Blackhawks fans will get a Lake Michigan-sized first gulp of hockey to begin the 2019-20 season: the Hawks will play eight of their first 10 games of the season at home.
The team released its full 2019-20 regular season schedule on Tuesday, highlighted by visits from Joel Quenneville’s Panthers on Jan. 21, home matchups against the defending Cup champion Blues on Dec. 2 and Mar. 8 and the lone cross-conference home contest against the Red Wings on Jan. 5.
The Hawks will begin the season by facing the Flyers in Prague on Oct. 4, then get a nice break before their home opener Oct. 10 against the Sharks, kicking off a seven-game homestand that also brings the Jets, Oilers, Blue Jackets, Capitals, Golden Knights and Flyers into town.
They’ll have a road-heavy February, when 11 of the 14 games come away from home, and a home-heavy March, with 11 of 15 contests at the United Center.
There are only two Saturday home games all season — Oct. 12 vs. Winnipeg and Jan. 11 vs. Anaheim — but 11 Sunday home games, most of which will start at 6 p.m.
The Hawks will play 16 back-to-backs, up from 14 a season ago.
A seven-game preseason schedule, which includes three September home games against the Red Wings, Bruins and Capitals, was announced last week.
The full regular-season schedule is below:
Fri. Oct 4 1:00 PM at Philadelphia (in Prague)
Thu. Oct 10 7:30 PM vs. SAN JOSE
Sat. Oct 12 6:00 PM vs. WINNIPEG
Mon. Oct 14 7:30 PM vs. EDMONTON
Fri. Oct 18 7:30 PM vs. COLUMBUS
Sun. Oct 20 6:00 PM vs. WASHINGTON
Tue. Oct 22 7:30 PM vs. VEGAS
Thu. Oct 24 7:30 PM vs. PHILADELPHIA
Sat. Oct 26 12:00 PM at Carolina
Sun. Oct 27 6:00 PM vs. LOS ANGELES
Tue. Oct 29 7:00 PM at Nashville
Sat. Nov 2 9:30 PM at Los Angeles
Sun. Nov 3 7:30 PM at Anaheim
Tue. Nov 5 9:30 PM at San Jose
Thu. Nov 7 7:30 PM vs. VANCOUVER
Sat. Nov 9 6:00 PM at Pittsburgh
Sun. Nov 10 6:00 PM vs. TORONTO
Wed. Nov 13 9:00 PM at Vegas
Sat. Nov 16 7:00 PM at Nashville
Sun. Nov 17 6:00 PM vs. BUFFALO
Tue. Nov 19 7:30 PM vs. CAROLINA
Thu. Nov 21 7:30 PM vs. TAMPA BAY
Sat. Nov 23 7:00 PM at Dallas
Tue. Nov 26 7:30 PM vs. DALLAS
Fri. Nov 29 3:00 PM vs. COLORADO
Sat. Nov 30 8:00 PM at Colorado
Mon. Dec 2 7:30 PM vs. ST. LOUIS
Thu. Dec 5 6:00 PM at Boston
Fri. Dec 6 6:00 PM at New Jersey
Sun. Dec 8 6:00 PM vs. ARIZONA
Tue. Dec 10 9:00 PM at Vegas
Thu. Dec 12 8:00 PM at Arizona
Sat. Dec 14 7:00 PM at St. Louis
Sun. Dec 15 6:00 PM vs. MINNESOTA
Wed. Dec 18 7:00 PM vs. COLORADO
Thu. Dec 19 7:00 PM at Winnipeg
Sat. Dec 21 8:00 PM at Colorado
Mon. Dec 23 7:30 PM vs. NEW JERSEY
Fri. Dec 27 7:30 PM vs. N.Y. ISLANDERS
Sun. Dec 29 4:00 PM at Columbus
Tue. Dec 31 8:00 PM at Calgary
Thu. Jan 2 9:00 PM at Vancouver
Sun. Jan 5 6:30 PM vs. DETROIT
Tue. Jan 7 7:30 PM vs. CALGARY
Thu. Jan 9 7:30 PM vs. NASHVILLE
Sat. Jan 11 7:30 PM vs. ANAHEIM
Tue. Jan 14 6:30 PM at Ottawa
Wed. Jan 15 6:30 PM at Montreal
Sat. Jan 18 6:00 PM at Toronto
Sun. Jan 19 6:00 PM vs. WINNIPEG
Tue. Jan 21 7:30 PM vs. FLORIDA
Sat. Feb 1 7:00 PM at Arizona
Tues. Feb 4 7:00 PM at Minnesota
Wed. Feb 5 7:00 PM vs. BOSTON
Sun. Feb 9 6:00 PM at Winnipeg
Tue. Feb 11 8:00 PM at Edmonton
Wed. Feb 12 9:30 PM at Vancouver
Sat. Feb 15 9:00 PM at Calgary
Sun. Feb 16 7:30 PM at Winnipeg
Wed. Feb 19 7:00 PM vs. N.Y. RANGERS
Fri. Feb 21 7:30 PM vs. NASHVILLE
Sun. Feb 23 2:00 PM at Dallas
Tue. Feb 25 7:00 PM at St. Louis
Thu. Feb 27 6:00 PM at Tampa Bay
Sat. Feb 29 5:00 PM at Florida
Tue. Mar 3 7:30 PM vs. ANAHEIM
Thu. Mar 5 7:30 PM vs. EDMONTON
Fri. Mar 6 6:30 PM at Detroit
Sun. Mar 8 6:00 PM vs. ST. LOUIS
Wed. Mar 11 7:00 PM vs. SAN JOSE
Fri. Mar 13 7:30 PM vs. OTTAWA
Sat. Mar 14 6:00 PM at Washington
Tue. Mar 17 7:00 PM at Minnesota
Thu. Mar 19 7:30 PM vs. MINNESOTA
Sat. Mar 21 1:00 PM at Buffalo
Sun. Mar 22 6:00 PM vs. NASHVILLE
Wed. Mar 25 7:00 PM vs. PITTSBURGH
Fri. Mar 27 7:30 PM vs. DALLAS
Sun. Mar 29 2:00 PM vs. LOS ANGELES
Tue. Mar 31 7:30 PM vs. MONTREAL
Thu. Apr 2 6:00 PM at N.Y. Islanders
Sat. Apr 4 12:00 PM at N.Y. Rangers
