# 2023–24 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2023–24 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 98th season (97th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Blackhawks were led by second-year head coach Luke Richardson. This was the first season since 2006–07 that Jonathan Toews was not on the roster as his contract expired at the end of the previous season. In addition, it was the first full-season since that same year without Patrick Kane after he was traded to the New York Rangers in February 2023.
On March 9, 2024, the Blackhawks became the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention following a 4–1 loss to the Washington Capitals and a 5–3 win by the Vegas Golden Knights against the Detroit Red Wings. Two days later, Connor Bedard scored his 20th goal of the season, making him as the first Blackhawks player to hit the 20-goal mark at 18 years old since Eddie Olczyk did it in the 1984–85 season.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Central Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | z – Dallas Stars | 82 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 40 | 298 | 234 | +64 | 113 |
| 2 | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 52 | 24 | 6 | 46 | 259 | 199 | +60 | 110 |
| 3 | x – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 42 | 304 | 254 | +50 | 107 |
| 4 | x – Nashville Predators | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 38 | 269 | 248 | +21 | 99 |
| 5 | e – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 31 | 239 | 250 | −11 | 92 |
| 6 | e – Minnesota Wild | 82 | 39 | 34 | 9 | 32 | 251 | 263 | −12 | 87 |
| 7 | e – Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 36 | 41 | 5 | 28 | 256 | 274 | −18 | 77 |
| 8 | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 23 | 53 | 6 | 17 | 179 | 290 | −111 | 52 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CE | x – Nashville Predators | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 38 | 269 | 248 | +21 | 99 |
| 2 | PA | x – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 34 | 267 | 245 | +22 | 98 |
| 3 | CE | e – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 31 | 239 | 250 | −11 | 92 |
| 4 | CE | e – Minnesota Wild | 82 | 39 | 34 | 9 | 32 | 251 | 263 | −12 | 87 |
| 5 | PA | e – Calgary Flames | 82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 32 | 253 | 271 | −18 | 81 |
| 6 | PA | e – Seattle Kraken | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 28 | 217 | 236 | −19 | 81 |
| 7 | CE | e – Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 36 | 41 | 5 | 28 | 256 | 274 | −18 | 77 |
| 8 | PA | e – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 27 | 50 | 5 | 21 | 204 | 295 | −91 | 59 |
| 9 | CE | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 23 | 53 | 6 | 17 | 179 | 290 | −111 | 52 |
| 10 | PA | e – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 19 | 54 | 9 | 14 | 181 | 331 | −150 | 47 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The Chicago Blackhawks preseason schedule was released on June 27, 2023.
2023 preseason game log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 0–2–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionArenaAttendanceRecordRecap
1September 28St. Louis1–2ChicagoOTCommessoUnited Center9,9471–0–0Recap
2September 30Chicago2–3MinnesotaOTSoderblomXcel Energy Center18,1991–0–1Recap
3October 1Chicago1–6DetroitStauberLittle Caesars Arena13,8501–1–1Recap
4October 3Detroit2–4ChicagoMrazekUnited Center12,6102–1–1Recap
5October 5Minnesota3–2ChicagoSOSoderblomUnited Center12,7662–1–2Recap
6October 7Chicago3–5St. LouisMrazekEnterprise Center17,1542–2–2Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss
  Overtime/shootout loss :

