2023–24 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2023–24 Chicago Blackhawks season is the 98th season (97th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[1] The Blackhawks are led by second-year head coach Luke Richardson.[2] This is the first season since 2006–07 that Jonathan Toews is not on the roster as his contract expired at the end of the season.[3] In addition, it is the first full-season since that same year without Patrick Kane after he was traded to the New York Rangers in February.[4]

2023–24 Chicago Blackhawks
DivisionCentral
ConferenceWestern
2023–24 record2–5–0
Home record0–2–0
Road record2–3–0
Goals for14
Goals against21
Team information
General managerKyle Davidson
CoachLuke Richardson
CaptainVacant
Alternate captainsNick Foligno
Seth Jones
Connor Murphy
Corey Perry
ArenaUnited Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Rockford IceHogs (AHL)
Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsTyler Johnson (3)
AssistsAndreas Athanasiou
Seth Jones
Corey Perry (3)
PointsCorey Perry (5)
Penalty minutesJason Dickinson (23)
Plus/minusAlex Vlasic (+5)
WinsPetr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom (1)
Goals against averageArvid Soderblom (2.68)

Standings

Divisional standings
Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Colorado Avalanche 6 6 0 0 5 28 12 +16 12
2 Dallas Stars 5 4 0 1 2 16 11 +5 9
3 Minnesota Wild 6 3 2 1 3 25 25 0 7
4 Winnipeg Jets 6 3 3 0 2 20 23 −3 6
5 Arizona Coyotes 6 3 3 0 2 16 15 +1 6
6 Nashville Predators 7 3 4 0 3 20 19 +1 6
7 St. Louis Blues 5 2 2 1 1 11 15 −4 5
8 Chicago Blackhawks 7 2 5 0 2 14 21 −7 4
Updated to game(s) played on October 24, 2023. Source: National Hockey League[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 CE Winnipeg Jets 6 3 3 0 2 20 23 −3 6
2 CE Arizona Coyotes 6 3 3 0 2 16 15 +1 6
3 CE Nashville Predators 7 3 4 0 3 20 19 +1 6
4 CE St. Louis Blues 5 2 2 1 1 11 15 −4 5
5 PA Calgary Flames 7 2 4 1 2 17 26 −9 5
6 PA Seattle Kraken 7 2 4 1 1 16 25 −9 5
7 PA Anaheim Ducks 6 2 4 0 1 14 17 −3 4
8 CE Chicago Blackhawks 7 2 5 0 2 14 21 −7 4
9 PA Edmonton Oilers 6 1 4 1 1 17 27 −10 3
10 PA San Jose Sharks 6 0 5 1 0 8 23 −15 1
Updated to game(s) played on October 24, 2023. Source: National Hockey League[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Chicago Blackhawks preseason schedule was released on June 27, 2023.[7]

2023 preseason game log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 0–2–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionArenaAttendanceRecordRecap
1September 28St. Louis1–2ChicagoOTCommessoUnited Center9,9471–0–0Recap
2September 30Chicago2–3MinnesotaOTSoderblomXcel Energy Center18,1991–0–1Recap
3October 1Chicago1–6DetroitStauberLittle Caesars Arena13,8501–1–1Recap
4October 3Detroit2–4ChicagoMrazekUnited Center12,6102–1–1Recap
5October 5Minnesota3–2ChicagoSOSoderblomUnited Center12,7662–1–2Recap
6October 7Chicago3–5St. LouisMrazekEnterprise Center17,1542–2–2Recap
Legend:

  Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

The Chicago Blackhawks regular season schedule was released on June 27, 2023.[8]

