After falling behind 3-0 in the second period, the Florida Panthers saw their comeback attempt fall just short in a 4-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Tuesday.
Of Florida's 31 shots, 15 came in the third period.
"We battled until the end, but we had to because we were so bad in the first two periods," Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk said. "We put ourselves in a terrible position. It was definitely our worst two periods of hockey this season.
"We've got the talent that when we play the right way and are playing aggressive and not sitting back and being smart with pucks, we can do what we did there in the third and take over a period and give ourselves a chance to win."
RECAP: Late push not enough for Panthers in loss to Blackhawks
Panthers show fight in third period, but leave the Windy City with no points