2025–26 Chicago Blackhawks season

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The 2025–26 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 100th season (99th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[1]

Division8th Central
Conference15th Western
2025–26 record29–39–14
Home record14–19–8
Quick facts Chicago Blackhawks, Division ...
2025–26 Chicago Blackhawks
Division8th Central
Conference15th Western
2025–26 record29–39–14
Home record14–19–8
Road record15–20–6
Goals for213
Goals against275
Team information
General managerKyle Davidson
CoachJeff Blashill
CaptainNick Foligno (Oct. 7 – Mar. 6)
Vacant (Mar. 6 – Apr. 15)
Alternate captainsConnor Bedard (Mar. 6 – Apr. 15)
Tyler Bertuzzi (Mar. 6 – Apr. 15)
Jason Dickinson (Oct. 7 –Mar. 4)
Connor Murphy (Oct. 7 – Mar. 2)
ArenaUnited Center
Minor league affiliatesRockford IceHogs (AHL)
Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsTyler Bertuzzi (32)
AssistsConnor Bedard (43)
PointsConnor Bedard (73)
Penalty minutesLouis Crevier (61)
Plus/minusNick Foligno (+2)
WinsSpencer Knight (18)
Goals against averageDrew Commesso (2.31)
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On April 2, 2026, the Blackhawks were eliminated from playoff contention for the sixth straight season following their loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

Standings

Divisional standings

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Central Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Colorado Avalanche 82 55 16 11 48 302 203 +99 121
2 x – Dallas Stars 82 50 20 12 38 279 226 +53 112
3 x – Minnesota Wild 82 46 24 12 31 272 240 +32 104
4 x – Utah Mammoth 82 43 33 6 33 268 240 +28 92
5 St. Louis Blues 82 37 33 12 33 231 258 −27 86
6 Nashville Predators 82 38 34 10 28 247 269 −22 86
7 Winnipeg Jets 82 35 35 12 28 231 260 −29 82
8 Chicago Blackhawks 82 29 39 14 21 213 275 −62 72
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Source: National Hockey League[2]
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

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Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 CE x – Utah Mammoth 82 43 33 6 33 268 240 +28 92
2 PA x – Los Angeles Kings 82 35 27 20 22 225 247 −22 90
3 CE St. Louis Blues 82 37 33 12 33 231 258 −27 86
4 CE Nashville Predators 82 38 34 10 28 247 269 −22 86
5 PA San Jose Sharks 82 39 35 8 27 251 292 −41 86
6 CE Winnipeg Jets 82 35 35 12 28 231 260 −29 82
7 PA Seattle Kraken 82 34 37 11 26 226 263 −37 79
8 PA Calgary Flames 82 34 39 9 27 212 259 −47 77
9 CE Chicago Blackhawks 82 29 39 14 22 213 275 −62 72
10 PA Vancouver Canucks 82 25 49 8 15 216 316 −100 58
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Source: National Hockey League[3]
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 10, 2025.[4]

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2025 preseason game log: 2–4–0 (Home: 0–3–0; Road: 2–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionArenaAttendanceRecordRecap
1September 23Chicago2–3DetroitSoderblomLittle Caesars Arena15,5030–1–0Recap
2September 27Chicago4–2St. LouisKnightEnterprise Center18,0961–1–0Recap
3September 28Chicago4–1MinnesotaCommessoGrand Casino Arena17,8082–1–0Recap
4September 30Detroit3–1ChicagoKnightUnited Center9,6912–2–0Recap
5October 3Minnesota3–2ChicagoKnightUnited Center9,5692–3–0Recap
6October 4St. Louis4–0ChicagoSoderblomUnited Center10,0692–4–0Recap
Legend:

  Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss

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Regular season

The Blackhawks regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.

