2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks season

2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks · NHL
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
General Manager	Stan Bowman
Coach	Jeremy Colliton
Captain	Jonathan Toews
Alternate captains	Patrick Kane Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook (Jan.–Mar.)
Arena	United Center
Team Leaders
Goals	Alex DeBrincat (32)
Assists	Patrick Kane (51)
Points	Patrick Kane (66)
Penalties in minutes	Nikita Zadorov (36)
Wins	Kevin Lankinen (17)
Goals against average	Kevin Lankinen (3.01)
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The 2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 95th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Blackhawks were led by head coach Jeremy Colliton in his second full year as head coach. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Blackhawks remained in the Central Division this season and only played games against the other teams in their realigned division during the regular season.

On May 3, the Blackhawks were eliminated from playoff contention after a 5–2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.

2020–21 game log
January: 3–4–3 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 0–3–3) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 13 @ Tampa Bay 1–5 Subban 0 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 January 15 @ Tampa Bay 2–5 Delia 0 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 January 17 @ Florida 2–5 Delia 4,147 0–3–0 0 Recap 4 January 19 @ Florida 4–5 OT Lankinen 3,667 0–3–1 1 Recap 5 January 22 Detroit 4–1 Lankinen 0 1–3–1 3 Recap 6 January 24 Detroit 6–2 Lankinen 0 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 January 26 @ Nashville 2–3 OT Subban — 2–3–2 6 Recap 8 January 27 @ Nashville 1–2 SO Lankinen — 2–3–3 7 Recap 9 January 29 Columbus 1–2 Lankinen 0 2–4–3 7 Recap 10 January 31 Columbus 3–1 Lankinen 0 3–4–3 9 Recap
February: 9–3–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 6–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 February 2 Carolina 3–4 SO Lankinen 0 3–4–4 10 Recap 12 February 4 Carolina 6–4 Lankinen 0 4–4–4 12 Recap 13 February 7 @ Dallas 2–1 OT Subban 4,203 5–4–4 14 Recap 14 February 9 @ Dallas 2–1 OT Lankinen 4,059 6–4–4 16 Recap 15 February 11 Columbus 5–6 Lankinen 0 6–5–4 16 Recap 16 February 13 Columbus 3–2 OT Lankinen 0 7–5–4 18 Recap 17 February 15 @ Detroit 3–2 OT Subban 0 8–5–4 20 Recap 18 February 17 @ Detroit 2–0 Lankinen 0 9–5–4 22 Recap 19 February 19 @ Carolina 3–5 Lankinen 0 9–6–4 22 Recap 20 February 23 @ Columbus 6–5 SO Lankinen 0 10–6–4 24 Recap 21 February 25 @ Columbus 2–0 Subban 0 11–6–4 26 Recap 22 February 27 Detroit 3–5 Subban 0 11–7–4 26 Recap 23 February 28 Detroit 7–2 Lankinen 0 12–7–4 28 Recap
March: 5–8–1 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 1–5–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 March 4 Tampa Bay 2–3 OT Lankinen 0 12–7–5 29 Recap 25 March 5 Tampa Bay 4–3 SO Subban 0 13–7–5 31 Recap 26 March 7 Tampa Bay 3–6 Lankinen 0 13–8–5 31 Recap 27 March 9 @ Dallas 1–6 Subban 4,211 13–9–5 31 Recap 28 March 11 @ Dallas 4–2 Lankinen 4,213 14–9–5 33 Recap 29 March 13 @ Florida 2–4 Lankinen 4,721 14–10–5 33 Recap 30 March 15 @ Florida 3–6 Lankinen 4,512 14–11–5 33 Recap 31 March 18 @ Tampa Bay 2–4 Lankinen 3,800 14–12–5 33 Recap 32 March 20 @ Tampa Bay 1–4 Subban 3,800 14–13–5 33 Recap 33 March 23 Florida 3–2 Lankinen 0 15–13–5 35 Recap 34 March 25 Florida 3–0 Lankinen 0 16–13–5 37 Recap 35 March 27 Nashville 1–3 Lankinen 0 16–14–5 37 Recap 36 March 28 Nashville 2–3 Subban 0 16–15–5 37 Recap 37 March 30 Carolina 2–1 Lankinen 0 17–15–5 39 Recap
April: 5–7–1 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 April 1 Carolina 3–4 Lankinen 0 17–16–5 39 Recap 39 April 3 @ Nashville 0–3 Lankinen — 17–17–5 39 Recap 40 April 6 Dallas 4–2 Lankinen 0 18–17–5 41 Recap 41 April 8 Dallas 1–5 Lankinen 0 18–18–5 41 Recap 42 April 10 @ Columbus 4–3 Lankinen 4,502 19–18–5 43 Recap 43 April 12 @ Columbus 4–3 OT Lankinen 4,093 20–18–5 45 Recap 44 April 15 @ Detroit 1–4 Lankinen 0 20–19–5 45 Recap 45 April 17 @ Detroit 4–0 Subban 0 21–19–5 47 Recap 46 April 19 @ Nashville 2–5 Lankinen — 21–20–5 47 Recap 47 April 21 Nashville 5–4 OT Subban 0 22–20–5 49 Recap 48 April 23 Nashville 1–3 Subban 0 22–21–5 49 Recap 49 April 27 Tampa Bay 4–7 Subban 0 22–22–5 49 Recap 50 April 29 Florida 3–4 OT Lankinen 0 22–22–6 50 Recap
May: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 May 1 Florida 4–5 Lankinen 0 22–23–6 50 Recap 52 May 3 @ Carolina 2–5 Subban 4,987 22–24–6 50 Recap 53 May 4 @ Carolina 3–6 Delia 4,987 22–25–6 50 Recap 54 May 6 @ Carolina 2–1 OT Delia 4,987 23–25–6 52 Recap 55 May 9 Dallas 4–2 Lankinen 3,820 24–25–6 54 Recap 56 May 10 Dallas 4–5 OT Delia 3,917 24–25–7 55 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Central Division
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts	GF	GA
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

