2014–15 St. Louis Blues season

The 2014–15 St. Louis Blues season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.

Off-season Coach Ken Hitchcock was extended through this season on May 7, 2014, as were Associate Coach Brad Shaw and Assistant Coach Ray Bennett. Assistant Coach Gary Shaw and Goaltending Coach Corey Hirsch were not retained. Kirk Muller, 48, was named assistant coach by General Manager Doug Armstrong on May 13, 2014. Muller was formerly head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes in parts of the last three seasons.

Goaltender Brian Elliott re-signed for a three-year extension on May 19, 2014, for $7.5 million. He will team with Jake Allen. Ryan Miller will become an unrestricted free agent in July.

The Blues on May 27, replaced their unretained goaltending coach with Jim Corsi, formerly goaltending coach of the last 16 seasons with the Buffalo Sabres.

Playoffs

The St. Louis Blues entered the playoffs as the Central Division regular season champions. The Blues took on the wild card Minnesota Wild in the first round. The Blues were defeated in six games by the Wild.

Standings

Schedule and results

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

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

Playoffs 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Minnesota Wild: Minnesota wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 16 Minnesota 4–2 St. Louis Allen 19,671 0–1 Recap 2 April 18 Minnesota 1–4 St. Louis Allen 19,243 1–1 Recap 3 April 20 St. Louis 0–3 Minnesota Allen 19,165 1–2 Recap 4 April 22 St. Louis 6–1 Minnesota Allen 19,390 2–2 Recap 5 April 24 Minnesota 4–1 St. Louis Allen 19,653 2–3 Recap 6 April 26 St. Louis 1–4 Minnesota Allen 19,318 2–4 Recap

Legend:

Player statistics Final Stats

Skaters

Regular season   Player 77 37 36 73 27 31 74 24 40 64 8 33 75 28 35 63 13 16 80 26 32 58 7 104 72 19 36 55 17 51 74 16 30 46 5 40 81 7 39 46 −2 28 56 8 36 44 19 52 75 14 30 44 21 48 77 12 15 27 −2 26 54 13 5 18 7 16 80 2 13 15 3 47 72 2 11 13 7 24 78 3 9 12 −8 86 81 6 6 12 −3 116 61 2 10 12 10 2 33 3 6 9 8 23 ‡ 54 4 5 9 16 44 ‡ 45 2 7 9 −2 16 ‡ 34 3 3 6 −8 8 † 15 2 2 4 3 6 † 8 1 2 3 3 0 † 31 1 2 3 −1 4 23 2 1 3 −1 26 24 1 1 2 −3 6 † 13 1 1 2 −3 25 11 0 2 2 0 2 10 0 1 1 −2 6 1 0 0 0 −1 0 ‡ 7 0 0 0 0 2

‡Traded away mid-season, date in ( ). Stats reflect time with Blues only. †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blues, acquired date in ( ). Stats reflect time with Blues only. Bold = leading team in category.

Playoffs   Player 6 0 8 8 2 2 6 6 1 7 −4 0 6 1 3 4 −3 2 6 2 2 4 4 0 6 1 2 3 −2 0 6 1 1 2 2 2 6 1 1 2 −3 0 6 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 2 2 −2 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 0 1 −3 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 1 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 −1 4 6 0 0 0 0 26 4 0 0 0 −1 0 6 0 0 0 −2 4 6 0 0 0 −1 2 6 0 0 0 1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 46 45 2546 26 14 3 96 2.26 1150 .917 5 0 3 0 37 32 2077 22 7 4 79 2.28 909 .913 4 0 2 2 7 5 356 3 3 0 17 2.87 169 .899 1 0 0 0 Totals 53 49 2,981 32 13 4 117 2.35 1,346 .913 6 0 2 2

Playoffs Player 6 6 328 2 4 12 2.20 125 .904 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 0 0 1 2.31 7 .857 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded NHL First Star of the Week November 3, 2014 NHL Third Star of the Week November 10, 2014 NHL First Star of the Week November 17, 2014 NHL Second Star of the Month December 1, 2014 NHL First Star of the Week January 5, 2015 NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2015 NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2015 NHL First Star of the Week January 12, 2015 NHL All-Star game replacement selection January 22, 2015

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached 1st Career NHL Game October 9, 2014 300th Career NHL Assist October 11, 2014 100th Career NHL Game October 16, 2014 700th Career NHL Game October 18, 2014 200th Career NHL Assist October 18, 2014 J. Lehtera 1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point October 18, 2014 1st Career NHL Game October 19, 2014 200th Career NHL Game October 23, 2014 1st Career NHL Hat Trick October 28, 2014 J. Lehtera 1st Career NHL Hat Trick November 11, 2014 300th Career NHL Game November 18, 2014 D. Backes 600th Career NHL Game December 20, 2014 V. Tarasenko 200th Career NHL Point December 27, 2014 400th Career NHL Game December 30, 2014 T. Oshie 100th Career NHL Goal January 3, 2015 100th Career NHL Goal January 3, 2015 400th Career NHL Point January 13, 2015 200th Career NHL Point January 30, 2015 A. Steen 400th Career NHL Game February 3, 2015 D. Backes 400th Career NHL Point March 1, 2015 30th Career NHL Shutout March 17, 2015 700th Career NHL Game March 19, 2015 P. Stastny 500th Career NHL Point March 21, 2015 J. Schwartz 200th Career NHL Game March 28, 2015 T. Oshie 200th Career NHL Assist April 3, 2015 800th Career NHL Game April 5, 2015