from Mark Potash of the Chicago Sun-Times,

The so-called “loser point” never felt more apt than it did to describe the Blackhawks’ plight Saturday night.

With a chance for a regulation victory over a team ahead of them in the playoff standings — leading by two goals in the second period and by one with 11 minutes to play in regulation — the Hawks lost to the Calgary Flames 4-3 in overtime Saturday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome....

“We had a good first part of the game and had some tough possessions that got them back in it,” coach Joel Quenneville said. “We certainly can’t be happy with result and the way we played when it counted.”...

With the overtime point, the Hawks (24-20-8) moved to within five points of the Wild — who lost to the Golden Knights in regulation on Saturday — for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. But they also trail the Flames by four points, the Avalanche by four and the Kings by three.

At this point of the season, getting one point when they had a chance to get two with a regulation victory over a team ahead of them in the standings was particularly costly for the Hawks.

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