# 2022–23 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2022–23 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 97th season for the National Hockey League 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 failed to qualify for the playoffs. after a loss to the Arizona Coyotes.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Central Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 36 | 280 | 226 | +54 | 109 |
| 2 | x – Dallas Stars | 82 | 47 | 21 | 14 | 39 | 285 | 218 | +67 | 108 |
| 3 | x – Minnesota Wild | 82 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 34 | 246 | 225 | +21 | 103 |
| 4 | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 46 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 247 | 225 | +22 | 95 |
| 5 | e – Nashville Predators | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 29 | 229 | 238 | −9 | 92 |
| 6 | e – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 27 | 263 | 301 | −38 | 81 |
| 7 | e – Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 20 | 228 | 299 | −71 | 70 |
| 8 | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 26 | 49 | 7 | 18 | 204 | 301 | −97 | 59 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | PA | x – Seattle Kraken | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 37 | 289 | 256 | +33 | 100 |
| 2 | CE | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 46 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 247 | 225 | +22 | 95 |
| 3 | PA | e – Calgary Flames | 82 | 38 | 27 | 17 | 31 | 260 | 252 | +8 | 93 |
| 4 | CE | e – Nashville Predators | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 29 | 229 | 238 | −9 | 92 |
| 5 | PA | e – Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 24 | 276 | 298 | −22 | 83 |
| 6 | CE | e – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 27 | 263 | 301 | −38 | 81 |
| 7 | CE | e – Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 20 | 228 | 299 | −71 | 70 |
| 8 | PA | e – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 22 | 44 | 16 | 16 | 234 | 321 | −87 | 60 |
| 9 | CE | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 26 | 49 | 7 | 18 | 204 | 301 | −97 | 59 |
| 10 | PA | e – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 13 | 209 | 338 | −129 | 58 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on August 3, 2022.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022.
2022–23 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Max Domi$^‡$ | 60 | 18 | 31 | 49 | −9 | 76 |
| Patrick Kane$^‡$ | 54 | 16 | 29 | 45 | −23 | 10 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | 81 | 20 | 20 | 40 | −29 | 34 |
| Taylor Raddysh | 78 | 20 | 17 | 37 | −28 | 16 |
| Seth Jones | 72 | 12 | 25 | 37 | −38 | 30 |
| Tyler Johnson | 56 | 12 | 20 | 32 | −21 | 16 |
| Jonathan Toews | 53 | 15 | 16 | 31 | −31 | 43 |
| Jason Dickinson | 78 | 9 | 21 | 30 | −29 | 28 |
| Philipp Kurashev | 70 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −32 | 14 |
| Sam Lafferty$^‡$ | 51 | 10 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 28 |
| Jake McCabe$^‡$ | 55 | 2 | 18 | 20 | +7 | 27 |
| Boris Katchouk | 58 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −10 | 27 |
| Caleb Jones | 73 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −19 | 40 |
| Lukas Reichel | 23 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −8 | 6 |
| Jujhar Khaira | 51 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −11 | 31 |
| Connor Murphy | 80 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −10 | 69 |
| MacKenzie Entwistle | 66 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −11 | 14 |
| Colin Blackwell | 53 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −16 | 6 |
| Anders Bjork$^†$ | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 2 |
| Jarred Tinordi | 44 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −17 | 40 |
| Ian Mitchell | 35 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −8 | 8 |
| Cole Guttman | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 2 |
| Joey Anderson$^†$ | 24 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −9 | 0 |
| Reese Johnson | 57 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −15 | 38 |
| Isaak Phillips | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −10 | 5 |
| Jack Johnson$^‡$ | 58 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −25 | 16 |
| Buddy Robinson | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Filip Roos | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 4 |
| Nikita Zaitsev$^†$ | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 12 |
| Wyatt Kaiser | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 4 |
| Austin Wagner | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| Dave Gust | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Brett Seney | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Alex Vlasic | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Luke Philp | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Andreas Englund$^†$ | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 9 |
| Mike Hardman | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Alec Regula | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Petr Mrazek | 39 | 38 | 2,165:10 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 132 | 3.66 | 1,248 | .894 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Alex Stalock | 27 | 24 | 1,475:20 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 74 | 3.01 | 804 | .908 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jaxson Stauber | 6 | 6 | 363:30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2.81 | 191 | .911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arvid Soderblom | 15 | 13 | 835:14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 3.45 | 453 | .894 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Wells$^‡$ | 1 | 0 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 13 | .923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Khudobin | 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 | Details |
| July 7, 2022 (2022-07-07) | To Montreal CanadiensKirby Dach | To Chicago BlackhawksNYI 1st-round pick in 2022 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| July 7, 2022 (2022-07-07) | To Ottawa SenatorsAlex DeBrincat | To Chicago Blackhawks1st-round pick in 2022 2nd-round pick in 2022 |
| July 7, 2022 (2022-07-07) | To Toronto Maple Leafs2nd-round pick in 2022 | To Chicago BlackhawksPetr Mrazek 1st-round pick in 2022 |
| July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08) | To Arizona CoyotesEDM 3rd-round pick in 2022 | To Chicago Blackhawks3rd-round pick in 2023 |
| July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08) | To Carolina Hurricanes6th-round pick in 2023 | To Chicago Blackhawks6th-round pick in 2022 |
| July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08) | To Pittsburgh Penguins6th-round pick in 2022 | To Chicago BlackhawksLiam Gorman |
| October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) | To Vancouver CanucksRiley Stillman | To Chicago BlackhawksJason Dickinson 2nd-round pick in 2024 |
| October 26, 2022 (2022-10-26) | To Montreal CanadiensNicolas Beaudin | To Chicago BlackhawksCam Hillis |
| October 26, 2022 (2022-10-26) | To Philadelphia FlyersEvan Barratt | To Chicago BlackhawksCooper Zech |
| February 22, 2023 (2023-02-22) | To Ottawa SenatorsFuture considerations | To Chicago BlackhawksNikita Zaitsev 2nd-round pick in 2023 4th-round pick in 2026 |
| February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23) | To Anaheim DucksJosiah Slavin | To Chicago BlackhawksHunter Drew |
| February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26) | To Colorado AvalancheJack Johnson | To Chicago BlackhawksAndreas Englund |
| February 27, 2023 (2023-02-27) | To Toronto Maple LeafsSam Lafferty Jake McCabe* Conditional 5th-round pick in 2024 Conditional 5th-round in 2025 | To Chicago BlackhawksJoey Anderson Pavel Gogolev Conditional 1st-round pick in 2025 2nd-round pick in 2026 |
| February 28, 2023 (2023-02-28) | To Arizona CoyotesConditional 3rd-round pick in 2025 | To Chicago BlackhawksVili Saarijarvi Andy Welinski conditional 2nd-round pick in 2023 or 1st-round pick in 2024 or 1st-round pick in 2025 4th-round pick in 2025 |
| February 28, 2023 (2023-02-28) | To New York RangersPatrick Kane* Cooper Zech | To Chicago BlackhawksVili Saarijarvi Andy Welinski conditional 2nd-round pick in 2023 or 1st-round pick in 2024 or 1st-round pick in 2025 4th-round pick in 2025 |
| March 2, 2023 (2023-03-02) | To Anaheim DucksDylan Sikura | To Chicago BlackhawksMaxim Golod |
| March 2, 2023 (2023-03-02) | To Buffalo SabresFuture considerations | To Chicago BlackhawksAnders Bjork |
| March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03) | To Dallas StarsMax Domi Dylan Wells | To Chicago BlackhawksAnton Khudobin 2nd-round pick in 2025 |
| March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03) | To Los Angeles KingsFuture considerations | To Chicago BlackhawksAustin Wagner |
| June 26, 2023 (2023-06-26) | To Boston BruinsIan Mitchell Alec Regula | To Chicago BlackhawksNick Foligno Taylor 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 |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Andreas Athanasiou | Los Angeles Kings | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Colin Blackwell | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Max Domi | Carolina Hurricanes | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Luke Philp | Calgary Flames | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Brett Seney | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Alex Stalock | San Jose Sharks | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Dylan Sikura | Colorado Avalanche | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25) | Buddy Robinson | Anaheim Ducks | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 17, 2022 (2022-08-17) | Jack Johnson | Colorado Avalanche | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 18, 2022 (2022-08-18) | Cole Guttman | Denver Pioneers (NCHC) | 2-year† | Free agency |
| October 10, 2022 (2022-10-10) | Jarred Tinordi | New York Rangers | | Waivers |
| November 2, 2022 (2022-11-02) | Dylan Wells | Rockford IceHogs (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Term | Via |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Collin Delia | Vancouver Canucks | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Erik Gustafsson | Washington Capitals | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Wyatt Kalynuk | Vancouver Canucks | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Dominik Kubalik | Detroit Red Wings | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Henrik Borgstrom | Washington Capitals | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Kevin Lankinen | Nashville Predators | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Dylan Strome | Washington Capitals | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 26, 2022 (2022-07-26) | Cale Morris | Chicago Wolves (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 26, 2022 (2022-07-26) | Cam Morrison | Charlotte Checkers (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 5, 2022 (2022-09-05) | Brett Connolly | HC Lugano (NL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 19, 2022 (2022-09-19) | Kurtis Gabriel | | | Retirement |
| October 1, 2022 (2022-10-01) | Calvin de Haan | Carolina Hurricanes | 1-year | Free agency |
| May 9, 2023 (2023-05-09) | Jakub Galvas | Malmö Redhawks (SHL) | 2-year‡ | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term |
| August 2, 2022 (2022-08-02) | Jalen Luypen | 3-year† |
| August 10, 2022 (2022-08-10) | Kevin Korchinski | 3-year† |
| August 12, 2022 (2022-08-12) | Caleb Jones | 1-year |
| August 12, 2022 (2022-08-12) | Philipp Kurashev | 1-year |
| February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23) | Dave Gust | 2-year |
| March 9, 2023 (2023-03-09) | Luke Philp | 1-year‡ |
| March 13, 2023 (2023-03-13) | Ryder Rolston | 3-year†‡ |
| March 14, 2023 (2023-03-14) | Wyatt Kaiser | 3-year† |
| March 25, 2023 (2023-03-25) | Paul Ludwinski | 3-year†‡ |
| March 28, 2023 (2023-03-28) | Antti Saarela | 2-year†‡ |
| March 29, 2023 (2023-03-29) | Brett Seney | 1-year‡ |
| April 3, 2023 (2023-04-03) | Gavin Hayes | 3-year†‡ |
| April 11, 2023 (2023-04-11) | Drew Commesso | 3-year†‡ |
| April 12, 2023 (2023-04-12) | Jarred Tinordi | 1-year‡ |
| May 10, 2023 (2023-05-10) | Arvid Soderblom | 2-year‡ |
| June 8, 2023 (2023-06-08) | Andreas Athanasiou | 2-year‡ |
| June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22) | Joey Anderson | 1-year‡ |
| June 27, 2023 (2023-06-27) | 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.
| Round | # | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team (League) |
| 1 | 7 | Kevin Korchinski | D | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
| 1 | 13 | Frank Nazar | C | USA | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
| 1 | 25 | Sam Rinzel | D | USA | Chaska High School (USHS-MN) |
| 2 | 39 | Paul Ludwinski | C | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
| 2 | 57 | Ryan Greene | C | Canada | Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) |
| 3 | 66 | Gavin Hayes | C | USA | Flint Firebirds (OHL) |
| 3 | 81 | Samuel Savoie | LW | Canada | Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 3 | 90 | Aidan Thompson | C | USA | Lincoln Stars (USHL) |
| 6 | 173 | Dominic James | LW | USA | Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (NCHC) |
| 6 | 188 | Nils Juntorp | RW | Sweden | HV71 (J20 Nationell) |
| 7 | 199 | Riku Tohila | C | Finland | JYP (U20 SM-sarja) |