2022-23 Blues Schedule Officially Released
The 2022-23 regular-season schedule for the St. Louis Blues was released on July 6. It gave fans a look at who the Blues will face in their quest for their 2nd Stanley Cup title.
The regular season will run from Oct. 15, 2022 to April 13, 2023.
St. Louis opens the regular season at home against the Columbus Blue Jackets on October 15 at 7 PM/8 PM eastern. The Blues will clash with their Central Division rivals 26 times during the season, playing the Blackhawks, Wild, Predators, Jets, and the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche 4 times each.
St. Louis will also face off with fellow Western Conference members Arizona and Dallas on 3 separate occasions. The Blues face Pacific Division teams 24 times as well. After getting through the bulk of Western Conference play, St. Louis will deal with 32 inter-conference matchups to close out the season.
The home schedule features many prominent interactions. The Blues are up to 9 Saturday home games, have a 7-game homestand from Jan. 10-24 and 14 sets of back-to-back games.
Here’s a quick look at the first month for the Blues:
Oct. 15 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets – 7 p.m./8 pm ET
Oct. 19 at Seattle Kraken – 9 p.m./10 pm ET
Oct. 22 at Edmonton Oilers – 3 p.m./4 pm ET
Oct. 24 at Winnipeg Jets – 7 p.m./8 pm ET
Oct. 26 vs. Edmonton Oilers – 7 p.m./8 PM ET
Oct. 27 at Nashville Predators – 7 p.m./8 PM ET
Oct. 29 vs. Montreal Canadiens – 6 p.m./7PM ET
Oct. 31 vs. Los Angeles Kings – 7 p.m./8 PM ET
And here’s how the Blues’ final month shapes up:
April 1 at Nashville Predators – Noon/1 PM ET
April 2 vs. Boston Bruins – 2:30 p.m./3:30 PM ET
April 4 vs. Philadelphia Flyers – 7 p.m./8 PM ET
April 6 vs. NY Rangers – 7 p.m./8 PM ET
April 8 at Minnesota Wild – 2 p.m./3 PM ET
April 12 vs. Dallas Stars – 6:30 p.m./7:30 PM ET
April 13 at Dallas Stars – 7:30 p.m./8:30 PM ET
The Blues take their All-Star break from Jan. 31-Feb. 10. This year’s All-Star Game will take place in Sunrise, Florida, at FLA Live Arena, the home of the Florida Panthers, last season’s President’s Trophy winners.
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Other than the Nashville matchups, there aren’t a ton of rivalry matchups in the first month. The end of the season is a little more interesting with those games against Minnesota, Boston and Dallas, but we’ll see if there are playoff implications up until the end or if St. Louis has it all wrapped up by then.