1 regular season
1.1 october
1.2 november
1.3 december
1.4 january
1.5 february
1.6 march
1.7 april
regular season
october
november
december
on december 28, robby fabbri became second blues player record hat trick before age of 21, joining bernie federko.
january
on january 20, 2 days after 25th birthday, blues recalled goalie phoenix copley minor league affiliate chicago wolves. made debut (in relief) blues on february 27, 2016. make first start in career in next game (january 21) against winnipeg jets. 11–4–2 chicago wolves season, , ranks ninth in ahl in goals-against average (2.32) , save-percentage (.920). in january 21 game, copley, playing 59 minutes, gave 5 goals on 29 shots, blues losing 5–3. jake allen did not travel team winnipeg game, staying home newborn daughter. rejoin team on monday, january 23, remaining 2 games of road trip. pulled fourth time in 6 starts after poor showing on january 19, allowing 4 goals on 10 shots against league-leading washington capitals (30–9–6, 66 pts.). presently has 2.85 gaa .897 save percentage. in 2015–16 season, had 2.35 gaa .920 save percentage.
after 1 start on january 21, copley assigned chicago wolves on january 25.
february
ken hitchcock relieved of duties head coach gm doug armstrong on february 1. mike yeo promoted associate coach. scheduled head coach next season. hitchcock served head coach of blues since november 8, 2011. on 6 seasons, led blues 248–124–41 regular season record , ranks second on blues all-time regular season wins list , fourth in nhl history overall 781 career regular season wins. hitchcock, 65, 781–473–111 88 ties in 20 seasons dallas stars, philadelphia flyers, columbus blue jackets , blues. s fourth all-time in nhl in coaching victories, behind scotty bowman (1,244), joel quenneville (831) , al arbour (782). 1,453 games coached fifth. won stanley cup coach of stars in 1999 , made cup final in 2000, losing new jersey devils in 6 games. teams made playoffs 13 times in 14 full seasons. goalie coach jim corsi has been relieved of duties. martin brodeur , ty conklin share goalie coach jim corsi s previous duties rest of year.
hitchcock 1 of best coaches in nhl history, , blues have been 1 of best teams in nhl under him. since start of 2011–12 season, when armstrong hired hitchcock after 13 games, blues have had .644 point percentage. pittsburgh penguins (.656) , chicago blackhawks (.648) have been better. blues went western conference final last season , came within 2 wins of first stanley cup final since 1970. blues still never have won cup, , have gone 9–14–1 since 15–7–4 start. since december 8, point percentage .395; colorado avalanche (.196) , arizona coyotes (.375) have been worse. clinging second wild card spot in western conference, in danger of missing stanley cup playoffs first time since 2010–11.
the blues retired bob plager s no. 5 uniform in ceremony on february 2, alongside brother barclay s no. 8, al macinnis no. 2, brett hull s no. 16, bernie federko s no. 24, bob gassoff s no. 3, , brian sutter s no. 11. no. 5 seventh jersey retired blues , 123rd among nhl s 30 teams. bob , barclay plager join 1 other pair of brothers have jerseys retired same team: maurice rocket , henri richard of montreal canadiens. joined club 21-year-old in expansion draft trade new york rangers in 1967 , became instant fan-favorite tenacious style of defense , famous hip checks. played 10 seasons in st. louis, racking 615 regular season games, 141 points , 762 penalty minutes.
he retired league after 1977–78 season, , has since held many positions organization, including head coach, vice president, director of professional scouting , director of player development. today, works in blues community relations department, serving ambassador in community not blues, st. louis, nhl , game of hockey in general.
mike yeo began tenure 25th head coach in franchise history on february 2. yeo spent 10 seasons pittsburgh penguins organization , captured 2009 stanley cup assistant. moved on minnesota, spent 5 seasons head coach , led minnesota wild 3 postseason berths, including consecutive trips second round in 2014 , 2015.
