2016-17 Chicago Blackhawks season

2016–17 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
2016–17 record	50–23–9
Home record	26–10–5
Road record	24–13–4
Goals for	244
Goals against	213
Team information
General manager	Stan Bowman
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Jonathan Toews
Alternate captains	Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	21,751 (110.3%) Total: 891,827
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Patrick Kane (34)
Assists	Patrick Kane (55)
Points	Patrick Kane (89)
Penalty minutes	Ryan Hartman (70)
Plus/minus	Duncan Keith (+22)
Wins	Corey Crawford (32)
Goals against average	Scott Darling (2.38)

The 2016–17 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 91st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Blackhawks finished the season with 109 points to win the Central Division and the best record in the Western Conference. As a result, they received the No. 1 seed in the West of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but were swept in the first round by the eventual Stanley Cup runner-up Nashville Predators.

Following the playoff loss, general manage Stan Bowman stated that the playoff loss was unacceptable and vowed that changes would be made.

Patrick Kane led the Blackhawks in scoring with 89 points and 34 goals. The Hawks had six players score 20 or more goals, Kane, Artemi Panarin (31), Marian Hossa (26), Artem Anisimov (22), Richard Panik (22), and Jonathan Toews (21). Goaltender Corey Crawford led the Blackhfawks with 32 wins.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Chicago Blackhawks	82	50	23	9	46	244	213	+31	109
2	x – Minnesota Wild	82	49	25	8	46	266	208	+58	106
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	46	29	7	44	235	218	+17	99
4	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	29	12	39	240	224	+16	94
5	Winnipeg Jets	82	40	35	7	37	249	256	−7	87
6	Dallas Stars	82	34	37	11	33	223	262	−39	79
7	Colorado Avalanche	82	22	56	4	21	166	278	−112	48

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Chicago Blackhawks	82	50	23	9	46	244	213	+31	109
2	x – Minnesota Wild	82	49	25	8	46	266	208	+58	106
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	46	29	7	44	235	218	+17	99

Top 3 (Pacific Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	23	13	43	223	200	+23	105
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	82	47	26	9	43	247	212	+35	103
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	29	7	44	221	201	+20	99

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PA	x – Calgary Flames	82	45	33	4	41	226	221	+5	94
2	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	29	12	39	240	224	+16	94
3	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	40	35	7	37	249	256	−7	87
4	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	35	8	37	201	205	−4	86
5	CE	Dallas Stars	82	34	37	11	33	223	262	−39	79
6	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	30	42	10	24	197	260	−63	70
7	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	43	9	26	182	243	−61	69
8	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	22	56	4	21	166	278	−112	48

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–4–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 28	Pittsburgh	0–2		Darling	United Center	20,195	0–1–0	L1
2	September 30	@ Pittsburgh	0–1		Johansson	Consol Energy Center	18,084	0–2–0	L2
3	October 1	St. Louis	4–0		Darling	United Center	20,831	1–2–0	W1
4	October 2	@ Detroit	3–6		Nalimov	Joe Louis Arena	17,962	1–3–0	L1
5	October 4	Detroit	6–1		Crawford	United Center	20,407	2–3–0	W1
6	October 8	@ St. Louis	1–2		Crawford	Scottrade Center	17,346	2–4–0	L1

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log
October: 5–3–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 St. Louis 2–5 Crawford United Center 21,729 0–1–0 0 L1 2 October 14 @ Nashville 2–3 Crawford Bridgestone Arena 17,256 0–2–0 0 L2 3 October 15 Nashville 5–3 Darling United Center 21,665 1–2–0 2 W1 4 October 18 Philadelphia 7–4 Crawford United Center 21,263 2–2–0 4 W2 5 October 21 @ Columbus 2–3 Crawford Nationwide Arena 15,789 2–3–0 4 L1 6 October 22 Toronto 5–4 SO Darling United Center 21,735 3–3–0 6 W1 7 October 24 Calgary 2–3 SO Crawford United Center 21,348 3–3–1 7 O1 8 October 28 @ New Jersey 3–2 OT Crawford Prudential Center 13,882 4–3–1 9 W1 9 October 30 Los Angeles 3–0 Crawford United Center 21,329 5–3–1 11 W2
