2023–24 St. Louis Blues season

The 2023–24 St. Louis Blues season was the 57th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established in 1967.^[2]

2023–24 St. Louis Blues
Division	5th Central
Conference	9th Western
2023–24 record	43–33–6
Home record	25–14–2
Road record	18–19–4
Goals for	239
Goals against	250
Team information
General manager	Doug Armstrong
Coach	Craig Berube (Oct. 12 – Dec. 12) Drew Bannister (interim, Dec. 12 – Apr. 17)
Captain	Brayden Schenn
Alternate captains	Justin Faulk Colton Parayko Robert Thomas
Average attendance	18,084[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jordan Kyrou (31)
Assists	Robert Thomas (60)
Points	Robert Thomas (86)
Penalty minutes	Brayden Schenn (56)
Plus/minus	Nick Leddy (+14)
Wins	Jordan Binnington (28)
Goals against average	Joel Hofer (2.65)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Following a 6–4 home loss to the Detroit Red Wings on December 12, 2023, head coach Craig Berube was fired. Drew Bannister, head coach of the Blues' AHL affiliate Springfield Thunderbirds, was named interim head coach.^[3]

On April 12, 2024, the Blues were eliminated from playoff contention for the second straight season following a 5–2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes and a 7–2 win by the Vegas Golden Knights over the Minnesota Wild.^[4]

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Dallas Stars	82	52	21	9	40	298	234	+64	113
2	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	52	24	6	46	259	199	+60	110
3	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	50	25	7	42	304	254	+50	107
4	x – Nashville Predators	82	47	30	5	38	269	248	+21	99
5	St. Louis Blues	82	43	33	6	31	239	250	−11	92
6	Minnesota Wild	82	39	34	9	32	251	263	−12	87
7	Arizona Coyotes	82	36	41	5	28	256	274	−18	77
8	Chicago Blackhawks	82	23	53	6	17	179	290	−111	52

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	47	30	5	38	269	248	+21	99
2	PA	x – Vegas Golden Knights	82	45	29	8	34	267	245	+22	98
3	CE	St. Louis Blues	82	43	33	6	31	239	250	−11	92
4	CE	Minnesota Wild	82	39	34	9	32	251	263	−12	87
5	PA	Calgary Flames	82	38	39	5	32	253	271	−18	81
6	PA	Seattle Kraken	82	34	35	13	28	217	236	−19	81
7	CE	Arizona Coyotes	82	36	41	5	28	256	274	−18	77
8	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	27	50	5	21	204	295	−91	59
9	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	23	53	6	17	179	290	−111	52
10	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	19	54	9	14	181	331	−150	47

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Blues preseason schedule was released on June 23, 2023.^[7]

2023 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (home: 3–0–1; road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 23	Arizona	2–3	St. Louis	Hofer	Enterprise Center	16,314	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 23	St. Louis	1–5	Arizona	Subban	Intrust Bank Arena	6,324	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 26	Columbus	2–3	St. Louis	Subban	Enterprise Center	15,417	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 28	St. Louis	1–2	Chicago	Hofer	United Center	9,947	2–1–1	Recap
5	September 30	Dallas	4–3	St. Louis	Binnington	Cable Dahmer Arena	5,800	2–1–2	Recap
6	October 2	St. Louis	3–5	Columbus	Hofer	Nationwide Arena	10,239	2–2–2	Recap
7	October 5	St. Louis	4–0	Dallas	Binnington	American Airlines Center	15,365	3–2–2	Recap
8	October 7	Chicago	3–5	St. Louis	Binnington	Enterprise Center	17,154	4–2–2	Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 27, 2023.^[8]