More information #, Date ...
2025–26 game log
October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 2–2–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 7Chicago2–3FloridaKnight19,6550–1–00[5]
2October 9Chicago3–4BostonOTSoderblom17,8500–1–11[6]
3October 11Montreal3–2ChicagoKnight19,3440–2–11[7]
4October 13Utah1–3ChicagoKnight15,2031–2–13[8]
5October 15Chicago8–3St. LouisSoderblom17,2492–2–15[9]
6October 17Vancouver3–2ChicagoSOKnight18,3062–2–26[10]
7October 19Anaheim1–2ChicagoOTKnight16,2623–2–28[11]
8October 23Chicago3–2Tampa BayKnight19,0924–2–210[12]
9October 26Los Angeles3–1ChicagoSoderblom16,6204–3–210[13]
10October 28Ottawa3–7ChicagoKnight15,1005–3–212[14]
11October 30Chicago3–6WinnipegKnight13,6825–4–212[15]
November: 6–5–3 (Home: 3–3–2; Road: 3–2–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
12November 1Chicago2–3EdmontonOTKnight18,3475–4–313[16]
13November 3Chicago1–3SeattleSoderblom17,1515–5–313[17]
14November 5Chicago5–2VancouverKnight19,0026–5–315[18]
15November 7Chicago4–0CalgaryKnight17,4257–5–317[19]
16November 9Chicago5–1DetroitSoderblom19,5158–5–319[20]
17November 12New Jersey4–3ChicagoOTKnight17,2688–5–420[21]
18November 15Toronto2–3ChicagoKnight20,4899–5–422[22]
19November 18Calgary2–5ChicagoSoderblom17,51810–5–424[23]
20November 20Seattle3–2ChicagoKnight18,17010–6–424[24]
21November 21Chicago3–9BuffaloSoderblom17,05810–7–424[25]
22November 23Colorado1–0ChicagoKnight20,44110–8–424[26]
23November 26Minnesota4–3ChicagoOTKnight18,93310–8–525[27]
24November 28Nashville4–3ChicagoSoderblom19,75510–9–525[28]
25November 30Anaheim3–5ChicagoKnight19,91211–9–527[29]
December: 3–8–2 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 2–5–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
26December 2Chicago3–4VegasSOKnight17,94411–9–628[30]
27December 4Chicago2–1Los AngelesKnight16,22512–9–630[31]
28December 6Chicago0–6Los AngelesKnight18,14512–10–630[32]
29December 7Chicago1–7AnaheimSoderblom15,51112–11–630[33]
30December 10NY Rangers0–3ChicagoKnight19,70913–11–632[34]
31December 12Chicago2–3St. LouisKnight18,09613–12–632[35]
32December 13Detroit4–0ChicagoSoderblom20,75113–13–632[36]
33December 16Chicago2–3TorontoKnight18,56813–14–632[37]
34December 18Chicago1–4MontrealKnight20,96213–15–632[38]
35December 20Chicago4–6OttawaSoderblom18,25413–16–632[39]
36December 23Philadelphia3–1ChicagoKnight20,25613–17–632[40]
37December 27Chicago4–3DallasSOSoderblom18,53214–17–634[41]
38December 28Pittsburgh7–3ChicagoKnight20,17314–18–634[42]
39December 30NY Islanders3–2ChicagoSOKnight19,60314–18–735[43]
January: 7–7–2 (Home: 4–6–1; Road: 3–1–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
40January 1Dallas3–4ChicagoKnight18,80115–18–737[44]
41January 3Chicago3–2WashingtonSOKnight18,34716–18–739[45]
42January 4Vegas2–3ChicagoOTSoderblom18,26617–18–741[46]
43January 7St. Louis3–7ChicagoKnight17,24418–18–743[47]
44January 9Washington5–1ChicagoCommesso19,91718–19–743[48]
45January 10Chicago3–0NashvilleCommesso17,29719–19–745[49]
46January 12Edmonton4–1ChicagoKnight17,78319–20–745[50]
47January 15Calgary3–1ChicagoKnight16,65219–21–745[51]
48January 17Boston5–2ChicagoSoderblom20,38819–22–745[52]
49January 19Winnipeg0–2ChicagoKnight19,89420–22–747[53]
50January 22Chicago4–3CarolinaSOKnight18,32321–22–749[54]
51January 23Tampa Bay2–1ChicagoSOSoderblom18,84121–22–850[55]
52January 25Florida5–1ChicagoKnight19,31321–23–850[56]
53January 27Chicago3–4MinnesotaSOKnight18,01121–23–951[57]
54January 29Chicago2–6PittsburghSoderblom16,71521–24–951[58]
55January 30Columbus4–2ChicagoKnight20,24721–25–951[59]
February: 1–3–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–3–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
56February 2San Jose3–6ChicagoKnight20,13022–25–953[60]
57February 4Chicago0–4ColumbusKnight18,57522–26–953[61]
58February 26Chicago2–4NashvilleKnight17,22422–27–953[62]
59February 28Chicago1–3ColoradoKnight18,15222–28–953[63]
March: 5–6–5 (Home: 1–2–3; Road: 4–4–2)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
60March 1Chicago4–0UtahSoderblom12,47823–28–955[64]
61March 3Chicago2–3WinnipegOTKnight13,92923–28–1056[65]
62March 6Vancouver6–3ChicagoSoderblom20,58023–29–1056[66]
63March 8Chicago3–4DallasOTSoderblom18,53223–29–1157[67]
64March 9Utah2–3ChicagoOTCommesso18,32024–29–1159[68]
65March 12Chicago3–2UtahOTKnight12,47825–29–1161[69]
66March 14Chicago0–4VegasKnight18,12825–30–1161[70]
67March 17Minnesota4–3ChicagoOTKnight20,66825–30–1262[71]
68March 19Chicago2–1MinnesotaKnight19,08626–30–1264[72]
69March 20Colorado4–1ChicagoSoderblom20,53926–31–1264[73]
70March 22Nashville3–2ChicagoOTKnight20,55326–31–1365[74]
71March 24Chicago4–3NY IslandersSoderblom17,25527–31–1367[75]
72March 26Chicago1–5PhiladelphiaKnight18,96927–32–1367[76]
73March 27Chicago1–6NY RangersSoderblom18,00627–33–1367[77]
74March 29Chicago3–5New JerseyKnight16,51427–34–1367[78]
75March 31Winnipeg4–3ChicagoOTKnight18,72627–34–1468[79]
April: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 1–2–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
76April 2Chicago1–3EdmontonKnight18,34727–35–1468[80]
77April 4Chicago4–2SeattleSoderblom17,15128–35–1470[81]
78April 6Chicago2–3San JoseKnight16,20428–36–1470[82]
79April 9Carolina7–2ChicagoKnight18,03928–37–1470[83]
80April 11St. Louis5–3ChicagoSoderblom20,76128–38–1470[84]
81April 13Buffalo5–1ChicagoKnight17,05628–39–1470[85]
82April 15San Jose2–5ChicagoKnight20,39729–39–1472[86]