November: 10–3–2 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 5–3–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Calgary 5–1 Crawford United Center 21,166 6–3–1 13 W3 11 November 3 Colorado 4–0 Crawford United Center 21,580 7–3–1 15 W4 12 November 5 @ Dallas 3–2 Crawford American Airlines Center 18,532 8–3–1 17 W5 13 November 6 Dallas 4–3 OT Darling United Center 21,901 9–3–1 19 W6 14 November 9 @ St. Louis 2–1 OT Crawford Scottrade Center 18,704 10–3–1 21 W7 15 November 11 Washington 2–3 OT Crawford United Center 22,075 10–3–2 22 O1 16 November 13 Montreal 3–2 Crawford United Center 21,762 11–3–2 24 W1 17 November 15 @ Winnipeg 0–4 Crawford MTS Centre 15,294 11–4–2 24 L1 18 November 18 @ Calgary 3–2 Crawford Scotiabank Saddledome 18,691 12–4–2 26 W1 19 November 19 @ Vancouver 4–3 OT Darling Rogers Arena 18,865 13–4–2 28 W2 20 November 21 @ Edmonton 0–5 Crawford Rogers Place 18,347 13–5–2 28 L1 21 November 23 @ San Jose 1–2 Crawford SAP Center at San Jose 17,501 13–6–2 28 L2 22 November 25 @ Anaheim 3–2 Crawford Honda Center 17,174 14–6–2 30 W1 23 November 26 @ Los Angeles 1–2 OT Darling Staples Center 18,435 14–6–3 31 O1 24 November 29 Florida 2–1 SO Crawford United Center 21,475 15–6–3 33 W1
December: 8–5–2 (Home: 4–3–2 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 New Jersey 4–3 OT Crawford United Center 21,351 16–6–3 35 W2 26 December 3 @ Philadelphia 1–3 Darling Wells Fargo Center 19,487 16–7–3 35 L1 27 December 4 Winnipeg 1–2 Darling United Center 21,383 16–8–3 35 L2 28 December 6 Arizona 4–0 Darling United Center 21,327 17–8–3 37 W1 29 December 9 NY Rangers 0–1 OT Darling United Center 21,770 17–8–4 38 O1 30 December 11 Dallas 3–1 Darling United Center 21,451 18–8–4 40 W1 31 December 13 @ NY Rangers 2–1 Darling Madison Square Garden 18,006 19–8–4 42 W2 32 December 15 @ NY Islanders 5–4 Darling Barclays Center 12,504 20–8–4 44 W3 33 December 17 @ St. Louis 6–4 Darling Scottrade Center 19,197 21–8–4 46 W4 34 December 18 San Jose 4–1 Darling United Center 22,027 22–8–4 48 W5 35 December 20 Ottawa 3–4 Darling United Center 21,614 22–9–4 48 L1 36 December 23 Colorado 1–2 OT Crawford United Center 21,918 22–9–5 49 O1 37 December 27 Winnipeg 1–3 Crawford United Center 22,117 22–10–5 49 L1 38 December 29 @ Nashville 3–2 Crawford Bridgestone Arena 17,229 23–10–5 51 W1 39 December 30 @ Carolina 2–3 Darling PNC Arena 18,016 23–11–5 51 L1
January: 7–6–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 @ St. Louis 1–4 Crawford Busch Stadium 46,556 (outdoors) 23–12–5 51 L2 41 January 5 Buffalo 4–3 OT Crawford United Center 21,824 24–12–5 53 W1 42 January 6 Carolina 2–1 Darling United Center 21,822 25–12–5 55 W2 43 January 8 Nashville 5–2 Crawford United Center 21,658 26–12–5 57 W3 44 January 10 Detroit 4–3 OT Crawford United Center 22,019 27–12–5 59 W4 45 January 13 @ Washington 0–6 Crawford Verizon Center 18,506 27–13–5 59 L1 46 January 15 Minnesota 2–3 Crawford United Center 22,051 27–14–5 59 L2 47 January 17 @ Colorado 6–4 Crawford Pepsi Center 18,007 28–14–5 61 W1 48 January 20 @ Boston 1–0 Darling TD Garden 17,565 29–14–5 63 W2 49 January 22 Vancouver 4–2 Crawford United Center 21,689 30–14–5 65 W3 50 January 24 Tampa Bay 2–5 Crawford United Center 21,617 30–15–5 65 L1 51 January 26 Winnipeg 3–5 Darling United Center 21,746 30–16–5 65 L2 January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles Staples Center 52 January 31 @ San Jose 1–3 Crawford SAP Center at San Jose 17,424 30–17–5 65 L3
