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Chicago Blackhawks

4-13-19 PTS8th in the Central divisionNHL

Playoff odds

<1%

Power play

9.8 %

Penalty kill

78.6 %

Goals per game

2.17

Goals against

4.22

Faceoffs

41.9 %

Playoff odds

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Make playoffs

<1%

Top 3 in division

<1%

Win the division

<1%

Projected points

66

56–76

Performance

Actual goals: on pace for 40 pts
Expected goals: on pace for 57 pts

Expected goals are kinder: Chicago Blackhawks has been unlucky, and that should turn.

Talent (WAR)

Lineup: 11.4 WAR (31st of 32)

  • Spencer Knight5.0
  • Drew Commesso2.0
  • Tyler Bertuzzi1.9
  • Teuvo Teravainen1.7
  • Andrew Mangiapane1.1

Injuries

Cost the rest of the way: −0.0 win

  • Bowen Byram (1 g.)−0.0

Team Pulse · 2026-27

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Team Pulse says which way the team is heading (−100 to +100), first over its last five seasons, then this season. The rating this year, separately, says how good it is right now (0 to 100): an average team can rise fast, an excellent one can decline.

5-year pulse

+12

→ Stable

21-22 : 86.322-23 : 80.623-24 : 78.224-25 : 87.525-26 : 90.4
21-2225-26
RESResults
→
OFFOffense
→
DEFDefense
→
PPPower play
→
PKPenalty kill
↑↑
GOALGoaltending
→
POSPossession
→

Rating this year

3/ 100

31 of 32

Changes as the season goes: after 8 games, last season still counts for 71%. It fades with every game.

Pulse this season

-6

→ Stable

OFFOffense
7
→
DEFDefense
5
→
PPPower play
7
→
PKPenalty kill
68
→
GOALGoaltending
43
→
POSPossession
3
→
ROSTERRoster
2
→

Why Chicago Blackhawks is stable

  • Over 5 years (21-22 to 25-26): index 86.3 → 90.4, stable (+1.5 per season); improving: the penalty kill and the power play.
  • EV xGF/60: 2.15 → 2.08 (↓ 3.3%, worse)
  • EV xGA/60: 2.82 → 3.02 (↑ 7.1%, worse)
  • PP xGF/60: 6.93 → 5.06 (↓ 27%, worse)
  • EV xG%: 43.2 % → 40.8 % (↓ 5.7%, worse)
  • Roster: 4 key players rising, 5 declining, 9 stable.
  • The decline comes mostly from defense; the core is stable.
  • Early season (8 games): the pulse rests mostly on the roster, and last season still weighs heavily in the rating this year.
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Pulse by horizon

10 gamesSeason1 year3 years
Team Pulse——-6-5
OFF · Offense——-8-6
DEF · Defense——-10-10
PP · Power play——-13-19
PK · Penalty kill——-30
GOAL · Goaltending——-30
POS · Possession——-6-4
ROSTER · Roster——+1+1

— : not enough games yet for that horizon (last 10 vs previous 10: 20 games; season: 25). The 5- and 10-year horizons will come with past seasons' history.

Roster Trend · +1 (core +6)

PlayerTrend
Bowen ByramD · 25 · core↑ +21
Ian ColeD · 37 · core↑ +20
Tyler BertuzziW · 31 · core↑ +18
Alex VlasicD · 25 · core↓ -23
Wyatt KaiserD · 24 · core↓ -12
Teuvo TeravainenC · 32 · core↓ -18
Patrick KaneW · 37→ +4
Cole SmithW · 30→ -2
Frank NazarC · 22→ -3
Connor BedardC · 21↑ +15
Ryan DonatoC · 30↓↓ -34
Ryan GreeneC · 22→ 0
Artyom LevshunovD · 20→ -8
Andrew MangiapaneW · 30↓ -16
Sam RinzelD · 22→ 0
Oliver MooreC · 21→ 0
Landon SlaggertW · 24→ +1
Nick LardisW · 21→ 0

A player's trend compares 2025-26 with 2024-25 (PAL, WAR per 60, SC, PA, DF, SK ratings, in percentile points) and adds age. Roster Trend weights each player by ice time and importance: a rising fourth line doesn't offset a declining top center.

The Chicago Blackhawks story

Chicago's club traces its roots to the franchise awarded on September 25, 1926, and its first campaign in the 1926–27 season. As one of the Original Six, the team forged its early identity under Frederic McLaughlin, whose tenure brought Stanley Cup victories in 1934 and 1938. A subsequent period under the Norris family yielded another championship in 1961, and decades later the franchise entered a new defining era under the Wirtz family.

