2018–19 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2018–19 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 93rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Blackhawks were coached by Joel Quenneville, in his 11th season as the Blackhawks' head coach, for the first 15 games of the season. On November 6, 2018, Quenneville was fired and Jeremy Colliton was named the new head coach.

2018–19 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	6th Central
Conference	10th Western
2018–19 record	36–34–12
Home record	19–14–8
Road record	17–20–4
Goals for	270
Goals against	292
Team information
General manager	Stan Bowman
Coach	Joel Quenneville (Oct. 4 – Nov. 6) Jeremy Colliton (Nov. 6 – Apr. 6)
Captain	Jonathan Toews
Alternate captains	Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook
Arena	United Center Notre Dame Stadium (1 game)
Average attendance	22,734
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Patrick Kane (44)
Assists	Patrick Kane (66)
Points	Patrick Kane (110)
Penalty minutes	Duncan Keith (70)
Plus/minus	Duncan Keith ( 13)
Wins	Cam Ward (16)
Goals against average	Corey Crawford (2.93)

The Blackhawks were eliminated from playoff contention on April 2, 2019. This marked the first time since the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons that the Blackhawks had missed the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. The Blackhawks finished the season 36–34–12 to finish in sixth place in the Central Division.

Patrick Kane led the team in scoring, scoring 44 goals and a regular-season career high of 110 points. Alex DeBrincat scored 41 goals in his second season in the NHL while Jonathan Toews had a resurgent year, scoring a regular-season career high in goals (35) and points (81).

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	43	240	214	26	100
2	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	47	30	5	45	272	244	28	99
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	45	28	9	42	247	223	24	99
4	x – Dallas Stars	82	43	32	7	42	210	202	8	93
5	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	38	30	14	36	260	246	14	90
6	Chicago Blackhawks	82	36	34	12	33	270	292	−22	84
7	Minnesota Wild	82	37	36	9	36	211	237	−26	83

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

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Dallas Stars	82	43	32	7	42	210	202	8	93
2	CE	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	38	30	14	36	260	246	14	90
3	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	39	35	8	35	213	223	−10	86
4	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	36	34	12	33	270	292	−22	84
5	CE	Minnesota Wild	82	37	36	9	36	211	237	−26	83
6	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	35	36	11	29	225	254	−29	81
7	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	35	37	10	32	199	251	−52	80
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	35	38	9	32	232	274	−42	79
9	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	31	42	9	28	202	263	−61	71

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.

2018 preseason game log: 2–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	@ Columbus	1–4		Ward	Nationwide Arena	10,422	0–1–0	L1
2	September 20	@ Detroit	2–4		Lankinen	Little Caesars Arena	16,475	0–2–0	L2
3	September 21	@ Ottawa	5–2		Tomkins	Canadian Tire Centre	7,891	1–2–0	W1
4	September 25	Detroit	6–8		Forsberg	United Center	19,864	1–3–0	L1
5	September 27	Ottawa	1–2		Forsberg	United Center	20,239	1–4–0	L2
6	September 29	Columbus	4–1		Ward	United Center	20,863	2–4–0	W1

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.