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

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Roster

Updated April 17, 2026[87][88]

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No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
98 Canada Connor Bedard (A) C R 20 2023 North Vancouver, British Columbia
59 Canada Tyler Bertuzzi (A) LW L 31 2024 Sudbury, Ontario
12 Canada Sacha Boisvert C L 20 2024 Trois-Rivières, Quebec
28 Sweden Andre Burakovsky LW L 31 2025 Klagenfurt, Austria
46 Canada Louis Crevier D R 24 2020 Quebec City, Quebec
38 Canada Ethan Del Mastro D L 23 2021 Burlington, Ontario
8 United States Ryan Donato C L 30 2023 Scituate, Massachusetts
16 Sweden Anton Frondell C L 18 2025 Trångsund, Sweden
20 Canada Ryan Greene C R 22 2022 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
48 United States Matt Grzelcyk D L 32 2025 Boston, Massachusetts
44 United States Wyatt Kaiser D L 23 2020 Andover, Minnesota
30 United States Spencer Knight G L 25 2025 Darien, Connecticut
14 Canada Kevin Korchinski D L 21 2022 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
24 United States Sam Lafferty C R 31 2025 Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
76 Canada Nick Lardis LW L 20 2023 Oakville, Ontario
55 Belarus Artyom Levshunov D R 20 2024 Zhlobin, Belarus
26 Canada Andrew Mangiapane LW L 30 2026 Toronto, Ontario
95 Russia Ilya Mikheyev RW L 31 2024 Omsk, Russia
11 United States Oliver Moore C L 21 2023 Mounds View, Minnesota
91 United States Frank Nazar C R 22 2022 Mount Clemens, Michigan
6 United States Sam Rinzel D R 21 2022 Chanhassen, Minnesota
84 United States Landon Slaggert LW L 23 2020 South Bend, Indiana
40 Sweden Arvid Soderblom G L 26 2021 Gothenburg, Sweden
86 Finland Teuvo Teravainen C L 31 2024 Helsinki, Finland
25 United States Dominic Toninato C L 32 2025 Duluth, Minnesota
72 United States Alex Vlasic D L 24 2019 Wilmette, Illinois
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Awards and honours