2023–24 game log
October: 3–3–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 St. Louis 1–2 Dallas SO Binnington 18,532 0–0–1 1 [9] 2 October 14 Seattle 1–2 St. Louis SO Binnington 18,096 1–0–1 3 [10] 3 October 19 Arizona 6–2 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 1–1–1 3 [11] 4 October 21 Pittsburgh 2–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 2–1–1 5 [12] 5 October 24 St. Louis 2–4 Winnipeg Binnington 11,136 2–2–1 5 [13] 6 October 26 St. Louis 3–0 Calgary Hofer 16,897 3–2–1 7 [14] 7 October 27 St. Louis 0–5 Vancouver Binnington 18,548 3–3–1 7 [15]
November: 9–6–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 November 1 St. Louis 1–4 Colorado Binnington 18,091 3–4–1 7 [16] 9 November 3 New Jersey 1–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 4–4–1 9 [17] 10 November 4 Montreal 3–6 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 5–4–1 11 [18] 11 November 7 Winnipeg 5–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 5–5–1 11 [19] 12 November 9 Arizona 1–2 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 6–5–1 13 [20] 13 November 11 St. Louis 8–2 Colorado Binnington 18,132 7–5–1 15 [21] 14 November 14 Tampa Bay 0–5 St. Louis Binnington 17,621 8–5–1 17 [22] 15 November 16 St. Louis 1–5 San Jose Hofer 10,452 8–6–1 17 [23] 16 November 18 St. Louis 1–5 Los Angeles Binnington 18,145 8–7–1 17 [24] 17 November 19 St. Louis 3–1 Anaheim Hofer 15,243 9–7–1 19 [25] 18 November 22 St. Louis 6–5 Arizona Hofer 4,600 10–7–1 21 [26] 19 November 24 Nashville 8–3 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 10–8–1 21 [27] 20 November 26 St. Louis 4–2 Chicago Binnington 18,223 11–8–1 23 [28] 21 November 28 St. Louis 1–3 Minnesota Binnington 17,563 11–9–1 23 [29] 22 November 30 Buffalo 4–6 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 12–9–1 25 [30]
December: 6–8–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 2 St. Louis 1–4 Arizona Hofer 4,600 12–10–1 25 [31] 24 December 4 St. Louis 2–1 Vegas OT Binnington 17,826 13–10–1 27 [32] 25 December 6 Vegas 6–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 13–11–1 27 [33] 26 December 8 St. Louis 2–5 Columbus Hofer 15,713 13–12–1 27 [34] 27 December 9 St. Louis 1–3 Chicago Binnington 18,892 13–13–1 27 [35] 28 December 12 Detroit 6–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 13–14–1 27 [36] 29 December 14 Ottawa 2–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 14–14–1 29 [37] 30 December 16 Dallas 3–4 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 15–14–1 31 [38] 31 December 19 St. Louis 1–6 Tampa Bay Binnington 19,092 15–15–1 31 [39] 32 December 21 St. Louis 4–1 Florida Hofer 18,753 16–15–1 33 [40] 33 December 23 Chicago 5–7 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 17–15–1 35 [41] 34 December 27 Dallas 1–2 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 18–15–1 37 [42] 35 December 29 Colorado 2–1 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 18–16–1 37 [43] 36 December 30 St. Louis 2–4 Pittsburgh Hofer 18,321 18–17–1 37 [44]
January: 8–4–1 (home: 4–3–1; road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 4 Vancouver 1–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 19–17–1 39 [45] 38 January 6 St. Louis 2–1 Carolina SO Binnington 18,903 20–17–1 41 [46] 39 January 9 Florida 5–1 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 20–18–1 41 [47] 40 January 11 NY Rangers 2–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 21–18–1 43 [48] 41 January 13 Boston 4–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 21–18–2 44 [49] 42 January 15 Philadelphia 4–2 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 21–19–2 44 [50] 43 January 18 St. Louis 2–5 Washington Binnington 17,909 21–20–2 44 [51] 44 January 20 Washington 0–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 22–20–2 46 [52] 45 January 23 St. Louis 4–3 Calgary Binnington 16,813 23–20–2 48 [53] 46 January 24 St. Louis 4–3 Vancouver OT Hofer 19,003 24–20–2 50 [54] 47 January 26 St. Louis 4–3 Seattle OT Binnington 17,151 25–20–2 52 [55] 48 January 28 Los Angeles 3–4 St. Louis OT Hofer 18,096 26–20–2 54 [56] 49 January 30 Columbus 1–0 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 26–21–2 54 [57]
