2016–17 St. Louis Blues season

2016–17 St. Louis Blues
Division	3rd Central
Conference	5th Western
2016–17 record	46–29–7
Home record	24–12–5
Road record	22–17–2
Goals for	235
Goals against	218
Team information
General manager	Doug Armstrong
Coach	Ken Hitchcock (Oct. 12 – Feb. 1) Mike Yeo (Feb. 1 – May 7)
Captain	Alex Pietrangelo
Alternate captains	Kevin Shattenkirk (Oct.–Feb.) Paul Stastny Alexander Steen Vladimir Tarasenko
Arena	Scottrade Center
Average attendance	19,539
Minor league affiliate(s)	Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Vladimir Tarasenko (39)
Assists	Vladimir Tarasenko Jaden Schwartz (36)
Points	Vladimir Tarasenko (75)
Penalty minutes	Ryan Reaves (104)
Plus/minus	Jaden Schwartz (+15)
Wins	Jake Allen (33)
Goals against average	Carter Hutton (2.39)

The 2016–17 St. Louis Blues season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The team played in its first Winter Classic game on January 2, 2017, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at Busch Stadium with 46,556 in attendance. It was only the third time in the nine Winter Classic games where the home team won. It was the Blues' first participation in an NHL Winter Classic game, while the Blackhawks lost for the third time in three appearances in the event.

Off-season

After associate coach Brad Shaw and assistant coach Kirk Muller decided to leave for other opportunities in late May 2016, Mike Yeo was announced on June 13, 2016, to replace coach Ken Hitchcock after his last year starting in the 2017–18 season. Yeo joined the Blues as associate coach, while Rick Wilson joined the staff as an assistant coach. Ray Bennett (assistant coach), Jim Corsi (goaltender coach) and Sean Ferrell (video coach) also returned. Yeo spent the majority of the previous five seasons as the head coach of the Minnesota Wild, leading the club to a 173–132–44 record, including a 46–28–8 mark in 2014–15, which was the second-best record in Wild history. Yeo also guided the Wild to three postseason appearances, including back-to-back trips to the second round in 2014 and 2015.

The Blues signed restricted free agent Dmitrij Jaskin, and unrestricted free agents Scottie Upshall and Kyle Brodziak. Minor leaguer Jordan Caron was also signed.

Steve Thomas was added as an assistant coach on June 30. He had spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Regular season

December

On December 28, Robby Fabbri became just the second Blues' player to record a hat-trick before the age of 21, joining Bernie Federko.

January

On January 20, two days after his 25th birthday, the Blues recalled goalie Pheonix Copley from their minor league affiliate Chicago Wolves, to cover Jake Allen's absence as he stayed home for the birth of his daughter. He made his debut (in relief) with the Blues on February 27, 2016. He made his first career start the following day (January 21) against the Winnipeg Jets. He was 11–4–2 with the Chicago Wolves prior to his callup, ranking ninth in the AHL in goals-against average (2.32) and save-percentage (.920). In the January 21 game, Copley, playing almost 59 minutes, gave up five goals on 29 shots, with the Blues losing 5–3. After his one start on January 21, Copley was assigned to the Chicago Wolves on January 25 and Allen returned to the Blues.

February

Ken Hitchcock was relieved of his duties as head coach by GM Doug Armstrong on February 1, with the Blues sitting in 4th place in the Central Division with 53 points. Mike Yeo was promoted from associate coach. He was scheduled to be head coach next season. Hitchcock had served as the head coach of the Blues since November 8, 2011, leading the Blues to a 248–124–41 regular season record over 5.5 seasons and ranking second on the Blues' all-time regular season wins list and fourth in NHL history overall with 781 career regular season wins. At the time of his firing, Hitchcock, 65, was 781–473–111 (with 88 ties) in 20 seasons with the Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets and Blues. He sat fourth all-time in the NHL in coaching victories, behind Scotty Bowman (1,244), Joel Quenneville (831) and Al Arbour (782), and his 1,453 games coached were fifth. He won the Stanley Cup as coach of the Stars in 1999 and made the Cup Final in 2000, losing to the New Jersey Devils in six games. His teams made the playoffs 13 times in 14 full seasons. Goalie coach Jim Corsi was also relieved of his duties, with Martin Brodeur and Ty Conklin taking over his duties for the rest of the year.

