ROSEMONT, Ill.—The Wolves came up short to the Milwaukee Admirals 3-2 in overtime in a Central Division battle Sunday at Allstate Arena.
Felix Unger Sorum and Gleb Trikozov scored but the Wolves’ Magic Number to clinch a 2026 Calder Cup Playoffs only dropped to one as Milwaukee rallied for the win with three unanswered goals.
“That wasn’t good enough,” Wolves forward Skyler Brind’Amour said. “Blowing a third-period lead is frustrating. We have to get back to work and figure it out.”
The Wolves recorded the only tally of the opening period when Unger Sorum struck at the 14 minute, 9 second mark. Domenick Fensore fired the puck deep in the Milwaukee zone where it ricocheted off the end boards to Unger Sorum at the bottom of the right circle and the forward banged it home for his 13th goal of the season. Fensore and fellow defenseman Dominik Badinka earned assists.
Trikozov staked the Wolves to a 2-0 advantage early in the second. Cal Foote sent a sensational cross-ice pass to his teammate and Trikozov unleashed a one-timer from just outside the left post that beat Admirals netminder Magnus Chrona to the stick side. Foote and Joel Nystrom had assists on Trikozov’s fifth goal of the season.
Midway through the third, the Admirals’ Jordan Oesterle found the back of the net to trim the Wolves’ lead to 2-1 and the defenseman struck again with 1:09 remaining to tie it.
That set up Tanner Molendyk’s winner with 1:01 left in overtime for Milwaukee.
Cayden Primeau (28 saves) suffered the loss in goal for the Wolves while Chrona (17 saves) earned the win for the Admirals.
Chicago dropped to 30-19-8-6 on the season while Milwaukee improved to 29-27-4-3.
Up next: The Wolves travel to Iowa to face the Wild on Wednesday night (7 p.m.).
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