2018–19 St. Louis Blues season
NHL team season; 2019 Stanley Cup Champions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
2018–19 St. Louis Blues | |
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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 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.