2014–15 Chicago Blackhawks season

2014–15 Chicago Blackhawks
Stanley Cup champions
Western Conference champions
Division	3rd Central
Conference	4th Western
2014–15 record	48–28–6
Home record	24–12–5
Road record	24–16–1
Goals for	229
Goals against	189
Team information
General manager	Stan Bowman
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Jonathan Toews
Alternate captains	Duncan Keith Patrick Sharp
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	21,769 (110.4%) Total: 892,532
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jonathan Toews (28)
Assists	Marian Hossa (39)
Points	Jonathan Toews (66)
Penalty minutes	Andrew Shaw (68)
Plus/minus	Jonathan Toews (+30)
Wins	Corey Crawford (32)
Goals against average	Antti Raanta (1.89)

The 2014–15 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 89th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Blackhawks finished the season with a 48–28–6 record, finishing in third place in the Central Division. They defeated the Nashville Predators in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, four games to two. In the next round, they swept the Minnesota Wild in four games. In the Western Conference Finals, the 'Hawks outlasted the Anaheim Ducks, winning the series four games to three. In the Stanley Cup Finals, they faced the Tampa Bay Lightning. On June 15, 2015, the team won the Stanley Cup, defeating the Lightning four games to two and winning the Cup at home for the first time since 1938. This was the Blackhawks' third Cup championship in six seasons. Duncan Keith received the Conn Smythe trophy as MVP of the playoffs.

On December 21, 2014, the Blackhawks debuted a special decal in remembrance of the passing of assistant equipment manager Clinton "Clint" Reif who died during the season, the Blackhawks wore "CR" on their helmets for the remainder of the 2014–15 season.

Off-season

On July 14, 2014, the Blackhawks announced that Kevin Dineen, a former teammate of head coach Joel Quenneville, had been hired as an assistant coach.

Pre-season

The Chicago Blackhawks' pre-season schedule included a September 28, 2014, exhibition game held at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, against the Edmonton Oilers.

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – St. Louis Blues	82	51	24	7	42	248	201	+47	109
2	x – Nashville Predators	82	47	25	10	41	232	208	+24	104
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	48	28	6	39	229	189	+40	102
4	x – Minnesota Wild	82	46	28	8	42	231	201	+30	100
5	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	43	26	13	36	230	210	+20	99
6	Dallas Stars	82	41	31	10	37	261	260	+1	92
7	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	12	29	219	227	−8	90

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Playoffs

See also: 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Chicago Blackhawks entered the playoffs as the Central Division's third seed. The Blackhawks lost the last four games of the regular season, thus they did not win the Central Division title. After defeating the Nashville Predators four games to two in the first round, they went on to sweep the Minnesota Wild in the second round, then defeated the Anaheim Ducks four games to three in the Western Conference Final. It was only the third time in Blackhawks history that they had won a playoff series after trailing three games to two. On May 19, 2015, the Blackhawks played the longest game in their history (116:12) against the Ducks as part of the Western Conference Finals. The Blackhawks defeated Anaheim in Game 7 and moved on to face the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Finals. On June 15, 2015, Chicago won the Stanley Cup in Game 6 by a 2–0 scoreline. This marked the Blackhawks' third Stanley Cup victory in six seasons. This was the first Blackhawks Stanley Cup clinched on home ice in 77 years, having won the decisive games in 2010 and 2013 titles on the road, and the first time a Stanley Cup title has been won in Chicago since 1992 when the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Blackhawks at Chicago Stadium. It was also the first time any Chicago sports team won a Championship at home since the Chicago Bulls in 1997

