2022–23 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2022–23 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 97th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Blackhawks were led by first-year head coach Luke Richardson.

On March 18, 2023, the Blackhawks were eliminated from playoff contention after a loss to the Arizona Coyotes.

Standings Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on August 3, 2022. 2022 preseason game log: 1–5–0 (home: 0–3–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Recap 1 September 27 St. Louis 1–4 Mrazek United Center 10,317 0–1–0 2 September 28 @ Detroit 4–2 Soderblom Little Caesars Arena 12,782 1–1–0 3 October 1 Detroit 0–3 Stalock United Center 15,735 1–2–0 4 October 2 Minnesota 0–3 Mrazek Fiserv Forum 15,178 1–3–0 5 October 6 @ Minnesota 1–4 Stalock Xcel Energy Center 14,003 1–4–0 6 October 8 @ St. Louis 0–6 Mrazek Enterprise Center 18,096 1–5–0

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022.

2022–23 game logOctober: 4–3–2 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–2–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 @ Colorado 2–5 Mrazek 18,143 0–1–0 0 2 October 13 @ Vegas 0–1 Stalock 18,467 0–2–0 0 3 October 15 @ San Jose 5–2 Mrazek 15,219 1–2–0 2 4 October 21 Detroit 4–3 OT Stalock 18,753 2–2–0 4 5 October 23 Seattle 5–4 Stalock 14,892 3–2–0 6 6 October 25 Florida 4–2 Stalock 12,859 4–2–0 8 7 October 27 Edmonton 5–6 Stalock 13,685 4–3–0 8 8 October 29 @ Buffalo 3–4 OT Soderblom 14,547 4–3–1 9 9 October 30 Minnesota 3–4 SO Stalock 14,149 4–3–2 10 November: 2–9–2 (home: 1–6–1; road: 1–3–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 NY Islanders 1–3 Soderblom 12,523 4–4–2 10 11 November 3 Los Angeles 2–1 OT Soderblom 16,658 5–4–2 12 12 November 5 @ Winnipeg 0–4 Soderblom 13,210 5–5–2 12 13 November 10 @ Los Angeles 1–2 OT Mrazek 16,443 5–5–3 13 14 November 12 @ Anaheim 3–2 Soderblom 15,184 6–5–3 15 15 November 14 Carolina 0–3 Mrazek 15,676 6–6–3 15 16 November 16 St. Louis 2–5 Soderblom 16,284 6–7–3 15 17 November 19 @ Boston 1–6 Mrazek 17,850 6–8–3 15 18 November 20 Pittsburgh 3–5 Soderblom 21,182 6–9–3 15 19 November 23 @ Dallas 4–6 Mrazek 18,532 6–10–3 15 20 November 25 Montreal 2–3 SO Soderblom 16,159 6–10–4 16 21 November 27 Winnipeg 2–7 Mrazek 17,611 6–11–4 16 22 November 30 Edmonton 4–5 Soderblom 15,397 6–12–4 16 December: 2–11–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 1–6–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 3 @ NY Rangers 5–2 Mrazek 18,006 7–12–4 18 24 December 4 @ NY Islanders 0–3 Soderblom 16,124 7–13–4 18 25 December 6 @ New Jersey 0–3 Soderblom 13,071 7–14–4 18 26 December 9 Winnipeg 1–3 Soderblom 17,847 7–15–4 18 27 December 13 Washington 3–7 Mrazek 16,181 7–16–4 18 28 December 15 Vegas 1–4 Soderblom 15,911 7–17–4 18 29 December 16 @ Minnesota 1–4 Mrazek 18,501 7–18–4 18 30 December 18 NY Rangers 1–7 Soderblom 17,365 7–19–4 18 31 December 21 Nashville 2–4 Mrazek 15,239 7–20–4 18 32 December 23 Columbus 5–2 Stalock 17,108 8–20–4 20 33 December 27 @ Carolina 0–3 Mrazek 18,814 8–21–4 20 34 December 29 @ St. Louis 1–3 Stalock 18,096 8–22–4 20 35 December 31 @ Columbus 1–4 Stalock 18,280 8–23–4 20 January: 7–6–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 3–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 1 San Jose 2–5 Mrazek 19,047 8–24–4 20 37 January 3 Tampa Bay 1–4 Stalock 18,429 8–25–4 20 38 January 6 Arizona 2–0 Stalock 19,359 9–25–4 22 39 January 8 Calgary 4–3 OT Stalock 18,123 10–25–4 24 40 January 12 Colorado 3–2 Mrazek 16,532 11–25–4 26 41 January 