2018–19 game log
October: 6–4–3 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 @ Ottawa 4–3 OT Ward Canadian Tire Centre 15,858 1–0–0 2 W1 2 October 6 @ St. Louis 5–4 OT Ward Enterprise Center 17,429 2–0–0 4 W2 3 October 7 Toronto 6–7 OT Ward United Center 21,812 2–0–1 5 O1 4 October 11 @ Minnesota 3–4 OT Ward Xcel Energy Center 18,652 2–0–2 6 O2 5 October 13 St. Louis 4–3 OT Ward United Center 21,634 3–0–2 8 W1 6 October 18 Arizona 1–4 Crawford United Center 21,210 3–1–2 8 L1 7 October 20 @ Columbus 4–1 Crawford Nationwide Arena 17,005 4–1–2 10 W1 8 October 21 Tampa Bay 3–6 Ward United Center 21,012 4–2–2 10 L1 9 October 23 Anaheim 3–1 Crawford United Center 20,900 5–2–2 12 W1 10 October 25 NY Rangers 4–1 Crawford United Center 21,280 6–2–2 14 W2 11 October 27 @ St. Louis 3–7 Crawford Enterprise Center 17,201 6–3–2 14 L1 12 October 28 Edmonton 1–2 OT Ward United Center 20,987 6–3–3 15 O1 13 October 31 @ Vancouver 2–4 Crawford Rogers Arena 16,955 6–4–3 15 L1
November: 3–8–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–6–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 1 @ Edmonton 0–4 Ward Rogers Place 18,347 6–5–3 15 L2 15 November 3 @ Calgary 3–5 Crawford Scotiabank Saddledome 18,143 6–6–3 15 L3 16 November 8 Carolina 3–4 Crawford United Center 21,331 6–7–3 15 L4 17 November 10 @ Philadelphia 0–4 Crawford Wells Fargo Center 19,355 6–8–3 15 L5 18 November 12 @ Carolina 2–3 OT Ward PNC Arena 11,221 6–8–4 16 O1 19 November 14 St. Louis 1–0 Crawford United Center 21,401 7–8–4 18 W1 20 November 16 Los Angeles 1–2 SO Crawford United Center 21,227 7–8–5 19 O1 21 November 18 Minnesota 3–1 Crawford United Center 21,373 8–8–5 21 W1 22 November 21 @ Washington 2–4 Crawford Capital One Arena 18,506 8–9–5 21 L1 23 November 23 @ Tampa Bay 2–4 Crawford Amalie Arena 19,092 8–10–5 21 L2 24 November 24 @ Florida 5–4 OT Ward BB&T Center 14,283 9–10–5 23 W1 25 November 27 Vegas 3–8 Crawford United Center 21,460 9–11–5 23 L1 26 November 29 @ Winnipeg 5–6 Crawford Bell MTS Place 15,321 9–12–5 23 L2
December: 6–8–1 (Home: 3–4–1; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 @ Nashville 2–5 Ward Bridgestone Arena 17,548 9–13–5 23 L3 28 December 2 Calgary 2–3 Crawford United Center 21,074 9–14–5 23 L4 29 December 5 @ Anaheim 2–4 Crawford Honda Center 15,696 9–15–5 23 L5 30 December 6 @ Vegas 3–4 Crawford T-Mobile Arena 18,494 9–16–5 23 L6 31 December 9 Montreal 2–3 Crawford United Center 21,057 9–17–5 23 L7 32 December 11 @ Winnipeg 3–6 Ward Bell MTS Place 15,321 9–18–5 23 L8 33 December 12 Pittsburgh 6–3 Crawford United Center 21,232 10–18–5 25 W1 34 December 14 Winnipeg 3–4 OT Crawford United Center 21,235 10–18–6 26 O1 35 December 16 San Jose 3–7 Ward United Center 21,237 10–19–6 26 L1 36 December 18 Nashville 2–1 Ward United Center 21,223 11–19–6 28 W1 37 December 20 @ Dallas 5–2 Ward American Airlines Center 18,532 12–19–6 30 W2 38 December 21 @ Colorado 2–1 Delia Pepsi Center 17,850 13–19–6 32 W3 39 December 23 Florida 3–6 Ward United Center 21,789 13–20–6 32 L1 40 December 27 Minnesota 5–2 Delia United Center 21,735 14–20–6 34 W1 41 December 29 @ Colorado 3–2 OT Delia Pepsi Center 18,028 15–20–6 36 W2
January: 3–4–3 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 1 Boston 2–4 Ward Notre Dame Stadium 76,126 (outdoors) 15–21–6 36 L1 43 January 3 @ NY Islanders 2–3 OT Delia Nassau Coliseum 13,454 15–21–7 37 O1 44 January 6 @ Pittsburgh 5–3 Ward PPG Paints Arena 18,623 16–21–7 39 W1 45 January 7 Calgary 3–4 Delia United Center 21,036 16–22–7 39 L1 46 January 9 Nashville 3–4 OT Delia United Center 21,255 16–22–8 40 O1 47 January 12 Vegas 3–4 OT Delia United Center 21,760 16–22–9 41 O2 48 January 14 @ New Jersey 5–8 Ward Prudential Center 15,204 16–23–9 41 L1 49 January 17 @ NY Rangers 3–4 Delia Madison Square Garden 17,434 16–24–9 41 L2 50 January 20 Washington 8–5 Delia United Center 21,316 17–24–9 43 W1 51 January 22 NY Islanders 3–2 SO Ward United Center 21,330 18–24–9 45 W2