Awards

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Regular season
Player Award Awarded
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Milestone

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Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Anton Frondell 1st Career NHL Game[89] March 24, 2026
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Records

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Regular season
PlayerRecordReached
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Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

Key

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Trades

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DateDetailsRef
June 28, 2025 To Vancouver Canucks
Ilya Safonov		 To Chicago Blackhawks
future considerations		 [90]
July 1, 2025 To Buffalo Sabres
6th-round pick in 2026		 To Chicago Blackhawks
Sam Lafferty		 [91]
March 2, 2026 To Edmonton Oilers
Connor Murphy* (50% retention)		 To Chicago Blackhawks
2nd-round pick in 2028		 [92]
March 4, 2026 To Edmonton Oilers
Colton Dach
Jason Dickinson* (50% retention)		 To Chicago Blackhawks
Andrew Mangiapane
conditional 1st-round pick in 2027
              or 1st-round pick in 2028		 [93]
March 6, 2026 To New York Rangers
Aidan Thompson		 To Chicago Blackhawks
Derrick Pouliot		 [94]
March 6, 2026 To Minnesota Wild
Nick Foligno		 To Chicago Blackhawks
future considerations		 [95]
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Pick-only trades

June 27, 2025 To Carolina Hurricanes
2nd-round pick in 2025 (#34 overall)
DAL 2nd-round pick in 2025 (#62 overall)
5th-round pick in 2027		 To Chicago Blackhawks
1st-round pick in 2025 (#29 overall)		 [96]
June 28, 2025 To Florida Panthers
BOS 7th-round pick in 2025 (#197 overall)		 To Chicago Blackhawks
7th-round pick in 2026		 [97]

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Players acquired

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DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)Dominic ToninatoWinnipeg Jets2-yearFree agency[98]
October 5, 2025 (2025-10-05)Matt GrzelcykPittsburgh Penguins1-yearFree agency[99]
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Player lost

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DatePlayerNew teamTermViaRef
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)Philipp KurashevSan Jose Sharks1-yearFree agency[100]
Jonathan ToewsWinnipeg Jets1-yearFree agency[101]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)Cole GuttmanLos Angeles Kings2-yearFree agency[102]
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Signings

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DatePlayerTermRef
July 15, 2025 (2025-07-15)Anton Frondell3-year†[103]
July 16, 2025 (2025-07-16)Stanislav Berezhnoy2-year†[104]
July 17, 2025 (2025-07-17)Louis Crevier2-year[105]
July 26, 2025 (2025-07-26)Arvid Soderblom2-year[106]
August 21, 2025 (2025-08-21)Frank Nazar7-year[107]
September 13, 2025 (2025-09-13)Spencer Knight3-year‡[108]
September 17, 2025 (2025-09-17)Wyatt Kaiser2-year[109]
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Key

 †  Contract is entry-level.

 ‡  Contract takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Draft picks

See also: List of Chicago Blackhawks draft picks

Below are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27th and 28th, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.


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Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team League
1 3 Anton Frondell C  Sweden Djurgårdens IF HockeyAllsvenskan
1 25 Vaclav Nestrasil RW  Czech Republic Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL
1 29 Mason West C  United States Edina Hornets USHS-MN
3 66 Nathan Behm RW  Canada Kamloops Blazers WHL
4 98 Julius Sumpf C  Germany Moncton Wildcats QMJHL
4 107 Parker Holmes LW  Canada Brantford Bulldogs OHL
6 162 Ashton Cumby D  Canada Seattle Thunderbirds WHL
7 194 Ilya Kanarsky G  Russia AKM Tula MHL
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