2007–08 Chicago Blackhawks season

2007-08 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	2nd Central
Conference	9th Western
2007-08 record	19-15-2
Home record	12-9-0
Road record	7-6-2
Goals for	110
Goals against	101
Team information
General manager	Dale Tallon
Coach	Denis Savard
Captain	TBD
Alternate captains	Martin Lapointe (Oct- ) Robert Lang (Oct) Patrick Sharp (Oct) Tuomo Ruutu (Nov) Brent Sopel (Nov) Brent Seabrook (Dec) Jonathan Toews (Dec)
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	13,450 (65.6%)
Team leaders
Goals	Patrick Sharp (19)
Assists	Patrick Kane (26)
Points	Patrick Kane (35)
Penalty minutes	Adam Burish (70)
Wins	Nikolai Khabibulin (15)
Goals against average	Patrick Lalime (2.52)

The 2007-08 Chicago Blackhawks season began on October 4, 2007 against the Minnesota Wild. It is the Chicago Blackhawks 81st season in the National Hockey League.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio on June 22-23. The Blackhawks had the first overall selection.
• The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
2	Nashville Predators	82	41	32	9	230	229	91
3	Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
5	St. Louis Blues	82	33	36	13	205	237	79

Game log

October

Record: 6-6-0; Home: 3-4-0; Road: 3-2-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 4	Chicago	0 - 1	Minnesota		Khabibulin	18,568	0-1-0	0
2	October 6	Detroit	3 - 4	Chicago	SO	Khabibulin	18,768	1-1-0	2
3	October 10	San Jose	2 - 1	Chicago		Khabibulin	10,122	1-2-0	2
4	October 12	Chicago	3 - 2	Detroit		Khabibulin	17,696	2-2-0	4
5	October 13	Dallas	1 - 2	Chicago	OT	Lalime	11,868	3-2-0	6
6	October 17	St. Louis	3 - 1	Chicago		Khabibulin	10,002	3-3-0	6
7	October 19	Colorado	3 - 5	Chicago		Khabibulin	13,519	4-3-0	8
8	October 20	Chicago	6 - 4	Toronto		Lalime	19,314	5-3-0	10
9	October 23	Columbus	7 - 4	Chicago		Khabibulin	10,884	5-4-0	10
10	October 25	Chicago	1 - 3	Boston		Khabibulin	10,290	5-5-0	10
11	October 27	Atlanta	3 - 2	Chicago		Lalime	15,789	5-6-0	10
12	October 31	Chicago	5 - 4	Dallas		Khabibulin	14,756	6-6-0	12

November

Record: 6-2-2; Home: 3-1-0; Road: 3-1-2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
13	November 3	Chicago	3 - 2	St. Louis		Khabibulin	19,150	7-6-0	14
14	November 4	Nashville	5 - 2	Chicago		Khabibulin	12,086	7-7-0	14
15	November 7	Columbus	2 - 5	Chicago		Lalime	9,717	8-7-0	16
16	November 9	St. Louis	2 - 4	Chicago		Lalime	16,149	9-7-0	18
17	November 11	Detroit	2 - 3	Chicago		Khabibulin	19,045	10-7-0	20
18	November 14	Chicago	2 - 4	Columbus		Lalime	13,622	10-8-0	20
19	November 15	Chicago	4 - 5	Nashville	OT	Khabibulin	15,353	10-8-1	21
20	November 17	Chicago	5 - 3	Detroit		Khabibulin	20,066	11-8-1	23
21	November 22	Chicago	2 - 1	Calgary		Khabibulin	19,289	12-8-1	25
22	November 24	Chicago	2 - 3	Edmonton	SO	Khabibulin	16,839	12-8-2	26
23	November 25	Chicago	0 - 2	Vancouver		Lalime	18,630	12-9-2	26
24	November 28	Tampa Bay	1 - 5	Chicago		Khabibulin	11,122	13-9-2	28
25	November 30	Phoenix	1 - 6	Chicago		Khabibulin	16,234	14-9-2	30

December

Record: 5-6-0; Home: 4-4-0; Road: 1-2-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
26	December 1	Chicago	1 - 3	St. Louis		Lalime	19,150	14-10-2	30
27	December 5	Vancouver	3 - 2	Chicago		Khabibulin	12,444	14-11-2	30
28	December 7	Anaheim	5 - 3	Chicago		Khabibulin	17,734	14-12-2	30
29	December 9	Calgary	3 - 2	Chicago		Khabibulin	13,382	14-13-2	30
30	December 12	Los Angeles	6 - 3	Chicago		Khabibulin	12,534	15-13-2	32
31	December 15	Chicago	1 - 3	Buffalo		Khabibulin	18,690	15-14-2	32
32	December 16	Florida	3 - 1	Chicago		Lalime	12,926	15-15-2	32
33	December 19	Nashville	2 - 5	Chicago		Khabibulin	14,151	16-15-2	34
34	December 22	Chicago	4 - 3	Ottawa	OT	Khabibulin	20,171	17-15-2	36
35	December 23	Edmonton	2 - 3	Chicago		Khabibulin	20,151	18-15-2	38
36	December 26	Nashville	2 - 5	Chicago		Khabibulin	20,511	19-15-2	40
37	December 30	Los Angeles	3 - 2	Chicago	OT	Khabibulin	21,715	19-15-3	41

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Playoffs

Chicago has not qualified for the playoffs since 2001-02.

