2019–20 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2019–20 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 94th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Blackhawks were led by head coach Jeremy Colliton in his first full year as head coach.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Blackhawks advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2016–17 season by defeating the Edmonton Oilers, but were defeated in the first round by the Vegas Golden Knights in five games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Western Conference

Tiebreaking procedures Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season). Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW). Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW). Greater number of total wins (including shootouts). 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. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against). Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019. 2019 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Streak Recap 1 September 16 @ Washington 3–4 OT Delia Capital One Arena 14,517 0–0–1 O1 2 September 17 @ Detroit 3–5 Lankinen Little Caesars Arena 15,108 0–1–1 L1 3 September 18 Detroit 2–1 Crawford United Center 20,523 1–1–1 W1 4 September 21 Boston 3–2 OT Lehner United Center 20,611 2–1–1 W2 5 September 25 Washington 0–6 Crawford United Center 20,239 2–2–1 L1 6 September 28 @ Boston 2–8 Lankinen TD Garden 17,565 2–3–1 L2 7 September 29 @ Eisbären Berlin 3–1 Lehner Mercedes-Benz Arena — 3–3–1 W1

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. 2019–20 game log October: 3–6–2 (Home: 3–3–2; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Streak Recap 1 October 4 @ Philadelphia 3–4 Crawford O2 Arena 17,463 0–1–0 0 L1 2 October 10 San Jose 4–5 Crawford United Center 21,455 0–2–0 0 L2 3 October 12 Winnipeg 2–3 OT Lehner United Center 21,340 0–2–1 1 O1 4 October 14 Edmonton 3–1 Crawford United Center 21,260 1–2–1 3 W1 5 October 18 Columbus 3–2 OT Lehner United Center 21,518 2–2–1 5 W2 6 October 20 Washington 3–5 Crawford United Center 21,187 2–3–1 5 L1 7 October 22 Vegas 1–2 SO Lehner United Center 21,172 2–3–2 6 O1 8 October 24 Philadelphia 1–4 Lehner United Center 21,315 2–4–2 6 L1 9 October 26 @ Carolina 0–4 Crawford PNC Arena 15,738 2–5–2 6 L2 10 October 27 Los Angeles 5–1 Lehner United Center 21,334 3–5–2 8 W1 11 October 29 @ Nashville 0–3 Lehner Bridgestone Arena 17,259 3–6–2 8 L1 November: 7–5–3 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 3–2–3) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Streak Recap 12 November 2 @ Los Angeles 3–4 OT Crawford Staples Center 18,230 3–6–3 9 O1 13 November 3 @ Anaheim 3–2 OT Lehner Honda Center 15,576 4–6–3 11 W1 14 November 5 @ San Jose 2–4 Lehner SAP Center 16,087 4–7–3 11 L1 15 November 7 Vancouver 5–2 Crawford United Center 21,418 5–7–3 13 W1 16 November 9 @ Pittsburgh 2–3 SO Crawford PPG Paints Arena 18,653 5–7–4 14 O1 17 November 10 Toronto 5–4 Lehner United Center 21,598 6–7–4 16 W1 18 November 13 @ Vegas 5–3 Crawford T-Mobile Arena 18,324 7–7–4 18 W2 19 November 16 @ Nashville 7–2 Lehner Bridgestone Arena 17,393 8–7–4 20 W3 20 November 17 Buffalo 4–1 Crawford United Center 21,334 9–7–4 22 W4 21 November 19 Carolina 2–4 Lehner United Center 21,325 9–8–4 22 L1 22 November 21 Tampa Bay 2–4 Crawford United Center 21,336 9–9–4 22 L2 23 November 23 @ Dallas 1–2 SO Lehner American Airlines Center 18,532 9–9–5 23 O1 24 November 26 Dallas 3–0 Crawford United Center 21,210 10–9–5 25 W1 25 November 29 Colorado 2–5 Crawford United Center 21,822 10–10–5 25 L1 26 November 30 @ Colorado 3–7 Lehner Pepsi Center 18,015 10–11–5 25 L2 December: 8–6–1 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 6–3–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Streak Recap 27 December 2 St. Louis 0–4 Crawford United Center 21,204 10–12–5 25 L3 28 December 5 @ Boston 4–3 OT Lehner TD Garden 17,850 11–12–5 27 W1 29 December 6 @ New Jersey 2–1 SO Crawford Prudential Center 15,273 12–12–5 29 W2 30 December 8 Arizona 3–4 SO Lehner United Center 21,232 12–12–6 30 O1 31 December 10 @ Vegas 1–5 Crawford T-Mobile Arena 18,319 12–13–6 30 L1 32 December 12 @ Arizona 2–5 Lehner Gila River Arena 13,150 12–14–6 30 L2 33 December 14 @ St. Louis 3–4 Crawford Enterprise Center 18,096 12–15–6 30 L3 34 December 15 Minnesota 5–3 Lehner United Center 21,513 13–15–6 32 W1 35 December 18 Colorado 1–4 Crawford United Center 21,481 13–16–6 32 L1 36 December 19 @ Winnipeg 4–1 Lehner Bell MTS Place 15,325 14–16–6 34 W1 37 December 21 @ Colorado 5–3 Lehner Pepsi Center 18,056 15–16–6 36 W2 38 December 23 New Jersey 1–7 Crawford United Center 21,559 15–17–6 36 L1 39 December 27 NY Islanders 5–2 Lehner United Center 21,747 16–17–6 38 W1 40 December 29 @ Columbus 3–2 SO Lehner Nationwide Arena 18,544 17–17–6 40 W2 41 December 31 @ Calgary 5–3 Lehner Scotiabank Saddledome 19,289 18–17–6 42 W3 January: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Streak Recap 42 January 2 @ Vancouver 5–7 Lehner Rogers Arena 18,871 18–18–6 42 L1 43 January 5 Detroit 4–2 Crawford United Center 21,493 19–18–6 44 W1 44 January 7 Calgary 1–2 Crawford United Center 21,274 19–19–6 44 L1 45 January 9 Nashville 2–5 Crawford United Center 21,440 19–20–6 44 L2 46 January 11 Anaheim 4–2 Lehner United Center 21,548 20–20–6 46 W1 47 January 14 @ Ottawa 3–2 OT Lehner Canadian Tire Centre 12,238 21–20–6 48 W2 48 January 15 @ Montreal 4–1 Crawford Bell Centre 21,302 22–20–6 50 W3 49 January 18 @ Toronto 6–2 Crawford Scotiabank Arena 19,502 23–20–6 52 W4 50 January 19 Winnipeg 5–2 Lehner United Center 21,487 24–20–6 54 W5 51 January 21 Florida 3–4 Lehner United Center 21,559 24–21–6 54 L1 February: 5–7–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 4–6–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Streak Recap 52 February 1 @ Arizona 3–2 SO Crawford Gila River Arena 17,125 25–21–6 56 W1 53 February 4 @ Minnesota 2–3 OT Crawford Xcel Energy Center 17,341 25–21–7 57 O1 54 February 5 Boston 1–2 OT Lehner United Center 21,472 25–21–8 58 O2 55 February 9 @ Winnipeg 2–5 Crawford Bell MTS Place 15,325 25–22–8 58 L1 56 February 11 @ Edmonton 3–5 Lehner Rogers Place 17,066 25–23–8 58 L2 57 February 12 @ Vancouver 0–3 Crawford Rogers Arena 18,871 25–24–8 58 L3 58 February 15 @ Calgary 8–4 Lehner Scotiabank Saddledome 19,231 26–24–8 60 W1 59 February 16 @ Winnipeg 2–3 Crawford Bell MTS Place 15,325 26–25–8 60 L1 60 February 19 NY Rangers 3–6 Lehner United Center 21,573 26–26–8 60 L2 61 February 21 Nashville 2–1 OT Crawford United Center 21,878 27–26–8 62 W1 62 February 23 @ Dallas 1–2 Crawford American Airlines Center 18,532 27–27–8 62 L1 63 February 25 @ St. Louis 5–6 Crawford Enterprise Center 18,096 27–28–8 62 L2 64 February 27 @ Tampa Bay 5–2 Crawford Amalie Arena 19,092 28–28–8 64 W1 65 February 29 @ Florida 3–2 SO Crawford BB&T Center 16,055 29–28–8 66 W2 March: 3–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Streak Recap 66 March 3 Anaheim 6–2 Crawford United Center 21,345 30–28–8 68 W3 67 March 5 Edmonton 4–3 Crawford United Center 21,481 31–28–8 70 W4 68 March 6 @ Detroit 1–2 Crawford Little Caesars Arena 19,515 31–29–8 70 L1 69 March 8 St. Louis 0–2 Crawford United Center 21,815 31–30–8 70 L2 70 March 11 San Jose 6–2 Crawford United Center 21,275 32–30–8 72 W1 Cancelled games # Date Opponent Arena 71 March 13 Ottawa United Center 72 March 14 @ Washington Capital One Arena 73 March 17 @ Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 74 March 19 Minnesota United Center 75 March 21 @ Buffalo KeyBank Center 76 March 22 Nashville United Center 77 March 25 Pittsburgh United Center 78 March 27 Dallas United Center 79 March 29 Los Angeles United Center 80 March 31 Montreal United Center 81 April 2 @ NY Islanders Nassau Coliseum 82 April 4 @ NY Rangers Madison Square GardenLegend:

Playoffs

The Blackhawks faced the Edmonton Oilers in the qualifying round, defeating them in four games.

