2014–15 Chicago Blackhawks season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2014–15
Year:	2014
Team:	Chicago Blackhawks
Conference:	Western
Conferencerank:	4th
Division:	Central
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	48–28–6
Homerecord:	24–12–5
Roadrecord:	24–16–1
Goalsfor:	229
Goalsagainst:	189
Generalmanager:	Stan Bowman
Coach:	Joel Quenneville
Captain:	Jonathan Toews
Altcaptain:	Duncan Keith Patrick Sharp
Arena:	United Center
Attendance:	21,769 (110.4%) Total: 892,532^[1]
Minorleague:	Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL)
Goalsleader:	Jonathan Toews (28)
Assistsleader:	Jonathan Toews (38)
Pointsleader:	Jonathan Toews (66)
Plusminusleader:	Jonathan Toews (+30)
Pimleader:	Andrew Shaw (68)
Winsleader:	Corey Crawford (32)
Gaaleader:	Antti Raanta (1.89)
Conferencewin:	yes
Stanleycup:	yes

The 2014–15 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 89th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^{[7] [8]} 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^{[9] [10]}

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		2–1	OT			20,512	1–0–0	W1
2	September 25	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–3				16,246	1–1–0	L1
3	September 26		1–4			United Center	20,613	1–2–0	L2
4	September 28		5–0		Darling		N/A	2–2–0	W1
5	October 1		1–3			United Center	20,413	2–3–0	L1
6	October 3	@ New York Rangers	2–3	SO	Crawford		18,006	2–3–1	SOL1
Notes: 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 3–2 SO 18,768 1–0–0 2 W1 2 October 11 6–2 Crawford 22,012 2–0–0 4 W2 3 October 15 1–2 OT Crawford United Center 21,112 2–0–1 5 O1 4 October 18 2–1 OT Crawford United Center 21,640 3–0–1 7 W1 5 October 21 4–0 United Center 21,162 4–0–1 9 W2 6 October 23 @ Nashville Predators 2–3 Raanta 17,157 4–1–1 9 L1 7 October 25 2–3 Raanta 19,434 4–2–1 9 L2 8 October 26 2–1 United Center 21,310 5–2–1 11 W1 9 October 28 0–1 Darling United Center 21,233 5–3–1 11 L1 10 October 30 @ Ottawa Senators 5–4 SO Darling 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 2–3 Crawford 19,138 6–4–1 13 L1 12 November 2 0–1 Crawford United Center 21,204 6–5–1 13 L2 13 November 4 5–0 Crawford 21,287 7–5–1 15 W1 14 November 7 2–3 Crawford United Center 21,892 7–6–1 15 L1 15 November 9 5–2 Crawford United Center 21,489 8–6–1 17 W1 16 November 11 3–2 SO Crawford United Center 21,345 9–6–1 19 W2 17 November 14 1–4 Crawford 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 19,289 11–7–1 23 W2 20 November 22 7–1 Crawford 16,839 12–7–1 25 W3 21 November 23 1–4 Crawford 18,663 12–8–1 25 L1 22 November 26 3–2 Crawford 18,007 13–8–1 27 W1 23 November 28 @ Anaheim Ducks 4–1 Crawford 17,355 14–8–1 29 W2 24 November 29 4–1 Crawford 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 3–2 SO Darling 16,210 19–8–1 39 W7 29 December 11 3–2 Darling 17,565 20–8–1 41 W8 30 December 13 2–3 Darling 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 5–3 Raanta United Center 21,472 22–9–1 45 W2 33 December 20 2–3 SO Crawford 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 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 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 6–1 Raanta United Center 21,427 29–15–2 60 W1 47 January 21 2–3 SO Crawford 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 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 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 3–2 SO Darling United Center 21,526 36–20–5 77 W1 62 February 26 @ Florida Panthers 3–0 Crawford 17,387 37–20–5 79 W2 63 February 27 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 0–4 Darling 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 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 0–1 OT Crawford United Center 22,160 39–21–6 84 O1 67 March 12 @ Arizona Coyotes 2–1 Crawford 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 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 13,786 44–22–6 94 W1 73 March 25 @ Philadelphia Flyers 1–4 Crawford 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 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:

