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
Average attendance	17,361[1]
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.[2] The Blues were in last place in the league in January, but rallied to make the playoffs. They advanced to the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals against the Boston Bruins and won in seven games, their first Stanley Cup in the franchise's 52-year history.

The Blues became the fourth St. Louis-based professional sports team to win a major championship, joining the 11-time World Series champions St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB), the 1957–58 St. Louis Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 1999 St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (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.[3]

The Blues extended their affiliation with the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL on May 31.[4]

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.[5] Craig Berube, who had served as assistant coach with the Blues since 2017, was named the interim head coach.[5] St. Louis began the 2019 calendar year with the worst record in the league; 15–18–4 and 34 points recorded.[6] 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.[7][8]

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.[9] 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.[10] On June 12, 2019, they defeated the Bruins in seven games to win the first Stanley Cup title in franchise history.[11] Until then, they were the oldest franchise to have never won a Stanley Cup.[12]

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.[13][14]

"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.[15]

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 played it for 24 hours straight after series victories in the playoffs.[15]

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	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 [16]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: National Hockey League [17]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.[18]

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	[19]
2^[a]	September 19	St. Louis	3–2	Minnesota		Husso	14,290	1–1–0	[20]
3	September 21	Columbus	0–3	St. Louis		Johnson	15,190	2–1–0	[21]
4	September 23	St. Louis	5–1	Columbus		Husso	11,758	3–1–0	[22]
5	September 25	Washington	4–0	St. Louis		Allen	15,769	3–2–0	[23]
6	September 28	Dallas	1–3	St. Louis		Allen	17,363	4–2–0	[24]
7	September 30	St. Louis	2–5	Washington		Johnson	14,894	4–3–0	[25]
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.[26]