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Pre-season game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 23	Detroit Red Wings	2–1	OT	Darling	United Center	20,512	1–0–0	W1
2	September 25	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–3		Leighton	Joe Louis Arena	16,246	1–1–0	L1
3	September 26	New York Rangers	1–4		Crawford	United Center	20,613	1–2–0	L2
4[a]	September 28	@ Edmonton Oilers	5–0		Darling	SaskTel Centre	N/A	2–2–0	W1
5	October 1	Montreal Canadiens	1–3		Raanta	United Center	20,413	2–3–0	L1
6	October 3	@ New York Rangers	2–3	SO	Crawford	Madison Square Garden	18,006	2–3–1	SOL1
Notes: a Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Regular season

Game log
October: 6–3–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–2–0) Pts. 13 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 @ Dallas Stars 3–2 SO Crawford American Airlines Center 18,768 1–0–0 2 W1 2 October 11 Buffalo Sabres 6–2 Crawford United Center 22,012 2–0–0 4 W2 3 October 15 Calgary Flames 1–2 OT Crawford United Center 21,112 2–0–1 5 O1 4 October 18 Nashville Predators 2–1 OT Crawford United Center 21,640 3–0–1 7 W1 5 October 21 Philadelphia Flyers 4–0 Raanta United Center 21,162 4–0–1 9 W2 6 October 23 @ Nashville Predators 2–3 Raanta Bridgestone Arena 17,157 4–1–1 9 L1 7 October 25 @ St. Louis Blues 2–3 Raanta Scottrade Center 19,434 4–2–1 9 L2 8 October 26 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Darling United Center 21,310 5–2–1 11 W1 9 October 28 Anaheim Ducks 0–1 Darling United Center 21,233 5–3–1 11 L1 10 October 30 @ Ottawa Senators 5–4 SO Darling Canadian Tire Centre 17,529 6–3–1 13 W1
November: 9–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 6–3–0) Pts. 18 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–3 Crawford Air Canada Centre 19,138 6–4–1 13 L1 12 November 2 Winnipeg Jets 0–1 Crawford United Center 21,204 6–5–1 13 L2 13 November 4 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–0 Crawford Bell Centre 21,287 7–5–1 15 W1 14 November 7 Washington Capitals 2–3 Crawford United Center 21,892 7–6–1 15 L1 15 November 9 San Jose Sharks 5–2 Crawford United Center 21,489 8–6–1 17 W1 16 November 11 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 SO Crawford United Center 21,345 9–6–1 19 W2 17 November 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–4 Crawford Joe Louis Arena 20,027 9–7–1 19 L1 18 November 16 Dallas Stars 6–2 Crawford United Center 21,671 10–7–1 21 W1 19 November 20 @ Calgary Flames 4–3 Crawford Scotiabank Saddledome 19,289 11–7–1 23 W2 20 November 22 @ Edmonton Oilers 7–1 Crawford Rexall Place 16,839 12–7–1 25 W3 21 November 23 @ Vancouver Canucks 1–4 Crawford Rogers Arena 18,663 12–8–1 25 L1 22 November 26 @ Colorado Avalanche 3–2 Crawford Pepsi Center 18,007 13–8–1 27 W1 23 November 28 @ Anaheim Ducks 4–1 Crawford Honda Center 17,355 14–8–1 29 W2 24 November 29 @ Los Angeles Kings 4–1 Crawford Staples Center 18,471 15–8–1 31 W3
