--Running from Jan. 13 through May 8, the entire 56-game NHL slate will take place in just 16.5 weeks or 116 days.
--Chicago will face the Tampa to open the season for the first time since Tampa's inagural NHL campaign in 1992-93. That season opener also took place in Florida, with the newcomers taking a 7-3 victory on Oct. 7, 1992.
-- On Jan. 22, the Blackhawks will face the Red Wings in a division matchup for the first time since April 12, 2013 -- also a shortened season due to the NHL lockout. The following year, the longtime rivals were moved to the Eastern Conference. Chicago took the last divisional meeting against Detroit in a shootout, 3-2, at the United Center.
-- Nearly the entire schedule consists of two-game sets against division foes, with a single three-game series against Tampa from March 4-7 in Chicago. Conversely, only once does the Blackhawks face an opponent a single time -- closing out the home portion of the season series against the Lightning on April 27 at the United Center. This schedule outlier causes the Blackhawks to not see the defending champs for nearly seven weeks after the opening two games.
--The Blackhawks will face Columbus six times in the opening six weeks and Nashville six times over the final six weeks.
-- Chicago will face all seven division opponents over the final four weeks of the season.
--Over 70% of the schedule sees the Blackhawks playing every other day during the season, with 39 games coming on a single day's rest. Seven more are with no rest (back-to-back), six see two days off between tilts and thrice -- including two times near the end of the campaign -- there are three days between matchups. On average, there are 1.15 days between each game.
- 7 - Sets of back-to-backs
- 7 - Instances of three games in four days
- 39 - Games on one day of rest
- 6 - Games on two days of rest
- 3 - Games on three days of rest