Since the 1994–95 season the Blackhawks have made the United Center their home, sharing it with Chicago's NBA team, and they compete in the NHL's Central Division of the Western Conference. Over the course of a near-century the club has collected six Stanley Cups, and its history of highs and lows is reflected in both its passionate fan base and its standing in the league today.

A few figures stand out for shaping the club: McLaughlin as the original hands-on owner, James D. Norris for reviving the team in midcentury, and Rocky Wirtz for restoring competitiveness and capturing three recent Cups. After Rocky’s death in July 2023, his son Danny Wirtz assumed the chairmanship, and the roster now looks to its young captain, Connor Bedard, as a focal point for the next chapter.

Historical facts from Wikipedia and NHL archives; text written by PickALeague.

The franchise

Founded
1926
Stanley Cups
6
First season
1926-27
City
Illinois
Home
United Center
Seats
23,500
Head coach
Jeff Blashill
Captain
Connor Bedard
Owner
Danny Wirtz

Stanley Cups

  • 1933-34
  • 1937-38
  • 1960-61
  • 2009-10
  • 2012-13
  • 2014-15
Tommy Hawk, mascotMascotTommy Hawk

Retired numbers

  • 1Glenn Hall (1957-67)
  • 3Pierre Pilote (1955-68)
  • 3Keith Magnuson (1969-80)
  • 7Chris Chelios (1990-99)
  • 9Bobby Hull (1957-72)
  • 18Denis Savard (1980-90, 1995-97)
  • 21Stan Mikita (1958-80)
  • 35Tony Esposito (1969-84)
  • 81Marian Hossa (2009-17)

Captains

  • Connor BedardSept. 29, 2026 – Present
  • (No Captain)March 6 – April 15, 2026
  • Nick FolignoOct. 8, 2024 – March 3, 2026
  • (No Captain)Oct. 10, 2023 – April 18, 2024
  • Jonathan ToewsOct. 10, 2008 – April 13, 2023
  • (No Captain)Oct. 4, 2007 – April 6, 2008
  • Adrian Aucoin and Martin Lapointe (Co-Captains)Oct. 5, 2005 – April 8, 2007
  • (No Captain)Feb. 19 – April 4, 2004
  • Alexei ZhamnovOct. 10, 2002 – Feb. 15, 2004
  • Tony AmonteOct. 5, 2000 – April 25, 2002
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  • (No Captain)March 15 – April 9, 2000
  • Doug GilmourOct. 4, 1999 – March 12, 2000
  • (No Captain)March 23 – April 17, 1999
  • Chris CheliosOct. 7, 1995 – March 21, 1999
  • Dirk GrahamJan. 24, 1989 – June 11, 1995
  • Denis SavardOct. 6, 1988 – Jan. 21, 1989
  • (No Captain)Oct. 8, 1987 – April 12, 1988
  • Darryl SutterJan. 24, 1986 – April 12, 1987
  • Bob MurrayNov. 16, 1985 – Jan. 22, 1986
  • Darryl SutterOct. 6, 1982 – Nov. 13, 1985
  • Terry RuskowskiOct. 31, 1979 – May 6, 1982
  • Keith MagnusonOct. 13, 1977 – Oct. 28, 1979
  • Pit Martin and Stan Mikita (Co-Captains)Oct. 8, 1975 – April 7, 1977
  • (No Captain)April 5, 1970 – April 22, 1975
  • Pat StapletonOct. 11, 1969 – April 4, 1970
  • (No Captain)Oct. 11, 1968 – March 30, 1969
  • Pierre PiloteOct. 14, 1961 – April 28, 1968
  • Ed LitzenbergerOct. 8, 1958 – April 16, 1961
  • (No Captain)Oct. 8, 1957 – March 23, 1958
  • Gus MortsonOct. 7, 1954 – March 24, 1957
  • Bill GadsbyOct. 9, 1952 – March 21, 1954
  • Jack StewartOct. 12, 1950 – March 23, 1952
  • Doug BentleyOct. 13, 1949 – March 26, 1950
  • Gaye StewartOct. 13, 1948 – March 20, 1949
  • John MariucciOct. 15, 1947 – March 21, 1948
  • Red HamillOct. 20, 1946 – March 23, 1947
  • John MariucciOct. 24, 1945 – March 26, 1946
  • Clint SmithOct. 29, 1944 – March 18, 1945
  • Doug BentleyNov. 5, 1942 – April 13, 1944
  • Earl SeibertNov. 7, 1940 – March 26, 1942
  • Johnny GottseligNov. 7, 1935 – March 21, 1940
  • (No Captain)Nov. 8, 1934 – March 26, 1935
  • Charlie GardinerNov. 9, 1933 – April 10, 1934
  • Teddy GrahamJan. 3 – March 23, 1933
  • Helge BostromNov. 10 – Dec. 27, 1932
  • Cy WentworthNov. 12, 1931 – March 29, 1932
  • Duke DukowskiNov. 16, 1930 – April 14, 1931
  • Ty ArbourNov. 14, 1929 – March 26, 1930
  • Dick IrvinNov. 17, 1926 – March 14, 1929

