2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks season is the 95th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[1] 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.

2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks
2020–21 record	4–4–4
Home record	4–1–1
Road record	0–3–3
Goals for	35
Goals against	39
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 affiliate(s)	Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Patrick Kane (6)
Assists	Patrick Kane (9)
Points	Patrick Kane (15)
Penalty minutes	Duncan Keith (12)
Plus/minus	Alex DeBrincat Carl Soderberg (+2)
Wins	Kevin Lankinen (4)
Goals against average	Kevin Lankinen (2.32)

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tampa Bay Lightning	8	6	1	1	5	29	17	+12	13
2	Columbus Blue Jackets	12	5	4	3	4	31	37	−6	13
3	Florida Panthers	7	5	0	2	2	27	22	+5	12
4	Carolina Hurricanes	8	6	2	0	3	26	19	+7	12
5	Chicago Blackhawks	12	4	4	4	4	35	39	−4	12
6	Dallas Stars	8	5	2	1	4	32	21	+11	11
7	Nashville Predators	10	5	5	0	2	28	34	−6	10
8	Detroit Red Wings	11	2	7	2	1	21	40	−19	6

Updated to game(s) played on February 4, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount 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 amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[3]

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: 1–0–1 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 0–0–0) # 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 – 14 February 9 @ Dallas – 15 February 11 Columbus – 16 February 13 Columbus – 17 February 15 @ Detroit – 18 February 17 @ Detroit – 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)

Current roster

Updated February 4, 2021[4][5]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
74		Nicolas Beaudin	D	L	21	2018	Chateauguay, Quebec
27		Adam Boqvist	D	R	20	2018	Falun, Sweden
29		Madison Bowey	D	R	25	2021	Winnipeg, Manitoba
46		Lucas Carlsson	D	L	23	2016	Gävle, Sweden
22		Ryan Carpenter	C/RW	R	30	2019	Oviedo, Florida
77		Kirby Dach	C	R	20	2019	St. Albert, Alberta
12		Alex DeBrincat	RW	R	23	2016	Farmington Hills, Michigan
44		Calvin de Haan	D	L	29	2019	Carp, Ontario
60		Collin Delia	G	L	26	2018	Rancho Cucamonga, California
58		MacKenzie Entwistle	RW	R	21	2018	Mississauga, Ontario
38		Brandon Hagel	LW	L	22	2018	Morinville, Alberta
36		Matthew Highmore	C	L	24	2017	Halifax, Nova Scotia
13		Mattias Janmark	LW	L	28	2020	Danderyd, Sweden
52		Reese Johnson	RW	R	22	2019	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
64		David Kampf	C	L	26	2017	Jirkov, Czech Republic
88		Patrick Kane (A)	RW	L	32	2007	Buffalo, New York
2		Duncan Keith (A)	D	L	37	2002	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8		Dominik Kubalik	LW	L	25	2019	Plzeň, Czech Republic
23		Philipp Kurashev	C	L	21	2018	Munsingen, Switzerland
32		Kevin Lankinen	G	L	25	2018	Helsinki, Finland
54		Anton Lindholm	D	L	26	2020	Skellefteå, Sweden
51		Ian Mitchell	D	R	22	2017	St. Albert, Alberta
5		Connor Murphy	D	R	27	2017	Boston, Massachusetts
92		Alexander Nylander	LW	R	22	2019	Calgary, Alberta
73		Brandon Pirri	C	L	29	2020	Toronto, Ontario
7		Brent Seabrook (A)	D	R	35	2003	Richmond, British Columbia
65		Andrew Shaw	RW	R	29	2019	Belleville, Ontario
15		Zack Smith	C/LW	L	32	2019	Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
34		Carl Soderberg	C	L	35	2020	Malmö, Sweden
17		Dylan Strome	C	L	23	2018	Mississauga, Ontario
30		Malcolm Subban	G	L	27	2020	Ontario, Canada
24		Pius Suter	C	L	24	2020	Zurich, Switzerland
19		Jonathan Toews (C)	C	L	32	2006	Winnipeg, Manitoba
71		Lucas Wallmark	C	L	25	2020	Umea, Sweden
16		Nikita Zadorov	D	L	25	2020	Moscow, Russia

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

1. National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
2. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
3. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
4. "Chicago Blackhawks Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
5. "Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved February 19, 2018.