February: 9–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 7–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 2 @ Arizona 4–3 Crawford Gila River Arena 17,125 31–17–5 67 W1 54 February 4 @ Dallas 5–3 Crawford American Airlines Center 18,532 32–17–5 69 W2 55 February 8 @ Minnesota 4–3 OT Crawford Xcel Energy Center 19,326 33–17–5 71 W3 56 February 10 @ Winnipeg 5–2 Crawford MTS Centre 15,294 34–17–5 73 W4 57 February 11 @ Edmonton 5–1 Darling Rogers Place 18,347 35–17–5 75 W5 58 February 18 Edmonton 1–3 Crawford United Center 22,075 35–18–5 75 L1 59 February 19 @ Buffalo 5–1 Darling KeyBank Center 19,070 36–18–5 77 W1 60 February 21 @ Minnesota 5–3 Crawford Xcel Energy Center 19,333 37–18–5 79 W2 61 February 23 Arizona 6–3 Crawford United Center 21,781 38–18–5 81 W3 62 February 26 St. Louis 4–2 Darling United Center 21,961 39–18–5 83 W4
March: 11–3–2 (Home: 6–1–1 ; Road: 5–2–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 1 Pittsburgh 4–1 Darling United Center 22,012 40–18–5 85 W5 64 March 3 NY Islanders 2–1 SO Crawford United Center 21,883 41–18–5 87 W6 65 March 4 @ Nashville 5–3 Crawford Bridgestone Arena 17,297 42–18–5 89 W7 66 March 9 Anaheim 0–1 Crawford United Center 21,838 42–19–5 89 L1 67 March 10 @ Detroit 2–4 Crawford Joe Louis Arena 20,027 42–20–5 89 L2 68 March 12 Minnesota 4–2 Crawford United Center 22,147 43–20–5 91 W1 69 March 14 @ Montreal 4–2 Crawford Bell Centre 21,288 44–20–5 93 W2 70 March 16 @ Ottawa 2–1 Darling Canadian Tire Centre 18,638 45–20–5 95 W3 71 March 18 @ Toronto 2–1 OT Crawford Air Canada Centre 19,505 46–20–5 97 W4 72 March 19 Colorado 6–3 Darling United Center 22,070 47–20–5 99 W5 73 March 21 Vancouver 4–5 OT Darling United Center 21,607 47–20–6 100 O1 74 March 23 Dallas 3–2 SO Crawford United Center 21,798 48–20–6 102 W1 75 March 25 @ Florida 0–7 Crawford BB&T Center 18,625 48–21–6 102 L1 76 March 27 @ Tampa Bay 4–5 OT Darling Amalie Arena 19,092 48–21–7 103 O1 77 March 29 @ Pittsburgh 5–1 Crawford PPG Paints Arena 18,657 49–21–7 105 W1 78 March 31 Columbus 3–1 Crawford United Center 22,112 50–21–7 107 W2
April: 0–2–2 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–2) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 2 Boston 2–3 Crawford United Center 22,131 50–22–7 107 L1 80 April 4 @ Colorado 3–4 OT Darling Pepsi Center 16,023 50–22–8 108 O1 81 April 6 @ Anaheim 0–4 Crawford Honda Center 16,462 50–23–8 108 L1 82 April 8 @ Los Angeles 2–3 OT Crawford Staples Center 18,230 50–23–9 109 O1
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Western Conference Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed Central Division Chicago Blackhawks — — — — — — Colorado Avalanche 2–0–1 1–0–1 3–0–2 8 20 13 Dallas Stars 3–0–0 2–0–0 5–0–0 10 18 11 Minnesota Wild 1–1–0 2–0–0 3–1–0 6 15 11 Nashville Predators 2–0–0 2–1–0 4–1–0 8 20 13 St. Louis Blues 1–1–0 2–1–0 3–2–0 6 15 16 Winnipeg Jets 0–3–0 1–1–0 1–4–0 2 10 16 9–5–1 10–3–2 19–8–2 40 98 80 Pacific Division Anaheim Ducks 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–2–0 2 3 7 Arizona Coyotes 2–0–0 1–0–0 3–0–0 6 14 6 Calgary Flames 1–0–1 1–0–0 2–0–1 5 10 6 Edmonton Oilers 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–2–0 2 6 9 Los Angeles Kings 1–0–0 0–0–2 1–0–2 4 6 5 San Jose Sharks 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–2–0 2 6 6 Vancouver Canucks 1–0–1 1–0–0 2–0–1 5 12 10 6–2–2 5–4–2 11–6–4 26 57 49

Eastern Conference Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed Atlantic Division Boston Bruins 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 3 3 Buffalo Sabres 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 9 4 Detroit Red Wings 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 6 7 Florida Panthers 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 2 8 Montreal Canadiens 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 7 4 Ottawa Senators 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 5 5 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–1–0 0–0–1 0–1–1 1 6 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 7 5 5–3–0 5–2–1 10–5–1 21 45 46 Metropolitan Division Carolina Hurricanes 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 4 4 Columbus Blue Jackets 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 5 4 New Jersey Devils 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 7 5 New York Islanders 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 7 5 New York Rangers 0–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 3 2 2 Philadelphia Flyers 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 8 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 9 2 Washington Capitals 0–0–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1 2 9 6–0–2 4–4–0 10–4–2 22 44 38

