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2015–16 St. Louis Blues
Division2nd Central
Conference2nd Western
2015–16 record49–24–9 (107 pts.)
Home record24–13–4
Road record25–11–5
Goals for224
Goals against201
Team information
General managerDoug Armstrong
CoachKen Hitchcock
CaptainDavid Backes
Alternate captainsAlex Pietrangelo
Alexander Steen
ArenaScottrade Center
Average attendance18,451 (96.3%) [1] (41 gms)
Minor league affiliate(s)Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsVladimir Tarasenko (40)
AssistsPaul Stastny (39)
PointsVladimir Tarasenko (74)
Penalty minutesDavid Backes (83)
Plus/minus(+): Colton Parayko (+28)
(–): Kevin Shattenkirk (–14)
WinsJake Allen (26)
Goals against averageBrian Elliott (2.07) #2 NHL

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[11]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Conference standings

Template:2015–16 NHL Western Conference standings


Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[13]

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

Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs
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)

Bold = led team

* Missed 49 games due to ankle fracture, Oct. 23-Feb. 10[15]

** Missed 9 games due to right knee injury Feb. 6 (Feb. 8-Feb. 27)[16][17]

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

**** Missed 54 final regular-season games, on IR due to right hamstring injury Dec. 5 (Dec. 6-Apr. 9).[21] He was diagnosed with colitis on April 6, will be re-evaluated in 14 days.[22] He returned to play in Game 3 of the StL-Chi playoffs, April 17.[23]

Goaltenders

FINAL statistics
(through April 9, 2016)[24]

Regular Season[25]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jake Allen * 47 44 2,583:22 26 15 3 101 2.35 1,260 .920 6 0 0 0
Brian Elliott ** 42 38 2,263:00 23 8 6 78 2.068 (#2 NHL) 1,113 .930 4 0 0 2
Anders Nilsson 3 0       87:18 0 1 0 4 2.76      44 .909 0 0 0 0
Pheonix Copley 1 0       24:26 0 0 0 1 2.50       6 .833 0 0 0 0
Jordan 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)[26]

** Activated on Mar. 18, after missing 10 games (Feb. 23-Mar. 18)[27]

BOLD = led NHL

Playoffs

Updated through May 5, 2016.[28]

Playoffs[29]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Brian Elliott 11 11 702:05 6 5 27 2.31 384 .930 1 0 0 2

Roster

Updated November 21, 2024[30][31]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
50 Canada Jordan Binnington G L 31 2011 Richmond Hill, Ontario
76 Canada Zachary Bolduc C L 21 2021 Trois-Rivières, Quebec
6 Sweden Philip Broberg Injured Reserve D L 23 2024 Orebro, Sweden
89 Russia Pavel Buchnevich LW L 29 2021 Cherepovets, Russia
12 Czech Republic Radek Faksa C L 30 2024 Vitkov, Czech Republic
72 United States Justin Faulk (A) D R 32 2019 South St. Paul, Minnesota
81 Canada Dylan Holloway LW L 23 2024 Calgary, Alberta
30 Canada Joel Hofer G L 24 2018 Winnipeg, Manitoba
71 Canada Mathieu Joseph RW L 27 2024 Laval, Quebec
77 Canada Pierre-Olivier Joseph D L 25 2024 Laval, Quebec
51 United States Matthew Kessel D R 24 2020 Scottsdale, Arizona
47 United States Torey Krug Injured Reserve D L 33 2020 Royal Oak, Michigan
25 Canada Jordan Kyrou C R 26 2016 Toronto, Ontario
4 United States Nick Leddy Injured Reserve D L 33 2022 Eden Prairie, Minnesota
63 Canada Jake Neighbours LW L 22 2020 Airdrie, Alberta
55 Canada Colton Parayko (A) D R 31 2012 St. Albert, Alberta
48 United States Scott Perunovich D L 26 2018 Hibbing, Minnesota
20 United States Brandon Saad LW L 32 2021 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
10 Canada Brayden Schenn (C) C L 33 2017 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
64 United States Corey Schueneman D L 29 2024 Milford, Michigan
70 Sweden Oskar Sundqvist C R 30 2023 Boden, Sweden
22 United States Ryan Suter D L 39 2024 Madison, Wisconsin
9 France Alexandre Texier C L 25 2024 Grenoble, France
18 Canada Robert Thomas (A) C R 25 2017 Aurora, Ontario
13 Russia Alexey Toropchenko RW L 25 2017 Moscow, Russia
26 Australia Nathan Walker LW L 30 2019 Cardiff, Wales


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[32]

Awards and honours

Awards

Milestones


Transactions

The Blues has been involved in the following transactions:

Trades

Date
Details
Ref
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) To San Jose Sharks
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2016
To St. Louis Blues
Konrad Abeltshauser (D)
[44]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) To Washington Capitals
T.J. Oshie (RW)
To St. Louis Blues
Troy Brouwer (RW)
Pheonix Copley (G)
3rd-round pick in 2016
[45]
January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15) To Detroit Red Wings
Future considerations
To St. Louis Blues
Richard Nedomlel
[46]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27) To Edmonton Oilers
Niklas Lundstrom (G)
5th-round pick in 2016
To St. Louis Blues
Anders Nilsson (G)
[47]
March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04) To Boston Bruins
Future considerations
To St. Louis Blues
Zack Phillips (C)
[48]

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[79]

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