2019–20 Chicago Blackhawks season
The 2019–20 Chicago Blackhawks season is the 94th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[1] The Blackhawks are led by head coach Jeremy Colliton in his first full year as head coach.
2019–20 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 7th Central |
Conference | 12th Western |
2019–20 record | 32–30–8 |
Home record | 16–14–4 |
Road record | 16–16–4 |
Goals for | 212 |
Goals against | 218 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Stan Bowman |
Coach | Jeremy Colliton |
Captain | Jonathan Toews |
Alternate captains | Duncan Keith Patrick Kane (Dec.–) Brent Seabrook |
Arena | United Center |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Patrick Kane (33) |
Assists | Patrick Kane (51) |
Points | Patrick Kane (84) |
Penalty minutes | Jonathan Toews (48) |
Plus/minus | Calvin de Haan (+10) |
Wins | Corey Crawford Robin Lehner (16) |
Goals against average | Corey Crawford (2.77) |
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4] The Blackhawks advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2016–17 season and are scheduled to face the Edmonton Oilers in the qualifying round.
Standings
Divisional standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | 94 |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | 92 |
3 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | 82 |
4 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | 80 |
5 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | 78 |
6 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | 77 |
7 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | 72 |
Western Conference
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | .662 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[6] |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | .657 | |
3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | .606 | |
4 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | .594 | |
5 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | .585 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[6] |
6 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | .565 | |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | .565 | |
8 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | .564 | |
9 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | .563 | |
10 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | .558 | |
11 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | .529 | |
12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | .514 | |
13 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | .472 | |
14 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | .457 | |
15 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | .450 |
- Tiebreaking procedures
- Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
- Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
- Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
- Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
- 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.
- Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
- Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[7]
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | OT | Decision | Arena | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 16 | @ Washington | 3–4 | OT | Delia | Capital One Arena | 14,517 | 0–0–1 | O1 |
2 | September 17 | @ Detroit | 3–5 | Lankinen | Little Caesars Arena | 15,108 | 0–1–1 | L1 | |
3 | September 18 | Detroit | 2–1 | Crawford | United Center | 20,523 | 1–1–1 | W1 | |
4 | September 21 | Boston | 3–2 | OT | Lehner | United Center | 20,611 | 2–1–1 | W2 |
5 | September 25 | Washington | 0–6 | Crawford | United Center | 20,239 | 2–2–1 | L1 | |
6 | September 28 | @ Boston | 2–8 | Lankinen | TD Garden | 17,565 | 2–3–1 | L2 | |
7 | September 29 | @ Eisbären Berlin | 3–1 | Lehner | Mercedes-Benz Arena | — | 3–3–1 | W1 |
Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[8]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Detailed records
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Player statistics
As of March 11, 2020
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Patrick Kane | 70 | 33 | 51 | 84 | 8 | 40 |
Jonathan Toews | 70 | 18 | 42 | 60 | −2 | 48 |
Dominik Kubalik | 68 | 30 | 16 | 46 | 2 | 16 |
Alex DeBrincat | 70 | 18 | 27 | 45 | −10 | 15 |
Dylan Strome | 58 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 1 | 16 |
Brandon Saad | 58 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 16 |
Duncan Keith | 61 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 18 |
Alexander Nylander | 65 | 10 | 16 | 26 | −2 | 10 |
Erik Gustafsson‡ | 59 | 6 | 20 | 26 | −8 | 25 |
Kirby Dach | 64 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −1 | 24 |
Connor Murphy | 58 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 27 |
Olli Maatta | 65 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
David Kampf | 70 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −11 | 8 |
Drake Caggiula | 40 | 9 | 6 | 15 | −3 | 32 |
Ryan Carpenter | 69 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −6 | 28 |
Adam Boqvist | 41 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −3 | 6 |
Zack Smith | 50 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
Andrew Shaw | 26 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −4 | 33 |
Slater Koekkoek | 42 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 42 |
Matthew Highmore | 36 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
Calvin de Haan | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
Brent Seabrook | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Dylan Sikura | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Dennis Gilbert | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −8 | 38 |
Lucas Carlsson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Nick Seeler† | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 7 |
John Quenneville | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Brandon Hagel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nicolas Beaudin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Anton Wedin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Brendan Perlini‡ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Robin Lehner‡ | 33 | 31 | 1,875:28 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 94 | 3.01 | 1,152 | .918 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Corey Crawford | 40 | 39 | 2,340:03 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 108 | 2.77 | 1,294 | .917 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malcolm Subban | 1 | 0 | 1:10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.000 | 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.
Roster
Updated March 31, 2020[11][12]
References
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