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Kane, PatrickPatrick Kane 82 34 55 89 11 32 Panarin, ArtemiArtemi Panarin 82 31 43 74 18 21 Toews, JonathanJonathan Toews 72 21 37 58 7 35 Keith, DuncanDuncan Keith 80 6 47 53 22 16 Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa 73 26 19 45 7 8 Anisimov, ArtemArtem Anisimov 64 22 23 45 9 30 Panik, RichardRichard Panik 82 22 22 44 14 58 Seabrook, BrentBrent Seabrook 79 3 36 39 5 26 Hartman, RyanRyan Hartman 76 19 12 31 13 70 Schmaltz, NickNick Schmaltz 61 6 22 28 10 6 Hjalmarsson, NiklasNiklas Hjalmarsson 73 5 13 18 12 20 Kruger, MarcusMarcus Kruger 70 5 12 17 7 34 Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell 80 5 12 17 12 24 Kero, TannerTanner Kero 47 6 10 16 15 8 van Riemsdyk, TrevorTrevor van Riemsdyk 58 5 11 16 17 29 Hinostroza, VinnieVinnie Hinostroza 49 6 8 14 –1 17 Kempny, MichalMichal Kempny 50 2 6 8 1 22 Rasmussen, DennisDennis Rasmussen 68 4 4 8 –4 12 Motte, TylerTyler Motte 33 4 3 7 2 14 Forsling, GustavGustav Forsling 38 2 3 5 3 4 Hayden, JohnJohn Hayden 12 1 3 4 3 4 Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo 50 2 1 3 –6 28 Rozsival, MichalMichal Rozsival 22 1 2 3 –3 14 Oduya, JohnnyJohnny Oduya † || 15 || 1 || 1 || 2 || –2 || 8 Desjardins, AndrewAndrew Desjardins 46 0 1 1 –6 22 Jurco, TomasTomas Jurco † || 13 || 1 || 0 || 1 || –4 || 2 Abbott, SpencerSpencer Abbott ‡ || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 Totals 82 240 406 646 162 564

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Toews, JonathanJonathan Toews 4 1 1 2 –5 0 Kane, PatrickPatrick Kane 4 1 1 2 –3 2 Rasmussen, DennisDennis Rasmussen 3 1 0 1 –2 0 Keith, DuncanDuncan Keith 4 0 1 1 –6 2 Panik, RichardRichard Panik 4 0 1 1 –3 2 Kruger, MarcusMarcus Kruger 4 0 1 1 –2 2 Panarin, ArtemiArtemi Panarin 4 0 1 1 –4 0 Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa 4 0 0 0 –4 2 Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell 4 0 0 0 –2 0 Oduya, JohnnyJohnny Oduya 4 0 0 0 –3 0 Seabrook, BrentBrent Seabrook 4 0 0 0 –3 2 Hjalmarsson, NiklasNiklas Hjalmarsson 4 0 0 0 –4 2 Anisimov, ArtemArtem Anisimov 4 0 0 0 –2 0 Hartman, RyanRyan Hartman 4 0 0 0 –3 14 van Riemsdyk, TrevorTrevor van Riemsdyk 4 0 0 0 –4 0 Schmaltz, NickNick Schmaltz 4 0 0 0 –2 2 Kero, TannerTanner Kero 4 0 0 0 –2 0 Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hinostroza, VinnieVinnie Hinostroza 1 0 0 0 –2 0 Hayden, JohnJohn Hayden 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kempny, MichalMichal Kempny 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Crawford, CoreyCorey Crawford	55	55	3246:52	32	18	4	138	2.55	1691	.918	2	0	1	2
Darling, ScottScott Darling	32	27	1688:35	18	5	5	67	2.38	877	.924	2	0	0	0
Totals		82	4935:27	50	23	9	205	2.49	2568	.920	4	0	1	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Crawford, CoreyCorey Crawford	4	4	253:47	0	4	12	2.83	123	.902	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blackhawks. Stats reflect time with Blackhawks only.
^‡Left team mid-season. Stats reflect time with Blackhawks only.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded Anisimov, A.A. Anisimov NHL Second Star of the Week October 24, 2016 Crawford, C.C. Crawford NHL Second Star of the Week November 7, 2016 Panarin, A.A. Panarin NHL First Star of the Week December 19, 2016 C. Crawford NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2017 Kane, P.P. Kane NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2017 Keith, D.D. Keith NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2017 Toews, J.J. Toews NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2017 J. Toews NHL Second Star of the Week February 27, 2017 J. Toews NHL First Star of the Month March 1, 2017 P. Kane NHL Third Star of the Month April 1, 2017 A. Panarin NHL First Star of the Week April 3, 2017