Since the start of the 2011–12 season, when Armstrong hired Hitchcock after 13 games, the Blues had a .644 point percentage. Only the Pittsburgh Penguins (.656) and Chicago Blackhawks (.648) were better. But following a 15-7-4 start in the 2016-17 season, the team sputtered to a 9-14-1 record in the following 24 games, a point percentage of just .395; only the Colorado Avalanche (.196) and Arizona Coyotes (.375) were worse over that stretch. Clinging to the second wild card spot in the Western Conference, in danger of missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2010–11, Blues' GM Doug Armstrong cited the team's inconsistency in his decision to fire Hitchcock before the end of the season.

The Blues retired Bob Plager's No. 5 uniform in a ceremony on February 2, alongside his brother Barclay's No. 8, Al MacInnis' No. 2, Brett Hull's No. 16, Bernie Federko's No. 24, Bob Gassoff's No. 3, and Brian Sutter's No. 11. His No. 5 became the seventh jersey to be retired by the Blues and the 123rd among the NHL's 30 teams. Bob and Barclay Plager joined only one other pair of brothers to have their jerseys retired by the same team: Maurice "The Rocket" and Henri Richard of the Montreal Canadiens. He joined the club as a 21-year-old in an expansion draft trade with the New York Rangers in 1967 and became an instant fan-favorite thanks to his tenacious style of defense and his famous hip checks. He played 10 seasons in St. Louis, racking up 615 regular season games, 141 points and 762 penalty minutes. Plager retired from the league after the 1977–78 season, and subsequently held many positions with the organization, including head coach, vice president, director of professional scouting, director of player development, and ambassador within the Blues' Community Relations department.

Mike Yeo began his tenure as the 25th head coach in franchise history on February 2. Yeo spent ten seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins organization and captured the 2009 Stanley Cup as an assistant. He then moved on to Minnesota, where he spent five seasons as head coach and led the Minnesota Wild to three postseason berths, including consecutive trips to the second round in 2014 and 2015.

Robby Fabbri (C) was injured midway through the first period in a February 4 game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, suffering a torn ACL in his left knee. He missed the remainder of the regular season (30 games) and the playoffs. At the time of his injury, Fabbri had recorded 11 goals and 18 assists for 29 points in 51 games played. The Blues recalled forwards Kenny Agostino (LW) and Magnus Paajarvi (LW) from the Chicago Wolves.

Carter Hutton and Jake Allen scored back-to-back shutouts on the road on February 6–7 of the Philadelphia Flyers (2–0), and Ottawa Senators (6–0), respectively. Hutton stopped 26 shots, and Allen stopped 30. Rookie Ivan Barbashev scored his first NHL goal in the waning minutes of the third period in Ottawa.

Patrik Berglund (C) scored the first "hat trick" of his career in a 4-2 win (February 11) over the Montreal Canadiens for their fourth consecutive win for the Blues in a tough five-game road trip, pushing them into the top three in the Central Division's guarantee of a playoff spot with 63 points, three points ahead of the next two teams. David Perron (LW) scored the other goal, and had an assist. Jake Allen made 28 saves on 30 shots.

Jake Allen (G) was named Second Star of the Week on February 13, for the week of February 6-12. Allen, went 3-0-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average, a .967 save percentage and his 13th career shutout against the Ottawa Senators (February 7). His two other wins were against the Toronto Maple Leafs (2-1 OT, 31 saves, February 9), and Montreal Canadiens (February 11).

On February 17, the Blues activated Kyle Brodziak (C) two weeks ahead of schedule. He suffered a right foot injury on January 24, against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and was placed on injured reserve two days later. He was expected to miss five weeks, but missed three weeks and 10 games. Wade Megan (C) was reassigned to the Chicago Wolves.

Paul Stastny (C) returned to the lineup on February 20, after missing four games with a lower-body injury against the Toronto Maple Leafs on February 9.

March

The Blues clinched a playoff spot on March 31, in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center. The Blues (42-28-7) needed one point to qualify for their sixth consecutive trip to the postseason and 41st in their 50-year history. This marked the Blues' seventh playoff appearance in a span of 12 seasons. The club had previously reached the playoffs in 25 consecutive years between 1979 and 2004. They joined the Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers as the only teams to have reached the playoffs in each of the previous six seasons.