2023–24 game log
October: 2–5–0 (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 2–3–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 10Chicago4–2PittsburghMrazek18,4111–0–02[9]
2October 11Chicago1–3BostonSoderblom17,5651–1–02[10]
3October 14Chicago2–3MontrealMrazek21,1051–2–02[11]
4October 16Chicago4–1TorontoSoderblom19,1012–2–04[12]
5October 19Chicago0–4ColoradoMrazek18,1402–3–04[13]
6October 21Vegas5–3ChicagoSoderblom19,8672–4–04[14]
7October 24Boston3–0ChicagoMrazek19,3702–5–04[15]
8October 27Chicago–Vegas
9October 30Chicago–Arizona
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
10November 4Florida--Chicago
11November 5New Jersey--Chicago
12November 9Chicago--Tampa Bay
13November 12Chicago--Florida
14November 16Tampa Bay--Chicago
15November 18Chicago--Nashville
16November 19Buffalo--Chicago
17November 22Chicago--Columbus
18November 24Toronto--Chicago
19November 26St. Louis--Chicago
20November 28Seattle--Chicago
21November 30Chicago--Detroit
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
22December 2Chicago--Winnipeg
23December 3Chicago--Minnesota
24December 5Nashville--Chicago
25December 7Anaheim--Chicago
26December 9St. Louis--Chicago
27December 10Washington--Chicago
28December 12Chicago--Edmonton
29December 14Chicago--Seattle
30December 17Vancouver--Chicago
31December 19Colorado--Chicago
32December 22Montreal--Chicago
33December 23Chicago--St. Louis
34December 27Winnipeg--Chicago
35December 29Chicago--Dallas
36December 31Chicago--Dallas
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
37January 2Chicago--Nashville
38January 4Chicago--NY Rangers
39January 5Chicago--New Jersey
40January 7Calgary--Chicago
41January 9Edmonton--Chicago
42January 11Chicago--Winnipeg
43January 13Dallas--Chicago
44January 16San Jose--Chicago
45January 17Chicago--Buffalo
46January 19NY Islanders--Chicago
47January 22Chicago--Vancouver
48January 24Chicago--Seattle
49January 25Chicago--Edmonton
50January 27Chicago--Calgary
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
51February 7Minnesota--Chicago
52February 9NY Rangers--Chicago
53February 13Vancouver--Chicago
54February 15Pittsburgh--Chicago
55February 17Ottawa--Chicago
56February 1Chicago--Carolina
57February 21Philadelphia--Chicago
58February 23Winnipeg--Chicago
59February 25Detroit--Chicago
60February 29Colorado--Chicago
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
61March 2Columbus--Chicago
62March 4Chicago--Colorado
63March 5Chicago--Arizona
64March 9Chicago--Washington
65March 10Arizona--Chicago
66March 12Anaheim--Chicago
67March 15Los Angeles--Chicago
68March 17San Jose--Chicago
69March 19Chicago--Los Angeles
70March 21Chicago--Anaheim
71March 23Chicago--San Jose
72March 26Calgary--Chicago
73March 28Chicago--Ottawa
74March 30Chicago--Philadelphia
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
75April 2Chicago--NY Islanders
76April 6Dallas--Chicago
77April 7Minnesota--Chicago
78April 10Chicago--St. Louis
79April 12Nashville--Chicago
80April 14Carolina--Chicago
81April 16Chicago--Vegas
82April 18Chicago--Los Angeles

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

Player statistics

Skaters
Regular season[16]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Corey Perry7235−24
Conor Bedard7224−42
Tyler Johnson7303−24
Ryan Donato7123–10
Nick Foligno712300
Andreas Athanasiou7033−20
Seth Jones7033+22
Jason Dickinson7112−223
Taylor Hall5112−12
Kevin Korchinski7022–72
Alex Vlasic7022+52
Cole Guttman3101–10
Reese Johnson3101–12
MacKenzie Entwistle2101+14
Boris Katchouk7011+12
Connor Murphy7011−77
Wyatt Kaiser700006
Lukas Reichel7000−72
Jarred Tinordi5000–10
Nikita Zaitsev2000−12
Philipp Kurashev1000–10

Goaltenders
Regular season[17]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Petr Mrazek33178:0612093.03118.9240000
Arvid Soderblom33179:1112082.6892.9130000