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Forsling, GustavGustav Forsling 1st career NHL game October 12, 2016 Hartman, RyanRyan Hartman 1st career NHL goal October 12, 2016 Kempny, MichalMichal Kempny 1st career NHL game October 12, 2016 Motte, TylerTyler Motte 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point October 12, 2016 Schmaltz, NickNick Schmaltz 1st career NHL game October 12, 2016 Panik, RichardRichard Panik 1st career NHL hat trick October 15, 2016 Nick Schmaltz 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point October 15, 2016 Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa 500th career NHL goal October 18, 2016 Gustav Forsling 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point October 21, 2016 Motte, TylerTyler Motte 1st career NHL goal October 21, 2016 Panarin, ArtemiArtemi Panarin 1st career NHL fight 1st career Gordie Howe hat trick November 9, 2016 Gustav Forsling 1st career NHL goal November 13, 2016 Kempny, MichalMichal Kempny 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point November 18, 2016 Hinostroza, VinnieVinnie Hinostroza 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point November 19, 2016 Richard Panik 200th career NHL game November 19, 2016 Artemi Panarin 100th career NHL game November 21, 2016 Artemi Panarin 100th career NHL point December 4, 2016 Kane, PatrickPatrick Kane 700th career NHL point December 29, 2016 Michal Kempny 1st career NHL goal December 30, 2016 Keith, DuncanDuncan Keith 400th career NHL assist January 5, 2017 Patrick Kane 700th career NHL game January 6, 2017 Ryan Hartman 1st career NHL hat trick January 8, 2017 Marian Hossa 600th career NHL assist January 17, 2017 Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell 500th career NHL point January 22, 2017 Crawford, CoreyCorey Crawford 200th career NHL win January 22, 2017 Hjalmarsson, NiklasNiklas Hjalmarsson 600th career NHL game January 26, 2017 Seabrook, BrentBrent Seabrook 900th career NHL game February 18, 2017 Toews, JonathanJonathan Toews 600th career NHL point February 18, 2017 Kruger, MarcusMarcus Kruger 100th career NHL point February 19, 2017 Rasmussen, DennisDennis Rasmussen 100th career NHL game February 21, 2017 Duncan Keith 500th career NHL point February 26, 2017 Jonathan Toews 700th career NHL game March 3, 2017 Brent Seabrook 400th career NHL point March 4, 2017 Duncan Keith 900th career NHL game March 10, 2017 Desjardins, AndrewAndrew Desjardins 400th career NHL game March 10, 2017 Hayden, JohnJohn Hayden 1st career NHL game March 16, 2017 Marian Hossa 1,300th career NHL game March 16, 2017 Hayden, JohnJohn Hayden 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point March 18, 2017 John Hayden 1st career NHL assist March 19, 2017 John Hayden 1st career NHL playoff game April 13, 2017 Ryan Hartman 1st career NHL playoff game April 13, 2017 Kero, TannerTanner Kero 1st career NHL playoff game April 13, 2017 Nick Schmaltz 1st career NHL playoff game April 13, 2017 Dennis Rasmussen 1st career NHL playoff game April 15, 2017 Vinnie Hinostroza 1st career NHL playoff game April 15, 2017 Dennis Rasmussen 1st career NHL playoff goal April 17, 2017 Michal Kempny 1st career NHL playoff game April 20, 2017

Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades Date Details Ref June 15, 2016 (2016-06-15) To Carolina Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen Bryan Bickell To Chicago Blackhawks NYR's 2nd round pick in 2016 CHI's 3rd round pick in 2017 June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) To Montreal Canadiens Andrew Shaw To Chicago Blackhawks 2nd-round pick in 2016 MIN's 2nd-round pick in 2016 June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) To New York Islanders CBJ's 4th-round pick in 2016 To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2016 6th-round pick in 2017 June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) To St. Louis Blues FLA's 5th-round pick in 2016 To Chicago Blackhawks 5th-round pick in 2017 January 21, 2017 (2017-01-21) To Los Angeles Kings Cameron Schilling To Chicago Blackhawks Michael Latta February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24) To Detroit Red Wings 3rd-round pick in 2017 To Chicago Blackhawks Jurco, TomasTomas Jurco February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28) To Dallas Stars McNeill, MarkMark McNeill conditional 4th-round pick in 2018 To Chicago Blackhawks Oduya, JohnnyJohnny Oduya March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01) To Anaheim Ducks Abbott, SpencerSpencer Abbott Carrick, SamSam Carrick To Chicago Blackhawks Helgesen, KentonKenton Helgesen 7th-round pick in 2019 Notes Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Brian Campbell Florida Panthers 1 year, $1.5 million July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Sam Carrick Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $600,000 July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Spencer Abbott Frolunda HC 1 year, $575,000 July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05) Jordin Tootoo New Jersey Devils 1 year, $750,000 September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25) Alexandre Fortin Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3 years, $2.055 million entry-level contract February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23) Jeff Glass Rockford IceHogs 2 years, $1.225 million March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02) Matthew Highmore Saint John Sea Dogs 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract May 1, 2017 (2017-05-01) David Kampf Pirati Chomutov 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract June 7, 2017 (2017-06-07) Jan Rutta Pirati Chomutov 1 year, $1.35 million entry-level contract Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Dale Weise Philadelphia Flyers 4 year, $9.4 million July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Andrew Ladd New York Islanders 7 years, $38.5 million Claimed via waivers Player Old team Date claimed off waivers Ref Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref Lost via retirement Player Ref Dillon Fournier Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30) Brandon Mashinter 1 year, $575,000 June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30) Michal Rozsival 1 year, $600,000 July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Pierre-Cedric Labrie 1 year, $575,000 July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15) Mark McNeill 1 year, $600,000 December 29, 2016 (2016-12-29) Artemi Panarin 2 years, $12 million February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28) Michal Rozsival 1 year, $650,000 contract extension February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28) Jordin Tootoo 1 year, $700,000 contract extension March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12) John Hayden 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract March 13, 2017 (2017-03-13) Anthony Louis 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15) Luc Snuggerud 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract March 23, 2017 (2017-03-23) Tanner Kero 2 years, $1.5 million contract extension March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28) Matheson Iacopelli 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract April 27, 2017 (2017-04-27) Nathan Noel 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract May 11, 2017 (2017-05-11) Richard Panik 2 years, $5.6 million May 27, 2017 (2017-05-27) Michal Kempny 1 year, $900,000 Detailed transaction list Source Off-season April 29, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Luke Johnson on a three-year contract. May 11, 2016 – Agreed to terms with D Gustav Forsling on a three-year contract. May 