February: 9–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 5–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 @ Buffalo 7–3 Ward KeyBank Center 18,205 19–24–9 47 W3 53 February 2 @ Minnesota 4–3 OT Delia Xcel Energy Center 19,114 20–24–9 49 W4 54 February 5 @ Edmonton 6–2 Ward Rogers Place 18,347 21–24–9 51 W5 55 February 7 Vancouver 4–3 OT Delia United Center 21,540 22–24–9 53 W6 56 February 10 Detroit 5–2 Ward United Center 21,941 23–24–9 55 W7 57 February 12 @ Boston 3–6 Delia TD Garden 17,565 23–25–9 55 L1 58 February 14 New Jersey 5–2 Ward United Center 21,038 24–25–9 57 W1 59 February 16 Columbus 2–5 Ward United Center 22,196 24–26–9 57 L1 60 February 18 Ottawa 8–7 Ward United Center 21,338 25–26–9 59 W1 61 February 20 @ Detroit 5–4 OT Ward Little Caesars Arena 18,806 26–26–9 61 W2 62 February 22 Colorado 3–5 Delia United Center 21,653 26–27–9 61 L1 63 February 24 Dallas 3–4 Ward United Center 21,474 26–28–9 61 L2 64 February 27 @ Anaheim 4–3 Crawford Honda Center 16,689 27–28–9 63 W1
March: 7–5–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 4–4–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 @ Los Angeles 3–6 Crawford Staples Center 18,230 27–29–9 63 L1 66 March 3 @ San Jose 2–5 Ward SAP Center 17,252 27–30–9 63 L2 67 March 7 Buffalo 5–4 SO Crawford United Center 21,500 28–30–9 65 W1 68 March 9 @ Dallas 2–1 Crawford American Airlines Center 18,532 29–30–9 67 W2 69 March 11 Arizona 7–1 Crawford United Center 21,574 30–30–9 69 W3 70 March 13 @ Toronto 5–4 Crawford Scotiabank Arena 19,342 31–30–9 71 W4 71 March 16 @ Montreal 2–0 Crawford Bell Centre 21,302 32–30–9 73 W5 72 March 18 Vancouver 2–3 OT Crawford United Center 21,496 32–30–10 74 O1 73 March 21 Philadelphia 1–3 Crawford United Center 21,484 32–31–10 74 L1 74 March 23 @ Colorado 2–4 Crawford Pepsi Center 17,099 32–32–10 74 L2 75 March 24 Colorado 2–1 OT Crawford United Center 21,410 33–32–10 76 W1 76 March 26 @ Arizona 0–1 Crawford Gila River Arena 15,055 33–33–10 76 L1 77 March 28 @ San Jose 5–4 Crawford SAP Center 17,364 34–33–10 78 W1 78 March 30 @ Los Angeles 2–3 OT Crawford Staples Center 18,230 34–33–11 79 O1
April: 2–1–1 (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Winnipeg 3–4 OT Crawford United Center 21,314 34–33–12 80 O2 80 April 3 St. Louis 4–3 SO Ward United Center 21,482 35–33–12 82 W1 81 April 5 Dallas 6–1 Ward United Center 21,626 36–33–12 84 W2 82 April 6 @ Nashville 2–5 Ward Bridgestone Arena 17,694 36–34–12 84 L1
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Western Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts	GF	GA
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks	—	—	—	—	—	—
Colorado Avalanche	1–1–0	2–1–0	3–2–0	6	12	13
Dallas Stars	2–1–0	1–0–0	3–1–0	6	16	8
Minnesota Wild	2–0–0	1–0–1	3–0–1	7	15	10
Nashville Predators	1–0–1	0–2–0	1–2–1	3	9	15
St. Louis Blues	3–0–0	1–1–0	4–1–0	8	17	17
Winnipeg Jets	0–0–2	0–2–0	0–2–2	2	14	20
Total	9–2–3	5–6–1	14–8–4	32	84	83
Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks	1–0–0	1–1–0	2–1–0	4	9	8
Arizona Coyotes	1–1–0	0–1–0	1–2–0	2	8	6
Calgary Flames	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–3–0	0	8	12
Edmonton Oilers	0–0–1	1–1–0	1–1–1	3	7	8
Los Angeles Kings	0–0–1	0–1–1	0–1–2	2	6	11
San Jose Sharks	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–2–0	2	10	16
Vancouver Canucks	1–0–1	0–1–0	1–1–1	3	8	10
Vegas Golden Knights	0–1–1	0–1–0	0–2–1	1	9	16
Total	3–5–4	2–8–1	5–13–5	15	61	84

