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The 2021–22 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 96th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[2] The Blackhawks were led by Jeremy Colliton until he was fired on November 6, 2021, after the team started with a 1–9–2 record; he has been replaced by interim coach Derek King.[3]
2021–22 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 7th Central |
Conference | 14th Western |
2021–22 record | 28–42–12 |
Home record | 14–21–6 |
Road record | 14–21–6 |
Goals for | 219 |
Goals against | 291 |
Team information | |
General manager | Stan Bowman (Oct. 13 – Oct. 26) Kyle Davidson (Oct. 26 – Apr. 29) |
Coach | Jeremy Colliton (Oct. 13 – Nov. 6) Derek King (interim, Nov. 6 – Apr. 29) |
Captain | Jonathan Toews |
Alternate captains | Alex DeBrincat Patrick Kane Connor Murphy |
Arena | United Center |
Average attendance | 18,489[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Alex DeBrincat (41) |
Assists | Patrick Kane (66) |
Points | Patrick Kane (92) |
Penalty minutes | Connor Murphy (47) |
Plus/minus | 3 tied (0) |
Wins | Marc-Andre Fleury (19) |
Goals against average | Marc-Andre Fleury (2.95) |
After the prior season was shortened and realigned due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,[4][5] the NHL announced that divisions and conferences would be used for the season.[6] Realignment of divisions occurred as the Seattle Kraken began their first season in the Pacific Division while the Arizona Coyotes moved to the Central Division.[7]
The Blackhawks were eliminated from playoff contention of April 5, 2022, after wins by the Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators.[8]
The Blackhawks traded two-time Norris Trophy-winner Duncan Keith to Edmonton on July 12, 2021, after 16 years with the Hawks.[9][10] The Hawks received Caleb Jones, brother of Columbus defenseman Seth Jones in the trade.[11] On July 23, the Hawks acquired Seth Jones from Columbus and signed him to an eight-year extension.[12] Four days later, goaltender Marc-André Fleury was traded by Vegas to the Blackhawks.[13]
Blackhawk captain Jonathan Toews returned to the team for the season after missing the entire 2020–21 season due to an undisclosed injury which was later revealed to be chronic immune response syndrome.[14]
In June 2021, Kyle Beach (who did not disclose his name until after the Blackhawks released their report), a former Blackhawks prospect, filed a lawsuit against the Blackhawks organization for failing to file a proper police report or properly handle his report that he was sexually assaulted by video coach Brad Aldrich during the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs.[15] On October 26, the Blackhawks released the findings of the investigation conducted by Jenner & Block and announced general manager/president of hockey operations Stan Bowman and senior vice president of hockey operations Al MacIsaac resigned.[15] The Blackhawks promoted Kyle Davidson to serve as their interim general manager,[15] and then formally named him general manager on March 1, 2022.[16] The team also received a $2-million fine from the NHL for failing to adequately and timely address Beach's allegations.[17]
Opening their season with six straight losses, the Blackhawks broke a 51-year-old NHL record previously held by the 1970–71 California Golden Seals for the most minutes played at the start of a season without holding a lead.[18] At nine consecutive losses, the Blackhawks set a new record for worst season start in franchise history in a 1–0 loss to the St. Louis Blues on October 30, 2021.[19]
Colliton was fired following the team's 11th loss of the season and with a record 1–9–2.[20] King won his first game as head coach on November 7.[21]
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | z – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 46 | 312 | 234 | +78 | 119 |
2 | x – Minnesota Wild | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 37 | 310 | 253 | +57 | 113 |
3 | x – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 49 | 22 | 11 | 43 | 311 | 242 | +69 | 109 |
4 | x – Dallas Stars | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 31 | 238 | 246 | −8 | 98 |
5 | x – Nashville Predators | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 35 | 266 | 252 | +14 | 97 |
6 | e – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 31 | 252 | 257 | −5 | 89 |
7 | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 16 | 219 | 291 | −72 | 68 |
8 | e – Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 25 | 50 | 7 | 18 | 207 | 313 | −106 | 57 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | CE | x – Dallas Stars | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 31 | 238 | 246 | −8 | 98 |
2 | CE | x – Nashville Predators | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 35 | 266 | 252 | +14 | 97 |
