2010–11 Chicago Blackhawks season

2010–11 Chicago Blackhawks
Division 3rd Central
Conference 8th Western
2010–11 record 44–29–9
Home record 24–17–0
Road record 20–12–9
Goals for 258
Goals against 225
Team information
General Manager Stan Bowman
Coach Joel Quenneville
Captain Jonathan Toews
Alternate captains Duncan Keith
Patrick Sharp
Arena United Center
Average attendance 21,423 (108.6%)
Total: 878,356 [1]
Team leaders
Goals Patrick Sharp (34)
Assists Patrick Kane (46)
Points Jonathan Toews (76)
Penalties in minutes John Scott (72)
Plus/minus Brian Campbell (+28)
Wins Corey Crawford (33)
Goals against average Corey Crawford (2.30)

The 2010–11 Chicago Blackhawks season is the club's 85th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).[2] The team was nicknamed the "Hangover 'Hawks" for having to recover from winning the franchise's first Stanley Cup in 49 years while adapting to the loss of several players from that team due to salary cap restrictions.

The Blackhawks succumbed to the Presidents' Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks in seven games in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Off-season

Under pressure to fit the team's player salaries under the salary cap for the 2010–11 season, the team began making trades shortly after winning the Stanley Cup. On June 24, the club traded Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, Brent Sopel and Akim Aliu to the Atlanta Thrashers for Marty Reasoner, Joey Crabb, Jeremy Morin, a first-round pick (#24 overall) in 2010 and a second-round pick (#54 overall) in 2010.[3] Later that same day, restricted free agent Colin Fraser was traded to the Edmonton Oilers for a sixth-round pick in 2010.[4] On June 30, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded for right winger Kris Versteeg from Chicago in a five-player trade. The Maple Leafs gave up forwards Viktor Stalberg, Chris DiDomenico and Philippe Paradis. Toronto also acquired the rights to 21-year-old left winger Bill Sweatt, who was a second-round pick in 2007.[5] On July 1, the Blackhawks traded Andrew Ladd to the Atlanta Thrashers for Ivan Vishnevskiy and a second-round draft pick in 2011.[6] On July 9, Niklas Hjalmarsson was signed to an offer sheet by the San Jose Sharks, though the Blackhawks matched the offer on July 12,[7] thereby retaining his services and forgoing compensation from the Sharks for signing a restricted free agent. This signing again put Chicago against the salary cap wall, and as a result forced the club to forego resigning goaltender Antti Niemi, who had filed for arbitration.

Regular season

Goaltender Marty Turco made his Blackhawks debut on October 7, a 4–3 overtime loss against the Colorado Avalanche. His first Blackhawks win came on October 15, a 5–2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Defenseman Nick Leddy made his NHL debut on October 7, and he scored his first NHL goal on October 11. Evan Brophey made his NHL debut on October 23. Patrick Sharp had a record of 13 shots on goal, the highest shot total in a single game in Blackhawks history. Marian Hossa was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week for the week ending on October 18, and Duncan Keith was named Third Star of the Week for the week ending on November 1.

Division standings

Central Division[8]
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 y-Detroit Red Wings8247251043261241104
2 Nashville Predators824427113821919499
3 Chicago Blackhawks82442993825822597
4 St. Louis Blues823833113424023487
5 Columbus Blue Jackets823435132921525881

Conference standings

Western Conference
R Div GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 p – Vancouver CanucksNW825419950262185117
2 y – San Jose SharksPA824825943248213105
3 y – Detroit Red WingsCE8247251043261241104
4 Anaheim DucksPA82473054323923599
5 Nashville PredatorsCE824427113821919499
6 Phoenix CoyotesPA824326133823122699
7 Los Angeles KingsPA82463063621919898
8 Chicago BlackhawksCE82442993825822597
8.5
9 Dallas StarsPA824229113722723395
10 Calgary FlamesNW824129123225023794
11 St. Louis BluesCE823833113424023487
12 Minnesota WildNW82393583620623386
13 Columbus Blue JacketsCE823435132921525881
14 Colorado AvalancheNW82304482422728868
15 Edmonton OilersNW822545122319326962

bold - qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL)
CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division

Schedule and results

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Pre-season

Regular season

2010–11 Season

Playoffs

The Blackhawks returned to the playoffs for the 3rd straight season and were defending their championship of the Stanley Cup as the 8th seed. The Blackhawks played the Canucks for the 3rd straight postseason. In the previous two rounds, the Blackhawks defeated the Canucks twice, four games to two. The Blackhawks were down 3 games to 0, but managed to tie up the series facing elimination. The Blackhawks became just the seventh team in NHL history to come back to tie an 0-3 deficit in the playoffs. The Blackhawks lost in overtime in game 7 to an Alex Burrows goal for a 2–1 loss.

