2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks season

2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks
2020–21 record	9–5–4
Home record	5–2–1
Road record	4–3–3
Goals for	52
Goals against	51
Team information
General Manager	Stan Bowman
Coach	Jeremy Colliton
Captain	Jonathan Toews
Alternate captains	Patrick Kane Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook
Arena	United Center
Minor league affiliations	Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Alex DeBrincat (9)
Assists	Patrick Kane (16)
Points	Patrick Kane (23)
Penalties in minutes	Duncan Keith (14)
Plus/minus	Alex DeBrincat (+5)
Wins	Kevin Lankinen (7)
Goals against average	Kevin Lankinen (2.29)
<2019–20	2021–22>

The 2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks season is the 95th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Blackhawks are being 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 will remain in the Central Division this season and will only play games against the other teams in their realigned division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

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 0 2–3–2 6 Recap 8 January 27 @ Nashville 1–2 SO Lankinen 0 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: 6–1–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–0–0) # 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 – 20 February 20 @ Carolina – 21 February 23 @ Columbus – 22 February 25 @ Columbus – 23 February 27 Detroit – 24 February 28 Detroit –
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 March 4 Tampa Bay – 26 March 5 Tampa Bay – 27 March 7 Tampa Bay – 28 March 9 @ Dallas – 29 March 11 @ Dallas – 30 March 13 @ Florida – 31 March 15 @ Florida – 32 March 18 @ Tampa Bay – 33 March 20 @ Tampa Bay – 34 March 23 Florida – 35 March 25 Florida – 36 March 27 Nashville – 37 March 28 Nashville – 38 March 30 Carolina –
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 April 1 Carolina – 40 April 3 @ Nashville – 41 April 4 @ Nashville – 42 April 6 Dallas – 43 April 8 Dallas – 44 April 10 @ Columbus – 45 April 12 @ Columbus – 46 April 15 @ Detroit – 47 April 17 @ Detroit – 48 April 21 Nashville – 49 April 23 Nashville – 50 April 27 Tampa Bay – 51 April 29 Florida –
May: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 May 1 Florida – 53 May 3 @ Carolina – 54 May 4 @ Carolina – 55 May 6 Dallas – 56 May 8 Dallas –
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	1–0–1	0–0–0	1–0–1	3	9	8
Columbus Blue Jackets	2–2–0	0–0–0	2–2–0	4	12	11
Dallas Stars	0–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0	4	4	2
Detroit Red Wings	2–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	8	15	5
Florida Panthers	0–0–0	0–1–1	0–1–1	1	6	10
Nashville Predators	0–0–0	0–0–2	0–0–2	2	3	5
Tampa Bay Lightning	0–0–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0	3	10
Total	5–2–1	4–3–3	9–5–4	22	52	51

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Patrick Kane	17	7	15	22	3	10
Alex DeBrincat	13	8	8	16	4	2
Dominik Kubalik	17	5	9	14	0	10
Pius Suter	17	6	4	10	−2	4
Mattias Janmark	17	6	4	10	−5	4
Dylan Strome	17	4	4	8	−6	4
Philipp Kurashev	16	4	4	8	−3	2
Nicolas Beaudin	9	2	3	5	4	2
Connor Murphy	13	2	3	5	−1	2
Duncan Keith	17	0	5	5	−4	14
Nikita Zadorov	17	0	5	5	2	11
Andrew Shaw	14	2	2	4	−5	6
Carl Soderberg	12	1	2	3	2	6
Lucas Wallmark	6	0	3	3	0	2
Brandon Hagel	14	0	3	3	−3	7
Adam Boqvist	6	0	3	3	−1	4
Calvin de Haan	17	1	1	2	−8	4
Ian Mitchell	17	1	1	2	−5	2
David Kampf	17	0	2	2	−3	8
Ryan Carpenter	9	1	0	1	0	6
Madison Bowey	2	0	1	1	1	0
Matthew Highmore	10	0	1	1	−1	2
Reese Johnson	3	0	0	0	−1	2
Lucas Carlsson	8	0	0	0	−1	0
Brandon 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
Kevin Lankinen	11	11	673:22	6	2	3	28	2.49	374	.925	0	1	1	0
Malcolm Subban	4	4	249:13	2	1	1	11	2.65	132	.917	0	0	0	0
Collin Delia	2	2	120:00	0	2	0	10	5.00	73	.863	0	0	0	0

Current roster

Updated October 8, 2021

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
74		Nicolas Beaudin	D	L	24	2018	Chateauguay, Quebec
13		Henrik Borgstrom	C	L	26	2021	Helsinki, Finland
22		Ryan Carpenter	C/RW	R	33	2019	Oviedo, Florida
77		Kirby Dach	C	R	23	2019	St. Albert, Alberta
12		Alex DeBrincat (A)	RW	R	26	2016	Farmington Hills, Michigan
44		Calvin de Haan	D	L	33	2019	Carp, Ontario
60		Collin Delia	G	L	30	2018	Rancho Cucamonga, California
58		MacKenzie Entwistle	RW	R	25	2018	Mississauga, Ontario
29		Marc-Andre Fleury	G	L	39	2021	Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
11		Adam Gaudette	C	R	27	2021	Braintree, Massachusetts
38		Brandon Hagel	LW	L	25	2018	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
86		Mike Hardman	RW	L	25	2021	Hanover, Massachusetts
52		Reese Johnson	RW	R	26	2019	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
90		Tyler Johnson	C	R	34	2021	Spokane, Washington
82		Caleb Jones Injured Reserve	D	L	27	2021	Arlington, Texas
4		Seth Jones	D	R	29	2021	Arlington, Texas
48		Wyatt Kalynuk Injured Reserve	D	L	27	2020	Brandon, Manitoba
88		Patrick Kane (A)	RW	L	35	2007	Buffalo, New York
16		Jujhar Khaira	LW	L	29	2021	Surrey, British Columbia
8		Dominik Kubalik	LW	L	28	2019	Plzeň, Czech Republic
23		Philipp Kurashev	C	L	24	2018	Munsingen, Switzerland
32		Kevin Lankinen	G	L	29	2018	Helsinki, Finland
6		Jake McCabe	D	L	30	2021	Eau Claire, Wisconsin
51		Ian Mitchell	D	R	25	2017	St. Albert, Alberta
5		Connor Murphy	D	R	31	2017	Boston, Massachusetts
92		Alexander Nylander	LW	R	26	2019	Calgary, Alberta
75		Alec Regula	D	R	24	2019	West Bloomfield Township, Michigan
61		Riley Stillman	D	L	26	2021	Calgary, Alberta
17		Dylan Strome	C	L	27	2018	Mississauga, Ontario
30		Malcolm Subban	G	L	30	2020	Ontario, Canada
19		Jonathan Toews (C)	C	L	36	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, wehich 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)

References