February: 4–5–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 10 St. Louis 3–1 Buffalo Hofer 16,726 27–21–2 56 [58] 51 February 11 St. Louis 7–2 Montreal Binnington 21,105 28–21–2 58 [59] 52 February 13 St. Louis 1–4 Toronto Binnington 18,307 28–22–2 58 [60] 53 February 15 Edmonton 3–6 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 29–22–2 60 [61] 54 February 17 Nashville 5–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 29–23–2 60 [62] 55 February 19 Toronto 4–2 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 29–24–2 60 [63] 56 February 22 NY Islanders 0–4 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 30–24–2 62 [64] 57 February 24 St. Louis 1–6 Detroit Binnington 19,525 30–25–2 62 [65] 58 February 27 St. Louis 2–4 Winnipeg Hofer 13,139 30–26–2 62 [66] 59 February 28 St. Louis 2–3 Edmonton OT Binnington 18,347 30–26–3 63 [67]
March: 9–5–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 2 Minnesota 1–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 31–26–3 65 [68] 61 March 4 St. Louis 2–1 Philadelphia SO Binnington 18,728 32–26–3 67 [69] 62 March 5 St. Louis 2–4 NY Islanders Hofer 16,540 32–27–3 67 [70] 63 March 7 St. Louis 1–4 New Jersey Binnington 16,259 32–28–3 67 [71] 64 March 9 St. Louis 0–4 NY Rangers Binnington 18,006 32–29–3 67 [72] 65 March 11 St. Louis 5–1 Boston Hofer 17,850 33–29–3 69 [73] 66 March 13 Los Angeles 1–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 34–29–3 71 [74] 67 March 16 Minnesota 2–3 St. Louis SO Binnington 18,096 35–29–3 73 [75] 68 March 17 Anaheim 2–4 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 36–29–3 75 [76] 69 March 19 Colorado 4–3 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 36–30–3 75 [77] 70 March 21 St. Louis 5–2 Ottawa Hofer 16,040 37–30–3 77 [78] 71 March 23 St. Louis 5–4 Minnesota OT Binnington 19,090 38–30–3 79 [79] 72 March 25 Vegas 2–1 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 38–30–4 80 [80] 73 March 28 Calgary 3–5 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 39–30–4 82 [81] 74 March 30 San Jose 4–0 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 39–31–4 82 [82]
April: 4–2–2 (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 Edmonton 2–3 St. Louis OT Binnington 18,096 40–31–4 84 [83] 76 April 4 St. Louis 3–6 Nashville Binnington 17,420 40–32–4 84 [84] 77 April 6 St. Louis 2–3 San Jose OT Hofer 15,603 40–32–5 85 [85] 78 April 7 St. Louis 6–5 Anaheim SO Binnington 16,421 41–32–5 87 [86] 79 April 10 Chicago 2–5 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 42–32–5 89 [87] 80 April 12 Carolina 5–2 St. Louis Binnington 18,096 42–33–5 89 [88] 81 April 14 Seattle 1–4 St. Louis Hofer 18,096 43–33–5 91 [89] 82 April 17 St. Louis 1–2 Dallas SO Binnington 18,532 43–33–6 92 [90] Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular season^[91]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Robert Thomas	82	26	60	86	+9	48
Jordan Kyrou	82	31	36	67	−12	22
Pavel Buchnevich	80	27	36	63	+3	48
Brayden Schenn	82	20	26	46	−22	56
Brandon Saad	82	26	16	42	−4	20
Torey Krug	77	4	35	39	−31	32
Jake Neighbours	77	27	11	38	−16	21
Justin Faulk	60	2	28	30	−2	39
Kevin Hayes	79	13	16	29	0	12
Nick Leddy	82	3	25	28	+14	14
Colton Parayko	82	10	16	26	+4	23
Kasperi Kapanen	73	6	16	22	−5	14
Alexey Toropchenko	82	14	7	21	−3	30
Oskar Sundqvist	71	6	15	21	−6	32
Scott Perunovich	54	0	17	17	+1	12
Nathan Walker	45	7	6	13	−1	18
Zachary Bolduc	25	5	4	9	0	6
Marco Scandella	65	2	6	8	+2	15
Matthew Kessel	39	1	6	7	0	12
Samuel Blais	53	1	6	7	−11	31
Jakub Vrana	21	2	4	6	−7	8
Tyler Tucker	26	1	1	2	+1	42
Nikita Alexandrov	23	0	2	2	−4	4
Calle Rosen	6	0	1	1	−1	2
Mackenzie MacEachern	8	0	1	1	−1	0
Zach Dean	9	0	0	0	−4	6
Hugh McGing	5	0	0	0	−5	0
Adam Gaudette	2	0	0	0	0	4
Robert Bortuzzo‡	4	0	0	0	+2	7