December: 10–2–1 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–1) Pts. 21 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 3 St. Louis Blues 4–1 Raanta United Center 21,514 16–8–1 33 W4 26 December 5 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 Raanta United Center 22,087 17–8–1 35 W5 27 December 6 @ Nashville Predators 3–1 Darling Bridgestone Arena 17,212 18–8–1 37 W6 28 December 9 @ New Jersey Devils 3–2 SO Darling Prudential Center 16,210 19–8–1 39 W7 29 December 11 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 Darling TD Garden 17,565 20–8–1 41 W8 30 December 13 @ New York Islanders 2–3 Darling Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,170 20–9–1 41 L1 31 December 14 Calgary Flames 2–1 Raanta United Center 21,572 21–9–1 43 W1 32 December 16 Minnesota Wild 5–3 Raanta United Center 21,472 22–9–1 45 W2 33 December 20 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 2–3 SO Crawford Nationwide Arena 18,164 22–9–2 46 O1 34 December 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 Raanta United Center 22,131 23–9–2 48 W1 35 December 23 Winnipeg Jets 1–5 Crawford United Center 22,095 23–10–2 48 L1 36 December 27 @ Colorado Avalanche 5–2 Crawford Pepsi Center 18,085 24–10–2 50 W1 37 December 29 Nashville Predators 5–4 SO Crawford United Center 22,208 25–10–2 52 W2
January: 6–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–4–0) Pts. 12 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 1 (Winter Classic) @ Washington Capitals 2–3 Crawford Nationals Park 42,832 25–11–2 52 L1 39 January 4 Dallas Stars 5–4 OT Crawford United Center 21,884 26–11–2 54 W1 40 January 6 Colorado Avalanche 0–2 Crawford United Center 21,492 26–12–2 54 L1 41 January 8 @ Minnesota Wild 4–2 Crawford Xcel Energy Center 19,060 27–12–2 56 W1 42 January 9 @ Edmonton Oilers 2–5 Raanta Rexall Place 16,839 27–13–2 56 L1 43 January 11 Minnesota Wild 4–1 Crawford United Center 21,809 28–13–2 58 W1 44 January 16 Winnipeg Jets 2–4 Crawford United Center 22,051 28–14–2 58 L1 45 January 18 Dallas Stars 3–6 Crawford United Center 22,135 28–15–2 58 L2 46 January 20 Arizona Coyotes 6–1 Raanta United Center 21,427 29–15–2 60 W1 47 January 21 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 SO Crawford Consol Energy Center 18,655 30–15–2 62 W2 48 January 28 @ Los Angeles Kings 3–4 Crawford Staples Center 18,525 30–16–2 62 L1 49 January 30 @ Anaheim Ducks 4–1 Crawford Honda Center 17,497 31–16–2 64 W1 50 January 31 @ San Jose Sharks 0–2 Raanta SAP Center at San Jose 17,562 31–17–2 64 L1
February: 6–4–3 (Home: 3–2–3 ; Road: 3–2–0) Pts. 15 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 3 @ Minnesota Wild 0–3 Crawford Xcel Energy Center 19,104 31–18–2 64 L2 52 February 6 @ Winnipeg Jets 2–1 OT Crawford MTS Centre 15,016 32–18–2 66 W1 53 February 8 @ St. Louis Blues 4–2 Crawford Scottrade Center 19,657 33–18–2 68 W2 54 February 9 Arizona Coyotes 2–3 SO Raanta United Center 21,337 33–18–3 69 O1 55 February 11 Vancouver Canucks 4–5 OT Crawford United Center 21,346 33–18–4 70 O2 56 February 13 New Jersey Devils 3–1 Crawford United Center 22,186 34–18–4 72 W1 57 February 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 SO Crawford United Center 22,169 35–18–4 74 W2 58 February 18 