2024–25 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2024–25 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 99th season (98th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[1]

2024–25 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	8th Central
Conference	15th Western
2024–25 record	25–46–11
Home record	15–20–6
Road record	10–26–5
Goals for	226
Goals against	296
Team information
General manager	Kyle Davidson
Coach	Luke Richardson (Oct. 8 – Dec. 5) Anders Sorensen (interim, Dec. 5 – Apr. 15)
Captain	Nick Foligno
Alternate captains	Seth Jones (Oct. 8 – Mar. 1) Alec Martinez (Mar. 1 – Apr. 15) Connor Murphy
Arena	United Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan Donato (29)
Assists	Teuvo Teravainen (42)
Points	Connor Bedard (60)
Penalty minutes	Patrick Maroon (97)
Plus/minus	Ilya Mikheyev Sam Rinzel (+2)
Wins	Petr Mrazek (10)
Goals against average	Spencer Knight (3.01)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

On December 5, 2024, the Blackhawks fired head coach Luke Richardson and named Anders Sorensen the interim head coach.^[2]

On March 20, 2025, the Blackhawks were eliminated from playoff contention for the fifth straight season following a loss to the Los Angeles Kings.^[3]

Off-season

Broadcasting change

On June 3, 2024, The Blackhawks announced they would not renew their contract with NBC Sports Chicago and join the newly established Chicago Sports Network along with the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox. The network is available on cable providers, streaming services, and over-the-air.^[4]

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Winnipeg Jets	82	56	22	4	43	277	191	+86	116
2	x – Dallas Stars	82	50	26	6	41	277	224	+53	106
3	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	49	29	4	40	277	234	+43	102
4	x – Minnesota Wild	82	45	30	7	33	228	239	−11	97
5	x – St. Louis Blues	82	44	30	8	32	254	233	+21	96
6	Utah Hockey Club	82	38	31	13	30	241	251	−10	89
7	Nashville Predators	82	30	44	8	24	214	274	−60	68
8	Chicago Blackhawks	82	25	46	11	20	226	296	−70	61

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	45	30	7	33	228	239	−11	97
2	CE	x – St. Louis Blues	82	44	30	8	32	254	233	+21	96
3	PA	Calgary Flames	82	41	27	14	31	225	238	−13	96
4	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	38	30	14	28	236	253	−17	90
5	CE	Utah Hockey Club	82	38	31	13	30	241	251	−10	89
6	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	35	37	10	24	221	263	−42	80
7	PA	Seattle Kraken	82	35	41	6	28	247	265	−18	76
8	CE	Nashville Predators	82	30	44	8	24	214	274	−60	68
9	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	25	46	11	20	226	296	−70	61
10	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	20	50	12	14	210	315	−105	52

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Blackhawks preseason schedule was released on July 2, 2024.^[7]

2024 preseason game log: 1–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Recap 1 September 25 Detroit 4–2 Chicago Weeks United Center 10,354 0–1–0 Recap 2 September 27 Chicago 0–2 Detroit Soderblom Little Caesars Arena 11,175 0–2–0 Recap 3 September 28 Chicago 2–3 St. Louis OT Mrazek Enterprise Center 18,096 0–2–1 Recap 4 October 1 Chicago 2–7 Minnesota Commesso Xcel Energy Center 16,873 0–3–1 Recap 5 October 4 Minnesota 6–1 Chicago Mrazek United Center 10,292 0–4–1 Recap 6 October 5 St. Louis 2–6 Chicago Soderblom Fiserv Forum – 1–4–1 Recap

Legend:   Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

The Blackhawks regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.^[7]