Goaltenders

Regular season^[92]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jordan Binnington	57	55	3,291:29	28	21	5	156	2.84	1,786	.913	3	0	3	8
Joel Hofer	30	27	1,628:39	15	12	1	72	2.65	830	.914	1	0	1	4

^†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.

Transactions

The Blues have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
December 8, 2023 (2023-12-08)	To New York Islanders Robert Bortuzzo	To St. Louis Blues 7th-round pick in 2024	[93]
March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Malcolm Subban	To St. Louis Blues Future considerations	[94]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Josh Jacobs	Colorado Avalanche	1-year	Free agency	[95]
	Wyatt Kalynuk	Vancouver Canucks			[95]
	Mackenzie MacEachern	Carolina Hurricanes	2-year		[95]
	Malcolm Subban	Buffalo Sabres	1-year		[95]
July 12, 2023 (2023-07-12)	Oskar Sundqvist	Minnesota Wild			[96]
July 19, 2023 (2023-07-19)	Jeremie Biakabutuka	Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)	3-year†		[97]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Logan Brown	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free agency	[98]
	Matthew Highmore	Ottawa Senators			[99]
	Tyler Pitlick	New York Rangers			[100]
	Steven Santini	Los Angeles Kings			[101]
July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03)	Brady Lyle	Calgary Flames			[102]
	Nathan Todd	San Jose Sharks	2-year		[103]
July 12, 2023 (2023-07-12)	Thomas Greiss			Retirement	[104]
July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)	Dmitri Samorukov	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[105]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)	Tyler Tucker	2-year	[106]
July 5, 2023 (2023-07-05)	Hugh McGing	1-year	[107]
July 16, 2023 (2023-07-16)	Alexey Toropchenko	2-year	[108]
January 9, 2024 (2024-01-09)	Nathan Walker	2-year‡	[109]
March 7, 2024 (2024-03-07)	Oskar Sundqvist	2-year	[110]
March 13, 2024 (2024-03-13)	Matthew Kessel	2-year	[111]

Draft Picks

See also: List of St. Louis Blues draft picks

Below are the St. Louis Blues' selections at the 2023 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Dalibor Dvorsky	C	Slovakia	AIK IF (HockeyAllsvenskan)
	25	Otto Stenberg	C	Sweden	Frölunda HC (SHL)
	29	Theo Lindstein	D	Sweden	Brynäs IF (SHL)
3	74	Quinton Burns	D	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
	76	Juraj Pekarcik	LW	Slovakia	HK Nitra (Slovak Extraliga)
4	106	Jakub Stancl	C	Czechia	Växjö Lakers (J20 Nationell)
5	138	Paul Fischer	D	United States	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (B1G)
6	170	Matthew Mayich	D	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
7	202	Nikita Susuyev	RW	Russia	JHC Spartak (MHL)