmitrijDmitrij Jaskin	RW	L	23	2011	Omsk, Russia
12		Lehtera, JoriJori Lehtera	C	L	28	2008	Lempäälä, Finland
48		Lindbohm, PetteriPetteri Lindbohm	D	L	22	2012	Helsinki, Finland
39		Nilsson, AndersAnders Nilsson	G	L	26	2016	Lulea, Sweden
9		Ott, SteveSteve Ott	C	L	33	2014	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
56		Paajarvi, MagnusMagnus Paajarvi	F	L	25	2013	Norrköping, Sweden
55		Parayko, ColtonColton Parayko	D	R	22	2012	St. Albert, Alberta
27		Pietrangelo, AlexAlex Pietrangelo (A)	D	R	26	2008	King City, Ontario
18		Rattie, TyTy Rattie	RW	R	23	2011	Calgary, Alberta
75		Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves	RW	R	29	2005	Winnipeg, Manitoba
17		Schwartz, JadenJaden Schwartz	LW	L	23	2010	Melfort, Saskatchewan
22		Shattenkirk, KevinKevin Shattenkirk	D	R	27	2011	Greenwich, Connecticut
26		Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny	C	L	30	2014	Quebec City, Quebec
20		Steen, AlexanderAlexander Steen (A)	LW	L	32	2008	Winnipeg, Manitoba
91		Tarasenko, VladimirVladimir Tarasenko	RW	L	24	2010	Yaroslavl, Soviet Union
10		Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall	RW	L	32	2015	Fort McMurray, Alberta

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Ryan Reaves	Roughing Los Angeles Kings forward Anze Kopitar during NHL Game No. 177 in St. Louis on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at 11:56 of the first period.	n/a	$3,024.19	November 4, 2015[30]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Tarasenko, V.V. Tarasenko NHL Third Star of the Week[31] October 19, 2015 Allen, J.J. Allen NHL Second Star of the Week[32] November 2, 2015 Shattenkirk, K.K. Shattenkirk NHL Third Star of the Week[33] November 23, 2015 Tarasenko, V.V. Tarasenko NHL All-Star game selection[34] January 6, 2016 Elliott, B.B. Elliott NHL Third Star of the Week[35] January 25, 2016 Tarasenko, V.V. Tarasenko NHL First Star of the Week[36] March 14, 2016 Elliott, B.B. Elliott NHL Second Star of the Week[37] March 28, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Fabbri, R.R. Fabbri 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point October 8, 2015 Edmundson, J.J. Edmundson 1st Career NHL Game October 8, 2015 Parayko, C.C. Parayko 1st Career NHL Game October 8, 2015 C. Parayko 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point October 13, 2015 Gunnarsson, C.C. Gunnarsson 100th Career NHL Point October 16, 2015 Shattenkirk, K.K. Shattenkirk 200th Career NHL Point November 14, 2015 Brodziak, K.K. Brodziak 100th Career NHL Goal November 21, 2015 Elliott, B.B. Elliott 30th Career NHL Shutout December 1, 2015 Backes, D.D. Backes 700th Game, StL Blues (5th highest)[38] January 24, 2016 Backes, D.D. Backes 204 Goals, StL Blues (6th highest)[39] March 16, 2016 Tarasenko, V.V. Tarasenko 100th Career NHL Goal (28th Blues player)[40] March 19, 2016 Elliott, B.B. Elliott 100th Win as StL Blue [41] March 22, 2016 Edmundson, J.J. Edmundson 1st NHL Goal[5] March 25, 2016 Elliott, B.B. Elliott 3rd Consecutive Shutout (3rd time) [5] March 25, 2016

Transactions

The Blues has been involved in the following transactions:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 29, 2015	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 7th-round pick in 2016	To St. Louis Blues Konrad Abeltshauser (D)	[42]
July 2, 2015	To Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie (RW)	To St. Louis Blues Troy Brouwer (RW) Pheonix Copley (G) 3rd-round pick in 2016	[43]
January 15, 2016	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations	To St. Louis Blues Richard Nedomlel	[44]
February 27, 2016	To Edmonton Oilers Niklas Lundstrom (G) 5th-round pick in 2016	To St. Louis Blues Anders Nilsson (G)	[45]
March 4, 2016	To Boston Bruins Future considerations	To St. Louis Blues Zack Phillips (C)	[46]