The Blackhawks faced the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round, losing in five games. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (5) Edmonton Oilers: Chicago won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 1 Chicago 6–4 Edmonton Crawford 1–0 2 August 3 Chicago 3–6 Edmonton Crawford 1–1 3 August 5 Edmonton 3–4 Chicago Crawford 2–1 4 August 7 Edmonton 2–3 Chicago Crawford 3–1 Western Conference First Round vs. (1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 11 Chicago 1–4 Vegas Crawford 0–1 2 August 13 Chicago 3–4 Vegas OT Crawford 0–2 3 August 15 Vegas 2–1 Chicago Crawford 0–3 4 August 16 Vegas 1–3 Chicago Crawford 1–3 5 August 18 Chicago 3–4 Vegas Crawford 1–4 Legend:

Detailed records

Western Conference Opponent Home Away Total Pts Central DivisionChicago Blackhawks — — — — — —Colorado Avalanche 0–2–0 1–1–0 1–3–0 2 11 19Dallas Stars 1–0–0 0–1–1 1–1–1 3 5 4Minnesota Wild 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 7 6Nashville Predators 1–1–0 1–1–0 2–2–0 4 11 11St. Louis Blues 0–2–0 0–2–0 0–4–0 0 8 16Winnipeg Jets 1–0–1 1–2–0 2–2–1 5 15 14 Total 4–5–1 3–7–2 7–12–3 17 57 70Pacific DivisionAnaheim Ducks 2–0–0 1–0–0 3–0–0 6 13 6Arizona Coyotes 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–1–1 3 8 11Calgary Flames 0–1–0 2–0–0 2–1–0 4 14 9Edmonton Oilers 2–0–0 0–1–0 3–1–0 4 10 9Los Angeles Kings 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 8 5San Jose Sharks 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–2–0 2 12 11Vancouver Canucks 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–2–0 2 10 12Vegas Golden Knights 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–1–1 3 7 10 Total 7–2–2 5–6–1 12–8–3 27 82 73

Eastern Conference Opponent Home Away Total Pts Atlantic DivisionBoston Bruins 0–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 3 5 5Buffalo Sabres 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 2 4 1Detroit Red Wings 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 5 4Florida Panthers 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 6 6Montreal Canadiens 0–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 2 4 1Ottawa Senators 0–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 2 3 2Tampa Bay Lightning 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 7 6Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 11 6 Total 3–2–1 6–1–0 9–3–1 19 45 31Metropolitan DivisionCarolina Hurricanes 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 2 8Columbus Blue Jackets 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 6 4New Jersey Devils 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 3 8New York Islanders 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 2 5 2New York Rangers 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0 0 3 6Philadelphia Flyers 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 4 8Pittsburgh Penguins 0–0–0 0–0–1 0–0–1 1 2 3Washington Capitals 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0 0 3 5 Total 2–5–0 2–2–1 4–7–1 9 28 44

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 70 33 51 84 8 40 70 18 42 60 −2 48 68 30 16 46 2 16 70 18 27 45 −10 15 58 12 26 38 1 16 58 21 12 33 2 16 61 3 24 27 1 18 65 10 16 26 −2 10 ‡ 59 6 20 26 −8 25 64 8 15 23 −1 24 58 5 14 19 2 27 65 4 13 17 0 20 70 8 8 16 −11 8 40 9 6 15 −3 32 69 3 12 15 −6 28 41 4 9 13 −3 6 50 4 7 11 2 29 26 3 7 10 −4 33 42 1 9 10 3 42 36 2 4 6 −1 6 29 1 5 6 10 10 32 3 1 4 1 8 9 1 2 3 1 0 21 1 2 3 −8 38 6 0 1 1 3 0 † 6 0 1 1 −2 7 9 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 4 ‡ 1 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 9 5 4 9 −2 2 9 2 7 9 0 2 9 4 4 8 −2 4 9 3 3 6 7 4 9 2 4 6 4 9 9 1 5 6 3 4 9 2 3 5 2 2 9 0 5 5 −7 4 9 3 1 4 −1 2 9 0 4 4 −1 4 9 2 1 3 −3 2 9 1 2 3 4 2 8 1 2 3 0 2 9 1 0 1 0 6 9 0 1 1 −4 0 9 0 1 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 −4 2 8 0 0 0 −5 4 1 0 0 0 −2 0 2 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player ‡ 33 31 1,875:28 16 10 5 94 3.01 1,152 .918 0 0 0 4 40 39 2,340:03 16 20 3 108 2.77 1,294 .917 1 0 0 0 1 0 1:10 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 1.000 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 9 9 544:01 4 5 30 3.31 324 .907 0 0 0 0