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Kane, PatrickPatrick Kane	56	15	51	66	−7	14
DeBrincat, AlexAlex DeBrincat	52	32	24	56	3	12
Kubalik, DominikDominik Kubalik	56	17	21	38	−3	18
Suter, PiusPius Suter	55	14	13	27	−5	14
Hagel, BrandonBrandon Hagel	52	9	15	24	−7	11
Janmark, MattiasMattias Janmark ‡ || 41 || 10 || 9 || 19 || −17 || 8
Strome, DylanDylan Strome	40	9	8	17	−16	14
Kurashev, PhilippPhilipp Kurashev	54	8	8	16	−9	12
Boqvist, AdamAdam Boqvist	35	2	14	16	−7	14
Soderberg, CarlCarl Soderberg ‡ || 34 || 7 || 8 || 15 || −5 || 14
Keith, DuncanDuncan Keith	54	4	11	15	−13	30
Murphy, ConnorConnor Murphy	50	3	12	15	1	35
Hinostroza, VinnieVinnie Hinostroza † || 17 || 4 || 8 || 12 || 2 || 8
Kampf, DavidDavid Kampf	56	1	11	12	−3	20
Dach, KirbyKirby Dach	18	2	8	10	−3	4
de Haan, CalvinCalvin de Haan	44	1	9	10	−16	14
Kalynuk, WyattWyatt Kalynuk	21	4	5	9	−6	4
Zadorov, NikitaNikita Zadorov	55	1	7	8	1	36
Mitchell, IanIan Mitchell	39	3	4	7	−10	14
Beaudin, NicolasNicolas Beaudin	19	2	4	6	1	2
Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter	40	4	1	5	−10	19
Shaw, AndrewAndrew Shaw	14	2	2	4	−5	6
Gaudette, AdamAdam Gaudette † || 7 || 1 || 3 || 4 || −2 || 0
Hardman, MikeMike Hardman	8	1	2	3	0	0
Wallmark, LucasLucas Wallmark ‡ || 16 || 0 || 3 || 3 || −2 || 6
Entwistle, MacKenzieMacKenzie Entwistle	5	1	1	2	1	2
Connolly, BrettBrett Connolly † || 10 || 1 || 1 || 2 || −1 || 2
Highmore, MatthewMatthew Highmore ‡ || 24 || 0 || 2 || 2 || −5 || 6
Stillman, RileyRiley Stillman † || 13 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 2
Bowey, MadisonMadison Bowey ‡ || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0
Carlsson, LucasLucas Carlsson ‡ || 12 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2
Johnson, ReeseReese Johnson	5	0	0	0	−2	9
Regula, AlecAlec Regula	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Pirri, BrandonBrandon Pirri	1	0	0	0	−2	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Lankinen, KevinKevin Lankinen	37	37	2,174:49	17	14	5	109	3.01	1,204	.909	2	0	2	2
Subban, MalcolmMalcolm Subban	16	14	881:17	6	8	1	47	3.20	471	.900	2	0	0	0
Delia, CollinCollin 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

