TAKEAWAYS: Blackhawks Drop Third Period in Loss to Wild

While pressing heavy defense throughout Saturday's matchup against the Wild, the Blackhawks fell short in the third period after letting up two goals and suffered another loss with a 3-1 result.
Lukas Reichel felt the team remained aggressive with their defensive style to keep themselves in the matchup after outshooting them 17-16 through the first two periods.
"It was more of a defensive game at 1-1 until the last minute, I would say," Reichel said. "I think it was a lot of D-zone [time] and both teams had their chances, not like crazy, high, danger chances. So, it was like tight game that could [have gone] both ways."

The Blackhawks and Wild held the score at 0-0 following the first period until Wild's forward Ryan Reaves broke the tie with a goal in the second period. Looking to even things back up, Reichel put Chicago on the board and give them a fighting chance heading into the third.

Head coach Luke Richardson stated that it was disappointing to lose it in the end, he still thought his team regrouped better compared to their previous loss on Thursday night with a stronger structure and kept fighting until the last minute.
"I thought the guys skated really hard and disappointing that they didn't get at least the point get to overtime," Richardson said. "But it was just unfortunate bounce at the end and I think right from the start to the end, I thought we played really in their way and frustrated them quite a bit."
While the team suffered its fourth straight loss, the German forward noted that the team stayed together to not let up on goals.
Heading into tomorrow's matchup against the Vancouver Canucks, the team now needs to learn how to secure the win while playing strong defensively.
"The last two games, I think both games [were] like 6-1 and 5-1 and it was too many goals that we [gave] up," Reichel said. "It's not good, but [we only gave up] two goals. It was better in the D-zone and in that case, we [have to] move on and maybe learn how to win those games."