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 SO Crawford United Center 22,112 35–18–5 75 O1 59 February 20 Colorado Avalanche 1–4 Crawford United Center 22,103 35–19–5 75 L1 60 February 22 Boston Bruins 2–6 Crawford United Center 22,104 35–20–5 75 L2 61 February 24 Florida Panthers 3–2 SO Darling United Center 21,526 36–20–5 77 W1 62 February 26 @ Florida Panthers 3–0 Crawford BB&T Center 17,387 37–20–5 79 W2 63 February 27 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 0–4 Darling Amalie Arena 19,204 37–21–5 79 L1
March: 9–3–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 5–2–0) Pts. 19 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 Crawford United Center 21,641 38–21–5 81 W1 65 March 6 Edmonton Oilers 2–1 SO Crawford United Center 22,017 39–21–5 83 W2 66 March 8 New York Rangers 0–1 OT Crawford United Center 22,160 39–21–6 84 O1 67 March 12 @ Arizona Coyotes 2–1 Crawford Gila River Arena 17,534 40–21–6 86 W1 68 March 14 @ San Jose Sharks 6–2 Crawford SAP Center at San Jose 17,562 41–21–6 88 W2 69 March 17 New York Islanders 4–1 Crawford United Center 22,080 42–21–6 90 W3 70 March 18 @ New York Rangers 1–0 Darling Madison Square Garden 18,006 43–21–6 92 W4 71 March 21 @ Dallas Stars 0–4 Crawford American Airlines Center 18,532 43–22–6 92 L1 72 March 23 @ Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 Crawford PNC Arena 13,786 44–22–6 94 W1 73 March 25 @ Philadelphia Flyers 1–4 Crawford Wells Fargo Center 19,831 44–23–6 94 L1 74 March 27 Columbus Blue Jackets 2–5 Crawford United Center 22,187 44–24–6 94 L2 75 March 29 @ Winnipeg Jets 4–3 Crawford MTS Centre 15,016 45–24–6 96 W1 76 March 30 Los Angeles Kings 4–1 Darling United Center 21,848 46–24–6 98 W2
April: 2–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) Pts. 4 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Vancouver Canucks 3–1 Crawford United Center 21,901 47–24–6 100 W3 78 April 3 @ Buffalo Sabres 4–3 Darling First Niagara Center 19,070 48–24–6 102 W4 79 April 5 St. Louis Blues 1–2 Crawford United Center 22,017 48–25–6 102 L1 80 April 7 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Crawford United Center 21,851 48–26–6 102 L2 81 April 9 @ St. Louis Blues 1–2 Crawford Scottrade Center 19,751 48–27–6 102 L3 82 April 11 @ Colorado Avalanche 2–3 Darling Pepsi Center 18,049 48–28–6 102 L4
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Western Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks	–	–	–	–	–	–
Colorado Avalanche	0–2–0	2–1–0	2–3–0	4	11	13
Dallas Stars	2–1–0	1–1–0	3–2–0	6	16	18
Minnesota Wild	2–1–0	1–1–0	3–2–0	6	14	11
Nashville Predators	2–0–0	1–1–0	3–1–0	6	11	9
St. Louis Blues	1–1–0	1–2–0	2–3–0	4	12	10
Winnipeg Jets	0–3–0	2–0–0	2–3–0	4	9	14
	7–8–0	8–6–0	15–14–0	30	73	75
Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks	0–1–0	2–0–0	2–1–0	4	8	3
Arizona Coyotes	1–0–1	1–0–0	2–0–1	5	10	4
Calgary Flames	1–0–1	1–0–0	2–0–1	5	7	6
Edmonton Oilers	1–0–0	1–1–0	2–1–0	4	10	7
Los Angeles Kings	1–0–0	1–1–0	2–1–0	4	11	6
San Jose Sharks	1–0–0	1–1–0	2–1–0	4	11	6
Vancouver Canucks	1–0–1	0–1–0	1–1–1	3	8	10
	6–1–3	7–4–0	13–5–3	29	65	42