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 [27] 2 October 6 Chicago 5–4 St. Louis OT Allen 17,429 0–1–1 1 [28] 3 October 11 Calgary 3–5 St. Louis Allen 16,403 1–1–1 3 [29] 4 October 13 St. Louis 3–4 Chicago OT Allen 21,634 1–1–2 4 [30] 5 October 14 Anaheim 3–2 St. Louis Johnson 16,562 1–2–2 4 [31] 6 October 17 St. Louis 2–3 Montreal Allen 20,137 1–3–2 4 [32] 7 October 20 St. Louis 4–1 Toronto Allen 19,268 2–3–2 6 [33] 8 October 22 St. Louis 4–5 Winnipeg OT Allen 15,321 2–3–3 7 [34] 9 October 25 Columbus 7–4 St. Louis Johnson 17,068 2–4–3 7 [35] 10 October 27 Chicago 3–7 St. Louis Allen 17,201 3–4–3 9 [36]
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 [37] 12 November 3 Minnesota 5–1 St. Louis Allen 17,767 4–5–3 11 [38] 13 November 6 Carolina 1–4 St. Louis Johnson 16,210 5–5–3 13 [39] 14 November 9 San Jose 0–4 St. Louis Johnson 17,032 6–5–3 15 [40] 15 November 11 Minnesota 3–2 St. Louis Johnson 16,735 6–6–3 15 [41] 16 November 14 St. Louis 0–1 Chicago Allen 21,401 6–7–3 15 [42] 17 November 16 St. Louis 4–1 Vegas Allen 18,488 7–7–3 17 [43] 18 November 17 St. Louis 0–4 San Jose Johnson 17,417 7–8–3 17 [44] 19 November 19 Los Angeles 2–0 St. Louis Allen 16,860 7–9–3 17 [45] 20 November 21 St. Louis 1–4 Nashville Allen 17,558 7–10–3 17 [46] 21 November 23 Nashville 2–6 St. Louis Allen 16,192 8–10–3 19 [47] 22 November 24 Winnipeg 8–4 St. Louis Johnson 17,028 8–11–3 19 [48] 23 November 28 St. Louis 3–4 Detroit Allen 18,165 8–12–3 19 [49] 24 November 30 St. Louis 3–2 Colorado OT Allen 18,021 9–12–3 21 [50]
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 [51] 26 December 5 Edmonton 3–2 St. Louis SO Allen 16,551 9–13–4 22 [52] 27 December 7 St. Louis 1–0 Winnipeg Allen 15,321 10–13–4 24 [53] 28 December 9 Vancouver 6–1 St. Louis Allen 16,841 10–14–4 24 [54] 29 December 11 Florida 3–4 St. Louis Allen 16,255 11–14–4 26 [55] 30 December 14 Colorado 3–4 St. Louis OT Allen 16,366 12–14–4 28 [56] 31 December 16 Calgary 7–2 St. Louis Allen 17,604 12–15–4 28 [57] 32 December 18 St. Louis 4–1 Edmonton Allen 18,347 13–15–4 30 [58] 33 December 20 St. Louis 1–5 Vancouver Allen 18,261 13–16–4 30 [59] 34 December 22 St. Louis 3–1 Calgary Allen 18,683 14–16–4 32 [60] 35 December 27 Buffalo 1–4 St. Louis Allen 17,867 15–16–4 34 [61] 36 December 29 Pittsburgh 6–1 St. Louis Allen 17,475 15–17–4 34 [62] 37 December 31 NY Rangers 2–1 St. Louis Allen 16,849 15–18–4 34 [63]
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 [64] 39 January 5 NY Islanders 4–3 St. Louis Allen 16,801 16–19–4 36 [65] 40 January 7 St. Louis 3–0 Philadelphia Binnington 19,021 17–19–4 38 [66] 41 January 8 Dallas 3–1 St. Louis Allen 17,037 17–20–4 38 [67] 42 January 10 Montreal 1–4 St. Louis Binnington 17,839 18–20–4 40 [68] 43 January 12 St. Louis 3–1 Dallas Binnington 18,124 19–20–4 42 [69] 44 January 14 St. Louis 4–1 Washington Allen 18,506 20–20–4 44 [70] 45 January 15 St. Louis 1–2 NY Islanders OT Binnington 10,042 20–20–5 45 [71] 46 January 17 St. Louis 2–5 Boston Allen 17,565 20–21–5 45 [72] 47 January 19 Ottawa 2–3 St. Louis Binnington 17,690 21–21–5 47 [73] 48 January 21 St. Louis 3–4 Los Angeles Binnington 18,230 21–22–5 47 [74] 49 January 23 St. Louis 5–1 Anaheim Binnington 16,795 22–22–5 49 [75]
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 [76] 51 February 5 St. Louis 3–2 Florida Binnington 10,243 24–22–5 53 [77] 52 February 7 St. Louis 1–0 Tampa Bay OT Binnington 19,092 25–22–5 55 [78] 53 February 9 Nashville 2–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,166 26–22–5 57 [79] 54 February 10 St. Louis 5–4 Nashville OT Allen 17,622 27–22–5 59 [80] 55 February 12 New Jersey 3–8 St. Louis Binnington 17,509 28–22–5 61 [81] 56 February 14 St. Louis 4–0 Arizona Binnington 12,533 29–22–5 63 [82] 57 February 16 St. Louis 3–0 Colorado Allen 18,076 30–22–5 65 [83] 58 February 17 St. Louis 4–0 Minnesota Binnington 19,102 31–22–5 67 [84] 59 February 19 Toronto 2–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,598 32–22–5 69 [85] 60 February 21 St. Louis 2–5 Dallas Binnington 17,945 32–23–5 69 [86] 61 February 23 Boston 1–2 St. Louis SO Binnington 18,425 33–23–5 71 [87] 62 February 24 St. Louis 1–2 Minnesota OT Allen 18,645 33–23–6 72 [88] 63 February 26 Nashville 0–2 St. Louis Binnington 16,645 34–23–6 74 [89]
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 [90] 65 March 2 Dallas 4–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,166 34–25–6 74 [91] 66 March 6 St. Louis 5–4 Anaheim Binnington 16,854 35–25–6 76 [92] 67 March 7 St. Louis 4–0 Los Angeles Allen 17,837 36–25–6 78 [93] 68 March 9 St. Louis 2–3 San Jose OT Allen 17,562 36–25–7 79 [94] 69 March 12 Arizona 3–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,428 36–26–7 79 [95] 70 March 14 St. Louis 0–2 Ottawa Allen 13,378 36–27–7 79 [96] 71 March 16 St. Louis 5–1 Pittsburgh Binnington 18,641 37–27–7 81 [97] 72 March 17 St. Louis 3–4 Buffalo SO Allen 18,486 37–27–8 82 [98] 73 March 19 Edmonton 2–7 St. Louis Binnington 17,873 38–27–8 84 [99] 74 March 21 Detroit 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,272 39–27–8 86 [100] 75 March 23 Tampa Bay 3–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,127 40–27–8 88 [101] 76 March 25 Vegas 1–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,247 41–27–8 90 [102] 77 March 29 St. Louis 2–4 NY Rangers Binnington 17,567 41–28–8 90 [103] 78 March 30 St. Louis 3–2 New Jersey OT Allen 16,514 42–28–8 92 [104]
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 [105] 80 April 3 St. Louis 3–4 Chicago SO Allen 21,482 43–28–9 95 [106] 81 April 4 Philadelphia 3–7 St. Louis Binnington 18,203 44–28–9 97 [107] 82 April 6 Vancouver 2–3 St. Louis SO Binnington 17,970 45–28–9 99 [108]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Blues faced the Winnipeg Jets in the First Round of the playoffs[109] and defeated them in six games.[110] Next up, they faced the Dallas Stars in the Second Round of the playoffs,[111] defeating them in seven games.[112] Then, they faced the San Jose Sharks in the Conference Finals of the playoffs,[113] defeating them in six games.[114]

