TAKEAWAYS: Blackhawks Fall Short to Canadiens 

After trailing most of the games, the Blackhawks tried to rebound late in the third period to tie the game up for a chance to send it into overtime. However, the Blackhawks would struggle to find the back of the net and fall to the Canadiens, 3-2.

Tyler Johnson, who scored both of the Blackhawks’ goals in the contest, felt the team relied too much on their skills instead of their strengths as a team.

“Sometimes when things aren't going your way you try to do that extra little bit too much,” Johnson said. “When you do that, I find that's when things kind of go south pretty quick.”

Head coach Luke Richardson also felt the same with the team’s overall performance but thought the team found their groove late in the third.

Despite the late comeback attempt, the second-year coach knew that the team could of brought their energy early on in the game but failed to find it early. 

“I thought we were okay in the first period and the third, but we didn't do a good enough for 60 minutes,” Richardson said. “So unfortunately, we let that one get away and we'll just have to regroup.” 

Another downfall for the team came on the power play unit. The group went 0-for-7 overall to continue to look for their first power play goal of the season.

“Obviously the powerup is not good enough yet, you got to score, but every game we've had our looks and we've had some prime scoring chances,” Connor Bedard said. “Of course, you got to bear down and kind of keep working on it and hopefully we can do that.”

With two more games to go on their road trip, Johnson knows this could be a learning experience for the young rookies on the team. But with the talent they have, he also knows that they can still provide a better performance with the standards they created. 

“It's beginning of the season, so you're going to have that, but we have a high standard for ourselves,” Johnson said. “We think we can win a lot of hockey games, and this is not the way that we need to play, and we have to be a lot better.”