2015–16 St. Louis Blues season

2015–16 St. Louis Blues
Division	2nd Central
Conference	2nd Western
2015–16 record	49–24–9
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%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Vladimir Tarasenko (40)
Assists	Paul Stastny (39)
Points	Vladimir Tarasenko (74)
Penalty minutes	David Backes (83)
Plus/minus	Colton Parayko (+28)
Wins	Jake Allen (26)
Goals against average	Brian Elliott (2.07)

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

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.

On March 25, the Blues clinched a playoff spot for the fifth consecutive season 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.

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. The Blues have not allowed a goal in 240:18, for the longest streak in their history.

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.

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.

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.

The Blues vs. Chicago in Game 7 on April 25, shattered all previous ratings records for Fox Sports Midwest. It was the most-watched telecast in the history of that network with a 19.6 rating in the St. Louis DMA, averaging 239,000 households, according to Nielsen Media Research. Viewing peaked at a 25.3 rating/308,000 households/39 share at the end of the game.

Before April 25, the highest-rated event on FOX Sports Midwest was the St. Louis Cardinals' victory at Houston Astros on Sept. 28, 2011 – the final day of the regular season, on which the Cardinals' win and subsequent Atlanta Braves loss put the Cardinals in the postseason. That Cardinals' game earned an 18.0.

Blues-Blackhawks was the No. 1 program of the day in St. Louis. During the game, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., it beat the combined rating of St. Louis' ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC affiliates (17.9). All seven games of the series were the No. 1 program of the day in St. Louis.

Game 7 was the most-watched program in St. Louis since the Super Bowl on Feb. 7.

The previous high for a Blues game came just last week – a 15.0 for Game 5 against Chicago. FOX Sports Midwest is in its 20th season as the home of the Blues and 23rd with the Cardinals.

May

After two thrilling 4-3 games playoff series wins against the Blackhawks and Stars, but then a six-game loss in the Western Conference Finals to the Sharks, coach Ken Hitchcock, 64, signed a one-year contract extension on May 31, in what he said would be his last season coaching. He guided the St. Louis Blues to their first Western Conference Final appearance since 2001. Hitchcock has accumulated a 224-103-36 (.667) record in 363 games behind the bench in St. Louis. His coaching career has spanned 19 NHL seasons, 1,404 games and 757 wins, which ranks fourth all-time in NHL history. He's led his teams to 13 appearances in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, winning one championship with the Dallas Stars in 1999. All of the assistant coaches have been offered similar one-year contract extensions. Blues associate coach Brad Shaw, who has been with the club since 2006, has decided not to return and will instead pursue other opportunities.

June

After associate coach Brad Shaw and assistant coach Kirk Muller decided to leave for other opportunities, Mike Yeo, 42 (b. July 31), was announced on June 13 to replace coach Ken Hitchcock after his last year (2016–17), starting in the 2017–18 season. Yeo joins the Blues as associate coach, while Rick Wilson will join the staff as an assistant coach. Ray Bennett (assistant coach), Jim Corsi (goalie coach) and Sean Ferrell (video coach) will also return. Yeo spent the majority of the last 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 mark in Wild history. Yeo also guided Minnesota to three post-season appearances, including back-to-back trips to the second round in 2014 and 2015.

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

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	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
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)

Player statistics

Skaters

Final stats

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Vladimir Tarasenko	80	40	34	74	7	37
Alexander Steen ***	67	17	35	52	3	48
Paul Stastny	64	10	39	49	3	26
David Backes	79	21	24	45	4	83
Kevin Shattenkirk	72	14	30	44	−14	51
Troy Brouwer	82	18	21	39	2	62
Robby Fabbri	72	18	19	37	−2	25
Alex Pietrangelo **	73	7	30	37	10	20
Jori Lehtera	79	9	25	34	12	38
Colton Parayko	79	9	24	33	28	29
Jaden Schwartz *	33	8	14	22	8	8
Jay Bouwmeester	72	3	16	19	−4	18
Patrik Berglund	42	10	5	15	1	16
Scottie Upshall	70	6	8	14	5	44
Dmitrij Jaskin	65	4	9	13	3	26
Kyle Brodziak	76	7	4	11	−1	37
Carl Gunnarsson	72	3	6	9	7	31
Magnus Paajarvi	48	3	6	9	−9	8
Joel Edmundson	67	1	8	9	0	63
Scott Gomez‡	21	1	7	8	−4	4
Ty Rattie	13	4	2	6	1	4
Ryan Reaves	64	3	1	4	−6	68
Robert Bortuzzo	40	2	1	3	2	52
Steve Ott ****	21	0	2	2	−3	34
Martin Havlat‡	2	1	0	1	0	0
Andre Benoit	2	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Butler	5	0	0	0	−1	4
Jordan Caron	4	0	0	0	−3	0
Jeremy Welsh	2	0	0	0	0	2
Petteri Lindbohm	10	0	0	0	−4	7

Playoffs  

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Vladimir Tarasenko	20	9	6	15	−5	2
Robby Fabbri	20	4	11	15	1	6
David Backes	20	7	7	14	1	8
Jaden Schwartz	20	4	10	14	−5	6
Troy Brouwer	20	8	5	13	−1	26
Paul Stastny	20	3	10	13	−4	16
Kevin Shattenkirk	20	2	9	11	−8	19
Alexander Steen	20	4	6	10	−2	30
Alex Pietrangelo	20	2	8	10	3	16
Patrik Berglund	20	4	5	9	4	4
Jori Lehtera	20	3	6	9	0	10
Colton Parayko	20	2	5	7	1	4
Jay Bouwmeester	20	0	4	4	−1	24
Scottie Upshall	17	1	2	3	−1	10
Kyle Brodziak	20	2	0	2	−2	6
Dmitrij Jaskin	6	1	1	2	0	5
Carl Gunnarsson	19	0	2	2	5	7
Joel Edmundson	16	1	0	1	−4	8
Steve Ott	9	0	1	1	1	8
Robert Bortuzzo	5	0	1	1	1	2
Magnus Paajarvi	3	0	1	1	0	0
Ryan Reaves	5	0	0	0	0	7

Bold = led team

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

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

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

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

Goaltenders

Final stats

Regular Season

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	2.07	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)

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

BOLD = led NHL

Playoffs

Final stats

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Brian Elliott	18	18	1,057:40	9	9	43	2.44	546	.921	1	0	0	2
Jake Allen	5	2	169:06	1	1	7	2.49	68	.897	0	0	0	0

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

Awards and Milestones

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
V. Tarasenko	NHL Third Star of the Week	October 19, 2015
J. Allen	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 2, 2015
K. Shattenkirk	NHL Third Star of the Week	November 23, 2015
V. Tarasenko	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
B. Elliott	NHL Third Star of the Week	January 25, 2016
V. Tarasenko	NHL First Star of the Week	March 14, 2016
B. Elliott	NHL Second Star of the Week	March 28, 2016
V. Tarasenko	Wins NHL 17 Cover Vote	June 22, 2016
C. Parayko	Named to NHL All-Rookie Team	June 22, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season

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

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
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	To Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie	To St. Louis Blues Troy Brouwer Pheonix Copley 3rd-round pick in 2016
January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15)	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations	To St. Louis Blues Richard Nedomlel
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)	To Edmonton Oilers Niklas Lundstrom 5th-round pick in 2016	To St. Louis Blues Anders Nilsson
March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)	To Boston Bruins Future considerations	To St. Louis Blues Zack Phillips
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

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Danny Kristo	Hartford Wolf Pack	1 year, $600,000
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Jordan Caron	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $600,000
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Peter Harrold	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $800,000
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Kyle Brodziak	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $900,000
July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06)	Andre Benoit	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $750,000
July 7, 2015 (2015-07-07)	Justin Hodgman	Arizona Coyotes	1 year, $575,000
October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)	Scottie Upshall	Florida Panthers	1 year, $700,000
October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07)	Scott Gomez	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $575,000
November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)	Martin Havlat	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $600,000
March 28, 2016 (2016-03-28)	Justin Selman	University of Michigan	2 years, entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Zbynek Michalek	Arizona Coyotes	2 years, $6.4 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Barret Jackman	Nashville Predators	2 years, $4 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Brent Regner	Florida Panthers	2 years, $1.2 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	John McCarthy	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $600,000
August 8, 2015 (2015-08-08)	Chris Porter	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $575,000
August 25, 2015 (2015-08-25)	Adam Cracknell	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $575,000
September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)	Marcel Goc	Adler Mannheim	5 years, value unknown

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 (2015-06-30)	Jeremy Welsh (F)	1 year, $550,000
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Jori Lehtera (C)	3 years, $14.1 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Chris Butler (D)	1 year, $675,000
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Cody Beach (F)	1 year, $575,000
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Pat Cannone (F)	1 year, $575,000
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Robert Bortuzzo (D)	2 years, $2.1 million
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Jake Allen (G)	2 years, $4.7 million
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Luke Opilka (G)	3 years, entry-level contract
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Dmitrij Jaskin (RW)	1 year, $775,000
July 7, 2015 (2015-07-07)	Vladimir Tarasenko (RW)	8 years, $60 million
July 8, 2015	Magnus Paajarvi (LW)	1 year, $700,000
September 24, 2015	Vince Dunn (D)	3 years, entry-level contract
March 11, 2016	Carl Gunnarsson (D)	3 years, extension, $8.7 million
March 30, 2016	Mackenzie MacEachern (F)	2 years, entry-level contract
March 30, 2016	Adam Musil (F)	3 years, entry-level contract
April 8, 2016	Joel Edmundson (D)	2 years, extension, $2.1 million
June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16)	Dmitrij Jaskin (RW)	2 years
June 22, 2016 (2016-06-22)	Scottie Upshall (RW)	1 year, $900,000

Draft picks

See also: List of St. Louis Blues 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	Glenn 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

• The St. Louis Blues' first-round pick went 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). 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.
• 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. 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.
• ^a The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went 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.
• ^b The New Jersey Devils' fifth-round pick went 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). 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.
• 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. 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.