†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 October 24, 2023[18][19]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
89 Canada Andreas Athanasiou C L 29 2022 London, Ontario
98 Canada Connor Bedard C R 18 2023 North Vancouver, British Columbia
43 United States Colin Blackwell Injured Reserve C R 30 2022 North Andover, Massachusetts
16 Canada Jason Dickinson C L 28 2022 Georgetown, Ontario
8 United States Ryan Donato C L 27 2023 Scituate, Massachusetts
58 Canada MacKenzie Entwistle RW R 24 2018 Georgetown, Ontario
17 United States Nick Foligno (A) LW L 35 2023 Buffalo, New York
71 Canada Taylor Hall Injured Reserve LW L 31 2023 Calgary, Alberta
52 Canada Reese Johnson RW R 25 2019 Regina, Saskatchewan
90 United States Tyler Johnson C R 33 2021 Liberty Lake, Washington
4 United States Seth Jones (A) D R 29 2021 Arlington, Texas
44 United States Wyatt Kaiser D L 21 2020 Andover, Minnesota
14 Canada Boris Katchouk LW L 25 2022 Vancouver, British Columbia
55 Canada Kevin Korchinski D L 19 2022 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
23 Switzerland Philipp Kurashev C L 24 2018 Munsingen, Switzerland
34 Czech Republic Petr Mrazek G L 31 2022 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
5 United States Connor Murphy (A) D R 30 2017 Boston, Massachusetts
94 Canada Corey Perry (A) RW R 38 2023 Peterborough, Ontario
11 Canada Taylor Raddysh RW R 25 2022 Caledon, Ontario
27 Germany Lukas Reichel LW L 21 2020 Nuremberg, Germany
40 Sweden Arvid Soderblom G L 24 2021 Gothenburg, Sweden
25 United States Jarred Tinordi D L 31 2022 Burnsville, Minnesota
72 United States Alex Vlasic D L 22 2019 Wilmette, Illinois
22 Russia Nikita Zaitsev D R 31 2023 Moscow, Soviet Union

Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 NHL season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.

The Chicago Blackhawks win a game in tournament for prospects 5-0 vs their rivals The St. Louis Blues. With The MVP being a young 18 year old drafted in the 2023 Entry Draft By The Chicago Blackhawks named Connor Bedard with 3 goals playing his first game with The Chicago Blackhawks offical roster on Thursday, September 28th 2023 vs The St. Louis Blues.

Players acquired
DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)Ryan DonatoSeattle Kraken2-yearFree agency[20]

Players lost
DatePlayerNew teamTermViaRef
July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18)Hunter DrewTucson Roadrunners (AHL)2-yearFree agency[21]
August 7, 2023 (2023-08-07)Alex StalockAnaheim Ducks1-yearFree agency[22]
August 10, 2023 (2023-08-10)Anders BjorkRockford IceHogs (AHL)1-yearFree agency[23]
Caleb JonesCarolina Hurricanes1-yearFree agency[24]

Signings
DatePlayerTermRef
June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)Corey Perry1-year[25]
July 17, 2023 (2023-07-17)Connor Bedard3-year†[26]
July 23, 2023 (2023-07-23)Philipp Kurashev2-year[27]
July 25, 2023 (2023-07-25)Samuel Savoie3-year†[28]

Draft picks
See also: List of Chicago Blackhawks draft picks

Below are the Chicago Blackhawks selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 1 Connor Bedard C  Canada Regina Pats (WHL)
19 Oliver Moore C  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2 35 Adam Gajan G  Slovakia Chippewa Steel (NAHL)
44 Roman Kantserov RW  Russia Stalnye Lisy (MHL)
55 Martin Misiak RW  Slovakia Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
3 67 Nick Lardis LW  Canada Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
93 Jiri Felcman C  Czechia SCL Young Tigers (U20-Elit)
4 99 Alex Pharand C  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
5 131 Marcel Marcel LW  Czechia Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
6 167 Milton Oscarson C  Sweden Örebro HK (SHL)
7 195 Janne Peltonen D  Finland Oulun Kärpät (U20 SM-sarja)

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