2020-21 Blues regular-season schedule

Team will compete for one season in newly-named West Division

By LOU KORAC

ST. LOUIS -- The NHL revealed the scheduled for all 31 teams on Wednesday afternoon, including that of the Blues, who will play in the West Division this season in a 56-game abbreviated regular-season schedule set forth because of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).

The Blues will open the season against the Colorado Avalanche in newly-named Ball Arena on Jan. 13 and conclude the regular season against Alex Pietrangelo at the Vegas Golden Knights in Las Vegas on May 8.

The Blues, who have 10 sets of back-to-backs, will play each of their divisional opponents eight times, including the Minnesota Wild four straight games (April 26-28 in Minnesota and April 30-May 1 in St. Louis) and will be preceded by a three-game set with the Avalanche April 20-24.

Game times have not been released yet by the league.

The Blues will face Pietrangelo, who left after 12 years -- including the past four as captain -- when he signed a free agent contract with the Golden Knights on Oct. 12, for the first time in Vegas on Jan. 26. Pietrangelo returns to St. Louis for the first time March 12.

The Blues announced that there will be no spectators inside Enterprise Center through Jan. 31, which means at least the first four home games will not have spectators although the team is hopeful of entertaining fans for games at some point.

With the Blues temporarily going out west, it will mark the first time in 54 years (excluding the lockout season of 2004-05) that they will not play their archrival Chicago Blackhawks in the regular season.

Here is the full schedule: 

2020-21 ST. LOUIS BLUES SCHEDULE
REGULAR SEASON
JANUARY
13 -- at Colorado
15 -- at Colorado
18 -- vs. SAN JOSE
20 -- vs. SAN JOSE
23 -- vs. LOS ANGELES
24 -- vs. LOS ANGELES
26 -- at Vegas
28 -- at Vegas
30 -- at Anaheim
31 -- at Anaheim

FEBRUARY
2 -- vs. ARIZONA
4 -- vs. ARIZONA
6 -- vs. COLORADO
7 -- vs. COLORADO
9 -- at Minnesota
11 -- at Minnesota
13 -- at Arizona
15 -- at Arizona
18 -- vs. SAN JOSE
20 -- vs. SAN JOSE
22 -- vs. LOS ANGELES
24 -- vs. LOS ANGELES
26 -- at San Jose
27 -- at San Jose

MARCH
1 -- at Anaheim
3 -- at Anaheim
5 -- at Los Angeles Kings
6 -- at Los Angeles Kings
12 -- vs. VEGAS
13 -- vs. VEGAS
15 -- at Los Angeles
17 -- at Los Angeles
19 -- at San Jose
20 -- at San Jose
26 -- vs. ANAHEIM
27 -- vs. ANAHEIM
29 -- vs. ARIZONA
31 -- vs. ARIZONA

APRIL
3 -- at Colorado
5 -- vs. VEGAS
7 -- vs. VEGAS
9 -- vs. MINNESOTA
11 -- vs. MINNESOTA
15 -- at Arizona
17 -- at Arizona
20 -- at Colorado
22 -- vs. COLORADO
24 -- vs. COLORADO
26 -- at Minnesota
28 -- at Minnesota
30 -- vs. MINNESOTA

MAY
1 -- vs. MINNESOTA
3 -- vs. ANAHEIM
5 -- vs. ANAHEIM
7 -- at Vegas
8 -- at Vegas