3 | PA | e – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 34 | 266 | 248 | +18 | 94 |
4 | PA | e – Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 32 | 249 | 236 | +13 | 92 |
5 | CE | e – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 32 | 252 | 257 | −5 | 89 |
6 | PA | e – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 22 | 214 | 264 | −50 | 77 |
7 | PA | e – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 31 | 37 | 14 | 22 | 232 | 271 | −39 | 76 |
8 | CE | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 16 | 219 | 291 | −72 | 68 |
9 | PA | e – Seattle Kraken | 82 | 27 | 49 | 6 | 23 | 216 | 285 | −69 | 60 |
10 | CE | e – Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 25 | 50 | 7 | 18 | 207 | 313 | −106 | 57 |
The preseason schedule was published on July 19, 2021.[24]
2021 preseason game log: 3–1–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 2–0–1) | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | OT | Decision | Arena | Attendance | Record | Streak | Recap |
1 | September 29 | Detroit | 3–4 | SO | Lankinen | United Center | — | 0–0–1 | O1 | [25] |
2 | October 1 | St. Louis | 3–6 | Fleury | United Center | 16,445 | 0–1–1 | L1 | [26] | |
3 | October 2 | @ St. Louis | 5–1 | Subban | Cable Dahmer Arena | — | 1–1–1 | W1 | [27] | |
4 | October 4 | @ Detroit | 6–4 | Fleury | Little Caesars Arena | 14,769 | 2–1–1 | W2 | [28] | |
5 | October 7 | @ Minnesota | 2–3 | OT | Lankinen | Xcel Energy Center | 14,419 | 2–1–2 | O1 | [29] |
6 | October 9 | Minnesota | 5–1 | Fleury | United Center | 17,657 | 3–1–2 | W1 | [30] |
The regular season schedule was published on July 23, 2021.[31]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Patrick Kane | 78 | 26 | 66 | 92 | −19 | 18 |
Alex DeBrincat | 82 | 41 | 37 | 78 | −13 | 19 |
Seth Jones | 78 | 5 | 46 | 51 | −37 | 28 |
Dylan Strome | 69 | 22 | 26 | 48 | −6 | 28 |
Brandon Hagel‡ | 55 | 21 | 16 | 37 | −14 | 23 |
Jonathan Toews | 71 | 12 | 25 | 37 | −14 | 39 |
Dominik Kubalik | 78 | 15 | 17 | 32 | −16 | 16 |
Kirby Dach | 70 | 9 | 17 | 26 | −18 | 43 |
Jake McCabe | 75 | 4 | 18 | 22 | −27 | 33 |
Philipp Kurashev | 67 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −16 | 12 |
Erik Gustafsson | 59 | 3 | 15 | 18 | −4 | 14 |
Caleb Jones | 51 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −3 | 18 |
MacKenzie Entwistle | 55 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −16 | 23 |
Riley Stillman | 52 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −8 | 36 |
Sam Lafferty† | 46 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −16 | 21 |
Ryan Carpenter‡ | 59 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −10 | 36 |
Taylor Raddysh† | 21 | 6 | 4 | 10 | −4 | 2 |
Connor Murphy | 57 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −14 | 47 |
Calvin de Haan | 69 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −21 | 33 |
Henrik Borgstrom | 52 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −14 | 22 |
Tyler Johnson | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −8 | 12 |
Reese Johnson | 37 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −13 | 16 |
Jujhar Khaira | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −4 | 13 |
Adam Gaudette‡ | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
Alex Vlasic | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
Mike Hardman | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 11 |
Alec Regula | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 12 |
Boris Katchouk† | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −10 | 14 |
Lukas Reichel | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −8 | 0 |
Josiah Slavin | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Ian Mitchell | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
Brett Connolly | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 15 |
Isaak Phillips | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
Nicolas Beaudin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Wyatt Kalynuk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
Jakub Galvas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kurtis Gabriel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Marc-Andre Fleury‡ | 45 | 45 | 2,626:58 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 129 | 2.95 | 1,398 | .908 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Kevin Lankinen | 32 | 29 | 1,815:35 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 106 | 3.50 | 973 | .891 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Collin Delia | 8 | 6 | 343:06 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 3.85 | 218 | .899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arvid Soderblom | 3 | 2 | 155:49 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5.01 | 95 | .863 | 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.
The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.