April

On April 8, the Blues clinched third place in the Central Division with a 5-4 shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh. They had an 8-0-3 record in their final 11 games to finish the season with 99 points, 5 ahead of the fourth-place Nashville Predators.

The Blues (46-29-7; 99 pts., 235-218 GF–GA) played the second-place Minnesota Wild (49-25-8; 106 pts., 266-208 GF–GA) in the Western Conference First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, which began on Wednesday, April 12 with the first two games in St. Paul.

Game 1 (Apr. 12) went to the Blues in a remarkable 51-save effort by goalie Jake Allen. The 51-saves were the fourth-most ever by a Blues goaltender in a playoff game, helping the Blues to a dramatic 2-1 overtime victory against Minnesota. Only Curtis Joseph (61 saves and 57 saves), and Ed Staniowski (54 saves) have posted more. Defenseman Joel Edmundson scored the winner in overtime. Recently acquired (C) Vladimir Sobotka gave the Blues a 1-0 lead at 6:21 of the second period. Sobotka played in his first playoff game with the Blues since 2014, after spending the three seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League. Zach Parise of the Wild ended Allen's 1-0 shutout bid when he scored with 22 seconds remaining in the third period, forcing the overtime frame. Edmundson scored the winner at 17:48 of the overtime.

Paul Stastny (C) was activated before the fifth game on April 22, after missing 14 games; 10 in the regular season and the first 4 in the playoffs against the Wild. He scored the Blues' third goal in the third period, giving the team a 3-1 lead. Magnus Paajarvi (LW) won the series with an overtime goal at 9:42. Jake Allen saved 34 of 37 shots in the 4-3 win.

In the Western Conference second-round series, the Blues were matched up against the Nashville Predators (41-29-12; 94 pts., 240-224 GF–GA), who swept the Chicago Blackhawks in their first-round series. As the higher seed, the Blues had home-ice advantage for the series. Nashville won the series opener 4-3, almost blowing a 3-1 second-period lead but pulling out the victory behind P.K. Subban's three-point game and Vernon Fiddler's game-winning goal late in the third period. The Blues tied the series with a 3-2 win in Game 2, handing Nashville their first loss of the 2017 playoffs, but the Predators won the subsequent two games to take a commanding 3-1 series lead.

On April 23, the Blues assigned Jordan Schmaltz (D) to the Chicago Wolves, and recalled prospect Thomas Vannelli (D), 22, who was acquired in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft #47 in round 2.

May

The Blues lost their second-round playoff series to Nashville, 4 games to 2, with Nashville clinching the series in a 3-1 Game 6 victory on home ice behind Pekka Rinne's 23-save effort and Ryan Johansen's game-winning goal. After a 33-20-5 regular season with a .915 save percentage and 2.42 GAA, Jake Allen finished his playoffs 6-5 with a .935 save percentage and 1.96 GAA. Regular-season team points leaders Vladimir Tarasenko (75 pts in 82 games), Jaden Schwartz (55 pts in 78 games), and Alexander Steen (51 pts in 76 games) scored a combined 22 points over the team's 11 playoff games, though they tallied just 5 combined points after Game 2 against Nashville as the Blues were held to 5 goals over the final 4 games of their series loss. After a 12-1-1 record in road games after Mike Yeo replaced Ken Hitchcock as head coach, including 3 road wins in the first-round series win over Minnesota, the Blues lost all three games in Nashville, held to a single goal in each loss.

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Chicago Blackhawks	82	50	23	9	46	244	213	+31	109
2	x – Minnesota Wild	82	49	25	8	46	266	208	+58	106
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	46	29	7	44	235	218	+17	99
4	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	29	12	39	240	224	+16	94
5	Winnipeg Jets	82	40	35	7	37	249	256	−7	87
6	Dallas Stars	82	34	37	11	33	223	262	−39	79
7	Colorado Avalanche	82	22	56	4	21	166	278	−112	48

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

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 25	Columbus	3–7	St. Louis		Hutton	10,394	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 25	St. Louis	5–0	Columbus		Binnington	8,574	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 26	St. Louis	1–3	Dallas		Hutton	—	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 30	Dallas	1–4	St. Louis		Allen	13,239	3–1–0	Recap
5	October 1	St. Louis	0–4	Chicago		Hutton	20,831	3–2–0	Recap
6	October 3	St. Louis	1–2	Washington	SO	Hutton	14,829	3–2–1	Recap
7	October 5	Washington	4–2	St. Louis		—	—	3–3–1	Recap
8	October 8	Chicago	1–2	St. Louis		Hutton	17,346	4–3–1	Recap
A – indicates split-squad game.