### Regular season

The Chicago Blackhawks regular season schedule was released on June 27, 2023.
2023–24 game log :
October: 3–6–0 (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 3–4–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 10Chicago4–2PittsburghMrazek18,4111–0–02
2October 11Chicago1–3BostonSoderblom17,5651–1–02
3October 14Chicago2–3MontrealMrazek21,1051–2–02
4October 16Chicago4–1TorontoSoderblom19,1012–2–04
5October 19Chicago0–4ColoradoMrazek18,1402–3–04
6October 21Vegas5–3ChicagoSoderblom19,8672–4–04
7October 24Boston3–0ChicagoMrazek19,3702–5–04
8October 27Chicago4–3VegasOTMrazek18,3383–5–06
9October 30Chicago1–8ArizonaSoderblom4,6003–6–06 :
November: 4–8–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 1–4–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
10November 4Florida2–5ChicagoMrazek18,6664–6–08
11November 5New Jersey4–2ChicagoSoderblom18,3884–7–08
12November 9Chicago5–3Tampa BayMrazek19,0925–7–010
13November 12Chicago3–4FloridaSoderblom19,3595–8–010
14November 16Tampa Bay4–2ChicagoMrazek18,6915–9–010
15November 18Chicago2–4NashvilleSoderblom17,3975–10–010
16November 19Buffalo3–2ChicagoMrazek19,0275–11–010
17November 22Chicago3–7ColumbusMrazek18,1585–12–010
18November 24Toronto3–4ChicagoOTSoderblom20,2386–12–012
19November 26St. Louis4–2ChicagoSoderblom18,2236–13–012
20November 28Seattle3–4ChicagoMrazek17,0707–13–014
21November 30Chicago1–5DetroitMrazek19,5157–14–014 :
December: 4–9–2 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 0–6–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
22December 2Chicago1–3WinnipegSoderblom14,1897–15–014
23December 3Chicago1–4MinnesotaMrazek19,3017–16–014
24December 5Nashville4–3ChicagoSOSoderblom16,5217–16–115
25December 7Anaheim0–1ChicagoMrazek17,4248–16–117
26December 9St. Louis1–3ChicagoMrazek18,8929–16–119
27December 10Washington4–2ChicagoSoderblom18,2589–17–119
28December 12Chicago1–4EdmontonMrazek18,3479–18–119
29December 14Chicago1–7SeattleSoderblom17,1519–19–119
30December 17Vancouver4–3ChicagoMrazek19,3029–20–119
31December 19Colorado2–3ChicagoMrazek19,71910–20–121
32December 22Montreal5–2ChicagoMrazek20,34010–21–121
33December 23Chicago5–7St. LouisSoderblom18,09610–22–121
34December 27Winnipeg1–2ChicagoOTMrazek20,54011–22–123
35December 29Chicago4–5DallasOTMrazek18,53211–22–224
36December 31Chicago1–8DallasMrazek18,53211–23–224 :
January: 3–11–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 0–9–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
37January 2Chicago0–3NashvilleSoderblom17,36311–24–224
38January 4Chicago1–4NY RangersMrazek18,00611–25–224
39January 5Chicago2–4New JerseySoderblom16,51411–26–224
40January 7Calgary3–4ChicagoMrazek19,90712–26–226
41January 9Edmonton2–1ChicagoMrazek19,75612–27–226
42January 11Chicago1–2WinnipegMrazek15,22512–28–226
43January 13Dallas3–1ChicagoMrazek18,88912–29–226
44January 16San Jose1–2ChicagoSOMrazek16,40113–29–228
—January 17Chicago—BuffaloPostponed due to travel restrictions in Buffalo; moved to January 18.
45January 18Chicago0–3BuffaloSoderblom15,46513–30–228
46January 19NY Islanders3–4ChicagoOTMrazek18,46314–30–230
47January 22Chicago0–2VancouverMrazek18,71414–31–230
48January 24Chicago2–6SeattleSoderblom17,15114–32–230
49January 25Chicago0–3EdmontonMrazek18,34714–33–230
50January 27Chicago0–1CalgaryMrazek18,27914–34–230 :
February: 1–6–3 (Home: 1–5–3; Road: 0–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
51February 7Minnesota2–1ChicagoMrazek17,23014–35–230
52February 9NY Rangers4–3ChicagoOTMrazek19,99514–35–331
53February 13Vancouver4–2ChicagoMrazek16,45214–36–331
54February 15Pittsburgh4–1ChicagoSoderblom19,42314–37–331
55February 17Ottawa2–3ChicagoMrazek18,88815–37–333
56February 19Chicago3–6CarolinaMrazek18,90915–38–333
57February 21Philadelphia3–1ChicagoSoderblom18,24515–39–333
58February 23Winnipeg3–2ChicagoOTMrazek18,89115–39–434
59February 25Detroit3–2ChicagoOTMrazek21,14115–39–535
60February 29Colorado5–0ChicagoMrazek18,09615–40–535 :
March: 7–7–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–5–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
61March 2Columbus5–2ChicagoSoderblom18,78215–41–535
62March 4Chicago0–5ColoradoMrazek18,12515–42–535
63March 5Chicago5–2ArizonaSoderblom4,60016–42–537
64March 9Chicago1–4WashingtonMrazek18,57316–43–537
65March 10Arizona4–7ChicagoSoderblom18,66617–43–539
66March 12Anaheim2–7ChicagoMrazek18,01718–43–541
67March 15Los Angeles5–0ChicagoSoderblom19,52818–44–541
68March 17San Jose2–5ChicagoMrazek18,42619–44–543
69March 19Chicago2–6Los AngelesMrazek18,14519–45–543
70March 21Chicago0–4AnaheimSoderblom15,88019–46–543
71March 23Chicago5–4San JoseOTMrazek17,43520–46–545
72March 26Calgary1–3ChicagoMrazek19,40421–46–547
73March 28Chicago0–2OttawaMrazek19,29221–47–547
74March 30Chicago5–1PhiladelphiaSoderblom19,25022–47–549 :
April: 1–6–1 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 0–3–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
75April 2Chicago1–2NY IslandersMrazek17,25522–48–549
76April 6Dallas2–3ChicagoMrazek19,29423–48–551
77April 7Minnesota4–0ChicagoSoderblom19,63623–49–551
78April 10Chicago2–5St. LouisMrazek18,09623–50–551
79April 12Nashville5–1ChicagoSoderblom19,44923–51–551
80April 14Carolina4–2ChicagoMrazek18,74223–52–551
81April 16Chicago1–3VegasMrazek18,22223–53–551
82April 18Chicago4–5Los AngelesOTSoderblom18,14523–53–652 :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics

As of April 18, 2024

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Connor Bedard | 68 | 22 | 39 | 61 | −44 | 28 |
| Philipp Kurashev | 75 | 18 | 36 | 54 | −44 | 23 |
| Nick Foligno | 74 | 17 | 20 | 37 | −29 | 57 |
| Jason Dickinson | 82 | 22 | 13 | 35 | +4 | 43 |
| Tyler Johnson | 67 | 17 | 14 | 31 | −35 | 26 |
| Seth Jones | 67 | 8 | 23 | 31 | −15 | 34 |
| Ryan Donato | 78 | 12 | 18 | 30 | −14 | 26 |
| Joey Anderson | 55 | 5 | 12 | 17 | +5 | 8 |
| Lukas Reichel | 65 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −29 | 12 |
| Alex Vlasic | 76 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −4 | 45 |
| Kevin Korchinski | 76 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −39 | 20 |
| Taylor Raddysh | 73 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −19 | 22 |
| Colin Blackwell | 44 | 8 | 4 | 12 | −2 | 10 |
| MacKenzie Entwistle | 67 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −29 | 47 |
| Boris Katchouk$^‡$ | 38 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −2 | 12 |
| Corey Perry$^‡$ | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −5 | 12 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | 28 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −7 | 7 |
| Jarred Tinordi | 52 | 0 | 9 | 9 | −27 | 64 |
| Cole Guttman | 27 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −17 | 7 |
| Connor Murphy | 46 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −19 | 40 |
| Nikita Zaitsev | 38 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −5 | 14 |
| Wyatt Kaiser | 32 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| Anthony Beauvillier$^‡$ | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −10 | 2 |
| Isaak Phillips | 33 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −26 | 22 |
| Reese Johnson | 42 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −20 | 40 |
| Taylor Hall | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 4 |
| Landon Slaggert | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| Zach Sanford$^†$ | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| Louis Crevier | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −16 | 4 |
| Jaycob Megna | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −15 | 22 |
| Frank Nazar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 0 |
| Filip Roos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
| Ethan Del Mastro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Seney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Rem Pitlick | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Petr Mrazek | 56 | 53 | 3,152:40 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 160 | 3.05 | 1,724 | .908 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Arvid Soderblom | 32 | 29 | 1,744:20 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 114 | 3.92 | 942 | .880 | 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 2023–24 NHL season.
Key:
† Contract is entry-level.  ‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29) | To New York IslandersFuture considerations | To Chicago BlackhawksJosh Bailey 2nd-round pick in 2026 |
| June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29) | To Tampa Bay Lightning7th-round pick in 2024 | To Chicago BlackhawksCorey Perry |
| November 28, 2023 (2023-11-28) | To Vancouver CanucksConditional 5th-round pick in 2024 | To Chicago BlackhawksAnthony Beauvillier |
| January 6, 2024 (2024-01-06) | To Pittsburgh PenguinsConditional 7th-round pick in 2026 | To Chicago BlackhawksRem Pitlick |
| March 7, 2024 | To Nashville PredatorsAnthony Beauvillier | To Chicago Blackhawks5th-round pick in 2024 |
| June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26) | To Vancouver Canucks4th-round pick in 2027 | To Chicago BlackhawksSam Lafferty Ilya Mikheyev* 2nd-round pick in 2027 |
Notes
* Canucks retain 15% of Mikheyev's remaining salary.