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 2, 2015 Danny Kristo Hartford Wolf Pack 1 year, $600,000 [47] July 2, 2015 Jordan Caron Colorado Avalanche 1 year, $600,000 [47] July 2, 2015 Peter Harrold New Jersey Devils 1 year, $800,000 [47] July 2, 2015 Kyle Brodziak Minnesota Wild 1 year, $900,000 [48] July 6, 2015 Andre Benoit Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $750,000 [49] July 7, 2015 Justin Hodgman Arizona Coyotes 1 year, $575,000 [50] October 5, 2015 Scottie Upshall Florida Panthers 1 year, $700,000 [51] October 7, 2015 Scott Gomez New Jersey Devils 1 year, $575,000 [52] November 6, 2015 Martin Havlat New Jersey Devils 1 year, $600,000 [53] March 28, 2016 Justin Selman University of Michigan 2 years, entry-level contract [54]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 Zbynek Michalek Arizona Coyotes 2 years, $6.4 million [55] July 1, 2015 Barret Jackman Nashville Predators 2 years, $4 million [56] July 1, 2015 Brent Regner Florida Panthers 2 years, $1.2 million [57] July 1, 2015 John McCarthy San Jose Sharks 1 year, $600,000 [58] August 8, 2015 Chris Porter Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $575,000 [59] August 25, 2015 Adam Cracknell Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $575,000 [60] September 1, 2015 Marcel Goc Adler Mannheim 5 years, value unknown [61]

Lost via waivers Player New Team Date Acquired Ref

Lost via retirement Date Player Ref

Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 30, 2015 Jeremy Welsh (F) 1 year, $550,000 [62] July 1, 2015 Jori Lehtera (F) 3 years, $14.1 million [63] July 1, 2015 Chris Butler (D) 1 year, $675,000 [64] July 1, 2015 Cody Beach (F) 1 year, $575,000 [65] July 2, 2015 Pat Cannone (F) 1 year, $575,000 [66] July 2, 2015 Robert Bortuzzo (D) 2 years, $2.1 million [67] July 3, 2015 Jake Allen (G) 2 years, $4.7 million [68] July 3, 2015 Luke Opilka (G) 3 years, entry-level contract [69] July 3, 2015 Dmitrij Jaskin (F) 1 year, $775,000 [70] July 7, 2015 Vladimir Tarasenko (F) 8 years, $60 million [71] July 8, 2015 Magnus Paajarvi (F) 1 year, $700,000 [72] September 24, 2015 Vince Dunn (D) 3 years, entry-level contract [73] March 11, 2016 Carl Gunnarsson (D) 3 years, extension, $8.7 million [74] March 30, 2016 Mackenzie MacEachern (F) 2 years, entry-level contract [75] March 30, 2016 Adam Musil (F) 3 years, entry-level contract [75] April 8, 2016 Joel Edmundson (D) 2 years, extension, $2.1 million [76]

Draft picks

Below are the St. Louis Blues' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	56	Vince Dunn	D	Canada	Niagara IceDogs (OHL)
4	94^[a]	Adam Musil	C	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4	116	Glen Gawdin	C	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5	127^[b]	Niko Mikkola	D	Finland	Kalpa Jr. (Finland-Jr.)
5	146	Luke Opilka	G	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
6	176	Liam Dunda	LW	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)

Draft notes^[77]

• The St. Louis Blues' first-round pick will go to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on February 11, 2015 that sent Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian and Jason Kasdorf to Buffalo in exchange for Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford, Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[78] The condition – Winnipeg will receive the lowest of Buffalo's first-round picks in 2015 – was converted on April 27, 2015 when the Islanders were eliminated from the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, ensuring that the Blues' first-round pick would be lower. Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 28, 2014 that sent Ryan Miller, Steve Ott and conditional second and third-round picks in 2014 to St. Louis in exchange for Jaroslav Halak, Chris Stewart, William Carrier, a conditional first-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[79]
• The St. Louis Blues’ third-round pick went the San Jose Sharks as compensation for Edmonton hiring Todd McLellan as their head coach on May 19, 2015.^[80][81] Edmonton previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 10, 2013 that sent Magnus Paajarvi, a second-round pick in 2014 and a fourth-round pick in 2015 to St. Louis in exchange for David Perron and this pick.^[82]
• ^a The Edmonton Oilers’ fourth-round pick will go the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on July 10, 2013 that sent David Perron and a third-round pick in 2015 to Edmonton in exchange for Magnus Paajarvi, a second-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[82]
• ^b The New Jersey Devils' fifth-round pick will go to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on March 22, 2013 that sent Matt D'Agostini and a seventh-round pick in 2015 to New Jersey in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[83] The condition – If D'Agostini is not re-signed by New Jersey then St. Louis will receive a fifth-round pick in 2015 – was converted on July 10, 2013.^[84]
• The St. Louis Blues' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on September 28, 2013 that sent Scott Timmins and a sixth-round pick in 2014 to New Jersey in exchange for Krys Barch and this pick.^[85] New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 22, 2013 that sent a conditional fourth-round pick to St. Louis in exchange for Matt D'Agostini and this pick.^[83]

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