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The NHL has released the complete 56 game schedules for all of their teams, and the most common things that fans are saying about them is “that’s a baseball schedule!”
It’s tight - the season starts for the Blues on the road against the Colorado Avalanche on January 13th, and the regular season doesn’t end until May 8th against the Vegas Golden Knights. The speed of the schedule - especially in February, where the Blues have 14 games in 28 days - is as though the All-Star Game and the Winter Olympics were both happening during the same season. The pace isn’t why fans are comparing it to a baseball schedule, though. That comparison is popping up because the schedule has been divided into two-game series of games to minimize travel for safety and scheduling purposes. The Blues start the season against the Avs on the 13th, but then they play them again on the 15th before heading home to face the San Jose Sharks for two games.
This will be something to behold for rivalry series, though the closest the Blues have to a rival in the West are the Avalanche. One bad hit doesn’t have to wait a month for retribution to be handed out. It has to wait a night.
It’s such a shame none of these series are against the Blackhawks:
2020-21 Regular Season Schedule
JANUARY
- Jan. 13 at Colorado Avalanche
- Jan. 15 at Colorado Avalanche
- Jan. 18 vs. San Jose Sharks
- Jan. 20 vs. San Jose Sharks
- Jan. 23 vs. Los Angeles Kings
- Jan. 24 vs. Los Angeles Kings
- Jan. 26 at Vegas Golden Knights
- Jan. 28 at Vegas Golden Knights
- Jan. 30 at Anaheim Ducks
- Jan. 31 at Anaheim Ducks
FEBRUARY
- Feb. 2 vs. Arizona Coyotes
- Feb. 4 vs. Arizona Coyotes
- Feb. 6 vs. Colorado Avalanche
- Feb. 7 vs. Colorado Avalanche
- Feb. 9 at Minnesota Wild
- Feb. 11 at Minnesota Wild
- Feb. 13 at Arizona Coyotes
- Feb. 15 at Arizona Coyotes
- Feb. 18 vs. San Jose Sharks
- Feb. 20 vs. San Jose Sharks
- Feb. 22 vs. Los Angeles Kings
- Feb. 24 vs. Los Angeles Kings
- Feb. 26 at San Jose Sharks
- Feb. 27 at San Jose Sharks
MARCH
- March 1 at Anaheim Ducks
- March 3 at Anaheim Ducks
- March 5 at Los Angeles Kings
- March 6 at Los Angeles Kings
- March 12 vs. Vegas Golden Knights
- March 13 vs. Vegas Golden Knights
- March 15 at Los Angeles Kings
- March 17 at Los Angeles Kings
- March 19 at San Jose Sharks
- March 20 at San Jose Sharks
- March 26 vs. Anaheim Ducks
- March 27 vs. Anaheim Ducks
- March 29 vs. Arizona Coyotes
- March 31 vs. Arizona Coyotes
APRIL
- April 3 at Colorado Avalanche
- April 5 vs. Vegas Golden Knights
- April 7 vs. Vegas Golden Knights
- April 9 vs. Minnesota Wild
- April 11 vs. Minnesota Wild
- April 15 at Arizona Coyotes
- April 17 at Arizona Coyotes
- April 20 at Colorado Avalanche
- April 22 vs. Colorado Avalanche
- April 24 vs. Colorado Avalanche
- April 26 at Minnesota Wild
- April 28 at Minnesota Wild
- April 30 vs. Minnesota Wild
MAY
- May 1 vs. Minnesota Wild
- May 3 vs. Anaheim Ducks
- May 5 vs. Anaheim Ducks
- May 7 at Vegas Golden Knights
- May 8 at Vegas Golden Knights