Detailed records

Western Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks	–	–	–	–	–	–
	0–2–0	2–1–0	2–3–0	4	11	13
	2–1–0	1–1–0	3–2–0	6	16	18
	2–1–0	1–1–0	3–2–0	6	14	11
	2–0–0	1–1–0	3–1–0	6	11	9
	1–1–0	1–2–0	2–3–0	4	12	10
	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
	0–1–0	2–0–0	2–1–0	4	8	3
	1–0–1	1–0–0	2–0–1	5	10	4
	1–0–1	1–0–0	2–0–1	5	7	6
	1–0–0	1–1–0	2–1–0	4	10	7
	1–0–0	1–1–0	2–1–0	4	11	6
	1–0–0	1–1–0	2–1–0	4	11	6
	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
	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	5	8
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	10	5
	0–0–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	1	3	6
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	5	2
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	9	3
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	7	5
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	3	6
	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
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	8	3
	0–1–0	0–0–1	0–1–1	1	4	6
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	5	3
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	6	4
	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	3	1	1
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	5	4
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	3	3
	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

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Regular season

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	81	28	38	66	30	36
	61	27	37	64	10	10
	82	22	39	61	17	32
	82	23	29	52	7	12
	80	10	35	45	12	20
	68	16	27	43	−8	33
	76	12	25	37	3	12
	61	14	20	34	11	35
	82	8	23	31	−3	27
	80	14	14	28	5	38
	79	15	11	26	−8	67
	82	3	16	19	25	44
	81	7	10	17	−5	32
	49	3	11	14	17	12
	65	1	12	13	0	22
	76	2	8	10	5	26
^‡	61	5	4	9	−1	2
	34	4	5	9	4	2
	39	4	4	8	3	54
	38	0	3	3	−5	4
^†	19	0	3	3	−2	6
^†	13	0	2	2	1	7
^‡	4	1	1	2	1	2
	18	0	1	1	0	2
^‡	4	1	0	1	−1	2
	4	0	1	1	1	0
	1	0	1	1	0	0
^†	16	0	0	0	−3	2
	7	0	0	0	−1	0
	5	0	0	0	−1	2
	3	0	0	0	−1	0
	2	0	0	0	0	0
^‡	15	0	0	0	0	15
^†‡	8	0	0	0	1	4
	Totals	82	213	395	608	114	537

Playoffs

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	23	11	12	23	7	0
	23	10	11	21	7	8
	23	3	18	21	16	4
	23	4	13	17	7	10
	23	5	10	15	2	8
	23	3	11	14	4	8
	23	5	7	12	−4	36
	23	8	3	11	5	6
	23	7	4	11	5	10
	18	4	6	10	2	0
	20	4	3	7	5	4
	23	1	5	6	6	8
	23	0	5	5	−4	6
	18	0	5	5	3	14
	23	2	2	4	−5	4
	21	1	3	4	−4	4
	12	1	1	2	2	6
	10	0	1	1	−2	6
	18	0	0	0	1	10
	9	0	0	0	-3	0
	5	0	0	0	2	0
	4	0	0	0	−1	0
	3	0	0	0	−3	0
	Totals	23	69	120	189	48	152

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player
	57	57	3,332:32	32	20	5	126	2.27	1,661	.924	2	0	1	8
	14	13	832:31	9	4	0	27	1.94	419	.936	1	0	0	0
	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
	20	19	1,223:48	13	6	47	2.31	616	.924	2	0	0	0
	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
	NHL Second Star of the Month^[11]	January 2, 2015
	NHL All-Star game selection^[12]	January 10, 2015
	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
	NHL All-Star game captain^[13]	January 14, 2015
	NHL All-Star game assistant captain	January 14, 2015
	NHL First Star of the Week^[14]	February 16, 2015

