Although the playoffs aren’t realistic anymore, the Blackhawks still want to end the season on as positive a note as possible, so while they fell to the Panthers 4-3 Thursday night, the Blackhawks did show they’ll give high effort by pushing it to overtime.
After a low-event start to the first period, the Blackhawks picked up some momentum after a power play and ended up striking first. Adam Gaudette scored his first goal as a Blackhawk to put them up 1-0 just over 13 minutes in. Dominik Kubalik beat out an icing call then set up Strome from below the goal line, and Gaudette shoveled in Strome’s rebound.