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

		Regular season						Playoffs
Player		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Patrick Kane		21	7	15	22	14
Robert Lang		21	6	13	19	14
Jason Williams		19	7	11	18	10
Patrick Sharp		21	11	6	17	11
Johnathan Toews		19	8	8	16	16
Tuomo Ruutu		20	3	7	10	26
James Wisniewski		21	5	4	9	23
Rene Bourque		16	3	5	8	6
Duncan Keith		21	3	5	8	6
Brent Seabrook		21	2	5	7	16

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

		Regular season										Playoffs
Player		GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Nikolai Khabibulin		15	859	8	6	1	43	0	.898	3.00
Patrick Lalime		7	395	4	2	0	17	0	.891	2.58

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Patrick Kane Magnus Johansson	1st NHL Game	October 4, 2007
Robert Lang	800th NHL Game	October 4, 2007
Patrick Kane Magnus Johansson	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 6, 2007
Jonathan Toews	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	October 10, 2007
Sergei Samsonov	600th NHL Game	October 12, 2007
Patrick Sharp	200th NHL Game	October 12, 2007
Jonathan Toews	1st NHL Assist	October 12, 2007
Patrick Kane	1st NHL Goal	October 19, 2007
Dave Bolland	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 31, 2007
Jim Vandermeer	200th NHL Game	October 31, 2007

Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.

Trades

June 16, 2007	To Montreal Canadiens Jassen Cullimore Tony Salmelainen	To Chicago Blackhawks Sergei Samsonov
June 22, 2007	To Calgary Flames Adrian Aucoin 7th round pick in 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Andrei Zyuzin Steve Marr
August 11, 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Kevyn Adams	To Phoenix Coyotes Radim Vrbata
October 11, 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional 7th round pick in 2008.	To New York Rangers Pierre Parenteau
December 18, 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Ben Eager	To Philadelphia Flyers Jim Vandermeer

Free agents

Player Former team Contract Terms Yanic Perreault Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $1.5 million Robert Lang Detroit Red Wings 2 years, $8 million Wade Flaherty Vancouver Canucks

Player New team Jeff Hamilton Carolina Hurricanes Craig MacDonald Tampa Bay Lightning Michal Handzus Los Angeles Kings

Draft picks

Chicago's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Blackhawks have the first overall pick in the draft.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	1	Patrick Kane	Right Wing	United States	London Knights (OHL)
2	38	Bill Sweatt	Left Wing	United States	Colorado College (WCHA)
2	56	Akim Aliu	Centre	Nigeria	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
3	69	Maxime Tanguay	Centre	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
3	86	Josh Unice	Goaltender	United States	USA U-18 USDP
5	126	Joe Lavin	Defence	United States	USA U-18 USDP
6	156	Richard Greenop	Centre	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)

Farm teams

Rockford IceHogs

The Rockford IceHogs, who will be moving up from the United Hockey League, are the new American Hockey League affiliate of the Blackhawks in 2007-08.

Pensacola Ice Pilots

The Pensacola Ice Pilots are the Blackhawks affiliate in the ECHL.

Roster

Updated May 13, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
15		Joey Anderson	RW	R	25	2023	Roseville, Minnesota
89		Andreas Athanasiou	C	L	29	2022	London, Ontario
98		Connor Bedard	C	R	18	2023	North Vancouver, British Columbia
43		Colin Blackwell	C	R	31	2022	North Andover, Massachusetts
16		Jason Dickinson	C	L	28	2022	Georgetown, Ontario
8		Ryan Donato	C	L	28	2023	Scituate, Massachusetts
58		MacKenzie Entwistle	RW	R	24	2018	Georgetown, Ontario
17		Nick Foligno (A)	LW	L	36	2023	Buffalo, New York
71		Taylor Hall	LW	L	32	2023	Calgary, Alberta
52		Reese Johnson	C	R	25	2019	Regina, Saskatchewan
90		Tyler Johnson	C	R	33	2021	Liberty Lake, Washington
4		Seth Jones (A)	D	R	29	2021	Arlington, Texas
55		Kevin Korchinski	D	L	19	2022	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
23		Philipp Kurashev	C	L	24	2018	Münsingen, Switzerland
24		Jaycob Megna	D	L	31	2024	Plantation, Florida
34		Petr Mrazek	G	L	32	2022	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
5		Connor Murphy (A)	D	R	31	2017	Boston, Massachusetts
91		Frank Nazar	C	R	20	2022	Mount Clemens, Michigan
11		Taylor Raddysh	RW	R	26	2022	Caledon, Ontario
27		Lukas Reichel	LW	L	22	2020	Nuremberg, Germany
84		Landon Slaggert	LW	L	21	2020	South Bend, Indiana
40		Arvid Soderblom	G	L	24	2021	Gothenburg, Sweden
25		Jarred Tinordi	D	L	32	2022	Burnsville, Minnesota
72		Alex Vlasic	D	L	23	2019	Wilmette, Illinois
22		Nikita Zaitsev	D	R	32	2023	Moscow, Soviet Union

See also

• 2007-08 NHL season

References

• Player stats: Chicago Blackhawks player stats on espn.com
• Game log: Chicago Blackhawks game log on espn.com
• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com