2018–19 Chicago Blackhawks season

2018–19 Chicago Blackhawks
2018–19 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2018–19 record	0–0–0
Home record	0–0–0
Road record	0–0–0
Goals for	0
Goals against	0
Team information
General manager	Stan Bowman
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Jonathan Toews
Arena	United Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rockford IceHogs (AHL); Indy Fuel (ECHL)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Chicago Blackhawks season will be the 93rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[1]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.^[2]

2018 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	@ Columbus	–			Nationwide Arena
2	September 20	@ Detroit	–			Little Caesars Arena
3	September 21	@ Ottawa	–			Canadian Tire Centre
4	September 25	Detroit	–			United Center
5	September 27	Ottawa	–			United Center
6	September 29	Columbus	–			United Center

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[3]

2018–19 game log

October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 4	@ Ottawa	–			Canadian Tire Centre
2	October 6	@ St. Louis	–			Enterprise Center
3	October 7	Toronto	–			United Center
4	October 11	@ Minnesota	–			Xcel Energy Center
5	October 13	St. Louis	–			United Center
6	October 18	Arizona	–			United Center
7	October 20	@ Columbus	–			Nationwide Arena
8	October 21	Tampa Bay	–			United Center
9	October 23	Anaheim	–			United Center
10	October 25	NY Rangers	–			United Center
11	October 27	@ St. Louis	–			Enterprise Center
12	October 28	Edmonton	–			United Center
13	October 31	@ Vancouver	–			Rogers Arena

November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
14	November 1	@ Edmonton	–			Rogers Place
15	November 3	@ Calgary	–			Scotiabank Saddledome
16	November 8	Carolina	–			United Center
17	November 10	@ Philadelphia	–			Wells Fargo Center
18	November 12	@ Carolina	–			PNC Arena
19	November 14	St. Louis	–			United Center
20	November 16	Los Angeles	–			United Center
21	November 18	Minnesota	–			United Center
22	November 21	@ Washington	–			Capital One Arena
23	November 23	@ Tampa Bay	–			Amalie Arena
24	November 24	@ Florida	–			BB&T Center
25	November 27	Vegas	–			United Center
26	November 29	@ Winnipeg	–			Bell MTS Place

December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 1	@ Nashville	–			Bridgestone Arena
28	December 2	Calgary	–			United Center
29	December 5	@ Anaheim	–			Honda Center
30	December 6	@ Vegas	–			T-Mobile Arena
31	December 9	Montreal	–			United Center
32	December 11	@ Winnipeg	–			Bell MTS Place
33	December 12	Pittsburgh	–			United Center
34	December 14	Winnipeg	–			United Center
35	December 16	San Jose	–			United Center
36	December 18	Nashville	–			United Center
37	December 20	@ Dallas	–			American Airlines Center
38	December 21	@ Colorado	–			Pepsi Center
39	December 23	Florida	–			United Center
40	December 27	Minnesota	–			United Center
41	December 29	@ Colorado	–			Pepsi Center

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
42	January 1	Boston	–			Notre Dame Stadium	(outdoors)
43	January 3	@ NY Islanders	–			Barclays Center
44	January 6	@ Pittsburgh	–			PPG Paints Arena
45	January 7	Calgary	–			United Center
46	January 9	Nashville	–			United Center
47	January 12	Vegas	–			United Center
48	January 14	@ New Jersey	–			Prudential Center
49	January 17	@ NY Rangers	–			Madison Square Garden
50	January 20	Washington	–			United Center
51	January 22	NY Islanders	–			United Center

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
52	February 1	@ Buffalo	–			KeyBank Center
53	February 2	@ Minnesota	–			Xcel Energy Center
54	February 5	@ Edmonton	–			Rogers Place
55	February 7	Vancouver	–			United Center
56	February 10	Detroit	–			United Center
57	February 12	@ Boston	–			TD Garden
58	February 14	New Jersey	–			United Center
59	February 16	Columbus	–			United Center
60	February 18	Ottawa	–			United Center
61	February 20	@ Detroit	–			Little Caesars Arena
62	February 22	Colorado	–			United Center
63	February 24	Dallas	–			United Center
64	February 27	@ Anaheim	–			Honda Center

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 2	@ Los Angeles	–			Staples Center
66	March 3	@San Jose	–			SAP Center
67	March 7	Buffalo	–			United Center
68	March 9	@ Dallas	–			American Airlines Center
69	March 11	Arizona	–			United Center
70	March 13	@ Toronto	–			Scotiabank Arena
71	March 16	@ Montreal	–			Bell Centre
72	March 18	Vancouver	–			United Center
73	March 21	Philadelphia	–			United Center
74	March 23	@ Colorado	–			Pepsi Center
75	March 24	Colorado	–			United Center
76	March 26	@ Arizona	–			Gila River Arena
77	March 28	@ San Jose	–			SAP Center
78	March 30	@ Los Angeles	–			Staples Center

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
79	April 1	Winnipeg	–			United Center
80	April 3	St. Louis	–			United Center
81	April 5	Dallas	–			United Center
82	April 6	@Nashville	–			Bridgestone Arena

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts	GF	GA
Western Conference
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks	—	—	—	—	—	—
Colorado Avalanche	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Dallas Stars	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Minnesota Wild	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Nashville Predators	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
St. Louis Blues	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Winnipeg Jets	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Total	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Arizona Coyotes	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Calgary Flames	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Edmonton Oilers	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Kings	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
San Jose Sharks	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Vancouver Canucks	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Vegas Golden Knights	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Total	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts	GF	GA
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Buffalo Sabres	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Detroit Red Wings	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Florida Panthers	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Montreal Canadiens	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Ottawa Senators	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Tampa Bay Lightning	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Toronto Maple Leafs	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Total	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Columbus Blue Jackets	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
New Jersey Devils	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
New York Islanders	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
New York Rangers	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Philadelphia Flyers	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh Penguins	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Washington Capitals	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0
Total	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0	0	0