Eastern Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts	GF	GA
Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	5	10
Buffalo Sabres	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	12	7
Detroit Red Wings	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	10	6
Florida Panthers	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	8	10
Montreal Canadiens	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	4	3
Ottawa Senators	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	12	10
Tampa Bay Lightning	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	5	10
Toronto Maple Leafs	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	3	11	11
Total	3–4–1	6–2–0	9–6–1	19	67	67
Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes	0–1–0	0–0–1	0–1–1	1	5	7
Columbus Blue Jackets	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	6	6
New Jersey Devils	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	10	10
New York Islanders	1–0–0	0–0–1	1–0–1	3	5	5
New York Rangers	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	7	5
Philadelphia Flyers	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	1	7
Pittsburgh Penguins	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	11	6
Washington Capitals	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	10	9
Total	5–3–0	2–4–2	7–7–2	16	55	55

Player statistics

As of April 6, 2019

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	/−	PIM
Patrick Kane	81	44	66	110	2	22
Jonathan Toews	82	35	46	81	2	40
Alex DeBrincat	82	41	35	76	0	15
Erik Gustafsson	79	17	43	60	−6	34
Dylan Strome†	58	17	34	51	2	14
Brandon Saad	80	23	24	47	−9	12
Duncan Keith	82	6	34	40	13	70
Artem Anisimov	78	15	22	37	−2	14
Dominik Kahun	82	13	24	37	10	6
Brent Seabrook	78	5	23	28	−6	41
David Kampf	63	4	15	19	−6	14
Brendan Perlini†	46	12	3	15	−12	20
Connor Murphy	52	5	8	13	12	40
Drake Caggiula†	26	5	7	12	3	12
Marcus Kruger	74	4	8	12	−2	30
Henri Jokiharju	38	0	12	12	−7	16
Nick Schmaltz‡	23	2	9	11	−4	6
Chris Kunitz	56	5	5	10	−7	23
Gustav Forsling	43	3	6	9	−9	30
Dylan Sikura	33	0	8	8	2	0
Alexandre Fortin	24	3	3	6	−6	2
Jan Rutta‡	23	2	4	6	0	12
Carl Dahlstrom	38	0	6	6	9	6
John Hayden	54	3	2	5	−12	27
Slater Koekkoek†	22	1	4	5	4	10
Andreas Martinsen	24	1	3	4	−5	14
Brandon Manning‡	27	1	2	3	−14	21
Luke Johnson	15	0	1	1	−8	8
Brandon Davidson	10	0	1	1	−4	15
Jacob Nilsson	2	0	0	0	−2	0
Dennis Gilbert	1	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Cam Ward	33	29	1,882:03	16	12	4	115	3.67	1,113	.897	0	0	1	4
Corey Crawford	39	39	2,212:51	14	18	5	108	2.93	1,176	.908	2	0	4	0
Collin Delia	16	14	831:03	6	4	3	50	3.61	545	.908	0	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.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
Jonathan Toews	NHL Second Star of the Week	October 8, 2018
Patrick Kane	NHL Third Star of the Month	November 1, 2018
Corey Crawford	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 19, 2018
Patrick Kane	NHL First Star of the Week	December 31, 2018
Patrick Kane	NHL Third Star of the Week	January 21, 2019
Patrick Kane	NHL Third Star of the Month	February 1, 2019
Dylan Strome	NHL Third Star of the Week	February 11, 2019
Patrick Kane	NHL Second Star of the Month	March 1, 2019
Brendan Perlini	NHL Second Star of the Week	March 18, 2019