2024–25 game log
October: 3–7–1 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 8 Chicago 2–5 Utah Mrazek 16,020 0–1–0 0 [8] 2 October 11 Chicago 1–2 Winnipeg OT Soderblom 14,564 0–1–1 1 [9] 3 October 12 Chicago 5–2 Edmonton Mrazek 18,347 1–1–1 3 [10] 4 October 15 Chicago 1–3 Calgary Mrazek 16,242 1–2–1 3 [11] 5 October 17 San Jose 2–4 Chicago Mrazek 19,056 2–2–1 5 [12] 6 October 19 Buffalo 4–2 Chicago Soderblom 18,773 2–3–1 5 [13] 7 October 22 Vancouver 6–3 Chicago Mrazek 17,118 2–4–1 5 [14] 8 October 25 Nashville 3–2 Chicago Mrazek 17,787 2–5–1 5 [15] 9 October 26 Chicago 2–4 Dallas Mrazek 18,532 2–6–1 5 [16] 10 October 28 Chicago 5–2 Colorado Mrazek 18,010 3–6–1 7 [17] 11 October 31 Chicago 2–3 San Jose Mrazek 10,315 3–7–1 7 [18]
November: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 12 November 2 Chicago 4–3 Los Angeles SO Mrazek 17,314 4–7–1 9 [19] 13 November 3 Chicago 4–2 Anaheim Soderblom 16,352 5–7–1 11 [20] 14 November 6 Detroit 4–1 Chicago Mrazek 19,984 5–8–1 11 [21] 15 November 7 Chicago 1–3 Dallas Soderblom 18,532 5–9–1 11 [22] 16 November 10 Minnesota 1–2 Chicago OT Mrazek 19,657 6–9–1 13 [23] 17 November 14 Chicago 1–3 Seattle Mrazek 17,151 6–10–1 13 [24] 18 November 16 Chicago 1–4 Vancouver Soderblom 18,620 6–11–1 13 [25] 19 November 19 Anaheim 3–2 Chicago Soderblom 17,712 6–12–1 13 [26] 20 November 21 Florida 1–3 Chicago Mrazek 19,107 7–12–1 15 [27] 21 November 23 Chicago 2–3 Philadelphia OT Mrazek 18,714 7–12–2 16 [28] 22 November 27 Dallas 2–6 Chicago Mrazek 19,144 8–12–2 18 [29] 23 November 29 Chicago 2–3 Minnesota Mrazek 18,532 8–13–2 18 [30]
December: 4–11–0 (Home: 3–5–0; Road: 1–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 24 December 1 Columbus 6–3 Chicago Mrazek 17,393 8–14–2 18 [31] 25 December 2 Chicago 1–4 Toronto Soderblom 18,557 8–15–2 18 [32] 26 December 4 Boston 4–2 Chicago Mrazek 19,179 8–16–2 18 [33] 27 December 7 Winnipeg 4–2 Chicago Soderblom 18,581 8–17–2 18 [34] 28 December 9 Chicago 2–1 NY Rangers Soderblom 18,006 9–17–2 20 [35] 29 December 12 Chicago 4–5 NY Islanders Soderblom 16,170 9–18–2 20 [36] 30 December 14 Chicago 1–4 New Jersey Commesso 16,514 9–19–2 20 [37] 31 December 15 NY Islanders 3–5 Chicago Soderblom 19,264 10–19–2 22 [38] 32 December 17 Washington 2–3 Chicago Soderblom 18,511 11–19–2 24 [39] 33 December 19 Seattle 1–3 Chicago Soderblom 18,991 12–19–2 26 [40] 34 December 21 Chicago 4–6 Calgary Mrazek 18,760 12–20–2 26 [41] 35 December 23 Chicago 3–4 Minnesota Soderblom 19,067 12–21–2 26 [42] 36 December 27 Chicago 2–6 Buffalo Mrazek 19,070 12–22–2 26 [43] 37 December 29 Dallas 5–1 Chicago Soderblom 20,627 12–23–2 26 [44] 38 December 31 St. Louis 6–2 Chicago Mrazek 40,933 12–24–2 26 [45]