Date | Details | Ref | |
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July 12, 2021 | To Edmonton Oilers Duncan Keith Tim Soderlund |
To Chicago Blackhawks Caleb Jones Conditional1 2nd-round pick in 2022 |
[120] |
July 23, 2021 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Boqvist 1st-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2021 Conditional2 1st-round pick in 2022 or 2023 |
To Chicago Blackhawks Seth Jones TBL 1st-round pick in 2021 6th-round pick in 2022 |
[121] |
July 24, 2021 | To Carolina Hurricanes 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2021 |
[122] |
July 27, 2021 | To Vegas Golden Knights Mikael Hakkarainen |
To Chicago Blackhawks Marc-Andre Fleury |
[123] |
July 27, 2021 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Brent Seabrook |
To Chicago Blackhawks Tyler Johnson 2nd-round pick in 2023 |
[124] |
July 28, 2021 | To Calgary Flames Nikita Zadorov |
To Chicago Blackhawks TOR 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
[125] |
December 9, 2021 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Chad Krys |
To Chicago Blackhawks Kurtis Gabriel |
[126] |
January 5, 2022 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Alexander Nylander |
To Chicago Blackhawks Sam Lafferty |
[127] |
March 18, 2022 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Brandon Hagel 4th-round pick in 2022 4th-round pick in 2024 |
To Chicago Blackhawks Taylor Raddysh Boris Katchouk 1st-round pick in 2023 1st-round pick in 2024 |
[128] |
March 21, 2022 | To Minnesota Wild Marc-Andre Fleury |
To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional3 2nd-round pick in 2022 |
[129] |
March 21, 2022 | To Calgary Flames Ryan Carpenter |
To Chicago Blackhawks 5th-round pick in 2024 |
[130] |
Notes:
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 28, 2021 | Jujhar Khaira | Edmonton Oilers | 2-year | Free agency | [131] |
Jake McCabe | Buffalo Sabres | 4-year | Free agency | [132] | |
October 11, 2021 | Erik Gustafsson | Montreal Canadiens | 1-year | Free agency | [133] |
December 31, 2021 | Cale Morris | Rockford IceHogs (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [134] |
March 23, 2022 | Jaxson Stauber | Providence Friars (HE) | 2-year | Free agency | [135] |
May 23, 2022 | Filip Roos | Skellefteå AIK (SHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [136] |
Date | Player | New team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 21, 2021 | John Quenneville | Seattle Kraken | Expansion draft | [137] | |
July 28, 2021 | Vinnie Hinostroza | Buffalo Sabres | 1-year | Free agency | [138] |
David Kampf | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2-year | Free agency | [139] | |
Pius Suter | Detroit Red Wings | 2-year | Free agency | [140] | |
August 20, 2021 | Anton Lindholm | HC Dinamo Minsk (KHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [141] |
September 10, 2021 | Josh Dickinson | Toledo Walleye (ECHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [142] |
September 17, 2021 | Zack Smith | Retirement | [143] | ||
October 13, 2021 | Matej Chalupa | Contract termination | [144] | ||
November 27, 2021 | Adam Gaudette | Ottawa Senators | Waivers | [145] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 26, 2021 | Adam Gaudette | 1-year | Re-signing | [146] |
July 28, 2021 | Seth Jones | 8-year | Extension | [147] |
August 6, 2021 | Brandon Hagel | 3-year | Re-signing | [148] |
August 10, 2021 | Mike Hardman | 2-year | Re-signing | [149] |
August 16, 2021 | Alexander Nylander | 1-year | Re-signing | [150] |
August 18, 2021 | MacKenzie Entwistle | 2-year | Re-signing | [151] |
August 31, 2021 | Connor Murphy | 4-year | Extension | [152] |
September 16, 2021 | Nolan Allan | 3-year | Entry-level | [153] |
October 1, 2021 | Colton Dach | 3-year | Entry-level | [154] |
November 2, 2021 | Louis Crevier | 3-year | Entry-level | [155] |
March 15, 2022 | Alex Vlasic | 3-year | Entry-level | [156] |
April 13, 2022 | Reese Johnson | 2-year | Extension | [157] |
April 22, 2022 | Ethan Del Mastro | 3-year | Entry-level | [158] |
April 29, 2022 | Sam Lafferty | 2-year | Extension | [159] |
Below are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round | # | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team (League) |
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1 | 32 | Nolan Allan | D | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
2 | 62 | Colton Dach | C | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
3 | 91 | Taige Harding | D | Canada | Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) |
4 | 105 | Ethan Del Mastro | D | Canada | Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) |
4 | 108 | Victor Stjernborg | C | Sweden | Vaxjo Lakers (SHL) |
6 | 172 | Ilya Safonov | C | Russia | Irbis Kazan (MHL) |
7 | 204 | Connor Kelley | D | USA | Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (NCHC) |
7 | 216 | Jalen Luypen | D | Canada | Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) |
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