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Henri Jokiharju	1st career NHL game	October 4, 2018
Luke Johnson	1st career NHL game	October 4, 2018
Dominik Kahun	1st career NHL game	October 4, 2018
Henri Jokiharju	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 6, 2018
Dominik Kahun	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 7, 2018
Dominik Kahun	1st career NHL goal	October 11, 2018
Duncan Keith	1,000th career NHL game	October 13, 2018
Jonathan Toews	800th career NHL game	October 23, 2018
Luke Johnson	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 31, 2018
Jonathan Toews	300th career NHL goal	November 4, 2018
Jeremy Colliton	1st career NHL game coached	November 8, 2018
Alex DeBrincat	100th career NHL game	November 12, 2018
Jeremy Colliton	1st career head coaching win	November 14, 2018
Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook	1,000 games as teammates	December 11, 2018
Jonathan Toews	700th career NHL point	December 12, 2018
Jonathan Toews	400th career NHL assist	December 27, 2018
Brent Seabrook	100th career NHL goal	January 14, 2019
Brandon Saad	500th career NHL game	February 1, 2019
Patrick Kane	900th career NHL point	February 1, 2019
Chris Kunitz	1,000th career NHL game	February 14, 2019
Brandon Saad	300th career NHL point	February 14, 2019
Marcus Kruger	500th career NHL game	February 20, 2019
Brendan Perlini	1st career NHL hat trick	March 11, 2019
Patrick Kane	900th career NHL game	April 1, 2019
Artem Anisimov	700th career NHL game	April 1, 2019
Cam Ward	700th career NHL game	April 5, 2019

Records

• Brent Seabrook – Blackhawks' all-time leader in regular season games played by a defenseman (1,009 games) (October 13, 2018)
• Brent Seabrook – Blackhawks' third all-time in regular season games played (1,014 games) (October 25, 2018)
• Corey Crawford – Blackhawks' third all-time in regular season games played by a goalie (416 games) (November 4, 2018)
• Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook – first pair of defensemen to play 1,000 games together as teammates (December 11, 2018)
• Brent Seabrook – Blackhawks' second all-time in regular season games played (1,037 games) (December 12, 2018)
• Patrick Kane – Blackhawks' third all-time in regular season assists (555 assists) (January 20, 2019)
• Patrick Kane – Blackhawks' all-time record for consecutive games with an assist (20 games) (February 22, 2019)
• Patrick Kane - NHL second all-time in regular season for consecutive games with an assist (20 games) (February 22, 2019)
• Patrick Kane - Blackhawks' fourth all-time record for career points (924 points) (March 7, 2019)

Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Arizona Coyotes TOR 3rd-round pick in 2018 CBJ 5th-round pick in 2018	To Chicago Blackhawks CGY 3rd-round pick in 2018
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round pick in 2018	To Chicago Blackhawks 5th-round pick in 2019
June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24)	To Vancouver Canucks Tanner Kero	To Chicago Blackhawks Michael Chaput
June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jean-Francois Berube	To Chicago Blackhawks Jordan Schroeder
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	To Arizona Coyotes Vinnie Hinostroza Marian Hossa Jordan Oesterle 3rd-round pick in 2019	To Chicago Blackhawks Andrew Campbell MacKenzie Entwistle Marcus Kruger Jordan Maletta 5th-round pick in 2019
November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25)	To Arizona Coyotes Nick Schmaltz	To Chicago Blackhawks Dylan Strome Brendan Perlini
December 30, 2018 (2018-12-30)	To Edmonton Oilers Brandon Manning Robin Norell	To Chicago Blackhawks Drake Caggiula Jason Garrison
January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jan Rutta 7th-round pick in 2019	To Chicago Blackhawks Slater Koekkoek 5th-round pick in 2019
January 24, 2019 (2019-01-24)	To Los Angeles Kings ARI 5th-round pick in 2019	To Chicago Blackhawks Dominik Kubalik
February 18, 2019 (2019-02-18)	To New York Rangers Darren Raddysh	To Chicago Blackhawks Peter Holland
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)	To Los Angeles Kings Matt Iacopelli	To Chicago Blackhawks Spencer Watson
June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dominik Kahun 5th-round pick in 2019	To Chicago Blackhawks Olli Maatta