Head coaches

  • Jeff BlashillOct. 7, 2025 – Present
  • Anders SorensenDec. 7, 2024 – April 15, 2025
  • Luke RichardsonOct. 12, 2022 – Dec. 4, 2024
  • Derek KingNov. 7, 2021 – April 29, 2022
  • Jeremy CollitonNov. 8, 2018 – Nov. 5, 2021
  • Joel QuennevilleOct. 18, 2008 – Nov. 3, 2018
  • Denis SavardNov. 29, 2006 – Oct. 15, 2008
  • Trent YawneyOct. 5, 2005 – Nov. 24, 2006
  • Brian SutterOct. 4, 2001 – April 4, 2004
  • Alpo SuhonenOct. 5, 2000 – April 8, 2001
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  • Bob PulfordDec. 3, 1999 – April 9, 2000
  • Lorne MollekenFeb. 24 – Nov. 30, 1999
  • Dirk GrahamOct. 10, 1998 – Feb. 21, 1999
  • Craig HartsburgOct. 7, 1995 – April 18, 1998
  • Darryl SutterOct. 7, 1992 – June 11, 1995
  • Mike KeenanOct. 6, 1988 – June 1, 1992
  • Bob MurdochOct. 8, 1987 – April 12, 1988
  • Bob PulfordFeb. 6, 1985 – April 12, 1987
  • Orval TessierOct. 6, 1982 – Feb. 3, 1985
  • Bob PulfordFeb. 17 – May 6, 1982
  • Keith MagnusonOct. 9, 1980 – Feb. 15, 1982
  • Eddie JohnstonOct. 10, 1979 – April 20, 1980
  • Bob PulfordOct. 13, 1977 – April 22, 1979
  • Bill WhiteDec. 22, 1976 – April 7, 1977
  • Billy ReayOct. 9, 1963 – Dec. 21, 1976
  • Rudy PilousDec. 31, 1957 – April 7, 1963
  • Tommy IvanOct. 11, 1956 – Dec. 29, 1957
  • Dick IrvinOct. 6, 1955 – March 18, 1956
  • Frank EddollsOct. 7, 1954 – March 20, 1955
  • Sid AbelOct. 9, 1952 – March 21, 1954
  • Ebbie GoodfellowOct. 12, 1950 – March 23, 1952
  • Charlie ConacherDec. 31, 1947 – March 26, 1950
  • Johnny GottseligFeb. 27, 1945 – Dec. 27, 1947
  • Paul ThompsonJan. 5, 1939 – Feb. 25, 1945
  • Bill StewartNov. 4, 1937 – Jan. 1, 1939
  • Clem LoughlinNov. 8, 1934 – March 21, 1937
  • Tommy GormanJan. 15, 1933 – April 10, 1934
  • Emil IversonNov. 12, 1931 – Jan. 12, 1933
  • Godfrey Matheson^
  • Dick IrvinNov. 16, 1930 – April 14, 1931
  • Bill TobinJan. 14 – March 26, 1930
  • Tom ShaughnessyNov. 14, 1929 – Jan. 12, 1930
  • Dick IrvinFeb. 14 – March 14, 1929
  • Herb GardinerNov. 15, 1928 – Feb. 9, 1929
  • Hugh LehmanJan. 21 – March 21, 1928
  • Barney StanleyNov. 15, 1927 – Jan. 18, 1928
  • Pete MuldoonNov. 17, 1926 – March 31, 1927
  • ^ Named coach Oct. 14, 1931, but replaced after training camp due to health reasons

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