January: 4–6–3 (Home: 3–4–2; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 39 January 3 Montreal 2–4 Chicago Soderblom 19,620 13–24–2 28 [46] 40 January 5 NY Rangers 6–2 Chicago Soderblom 18,819 13–25–2 28 [47] 41 January 8 Colorado 1–3 Chicago Mrazek 17,667 14–25–2 30 [48] 42 January 10 Chicago 3–5 Detroit Mrazek 19,515 14–26–2 30 [49] 43 January 11 Edmonton 4–3 Chicago Soderblom 19,387 14–27–2 30 [50] 44 January 13 Calgary 5–2 Chicago Mrazek 15,966 14–28–2 30 [51] 45 January 16 Chicago 2–3 Nashville SO Soderblom 17,159 14–28–3 31 [52] 46 January 18 Vegas 3–5 Chicago Mrazek 19,340 15–28–3 33 [53] 47 January 20 Carolina 4–3 Chicago OT Mrazek 15,831 15–28–4 34 [54] 48 January 24 Tampa Bay 4–3 Chicago OT Soderblom 18,975 15–28–5 35 [55] 49 January 26 Minnesota 4–2 Chicago Mrazek 18,701 15–29–5 35 [56] 50 January 28 Chicago 4–1 Tampa Bay Soderblom 19,092 16–29–5 37 [57] 51 January 30 Chicago 2–3 Carolina Soderblom 18,896 16–30–5 37 [58]
February: 1–5–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 0–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 52 February 1 Chicago 1–5 Florida Mrazek 19,457 16–31–5 37 [59] 53 February 5 Edmonton 4–3 Chicago OT Soderblom 17,103 16–31–6 38 [60] 54 February 7 Nashville 2–6 Chicago Mrazek 19,347 17–31–6 40 [61] 55 February 8 Chicago 5–6 St. Louis SO Soderblom 18,096 17–31–7 41 [62] 56 February 22 Chicago 1–5 Columbus Mrazek 18,809 17–32–7 41 [63] 57 February 23 Toronto 5–2 Chicago Soderblom 19,199 17–33–7 41 [64] 58 February 25 Chicago 1–2 Utah Soderblom 11,131 17–34–7 41 [65] 59 February 27 Chicago 5–7 Vegas Soderblom 18,290 17–35–7 41 [66]
March: 4–9–2 (Home: 3–5–1; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 60 March 1 Chicago 6–3 Anaheim Soderblom 17,174 18–35–7 43 [67] 61 March 3 Los Angeles 1–5 Chicago Knight 16,254 19–35–7 45 [68] 62 March 5 Ottawa 4–3 Chicago OT Soderblom 17,432 19–35–8 46 [69] 63 March 7 Utah 3–4 Chicago OT Knight 19,414 20–35–8 48 [70] 64 March 8 Chicago 2–3 Nashville OT Soderblom 17,159 20–35–9 49 [71] 65 March 10 Chicago 0–3 Colorado Knight 18,072 20–36–9 49 [72] 66 March 13 Chicago 2–4 San Jose Knight 13,546 20–37–9 49 [73] 67 March 15 Chicago 2–6 Vancouver Soderblom 18,847 20–38–9 49 [74] 68 March 18 Seattle 6–2 Chicago Knight 18,505 20–39–9 49 [75] 69 March 20 Los Angeles 3–1 Chicago Knight 16,981 20–40–9 49 [76] 70 March 22 Chicago 1–4 St. Louis Soderblom 18,096 20–41–9 49 [77] 71 March 23 Philadelphia 4–7 Chicago Knight 20,125 21–41–9 51 [78] 72 March 26 New Jersey 5–3 Chicago Knight 17,813 21–42–9 51 [79] 73 March 28 Vegas 5–3 Chicago Knight 19,121 21–43–9 51 [80] 74 March 30 Utah 5–2 Chicago Soderblom 19,153 21–44–9 51 [81]
April: 4–2–2 (Home: 1–0–2; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 75 April 2 Colorado 3–2 Chicago SO Knight 16,649 21–44–10 52 [82] 76 April 4 Chicago 3–5 Washington Knight 18,573 21–45–10 52 [83] 77 April 6 Pittsburgh 1–3 Chicago Knight 20,487 22–45–10 54 [84] 78 April 8 Chicago 0–5 Pittsburgh Knight 15,029 22–46–10 54 [85] 79 April 10 Chicago 5–2 Boston Soderblom 17,850 23–46–10 56 [86] 80 April 12 Winnipeg 5–4 Chicago SO Knight 20,634 23–46–11 57 [87] 81 April 14 Chicago 4–3 Montreal SO Soderblom 21,105 24–46–11 59 [88] 82 April 15 Chicago 4–3 Ottawa OT Knight 14,115 25–46–11 61 [89]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Awards and honours