Roster

Updated December 13, 2024^[4]^[5]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
42	Nolan Allan	D	L	21	2021	Davidson, Saskatchewan
22	Joey Anderson	RW	R	26	2023	Roseville, Minnesota
98	Connor Bedard	C	R	19	2023	North Vancouver, British Columbia
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	LW	L	29	2024	Sudbury, Ontario
78	T. J. Brodie	D	L	34	2024	Chatham, Ontario
39	Laurent Brossoit	G	L	31	2024	Port Alberni, British Columbia
33	Drew Commesso	G	L	22	2020	Norwell, Massachusetts
46	Louis Crevier	D	R	23	2020	Quebec City, Quebec
16	Jason Dickinson	C	L	29	2022	Georgetown, Ontario
8	Ryan Donato	C	L	28	2023	Scituate, Massachusetts
17	Nick Foligno (C)	LW	L	37	2023	Buffalo, New York
71	Taylor Hall	LW	L	33	2023	Calgary, Alberta
4	Seth Jones (A)	D	R	30	2021	Arlington, Texas
44	Wyatt Kaiser	D	L	22	2020	Andover, Minnesota
14	Kevin Korchinski	D	L	20	2022	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
23	Philipp Kurashev	C	L	25	2018	Münsingen, Switzerland
77	Patrick Maroon	LW	L	36	2024	St. Louis, Missouri
25	Alec Martinez	D	L	37	2024	Rochester Hills, Michigan
95	Ilya Mikheyev	RW	L	30	2024	Omsk, Russia
34	Petr Mrazek	G	L	32	2022	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
5	Connor Murphy (A)	D	R	31	2017	Boston, Massachusetts
91	Frank Nazar	C	R	20	2022	Mount Clemens, Michigan
73	Lukas Reichel	LW	L	22	2020	Nuremberg, Germany
15	Craig Smith	C	R	35	2024	Madison, Wisconsin
40	Arvid Soderblom	G	L	25	2021	Gothenburg, Sweden
86	Teuvo Teravainen	C	L	30	2024	Helsinki, Finland
72	Alex Vlasic	D	L	23	2019	Wilmette, Illinois

Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Arizona Coyotes TOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018 — Linus Karlsson CBJ's 5th-round pick in 2018 — Michael Callahan	To Chicago Blackhawks CGY's 3rd-round pick in 2018 — Niklas Nordgren	^[6]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round pick in 2018 — Mikael Hakkarainen	To Chicago Blackhawks 5th-round pick in 2019	^[6]
June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24)	To Vancouver Canucks Tanner Kero	To Chicago Blackhawks Michael Chaput	^[7]
June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jean-Francois Berube	To Chicago Blackhawks Jordan Schroeder	^[8]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	To Arizona Coyotes Vinnie Hinostroza Marian Hossa Jordan Oesterle 3rd-round pick in 2019	To Chicago Blackhawks Andrew Campbell MacKenzie Entwistle Marcus Kruger Jordan Maletta 5th-round pick in 2019	^[9]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Chris Kunitz	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year, $1 million	^[10]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Brandon Manning	Philadelphia Flyers	2-year, $4.5 million	^[10]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Cam Ward	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year, $3 million	^[10]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13)	Chris DiDomenico	SCL Tigers (NL)	2-year	^[11]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Michael Chaput	Montreal Canadiens	2-year, $1.35 million	^[12]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Adam Clendening	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year, $700,000	^[13]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Anthony Duclair	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year, $650,000	^[14]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref
April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)	Patrick Sharp	^[15]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Adam Boqvist	3-year, $5.325 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

Below are the Chicago Blackhawks's selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8	Adam Boqvist	D	Sweden	Brynas IF (SHL)
1	27¹	Nicolas Beaudin	D	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
3	69	Jake Wise	C	United States	U.S. NTDP
3	74²	Niklas Nordgren	RW	Finland	HIFK (SM-liiga)
4	120¹	Philipp Kurashev	C	Switzerland	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
5	139³	Mikael Hakkarainen	LW	Finland	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
6	162	Alexis Gravel	G	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
7	193	Josiah Slavin	LW	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)

Notes:

The Nashville Predators' first-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on February 26, 2018, that sent Ryan Hartman and a fifth-round pick in 2018 to Nashville in exchange for Victor Ejdsell, a fourth-round pick in 2018 and this pick.^[16]
The Calgary Flames' third-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent the Toronto Maple Leafs' third-round pick (87th overall), and the Columbus Blue Jackets fifth-round (142nd overall) to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for this pick. The Toronto Maple Leafs' third-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on February 19, 2018, that sent Michal Kempny to Washington in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[17] The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2017, that sent Artemi Panarin, Tyler Motte and the Islanders' sixth-round pick in 2017 to Columbus in exchange for Brandon Saad, Anton Forsberg and this pick.^[18]
The Florida Panthers' fifth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a fifth-round pick in 2019 to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for this pick.^[19]

References

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[12] "Adding pieces to the puzzle". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[13] "Columbus Blue Jackets sign defenseman Adam Clendening". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

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[15] "Blackhawks' Patrick Sharp retires after 15 seasons". ESPN.com. April 8, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

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