Eastern Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	5	8
Buffalo Sabres	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	10	5
Detroit Red Wings	0–0–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	1	3	6
Florida Panthers	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	5	2
Montreal Canadiens	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	9	3
Ottawa Senators	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	5
Tampa Bay Lightning	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	3	6
Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	6	3
	6–1–1	5–3–0	11–4–1	23	48	38
Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	8	3
Columbus Blue Jackets	0–1–0	0–0–1	0–1–1	1	4	6
New Jersey Devils	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	5	3
New York Islanders	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	6	4
New York Rangers	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	3	1	1
Philadelphia Flyers	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	5	4
Pittsburgh Penguins	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	3	3
Washington Capitals	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	4	6
	5–2–1	4–3–1	9–5–2	20	36	30

Playoffs

2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (C2) Nashville Predators: Chicago won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 Chicago 4–3 Nashville 2OT Darling 17,225 1–0 Recap 2 April 17 Chicago 2–6 Nashville Crawford 17,208 1–1 Recap 3 April 19 Nashville 2–4 Chicago Darling 22,020 2–1 Recap 4 April 21 Nashville 2–3 Chicago 3OT Darling 22,014 3–1 Recap 5 April 23 Chicago 2–5 Nashville Darling 17,238 3–2 Recap 6 April 25 Nashville 3–4 Chicago Crawford 22,171 4–2 Recap Western Conference Second Round vs. (WC1) Minnesota Wild: Chicago won series 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 1 Minnesota 3–4 Chicago Crawford 21,851 1–0 Recap 2 May 3 Minnesota 1–4 Chicago Crawford 21,934 2–0 Recap 3 May 5 Chicago 1–0 Minnesota Crawford 19,349 3–0 Recap 4 May 7 Chicago 4–3 Minnesota Crawford 19,163 4–0 Recap Western Conference Final vs. (P1) Anaheim Ducks: Chicago won series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 17 Chicago 1–4 Anaheim Crawford 17,291 0–1 Recap 2 May 19 Chicago 3–2 Anaheim 3OT Crawford 17,234 1–1 Recap 3 May 21 Anaheim 2–1 Chicago Crawford 22,160 1–2 Recap 4 May 23 Anaheim 4–5 Chicago 2OT Crawford 22,404 2–2 Recap 5 May 25 Chicago 4–5 Anaheim OT Crawford 17,289 2–3 Recap 6 May 27 Anaheim 2–5 Chicago Crawford 22,089 3–3 Recap 7 May 30 Chicago 5–3 Anaheim Crawford 17,375 4–3 Recap Stanley Cup Finals vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Chicago won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 3 Chicago 2–1 Tampa Bay Crawford 19,204 1–0 Recap 2 June 6 Chicago 3–4 Tampa Bay Crawford 19,204 1–1 Recap 3 June 8 Tampa Bay 3–2 Chicago Crawford 22,336 1–2 Recap 4 June 10 Tampa Bay 1–2 Chicago Crawford 22,354 2–2 Recap 5 June 13 Chicago 2–1 Tampa Bay Crawford 19,204 3–2 Recap 6 June 15 Tampa Bay 0–2 Chicago Crawford 22,424 4–2 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jonathan Toews	81	28	38	66	30	36
Patrick Kane	61	27	37	64	10	10
Marian Hossa	82	22	39	61	17	32
Brandon Saad	82	23	29	52	7	12
Duncan Keith	80	10	35	45	12	20
Patrick Sharp	68	16	27	43	−8	33
Brad Richards	76	12	25	37	3	12
Kris Versteeg	61	14	20	34	11	35
Brent Seabrook	82	8	23	31	−3	27
Bryan Bickell	80	14	14	28	5	38
Andrew Shaw	79	15	11	26	−8	67
Niklas Hjalmarsson	82	3	16	19	25	44
Marcus Kruger	81	7	10	17	−5	32
David Rundblad	49	3	11	14	17	12
Michal Rozsival	65	1	12	13	0	22
Johnny Oduya	76	2	8	10	5	26
Ben Smith‡	61	5	4	9	−1	2
Teuvo Teravainen	34	4	5	9	4	2
Daniel Carcillo	39	4	4	8	3	54
Joakim Nordstrom	38	0	3	3	−5	4
Antoine Vermette†	19	0	3	3	−2	6
Andrew Desjardins†	13	0	2	2	1	7
Adam Clendening‡	4	1	1	2	1	2
Trevor van Riemsdyk	18	0	1	1	0	2
Klas Dahlbeck‡	4	1	0	1	−1	2
Peter Regin	4	0	1	1	1	0
Michael Paliotta	1	0	1	1	0	0
Kimmo Timonen†	16	0	0	0	−3	2
Kyle Cumiskey	7	0	0	0	−1	0
Ryan Hartman	5	0	0	0	−1	2
Kyle Baun	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Phillip Danault	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Morin‡	15	0	0	0	0	15
Tim Erixon†‡	8	0	0	0	1	4
Totals	82	213	395	608	114	537