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Ryan Donato | Seattle Kraken | 2-year $4 million | Free agency |
| January 3, 2024 (2024-01-03) | Jaycob Megna | Seattle Kraken | | Waivers |
| January 6, 2024 (2024-01-06) | Zach Sanford | Arizona Coyotes | | Waivers |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Term | Via |
| July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Andreas Englund | Los Angeles Kings | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18) | Hunter Drew | Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency |
| August 7, 2023 (2023-08-07) | Alex Stalock | Anaheim Ducks | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 10, 2023 (2023-08-10) | Anders Bjork | Rockford IceHogs (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 10, 2023 (2023-08-10) | Caleb Jones | Carolina Hurricanes | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 4, 2023 (2023-09-04) | Anton Khudobin | Sokol Krasnoyarsk (VHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 17, 2023 (2023-09-17) | Jujhar Khaira | Minnesota Wild | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 21, 2023 (2023-09-21) | Buddy Robinson | Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29) | Corey Perry | | | Contract termination |
| October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29) | Austin Wagner | IK Oskarshamn (SHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08) | Boris Katchouk | Ottawa Senators | | Waivers |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term |
| June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30) | Corey Perry | 1-year $4 million |
| July 17, 2023 (2023-07-17) | Connor Bedard | 3-year $13.35 million† |
| July 23, 2023 (2023-07-23) | Philipp Kurashev | 2-year $4.5 million |
| July 25, 2023 (2023-07-25) | Samuel Savoie | 3-year $2.85 million† |
| January 12, 2024 (2024-01-12) | Nick Foligno | 2-year $9 million‡ |
| January 16, 2024 (2024-01-16) | Jason Dickinson | 2-year $8.5 million‡ |
| January 24, 2024 (2024-01-24) | Petr Mrazek | 2-year |
| April 25, 2024 (2024-04-25) | Alex Vlasic | 6-year |
| May 7, 2024 (2024-05-07) | Lukas Reichel | 2-year |
| May 20, 2024 (2024-05-20) | Brett Seney | 1-year |
| May 28, 2024 (2024-05-28) | Martin Misiak | 3-year† |
| May 28, 2024 (2024-05-28) | Zach Sanford | 1-year |
| June 20, 2024 (2024-06-20) | Cole Guttman | 1-year |

## Draft picks

Below are the Chicago Blackhawks selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 1 | Connor Bedard | C | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 1 | 19 | Oliver Moore | C | United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
| 2 | 35 | Adam Gajan | G | Slovakia | Chippewa Steel (NAHL) |
| 2 | 44 | Roman Kantserov | RW | Russia | Stalnye Lisy (MHL) |
| 2 | 55 | Martin Misiak | RW | Slovakia | Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) |
| 3 | 67 | Nick Lardis | LW | Canada | Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) |
| 3 | 93 | Jiri Felcman | C | Czechia | SCL Young Tigers (U20-Elit) |
| 4 | 99 | Alex Pharand | C | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 5 | 131 | Marcel Marcel | LW | Czechia | Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 167 | Milton Oscarson | C | Sweden | Örebro HK (SHL) |
| 7 | 195 | Janne Peltonen | D | Finland | Oulun Kärpät (U20 SM-sarja) |