Finally, they faced the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals,[115] defeating them in seven games to win their first Stanley Cup.[11]

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 [116] 2 April 12 St. Louis 4–3 Winnipeg Binnington 15,321 2–0 [117] 3 April 14 Winnipeg 6–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,486 2–1 [118] 4 April 16 Winnipeg 2–1 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,346 2–2 [119] 5 April 18 St. Louis 3–2 Winnipeg Binnington 15,321 3–2 [120] 6 April 20 Winnipeg 2–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,524 4–2 [121]
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 [122] 2 April 27 Dallas 4–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,285 1–1 [123] 3 April 29 St. Louis 4–3 Dallas Binnington 18,532 2–1 [124] 4 May 1 St. Louis 2–4 Dallas Binnington 18,790 2–2 [125] 5 May 3 Dallas 2–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,542 2–3 [126] 6 May 5 St. Louis 4–1 Dallas Binnington 18,876 3–3 [127] 7 May 7 Dallas 1–2 St. Louis 2OT Binnington 18,531 4–3 [128]
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 [129] 2 May 13 St. Louis 4–2 San Jose Binnington 17,562 1–1 [130] 3 May 15 San Jose 5–4 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,360 1–2 [131] 4 May 17 San Jose 1–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,496 2–2 [132] 5 May 19 St. Louis 5–0 San Jose Binnington 17,562 3–2 [133] 6 May 21 San Jose 1–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,684 4–2 [134]
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 [135] 2 May 29 St. Louis 3–2 Boston OT Binnington 17,565 1–1 [136] 3 June 1 Boston 7–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,789 1–2 [137] 4 June 3 Boston 2–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,805 2–2 [138] 5 June 6 St. Louis 2–1 Boston Binnington 17,565 3–2 [139] 6 June 9 Boston 5–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,890 3–3 [140] 7 June 12 St. Louis 4–1 Boston Binnington 17,565 4–3 [141]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of June 12, 2019[142]

Skaters

Regular season[143] 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[144] 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[145]

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

Playoffs[146]

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	[147]
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	[148]
October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01)	To Edmonton Oilers Conditional 6th-round pick in 2020	To St. Louis Blues Jakub Jerabek	[149]
January 3, 2019 (2019-01-03)	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	To St. Louis Blues Jared Coreau	[150]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Anaheim Ducks 6th-round pick in 2019	To St. Louis Blues Michael Del Zotto	[151]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Tyler Bozak	from Toronto Maple Leafs	3-year	[152]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Kyle Brodziak	to Edmonton Oilers	2-year	[153]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Brian Flynn	from Dallas Stars	1-year	[154]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Carter Hutton	to Buffalo Sabres	3-year	[155]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Chad Johnson	from Buffalo Sabres	1-year	[156]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Wade Megan	to Detroit Red Wings	1-year	[157]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	David Perron	from Vegas Golden Knights	4-year	[158]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Tyler Wotherspoon	from Calgary Flames	1-year	[159]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Joey LaLeggia	from Edmonton Oilers	2-year	[160]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Jordan Nolan	from Buffalo Sabres	1-year	[161]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Beau Bennett	to Dinamo Minsk (KHL)	Unknown	[162]
July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10)	Patrick Maroon	from New Jersey Devils	1-year	[163]
July 27, 2018 (2018-07-27)	Petteri Lindbohm	to Lausanne (NL)	1-year	[164]
May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04)	Jakub Jerabek	to Vityaz Podolsk (KHL)	1-year	[165][166]
June 3, 2019 (2019-06-03)	Nikita Soshnikov	to Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)	2-year	[167]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02)	Dmitrij Jaskin	to Washington Capitals	[168]
December 11, 2018 (2018-12-11)	Chad Johnson	to Anaheim Ducks	[169]

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref September 16, 2018 (2018-09-16) Dmitri Sergeev Mutual termination [170] January 19, 2019 (2019-01-19) Brian Flynn Mutual termination [171]

Retirement Date Player Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24)	Nikita Soshnikov	1-year	[172]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Robby Fabbri	1-year	[173]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Mackenzie MacEachern	1-year	[174]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Jordan Binnington	1-year	[175]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Oskar Sundqvist	1-year	[176]
July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07)	Dmitrij Jaskin	1-year	[177]
July 11, 2018 (2018-07-11)	Dominik Bokk	3-year	[178]
July 24, 2018 (2018-07-24)	Joel Edmundson	1-year	[179]
September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13)	Jordan Schmaltz	2-year	[180]
December 13, 2018 (2018-12-13)	Alexey Toropchenko	3-year	[181]
February 9, 2019 (2019-02-09)	Mackenzie MacEachern	1-year	[182]
March 21, 2019 (2019-03-21)	Joel Hofer	3-year	[183]
April 8, 2019 (2019-04-08)	Jay Bouwmeester	1-year	[184]

Draft picks

See also: List of St. Louis Blues 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	25^1	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:

1. 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.[185]

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