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st career NHL game	October 9, 2014
	100th career NHL game	October 21, 2014
	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL win	October 26, 2014
	500th career NHL point	October 26, 2014
	1,100th career NHL game 1,000th career NHL point	October 30, 2014
	600th career NHL game	November 2, 2014
	400th career NHL game	November 4, 2014
	200th career NHL goal	November 4, 2014
	700th career NHL game	November 7, 2014
	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	November 9, 2014
	500th career NHL game	November 11, 2014
	1,000th career NHL game	November 16, 2014
	700th career NHL game	November 20, 2014
	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	November 20, 2014
	600th career NHL assist	November 20, 2014
	1st career NHL game	November 22, 2014
	400th career NHL game	November 22, 2014
	1st career NHL assist	November 22, 2014
	300th career NHL game	November 23, 2014
	300th career NHL point	November 26, 2014
	1st career NHL game	December 6, 2014
	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	December 11, 2014
	700th career NHL game	December 29, 2014
	500th career NHL point	December 29, 2014
	200th career NHL game	January 1, 2015
	100th career NHL point	January 9, 2015
	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	January 16, 2015
	200th career NHL goal	January 20, 2015
	1st career NHL assist	January 20, 2015
	400th career NHL point	January 30, 2015
	100th career NHL point	February 8, 2015
	1st career NHL game	February 13, 2015
	900th career NHL point	March 12, 2015
	1st career NHL shutout	March 18, 2015
	1100th career NHL game	March 21, 2015
	500th career NHL point	March 23, 2015
	100th career NHL game	March 27, 2015
	200th career NHL game	March 27, 2015
	100th career NHL point	March 30, 2015
	100th career NHL point	March 30, 2015
	1st career NHL game	April 7, 2015
	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
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 ^[15]	To Calgary Flames Brandon Bollig	To Chicago Blackhawks PIT's 3rd round pick in 2014
October 4, 2014^[16]	To New York Islanders Nick Leddy Kent Simpson	To Chicago Blackhawks T. J. Brennan Anders Nilsson Ville Pokka
December 14, 2014^[17]	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jeremy Morin	To Chicago Blackhawks Tim Erixon
January 29, 2015^[18]	To Vancouver Canucks Adam Clendening	To Chicago Blackhawks Gustav Forsling
February 26, 2015^[19]	To Toronto Maple Leafs T. J. Brennan	To Chicago Blackhawks Spencer Abbott
February 27, 2015^[20]	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2015 conditional 4th-round pick in 2016	To Chicago Blackhawks Kimmo Timonen
February 28, 2015^[21]	To Arizona Coyotes Klas Dahlbeck 1st-round pick in 2015	To Chicago Blackhawks Antoine Vermette
March 2, 2015^[22]	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			1 year, $550,000	^[23]
July 1, 2014	Cody Bass		1 year, $550,000
July 1, 2014	Pierre-Cedric Labrie		1 year, $550,000
July 1, 2014	Brad Richards		1 year, $2 million	^[24]
July 2, 2014			1 year, $600,000	^[25]
August 18, 2014			1 year, $550,000	^[26]
October 5, 2014			1 year, $550,000	^[27]
March 26, 2015			2 years, entry-level contract	^[28]
April 2, 2015			2 years, entry-level contract	^[29]
April 30, 2015			2 years	^[30]
May 1, 2015			2 years	^[31]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
August 20, 2014			2 years, $7.5 million	^[32]
May 11, 2015			Undisclosed

Claimed via waivers

Player	Old team	Date claimed off waivers

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 27, 2014	Ben Smith	2 years, $3 million contract extension	^[34]
June 27, 2014		2 years, $1.5 million contract extension
June 27, 2014	Jeremy Morin	2 years, $1.6 million contract extension	^[35]
July 1, 2014		1 year, $650,000	^[36]
July 9, 2014		8 years, $84 million contract extension	^[37]
July 9, 2014		8 years, $84 million contract extension
February 22, 2015		2 years, contract extension	^[38]
March 21, 2015		3 years, entry-level contract	^[39]
March 26, 2015		2 years, entry-level contract	^[40]

Other

Name	Date	Details
Kevin Dineen^[41]	July 14, 2014	Named as Assistant Coach
DJ Kogut^[42]	January 14, 2015	Named as Assistant Equipment Manager

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
	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^[43]
	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^[44]

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.^[45]

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

Draft notes

• 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.^[46]
• 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.^[47]
• 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.
• 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.^[48]
• 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.^[49]
• 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.^[50]
• 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.