24, 2016 – Agreed to terms with G Lars Johansson, D Michal Kempny and F Martin Lundberg on one-year contracts. June 15, 2016 – Agreed to terms with G Mac Carruth on a one-year contract. June 15, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Richard Panik on a one-year contract. June 19, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Nick Schmaltz on a three-year contract. June 23, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Dennis Rasmussen on a one-year contract. June 30, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Brandon Mashinter and D Michal Rozsival on one-year contracts July 1, 2016 – Agreed to terms with D Brian Campbell and Fs Sam Carrick, Spencer Abbott and Pierre-Cedric Labrie on one-year contracts. Named Will Chukerman media relations assistant. July 6, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Jordin Tootoo on a one-year contract. July 7, 2016 – Named Derek King assistant coach for Rockford (AHL). July 15, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Mark McNeill on a one-year contract. September 26, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Alexandre Fortin on a three-year contract. September 26, 2016 – Released Fs Tyler Barnes, Bryn Chyzyk, Jeremy Langlois, Trevor Mingoia, Evan Mosey; D Jonathan Carlsson, Nick Mattson and G Eric Levine from their tryout agreements. Released F Radovan Bondra, John Dahlstrom, Nathan Noel and Roy Radke from training camp and returned them to their junior hockey teams. September 30, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Graham Knott on a three-year contract. October October 1, 2016 – Assigned F Kyle Baun, D Dillon Fournier, D Carl Dahlstrom and D Nolan Valleau to Rockford (AHL). Released F Alex DeBrincat and F Graham Knott from training camp. October 2, 2016 – Assigned G Mac Carruth to Rockford (AHL). October 3, 2016 – Assigned Fs Luke Johnson, Tanner Kero and Martin Lundberg; D Erik Gustafsson, Robin Norell and Ville Pokka, and G Lars Johansson to Rockford (AHL). Released Fs Chris DeSousa and Jake Dowell from their tryout agreements. October 4, 2016 – Assigned Fs Spencer Abbott, Sam Carrick and Pierre-Cedric Labrie and D Viktor Svedberg and Cameron Schilling to Rockford (AHL). October 7, 2016 – Recalled D Viktor Svedberg and D Ville Pokka from Rockford (AHL). October 9, 2016 – Assigned D Dillon Fournier, Ville Pokka and Viktor Svedberg to Rockford (AHL). October 10, 2016 – Assigned F Alexandre Fortin to Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) and G Ivan Nalimov to Vladivostok (KHL). Placed F Andrew Desjardins on injured reserve. October 11, 2016 – Assigned Fs Brandon Mashinter and Mark McNeill to Rockford (AHL). November November 6, 2016 – Placed F Trevor van Riemsdyk on injured reserve. Activated F Andrew Desjardins from injured reserve. November 7, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F DeBrincat on a three-year contract. December December 2, 2016 – Placed F Jonathan Toews on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 24. Activated Trevor van Riemsdyk from injured reserve. December 4, 2016 – Recalled G Lars Johansson from Rockford (AHL). Assigned F Nick Schmaltz to Rockford. December 6, 2016 – Placed G Corey Crawford on injured reserve, retroactive to Saturday. December 13, 2016 – Activated F Jonathan Toews from injured reserve. December 22, 2016 – Placed F Artem Anisimov on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 18. Recalled F Tanner Kero from Rockford (AHL). December 27, 2016 – Activated F Artem Anisimov from injured reserve. Placed F Marian Hossa on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 20. December 28, 2016 – Agreed to terms with F Artemi Panarin on a two-year contract extension. January January 1, 2017 – Placed F Marcus Kruger on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 30. January 4, 2017 – Assigned F Tyler Motte to Rockford (AHL). Recalled F Spencer Abbott from Rockford (AHL). January 5, 2017 – Activated F Marian Hossa from injured reserve. January 6, 2017 – Assigned