2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM
Corey Crawford573337331861282.301545.9174012
Marty Turco29163111113823.02799.8971006
Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM
Corey Crawford743534162.21218.9271020

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blackhawks. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
Traded or released mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Detailed records

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
PlayerAwardReached
Marian Hossa[9]NHL Second Star of the WeekOctober 18, 2010
Duncan Keith[10]NHL Third Star of the WeekNovember 1, 2010
Corey Crawford[11]NHL Second Star of the WeekFebruary 28, 2011
Jonathan Toews[12]NHL First Star of the MonthFebruary 2011

Milestones

Regular season
PlayerMilestoneReached
Nick Leddy1st Career NHL GameOctober 7, 2010[13]
Brandon Pirri1st Career NHL GameOctober 9, 2010[14]
Nick Leddy1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point
October 11, 2010[13]
Brent Seabrook400th Career NHL GameOctober 20, 2010
Duncan Keith200th Career NHL PointOctober 22, 2010
Evan Brophey1st Career NHL GameOctober 23, 2010[15]
Ben Smith1st Career NHL GameOctober 29, 2010[16]
Jonathan Toews200th Career NHL PointOctober 29, 2010
Jordan Hendry100th Career NHL GameNovember 1, 2010
Jeremy Morin1st Career NHL GameNovember 6, 2010[17]
Jeremy Morin1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
November 30, 2010[18]
Jassen Cullimore800th Career NHL GameDecember 8, 2010
Rob Klinkhammer1st Career NHL GameDecember 8, 2010
Jeremy Morin1st Career NHL GoalDecember 8, 2010[19]
John Scott100th Career NHL GameDecember 28, 2010
Troy Brouwer200th Career NHL GameJanuary 3, 2011
Brian Campbell300th Career NHL PointJanuary 9, 2011
Tomas Kopecky300th Career NHL GameJanuary 9, 2011
Dave Bolland200th Career NHL Game
100th Career NHL Point
January 16, 2011
Jonathan Toews100th Career NHL GoalJanuary 16, 2011
Brian Campbell600th Career NHL GameFebruary 4, 2011
Marian Hossa800th Career NHL PointFebruary 12, 2011
Troy Brouwer100th Career NHL PointFebruary 16, 2011
Patrick Sharp300th Career NHL PointFebruary 24, 2011
Viktor Stalberg100th Career NHL GameMarch 2, 2011
Patrick Kane300th Career NHL GameMarch 4, 2011
Patrick Kane100th Career NHL GoalMarch 14, 2011
Nick Leddy1st Career NHL AssistMarch 20, 2011
Marcus Kruger1st Career NHL GameMarch 23, 2011
Chris Campoli100th Career NHL AssistMarch 28, 2011
Patrick Kane300th Career NHL PointApril 5, 2011
Jake Dowell100th Career NHL GameApril 6, 2011
Jonathan Toews300th Career NHL GameApril 6, 2011
Bryan Bickell100th Career NHL GameApril 8, 2011
Ryan Johnson700th Career NHL GameApril 8, 2011
Ben Smith1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point
April 8, 2011
Patrick Kane200th Career NHL AssistApril 10, 2011
Playoffs
PlayerMilestoneReached
Jake Dowell1st Career NHL Playoff GameApril 13, 2011
Michael Frolik1st Career NHL Playoff GameApril 13, 2011
Nick Leddy1st Career NHL Playoff GameApril 13, 2011
Ben Smith1st Career NHL Playoff GameApril 13, 2011
Viktor Stalberg1st Career NHL Playoff GameApril 13, 2011
Michael Frolik1st Career NHL Playoff Assist
1st Career NHL Playoff Point
April 15, 2011
Marcus Kruger1st Career NHL Playoff GameApril 15, 2011
Ben Smith1st Career NHL Playoff Goal
1st Career NHL Playoff Point
April 15, 2011
Viktor Stalberg1st Career NHL Playoff Goal
1st Career NHL Playoff Point
April 15, 2011
John Scott1st Career NHL Playoff GameApril 17, 2011
Bryan Bickell1st Career NHL Playoff GoalApril 19, 2011
Corey Crawford1st Career NHL Playoff WinApril 19, 2011
Michael Frolik1st Career NHL Playoff GoalApril 19, 2011
Corey Crawford1st Career NHL Playoff ShutoutApril 21, 2011
Marcus Kruger1st Career NHL Playoff Assist
1st Career NHL Playoff Goal
April 21, 2011

Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

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