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log
October: 5–2–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 St. Louis 5–2 Chicago Allen 21,729 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 13 Minnesota 2–3 St. Louis Allen 19,673 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 15 NY Rangers 2–3 St. Louis Hutton 19,197 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 18 St. Louis 1–2 Vancouver OT Allen 17,568 3–0–1 7 Recap 5 October 20 St. Louis 1–3 Edmonton Allen 18,347 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 October 22 St. Louis 6–4 Calgary Allen 18,076 4–1–1 9 Recap 7 October 25 Calgary 4–1 St. Louis Hutton 17,337 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 October 27 Detroit 2–1 St. Louis SO Allen 19,229 4–2–2 10 Recap 9 October 29 Los Angeles 0–1 St. Louis Allen 18,631 5–2–2 12 Recap
November: 8–5–1 (Home: 7–0–1 ; Road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 St. Louis 0–5 NY Rangers Allen 18,006 5–3–2 12 Recap 11 November 3 St. Louis 2–6 Dallas Allen 18,532 5–4–2 12 Recap 12 November 5 Columbus 1–2 St. Louis OT Hutton 18,245 6–4–2 14 Recap 13 November 6 Colorado 1–5 St. Louis Allen 17,220 7–4–2 16 Recap 14 November 9 Chicago 2–1 St. Louis OT Allen 18,704 7–4–3 17 Recap 15 November 10 St. Louis 1–3 Nashville Hutton 17,259 7–5–3 17 Recap 16 November 12 St. Louis 4–8 Columbus Hutton 15,788 7–6–3 17 Recap 17 November 15 Buffalo 1–4 St. Louis Allen 16,884 8–6–3 19 Recap 18 November 17 San Jose 2–3 St. Louis Allen 17,618 9–6–3 21 Recap 19 November 19 Nashville 1–3 St. Louis Allen 18,922 10–6–3 23 Recap 20 November 22 St. Louis 4–2 Boston Allen 17,565 11–6–3 25 Recap 21 November 23 St. Louis 3–4 Washington Hutton 18,506 11–7–3 25 Recap 22 November 26 Minnesota 3–4 St. Louis SO Allen 19,396 12–7–3 27 Recap 23 November 28 Dallas 3–4 St. Louis OT Allen 17,169 13–7–3 29 Recap
December: 6–6–2 (Home: 4–2–2 ; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Tampa Bay 4–5 St. Louis Allen 17,351 14–7–3 31 Recap 25 December 3 Winnipeg 3–2 St. Louis OT Hutton 19,362 14–7–4 32 Recap 26 December 6 Montreal 2–3 St. Louis OT Allen 17,646 15–7–4 34 Recap 27 December 8 St. Louis 2–3 NY Islanders Allen 11,178 15–8–4 34 Recap 28 December 9 St. Louis 4–1 New Jersey Allen 16,514 16–8–4 36 Recap 29 December 11 St. Louis 1–3 Minnesota Allen 18,363 16–9–4 36 Recap 30 December 13 St. Louis 3–6 Nashville Allen 17,113 16–10–4 36 Recap 31 December 15 New Jersey 2–5 St. Louis Allen 18,347 17–10–4 38 Recap 32 December 17 Chicago 6–4 St. Louis Allen 19,197 17–11–4 38 Recap 33 December 19 Edmonton 3–2 St. Louis OT Hutton 19,357 17–11–5 39 Recap 34 December 20 St. Louis 3–2 Dallas OT Allen 18,532 18–11–5 41 Recap 35 December 22 St. Louis 2–5 Tampa Bay Allen 19,092 18–12–5 41 Recap 36 December 28 Philadelphia 3–6 St. Louis Hutton 19,409 19–12–5 43 Recap 37 December 30 Nashville 4–0 St. Louis Allen 19,483 19–13–5 43 Recap