14 Seattle 5–8 Stalock 20,075 11–26–4 26 42 January 17 Buffalo 4–3 OT Mrazek 16,363 12–26–4 28 43 January 19 @ Philadelphia 4–1 Mrazek 16,460 13–26–4 30 44 January 21 @ St. Louis 5–3 Stauber 18,096 14–26–4 32 45 January 22 Los Angeles 1–2 Mrazek 19,236 14–27–4 32 46 January 24 @ Vancouver 2–5 Mrazek 18,988 14–28–4 32 47 January 26 @ Calgary 5–1 Stauber 17,659 15–28–4 34 48 January 28 @ Edmonton 3–7 Mrazek 18,347 15–29–4 34 February: 6–5–1 (home: 3–0–1; road: 3–5–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 7 Anaheim 2–3 OT Mrazek 18,292 15–29–5 35 50 February 10 Arizona 4–3 OT Stauber 19,007 16–29–5 37 51 February 11 @ Winnipeg 1–4 Mrazek 14,440 16–30–5 37 52 February 14 @ Montreal 0–4 Stauber 21,105 16–31–5 37 53 February 15 @ Toronto 2–5 Mrazek 18,882 16–32–5 37 54 February 17 @ Ottawa 4–3 OT Mrazek 19,125 17–32–5 39 55 February 19 Toronto 5–3 Stauber 20,979 18–32–5 41 56 February 21 Vegas 3–2 SO Mrazek 18,083 19–32–5 43 57 February 22 @ Dallas 4–3 Stauber 18,326 20–32–5 45 58 February 25 @ San Jose 4–3 SO Mrazek 17,562 21–32–5 47 59 February 27 @ Anaheim 2–4 Mrazek 14,462 21–33–5 47 60 February 28 @ Arizona 1–4 Stalock 4,600 21–34–5 47 March: 3–11–1 (home: 2–5–0; road: 1–6–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Dallas 2–5 Mrazek 17,612 21–35–5 47 62 March 4 Nashville 1–3 Mrazek 18,942 21–36–5 47 63 March 6 Ottawa 5–0 Stalock 15,049 22–36–5 49 64 March 8 @ Detroit 3–4 Stalock 19,181 22–37–5 49 65 March 10 @ Florida 3–4 OT Mrazek 17,468 22–37–6 50 66 March 11 @ Tampa Bay 1–3 Mrazek 19,092 22–38–6 50 67 March 14 Boston 6–3 Stalock 20,188 23–38–6 52 68 March 16 @ Nashville 2–1 Stalock 17,538 24–38–6 54 69 March 18 @ Arizona 2–4 Stalock 4,600 24–39–6 54 70 March 20 @ Colorado 0–5 Stalock 18,121 24–40–6 54 71 March 23 @ Washington 1–6 Khudobin 18,573 24–41–6 54 72 March 25 @ Minnesota 1–3 Stalock 19,312 24–42–6 54 73 March 26 Vancouver 2–4 Mrazek 18,276 24–43–6 54 74 March 28 Dallas 1–4 Stalock 14,060 24–44–6 54 75 March 30 St. Louis 3–5 Mrazek 16,465 24–45–6 54 April: 2–4–1 (home: 0–2–1; road: 2–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 1 New Jersey 3–6 Stalock 18,778 24–46–6 54 77 April 4 @ Calgary 4–3 Mrazek 17,137 25–46–6 56 78 April 6 @ Vancouver 0–3 Stalock 18,945 25–47–6 56 79 April 8 @ Seattle 3–7 Mrazek 17,151 25–48–6 56 80 April 10 Minnesota 2–4 Stalock 15,268 25–49–6 56 81 April 11 @ Pittsburgh 5–2 Mrazek 18,435 26–49–6 58 82 April 13 Philadelphia 4–5 OT Stalock 20,219 26–49–7 59 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters Regular season Player ‡ 60 18 31 49 −9 76 ‡ 54 16 29 45 −23 10 81 20 20 40 −29 34 78 20 17 37 −28 16 72 12 25 37 −38 30 56 12 20 32 −21 16 53 15 16 31 −31 43 78 9 21 30 −29 28 70 9 16 25 −32 14 ‡ 51 10 11 21 −10 28 ‡ 55 2 18 20 +7 27 58 5 11 16 −10 27 73 4 12 16 −19 40 23 7 8 15 −8 6 51 6 8 14 −11 31 80 7 6 13 −10 69 66 4 6 10 −11 14 53 2 8 10 −16 6 † 13 2 6 8 +4 2 44 2 6 8 −17 40 35 1 7 8 −8 8 14 4 2 6 +1 2 † 24 4 2 6 −9 0 57 4 2 6 −15 38 16 1 4 5 −10 5 ‡ 58 0 4 4 −25 16 9 1 2 3 +1 4 17 1 2 3 −5 4 † 18 1 2 3 −4 12 9 0 3 3 −4 4 7 1 1 2 −2 0 4 1 0 1 −2 2 7 1 0 1 −2 2 6 0 1 1 −1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 † 11 0 1 1 −2 9 8 0 0 0 −2 0 4 0 0 0 −3 4

Goaltenders Regular season Player 39 38 2,165:10 10 22 3 132 3.66 1,248 .894 0 0 2 4 27 24 1,475:20 9 15 2 74 3.01 804 .908 2 0 0 16 6 6 363:30 5 1 0 17 2.81 191 .911 0 0 0 0 15 13 835:14 2 10 2 48 3.45 453 .894 0 0 0 0 ‡ 1 0 20:00 0 0 0 1 3.00 13 .923 0 0 0 0 1 1 60:00 0 1 0 6 6.00 28 .786 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 2022–23 season.