The Blackhawks playing at Buffalo in Dec. 2024

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Nolan Allan	1st NHL game	October 8, 2024[90]
Seth Jones	800th NHL game	October 12, 2024[91]
Alex Vlasic	100th NHL game
Lukas Reichel	100th NHL game	October 17, 2024[92]
Taylor Hall	700th NHL point	October 22, 2024[93]
Nolan Allan	1st NHL point 1st NHL assist	October 25, 2024[94]
Petr Mrazek	400th NHL game	November 2, 2024
Taylor Hall	5th NHL Hat-trick	November 27, 2024[95]
Louis Crevier	1st NHL goal
Patrick Maroon	800th NHL game	November 29, 2024
Connor Murphy	700th NHL game
Drew Commesso	1st NHL game	December 12, 2024
Teuvo Teravainen	700th NHL game	December 14, 2024
Connor Bedard	100th NHL game	December 17, 2024
Ilya Mikheyev	300th NHL game
Nolan Allan	1st NHL goal	December 19, 2024[96]
Frank Nazar	1st NHL assist	December 23, 2024
Colton Dach	1st NHL game	January 3, 2025[97]
Wyatt Kaiser	1st NHL goal	January 5, 2025[98]
Colton Dach	1st NHL point 1st NHL assist	January 8, 2025[99]
Connor Bedard	100th NHL point	January 13, 2025[100]
Ryan Donato	100th NHL assist	January 18, 2025[101]
Nick Foligno	1200th NHL game
Colton Dach	1st NHL goal	January 24, 2025[102]
Ethan Del Mastro	1st NHL point 1st NHL assist	January 26, 2025[103]
Philipp Kurashev	300th NHL game
Ryan Donato	200th NHL point	February 7, 2025
Teuvo Teravainen	500th NHL point	February 23, 2025[104]
Ethan Del Mastro	1st NHL goal	February 27, 2025[105]
T. J. Brodie	300th NHL assist	March 1, 2025[106]
Alec Martinez	200th NHL assist
Ryan Donato	100th NHL goal	March 5, 2025[107]
Artyom Levshunov	1st NHL game	March 10, 2025[108]
	1st NHL point 1st NHL assist	March 15, 2025[109]
Jason Dickinson	500th NHL game	March 18, 2025[110]
Tyler Bertuzzi	300th NHL point	March 23, 2025[111]
Ryan Donato	1st NHL Hat-trick	March 28, 2025[112]
Oliver Moore	1st NHL game	March 30, 2025[113]
Sam Rinzel
Oliver Moore	1st NHL point 1st NHL assist	April 4, 2025[114]
Sam Rinzel		April 6, 2025[115]
Ryan Greene	1st NHL game	April 14, 2025[116]

Records

Regular season

Player	Record	Reached
Landon Slaggert	Fastest goal to start a game in franchise history (7 seconds)	February 1, 2025[117]
Frank Nazar	First rookie to score a penalty shot goal in franchise history	March 7, 2025[118]
Connor Bedard	Most assists by a teenager in franchise history (83)	April 12, 2025[119]

Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 28, 2024	To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2024 (#34 overall) NYI 2nd-round pick in 2024 (#50 overall)	To Chicago Blackhawks 1st-round pick in 2024 (#27 overall)	[120]
June 29, 2024	To Carolina Hurricanes 3rd-round pick in 2025	To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2024 (#92 overall)	[121]
January 15, 2025	To Winnipeg Jets Isaak Phillips	To Chicago Blackhawks Dmitri Kuzmin	[122]
January 24, 2025	To Colorado Avalanche Nils Juntorp	To Carolina Hurricanes Mikko Rantanen	[123]
	To Carolina Hurricanes Taylor Hall	To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2025
March 1, 2025	To Florida Panthers Seth Jones	To Chicago Blackhawks Spencer Knight 1st-round pick in 2026	[124]
March 7, 2025	To Detroit Red Wings Petr Mrazek Craig Smith	To Chicago Blackhawks Joseph Veleno	[125]
	To Utah Hockey Club 5th-round pick in 2026	To Chicago Blackhawks Shea Weber Aku Raty Victor Soderstrom	[126]

Notes

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Tyler Bertuzzi	Toronto Maple Leafs	4-year	Free agency	[127]
	T. J. Brodie		2-year	Free agency	[128]
	Laurent Brossoit	Winnipeg Jets	2-year	Free agency	[129]
	Patrick Maroon	Boston Bruins	2-year	Free agency	[130]
	Alec Martinez	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	Free agency	[131]
	Craig Smith	Dallas Stars	2-year	Free agency	[130]
	Teuvo Teravainen	Carolina Hurricanes	3-year	Free agency	[132]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Mike Hardman	New Jersey Devils	2-year	Free agency	[133]
	Reese Johnson	Minnesota Wild	1-year	Free agency	[134]
	Taylor Raddysh	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	[135]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Colin Blackwell	Dallas Stars	1-year	Free agency	[136]
	MacKenzie Entwistle	Florida Panthers	1-year	Free agency	[137]
	Luke Philp	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	[138]
	Filip Roos	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free agency	[139]
July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05)	Jaycob Megna	Florida Panthers	1-year	Free agency	[140]
	Jaxson Stauber	Utah Hockey Club	1-year	Free agency	[141]
September 10, 2024 (2024-09-10)	Jarred Tinordi	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	[142]
November 4, 2024 (2024-11-04)	Tyler Johnson	Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency	[143]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Joey Anderson	2-year	[130]
July 6, 2024 (2024-07-06)	Artyom Levshunov	3-year†	[144]

Draft picks

See also: List of Chicago Blackhawks draft picks

Below are the Chicago Blackhawks's selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Artyom Levshunov	D	Belarus	Michigan State Spartans (Big Ten)
	18[A]	Sacha Boisvert	C	Canada	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
	27[B]	Marek Vanacker	LW	Canada	Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)
3	67	John Mustard	LW	Canada	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
	72[C]	A.J. Spellacy	RW	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
	93[D]	Jack Pridham	RW	Canada	West Kelowna Warriors (BCHL)
5	138[E]	Joel Svensson	C	Sweden	Växjö Lakers (J20 Nationell)
6	163	Ty Henry	D	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)

Notes:

1. The New York Islanders' first-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on May 24, 2024, that sent Tampa Bay's first-round pick and Los Angeles and Vancouver's second-round picks in 2024 to the Islanders in exchange for a second-round pick in 2024 and this pick.^[145]
2. The Carolina Hurricanes' first-round pick went to the Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 28, 2024, that sent a second-round pick in 2024 (34th overall) and the Islanders' second-round pick in 2024 (50th overall) to Carolina in exchange for this pick.^[146]
3. The Ottawa Senators' third-round pick went to the Blackhawks as the result of a trade on July 7, 2022, that sent Alex DeBrincat to Ottawa in exchange for a first and second-round pick in 2022 and this pick.^[147]
4. Carolina's third-round pick went to the Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 29, 2024, that sent a third-round pick in 2025 to Carolina in exchange for this pick.^[148]
5. The Calgary Flames' fifth-round pick went to the Blackhawks as the result of a trade on March 21, 2022, that sent Ryan Carpenter to Calgary in exchange for this pick.^[149]