January: 5–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 Chicago 1–4 St. Louis Allen 46,556 (outdoors) 20–13–5 45 Recap 39 January 5 Carolina 4–2 St. Louis Allen 19,090 20–14–5 45 Recap 40 January 7 Dallas 3–4 St. Louis Hutton 19,503 21–14–5 47 Recap 41 January 10 Boston 5–3 St. Louis Hutton 19,342 21–15–5 47 Recap 42 January 12 St. Louis 1–5 Los Angeles Allen 18,230 21–16–5 47 Recap 43 January 14 St. Louis 4–0 San Jose Hutton 17,562 22–16–5 49 Recap 44 January 15 St. Louis 2–1 Anaheim OT Hutton 17,174 23–16–5 51 Recap 45 January 17 Ottawa 6–4 St. Louis Hutton 18,922 23–17–5 51 Recap 46 January 19 Washington 7–3 St. Louis Allen 19,316 23–18–5 51 Recap 47 January 21 St. Louis 3–5 Winnipeg Copley 15,294 23–19–5 51 Recap 48 January 24 St. Louis 3–0 Pittsburgh Hutton 18,563 24–19–5 53 Recap 49 January 26 St. Louis 1–5 Minnesota Hutton 19,064 24–20–5 53 Recap January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles 50 January 31 Winnipeg 5–3 St. Louis Allen 19,483 24–21–5 53 Recap
February: 7–5–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 2 Toronto 1–5 St. Louis Allen 19,258 25–21–5 55 Recap 52 February 4 Pittsburgh 4–1 St. Louis Allen 19,496 25–22–5 55 Recap 53 February 6 St. Louis 2–0 Philadelphia Hutton 19,589 26–22–5 57 Recap 54 February 7 St. Louis 6–0 Ottawa Allen 16,787 27–22–5 59 Recap 55 February 9 St. Louis 2–1 Toronto OT Allen 18,920 28–22–5 61 Recap 56 February 11 St. Louis 4–2 Montreal Allen 21,288 29–22–5 63 Recap 57 February 15 St. Louis 2–0 Detroit Hutton 20,027 30–22–5 65 Recap 58 February 16 Vancouver 3–4 St. Louis Allen 19,291 31–22–5 67 Recap 59 February 18 St. Louis 2–3 Buffalo Allen 19,070 31–23–5 67 Recap 60 February 20 Florida 2–1 St. Louis Allen 19,239 31–24–5 67 Recap 61 February 26 St. Louis 2–4 Chicago Allen 21,961 31–25–5 67 Recap 62 February 28 Edmonton 2–1 St. Louis Allen 18,944 31–26–5 67 Recap
March: 11–2–2 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 7–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 3 St. Louis 0–3 Winnipeg Hutton 15,294 31–27–5 67 Recap 64 March 5 St. Louis 3–0 Colorado Allen 14,477 32–27–5 69 Recap 65 March 7 St. Louis 2–1 Minnesota Allen 19,124 33–27–5 71 Recap 66 March 10 Anaheim 3–4 St. Louis Allen 19,358 34–27–5 73 Recap 67 March 11 NY Islanders 3–4 St. Louis Hutton 19,505 35–27–5 75 Recap 68 March 13 St. Louis 3–1 Los Angeles Allen 18,230 36–27–5 77 Recap 69 March 15 St. Louis 1–2 Anaheim Allen 14,760 36–28–5 77 Recap 70 March 16 St. Louis 4–1 San Jose Hutton 17,402 37–28–5 79 Recap 71 March 18 St. Louis 3–0 Arizona Allen 15,132 38–28–5 81 Recap 72 March 21 St. Louis 4–2 Colorado Allen 11,687 39–28–5 83 Recap 73 March 23 Vancouver 1–4 St. Louis Allen 19,356 40–28–5 85 Recap 74 March 25 Calgary 3–2 St. Louis OT Allen 19,516 40–28–6 86 Recap 75 March 27 Arizona 1–4 St. Louis Allen 19,164 41–28–6 88 Recap 76 March 29 St. Louis 3–1 Arizona Hutton 11,377 42–28–6 90 Recap 77 March 31 St. Louis 1–2 Colorado SO Allen 14,763 42–28–7 91 Recap
April: 4–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Nashville 1–4 St. Louis Allen 19,262 43–28–7 93 Recap 79 April 4 Winnipeg 5–2 St. Louis Allen 19,178 43–29–7 93 Recap 80 April 6 St. Louis 6–3 Florida Allen 13,194 44–29–7 95 Recap 81 April 8 St. Louis 5–4 Carolina SO Hutton 13,509 45–29–7 97 Recap 82 April 9 Colorado 2–3 St. Louis Allen 18,971 46–29–7 99 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Statistics