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Patrick Kane	23	11	12	23	7	0
Jonathan Toews	23	10	11	21	7	8
Duncan Keith	23	3	18	21	16	4
Marian Hossa	23	4	13	17	7	10
Patrick Sharp	23	5	10	15	2	8
Brad Richards	23	3	11	14	4	8
Andrew Shaw	23	5	7	12	−4	36
Brandon Saad	23	8	3	11	5	6
Brent Seabrook	23	7	4	11	5	10
Teuvo Teravainen	18	4	6	10	2	0
Antoine Vermette	20	4	3	7	5	4
Niklas Hjalmarsson	23	1	5	6	6	8
Johnny Oduya	23	0	5	5	−4	6
Bryan Bickell	18	0	5	5	3	14
Marcus Kruger	23	2	2	4	−5	4
Andrew Desjardins	21	1	3	4	−4	4
Kris Versteeg	12	1	1	2	2	6
Michal Rozsival	10	0	1	1	−2	6
Kimmo Timonen	18	0	0	0	1	10
Kyle Cumiskey	9	0	0	0	-3	0
David Rundblad	5	0	0	0	2	0
Trevor van Riemsdyk	4	0	0	0	−1	0
Joakim Nordstrom	3	0	0	0	−3	0
Totals	23	69	120	189	48	152

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Corey Crawford	57	57	3,332:32	32	20	5	126	2.27	1,661	.924	2	0	1	8
Scott Darling	14	13	832:31	9	4	0	27	1.94	419	.936	1	0	0	0
Antti Raanta	14	12	792:11	7	4	1	25	1.89	389	.936	2	0	0	0
Totals		82	4,957:14	48	28	6	174	2.11	2,469	.930	5	0	1	8

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Corey Crawford	20	19	1,223:48	13	6	47	2.31	616	.924	2	0	0	0
Scott Darling	5	4	297:46	3	1	11	2.21	171	.936	0	0	0	0
Totals		23	1,521	16	7	58	2.28	787	.926	2	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.

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
P. Kane	NHL Second Star of the Month	January 2, 2015
J. Toews	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
P. Kane	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
C. Crawford	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
D. Keith	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
B. Seabrook	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
J. Toews	NHL All-Star game captain	January 14, 2015
P. Kane	NHL All-Star game assistant captain	January 14, 2015
M. Hossa	NHL First Star of the Week	February 16, 2015