robby fabbri (c) injured midway through first period in february 4 game against pittsburgh penguins, suffering torn acl on left knee. lost remainder of regular season (30 games) , possible playoffs. not able play on ice again until training camp 2017–18 season starting in september. scored 11 goals , 18 assists 29 points in 51 games played. blues recalled forwards kenny agostino (lw) , magnus paajarvi (lw) chicago wolves.
carter hutton , jake allen scored back-to-back shutouts on road on february 6–7 of philadelphia flyers (2–0), , ottawa senators (6–0), respectively. hutton stopped 26 shots, , allen stopped 30. rookie ivan barbashev scored first nhl goal in waning minutes of third period in ottawa.
patrik berglund (c) scored first hat trick of career in 4-2 win (february 11) on montreal canadiens fourth consecutive win blues in tough five-game road trip, pushing them top 3 in central division s guarantee of playoff spot 63 points, 3 points ahead of next 2 teams. david perron (lw) scored other goal, , had assist. jake allen made 28 saves on 30 shots. coach mike yeo 5-1-0 since replacing ken hitchcock on february 1.
jake allen (g) named second star of week on february 13, week of february 6-12. allen, went 3-0-0 1.00 goals-against average, .967 save percentage , 13th career shutout against ottawa senators (february 7). 2 other wins against toronto maple leafs (2-1 ot, 31 saves, february 9), , montreal canadiens (february 11).
on february 17, blues activated kyle brodziak (c) 2 weeks ahead of schedule. suffered right foot injury on january 24, against pittsburgh penguins, , placed on injured reserve 2 days later. expected miss 5 weeks, missed 3 weeks , 10 games. wade megan (c) reassigned chicago wolves.
paul stastny (c) returned lineup on february 20, after missing 4 games lower-body injury against toronto maple leafs on february 9.
march
the blues clinched playoff spot on march 31, in 2-1 shootout loss colorado avalanche @ pepsi center. blues (42-28-7) needed 1 point qualify sixth consecutive trip postseason , 41st in 50-year history. had 6-0-2 record in past 8 games clinch playoffs. have two-point lead on nashville predators third place in central division. each has 5 games remaining. mark blues seventh playoff appearance in last 12 seasons. club reached playoffs in 25 consecutive years between 1979 , 2004. joined chicago blackhawks, pittsburgh penguins , new york rangers teams have reached playoffs in each of last 6 seasons.
april
on april 8, blues clinched third place in central division 5-4 shootout win on carolina hurricanes in raleigh. blues (46-29-7; 99 pts., 235-218 gf-ga) play second-place minnesota wild (49-25-8; 106 pts., 266-208 gf-ga) in western conference first round of stanley cup playoffs. playoffs begin on wednesday, april 12 first 2 games in st. paul.
game 1 (apr. 12) went blues in remarkable 51-save effort goalie jake allen. 51-saves fourth-most ever blues goaltender in playoff game, helping blues dramatic 2-1 overtime victory against minnesota. curtis joseph (61 saves , 57 saves), , ed staniowski (54 saves) have posted more. defenseman joel edmundson scored winner in overtime. acquired (c) vladimir sobotka gave blues 1-0 lead @ 6:21 of second period. sobotka played in first playoff game blues since 2014, after spending 3 seasons in kontinental hockey league. zach parise of wild ended allen s 1-0 shutout bid when scored 22 seconds remaining in third period, forcing overtime frame. edmundson scored winner @ 17:48 of overtime.
paul stastny (c) activated before fifth game on april 22, after missing 14 games; 10 in regular season , first 4 in playoffs against wild. scored blues third goal in third period, giving team 3-1 lead. magnus paajarvi (lw) wins series overtime goal @ 9:42. jake allen saves 34 of 37 shots in 4-3 win. blues play nashville predators (41-29-12; 94 pts., 240-224 gf-ga), swept chicago blackhawks.
on april 23, blues assigned jordan schmaltz (d) chicago wolves, , recalled prospect thomas vannelli (d), 22, acquired in 2013 nhl entry draft #47 in round 2.
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