Skaters

Final as of April 9, 2017

^†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.

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Vladimir Tarasenko	82	39	36	75	−1	12
Jaden Schwartz	78	19	36	55	14	18
Alexander Steen	76	16	35	51	−2	53
Alex Pietrangelo	80	14	34	48	3	24
David Perron	82	18	28	46	−2	54
Kevin Shattenkirk‡ ( -2/27)	61	11	31	42	−11	37
Paul Stastny	66	18	22	40	4	36
Colton Parayko	81	4	31	35	7	32
Patrik Berglund	82	23	11	34	−7	32
Robby Fabbri ( -2/4)	51	11	18	29	−16	27
Jori Lehtera	63	7	14	21	−6	34
Scottie Upshall	73	10	8	18	−1	45
Kyle Brodziak	69	8	7	15	2	27
Joel Edmundson	69	3	12	15	11	60
Jay Bouwmeester	81	1	14	15	6	28
Magnus Paajarvi	32	8	5	13	9	6
Ryan Reaves	80	7	6	13	4	104
Ivan Barbashev	30	5	7	12	5	2
Dmitrij Jaskin	51	1	10	11	5	18
Nail Yakupov	40	3	6	9	−3	14
Carl Gunnarsson	56	0	6	6	−5	4
Zach Sanford	13	2	3	5	2	4
Brad Hunt‡ ( -1/16)	9	1	4	5	−2	2
Robert Bortuzzo	38	1	3	4	11	15
Kenny Agostino	7	1	2	3	0	2
Jordan Schmaltz	9	0	2	2	0	4
Wade Megan	3	1	0	1	1	0
Vladimir Sobotka (4/9- )	1	1	0	1	0	0
Petteri Lindbohm	5	0	0	0	−3	4
Ty Rattie‡ ( -1/4)	4	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Final game on April 9, 2017

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jake Allen	61	60	3,418:19	33	20	5	138	2.42	1,620	.915	4	0	1	4
Carter Hutton	30	21	1,459:03	13	8	2	58	2.39	663	.913	4	0	1	4
Pheonix Copley‡ ( -2/27)	1	1	58:56	0	1	0	5	5.08	29	.828	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.

Playoffs

Final game on May 7

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jake Allen	11	11	674:56	6	5	22	1.96	336	.935	0	0	0	0
Carter Hutton	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	0.00	0	.000	0	0	0	0

Awards and Milestones

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
V. Tarasenko	NHL All-Star game (1st Blue to appear in 3 consecutive games since Chris Pronger in 2000–2002)	January 10, 2017
B. Plager	#5 Jersey retirement ceremony (7th Blue to have jersey retired)	February 2, 2017
J. Allen	NHL Second Star of the Week	February 13, 2017

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
R. Fabbri	1st NHL hat-trick	December 28, 2016
A. Pietrangelo	500th NHL game	January 12, 2017
P. Copley	1st NHL start in goal	January 21, 2017
I. Barbashev	1st NHL game	January 26, 2017
I. Barbashev	1st NHL goal	February 7, 2017
P. Berglund	1st NHL hat-trick	February 11, 2017
A. Steen	800th NHL game	February 20, 2017
R. Reaves	400th NHL game	March 3, 2017
J. Schmaltz	1st NHL game	March 5, 2017
J. Schmaltz	1st NHL point	March 31, 2017

Detailed records

Western Conference

Central Division
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Chicago Blackhawks	1–1–1	1–0–0	2–1–1	5	14	11
Colorado Avalanche	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0	2	5	1
Dallas Stars	3–0–0	0–1–0	3–1–0	6	13	14
Minnesota Wild	2–0–0	0–1–0	2–1–0	4	8	8
Nashville Predators	1–1–0	0–2–0	1–3–0	2	7	14
Winnipeg Jets	0–0–1	0–0–0	0–0–1	1	2	2
Total	8–2–2	1–4–0	9–6–2	20	49	50
Pacific Division
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Anaheim Ducks	0–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2	2	1
Arizona Coyotes	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Calgary Flames	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	7	8
Edmonton Oilers	0–1–1	0–0–0	0–1–1	1	3	5
Los Angeles Kings	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0	2	1	0
San Jose Sharks	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0	2	3	2
Vancouver Canucks	1–0–0	0–0–1	0–0–1	1	5	5
Total	3–2–1	3–0–1	5–2–2	12	21	21