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4. News: Kevin Dineen back in the NHL with Chicago Blackhawks. The Globe and Mail. July 14, 2014. Whyno. Stephen.
5. Web site: Blackhawks announce 2014 preseason game in Saskatoon.
6. News: Scott Powers. By the numbers: Blackhawks-Ducks, Game 2. 20 May 2015. ESPN. 20 May 2015. "Going 116:12, the game was the longest in the Blackhawks' franchise history".
7. Web site: With Blackhawks' 3 Stanley Cups in 6 Years, Chicago Runneth Over. 16 June 2015. New York Times. 16 June 2015.
8. Web site: Blackhawks claim third Stanley Cup in six seasons with shutout of Lightning. 16 June 2015. ESPN. 16 June 2015.
9. Web site: Another Cup proves Blackhawks are among the era's best. 16 June 2015. ESPN. 16 June 2015.
10. Web site: Blackhawks seize their third Stanley Cup in six seasons. 16 June 2015. Chicago Tribune. 16 June 2015.
11. Web site: Getzlaf, Kane, Bobrovsky named three stars. NHL. January 2, 2015.
12. Web site: 2015 NHL All-Star selections highlighted by three Columbus Blue Jackets. NHL. January 10, 2015.
13. Web site: Foligno, Toews named NHL All-Star Game captains. NHL. January 14, 2015.
14. Web site: Hossa, Toffoli and Rinne named stars of the week. NHL. February 16, 2015.
15. Web site: Blackhawks acquire draft pick from Calgary for Bollig. Chicago Blackhawks. June 28, 2014.
16. Web site: Blackhawks acquire prospects from Islanders for Leddy. October 4, 2014. blackhawks.nhl.com. October 4, 2014.
17. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Erixon in exchange for Morin. December 14, 2014. blackhawks.nhl.com. December 14, 2014.
18. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Forsling. January 29, 2015. blackhawks.nhl.com. January 29, 2015.
19. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Abbott from Maple Leafs. February 26, 2015. blackhawks.nhl.com. February 26, 2015.
20. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Timonen from Flyers. February 27, 2015. blackhawks.nhl.com. February 27, 2015.
21. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Antoine Vermette from Coyotes. February 28, 2015. blackhawks.nhl.com. February 28, 2015.
22. Web site: Blackhawks acquire Andrew Desjardins from San Jose Sharks. March 2, 2015. blackhawks.nhl.com. March 2, 2015.
23. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724921 Blackhawks agree to terms with three
24. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724979 Blackhawks agree to terms with Richards
25. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725114 Blackhawks agree to terms with Cumiskey
26. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=728522 Blackhawks agree to terms with Leighton
27. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=732965 Blackhawks agree to terms with Carcillo
28. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=759936 Blackhawks agree to terms with Baun
29. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=761181 Blackhawks agree to terms with Kero
30. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=765917 Blackhawks agree to terms with Gustafsson
31. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=766029 Blackhawks agree to terms with Panarin
32. Web site: Rangers Agree to Terms with Forward Kevin Hayes. Blueshirts United. August 20, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140822003857/http://blueshirtsunited.com/posts/6524/rangers-agree-to-terms-with-forward-kevin-hayes#.U_TlAvldVf8. August 22, 2014. dead. mdy-all.
33. http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=755772 Maple Leafs claim Tim Erixon from Chicago
34. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=723916 Blackhawks agree to terms with Smith and Raanta
35. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724129 Blackhawks agree to terms with Morin
36. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724917 Blackhawks agree to terms with Regin
37. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725799 Blackhawks agree to terms with Toews and Kane
38. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=754611 Blackhawks agree to extension with Darling
39. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=759108 Blackhawks agree to terms with Hinostroza
40. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=759995 Blackhawks agree to terms with Paliotta
41. Web site: Blackhawks hire Dineen as assistant coach. Chicago Blackhawks. July 14, 2014.
42. Web site: Blackhawks hire Dineen as assistant coach. chatsports.com. January 21, 2014.
43. Web site: Chicago's Nordstrom banned two games for boarding. NHL. March 13, 2015.
44. Web site: Blackhawks' Shaw fined for diving/embellishment. NHL. March 30, 2015.
45. Web site: Cats Win NHL Draft Lottery. April 15, 2014.
46. Web site: Blackhawks select Schmaltz in first round of the 2014 NHL draft and acquire picks from San Jose. June 27, 2014. June 27, 2014.
47. Web site: Blackhawks acquire David Rundblad from Coyotes. National Hockey League. March 4, 2014. March 4, 2014.
48. Web site: MAPLE LEAFS TRADE THREE PICKS TO BLACKHAWKS FOR F BOLLAND. TSN. June 30, 2013. June 30, 2013. July 3, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130703094340/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=426705. dead.
49. Web site: Blackhawks acquire forwards Regin and Bouchard from New York. Chicago Blackhawks. February 6, 2014.
50. Web site: Sharks Conclude 2013 Draft With Seven Selections. San Jose Sharks. June 30, 2013.