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Michael Chaput	to Montreal Canadiens	2-year
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Adam Clendening	to Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Chris Kunitz	from Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Brandon Manning	from Philadelphia Flyers	2-year
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Cam Ward	from Carolina Hurricanes	1-year
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Anthony Duclair	to Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year
August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15)	Lance Bouma	to Geneve-Servette HC (NL)	1-year
September 5, 2018 (2018-09-05)	Cody Franson	to Avangard Omsk (KHL)	2-year
September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27)	Brandon Davidson	from New York Islanders	1-year
October 30, 2018 (2018-10-30)	Brandon Hagel	from Buffalo Sabres	3-year
January 3, 2019 (2019-01-03)	Tomas Jurco	to Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)	1-year
March 6, 2019 (2019-03-06)	Reese Johnson	from Red Deer Rebels (WHL)	3-year
May 9, 2019 (2019-05-09)	Victor Ejdsell	to Farjestad BK (SHL)	2-year
May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)	Jordan Schroeder	to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)	1-year
May 22, 2019 (2019-05-22)	Peter Holland	to Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL)	2-year
May 23, 2019 (2019-05-23)	Anton Wedin	from Timra IK (HockeyAllsvenskan)	1-year

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
October 5, 2018 (2018-10-05)	Jordan Maletta	Mutual termination
January 3, 2019 (2019-01-03)	Jason Garrison	Mutual termination
February 11, 2019 (2019-02-11)	Luc Snuggerud	Mutual termination

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)	Patrick Sharp

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Adam Boqvist	3-year
October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16)	MacKenzie Entwistle	3-year
November 9, 2018 (2018-11-09)	Nicolas Beaudin	3-year
February 11, 2019 (2019-02-11)	Collin Delia	3-year
March 12, 2019 (2019-03-12)	Philipp Kurashev	3-year
March 25, 2019 (2019-03-25)	Chad Krys	3-year
March 27, 2019 (2019-03-27)	Carl Dahlstrom	2-year
May 6, 2019 (2019-05-06)	Mikael Hakkarainen	3-year
May 6, 2019 (2019-05-06)	Tim Soderlund	3-year
May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)	Slater Koekkoek	1-year
May 29, 2019 (2019-05-29)	Dominik Kubalik	1-year

Draft picks

See also: List of Chicago Blackhawks draft picks

Below are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	Adam Boqvist	D	Sweden	Brynas IF (SHL)
1	271	Nicolas Beaudin	D	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
3	69	Jake Wise	C	United States	U.S. NTDP
3	742	Niklas Nordgren	RW	Finland	HIFK (SM-liiga)
4	1201	Philipp Kurashev	C	Switzerland	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5	1393	Mikael Hakkarainen	LW	Finland	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
6	162	Alexis Gravel	G	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
7	193	Josiah Slavin	LW	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)

Notes:

1. The Nashville Predators' first-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on February 26, 2018, that sent Ryan Hartman and a fifth-round pick in 2018 to Nashville in exchange for Victor Ejdsell, a fourth-round pick in 2018 and this pick.
2. The Calgary Flames' third-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent the Toronto Maple Leafs' third-round pick (87th overall), and the Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick (142nd overall) to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for this pick. Toronto's third-round pick went to Chicago as the result of a trade on February 19, 2018, that sent Michal Kempny to Washington in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). Columbus's fifth-round pick went to the Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2017, that sent Artemi Panarin, Tyler Motte and the Islanders' sixth-round pick in 2017 to the Blue Jackets in exchange for Brandon Saad, Anton Forsberg and this pick.
3. The Florida Panthers' fifth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a fifth-round pick in 2019 to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for this pick.