Blackhawks release 2023-24 season schedule

The Blackhawks pre-season and regular season schedules for the 2023-24 NHL season were released on Tuesday afternoon.

Chicago will open its season against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Oct. 10:

RELEASE: Blackhawks Announce 2023-24 Schedule

Chicago opens season Oct. 10 in Pittsburgh; home opener slated for Oct. 21 vs. Vegas

NHL.com

Notes about the schedule:

• The Blackhawks six-game preseason begins Thursday, Sept. 28 against the Blues at the United Center.
• The Blackhawks regular-season opener on Oct. 10 will be a presumed faceoff between No. 1 picks Connor Bedard and Sidney Crosby.
• The Blackhawks open the season on a five-game roadtrip, and play only two games at home in the month of October. This is tied for the longest road trip of the season (the other is Dec. 29 – Jan. 5).
• The first home game at the United Center will be Oct. 21 against the reigning Stanley Cup Champions: the Vegas Golden Knights.
• The Blackhawks’ schedule includes 25 weekend home games, the most they’ve had since 2008-09. Seven of those will be afternoon home games.
• The Blackhawks will play nine of their ten games at the United Center in February. The one lone away game will be in Carolina Feb. 19.
• The Blackhawks divisional games are as follow: four games each against Colorado, Dallas, Nashville, St. Louis and Winnipeg; three games each against Arizona and Minnesota.
• Taylor Hall and Nick Foglino return to Boston on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

Below is the 2023-24 Blackhawks preseason game schedule (all times CT; bolded are home games):

• Thursday, Sept. 28 – St. Louis @ Chicago, 7:30 pm
• Saturday, Sept, 30 – Chicago @ Minnesota, 6:00 pm
• Sunday, Oct. 1 – Chicago @ Detroit, 6:00 pm
• Tuesday, Oct. 3 — Detroit @ Chicago, 7:30 pm
• Thursday, Oct. 5 — Minnesota @ Chicago, 7:30 pm
• Saturday, Oct. 7 – Chicago @ St. Louis, 7:30 pm

If you want the schedule highlights in the form of hotdogs – as one is wont to do – you can do so here: