2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks season was the team's 87th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The season was shortened to a 48 games instead of the usual 82 games because of the 2012–13 NHL lockout. The team won the Western Conference championship. They defeated the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 in the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals to win their 5th Stanley Cup in franchise history. Patrick Kane won the Conn Smythe Trophy for being the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.

 Regular season 

 Playoffs 
 Game # Date Visitor Home Score OT Series+ 2012-13 NHL Western Conference Quarter-finals - (1) Chicago Blackhawks vs (8) Minnesota Wild 1  April 30  Wild  Blackhawks  2 - 1  OT  Chicago leads series 1 - 0 2  May 3  Wild  Blackhawks  5 - 2   Chicago leads series 2 - 0 3  May 5  Blackhawks  Wild  2 - 3   Chicago leads series 2 - 1 4  May 7  Blackhawks  Wild  3 - 0   Chicago leads series 3 - 1 5  May 9  Wild  Blackhawks  5 - 1  OT  Chicago win series 4 - 3
 Game # Date Visitor Home Score OT Series+ 2012-13 NHL Western Conference Semi-finals - (1) Chicago Blackhawks vs (7) Detroit Red Wings 1  May 15  Red Wings  Blackhawks  4 - 1   Chicago leads series 1 - 0 2  May 18  Red Wings  Blackhawks  1 - 4   Series tied 1 - 1 3  May 20  Blackhawks  Red Wings  1 - 3   Detroit leads series 2 - 1 4  May 23  Blackhawks  Red Wings  1 - 3   Detroit leads series 3 - 1 5  May 25  Red Wings  Blackhawks  4 - 1   Detroit leads series 3 - 2 6  May 27  Blackhawks  Red Wings  4 - 3   Series tied 3 - 3 7  May 29  Red Wings  Blackhawks  2 - 1  OT  Chicago wins series 4 - 3
 Game # Date Visitor Home Score OT Series+ 2012-13 NHL Western Conference Finals - (1) Chicago Blackhawks vs (5) Los Angeles Kings 1  June 1  Kings  Blackhawks  2 - 1   Chicago leads series 1 - 0 2  June 2  Kings  Blackhawks  4 - 2   Chicago leads series 2 - 0 3  June 4  Blackhawks  Kings  1 - 3   Chicago leads series 2 - 1 4  June 6  Blackhawks  Kings  3 - 2   Chicago leads series 3 - 1 5  June 8  Kings  Blackhawks  4 - 3  OT  Chicago wins series 4 - 1
 Game # Date Visitor Home Score OT Series+ 2012-13 Stanley Cup Finals - (1) Chicago Blackhawks vs (4) Boston Bruins 1  June 12  Bruins  Blackhawks  4 - 3  3OT  Chicago leads series 1 - 0 2  June 15  Bruins  Blackhawks  1 - 2  OT  Series tied 1 - 1 3  June 17  Blackhawks  Bruins  0 - 2   Boston leads series 2 - 1 4  June 19  Blackhawks  Bruins  6 - 5  OT  Series tied 2 - 2 5  June 22  Bruins  Blackhawks  3 - 1   Chicago leads series 3 - 2 6  June 24  Blackhawks  Bruins  3 - 2   Chicago wins series 4 - 2

 References 

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