ROSEMONT, Ill.—The Wolves peppered the Milwaukee net with shot after shot, but in the end, fell to the Admirals 2-1 on Sunday at Allstate Arena.
Skyler Brind’Amour scored for the Wolves but despite putting a season-high 41 shots on goal, that was all the scoring Chicago could manage as it settled for a split of the weekend home-and-home series against their Central Division rivals.
“It’s frustrating for sure to not get those two points but there were a lot of positives,” said Wolves forward Justin Robidas, who had one goal disallowed and was also stopped on a breakaway in the third period. “These guys are probably one of the best teams in the league and we stood with them and out-shot them by a lot and I think we out-played them most of the game.”
Milwaukee broke the ice late in the opening period when Kieffer Bellows tallied while on the power play.
Neither team found the back of the net in the second, setting up a tense third period.
Early in the period, Reid Schaefer gave the Admirals a two-goal advantage when the forward scored off a breakaway.
Brind’Amour notched his first goal of the season midway through the third to pull the Wolves to within 2-1. The forward redirected a shot from Ryan Suzuki past Admirals goaltender Magnus Chrona. Suzuki and Ty Smith were awarded assists on the play.
Ruslan Khazheyev (14 saves) took the loss in goal for the Wolves while Chrona (40 saves) earned the victory for the Admirals.
“Their goalie was really good,” Robidas said. “He stood tall and we weren’t able to find the back of the net. We made it easy on him a little bit at times but he made some key saves and I think that was the difference.”
Chicago dropped to 3-5-1-0 on the season while Milwaukee moved to 9-2-0-0.
Next up: The Wolves travel to Grand Rapids to face the Griffins on Friday night (6 p.m.).
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