The 2020–21 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 95th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, established on September 25, 1926. Jeremy Colliton led the Blackhawks in his second full year as head coach.

On December 20, 2020, the league announced a shortened 56-game season and realignment into four divisions with no conferences for the season 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 and only played games against the 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.

Blackhawk captain Jonathan Toews missed the entire season due to an undisclosed injury, later revealed to be chronic immune response syndrome.

The season also marked the last season with the Blackhawks for defenseman Duncan Keith who was traded after the season.

Standings

Schedule and results

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020. 2020–21 game logJanuary: 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 2 January 15 @ Tampa Bay 2–5 Delia 0 0–2–0 0 3 January 17 @ Florida 2–5 Delia 4,147 0–3–0 0 4 January 19 @ Florida 4–5 OT Lankinen 3,667 0–3–1 1 5 January 22 Detroit 4–1 Lankinen 0 1–3–1 3 6 January 24 Detroit 6–2 Lankinen 0 2–3–1 5 7 January 26 @ Nashville 2–3 OT Subban — 2–3–2 6 8 January 27 @ Nashville 1–2 SO Lankinen — 2–3–3 7 9 January 29 Columbus 1–2 Lankinen 0 2–4–3 7 10 January 31 Columbus 3–1 Lankinen 0 3–4–3 9 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 12 February 4 Carolina 6–4 Lankinen 0 4–4–4 12 13 February 7 @ Dallas 2–1 OT Subban 4,203 5–4–4 14 14 February 9 @ Dallas 2–1 OT Lankinen 4,059 6–4–4 16 15 February 11 Columbus 5–6 Lankinen 0 6–5–4 16 16 February 13 Columbus 3–2 OT Lankinen 0 7–5–4 18 17 February 15 @ Detroit 3–2 OT Subban 0 8–5–4 20 18 February 17 @ Detroit 2–0 Lankinen 0 9–5–4 22 19 February 19 @ Carolina 3–5 Lankinen 0 9–6–4 22 20 February 23 @ Columbus 6–5 SO Lankinen 0 10–6–4 24 21 February 25 @ Columbus 2–0 Subban 0 11–6–4 26 22 February 27 Detroit 3–5 Subban 0 11–7–4 26 23 February 28 Detroit 7–2 Lankinen 0 12–7–4 28 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 25 March 5 Tampa Bay 4–3 SO Subban 0 13–7–5 31 26 March 7 Tampa Bay 3–6 Lankinen 0 13–8–5 31 27 March 9 @ Dallas 1–6 Subban 4,211 13–9–5 31 28 March 11 @ Dallas 4–2 Lankinen 4,213 14–9–5 33 29 March 13 @ Florida 2–4 Lankinen 4,721 14–10–5 33 30 March 15 @ Florida 3–6 Lankinen 4,512 14–11–5 33 31 March 18 @ Tampa Bay 2–4 Lankinen 3,800 14–12–5 33 32 March 20 @ Tampa Bay 1–4 Subban 3,800 14–13–5 33 33 March 23 Florida 3–2 Lankinen 0 15–13–5 35 34 March 25 Florida 3–0 Lankinen 0 16–13–5 37 35 March 27 Nashville 1–3 Lankinen 0 16–14–5 37 36 March 28 Nashville 2–3 Subban 0 16–15–5 37 37 March 30 Carolina 2–1 Lankinen 0 17–15–5 39 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 39 April 3 @ Nashville 0–3 Lankinen — 17–17–5 39 40 April 6 Dallas 4–2 Lankinen 0 18–17–5 41 41 April 8 Dallas 1–5 Lankinen 0 18–18–5 41 42 April 10 @ Columbus 4–3 Lankinen 4,502 19–18–5 43 43 April 12 @ Columbus 4–3 OT Lankinen 4,093 20–18–5 45 44 April 15 @ Detroit 1–4 Lankinen 0 20–19–5 45 45 April 17 @ Detroit 4–0 Subban 0 21–19–5 47 46 April 19 @ Nashville 2–5 Lankinen — 21–20–5 47 47 April 21 Nashville 5–4 OT Subban 0 22–20–5 49 48 April 23 Nashville 1–3 Subban 0 22–21–5 49 49 April 27 Tampa Bay 4–7 Subban 0 22–22–5 49 50 April 29 Florida 3–4 OT Lankinen 0 22–22–6 50 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 52 May 3 @ Carolina 2–5 Subban 4,987 22–24–6 50 53 May 4 @ Carolina 3–6 Delia 4,987 22–25–6 50 54 May 6 @ Carolina 2–1 OT Delia 4,987 23–25–6 52 55 May 9 Dallas 4–2 Lankinen 3,820 24–25–6 54 56 May 10 Dallas 4–5 OT Delia 3,917 24–25–7 55 Legend:

Detailed records Central Division Opponent Home Away Total Pts Carolina Hurricanes 2–1–1 1–3–0 3–4–1 7 24 30Columbus Blue Jackets 2–2–0 4–0–0 6–2–0 12 28 22Dallas Stars 2–1–1 3–1–0 5–2–1 11 22 24Detroit Red Wings 3–1–0 3–1–0 6–2–0 12 30 16Florida Panthers 2–1–1 0–3–1 2–4–2 6 24 31Nashville Predators 1–3–0 0–2–2 1–5–2 4 14 26Tampa 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 56 15 51 66 −7 14 52 32 24 56 3 12 56 17 21 38 −3 18 55 14 13 27 −5 14 52 9 15 24 −7 11 ‡ 41 10 9 19 −17 8 40 9 8 17 −16 14 54 8 8 16 −9 12 35 2 14 16 −7 14 ‡ 34 7 8 15 −5 14 54 4 11 15 −13 30 50 3 12 15 1 35 † 17 4 8 12 2 8 56 1 11 12 −3 20 18 2 8 10 −3 4 44 1 9 10 −16 14 21 4 5 9 −6 4 55 1 7 8 1 36 39 3 4 7 −10 14 19 2 4 6 1 2 40 4 1 5 −10 19 14 2 2 4 −5 6 † 7 1 3 4 −2 0 8 1 2 3 0 0 ‡ 16 0 3 3 −2 6 5 1 1 2 1 2 † 10 1 1 2 −1 2 ‡ 24 0 2 2 −5 6 † 13 1 0 1 3 2 ‡ 2 0 1 1 1 0 ‡ 12 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 −2 9 3 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 37 37 2,174:49 17 14 5 109 3.01 1,204 .909 2 0 2 2 16 14 881:17 6 8 1 47 3.20 471 .900 2 0 0 0 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 To Colorado AvalancheBrandon SaadDennis Gilbert To Chicago BlackhawksNikita ZadorovAnton Lindholm To Chicago BlackhawksVinnie Hinostroza To Florida PanthersBrad Morrison April 8, 2021 To Chicago BlackhawksBrett ConnollyRiley StillmanHenrik Borgstrom7th-round pick in 2021 To Florida PanthersLucas WallmarkLucas Carlsson To Chicago BlackhawksAdam Gaudette To Vancouver CanucksMatthew Highmore To Colorado AvalancheCarl Soderberg To Chicago BlackhawksJosh DickinsonRyder Rolston To San Jose SharksMattias Janmark To Chicago BlackhawksNick DeSimone To Vegas Golden KnightsNick DeSimone5th-round pick in 2022 To Chicago Blackhawks2nd-round pick in 20213rd-round pick in 2022 To Vancouver CanucksMadison Bowey5th-round pick in 2021 To Chicago Blackhawks4th-round pick in 2021

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)117 Lukas Reichel LW Germany Eisbären Berlin (DEL)246 Drew Commesso G United States U.S. NTDP (USHL) 379 Landon Slaggert LW United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)4110 Michael Krutil D Czech Republic Sparta Jr. (U20 Extraliga)5141 Isaak Phillips D Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)6172 Chad Yetman C Canada Erie Otters (OHL)

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