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Boston Bruins	0–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2	4	2
Buffalo Sabres	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0	2	4	1
Detroit Red Wings	0–0–1	0–0–0	0–0–1	1	1	1
Florida Panthers	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Montreal Canadiens	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	4
Ottawa Senators	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	10	4
Tampa Bay Lightning	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	7	9
Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	2
Total	3–0–1	1–1–0	4–1–1	9	19	15
Metropolitan Division
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Carolina Hurricanes	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0	0	2	4
Columbus Blue Jackets	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	6	9
New Jersey Devils	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	9	3
New York Islanders	0–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0	2	3
New York Rangers	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	3	7
Philadelphia Flyers	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0	2	6	3
Pittsburgh Penguins	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Washington Capitals	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	6	11
Total	4–2–0	1–4–0	5–6–0	10	34	40

Transactions

The Blues has been involved in the following transactions:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	To Calgary Flames Brian Elliott	To St. Louis Blues 2nd-round pick in 2016 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2018
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	To Washington Capitals 1st-round pick in 2016 WSH's 3rd-round pick in 2016	To St. Louis Blues 1st-round pick in 2016
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To Chicago Blackhawks 5th-round pick in 2017	To St. Louis Blues Florida Panthers's 5th-round pick in 2016
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	To Buffalo Sabres Anders Nilsson	To St. Louis Blues 5th-round pick in 2017
October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)	To Edmonton Oilers Zach Pochiro Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2017	To St. Louis Blues Nail Yakupov
November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Danny Kristo	To St. Louis Blues Reid McNeill
February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)	To Washington Capitals Pheonix Copley Kevin Shattenkirk	To St. Louis Blues Brad Malone Zach Sanford 1st-round pick in 2017 Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Carter Hutton (G)	Nashville Predators	2 years, $2.25 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	David Perron (LW)	Anaheim Ducks	2 years, $7.5 million
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Brad Hunt (D)	Edmonton Oilers	1 year, $600,000
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Andrew Agozzino (LW)	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $600,000
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Wade Megan (C)	Portland Pirates	1 year, $575,000
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Morgan Ellis (D)	St. John's IceCaps	1 year, $575,000
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Alex Friesen (C)	Utica Comets	1 year, $575,000
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Kenny Agostino (LW)	Stockton Heat	1 year, $625,000
July 9, 2016 (2016-07-09)	Landon Ferraro (C)	Boston Bruins	1 year, $700,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	David Backes (C)	Boston Bruins	5 years, $30 mil.
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Troy Brouwer (RW)	Calgary Flames	4 years, $18 mil.
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Steve Ott (C)	Detroit Red Wings	1 year, $800,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former Team	Date Claimed	Ref
Ty Rattie	Carolina Hurricanes	February 19, 2017

Lost via waivers

Player	New Team	Date Lost	Ref
Ty Rattie	Carolina Hurricanes	January 4, 2017
Brad Hunt	Nashville Predators	January 17, 2017

Lost via retirement

Date

Player

Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16)	Dmitrij Jaskin (RW)	2 years, $2 million
June 22, 2016 (2016-06-22)	Scottie Upshall (RW)	1 year, $900,000
June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27)	Kyle Brodziak (C)	2 years, $1.9 mil.
June 28, 2016 (2016-06-28)	Jordan Caron (RW)	1 year, $575,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jake Allen (G)	4 years, $17.4 mil.
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Chris Butler (D)	1 year, $600,000
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Conner Bleackley (C)	3 years, entry-level contract
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Jacob Doty (C)	1 year, $575,000
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Magnus Paajarvi (LW)	1 year, $700,000
July 13, 2016 (2016-07-13)	Ty Rattie (RW)	1 year, $650,000
July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)	Jordan Binnington (G)	1 year, $600,000
July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)	Pheonix Copley (G)	1 year, $708,750
July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)	Jaden Schwartz (LW)	5 years, $26.75 million
July 27, 2016 (2016-07-27)	Jordan Kyrou (F)	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
August 2, 2016 (2016-08-02)	Danny Kristo (RW)	1 year, $575,000
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)	Alexander Steen (LW)	4 years, $23 million contract extension
December 29, 2016 (2016-12-29)	Robert Bortuzzo (D)	2 years, contract extension
February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)	Patrik Berglund (C)	5 years, $19.25 million contract extension
March 7, 2017 (2017-03-07)	Tage Thompson (C)	3 years, entry-level contract
March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)	Evan Fitzpatrick (G)	3 years, entry-level contract
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)	Jake Walman (D)	3 years, entry-level contract
April 6, 2017 (2017-04-06)	Vladimir Sobotka (C)	3 years, $10.5 million contract extension (starting with the 2017–18 season; $2.725 million, pro-rated for 2016-17 season)