D Gustav Forsling and F Spencer Abbott to Rockford (AHL). January 14, 2017 – Recalled F Nick Schmaltz from Rockford (AHL). January 21, 2017 – Acquired F Michael Latta from the Los Angeles Kings for D Cameron Schilling. January 24, 2017 – Activated F Marcus Kruger from injured reserve. January 29, 2017 – Placed D Michal Rozsival on injured reserve, retroactive to Jan. 25. Recalled D Gustav Forsling from Rockford (AHL). February February 12, 2017 – Reassigned D Gustav Forsling and Fs Vinnie Hinostroza, Tanner Kero, and Nick Schmaltz to Rockford (AHL). Activated D Michal Roszival from injured reserve. February 16, 2017 – Recalled Fs Tanner Kero, and Nick Schmaltz from Rockford (AHL). February 19, 2017 – Recalled F Vinnie Hinostroza from Rockford (AHL). February 23, 2017 – Agreed to terms with G Jeff Glass on a two-year contract through the 2017–18 season. February 24, 2017 – Acquired F Tomas Jurco from Detroit Red Wings for a 2017 third-round draft pick. Reassigned F Vinnie Hinostroza to Rockford (AHL). February 25, 2017 – Assigned G Jeff Glass to Rockford (AHL) February 26, 2017 – Recalled G Lars Johansson from Rockford (AHL) February 27, 2017 – Assigned G Lars Johansson to Rockford (AHL) Draft picks See also: List of Chicago Blackhawks draft picks Below are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 2 39[a] Alex DeBrincat RW United States Erie Otters (OHL) 2 45[b] Chad Krys D United States U.S. NTDP (USHL) 2 50[c] Artur Kayumov LW/RW Russia Russia U18 (MHL) 3 83 Wouter Peeters G Belgium Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) 4 110[d] Lucas Carlsson D Sweden Brynäs IF (SHL) 4 113 Nathan Noel C Canada Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) 5 143 Mathias From LW/RW Denmark Rögle BK-jr. (SWE-jr.) 6 173 Blake Hillman D United States University of Denver NCAA 7 203 Jake Ryczek D United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) Notes The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent a first and third-round pick both in 2016 (18th and 79th overall) to Winnipeg in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016 (36th overall) and this pick. Winnipeg previously acquired this pick from Chicago as the result of a trade on February 25, 2016, that sent Andrew Ladd, Jay Harrison and Matt Fraser to Chicago in exchange for Marko Dano, a conditional third-round pick in 2018 and this pick. [a] The Montreal Canadiens' second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for Minnesota's second-round pick in 2016 (45th overall) and this pick. [b] The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016 (39th overall) and this pick. Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014, that sent Josh Gorges to Buffalo in exchange for this pick. Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Matt Moulson and Cody McCormick to Minnesota in exchange for Torrey Mitchell, Winnipeg's second-round pick in 2014 and this pick. [c] The New York Rangers' second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 15, 2016, that sent Teuvo Teravainen and Bryan Bickell to Carolina in exchange for Chicago's third-round pick in 2017 and this pick. Carolina previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 28, 2016, that sent Eric Staal to New York in exchange for Aleksi Saarela, a second-round pick in 2017 and this pick. The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on February 27, 2015, that sent Kimmo Timonen to Chicago in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Philadelphia will receive a second-round pick in 2016 if Chicago advances to the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals with Timonen playing in at least 50% of the Blackhawks' playoff games – was converted on May 30, 2015. [d] The New York Islanders' fourth-round pick went to Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016, that sent Columbus' fourth-round pick in 2016 (95th overall) to New York in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick. 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