Patrick Kane Returns to Chicago, Two-Year Deal

 

On Thursday, the Chicago Blackhawks agreed to terms with former star forward Patrick Kane on a two-year, $16 million contract that includes a no-move clause.

Patrick Kane played the first of his 19 NHL seasons with Chicago, winning the Stanley Cup three times in Chicago in 2010, 2013, and 2015. He has made it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs 11 times in his career, earning 138 points (53 goals, 85 assists) in 143 postseason games. Kane ranks third in franchise history in assists (80), points (132), and games played (136), and ranks fourth in goals (52). Last season with the Detroit Red Wings, the 37-year-old forward had 57 points (16 goals, 41 assists) in 67 games. He finished fourth on the Red Wings with 16 goals and 41 assists, ranking fifth with 57 points.

Kane is one of two active NHL players (Alex Ovechkin) to secure 40-or-more points in each of the last 19 seasons and is one of just 19 players to do so in NHL history. In each of the last 19 seasons, Kane is also one of the three active players to register at least 10 goals (Alex Ovechkin and Anze Kopitar). On January 29, 2026, Patrick Kane recorded an assist against the Washington Capitals for his 1,375th career NHL point, becoming the NHL's all-time leader in points among American-born players.

After spending the past three seasons with Detroit, Kane enters his return to Chicago with 1,400 career points (508 goals, 892 assists) in 1,369 games between the Red Wings, Rangers, and Blackhawks, who had selected him with the No. 1 pick in the 2007 NHL Draft. He returns to the Blackhawks, ranking second in franchise history in assists (779) and points (1,225) and ranks third in goals (446) and games played (1,161). He also ranks fourth in Hawks history with 122 power-play goals and 67 game-winning goals, while tying for second in nine overtime goals. Among U.S.-born players in League history, Kane ranks first in points, second in assists, and fifth in goals.

Kane was selected to nine NHL All-Star Games (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015-20). He was named a First Team NHL All-Star three times (2010, 2016, 2017), earned Second Team honors in 2019, and made the NHL All-Rookie Team in 2008. Kane won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 2008 as the first Blackhawks player to do so since Ed Belfour in 1991, followed by the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2013. In 2016, he captured the Art Ross, Hart Memorial, and Ted Lindsay Awards, becoming the first player in franchise history to win the Ted Lindsay and the first Blackhawks player since Stan Mikita in 1968 to win both the Art Ross and Hart. He also won an Olympic silver medal with Team USA in 2010.