Date	Details		Ref
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	To Colorado Avalanche Brandon Saad Dennis Gilbert	To Chicago Blackhawks Nikita Zadorov Anton Lindholm
April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)	To Chicago Blackhawks Vinnie Hinostroza	To Florida Panthers Brad Morrison
April 8, 2021	To Chicago Blackhawks Brett Connolly Riley Stillman Henrik Borgstrom 7th-round pick in 2021	To Florida Panthers Lucas Wallmark Lucas Carlsson
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	To Chicago Blackhawks Adam Gaudette	To Vancouver Canucks Matthew Highmore
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	To Colorado Avalanche Carl Soderberg	To Chicago Blackhawks Josh Dickinson Ryder Rolston
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	To San Jose Sharks Mattias Janmark	To Chicago Blackhawks Nick DeSimone
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	To Vegas Golden Knights Nick DeSimone 5th-round pick in 2022	To Chicago Blackhawks 2nd-round pick in 2021 3rd-round pick in 2022
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	To Vancouver Canucks Madison Bowey 5th-round pick in 2021	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2021

Current roster

Updated November 27, 2021

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
13	Finland	Borgstrom, HenrikHenrik Borgstrom	4.0 C	L	24	2021	Helsinki, Finland
22	United States	Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter	4.3 C/RW	R	31	2019	Oviedo, Florida
77	Canada	Dach, KirbyKirby Dach	4.0 C	R	21	2019	St. Albert, Alberta
12	United States	DeBrincat, AlexAlex DeBrincat  (A)	7.0 RW	R	24	2016	Farmington Hills, Michigan
44	Canada	de Haan, CalvinCalvin de Haan	2.0 D	L	31	2019	Carp, Ontario
58	Canada	Entwistle, MacKenzieMacKenzie Entwistle	7.0 RW	R	22	2018	Mississauga, Ontario
29	Canada	Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury	1.0 G	L	37	2021	Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
56	Sweden	Gustafsson, ErikErik Gustafsson	2.0 D	L	30	2021	Nynäshamn, Sweden
38	Canada	Hagel, BrandonBrandon Hagel	6.0 LW	L	23	2018	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
86	United States	Hardman, MikeMike Hardman	7.0 RW	L	23	2021	Hanover, Massachusetts
52	Canada	Johnson, ReeseReese Johnson	7.0 RW	R	23	2019	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
90	United States	Johnson, TylerTyler Johnson	4.0 C	R	31	2021	Spokane, Washington
82	United States	Jones, CalebCaleb Jones	2.0 D	L	25	2021	Arlington, Texas
4	United States	Jones, SethSeth Jones	2.0 D	R	27	2021	Arlington, Texas
48	Canada	Kalynuk, WyattWyatt Kalynuk	2.0 D	L	25	2020	Brandon, Manitoba
88	United States	Kane, PatrickPatrick Kane  (A)	7.0 RW	L	33	2007	Buffalo, New York
16	Canada	Khaira, JujharJujhar Khaira	6.0 LW	L	27	2021	Surrey, British Columbia
8	Czech Republic	Kubalik, DominikDominik Kubalik	6.0 LW	L	26	2019	Plzeň, Czech Republic
23	Switzerland	Kurashev, PhilippPhilipp Kurashev	4.0 C	L	22	2018	Munsingen, Switzerland
32	Finland	Lankinen, KevinKevin Lankinen	1.0 G	L	27	2018	Helsinki, Finland
6	United States	McCabe, JakeJake McCabe	2.0 D	L	28	2021	Eau Claire, Wisconsin
5	United States	Murphy, ConnorConnor Murphy  (A)	2.0 D	R	29	2017	Boston, Massachusetts
61	Canada	Stillman, RileyRiley Stillman	2.0 D	L	24	2021	Calgary, Alberta
17	Canada	Strome, DylanDylan Strome	4.0 C	L	25	2018	Mississauga, Ontario
19	Canada	Toews, JonathanJonathan Toews  (C)	4.0 C	L	34	2006	Winnipeg, Manitoba

Draft picks

See also: List of Chicago Blackhawks 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)
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)