Jeremy Colliton enters his first full season at the helm of the Blackhawks after taking over as the 38th head coach in franchise history on Nov. 6, 2018. Chicago finished the 2018-19 regular season with a 36-34-12 record overall. From Jan. 20 through the end of the season, Chicago went 20-10-3, a 107-point pace over the course of a full season.
A year ago, the Flyers took both games against the Blackhawks: a 4-0 win on Nov. 10 in Philadelphia in Colliton's second game in charge and a 3-1 victory on March 21 in Chicago with Erik Gustafsson scoring the lone Chicago goal. The two sides meet for the first of two October meetings in the 2019-20 season on Friday, with the Flyers visiting the United Center on Oct. 24 (
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It is the second time the Blackhawks have opened the season abroad, falling in a shootout 4-3 before taking a 4-0 win over in a back-to-back series with the Florida Panthers in 2009 in Helsinki, Finland.