Key:

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

Trades Date Details Ref To Montreal CanadiensKirby Dach To Chicago BlackhawksNYI 1st-round pick in 20223rd-round pick in 2022 To Ottawa SenatorsAlex DeBrincat To Chicago Blackhawks1st-round pick in 20222nd-round pick in 2022 To Toronto Maple Leafs2nd-round pick in 2022 To Chicago BlackhawksPetr Mrazek1st-round pick in 2022 To Arizona CoyotesEDM 3rd-round pick in 2022 To Chicago Blackhawks3rd-round pick in 2023 To Carolina Hurricanes6th-round pick in 2023 To Chicago Blackhawks6th-round pick in 2022 To Pittsburgh Penguins6th-round pick in 2022 To Chicago BlackhawksLiam Gorman To Vancouver CanucksRiley Stillman To Chicago BlackhawksJason Dickinson2nd-round pick in 2024 To Montreal CanadiensNicolas Beaudin To Chicago BlackhawksCam Hillis To Philadelphia FlyersEvan Barratt To Chicago BlackhawksCooper Zech To Ottawa SenatorsFuture considerations To Chicago BlackhawksNikita Zaitsev2nd-round pick in 20234th-round pick in 2026 To Anaheim DucksJosiah Slavin To Chicago BlackhawksHunter Drew To Colorado AvalancheJack Johnson To Chicago BlackhawksAndreas Englund To Toronto Maple LeafsSam LaffertyJake McCabe*Conditional 5th-round pick in 2024Conditional 5th-round in 2025 To Chicago BlackhawksJoey AndersonPavel GogolevConditional 1st-round pick in 20252nd-round pick in 2026 To Arizona CoyotesConditional 3rd-round pick in 2025 To Chicago BlackhawksVili SaarijarviAndy Welinskiconditional 2nd-round pick in 2023 or 1st-round pick in 2024 or 1st-round pick in 20254th-round pick in 2025 To New York RangersPatrick Kane*Cooper Zech To Anaheim DucksDylan Sikura To Chicago BlackhawksMaxim Golod To Buffalo SabresFuture considerations To Chicago BlackhawksAnders Bjork To Dallas StarsMax DomiDylan Wells To Chicago BlackhawksAnton Khudobin2nd-round pick in 2025 To Los Angeles KingsFuture considerations To Chicago BlackhawksAustin Wagner To Boston BruinsIan MitchellAlec Regula To Chicago BlackhawksNick FolignoTaylor Hall Notes: Chicago retains 50% of McCabe's remaining contract Chicago retains 50% of Kane's remaining contract

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Andreas Athanasiou Los Angeles Kings 1-year Free agency Colin Blackwell Toronto Maple Leafs 2-year Free agency Max Domi Carolina Hurricanes 1-year Free agency Luke Philp Calgary Flames 1-year Free agency Brett Seney Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency Alex Stalock San Jose Sharks 1-year Free agency Dylan Sikura Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency Buddy Robinson Anaheim Ducks 1-year Free agency Jack Johnson Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency Cole Guttman Denver Pioneers (NCHC) 2-year Free agency Jarred Tinordi New York Rangers Waivers Dylan Wells Rockford IceHogs (AHL) 1-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Collin Delia Vancouver Canucks 1-year Free agency Erik Gustafsson Washington Capitals 1-year Free agency Wyatt Kalynuk Vancouver Canucks 1-year Free agency Dominik Kubalik Detroit Red Wings 2-year Free agency Henrik Borgstrom Washington Capitals 1-year Free agency Kevin Lankinen Nashville Predators 1-year Free agency Dylan Strome Washington Capitals 1-year Free agency Cale Morris Chicago Wolves (AHL) 1-year Free agency Cam Morrison Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 1-year Free agency Brett Connolly HC Lugano (NL) 1-year Free agency Kurtis Gabriel Retirement Calvin de Haan Carolina Hurricanes 1-year Free agency Jakub Galvas Malmö Redhawks (SHL) 2-year Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Ref Jalen Luypen 3-year Kevin Korchinski 3-year Caleb Jones 1-year Philipp Kurashev 1-year Dave Gust 2-year Luke Philp 1-year Ryder Rolston 3-year Wyatt Kaiser 3-year Paul Ludwinski 3-year Antti Saarela 2-year Brett Seney 1-year Gavin Hayes 3-year Drew Commesso 3-year Jarred Tinordi 1-year Arvid Soderblom 2-year Andreas Athanasiou 2-year Joey Anderson 1-year Nick Foligno 1-year

Draft picks

Below are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections at the 2022 NHL entry draft, which was held on July 7 to 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.