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
T. van Riemsdyk	1st career NHL game	October 9, 2014
B. Smith	100th career NHL game	October 21, 2014
S. Darling	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL win	October 26, 2014
P. Kane	500th career NHL point	October 26, 2014
M. Hossa	1,100th career NHL game 1,000th career NHL point	October 30, 2014
J. Oduya	600th career NHL game	November 2, 2014
N. Hjalmarsson	400th career NHL game	November 4, 2014
J. Toews	200th career NHL goal	November 4, 2014
D. Keith	700th career NHL game	November 7, 2014
T. van Riemsdyk	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	November 9, 2014
J. Toews	500th career NHL game	November 11, 2014
B. Richards	1,000th career NHL game	November 16, 2014
B. Seabrook	700th career NHL game	November 20, 2014
A. Clendening	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	November 20, 2014
B. Richards	600th career NHL assist	November 20, 2014
P. Danault	1st career NHL game	November 22, 2014
D. Carcillo	400th career NHL game	November 22, 2014
A. Clendening	1st career NHL assist	November 22, 2014
B. Bickell	300th career NHL game	November 23, 2014
B. Seabrook	300th career NHL point	November 26, 2014
K. Dahlbeck	1st career NHL game	December 6, 2014
K. Dahlbeck	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	December 11, 2014
P. Sharp	700th career NHL game	December 29, 2014
P. Sharp	500th career NHL point	December 29, 2014
A. Shaw	200th career NHL game	January 1, 2015
B. Saad	100th career NHL point	January 9, 2015
T. Teravainen	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	January 16, 2015
P. Kane	200th career NHL goal	January 20, 2015
T. Teravainen	1st career NHL assist	January 20, 2015
D. Keith	400th career NHL point	January 30, 2015
D. Carcillo	100th career NHL point	February 8, 2015
R. Hartman	1st career NHL game	February 13, 2015
B. Richards	900th career NHL point	March 12, 2015
S. Darling	1st career NHL shutout	March 18, 2015
K. Timonen	1100th career NHL game	March 21, 2015
J. Toews	500th career NHL point	March 23, 2015
D. Rundblad	100th career NHL game	March 27, 2015
B. Saad	200th career NHL game	March 27, 2015
A. Shaw	100th career NHL point	March 30, 2015
N. Hjalmarsson	100th career NHL point	March 30, 2015
K. Baun	1st career NHL game	April 7, 2015
M. Paliotta	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	April 11, 2015

All Star Game

Chicago Blackhawks NHL All-Star representatives at the 2015 National Hockey League All-Star Game in Columbus, Ohio at Nationwide Arena.

• Corey Crawford, G, (Team Toews)
• Jonathan Toews, C, Captain, (Team Toews)
• Patrick Kane, RW, Assistant Captain, (Team Foligno), Winner of the Accuracy Shooting event in the skills competition.
• Duncan Keith, D, (Team Foligno)
• Brent Seabrook, D, (Team Toews)

Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 27, 2014	To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick in 2014 FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2014	To Chicago Blackhawks 1st-round pick in 2014 NYR's 6th-round pick in 2014
June 28, 2014	To Calgary Flames Brandon Bollig	To Chicago Blackhawks PIT's 3rd round pick in 2014
October 4, 2014	To New York Islanders Nick Leddy Kent Simpson	To Chicago Blackhawks T. J. Brennan Anders Nilsson Ville Pokka
December 14, 2014	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jeremy Morin	To Chicago Blackhawks Tim Erixon
January 29, 2015	To Vancouver Canucks Adam Clendening	To Chicago Blackhawks Gustav Forsling
February 26, 2015	To Toronto Maple Leafs T. J. Brennan	To Chicago Blackhawks Spencer Abbott
February 27, 2015	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2015 conditional 4th-round pick in 2016	To Chicago Blackhawks Kimmo Timonen
February 28, 2015	To Arizona Coyotes Klas Dahlbeck 1st-round pick in 2015	To Chicago Blackhawks Antoine Vermette
March 2, 2015	To San Jose Sharks Ben Smith Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017	To Chicago Blackhawks Andrew Desjardins

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Scott Darling	Milwaukee Admirals	1 year, $550,000
July 1, 2014	Cody Bass	Columbus Blue Jackets	1 year, $550,000
July 1, 2014	Pierre-Cedric Labrie	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year, $550,000
July 1, 2014	Brad Richards	New York Rangers	1 year, $2 million
July 2, 2014	Kyle Cumiskey	MODO	1 year, $600,000
August 18, 2014	Michael Leighton	HC Donbass	1 year, $550,000
October 5, 2014	Daniel Carcillo	New York Rangers	1 year, $550,000
March 26, 2015	Kyle Baun	Colgate University	2 years, entry-level contract
April 2, 2015	Tanner Kero	Michigan Technological University	2 years, entry-level contract
April 30, 2015	Erik Gustafsson	Frölunda HC	2 years
May 1, 2015	Artemi Panarin	SKA Saint Petersburg	2 years

