2013–14 St. Louis Blues season
| 2013–14 St. Louis Blues | |
|---|---|
| Division | 2nd Central |
| Conference | 3rd Western |
| 2013–14 record | 52–23–7 |
| Home record | 28–9–4 |
| Road record | 24–14–3 |
| Goals for | 248 |
| Goals against | 191 |
| Team information | |
| General Manager | Doug Armstrong |
| Coach | Ken Hitchcock |
| Captain | David Backes |
| Alternate captains |
Barret Jackman T. J. Oshie Alex Pietrangelo Alexander Steen |
| Arena | Scottrade Center |
| Average attendance | 17,025 (88.9%) 41 games (19,150 max.) |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Alexander Steen (33) |
| Assists | Alex Pietrangelo (43) |
| Points | Alexander Steen (62) |
| Penalties in minutes | Ryan Reaves (126) |
| Plus/minus | Jaden Schwartz (+28) |
| Wins | Jaroslav Halak (24) |
| Goals against average | Brian Elliott (1.96) |
The 2013–14 St. Louis Blues season was the 47th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Chicago Blackhawks, four games to two.
Jaroslav Halak became the Blues' leader in shutouts with his 17th on October 5, with a 7–0 victory over the Florida Panthers at the Scottrade Center, surpassing Glenn Hall's 16. Hall's record took 140 games (1968–1971), while Halak's took him only 121 games since he joined the Blues in June 2010.
The Blues have opened the season with a 4–0 start on October 12 with a home win against the New York Rangers, the first time they have started that perfectly in their 47-year history. The game was also their 10th consecutive home win dating back to last season.
Alexander Steen was named the First Star of the Month for October on November 1, having the best start of his NHL career. He scored 11 goals, including four power-play goals, and sat fourth in the NHL with 16 points in the team's 10 games played for the month.
The Blues' telecasts earned the highest ratings in October in the team's 18 seasons on Fox Sports Midwest, with a 3.5 rating, 94% higher than in October 2011 (1.8), and 13% higher than the team's previous October best, a 3.1 in 1997. The Blues were 7–1–1 in October.
Steen scored his NHL-leading 14th goal on November 7 against the Calgary Flames, the game-winner. Alexander Ovechkin and Steven Stamkos had tied him with their 13th earlier in the evening. He is the first Blues' player to score 14 goals in the team's first 14 games since the 1991 season, when Brett Hull scored 16. Maxim Lapierre scored his first goal as a Blue and goaltender Brian Elliott earned his 100th career win in stopping 18 shots out of 20. Jordan Leopold got his first two points of the season (both assists), while Kevin Shattenkirk got an assist on the Blues' second goal, giving him at least one in his seventh consecutive game, the longest in the NHL this season. He has eight in that span.
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