

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues will welcome Vladimir Tarasenko and the Minnesota Wild to town for the regular-season opener Oct. 9 at Enterprise Center.
Among the many roster changes that transpired over the offseason, Tarasenko was traded from the Red Wings to the Wild, so there will be some new faces in new places when the Blues take the ice in 2025-26.
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Some others are more recent Blues players facing their former team, such as Zack Bolduc (Montreal Canadiens), Nick Leddy (San Jose Sharks) and Radek Faksa (Dallas Stars).
But perhaps specific players aren’t of the most interest to you — it’s teams.
Well, after the way the 2024-25 season wrapped up, you’ll want to know that the Winnipeg Jets make their first trip to St. Louis Dec. 17.
The Blues can begin to get the taste of that excruciating first-round playoff loss out of their mouths when they drop the puck on the preseason Sept. 20 against the Dallas Stars — the first of six exhibition games that were announced earlier this week.
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And on Wednesday, the Blues got their regular-season schedule:
- 16 weekend home games — six on Friday, 10 on Saturday
- Four four-game homestands
- One five-game road trip
- 13 back-to-back sets
- Olympic break Feb. 5-24
Here’s the breakdown with month-by-month takeaways …
(All times in CT)
October
9: vs. Minnesota Wild, 7 p.m.
11: at Calgary Flames, 3 p.m.
13: at Vancouver Canucks, 6:30 p.m.
15: vs. Chicago Blackhawks, 8:30 p.m.
18: vs. Dallas Stars, 6 p.m.
21: vs. Los Angeles Kings, 7 p.m.
23: vs. Utah Mammoth, 7 p.m.
25: at Detroit Red Wings, 6 p.m.
27: at Pittsburgh Penguins, 6 p.m.
28: vs. Detroit Red Wings, 7:15 p.m.
30: vs. Vancouver Canucks, 7 p.m.
Takeaway
- Teams typically don’t mind playing on the road in the first month of the season to give the players some bonding time. The Blues get a little bit of that with the early trip to Calgary-Vancouver and, later in the month, Detroit and Pittsburgh. Otherwise, it’s a good mix of challenging clubs like Dallas and some beatable opponents, such as Chicago and Detroit.
November
1: at Columbus Blue Jackets, 6 p.m.
3: vs. Edmonton Oilers, 7:30 p.m.
5: at Washington Capitals, 6:30 p.m.
6: at Buffalo Sabres, 6 p.m.
8: vs. Seattle Kraken, 6 p.m.
11: vs. Calgary Flames, 7 p.m.
14: vs. Philadelphia Flyers, 7 p.m.
15: vs. Vegas Golden Knights, 7 p.m.
18: at Toronto Maple Leafs, 6 p.m.
20: at Philadelphia Flyers, 6 p.m.
22: at New York Islanders, 2:30 p.m.
24: at New York Rangers, 6 p.m.
26: at New Jersey Devils, 6 p.m.
28: vs. Ottawa Senators, 3 p.m.
29: vs. Utah Mammoth, 7 p.m.
Takeaway
- It’ll look a little different this season playing Vegas without Alex Pietrangelo, who may miss the entire season and beyond with injuries. That game against the Golden Knights will be at Enterprise Center on Nov. 15, one of 12 games the Blues will play at home in their first 19 games. After that, they will embark on a season-high five-game road trip.
December
1: vs. Anaheim Ducks, 7 p.m.
4: at Boston Bruins, 6 p.m.
6: at Ottawa Senators, 6 p.m.
7: at Montreal Canadiens, 6 p.m.
9: vs. Boston Bruins, 6 p.m.
11: at Nashville Predators, 7 p.m.
12: vs. Chicago Blackhawks, 7 p.m.
15: vs. Nashville Predators, 7 p.m.
17: vs. Winnipeg Jets, 7 p.m.
18: vs. New York Rangers, 7 p.m.
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20: at Florida Panthers, 5 p.m.
22: at Tampa Bay Lightning, 6 p.m.
27: vs. Nashville Predators, 7 p.m.
29: vs. Buffalo Sabres, 7 p.m.
31: at Colorado Avalanche, 8 p.m.
Takeaway
- This will be reunion month, as Blues coach Jim Montgomery faces off against the team that fired him, Boston, including a trip to TD Garden Dec. 4. The Blues will also see Bolduc for the first time since the offseason trade with Montreal for Logan Mailloux. They’ll also meet up with the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.
January
2: vs. Vegas Golden Knights, 2 p.m.
3: vs. Montreal Canadiens, 3 p.m.
7: at Chicago Blackhawks, 8:30 p.m.
9: at Utah Mammoth, 8 p.m.
10: at Vegas Golden Knights, 9 p.m.
13: vs. Carolina Hurricanes, 7 p.m.
16: vs. Tampa Bay Lightning, 7 p.m.
18: at Edmonton Oilers, 7 p.m.
20: at Winnipeg Jets, 7 p.m.
23: at Dallas Stars, 7 p.m.
24: vs. Los Angeles Kings, 7 p.m.
27: vs. Dallas Stars, 7 p.m.
29: vs. Florida Panthers, 7 p.m.
31: vs. Columbus Blue Jackets, 6 p.m.
Takeaway
- This shapes up to be a difficult month on the schedule with two games against Vegas and Dallas, as well as matchups with Carolina, Tampa Bay, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Los Angeles and Florida. The Blues should have a good idea how their season is going by the end of March and heading into the Olympic break.
February
2: at Nashville Predators, 7 p.m.
4: at Dallas Stars, 8:30 p.m.
26: vs. Seattle Kraken, 7 p.m.
28: vs. New Jersey Devils, 6 p.m.
Takeaway
- If the 4 Nations Face-Off Tournament was any indication, the return of NHL players to the Olympics in 2026 will be a much-welcome time on the calendar when it rolls around in February. In what is known as the dog days of the regular season, the Blues will be off with the rest of the league for three weeks, which should have them super-charged when they return against Seattle.
March
1: at Minnesota Wild, 5:30 p.m.
4: at Seattle Kraken, 9 p.m.
6: at San Jose Sharks, 9 p.m.
8: at Anaheim Ducks, 8 p.m.
10: vs. New York Islanders, 6:30 p.m.
12: at Carolina Hurricanes, 6 p.m.
13: vs. Edmonton Oilers, 7 p.m.
15: at Winnipeg Jets, 2 p.m.
18: at Calgary Flames, 8:30 p.m.
21: at Vancouver Canucks, 6 p.m.
24: vs. Washington Capitals, 7 p.m.
26: vs. San Jose Sharks, 7 p.m.
28: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 6 p.m.
30: at San Jose Sharks, 9 p.m.
Takeaway
- The NHL trade deadline is March 6, so the Blues will have just four games from the time they return from the Olympic break before the deadline.
April
1: at Los Angeles Kings, 8 p.m.
3: at Anaheim Ducks, 9 p.m.
5: at Colorado Avalanche, 8:30 p.m.
7: vs. Colorado Avalanche, 7 p.m.
9: vs. Winnipeg Jets, 7 p.m.
11: at Chicago Blackhawks, 4 p.m.
13: vs. Minnesota Wild, 7 p.m.
14: vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 8:30 p.m.
16: at Utah Mammoth, 7 p.m.
Takeaway
- This will be crunch time. If the Blues plan to be back in the playoffs in 2025-26, it will likely be a race for a Western Conference wild-card spot, and the final month of the season features teams such as L.A., Minnesota and Utah that could be in that same battle.
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