2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks season
2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 6th Central |
2020–21 record | 24–25–7 |
Home record | 13–11–4 |
Road record | 11–14–3 |
Goals for | 161 |
Goals against | 186 |
Team information | |
General manager | Stan Bowman |
Coach | Jeremy Colliton |
Captain | Jonathan Toews |
Alternate captains | Patrick Kane Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook (Jan.–Mar.) |
Arena | United Center |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Alex DeBrincat (32) |
Assists | Patrick Kane (51) |
Points | Patrick Kane (66) |
Penalty minutes | Nikita Zadorov (36) |
Plus/minus | Alex DeBrincat Riley Stillman (+3) |
Wins | Kevin Lankinen (17) |
Goals against average | Kevin Lankinen (3.01) |
The 2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 95th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[1] The Blackhawks were led by Jeremy Colliton in his second full year as head coach.
On December 20, 2020, the league announced a shortened 56-game season and realignment into four divisions with no conferences for the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border.[2][3] As a result of this realignment, the Blackhawks remained in the Central Division and only played games against the teams in their realigned division during the regular season.[4]
On May 3, the Blackhawks were eliminated from playoff contention after a 5–2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.[5]
Blackhawk captain Jonathan Toews missed the entire season due to an undisclosed injury which was later revealed to be chronic immune response syndrome.[6]
The season also marked the last season with the Blackhawks for defenseman Duncan Keith who was traded after the season.[7]
Standings
Pos | Team
| GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | y – Carolina Hurricanes | 56 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 179 | 136 | +43 | 80 |
2 | x – Florida Panthers | 56 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 189 | 153 | +36 | 79 |
3 | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 56 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 29 | 181 | 147 | +34 | 75 |
4 | x – Nashville Predators | 56 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 156 | 154 | +2 | 64 |
5 | e – Dallas Stars | 56 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 158 | 154 | +4 | 60 |
6 | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 56 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 161 | 186 | −25 | 55 |
7 | e – Detroit Red Wings | 56 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 127 | 171 | −44 | 48 |
8 | e – Columbus Blue Jackets | 56 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 137 | 187 | −50 | 48 |
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division
Schedule and results
Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[9]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Detailed records
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Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pts | GF | GA |
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Carolina Hurricanes | 2–1–1 | 1–3–0 | 3–4–1 | 7 | 24 | 30 |
Columbus Blue Jackets | 2–2–0 | 4–0–0 | 6–2–0 | 12 | 28 | 22 |
Dallas Stars | 2–1–1 | 3–1–0 | 5–2–1 | 11 | 22 | 24 |
Detroit Red Wings | 3–1–0 | 3–1–0 | 6–2–0 | 12 | 30 | 16 |
Florida Panthers | 2–1–1 | 0–3–1 | 2–4–2 | 6 | 24 | 31 |
Nashville Predators | 1–3–0 | 0–2–2 | 1–5–2 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
Tampa Bay Lightning | 1–2–1 | 0–4–0 | 1–6–1 | 3 | 19 | 37 |
Total | 13–11–4 | 11–14–3 | 24–25–7 | 55 | 161 | 186 |
Player statistics
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Patrick Kane | 56 | 15 | 51 | 66 | −7 | 14 |
Alex DeBrincat | 52 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 3 | 12 |
Dominik Kubalik | 56 | 17 | 21 | 38 | −3 | 18 |
Pius Suter | 55 | 14 | 13 | 27 | −5 | 14 |
Brandon Hagel | 52 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −7 | 11 |
Mattias Janmark‡ | 41 | 10 | 9 | 19 | −17 | 8 |
Dylan Strome | 40 | 9 | 8 | 17 | −16 | 14 |
Philipp Kurashev | 54 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −9 | 12 |
Adam Boqvist | 35 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −7 | 14 |
Carl Soderberg‡ | 34 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −5 | 14 |
Duncan Keith | 54 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −13 | 30 |
Connor Murphy | 50 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 35 |
Vinnie Hinostroza† | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 8 |
David Kampf | 56 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −3 | 20 |
Kirby Dach | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −3 | 4 |
Calvin de Haan | 44 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −16 | 14 |
Wyatt Kalynuk | 21 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −6 | 4 |
Nikita Zadorov | 55 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 36 |
Ian Mitchell | 39 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −10 | 14 |
Nicolas Beaudin | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Ryan Carpenter | 40 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −10 | 19 |
Andrew Shaw | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −5 | 6 |
Adam Gaudette† | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
Mike Hardman | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Lucas Wallmark‡ | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 6 |
MacKenzie Entwistle | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Brett Connolly† | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Matthew Highmore‡ | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 6 |
Riley Stillman† | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Madison Bowey‡ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lucas Carlsson‡ | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Reese Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 9 |
Alec Regula | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Brandon Pirri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Kevin Lankinen | 37 | 37 | 2,174:49 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 109 | 3.01 | 1,204 | .909 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Malcolm Subban | 16 | 14 | 881:17 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 3.20 | 471 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Collin Delia | 6 | 5 | 334:29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 3.59 | 205 | .902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Blackhawks. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Transactions
The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.
Trades
Draft picks
Below are the Chicago Blackhawks's selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 17 | Lukas Reichel | LW | Germany | Eisbären Berlin (DEL) |
2 | 46 | Drew Commesso | G | United States United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
3 | 79 | Landon Slaggert | LW | United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
4 | 110 | Michael Krutil | D | Czech Republic | Sparta Jr. (U20 Extraliga) |
5 | 141 | Isaak Phillips | D | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
6 | 172 | Chad Yetman | C | Canada | Erie Otters (OHL) |
Notes
- ^ a b c d Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.
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