Blackhawks Finish Road Schedule With 3-2 Loss To Sharks

The Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks faced off for the second of three meetings this season on Monday. The Blackhawks won the first back on February 2nd at the United Center, and the San Jose Sharks returned the favor with a 3-2 victory on Monday night at SAP Center. With the win, the San Jose Sharks keep pace in the Western Conference postseason picture.

Earning the second Wild Card spot is still very much in play for them, but they must keep collecting points. The Blackhawks had a 1-0 lead in this game thanks to a goal scored by Ryan Donato. He buried a Frank Nazar rebound after Connor Bedard did some dancing to set up the shot.

With an assist on Donato's goal, Bedard collected his 200th career NHL point in his 215th career NHL game. The ironic stat is that Patrick Kane reached his 200th career point in the same number of games. San Jose scored three unanswered goals from there to take a 3-1 lead late into the game.

The Chicago power play netted one in the third period, thanks to Frank Nazar, but they fell just short of tying it with Spencer Knight on the bench. It wasn't for a lack of chances, as multiple Blackhawks players had looks at San Jose's goal with the final seconds running off the clock. This was one of those games that the Blackhawks lost, but it came with some positives to look at from their game.