St. Louis Blues 2024-25 Stanley Cup Betting
The St. Louis Blues are fighting to avoid being home for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the third consecutive season. St. Louis is on its third coach in two years with Jim Montgomery, who replaced Drew Bannister after a 9-12-1 start. Monty had a solid start to his tenure with a 14-9-3 start and has the Blues within playoff position in the Western Conference. Despite the improvement by the Blues, nailing down a playoff spot will not be easy. St. Louis is an inconsistent team on both ends of the ice and lacks a dominant, finishing scorer. Additionally, Jordan Binnington peaked as a goaltender during the epic 2019 Stanley Cup championship run.
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St. Louis Blues Team Overview
Just past the midway point of the 2024-25 NHL season, the St. Louis Blues were 23-21-4 straight up and 19-25 over/under the total. Also, St. Louis was 10th in the Western Conference playoff standings. St. Louis was One point behind the Calgary Flames for the final spot in the Western Conference playoff race.
St. Louis had NHL rankings of 22nd for goals scored and 22nd for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Blues had NHL rankings of 17th for goals against and 29th for penalty killing.
St. Louis Blues Key Players
C Robert Thomas was the 20th overall pick of the 2017 NHL Draft by the Blues. His NHL career began in St. Louis in 2018-19, and he was a role player in the Stanley Cup championship. Thomas represents the future of the Blues, as he is likely to man a new franchise marquee. Thomas is a 2024 NHL All-Star. Last year, Thomas scored 26 goals with 60 assists. So far this season, Thomas has 11 goals, 24 assists, 35 points and a +4.
LW Pavel Buchnevich broke into the NHL with the New York Rangers in 2017-18 and has been with the Blues since 2021-22. Last year, he scored 27 goals. So far this season, he has 11 goals, 19 assists, 30 points and a +1.
The Blues’ leading scorer is Jordan Kyrou with 20 goals, 21 assists, 41 points and a +11.
St. Louis Blues Goaltenders
Number one goaltender Jordan Binnington has been inconsistent since coming out of nowhere to backstop the Blues' Stanley Cup championship run as a career minor leaguer. Last year, Binnington improved to a .913 save percentage. This season, he has a 2.86 goals against average with a .898 save percentage. His record is 13-17-3 with three shutouts.
St. Louis Blues Head Coach
Head coach Drew Bannister was a minor league coach for the Blues before being called up for his first NHL HC gig on December 12, 2023. He was fired this season after a 9-12-1 start. Jim Montgomery arrived from the Boston Bruins, where he went 120-41-23.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
2023–24 |
82 |
43 |
33 |
5th, Central |
Did not qualify |
2022–23 |
82 |
37 |
38 |
6th, Central |
Did not qualify |
2021–22 |
82 |
49 |
22 |
3rd, Central |
Lost in Second Round, 2–4 (Avalanche) |
2020–21 |
56 |
27 |
20 |
4th, West |
Lost in First Round, 0–4 (Avalanche) |
2019–20 |
71 |
42 |
19 |
1st, Central |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Canucks) |
2018–19 |
82 |
45 |
28 |
3rd, Central |
Stanley Cup Champions, 4–3 (Bruins) |
St. Louis Blues History
The St. Louis Blues were part of the NHL 1967 “Great Expansion” when the league doubled from 6 to 12 teams. The Blues made the Stanley Cup Final in their first three seasons by winning the “West” Division comprised of the six expansion teams. As a result, the Blues started leading the entire NHL in attendance for most of their first decade of existence. St. Louis finally won its first Stanley Cup in 2019, which set off a celebration that matched anything the baseball Cardinals ever had.
Now, St. Louis is firmly established as one of the great legacy franchises in the NHL. Past marquee men of the Blues include Jacques Plante, Glenn Hall, Red Berenson, brothers Bob and Barclay Plager, and Brett Hull. Hull’s arrival jumpstarted a franchise mired in mediocrity, and the Blues have had a big league feel ever since.
St. Louis has found a combination of stability and consistency with chairman Tom Stillman and general manager Doug Armstrong. Armstrong has done a masterful job of keeping the team a contender while navigating the salary cap and free agency challenges.
Most important of all, Armstrong delivered the Stanley Cup banner that had painfully eluded this franchise.
The Stanley Cup championship was the final piece of the credibility puzzle for the Blues. The franchise has always had a large, passionate, and generational fan base. Tradition and history have been a leading part of the franchise’s culture from the start. But now that a Stanley Cup championship banner hangs from the rafters, a long-sought legitimacy is complete.
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