Draft picks

See also: List of St. Louis Blues draft picks

Below are the St. Louis Blues' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round	Pick	Player, Age	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)	Ref.
1	26	Tage Thompson, 18	C	United States	University of Connecticut Huskies (Hockey East)
2	35	Jordan Kyrou, 18	RW	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
2	59	Evan Fitzpatrick, 18	G	Canada	Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)
4	119	Tanner Kaspick, 18	C	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
5	125	Nolan Stevens, 19	C	Canada	Northeastern University (Hockey East)
5	144	Conner Bleackley, 20	C	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
7	209	Nikolaj Krag Christensen, 17	LW / C	Denmark	Rodovre (Metal Ligaen)
7	211	Filip Helt, 18	LW	Czech Republic	Litvinov Jr., (CZREP-JR)

"NHL Draft Picks Tracker: First-round analysis from First Niagara Center in Buffalo"

26. St. Louis Blues (from Washington Capitals) - Tage Thompson, C, Connecticut (H-EAST) NHL Central Scouting final North American ranking: 20

2015-16: 36 games, 14-18-32

"A right-handed power forward, Thompson began the season on the fourth line but soon was playing top line minutes. He has a great shot and led the NCAA with 13 power-play goals. Thompson (6-5, 195) is tough to knock off the puck, and good at protecting it and taking it to the net.

NHL.com quick hit: The Blues needed a big, strong center and Thompson, at 6-foot-5 and 195 pounds, has a giant frame that can get even bigger. With David Backes' future in St. Louis uncertain and Paul Stastny turning 31 next season, the time was right for the Blues to start to search for a future No. 1 center."

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Draft notes

• The Washington Capitals' first-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick and Washington's third-round pick both in 2016 (28th and 87th overall) to Washington, in exchange for this pick.
• The St. Louis Blues' first-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick in 2016 (26th overall) to St. Louis, in exchange for Washington's third-round pick in 2016 (87th overall), and this pick.
• ^a The Calgary Flames' second-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Brian Elliott to Calgary, in exchange for a third-round pick in 2018, and this pick.
• The Washington Capitals' third-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick in 2016 (26th overall) to St. Louis, in exchange for a first-round pick in 2016 (28th overall), and this pick.

St. Louis previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 2, 2015 that sent T.J. Oshie to Washington, in exchange for Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley, and this pick.

• The St. Louis Blues' third-round pick will go to the Buffalo Sabres 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 first-round pick in 2015, and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Buffalo will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Miller does not re-sign with St. Louis for the 2014–15 NHL season – was converted on July 1, 2014 when Miller signed with Vancouver.
• ^b The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick will go to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on November 15, 2014 that sent Jordan Leopold to Columbus, in exchange for this pick.
• The St. Louis Blues' fifth-round pick will go to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on February 27, 2016 that sent Anders Nilsson to St. Louis, in exchange for Niklas Lundstrom, and this pick.
• ^c The Florida Panthers' fifth-round pick will go to the Chicago Blackhawks (then to the St. Louis Blues), as the result of a trade on March 2, 2014 that sent Brandon Pirri to Florida, in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014, and this pick.
• The St. Louis Blues' sixth-round pick will go to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade March 2, 2015 that sent Olli Jokinen to St. Louis, in exchange for Joakim Lindstrom, and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Toronto will receive a sixth-round pick in 2016 if St. Louis fails to make it to the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals – was converted on April 26, 2015.
• ^d The Pittsburgh Penguins' seventh-round pick will go to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Ian Cole to Pittsburgh, in exchange for Robert Bortuzzo, and this pick.

References