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
August 20, 2014	Kevin Hayes	New York Rangers	2 years, $7.5 million
May 11, 2015	Peter Regin	Jokerit	Undisclosed

Claimed via waivers

Player	Old team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date
Tim Erixon	Toronto Maple Leafs	March 1, 2015

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 27, 2014	Ben Smith	2 years, $3 million contract extension
June 27, 2014	Antti Raanta	2 years, $1.5 million contract extension
June 27, 2014	Jeremy Morin	2 years, $1.6 million contract extension
July 1, 2014	Peter Regin	1 year, $650,000
July 9, 2014	Patrick Kane	8 years, $84 million contract extension
July 9, 2014	Jonathan Toews	8 years, $84 million contract extension
February 22, 2015	Scott Darling	2 years, contract extension
March 21, 2015	Vinnie Hinostroza	3 years, entry-level contract
March 26, 2015	Michael Paliotta	2 years, entry-level contract

Other

Name	Date	Details
Kevin Dineen	July 14, 2014	Named as Assistant Coach
DJ Kogut	January 14, 2015	Named as Assistant Equipment Manager

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Joakim Nordstrom	Boarding on Arizona Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson during NHL Game No. 1011 in Arizona on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at 19:22 of the third period.	2 games	$6,630.82	March 13, 2015
Andrew Shaw	Diving/Embellishment during a game against the Los Angeles Kings in Chicago on Monday, March 30, 2015, at 5:24 of the first period.	—	$2,000.00	April 10, 2015

Draft picks

See also: List of Chicago Blackhawks draft picks

Below are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	20[a]	Nick Schmaltz	C	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
3	83[b]	Matheson Iacopelli	RW	United States	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
3	88	Beau Starrett	C/LW	United States	South Shore Kings (USPHL PRE.)
4	98[c]	Frederik Olofsson	LW	Sweden	Chicago Steel (USHL)
5	141[d]	Luc Snuggerud	D	United States	Eden Prairie High School (USHS–MN)
5	148	Andreas Soderberg	D	Sweden	Skellefteå AIK Jr. (SWEDEN-JR.)
6	178	Dylan Sora	C	Canada	Aurora Tigers (OJHL)
6	179[e]	Ivan Nalimov	G	Russia	SKA Saint Petersburg-2 (Russia-Jr.)
7	208	Jack Ramsey	RW	United States	Penticton Vees (BCHL)

Draft notes

• ^a The San Jose Sharks' first-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent a first-round pick in 2014 (27th overall) and Florida's third-round pick in 2014 (62nd overall) to San Jose in exchange for the Rangers sixth-round pick in 2014 (179th overall) and this pick.
• The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent a first-round pick in 2014 (20th overall) and the Rangers sixth-round pick in 2014 (179th overall) to Chicago in exchange for Florida's third-round pick in 2014 (62nd overall) and this pick.
• The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on March 4, 2014, that sent David Rundblad and Mathieu Brisebois to Chicago in exchange for this pick.
• ^b The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick (previously acquired by the Calgary Flames) went to the Chicago Blackhawks as a result of a trade on June 28, 2014, that sent Brandon Bollig to the Flames in exchange for this pick.
• ^c The Toronto Maple Leafs' fourth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade June 30, 2013, that sent Dave Bolland to Toronto in exchange for a second-round pick in 2013, Anaheim's fourth-round pick in 2013 and this pick.
• The Chicago Blackhawks fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as a result of a trade on February 6, 2014, that sent Peter Regin and Pierre-Marc Bouchard to Chicago in exchange for this pick.
• ^d The San Jose Sharks' fifth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent Anaheim's fourth-round pick in 2013 and a fifth-round pick in 2013 to San Jose in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2013 and this pick.
• ^e The New York Rangers' sixth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent a first-round pick and Florida's third-round pick both in 2014 (27th and 62nd overall) to San Jose in exchange for a first-round pick in 2014 (20th overall) and this pick.