The St. Louis Blues missed qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs by just four points, according to an April 21 announcement from the team. Despite not reaching their postseason goal, the Blues finished the season with a strong performance, winning their last four games and posting a record of 17-5-3 after the National Hockey League’s return from the Olympic break.
The late-season surge highlights significant improvement and development among both veteran players and emerging young talent on the roster. The organization said this progress should give fans reasons to be optimistic about future seasons.
During the post-Olympic stretch, St. Louis shared fourth-most wins in the league and posted a league-best defensive mark of just 2.16 goals allowed per game—down from 3.51 before the break, which had ranked them near last place defensively prior to that period. Their penalty kill also improved substantially to rank third overall at 84.8% after struggling earlier in the year.
Rookies played a key role for St. Louis this season, combining for 43 goals—the most among all teams—and producing over one hundred points as a group, ranking fourth league-wide in rookie scoring output. Jimmy Snuggerud led all rookies on his team with 21 goals and became only the tenth rookie in franchise history to reach twenty or more goals in a single campaign.
Among skaters, Robert Thomas paced St. Louis with twenty-five goals while maintaining his streak of five consecutive seasons with at least sixty points—a feat matched only by Vladimir Tarasenko among Blues players over nearly two-and-a-half decades.
Goaltender Joel Hofer set personal bests across several categories including wins (24), games played (46), and shutouts (6). From late November onward he was among NHL leaders in save percentage (.921) and goals-against average (2.27). Jordan Binnington also contributed down the stretch with solid performances during his final eight starts.
